easyjet is cancelling more than 200 flights over the next ten days from gatwick airport, insisting it needs to in order to provide reliable services over this busy period . there have been long queues at london s st pancras station for eurostar services across the channel, as families head to disneyland paris and football fans try to get to the french capital ahead of the champions league final. and people are being urged to check the latest advice before travelling to the port of dover, where there are huge tailbacks as hundreds of lorries queue to get through. tourists, however, are being given priority. let s go straight to dover then, where we can speak to the bbc s simonjones. good afternoon. a lovely day, a less lovely scene, not so surprising below you, there is always a bit of the queue getting into the port, but it is how far back it is stretching.
term break and a lot of families keen to get away now that travel restrictions have largely been lifted. add into the equation, p&0 ferries is only running two out of its four ferries, that is after 800 of its workers were sacked this year and we now have increased checks after brexit and it is all been described as a bit of a perfect storm, but it is notjust dover that is suffering, we have seen long queues at st pancras station as people also try to get the eurostar, it is completely sold out. also problems at the airports as well. we know that easyjet have cancelled 200 or so flights over the next ten days from gatwick airport, some other flights have also been cancelled and that will add to the disruption as well. the advice we often give in situations like this, check before you travel and i think that applies more than ever today.
kick off for what could be one of the great champions league finals. people are facing huge disruption to their travel plans as the half term break gets under way. dozens of flights have been cancelled, and there have been long delays at ports and on the roads, and for cross channel services. and there are warnings that the disruption is likely to continue for more than a week.let s take you through the latest developments. easyjet is cancelling more than 200 flights over the next 10 days from gatwick airport insisting it needs to in order to provide reliable services over this busy period . there have been long queues at london s st pancras station for eurostar services across the channel as families head to disneyland paris
from gatwick airport, insisting it needs to in order to provide reliable services over this busy period . there have been long queues at london s st pancras station for eurostar services across the channel as families head to disneyland paris and football fans try to get to the french capital ahead of the champions league final. and people are being urged to check the latest advice before travelling to the port of dover, where there are huge tailbacks as hundreds of lorries queue to get through. tourists, however, are being given priority. earlier i spoke to lisa minot, the sun s travel editor, who says staff cuts have caused the delays. u nfortu nately unfortunately it is down to staffing issues and easyjet, like many other airlines through the pandemic, had no income at all, billions in outgoings and they took the decision to make a lot of staff redundant. those staff, they imagined would
ukraine six days ago, aiming to come to britain, but they were turned back by uk border guards in calais yesterday and are now stuck in a budget hotel, hoping the new rules will allow them in. how we can go? johnson said that the whole of the family can go to the family, yeah? now, we are not family because. valentyna has made it. she is delighted to be here. tonight, she received an emotional welcome at st pancras station, as a mother and as a ukrainian who helped to change uk government thinking on support for refugees. mark easton, bbc news. you can follow all the latest developments on the war in ukraine, and get more analysis from our correspondents, by going to our live online coverage. let s take a brief look at some