The port at Dover and Eurostar services to Paris will close at midnight in a bid to tackle the mutant coronavirus spreading to France.
Eurostar tweeted: "Following the announcement by the French government that the border with the UK will close at midnight tonight, we will only be able to run trains from Paris to London for the 21st-22nd December." It added on its website: "Due to announcements from the French and Belgian governments that borders with the UK will close at midnight on Sunday December 20, we are unable to run any trains from London to Paris, Brussels, Lille or Amsterdam on either Monday December 21 or Tuesday December 22. "We are also unable to run trains from Amsterdam, Brussels and Lille to London on these dates. "We can