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Delays continue for Channel Tunnel passengers
08 July 2014Channel Tunnel passengers are still facing delays as engineers struggle to fix a power problem that left a train stranded.
Chatham to become Medway's 'city centre'
07 July 2014The government has today (Monday) announced it will be handing over nearly £29 million to help Medway flourish - including developing Chatham.
Deputy PM announces new crossing control centre - in Leeds
06 July 2014The French company that will be looking after the new payment system at the Dartford Crossing has set up its new £1 million control centre - in Leeds.
Manston owner digs in over closure plan
03 July 2014Crunch talks have taken place between Manston bosses and council leaders... but it seems nothing has changed over the closure
Leader is sceptical of Labour promises
03 July 2014A multibillion-pound promise to local government by the Labour party has been labelled a ploy to keep campaign foot soldiers sweet...
Commuter train to be launched
02 July 2014Southeastern is to reintroduce a direct train from Sheerness to London.
Manston equipment to be sold off
02 July 2014The owners of the recently closed airport are putting dozens of specialist items up for auction later this month.
Crunch meeting with Manston owner after closure
30 June 2014A high level council delegation will meet businesswoman Ann Gloag this week following the closure of Manston.
Manston injunction bid stalled again
30 June 2014Flight training company TG Aviation’s bid to get an injunction against the closure of Manston Airport has been put back.
Eurotunnel to exit ferry market
27 June 2014Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel has today been given six months to stop MyFerryLink services from Dover to Calais or sell them.
Manston airport closure injunction bid returns to High Court
27 June 2014A flight training business is resuming its case to force the owners of the recently-closed airport to allow them to use the runway.
Morrisons sells depot for £97.8m... but at a price
18 June 2014Troubled supermarket Morrisons has offloaded its distribution centre in Kent and will pay several million pounds each year to operate there.
UPDATE: Injunction bid against airport closure
18 June 2014A flight training company based at recently-shut Manston airport has been to the High Court today to seek an injunction allowing it to use the runway.
Estuary airport: final reckoning
13 June 2014Relocating wildlife disrupted by a new airport in the Thames Estuary will cost £500m, say the architects behind the £15bn project in a crunch report.
‘No confidence’ in airport revival hope
12 June 2014The boss of Lydd airport says he has little belief Manston airport could reopen, but has questioned its owner's morality for shutting it down.
Manston 'will reopen if not this year, then next'
10 June 2014Campaigners say growing pressure will force Manston airport's owners to sell, despite its impending omission from the latest aviation inquiry.
Land value doubt for Manston developers
09 June 2014Concerns from house builders about returns on properties built on Manston airport could scupper any plans for a garden city by its owners.
Where your rubbish is headed
03 June 2014More than 61,000 tonnes of recycled waste will be taken to a facility in Kent every year after KCC awarded a new contract for seven boroughs.
Give airport site to people, urge Greens
03 June 2014Manston Airport owner Anne Gloag should give the property to the people of Kent, according to Thanet Green Party councillor Ian Driver.
Touchdown: first charter airline lands at Lydd
02 June 2014The first charter airliner touches down at Lydd days after the airport won its High Court battle to expand
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