A growing list of countries have banned travel from the UK in an attempt to stop the spread of the new variant of coronavirus. France has closed its border with the UK for 48 hours, meaning no lorries or ferry passengers can leave Dover, and Eurotunnel is closed. A queue of lorries is building on the M20, and the Food and Drink Federation says UK supplies could be interrupted. Supermarkets, though, insist their warehouses are well-stocked, and government sources believe vaccine deliveries won’t be affected. There’ll be a meeting of EU states in Brussels later to discuss the crisis, while Boris Johnson will chair an emergency Cobra meeting in Westminster.