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Easter holiday plans have been plunged into chaos as delays and cancellations hit flights, Eurostar services and ferries from Dover.

Passengers have complained of long queues at Heathrow and Manchester airports due to a spike in Covid absences, while British Airways and EasyJet cancelled dozens of flights.

There are three-hour delays to Eurotunnel services after a train broke down, while Eurostar services – which use the same tunnel – were also delayed.

Meanwhile, chaos around Dover has entered its fourth day after the suspension of P&O ferry services, poor weather and a shortage of vessels for other operators.

There were queues of up to nine hours reported on roads in the area over the weekend as Kent Police launched an operation to manage huge lorry queues.

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