More than 2,850 lorries are stuck in Kent waiting to leave the UK, the county council has said, as politicians thrash out a plan to reopen France's border to trade and travel.

France shut its UK border for 48 hours on Sunday amid fears of a new coronavirus variant.

Any solution would probably include testing for lorry drivers, BBC Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield said.

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