Kent lorry chaos could get WORSE: Officials are performing as few as 200 tests an hour - meaning 10,000 stranded truckers could take DAYS to clear threatening food shortages after clashes with police and blockades
Truckers try to force their way past police guarding Port of Dover as hundreds leave cabs and walk along road
Jeering and whistling with some shouting: Open the border , We just want to go home and F you, Boris!
France announced travel ban on all traffic from UK on Sunday night after emergence of new Covid-19 strain
Decision meant Port of Dover was dramatically closed to all freight vehicles leaving the UK for next 48 hours
Testing, testing! UK and France wrangle over screening regime for truckers to get Dover moving again after Brussels calls for end to border blockade as 4,000 more lorries head for Kent carpark
France announced travel ban on all traffic from UK on Sunday night after emergence of new Covid-19 strain
Decision meant Port of Dover was dramatically closed to all freight vehicles leaving the UK for next 48 hours
UK and France still trying to agree on measures to reopen the border as hundreds of lorries queue in Kent
EU today urged European nations to drop travel bans on UK but said travel to Britain should be discouraged
Boris Johnson plans to test ALL lorry drivers taking goods across Channel in bid to appease Macron - after blustering through pointless press conference without giving a single answer about when truckers will be allowed into France
Port of Dover in Kent was dramatically closed to all freight vehicles leaving the UK for the next 48 hours
Hauliers coming to UK will still be allowed but there are fears drivers won t travel to avoid being marooned
Countries including France, Germany, Italy, Belgium and Poland have announced restrictions on UK travel
Comes after emergence of mutant strain of coronavirus in England which spreads quicker than predecessor
Now lorry drivers stranded in Kent are slapped with parking tickets as M20 closes for the night - with one fed-up trucker wiping out a car and another continually blasting his horn when he s unable to leave the UK
Operation Brock is in place along the M20, as the motorway holds up to 950 lorries along its carriageway
An 18-mile stretch of the motorway will be shut tonight so that a barrier can be installed overnight for traffic
Polish lorry driver and father-of-three says: My chances of going home for Christmas are going down
Emergency workers have joined Kent County Council and a charity in distributing water and snacks to drivers