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Hours of delays at Port of Dover

Holidaymakers heading to the continent face ten hour delays as France has stepped up its security checks in the wake of the terror threat.

Drivers have been stranded on the roads approaching the port for nearly ten hours overnight with no access to any facilities.

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Smooth sailing for holidaymakers on Black Saturday

Extra border police are on duty at the Port of Dover to prevent a repeat of the long delays suffered by holidaymakers last weekend. More than a quarter of a million cars got caught in huge jams when French authorities stepped up security checks. Today is known as Black Saturday usually the busiest day of the year but so far there've been no major hold ups. Malcolm Shaw reports.

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