By LONDON (Reuters) - The family of Britain’s Captain Tom Moore, the World War Two veteran who lifted a nation’s spirits during the pandemic, are calling for people to come together and raise funds for charity on what would have been his 101st birthday.Moore struck a chord with locked-down Britain, and made headlines around the world, by walking around his garden with the help of a frame to raise 38.9 million pounds ($53 million) for the National Health Service.His death in February drew condolences from Queen Elizabeth, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Joe Biden’s White House. The news was...…By LONDON (Reuters) - The family of Britain’s Captain Tom Moore, the World War Two veteran who lifted a nation’s spirits during the pandemic, are calling for people to come together and raise funds for charity on what would have been his 101st birthday.Moore struck a chord with locked-down Britain, and made headlines around the world, by walking around his garden with the help of a frame to raise 38.9 million pounds ($53 million) for the National Health Service.His death in February drew condolences from Queen Elizabeth, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Joe Biden’s White House. The news was...WW…

By , DOVER, England (Reuters) - Truck drivers trapped along hundreds of miles of roads near the southern English port of Dover are facing a riddle: to travel to France they must have a COVID-19 test but they say there are no tests to be had.After turning parts of southern England into a vast truck parking lot by closing the border to incoming freight, France opened its border on Wednesday to truckers who have a negative COVID test that is less than 72 hours old.On the ground at the port of Dover - for centuries one of the main arteries for trade with the rest of Europe - there was little...…By , DOVER, England (Reuters) - Truck drivers trapped along hundreds of miles of roads near the southern English port of Dover are facing a riddle: to travel to France they must have a COVID-19 test but they say there are no tests to be had.After turning parts of southern England into a vast truck parking lot by closing the border to incoming freight, France opened its border on Wednesday to truckers who have a negative COVID test that is less than 72 hours old.On the ground at the port of Dover - for centuries one of the main arteries for trade with the rest of Europe - there was little...WW…

By ASHFORD, England (Reuters) - Stanislaw Olbrich, a 55-year-old truck driver stranded 24 miles north of Dover after much of the world shut borders to Britain, just wants to get home for Christmas with his wife and three children in southern Poland.Many countries, including the rest of Europe, closed their borders to Britain after Prime Minister Boris Johnson effectively cancelled Christmas for millions because of an infectious new coronavirus strain.For Olbrich, the border closures are a frustrating illustration of just how disruptive COVID-19 has become to normal life.As Britain heads...…By ASHFORD, England (Reuters) - Stanislaw Olbrich, a 55-year-old truck driver stranded 24 miles north of Dover after much of the world shut borders to Britain, just wants to get home for Christmas with his wife and three children in southern Poland.Many countries, including the rest of Europe, closed their borders to Britain after Prime Minister Boris Johnson effectively cancelled Christmas for millions because of an infectious new coronavirus strain.For Olbrich, the border closures are a frustrating illustration of just how disruptive COVID-19 has become to normal life.As Britain heads...WW…