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Eurostar set to resume normal service after French strike disruption

Eurostar has said it expects to resume a normal service on Wednesday after its trains were disrupted by striking French ferry workers.

Eurotunnel has said it shuttle services, which were also affected, are now operating to schedule in both directions.

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P&O boss attacks French and UK Governments over Calais

The P&O Ferries boss has launched a withering attack on the French and British government as well as Eurotunnel. P&O Ferries chief executive Helen Deeble blamed Eurotunnel for putting passengers in the middle of an industrial relations battle by not securing the jobs of workers involved.

Let me be clear: the buck stops with the French Government. They have shown that they can move swiftly to stop any disruption at the tunnel. But they have effectively abandoned any attempt to maintain security at the port of Calais, which makes a nonsense of European co-operation.

And when is the British Government going to stand up to ensure that we can all get to mainland Europe safely and securely? Every day that the disruption lasts costs UK Plc millions of pounds.

– P&O Ferries boss Helen Deeble

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