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M20 barrier installation to finish this week
02 November 2020The final parts of a moveable concrete barrier on the M20 will be added this week, but further overnight closures are needed.
How will Brexit impact our health service?
29 October 2020Queues on the M20, medicine supply and staff shortages have all been raised as possible problems once the Brexit transition period is over.
High street changes under summit spotlight
27 October 2020Changes to Kent's high streets, accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic, will be among the topics discussed at the Kent and Medway Business Summit.
'Brexit lorry park will be ready for January'
23 October 2020Work on a huge post-Brexit lorry park is "progressing well" and bosses say the site will be ready for the end of the transition period.
Success for lorry park 'buffer zone' campaign
22 October 2020Campaigners say they are delighted after a council backed a petition calling for a 'green buffer zone' to be created next to a post-Brexit lorry park.
Plan for £300 fines to stop 7,000-lorry queue
16 October 2020Lorry drivers could be fined £300 for not having the right papers after Brexit in an effort to stop queues of 7,000 trucks building up through Kent.
Farage Garage? Calls for Brexit lorry park to be named after politician
16 October 2020A petition signed by more than 2,000 people is calling for Kent's post-Brexit lorry park to be named after Nigel Farage.
Have your say on Brexit lorry park... four months after work began
15 October 2020The government has launched a two-week consultation on its controversial Brexit lorry park project – four months after work started on the site.
Portable toilets to line Kent roads after Brexit
14 October 2020The county is to become 'The Garden of Roadside Loos' when portable toilets are installed along the M20 and A20 for truckers in wake of Brexit.
10 Brexit lorry parks confirmed - including two in one Kent town
08 October 2020The government has revealed it will use TWO lorry parks in one Kent town when the Brexit transition period finishes at the end of the year.
Plans for Covid test centre turned Brexit lorry park revealed
08 October 2020A Brexit lorry park that is set to replace a huge Covid testing centre would hold 256 HGVs for two years, government plans have revealed.
Excessive shaking of hands is a non, non
28 September 2020A greater understanding of the way Europeans behave is required according to a senior county councillor.
Summit returns for 2021 with online extravaganza
28 September 2020One of the county's top networking events will be harnessing cutting-edge technology for 2021 to recreate the face-to-face experience.
Can you pass Kent citizenship test?
24 September 2020Earlier we imagined an independent Kent following Brexit, an increasingly likely scenario, but would you be allowed to stay?
Welcome to the Republic of Kent!
24 September 2020After Michael Gove's announcement of a border in Kent we explore what an independent county could look like.
'Internal border' will see HGV's require permits to access Kent
23 September 2020Lorries seeking to get into the county will need special permits in an attempt by the government to filter traffic and avoid post-Brexit gridlock.
'Border' to be set up inside Kent
23 September 2020Truckers seeking to cross the Channel after Brexit will need a pass to get into Kent, with police enforcing the policy.
Ferry firm with no ships goes bust
23 September 2020The ferry firm infamous for being handed a £14 million government contract despite having no boats has gone into voluntary liquidation.
Gove to speak on Brexit plan as 7,000-lorry queue fears grow
23 September 2020As fears grow about lorry havoc in Kent, Michael Gove will address the House of Commons on the government’s preparations.
'Draconian lorry park law smacks of desperation'
22 September 2020A government order bypassing residents and councils having their say on post-Brexit lorry parks has been condemned after it came out of the blue.
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