Thousands of lorry drivers expected to spend Christmas stranded in Kent

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Ferries will run on Christmas Day and French firemen are in the UK to help test for coronavirus as thousands of lorry drivers wanting to cross the Channel remain stranded in Kent.

British transport secretary Grant Shapps said ferries from Dover to Calais would run on Christmas Day and St Stephen's Day as the French firefighting team and the British military work with NHS Test and Trace to continue testing the thousands of hauliers parked waiting to make the crossing.