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Delays return to Port of Dover at start of Easter getaway
Ferry passengers have faced long delays at the Port of Dover days after thousands of holidaymakers were stuck there for several hours.
There were queues of “approximately 90 minutes” for passpor…
Doug Bannister stands atop the white cliffs of Dover surveying his domain. Below him lorries snake through Europe’s busiest ferry port as smut-belching vessels chug across the misty English Channel. “It’s a slick operation,” says Bannister, the po…
There are delays at the Port of Dover again, leaving a long tailback of lorries.
More traffic is currently heading to the port ahead of the long Easter weekend, with travellers warned to leave extra time for their journeys.
And with Dover TAP in place,…
Namita Singh and Matt Mathers
Updated April 4, 2023, 8:21 AM
No 10 has admitted that “new processes” brought in after Brexit[1] has contributed to several days of travel chaos at the Port of Dover[2].
It comes as the Confederation of Passenger Transp…
Brexit played a role in the chaos seen at the Port of Dover[1] over the weekend, the government has conceded.
Downing Street has joined a number of key government figures in admitting that “new processes” at the border were among the reasons for length…
A union rep for the UK border force has blamed Brexit for the delays that saw holidaymakers, lorries and coachloads of schoolchildren stuck at Dover for up to 17 hours over the weekend. (Getty)The UK is “not controlling” its borders to the same extent …
A new system of checking people leaving the country for the EU including fingerprinting and photographing is expected to make queues at the Port of Dover[1] even worse, according to experts. The scenes at the weekend at the port, with reports from pass…
Politicians are split on the impact of Brexit[1] as our county was the focus of border chaos this weekend. Hundreds of people were forced to wait in long queues of up to 17 hours at the Port of Dover[2], which saw it declare a “critical incident”.
The …
Aimee Moore says her 14-year-old boy is among a group of children from Bitterne Park School travelling to Holland for a football[1] tournament in Eindhoven.
However, disruption[2] at the Kent port has delayed their sailing as dozens of coaches and lorr…
People looking to leave the country via The Channel are being met with a third day of travel chaos, but what exactly is the problem?
Some travellers, including children and staff on school trips, have been left waiting for up to 19 hours at the Port of…