Despite progress, backups persist on Christmas Eve at Port of Dover
Lizzy Burden, Deirdre Hipwell and Christopher Jasper, Bloomberg
Dec. 24, 2020
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Trucks and vehicles sit in stationary traffic on the access road toward the Port of Dover in Dover, England, on Dec. 23, 2020. Routes to Dover, Britain s busiest cross-channel port, have been choked for days after France shut its border with Britain, blaming an outbreak of a novel strain of the coronavirus.Bloomberg photo by Chris Ratcliffe
Britain s main trucking gateway to the European Union remained backed up for a fifth day, despite progress moving traffic through the Port of Dover.
Europe moves to isolate Britain, where mutated virus causes Christmas chaos
Priscila Azevedo Rocha and Kitty Donaldson, Bloomberg
Dec. 21, 2020
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Passengers walk toward the check-in area at London Heathrow Airport in London on Dec. 19, 2020.Bloomberg photo by Chris Ratcliffe
Britain plunged into Christmas chaos with police blocking people from boarding packed trains, holidays abroad scrapped and travel with Europe banned after London went into an emergency lockdown.
France on Sunday suspended inbound travel from the U.K. for 48 hours and Germany halted arriving flights from Britain, which is in the middle of delicate Brexit negotiations with its European Union partners. Those talks are still at a critical stage after the weekend.
London air pollution listed as factor in 9-year-old s death
Ellen Milligan and Jessica Shankleman, Bloomberg
Dec. 16, 2020
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Traffic travels along the A13 dual carriageway as the City of London financial district stands on the skyline on April 10, 2017, by which time London had missed by seven years legal deadlines to improve air quality.Bloomberg photo by Chris Ratcliffe
Air pollution was a significant contributory factor in the death of a 9-year-old girl who grew up in south London, a British coroner has ruled.
Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah died in February 2013 after an asthma attack that led to cardiac arrest. Poor air quality played a significant role in inducing and worsening her condition, coroner Philip Barlow ruled Wednesday.