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 service after sacking 800 workers earlier this year, and there are now increased post brexit checks. it s adding up to a bit of a perfect storm here in dover. hundreds of lorries were also trying to cross the channel. the coast guard was brought in to distribute food and drink to those delayed. people were queueing around the block for eurostar services at st pancras in london but some won t get away at all. easyjet has cancelled more than 200 flights over the next ten days. rob gore and his three children boarded their tui flight to turkey only for it to be cancelled. he faces missing a family wedding. they ve been heartbroken, and when the news was announced on the plane by the pilot, the kids just burst into tears. notjust ours, but every other kid on there. airlines, airports, ports and ferry companies are apologising for the
be very busy in dover as well as people set off on their holidays and then we will have people travelling over the platinum jubilee then we will have people travelling over the platinumjubilee bank holiday and as ever we are being warned to expect delays and people are being told when they turn up at dover, make sure you have plenty of food and drink and what you are not seen here are the lorry drivers caught up in all of this, because on the outskirts of dover, on the a20, there were around 750 lorries queueing to get across the channel and they are parked up on the roads outside of dover, so that the town does not become clogged up. 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
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 our reporter simonjones gave us the latest from a warm and sunny dover. it is not so lovely if you re sitting in your car in this heat and let me show you the latest situation. you can see just some of the cars and vans waiting to get across the channel. among them, a few anxious liverpool supporters, trying to get to paris for the champions league final tonight. they are anxiously looking at their watches as the hours tick by. on top of this, a lot of tourist traffic, because it is the start of the half
busy here at the port - what is the latest? it is really busy here at the port of- what is the latest? it is reallyi busy here at the port of dover what is the latest? it is really - busy here at the port of dover and if you take a look down there you can see just some of the cars and vans waiting to get across the channel. amongst them some liverpool fans anxiously looking at their watches as the countdown to the champions league final in paris is under way. adding to that you have a lot of tourist traffic with the start of the half term break and also p&o ferries are running a reduced service which is adding to theissues reduced service which is adding to the issues and there are no increased checks following brexit so a bit of a perfect storm. there are so many lies king up on the outskirts of dover that the coastguard has standard, started to hand out food and water. also at st pancras station in london we had long queues with people trying to board eurostar trains to paris and als
holidaymakers heading across the channel. 0ur correspondent simon jones has the latest. 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 as 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