one of the uk s main ports in dover in southern england has acknowleged that since the beginning of the year, new customs controls for goods heading to the eu have been contributing to big queues on the road outside the town. special travel restrictions have been used ten times this year to ease heavy congestion on the a20 in kent, prompting anger among many drivers. here s our business correspondent, ramzan karmali. queues of lorries on the a20 trying to get into dover. a sight that many have got used to at the start of 2022. 0n social media, many drivers have blamed brexit. from january 1st, experts to the eu were subject to full customs controls. the boss of the port believes there are a number of factors causing the delays. since the beginning of the year, there has been increased transaction times at the border due to the carriers having to check customs paperwork at the check in process. but equally normally for this time of year we have vessels that are out on refit, normal main
heading to the eu have been contributing to big queues on the road outside the town. special travel restrictions have been used ten times this year to ease heavy congestion on the a20 in kent prompting anger among many drivers. here s our business correspondent, ramzan karmali. queues of lorries on the a20 trying to get into dover. a sight that many have got used to at the start of 2022. 0n social media, many drivers have claimed brexit. from january one, experts to the eu were subject to full customs controls. the boss of the port believes there are a number of factors causing the delays. since the beginning of the year, there has been increased transaction times at the border due to the carriers having to check customs paperwork at the check in process. but equally normally for this time of year we have vessels that are out on refit, normal maintenance activities. we also are doing a bit of maintenance in the port, which means that our buffer zone
lorries queued for almost two miles on the main road heading into dover yesterday, prompting anger among many drivers preparing to cross the channel. port officials have acknowledged that new customs controls for goods heading to the eu have been causing hold ups, but say there are other factors at play too. ramzan karmali reports. queues of lorries on the a20, yesterday lunchtime, trying to get into dover. a sight many have got used to at the start of 2022. on social media many drivers have blamed brexit. from january first, exports to the eu are subject to full customs controls but the boss of the port believes there are a number of factors causing the current delays. since the beginning of the year, there has been increased transaction times at the border due to the carriers having to check customs paperwork at the check in process, but equally, normally for this time of year, we have vessels that go out in refits, sort of normal maintenance activity.
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a blank shirt that said born to kill and some military boots, and that student had given him a weird look and they d known the student before. said this student was disturbed, bullied. so this was this was a young man who was clearly known to school officials as being trouble? reporter: i don t know if he was known to school officials but the students were certainly talking about how this student was bullied and, you know, very quiet. he kept to himself. and that s what they were telling me. they didn t say anything about officials. i m not exactly sure. roseanne, do we know if all of the students and teachers who are inside santa fe high school, this is, again, a high school of roughly 1,400 or so folks. have they all been accounted for? reporter: we have students and parents here who are saying that they can t find their classmates. their friends. some parents saying they haven t found their children. they are going inside, but, again, very strict check-in