Transport and Logistics Network
With 660 parking spaces, a gym, restaurant and gaming area, Ashford is home to Europe’s largest lorry park.
Ashford International Truckstop used to have 410 spaces but in December, the facility in Sevington expanded and moved from its old site, to a bi…
A Tesco delivery driver has been hailed as a hero after stopping at the scene of an accident on a busy Surrey road and using his van as a barrier to protect bystanders from oncoming traffic. The man was also seen donning a hi-vis vest to direct traffic…
Two men have been charged with conspiring to steal cash machines across the county.
Anthony Pemberthy, 43, of Calder Road, Maidstone, and Stephen Davenport, 60, of the town’s Ashford Road, are alleged to have been responsible for six ATM thefts committ…
P&O Ferries restart Dover to Calais trips for tourists today… after losing thousands from its ships being seized during Easter and bank holiday breaks: Passengers return for first time since sacking of 800 staff in MarchP&O Ferries is restart…
Motorists in Ashford, England were left stunned as more than 20 mattresses flew off from a truck. The motorists managed to avoid getting hit by the flying mattresses. A clip showing the mattresses blowing off a truck has now surfaced online.
The clip s…
Tuck into your favourite street food as Macknade’s outdoor market, Food Village, returns to Faversham for a new season.
The market, which features a range of unique dishes from around the world, will celebrate its return with a special launch party on …
A lorry park at a roadside cafe has been given the green light to continue operating, four years after temporary permission ran out.
The Airport Cafe and truckstop on the A20 between Sellindge and Newingreen, near Folkestone, holds up to 25 lorries.
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It has been exactly one month since the Operation Brock contraflow was brought in. The scheme was initially set up to help with post-Brexit queues and prohibits traffic on much of the coastbound carriageway from Maidstone through to the A20 at busy tim…
7 April 2022, 13:51 | Updated: 7 April 2022, 16:17
Lorry drivers are facing 12-hour waits because of P&O. Picture: Alamy
Lorry drivers have told LBC they are being forced to endure the “worst queues they’ve ever seen” on the approach to Dover,…
A lorry has crashed in Operation Brock on the M20.
The HGV jackknifed in the coastbound queues near Junction 10 in Ashford.
The jackknifed lorry on the M20 near Junction 10 in Ashford. Picture: National Highways
The jackknifed lorry on the coas…