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a major incident has been declared by the authorities in kent, after a second day of gridlock around the port of dover. officials are expecting to process 10,000 cars today, and travellers have been advised to allow at least three to four hours to reach the port and clear all security checks. 0ur correspondent in dover, ramzan karmali, sent this report. the queues on the motorway leading into dover. it s becoming a familiar sight. yesterday s chaos seems to be repeating itself today, and for many holiday makers trying to get away, this has become the worse possible start to their summer break. but for those who set off early there was an air of optimism. i m assuming at some point we re going to stop and sit in traffic for hours and hours and hours, but so far we ve got. we keep creeping forwards and it s been fine. the police seem to be doing a good job and getting the tourists actually moving and stopping the lorries coming in on the a2, because they were all told to ....
corners were caught on safety. and one of africa s biggest rising stars burna boy speaks to the bbc about his grammy award win. a third wave of coronavirus is starting to sweep across the european union much of it driven by the uk variant. large parts of france are going into lockdown again tonight. switzerland is extending its restrictions. poland is going into partial lockdown. germans are being told not to travel at easter. the vaccine rollout across the eu has been slow with around just 10% of the population vaccinated so far. confidence has been shaken after a number of governments suspended the rollout of astrazeneca over concerns about blood clots. but vaccinations are restarting slowly as our paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. never mind the prime minister, in france, it was the astrazeneca jab that needed a shot in the arm today. after weeks of shifting guidelines, the message was meant to be clear it s safe and it works. but only an hour be ....
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