Border Force Officials working to escort people on boats crossing the English Channel from France to Dover, Britain, 29 June 2022. Photo: EPA-EFE/STUART BROCK
Anonymous accounts advertising transfers of people from Albania to the United Kingdom have…
A 14-year-old boy who died in an accident while visiting a travelling fair has been named as tributes to him are left at the scene. Mackenzie Croxford-Cook died after an incident at the fairground in Kent after a reported fall from a fairground ride on…
The Family Funfair in Pencester Gardens, Dover
A teenage boy has died at a fair on the Kent coast.
Emergency services were called to Pencester Gardens in Dover in the early hours of Wednesday.
The site was hosting the Family Funfair run by Ke…
Scottish salmon industry urges ministers to act over Dover delaysAction urged over Brexit-related delays of up to 48 hours caused by queues on the UK side of Channel The Scottish salmon industry has called on ministers to urgently intervene to stop Br…
Closure comes as AA issues ‘amber’ warning of congestion as summer getaway starts
Drivers are being warned to expect severe congestion, with the AA issuing its first “amber traffic warning” for Friday and Saturday.
Congestion is expected to peak betwee…
John Keefe, director of public affairs for Getlink – which operates the Eurotunnel between Folkestone and Calais, said the issue over the weekend had been caused by the expected “very heavy traffic of passengers” getting away on holidays alongside an u…
A lorry driver found himself stuck on the M20 for more than 40 hours in the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel crisis over the weekend. Eike W, who works for a German relocation company, was moving household goods from an embassy member from the UK to German…
Channel travel chaos continues with ‘holiday hell’ at EurotunnelHolidaymakers hoping to cross from Dover and Folkestone to France on Sunday told to expect long delays Holidaymakers from the UK hoping to travel to France have endured a third day of disr…
Long queues of travelers waiting to board ferries from the Port of Dover Ltd. in Dover, UK, on Friday, July 22, 2022.
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Liz Truss has called on France to act over “entirely avoidable” delays at the border as holidaymakers and lorry drivers face another day of gridlocked roads around Dover.The foreign secretary said the delays and queues were “unacceptable”, blaming a la…