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The Latest Breaking News from Folkestone

Thousands of Eurostar passengers face travel chaos as services cancelled close to new year

Cars left queueing for hours for LeShuttle at Folkestone and ferries fully booked, leaving holidaymakers stranded

The Independent UK

24h in Folkestone: Shoreline, Rocksalt and a controversial renaissance plan

Think the British seaside is just for summer breaks? Think again, says Harriet Addison, who explored Folkestone and its foodie side on a blustery winter weekend

Evening Standard

Faded no more: the return of British seaside resorts’ grand hotels

Many coastal towns are seeing a post-pandemic resurgence, with new builds and stately piles being returned to their former grandeur

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Terrifying moment kids narrowly avoid being swept out to sea as Storm Ciaran batters coast

The two boys were hit by huge waves crashing against the sea wall in Folkestone

The Independent UK

Eurostar cancels all Boxing Day trains - what to do if you had a train booked

Eurostar has cancelled 43 trains linking London and Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam on Boxing Day because of strikes by the RMT union on the train line at Folkestone

Daily Mirror

‘It was like a disaster movie’: Passengers stuck for hours inside Eurotunnel

The initial breakdown late on Tuesday affected the 3.50pm Eurotunnel Le Shuttle service from Calais to Folkestone

The Independent UK

Kent authorities demand more Government money to handle Dover traffic chaos

Leaders of a number of local councils as well as Visit Kent and Eurotunnel have penned an open letter to the Secretary of State for Transport.

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Will Dover and Folkestone travel chaos continue and is Brexit to blame?

The UK asked for an European Union external frontier, similar to the hard borders the EU has with Russia and Turkey, to take effect in Kent

The Independent UK

Will Dover and Folkestone travel chaos continue and is Brexit to blame?

The UK asked for an European Union external frontier, similar to the hard borders the EU has with Russia and Turkey, to take effect in Kent

The Independent UK

Summer getaway queues ease amid concerns weekend travel chaos could be repeated

The Port of Dover said its summer plan will work for the rest of the holidays but the AA said ‘significant progress’ is needed.

The Independent UK

Inside Dover hell as hard shoulders become 'urinals' with people 'treated like cattle'

Volunteers handed out emergency rations to families stranded on routes leading to the Eurotunnel as they were forced to use the hard shoulder as a toilet

Daily Mirror

‘Severe’ Delays At The Channel Tunnel After Days Of Traffic Chaos

Drivers travelling to France on Eurotunnel are facing severe delays as the travel “chaos” in Kent for people trying to reach the continent continues.While queues at the Port of Dover are reportedly down to just an hour on Sunday after Border and ferry staff worked “through the night” to clear…

Evening Standard

Folkestone becomes new ‘hotspot of holiday hell’ as disruption at Dover clears

Lanes towards the Port of Dover were clear on Sunday in contrast to the scenes of gridlocked traffic on Friday and Saturday.

The Independent UK

Pensioners heading to France for summer holiday brand Dover travel chaos 'a disaster'

Pensioners Paul and Wendy Nicholas, from Brockenhurst, Hants, were heading to Cologne, France, to join a Saga river cruise. They said 150 people were due to join the seven-night cruise

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‘A wild triple-decker sandwich’: world’s first multistorey skatepark lands in Folkestone

The Kent town just became the kickflip capital of Britain – with a little help from Saga. Our writer gets some vert at F51, the swooping, looping, wheel-rattling £17m extravaganza

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