Dover residents express post Brexit hopes

Britain left the European Union on Friday after 47 years of membership, taking a leap into the unknown in a historic blow to the bloc, but on Saturday morning life appeared to continue as normal in the coastal town of Dover, a major port for ferries going to France. No traffic jams could be observed at the harbour and people were going about their business as usual.

Negotiations between Britain and the EU on their new relationship are due to start in earnest in March, and the early signs are not encouraging.

The EU says Britain can't have full access to the EU's single market unless it follows the bloc's rules, but Britain insists it will not agree to follow an EU rule book in return for unfettered trade. The U.K.'s departure became official at 2300 GMT, midnight in Brussels, where the EU is headquartered.