Lancashire exporters worried after European border restrictions due to emergence of new strain of coronavirus
Submitting... Police were turning hauliers and others away from Dover after the French decided to close their borders to UK vehicles following the emergence of a new strain of coronavirus It came as the south-east of England grapples with a new variant of coronavirus that could be up to 70 per cent more transmissible than the original strain. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the 48 hour ban on accompanied freight was “slightly surprising”. But he said that “probably about 20 per cent” of goods going into and out of the country passes through Kent. Most goods actually come in and ...
Source: blackpoolgazette.co.uk