1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212 
French unions protest with blocks
Page 6
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
• The Channel Tunnel chaos is adding to British truck drivers suffering this week as French drivers' unions have blockaded roads across France.
On Monday (21 November) roadblocks appeared on major routes, manned by union representatives protesting about poor conditions and the proposed withdrawal of a 55 retirement age of for truck drivers.
Cars were let through but truck drivers were stopped, with the help of local police. The worst affected areas included Bordeaux, Toulouse, Caen, Clermont-Ferrand and Rennes.
Among those caught up in the chaos was Lancs-based owner-driver Michael Denson who was en-route to Spain with a load of toys. He was held up for most of the day before making a break for it with a couple of other British drivers through the car lane.