There were reported to be about 160,000 British holidaymakers in France and the deadline left many travellers in a frantic rush for plane, train or ferry tickets costing hundreds of pounds.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he had a"pretty fraught 40 minutes" online after hearing of the restrictions through a BBC News alert. Mr Wells is a teacher and his wife a local government worker, and felt they should cut their holiday short to avoid having to quarantine as they are key workers.British holidaymaker at Calais:"We cancelled our holiday to come home"
"I don't really understand why they can't be a little bit more clear with the public about what the tipping point is, when we might perhaps be approaching the need to quarantine... Why not 48 or even 72 [hours] just to allow those who need to or want to get home, get home without rushing dangerously."BBC journalist made a video diary as her family had to cut short their holiday
Need more fossil fuel ⛽️ pollution it been a nightmare since lockdown get more cars 🚘 on the road it bullshit
Yes fucking migrants
Stopped at M20 services J8 and the number of families clearly returning from France who are milling around is laughable. Thought they were supposed to be self isolating, not queueing for McDonalds.
on relax people nobody would ever find out if you quarantined or not
June 20 announced if you go abroad risk of quarantine at some point. Everyone was notified. Those who made decision to go abroad chose to accept the risk. It realised so why all the fuss in news. Simple risk management theory
They'd have been stranded there if nazirafzal had had his way.
And then there's the illegals.
Foolish selfish actions going abroad like that anyway.
Only idiots would go abroad in the situation we are in; it’s that simple!
A bit stupid and pointless to five a head up warning. Hey, at least all the infected are racing it back to you all at once. Have fun. Maybe you can beat our Pandemic Fuckup record in the US. Doubtful, but you have an escaped circus clown as well so it could happen.
If they had been in an area with covid-19 yesterday today or Monday it'll still be in there system. What a load of blocks. Why didn't people wait till it had died down completely before rushing off on holiday. The rich thinking there better than the poor again.
And your all thick who went over seas from England knowing a pandemic is on .. and I don't feel sorry for you because thats stuiped knowing it's not over yet but you still went why?
If they had any brains at all they would not of gone at all .. I talk to loads of people saying if it was a zombie apocalypse I'd be ok .. well you people stuck there would be the first to go no Brian's ? Think think the government does not say things like covid 19 for fun
It's there stuiped fault there is a pandemic on if they go overseas and get stuck there then that's there problem I don't feel sorry for them there just thick .. see that's life
Quick pile back home in droves cause the virus is only a problem after 04:00, 👍🏻 great job idiots.
Why bother? Just stay in France and enjoy your holiday. We can’t even sort out a reliable track n trace for the virus, we sure as hell aren’t going to track quarantine dodgers. Get a grip people
Great that is as they have been in the countries that are spiking and been around locals so they may already be carrying the virus so they could be bringing it back to the UK and they don't have to quarantine 🤬🤬
JaneyGodley They do know that the virus doesn't observe deadlines?!!!
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I honestly don't understand the mentality of these people. You shouldn't be travelling in a pandemic for a holiday. If you do though, just accept that you will have to self-isolate instead of trying to avoid safety measures. Be responsible for once.
Here comes the second wave, from abroad. Congratulations to our government of ineptitude.
Use your tax funded furlough money in this country instead of funding others Fabulous countryside north, south, east & west loads to see and do Let’s get this country back on its feet for everyone’s sake!
JaneyGodley No sympathy at all for those involved, if you go abroad in a pandemic don’t start crying when it bites you in the backside.
Shit I've missed the boat
BBCScotlandNews WHAT an amazing virus this is, it's only infectious from those people who get back from these places after 4am this morning !!!!! What about those who bring it back before 4am, are they not infectious ?
hahahahahaha! Thats the teaching staff coming back then, but it still won’t be safe to go back to school. Lol, its a F$cking Pandemic. All I hear on Leftwing News (BBC AKA- Brussels Broadcasting Corporation) Is “Boo Hoo nasty British Govt”. Shouldn’t have gone losers.🤣👎🇪🇺😷
I see they've even been jumping into dinghy to get over to the UK to escape France.
But why did they go!? We all need a break, but why travel abroad.... there was always a risk this would happen & they still made the decision to go.
Bit what will they bring with them, if they are coming back early they could be carrying the virus, best put then in isolation A.S.A.P.
Absolute morons
BBCScotlandNews This is what happens when you give some notice. These people are lacking in decency though .... they should be quarantining anyway. Common decency appears to have wained in the UK. That was fast 🙄
Are we really supposed to feel sorry for these people ?
Looool
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Don’t know why they bother rushing back. Who is going the check whether anyone returning after this morning is really going to self isolate?
It might be a similar picture end of the year when Brits abroad in the EU will be sent home because their government couldn’t get that oven ready deal on the dinner table in time.
Can't people SEE that this 'infection numbers' is all total bullshit? There are almost no Corona deaths in the UK - but Boris & Co. are going to keep this Corona scam going, regardless.
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Hilarious, people going abroad, during a global pandemic, complaining about having to quarantine...absolutely hilarious 😂 😂
We should be taking action against illegals being sent to us by the Frogs rather than legitimate British tourists returning from Frogland !
BBC at it again 6 cars 1 lorry on ferry port ?
People are so pathetic. This is why europe thinks we are a joke because the british people dont use common sense and have the wrong priorities during a pandemic. Its just shameful.
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Gawd those effing camper vans are back. Owners always dump them outside my house. Never outside their own.
Shouldn't have gone on holiday during a pandemic.
JaneyGodley Of course these folk are *much* less likely to have caught COVID19 than those returning tomorrow!
JaneyGodley Total British government propaganda. Checks none ? Plan none. Just bash other countries to avoid our own sorry covid crises. Far right troll and Cummings bots will be blocked & reported.
Sheep 🐑 follow out the gate, sheep 🐑 follow in the gate!
So you have to quarantine after going abroad, yet I work with a lad who has been sent home and tested positive with another 15 tested positive, and yet the work force is still allowed to work and continue on as normal until we all drop?. This country is completely backwards.
Cootie-rush
Today we celebrate VJ Day where hero’s fought in a foreign country not knowing if they’ll even get home and now people panicking about getting back to avoid quarantine. These people need a reality check!!
taking virus back with them no doubt
Less than 1500 dead in this country OF Covid..NHS WEBSITE....When the job losses mount and the suicides and repocessions climb and climb, the conversation about magic cloth stopping so called deadly virus, will seem a tad less concerning
And of course, none of them are infected because the virus is aware of and abides by the rules....
BBCScotlandNews Seems to defeat the whole purpose of the lockdown
All 160000 teachers better get there arses back! Been sat at home on full pay for 5 months....no excuses!
Not right that holidays have to be ruined by politicians bad enough we are dealing with Covid 19 and taking all precautions since March, really unfair.Getittogether!
Good luck!
Here comes the plague and a load of illegal aliens
This is crackers. Should not all these people have been tested on arrival back in the UK? This country is so staggeringly incompetent.
Pointless treat 2020 as a year off.. 😁
Now they’ll be a reduction in the infection rate in France 😊
BBCScotlandNews There’s a lot of selfish people not seeing (or not caring about) the bigger picture at the moment. Given what other generations have had to go through, is it that tough to stay in the UK for one summer?
JaneyGodley ...are they quarantining in hotels provided by the govt?...or is it voluntary from home when you get there?...i can't see many doing the latter...
Don't worry if you're stuck in France I believe the dinghies are still running
How do we know they haven't already got it, what the difference between now and the cut off time..
BBCScotlandNews Thought For Today: Just think that some of those rushing back to beat the 4am deadline are now walking around our streets with the virus! If you know who came back in time then give them a swift body swerve instead of congratulating them in their safe return.
BBCScotlandNews What were they doing in France in the middle of a global pandemic anyway?! Absolute madness. Why has the English Govt encouraged their people to go abroad. Their Herd Immunity was bad enough!!
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JaneyGodley The pic; Jesus, were are all these gypsies coming from.😂😂😂
So is this life now 10DowningStreet? ✈️ Freedom ⛔ Lockdown ✈️ Freedom ⛔ Lockdown Too many are IGNORING the mask requirement and distancing! If ALL countries ENFORCE that (including us), the economy wouldn't be on its knees, and we'd have some sort of normality.
wreckless silly people . This was bound to happen . These are bad times for spending , no time for travelling or crowding around causing virus surges and more trouble .
Thank goodness Covid-19 is willing to wait for the deadline.
Fuck em, shut the borders and leave them there,I bet most of them voted for Brexit so ya reap what ya sow....
Just think.....France empty of drunk loud Brits.... It must be Heaven 😂😂😂😂😂
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Hope they are being tested
Idiots.......what were they thinking?
I give up! You really don't get the point and whatever any government does you'll never say it's right. If you take risks by going abroad don't complain if the rules need to be changed while you are away. You were warned! Accept responsibility for your own actions.
You sure they’re not coming to Cornwall 🤔
Seem to be a number of Uk people in this thread who really hate the Uk, yet still living here 🤷♂️
Stupid selfish people risking spreading this virus around. Should have made them stay in France if England was not good enough for these arseholes.
so now they are free to spread disease throughout the land?
All of you actually believing any scientific , evidenced proof , of any controlling diktat blojo has come out with ..WAKE UP ...its utter coronab*ll*x ......scamdemic .........
Those people should be locked off for 14 days already.
They are bringing in more of the Rona!
All these returnees are just as likely to be carrying infection as those who have stayed put and will then quarantine themselves. UK rate is higher than France. Logic?
Clever Coronavirus hitching a ride in 1000s of caravans, brace yourselves for the massive second peak in a week or two...
People are so selfish. They know the quarantine is coming, and know there is risk. Do the right thing and put yourself in quarantine. Think about others.
And that's just the migrants..
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Pretty much the exact opposite to what you reported late on yesterday 😃🙄
The quarantine period should have been brought in straight away, once the decision was taken that France's infection rate was increasing too rapidly. Then this silliness would not have happened. If you holiday abroad during a global pandemic you take a calculated risk I'm afraid
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BBCScotlandNews I fond this pathetic... all a fking joke. These folk import the virus.
Selfish people should be made to isolate for at least 7 days
Their plan is working then..
By beating the quar, they are increasing the risk of transmission. I suppose a visit to grannies to deliver the stock of rock is a must too.
A risk was taken. Paid the consequences. Move on
If they have the virus then 3:59am and 4:01am make sod all difference
BBCScotlandNews I wonder if someone told them they could go to France without having to isolate when they came back?Did they think there was some kind of corridor?
It's a good job the virus has a watch, otherwise how would it know not to infect these people before midnight? If there's a mandatory quarantine, it should have been an immediate imposition.
Doesn't apply to dinghies though. They can ship in every disease & predator freely and be rewarded for it.
What stupid games are the UK Gov playing with the public? Rising virus outbreaks in France have increased the risk of bringing it to the UK so they impose a quarantine. Then they give notice allowing thousands to scuttle back to the UK bringing the virus with them. Shear madness.
No worries if it goes wrong and you can t get backlegally just jump on a boat with all the illegals... at least we won’t have to house you though !!
Spend you money in the UK we need it and all are welcome in Cornwall
Come home in a dinghy and you will be fine 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
BBCScotlandNews Pandemic? Travel abroad? No chance!!!!
At least they've helped the French economy a bit, makes you feel proud to be European
What a Load of Rubbish just WHO is going to Monitor these people , the Country the World has gone Mad 😠
Does this apply when coming back from turkey
BBCScotlandNews Run Forrest run.
Funny how we’re quarantining these countries yet it is still the UK with the worst infections and death rates...
So how is all those people trying to beat the clock,saving us and them from covid19, does it mean coz u made it back with minutes to spare everyone is ok ,no virus to be found.
Yet cases in the uk are rising again too.... quarantine should happen regardless of a time frame
Bring the virus until 16 so allow time to spread around here. Specially that one that never left.
The word 'rush' is not a word is associate with motorhomes or caravans.
Our country needs people to spend money in our shops and to holiday in our our country to suppport our holiday trade but these disloyal people go abroad. It serves them right they have to come home. Think of British farmers, British holidays our country needs the money
Thousands who returned from Spain ignore quarantine regulations and go straight to their local pub. I know at least 3 couples in my local and met a couple in Barnsley town centre yesterday.
Is that Piers driving the first van?!
Wacky Races 🤣
Decent folks would quarantine a anyway
They’re making a Brentrance.
Wouldn’t rush back the city’s are ghost towns it’s getting worse , been busking for years this is the worse I’ve ever seen it . I really do fear what’s coming .
Ah paying people to take the test , to get false positive results, to get cases , to lockdown - scam
So will all those Arriving from France in Dingiys have to Self Isolate too 🤔
These people are mad. Govt. of 🤡🤡🤡 couldn’t find their own bum holes let alone track people in , or out., of quarantine.
Who would risk going abroad on holiday while it is still spiking? We have rebooked our ferry to France to next year. Brittany ferries just allow you to transfer to later dates so easily, if it's not safe then we will keep transferring it until it's safe.
Squeeze em in
How Britain became 'Great' with so many muppets as residents defies all logic. There again they could all be experts or scientists.
At 3.59 this morning Covid was introduced to France, luckily those that left before then avoided it and can safely reintegrate into society
I bet they are so proud of themselves.
Testing their eyesight
Still time before tomorrow.
Last night Corona was a bit tired, so all those pre-quarantiners got a free pass 👍
Glad they were able to afford this,
NAZI TORY TYRANNY IN THE UK TODAY
Fools
What will happen next?
I hope the illegal immigrants will take heed?
People were warned this could happen.
So we were told to stay in our own little social bubble, which thousands have gone to the expense of doing 10DowningStreet Now this isn’t satisfactory! So many conflicting and mixed messages about this situation from governments and scientists All over the world!!!
Scotland is nice for visit. Just ignore the Anglophobes and racists in theSNP
HILARIOUS!
Lets hope they was all checked at customs for COVID19 but I very much doubt it.
Leave voters will not be happy about this. They voted for record illegals coming from France. They voted to Take back control of their border, by losing control of their border. All this legal crossing is wrecking what they won.
People complaining about having to come home early from holiday, no sympathy. Shouldn’t be travelling abroad in the current climate
Whew, that was close. Obviously they are safer than the people coming a few hours later, duh.
Pathetic Boris trying piss France off over imargration.
People arriving from France not in a dinghy, how unusual. 😂
Ahhh yes, because the virus will have steered WELL CLEAR before midnight.
How contagious is that a mass amount of people returning all at the same time very sensible
The circus continiues.
Yeah cos Corona is sat there at customs with a watch counting down to when 'its allowed to be deadly'.
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