03:14Local residents were filmed bringing food and water to lorry drivers stuck in the port of Dover on Saturday.
The border gridlock began to ease off on Thursday after the EU and the UK announced a Brexit agreement. Around 1,600 lorries were reported to still remain in the area where the army took over COVID-19 testing.
''I am very sorry the way they were treated. I am sure it was not intentional but it seems extraordinary that we could'nt provide food and loos and al the rest of it, because we were supposed to be ready for the Brexit date," said Richard, a local resident.
The border crisis began last weekend after France crossed the border in response to a new strain of COVID-19 discovered in Britain.
UK: Local residents bring food and water to lorry drivers remaining in Dover
Local residents were filmed bringing food and water to lorry drivers stuck in the port of Dover on Saturday.
The border gridlock began to ease off on Thursday after the EU and the UK announced a Brexit agreement. Around 1,600 lorries were reported to still remain in the area where the army took over COVID-19 testing.
''I am very sorry the way they were treated. I am sure it was not intentional but it seems extraordinary that we could'nt provide food and loos and al the rest of it, because we were supposed to be ready for the Brexit date," said Richard, a local resident.
The border crisis began last weekend after France crossed the border in response to a new strain of COVID-19 discovered in Britain.
Local residents were filmed bringing food and water to lorry drivers stuck in the port of Dover on Saturday.
The border gridlock began to ease off on Thursday after the EU and the UK announced a Brexit agreement. Around 1,600 lorries were reported to still remain in the area where the army took over COVID-19 testing.
''I am very sorry the way they were treated. I am sure it was not intentional but it seems extraordinary that we could'nt provide food and loos and al the rest of it, because we were supposed to be ready for the Brexit date," said Richard, a local resident.
The border crisis began last weekend after France crossed the border in response to a new strain of COVID-19 discovered in Britain.