Warning Dover port chaos could spill into weekend as queues last six hours

Kent port apologises for delays and blames French border control as summer getaway kicks off

Holidaymakers have been warned chaos that triggered six-hour queues at Dover could spill into the weekend, after the port declared a critical incident" that it blamed on woefully inadequate" French border control staffing.

The Kent port apologised to travellers facing long waits to cross the Channel on an extremely busy day for travel across the UK, as schools across England and Wales break up for the holidays.