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Amber traffic warning issued as widespread delays expected

Drivers are being warned to expect severe congestion, with the AA issuing its first “amber traffic warning” for Friday and Saturday. Congestion is expected to peak between 11am and 3pm on both days. This is due to a combination of the first ...

29 Jul 2022 at 09:15

Holidaymakers face waits at Channel with Brexit and French authorities blamed

Holidaymakers are still facing long waits to cross the Channel, while lorries remain backed up after a second day of travel chaos. Extra post-Brexit border checks and French authorities’ understaffing of checkpoints in Dover have been ...

23 Jul 2022 at 21:16

Summer getaway queues ease amid concerns weekend travel chaos could be repeated

Holidaymakers have been warned they could face a summer with repeated weekend travel disruption after lengthy queues in Kent were finally reduced on Sunday following days of gridlocked roads. Chaotic scenes of bumper-to-bumper ...

24 Jul 2022 at 20:30

Kent authorities demand more Government money to handle Dover traffic chaos

Kent local authorities have called for more Government money to better manage disruption on the roads caused by delays at the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel. Thousands of people had their cross-Channel journeys disrupted last ...

29 Jul 2022 at 13:18

Migrant crossings top 1,000 in a day for second time this year

More than 1,000 migrants have crossed the Channel to the UK in a single day for the second time in a fortnight. The latest crossings mean the total number for 2022 to date could soon exceed the tally for the whole of last ...

05 Sept 2022 at 13:16

Teenager pleads not guilty in connection with migrant boat incident

A 19-year-old man has appeared in court after four people died when a migrant boat capsized in the Channel. Ibrahima Bah appeared at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court in Kent on Monday and pleaded not guilty to facilitating ...

19 Dec 2022 at 16:12

Church of England seeks new reliquary for earliest remains of an English saint

The Church of England is seeking a new home for the remains of a saint present at the very beginning of Christianity in England. St Eanswythe is the patron saint of Folkestone, Kent, and was granddaughter of Ethelbert, ...

01 Feb 2023 at 13:29

Ukrainian refugee, 11, to be celebrated by team and fans at Gillingham FC

An 11-year-old Ukrainian refugee is set to be celebrated by the team and supporters at Gillingham Football Club during their clash with Fleetwood Town on Monday. Daniel Lysak and his mother Yana fled their home near ...

17 Apr 2022 at 17:25

Operation Brock to be implemented from Sunday ahead of summer getaway

Traffic management measures to reduce post-Brexit traffic disruption in Kent will be reinstated on Sunday ahead of the summer getaway. Kent Resilience Forum (KRF), a partnership of local organisations and agencies, ...

06 Jul 2022 at 14:30

Dover businesses say Government ‘must do more’ to solve port travel chaos

Business owners in Dover say traffic chaos caused by delays at the port are business as usual – but the authorities need to do more to prevent gridlock. The summer getaway saw nearly 142,000 people travel through ...

25 Jul 2022 at 14:25

Police launch appeal after seven-year-old boy killed in Folkestone hit-and-run

A seven-year-old boy has been killed in a hit-and-run in Folkestone. Kent Police are appealing for information after an unidentified car or van left the scene in the direction of Hythe before emergency services ...

07 Dec 2023 at 09:42

Britain and France ‘put plans in place’ to prevent further border travel chaos

Britain and France have announced they have put plans in place to prevent further border chaos. In a joint statement on Friday, Phil Douglas, director general of Border Force and Brigitte Lafourcade, deputy ...

29 Jul 2022 at 23:34

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