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Lorry drivers WILL be able to travel to France from tomorrow morning

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Which countries have banned flights from the UK? EU All flights from UK banned –  Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden. UK travellers allowed with a negative test –  Cyprus, Greece.  Still allowing own nationals to enter –  Greece, Portugal, Spain.  REST OF EUROPE All flights from … Read more

Couple who died in Essex lorry left their young children in Vietnam to set up life in UK

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Gheorghe Nica Gheorghe Nica was the leader of the people smuggling ring Romanian Nica was said to be the ‘key organiser’. A friend and ex-colleague of Irish haulage boss Ronan Hughes, he spent years working in Ireland and England as a lorry driver and mechanic. The 43-year-old was also involved in the ‘large scale’ smuggling … Read more

Lorry driver fears he will be stuck in UK for Christmas as stranded truckers call for mass testing

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A stranded lorry driver waiting to get back into France following the country’s UK travel ban has said he has no idea if he will be able to get back to his family for Christmas. The lorry driver, one of the hundreds stuck at Dover after Emmanuel Macron shut the border on Sunday, says officials … Read more

Boris Johnson plans to test ALL lorry drivers taking goods across Channel

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Which countries have banned flights from the UK?   France imposed an inbound travel ban from 11pm last night Spain will ban all entries from the UK except for Spanish nationals and residents from tomorrow  Germany, Poland, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Romania, Malta, Croatia, all suspended flights from the UK Italy blocked all flights from the UK until 6 … Read more

What happened to cause the lorry chaos in Dover and how many trucks have been affected?

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What happened to cause the lorry chaos in Dover and how many trucks have been affected? We answer the key questions about traffic queues at Kent port By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 23:28 GMT, 21 December 2020 | Updated: 23:29 GMT, 21 December 2020 What happened? France closed its border with the UK late on … Read more

The heartbreaking signs of the desperate last struggle of 39 lorry migrants

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On the door inside the shipping container which became a death trap for the 39 Vietnamese migrants was shocking evidence of the last desperate moments of their final journey. There, on the sealed exit separating them from the safety of the outside world, were the bloody handprints of victims who had banged frantically in vain … Read more

Lorry drivers stranded in Kent slapped with parking tickets

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Lorry drivers stranded in Kent are being slapped with parking tickets as pictures show a fed-up trucker colliding with a car while another blasts his horn once he’s stranded at the Port of Dover. Operation Stack is in place along the M20 in Kent, a holding measure that closes off one carriageway so that lorries … Read more

Lorry driver and mechanic are found guilty of the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants

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Lorry driver, 24, and mechanic, 43, are found guilty of the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants who suffocated as they were smuggled into Britain in HGV trailer By Katie Feehan For Mailonline Published: 13:17 GMT, 21 December 2020 | Updated: 13:18 GMT, 21 December 2020 Gheorghe Nica, 43, and Eamonn Harrison, 24, have been found … Read more

Moment police find 12 suspected migrants in the back of fruit lorry

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Moment police find 12 Iraqi and Iranian migrants in the back of fruit lorry on the M6 in the West Midlands – as the driver and passenger are arrested Video shows 12 suspected migrants being detained by police on M6 in Walsall Group of men have been detained and lorry driver and passenger were arrested … Read more

Moment police find 13 suspected migrants in the back of fruit lorry

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Moment police find 13 suspected migrants in the back of fruit lorry on the M6 in the West Midlands – as the driver and passenger are arrested Video shows 13 suspected migrants being detained by police on M6 in Walsall Group of men have been detained and lorry driver and passenger were arrested West Midlands … Read more