More frustration at Calais as hundreds caught up in queues for hours

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hundreds of people travelling to the UK had been held up in queues for many hours in Calais, reportedly with “no water and bad toilet facilities”. At the port, Peter Naldrett said he and his family were stuck in a “ludicrous” queue for about eight hours before reaching the UK Border Control barriers on Wednesday night. “We were booked on the 4pm ferry to get back to Sheffield for my son’s GCSE results – looking like we’ll have to drive straight to school.” He said the UK government is “Priti incompetent” – referring to home secretary Priti Patel, adding that he believed the delays had “everything to do” with the “government supposedly running the country.” Mehmood Abdul Hayee told MailOnline that he and his family were stuck in the queue for more than four hours with “no food, no water and bad toilet facilities”. “Wait times that some passengers may have experienced today follow disruption caused by technical issues on cross channel services yesterday evening – now resolved – which had considerable knock on effects.” On Tuesday, Eurotunnel passengers were left stranded for nearly five hours inside the Channel Tunnel after a train broke down.