Truckers stranded in UK scuffle with police as desperation mounts
The drivers, who don’t have access to hot food or sanitation, are growing angry as they may not get home in time for Christmas with their families
23 December 2020 - 11:14
Dover — Angry truck drivers briefly scuffled with police in the streets of Dover on Wednesday as a partial blockade by France designed to stop the spread of a new, highly infectious coronavirus variant left thousands stranded before Christmas.
Paris and London agreed late on Tuesday that drivers carrying a negative Covid-19 test result could board ferries for Calais after much of the world shut its borders to Britain to contain the new mutated variant...
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