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Dover delays: Children in appalling conditions as tailbacks continue despite extra sailings

One teacher waiting with a coach full of 42 children labelled the conditions as "disgusting", saying they had no water, food or toilet facilities since arriving at the Port of Dover

Daily Mirror

Extra Dover night sailings after traffic 'carnage' sees passengers stuck for 16 hours

The Port of Dover said it was hoping to clear the backlog by lunchtime on Sunday

Wales Online

Port of Dover working to clear backlog after travellers left waiting for as long as 14 hours

Frustrated passengers have described the situation at the port as ‘carnage’ and ‘a shambles’

Evening Standard

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Extra night sailings to try and clear Port of Dover traffic backlog

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

The Independent UK

Children on coaches waiting more than 12 hours at Dover fall ill as loos run out of toilet paper

One coach driver with a party of 48 children from Swansea said some were being 'physically sick'

Wales Online

Tory MP blames Brexit-linked chaos at Dover on 'French border control'

A BREXITEER Tory MP has sparked ridicule after she blamed chaos at the Dover port on “French border control problems”.

The National (Scotland)

Why Brexit is to blame for holiday traffic chaos at Dover

The Man Who Pays His Way: We asked for a hard EU frontier in southeast Kent, plus tougher passport controls

The Independent UK

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Dover delays – latest news: Brexit is a factor behind queues, port officials say

Home secretary urges passengers stranded in long queues to remain patient

The Independent UK

Dover delays: Coaches full of children stuck for 12 HOURS as thousands in Easter getaway

Fed-up passengers and worried parents took to social media to criticise the delays at Dover this morning, as thousands travel through the port on Easter getaways and school ski trips

Daily Mirror

‘Frustrated’ Dover officials blame ‘lengthy French border processes’ as travellers stranded for over 16 hours

Critical incident declared as travellers stuck in gridlocked ‘carnage’ at port

The Independent UK

Dover ferry passengers warned of severe delays as travellers stranded for over 12 hours

‘Lengthy French processes and sheer volume’ of travellers to blame for long waits as Easter getaway begins

The Independent UK

Dover ferry passengers warned of 'significant delays' as huge queue of coaches builds up

The Port of Dover declared a 'critical incident' last night as bad weather, the Easter getaway and delays at border control led to hours-long waits

Manchester Evening News

Critical incident declared amid long delays at Port of Dover

'Lengthy French border processes and sheer volume' have been blamed

Wales Online

‘Never seen anything like this’: Travellers stranded in Dover following ‘critical incident’

The Port of Dover said on Saturday morning that coach traffic heading to France was suffering ‘significant delays’

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

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.

Manchester Evening News

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

The Independent UK

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.

Daily Mirror

'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

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The Guardian - UK

‘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 Independent 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.

Manchester Evening News

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

Wales Online

Fire breaks out on ferry carrying 183 people across the Channel

Rescuers scrambled lifeboats to the scene between Dover and Calais

Daily Mirror

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

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