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By Press Association Lorries queue on the M20 last week, the same system could be used this week following Frances ban on passengers and freight from the UK THE coronavirus vaccination programme will not be affected by France’s ban on freight from the UK, the Transport Secretary has said. Grant Shapps told Sky News this morning that the disruption around the Channel ports in Kent “won’t have an impact” on the vaccine supply. ...

Boris Johnson in crisis talks as France ban UK cargo. (PA) Boris Johnson is set to hold crisis talks today after France banned lorries from travelling from the UK. Amid the new mutant coronavirus strain found in England, a number of flights around the world were cancelled over fears the virus will spread.  The Prime Minister will chair a meeting of the Government’s Cobra civil contingencies committee on Monday amid warnings of “significant disruption” around the Channel ports in Ke...

Boris Johnson in crisis talks as France ban UK cargo. (PA) Boris Johnson is set to hold crisis talks today after France banned lorries from travelling from the UK. Amid the new mutant coronavirus strain found in England, a number of flights around the world were cancelled over fears the virus will spread.  The Prime Minister will chair a meeting of the Government’s Cobra civil contingencies committee on Monday amid warnings of “significant disruption” around the Channel ports in Ke...

Major patient backlog at Medway Maritime Hospital, Gillingham  |  Updated: 18:12, 16 December 2020 Emergency planners in Kent have met over concerns ambulances wont be able to get some patients into hospitals. Increasing Covid numbers have seen casualty departments stretched to their limits. Medway Maritime Hospital But there also concerns Operation Stack may be introduced in the coming days to deal with cross-Channel traffic issues. This would bring increased congestion on Kents road network...

Getty Images / WIRED Jonathan Worsfold’s portable toilet kingdom stretches as far as the eye can see: neat rows of 1,700 grey, blue and cream cubicles, all containing a porcelain throne. Like many other people in the portable toilet industry, he got into it because of a family connection. Worsfold took over Kent-based Four Jays from his father John, who started it as an agricultural contracting company 62 years ago, armed with grand plans and a pair of hedge cutters. After attending a trade ...

Aycliffe resident left frustrated by lorries beeping throughout the night during A20 TAP, and bottles of urine being thrown into her garden  |  Updated: 15:14, 14 December 2020 A mum-of-two from Aycliffe has spoken out after her children were kept awake by enraged lorry drivers travelling to the Dover port and Eurotunnel. Hayleys house looks out onto the A20 She moved there in June 2019 and was prepared for normal road noise and potential pollution issues but has ended up having to routinely ...

Operation Brock M20 test to see motorway close between Ashford and Maidstone  |  Part of the M20 will shut tonight as part of Operation Brock preparations. With the end of the Brexit transition period looming, a large section of the carriageway will close for four nights from 8pm. Highways bosses will test the moveable barrier system next week Live tests of the new moveable barrier will be conducted each night between 8pm and 8am by Highways England until Tuesday morning. The coastbound secti...