French border police agreed to scale back biometric checks at the U.K. border on Saturday after port authorities in Dover requested measures to ease passenger delays. At the start of a hot bank holiday weekend, lengthy queues formed at the Dover facility due to the EU's new Entry/Exit System (EES), in what port authorities described as a “challenging situation” that prompted an “active escalation” with the French authorities. "We are pleased that Police Aux Frontieres (PAF) have responded