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Coaches asked to rebook as port braces for more 'horrible' traffic
05 April 2023Port and travel bosses are taking steps to avoid chaotic scenes at the port of Dover this Easter weekend.
Brexit 'played a role' in Dover chaos, No.10 admits
03 April 2023Downing Street has conceded that Brexit played a part in the chaos seen at the Port of Dover over the weekend.
Brexit not to blame for Port of Dover delays, insists Braverman
02 April 2023Home Secretary Suella Braverman has rejected suggestions Brexit is the cause of delays at the Port of Dover as passengers continue to face long waits.
Twice as many staff hired for often empty border facility
02 March 2023Council bosses recruited twice as many staff to run a post-Brexit border facility as advised by government officials at a site sitting largely empty.
'Hard to look past Brexit when it comes to Sainsbury's salad shortages'
28 February 2023Brexit can't be blamed for everything, writes columnist Lauren Abbott, but it's contributed to the lack of vegetables in supermarkets.
Plans for crossings to Europe at 'under-used' port
22 February 2023Proposals have been revealed for a "modern cross-Channel freight service" at the Port of Ramsgate for the first time in a decade.
‘Brexit red tape is endangering our rarest animals’
05 February 2023An animal conservation boss has warned delays in moving animals could prove fatal and is hampering work to protect endangered species.
'Giant Brexit lorry park risks becoming white elephant'
27 January 2023Paul Francis says it's red faces all-round as the giant Brexit lorry park, built with minimal planning scrutiny, starts to look like a white elephant.
Controversial biometric border system at ports is delayed
18 January 2023The launch of a new EU border regime planned for the start of the summer holidays but feared will bring huge delays has been postponed again.
Further port delays feared as M20 reopens
25 July 2022Following a weekend of chaos motorists are being warned to expect delays to worsen as the day goes on.
'Delays will not be at Dover'
24 July 2022Anti-Brexit campaigners have joined the queues of hauliers in Kent as they blame the county's congestion chaos on Britain's departure from the EU.
Brexit checks site axed month after construction started
16 June 2022A post-Brexit customs site which would have created 400 jobs and eased pressure on the Port of Dover has been scrapped a month after work started.
Government 'out of touch' with fruit growers
01 June 2022A lack of seasonal pickers and increased bureaucracy have halted the fruit industry's export drive.
'We should be ready for more traffic hell this summer'
09 April 2022The county's senior highways manager fears the travel chaos in Kent will hit again in the summer if changes are not made.
Security concerns over post-Brexit customs checks in Kent
09 February 2022Smugglers could take advantage of post-Brexit arrangements and offload goods in Kent before official customs checks, a watchdog has warned.
Lost lorry drivers 'wreaking havoc' in residential street
03 February 2022Neighbours who have had their cars damaged by HGV drivers getting stuck down residential roads are calling for better signs to stop them getting lost.
MP steps in human poo in layby on Brexit trip to Kent
28 January 2022An MP on a trip to Kent experienced the traffic difficulties post Brexit first-hand when he stepped in human poo in a layby.
More of this mess? New Brexit checks could make queues even worse
28 January 2022A port boss warns there could be more traffic gridlock in his town if problems from new European border rules aren't prevented.
M20 to close overnight as year of Op Brock works begin
28 January 2022Highways bosses will start a year of works on the M20 tonight as they move the Operation Brock barrier away from the hard shoulder.
Brexit, roadworks and fewer ferries an unholy trinity in Dover
25 January 2022Dover TAP has been used 12 times in 18 days with Brexit, roadworks and less ferries combining to cause traffic chaos.
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Large chunk of M20 shut due to ‘police incident’
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‘Big dog’ brings motorway traffic to a halt
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‘This rat-run bridge isn’t wide enough - someone will be killed soon’
