Channel Tunnel delays after migrants storm French side
Fresh disruption was brought to Channel Tunnel services after around 150 migrants tried to storm the terminal in Calais in a bid to board UK-bound freight.
Fresh delays as Channel Tunnel services are hit again
Fresh disruption has hit Channel Tunnel services meaning lorries are being stacked on the motorway again.
Kent Police initiated phase two of Operation Stack - where freight traffic is queued on sections of the M20 - at around 1am and closed parts of the road to other traffic. The Eurotunnel passenger service was also suffering delays due to what it described only as an "incident on the terminal" at Folkestone, in Kent.
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