Long queues have built up at Cirkewwa as hundreds of people head for Gozo in what is considered as being the last long weekend of the Summer.

Many people have taken a day off on Monday to link the weekend with Independence Day on Tuesday.

At Cirkewwa, Gozo Channel is operating a shuttle service using all three ferries, but the tailback of cars stretches beyond the corner of the Riviera Hotel.

A motorist complained of a lack of police presence as some motorists blatantly jumped the queue.

The police, however, had their own misfortune, with a police car being damaged in a head-on crash with a car near Paradise Bay Hotel. No one was seriously injured.

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