UK ferry services resume as French blockade ends

Daytime Dover-Calais ferry services in were resuming today after protesting French fishermen decided to call off their blockade of the port of Calais.

Daytime Dover-Calais ferry services in were resuming today after protesting French fishermen decided to call off their blockade of the French port.

The blockade, which has also involved the ports of Dunkirk and Boulogne, had been lifted overnight but there had been fears it would be reimposed this morning.