Hundreds of truck drivers are stranded on the side of the road just north of the British port of Dover, the gateway to mainland Europe.

It's after much of the world shut its borders to Britain because of uneven mawr.

Infectious new strain of the coronavirus Stanzel, old brick from Poland, says it's starting to look unlikely he'll make it home in time for the holidays.

I have three Children wife on they.

They need me to come for Christmas Christmas in Poland.

It's a very special holiday.

It z buying to the region and on traditional it Z For Polish people, it's very hard to be away on Christmas, so this situation cost me very hard.

Europe has closed its borders to UK freight on passengers for 48 hours, with drivers told to stay away from crossing points in south east England.

Coincidentally, it's also the hotbed of the covert variant.