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Added on the 24/12/2020 14:32:05 - Copyright : Euronews EN
London (United Kingdom), Dec 24 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Andy Rain) Thousands of European carriers, including many Spanish, continue Thursday ¡waiting to cross the La Mancha after the chaos caused by the closure of the French border.
Views over the port of Dover, south-east England, as ferries were cancelled due to Storm Ciaran. The powerful autumn storm, which hit parts of north-west Europe overnight, particularly the French coast, recorded record wind gusts before heading north and towards England. IMAGES
Border force staff go about their days and boats navigate in and out at the port of Dover after at least four people died when a small boat apparently packed with migrants capsized in freezing temperatures in the Channel overnight, according to the UK government. Dozens of others were plucked from the waters of one of the world's busiest shipping lanes in a large-scale rescue operation involving UK and French emergency services. IMAGES
Police stand by at the Port of Dover where lorry drivers remain stranded even after France eased Covid travel restrictions from Britain. IMAGES
Scene at port of the Dover, in England, as French and British authorities are holding talks on the resumption of traffic suspended due to a new strain of the coronavirus. IMAGES
Ashford (UK), Dec 22 (EFE), (Camera: Vickie Flores).- Hundreds of truck drivers spent a second night in their vehicles in the southeastern English county of Kent waiting for France to reopen the Channel Tunnel border, which was closed Sunday because of the coronavirus crisis.The British government estimated on Tuesday that 945 trucks were stranded near the port of Dover.French authorities on Sunday night closed the border with the United Kingdom after confirming the detection of a new mutation of the coronavirus, which is highly contagious.FOOTAGE OF M20 MOTORWAY ON TUESDAY.