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Lorries queue at the port of Dover. Photo: © Ben Gingell |

Efforts at restoring EU-UK relations appear to have made some headway, the bloc agreeing to postpone new checks that threatened to “clog up the ports”.

Sources had warned that looming changes to the entry-exit system (EES), requiring every non-EU citizen to register biometric data, including fingerprints, at the border threatened to cause massive delays to supply chains, especially across the Channel.

After lobbying by French officials, the new EES rule has been postponed for at least ...

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