P&O workers block road to Port of Dover in jobs protest

Former P&O staff and RMT union members block the road leading to the Port of Dover after P&O Ferries suspended sailings and handed 800 seafarers immediate severance notices (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Police have intervened after P&O workers blocked a road leading to the Port of Dover.

Dozens of employees who lost their jobs on Thursday stood on the road holding banners and flags saying “Stop the P&O jobs carve up”.