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Industrial action closes Port of Calais

An industrial strike beginning at 2.20pm has led to the Port of Calais being closed. All ferry services to and from the Port of Dover are therefore affected

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Day 3 of M20 misery as Calais strike continues

Freight bosses have called for troops and police in France to step in to protect hauliers.

It comes as travel across Kent is disrupted for a third day, because of strikes by French workers which have closed the port of Calais.

Five thousand lorries are stuck on the M20 because of Operation Stack - amid fears that disruption could now stretch beyond Thursday.

Meanwhile thousands of bottles of water and hundreds of meals have been handed out to lorry drivers, some of whom have been in queues for 48, long, hot hours.

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