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Port of Dover ‘deeply frustrated’ as coach traffic suffers long delays

The port declared a critical incident amid high volumes of coach traffic heading to France for the Easter holidays.

The Independent UK

Port of Dover declares critical incident as Easter getaway and bad weather leads to long delays

There's reports of two hour waits at border control

Manchester Evening News

Port of Dover declares critical incident as high levels of traffic cause delays

Operators also reported delays to services, citing bad weather and hold-ups at French border controls as partly responsible for waits and queues.

The Independent UK

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'Beautiful' mum's desperate attempts to call 999 before Dover cliff-top fall

Danyell Sinckler, 32, died after falling near South Foreland Lighthouse in Saint Margaret's Bay, Dover, last May. Her body was found by a National Trust worker on the shore

Daily Mirror

‘A revenge plan’: refugees and Dover residents react to illegal migration bill

Home secretary’s latest plan to curb small boats crossings across the Channel has been met with scepticism

The Guardian - UK

‘Got to break cycle of criminal gangs’ enabling migrants across Channel, says PM

Rishi Sunak was speaking during a visit to a Home Office joint control centre in Dover on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Lifeboats scrambled to ferry in English Channel with 183 people on board due to 'ongoing incident'

It's understood a fire broke out onboard the passenger ferry between Dover and Calais

Manchester Evening News

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Fire breaks out on ferry carrying 183 people across the Channel

Rescuers scrambled lifeboats to the scene between Dover and Calais

Wales Online

Two friends killed in M25 horror smash on way to Amsterdam for weekend trip

Named locally as Jamie Baines, 31, and Adeel Qureshi, 28, the two friends were passengers in a car driving from Bristol to Dover to get a ferry on their way to Amsterdam

Daily Mirror

Children returning from school trips delayed for six hours amid Calais strikes

Home Office rejects suggestions strikes by Border Force staff in Calais, Dunkirk, Dover and Coquelles impacting wait times

The Guardian - UK

Ferry passengers stuck at Calais in six-hour waits while returning to UK from holidays

School trips were amongst the hundreds of ferry passengers caught up in the chaos after Border Force strikes resulted in major delays of up to six hours at the Calais to Dover crossing

Daily Mirror

Brits heading on half term holidays warned to prepare for long delays

The Government has issued a warning to travellers ahead of members of the Public and Commercial Services union based in Dover and French ports including Calais and Dunkirk going on strike

Daily Mirror

Dover-Calais ferries halted for most of day due to French strikes

Warning that ‘the port and local road network in and around Dover may be busier than usual’ on eve of half-term getaway

The Independent UK

Channel crossings continue as more migrants arrive in Kent

Border Force ships brought a number of people to Dover after intercepting a number of boats.

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Evening Standard

1,000 Border Force officers at major ports to strike during half-term

Members of the PCS union in Dover, Calais, Coquelles and Dunkirk will strike on February 17, 18, 19 and 20

Daily Mirror

Teen crushed to death by 'Body Count' ride after lads climbed in funfair before it opened

Mackenzie Croxford-Cook and a group of friends snuck into a funfair in Dover in August last year, the morning before it was due to open, and began climbing on rides, leading to the tragic accident that saw him lose his life

The Independent UK

Teenager ‘saw friend crushed to death after climbing into fairground ride’

Mackenzie Croxford-Cook, 14, died at a funfair in Dover in August last year.

Evening Standard

Dover-Calais ferry services suspended due to French industrial action

P&O Ferries said it has an ‘optimised’ sailing schedule in light of the 24-hour strike

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The Independent UK

Border Force strikes could be extended to Port of Dover within weeks

‘Extraordinary disruption’ ahead unless government negotiates, union boss has warned

Daily Mirror

EastEnders star Charlie Brooks exits BBC soap one day after Danny Dyer as Janine arrested

The EastEnders Boxing Day episode saw the emotional fallout from the Christmas Day scenes, when the Queen Vic landlord Mick Carter, played by Danny Dyer, appeared to drown off the coast of Dover

Daily Mirror

Hero fishermen pulled 31 screaming migrants to safety in scenes 'like World War 2 film'

Raymond described the chaotic scenes as one of the four migrants died on the side of his boat while he and his men rescued as many they could off the coat of Kent in the morning

Daily Mirror

Bedraggled migrants including baby arrive at Dover after surviving crossing that killed 4

Four people are now confirmed to have died and approximately 40 are believed to have been in the dinghy with many taken to hospital after their harrowing ordeal

Daily Mirror

Desperate migrants cling to flimsy dinghy in dramatic rescue after 4 die in latest horror

Four migrants sadly died this morning when a boat carrying up to 50 sank in sub-zero temperatures just five miles off the coast of Dungeness in Kent - more than 40 were also rescued

Daily Mirror

Vulnerable migrants forced to sleep in cold double-decker buses outside Dover centre

A shocking new report into the Tug Haven centre found it was so overcrowded that some people detained there were forced to sleep on buses often used as rail replacement services

The Guardian - UK

Cold comfort Kent: where small-boat arrivals receive a fraying welcome

From Dover harbour to Marston and Napier barracks, the UK is offering asylum seekers who cross the Channel a very mixed reception

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