brexit so anyone going through those french border controls has to have their passports stamped, that was not the case before brexit so that is adding to the time it takes to get through the port and a few seconds stamping those passports can lead to queues building. we have seen a similar situation, we saw it at half term and easter, when we had at half term and easter, when we had a couple of days of chaos at east because when you add the tourist traffic, a certain influx of people wanting to go on holiday, you add that to the daily freight traffic thenit that to the daily freight traffic then it seems the port, with these extra checks, simply cannot cope with numbers. there is not much space at dover so when there are problems there is not much land to stack these cards wanting to get across, you don t really have space to stack lorries, which is why it takes a small thing to go wrong such as today, such as not be of staff in
operation rock to try to ease this freight traffic, and tourist tourist traffic will be prioritised at the port. lorry drivers have been queueing since 6pm last night. the kent resilience forum say they have put as many resources as they can towards the situation, but there are only expecting these queues to get worse. . , , only expecting these queues to get worse. ., , , ., . worse. has there been advice given to eole worse. has there been advice given to peeple who worse. has there been advice given to people who wish worse. has there been advice given to people who wish to worse. has there been advice given to people who wish to travel - worse. has there been advice given to people who wish to travel to i worse. has there been advice given to people who wish to travel to the | to people who wish to travel to the area were from dover? figs to people who wish to travel to the area were from dover? $51 to people who wish to travel to the area were from dover? area were fro
for all the freight that can t get over because tourist traffic is prioritised in a situation like this, which is why there is so much anger in dover because this was expected in terms of the numbers but it seems the preparation has not been by all had simply been ignored. one wonders if this is something we will see more and more of, whether it is simply due to a lack of staff due to so many people leaving companies and various border controls and what have you because they moved on, they found another job, they were furloughed and you wonder how long this will continue for, especially over the summer period? for, especially over the summer eriod? ., for, especially over the summer eriod? . . ., ., , period? there are particular factors at the ort period? there are particular factors at the port of period? there are particular factors at the port of dover, period? there are particular factors at the port of dover, p&0 - period? there are particular factors at the port of dover, p&
we have had the coastguard going around, giving out food and drink to some of the lorry drivers who have been stuck for hours. we know that tourist traffic is being given priority the moment and the authorities in kent hope the freight will clear over the next day or so because traditionally lorries do not tend to travel on a sunday, but for lorry drivers today, they are facing a pretty long wait in some pretty hot conditions. simonjones in dover, thank you very much. tui has also cancelled flights. rob gore spent 1a hours at manchester airport yesterday only to be ushered off the plane which was supposed to take him and his family to dalaman in turkey for his sister in law s wedding. he joins us live now from manchester. ican imagine i can imagine you re pretty hacked off today. flat i can imagine you re pretty hacked offtoda. ,, , ., off today. not surprisingly. not also for us. off today. not surprisingly. not also for us, for off today. not surprisingly. not also for us, for th
travel has been disrupted in parts of the country after airlines cancelled flights at the start of the half term break. our correspondent simonjones reports. the great getaway is not so great when you re stuck in queues at dover. football fans and half term holiday makers faced delays of several hours. charlotte nobbs was trying to hitchhike her way to see family in france after exhausting other options. i was supposed to go and fly this morning back to france. my flight got cancelled, so i did a bit of off the top of my head, took a train to dover and hoped i could hitchhike my way back home. well, not home technically, but. lots of disruption. lots of disruptions. how are you feeling? tired. we re only from maidstone, so it s 45 minutes drive. and it s taken us about six and a half hours, seven hours. seven and a half hours. seven and a half hours now, sorry. seven and a half hours to get to this point. as well as a big increase in tourist traffic, p&0 are running a reduced ferry se