Dover delays: Long queues for passengers at port

The Port of Dover spokesperson said: We are experiencing extremely high levels of traffic this morning and are working with French border police.

Kent Highways and Kent Police to clear the queues as quickly as possible.”

Traveller James Collins, from Eastbourne, is trying to get to Paris for a break with his partner, six-month old baby and in-laws.

They were still in a queue to get to border control four hours after arriving in Dover.

He said: “We have nowhere to go to the toilet or change our baby’s nappy.

“We got told by an attendant to ‘do it in the car’.”