A Polish lorry driver told tonight how he had to make the heartbreaking call to his pregnant wife and daughters telling them he was unlikely to make it home for Christmas. Wojtek Golawski said he was going to have to spend the peak of the festive season in his lorry cab stuck on the A20 … Read more
Anarchy was spreading across Kent today as fights broke out between lorry drivers and police at the Port of Dover and Manston Airport – and testing staff arrived in an attempt to get them across the Channel for Christmas. Dozens of truckers trying to reach their homes on the Continent tried to force their way … Read more
Desperate lorry drivers stranded in makeshift camps at Kent’s Manston airport have been handed hot meals by a Sikh charity as protesting drivers have blocked off the motorway alongside Manston airport. The rescue efforts have been caried out to help drivers stranded at the disused airport, which has been turned into a giant truck park, … Read more
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
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
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 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
The future of a historic Grade I-listed church has been thrown into doubt after the Government bought neighbouring land and are converting it into a Brexit lorry park. On surrounding land near medieval St Mary’s Church, in Sevington, Kent, construction is well underway for a large customs clearance depot with room for up to 2,000 … Read more
The future of a historic Grade I-listed church has been thrown into doubt after the Government bought neighbouring land and are converting it into a Brexit lorry park. On surrounding land near medieval St Mary’s Church, in Sevington, Kent, construction is well underway for a large customs clearance depot with room for up to 2,000 … Read more
Villagers have erected a roadside toilet for Amazon lorry drivers because they are so fed up with truckers defecating next to their vehicles. Locals in Hoo, Kent, have been complaining for more than two years about HGV drivers visiting an Amazon warehouse. Workers park on grass verges along busy roads before leaving the mess to … Read more