UK holidaymakers in race to return from France before quarantine deadline
by Graham Russell and agencies from Science | The Guardian on (#56WXJ)
Channel Tunnel warns it doesn't have capacity for extra travellers trying to get home before 4am on Saturday
The UK's airports and ports were braced for travel chaos on Friday as some of the hundreds of thousands of British holidaymakers in France race to return home before new quarantine rules kick in.
Summer plans have been thrown into disarray after the government said on Thursday evening that, from 4am on Saturday, all arrivals from France would have to self-isolate for 14 days or face a fine.
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