UK: Stranded passengers in tears as protests shut down Eurostar

Hundreds of passengers are stranded at London's St Pancras International station on Tuesday, after Eurostar cancelled all of its trains to France amid ongoing protests in Calais that has seen tyre fires cause damage on the French side of the Channel Tunnel. All ferries to and from the port of Dover have also been suspended. Calais port workers from the MyFerryLink company have been striking to protest the sale of two of their ferries by Eurostar to Danish rival DFDS, which could lead to a loss of up to 120 jobs. Strikers managed to break onto Eurostar tracks setting tyre fires and damaging the tracks. A number of trains travelling to Paris were forced to turn back close to Calais due to the disruptions and trucks have queuing up on the A20 close to Dover. MyFerryLink workers have now reportedly ended their industrial action in Calais.