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No Easter sailings for ferry firm
14 April 2022P&O has confirmed it will not be taking passengers over the four day bank holiday after another one of its ships was detained.
Asylum seekers arriving in Kent to be sent to Rwanda
14 April 2022A number of asylum seekers who have crossed the Channel are to be flown to Rwanda to have their applications processed, it has been revealed.
'Like a horror movie' Living in TAP's shadow
14 April 2022Families living next to a near-constant lorry queue are plagued by the sound of frustrated truckers blasting their horns, human waste and fumes.
Air and sea rescue mission launched
13 April 2022A search and rescue initiative has been co-ordinated by coastguards for an incident involving small boats.
Detained P&O ship fails second inspection
13 April 2022P&O's Pride of Kent - which previously failed a safety inspection - has now failed another inspection by the coastguard.
New moves to improve town centre
13 April 2022Two properties are to be bought as part of a wider project of enhancements for the heart of a town.
P&O ship fails safety inspection
12 April 2022A P&O ship hoping to be cleared for sail has failed vital safety checks after the coastguard found 'a number of deficiencies'.
Op Brock to stay until after Easter
12 April 2022Operation Brock will remain in place until after the Easter Bank Holiday weekend ‘as a precaution’ to manage the flow of traffic heading to Europe.
MP helps champion boxer build playground for Ukrainian orphans
12 April 2022A Kent MP rolled up her sleeves to help champion boxer Amir Khan build a playground for Ukrainian orphans.
Hotel set to replace former Co-op
12 April 2022An 'international brand' hotel could be built on the site of a former town centre Co-op store which is being demolished.
P&O ship to be inspected for safety
11 April 2022The coastguard has confirmed it is carrying out a safety inspection on one of P&O's suspended ships.
Eurotunnel traffic rockets due to P&O crisis
11 April 2022The operator of the Channel Tunnel has seen an enormous year-on-year growth for the month of March.
M20 remains shut despite minimal lorry queues
11 April 2022A 21-mile stretch of the M20 remains shut to non-freight traffic due to Operation Brock Zero.
P&O services to Calais remain suspended until Good Friday
10 April 2022P&O Ferries has confirmed all services from Dover to Calais will remain suspended for another week.
'Our lorries are losing £800 each in massive M20 queues'
10 April 2022Lorries in 25-hour queues to cross the Channel are each losing hundreds of pounds as their products go bad en-route to Europe, it has been claimed.
Ninth day of traffic chaos causing nightmare for locals
09 April 2022As we enter the ninth day of chaos on the roads in Kent, we speak to people living on the diversion route about how it is affecting them.
Police sergeant 'bragged' about fatal crash which killed young women
09 April 2022A police officer who bragged on WhatsApp about a fatal crash, bullied a junior colleague and sent co-workers 'derogatory' emails has been sacked.
'I've never seen anything like this in 30 years in shipping'
08 April 2022A ferry firm has hired dozens of redundant P&O staff, and has explained how it is coping amid chaos at the ports.
Delays on M2, M25 and M20 as traffic chaos continues
08 April 2022Thousands of queuing lorries continue to line more than 20 miles of motorway as concerns about the impact of weekend holiday traffic heighten.
Nurse who cared for 50,000 patients retires after 45 years
07 April 2022A nurse who has spent 45 years helping to look after people will finally hang up her uniform at the end of this month.
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