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M20 London bound shut between Junctions 9 and 8 to increase lorry holding capacity  |  Updated: 20:52, 23 December 2020 The M20 has been closed London bound to increase capacity for lorries to wait before crossing the Channel. Residents in Kent have been told to avoid using the road or the A20 this evening as it is shut between Junctions 9 (Ashford) and 8 (Leeds Castle). The stretch between Junctions 8 and 9 pictured this afternoon. Picture: Steve Salter Tensions have been rising on the appro...

Thousands of truckers face Christmas stranded in Kent as border gridlock could last DAYS after clashes Latest Updated: 24 Dec 2020, 2:11 Invalid Date, THOUSANDS of truckers face being stranded in Kent for Christmas after ministers admitted the border gridlock could last for days. Mobs of furious lorry drivers clashed with cops in Dover on Wednesday as tensions hit boiling point - despite the border to France finally reopening after its 48-hour blockade. 39 39 It took until 3.30pm for the first...

Why we havent seen the end of Operation Stack in Kent after the Brexit transition period ends  |  Updated: 14:51, 22 December 2020 As the end of the Brexit transition period looms, many might have hoped the new year will mean the end of Operation Stack, the dreaded traffic management system which has been deployed in the county for two decades to deal with congestion heading to the Port of Dover. Involving the closure of the M20, Operation Stack allows HGVs to be “stacked” on the mo...

We were not surprised concerns about food shortages that emerged when France and over 40 countries imposed travel or truck movement bans on the UK after rocketing COVID-19 cases were linked to a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Soon after the Brexit referendum we warned that just-in-time delivery systems are easily disrupted, and that leaving the EU, from which the UK derives a third of its food, opened new risks and highlighted old failures that needed addressing. Trucks on a ferry at sea,...