The Latest Breaking News from Dover

Deck Talk: Time to bring back some niche ferry crossings

Letter: An extra minute of processing time for each car at border control means hours of queueing for travellers, says David Hammond

P&O Ferries said queues ‘picked up’ on Monday morning, and it took an hour for passengers to clear French passport control.

Travel chaos in France extended to Eurostar services between Paris and London on Sunday night as stranded passengers endured “a nightmare” and “bedlam2 because of cancelled and delayed trains.Videos produced by those caught up in Sunday night’s disruption showed thousands packed into the overflowing departure lounge at Gare du Nord,…

Massive queues have been building up at Dover due to post Brexit passport checks

The equivalent to more than 200 miles of holidaymaker and freight traffic had been processed through the weekend up until Sunday morning

Officials at the English Channel port of Dover on Sunday said operations had returned to normal, after two days of lengthy delays blamed on post-Brexit border checks.

More than 6,000 tourist cars are expected at the port on Sunday.

Holidaymakers and hauliers faced major delays at the Channel Tunnel after delays at Dover eased