Lung Cancer Screening Event to be Held Across Delaware | Latest News

Lung Cancer Screening Event to be Held Across Delaware | Latest News

DELAWARE – The Delaware Department of Health and Social Services has announced a state-wide National Lung Cancer Screening Day event Saturday in a partnership between the American Cancer Society and numerous Delaware hospitals and imaging facilities.  According to the Department, members of the Bureau of Cancer Prevention and Control within the Department will be on-site … Read more

Flooding, huge waves and travel delays possible as MET yellow weather warning for rain is extended for Kent

Flooding, huge waves and travel delays possible as MET yellow weather warning for rain is extended for Kent

Published: 08:03, 04 November 2023 Updated: 08:14, 04 November 2023 A weather warning for heavy rain has been brought forward after bad weather hit the county earlier than expected. A yellow weather warning for rain had been issued by the Met Office yesterday for this evening but that warning was brought into force at 5am … Read more

Delays at Dartford Crossing southbound on M25 after multi-vehicle crash

Delays at Dartford Crossing southbound on M25 after multi-vehicle crash

Published: 17:48, 22 October 2023 Updated: 18:04, 22 October 2023 People heading towards Kent on the M25 are facing delays this evening after a multi-vehicle crash. Traffic camera images from near the Dartford Crossing showed queues building southbound following the incident – but all lanes have now been reopened. Traffic cameras at the Dartford Crossing … Read more

Sheppey-bound Grovehurst roundabout slip road closure causes traffic chaos

Sheppey-bound Grovehurst roundabout slip road closure causes traffic chaos

Traffic chaos has already begun after the closure of a busy A249 slip road – but motorists fear worse is to come. This morning there are delays and queuing traffic for three miles on the dual carriageway in both directions at the M2 junction 5 by the Stockbury roundabout near Sittingbourne. Traffic from the Island … Read more

Sevington Inland Border Facility near Ashford dismissed as Brexit checkpoint for Port of Dover

Sevington Inland Border Facility near Ashford dismissed as Brexit checkpoint for Port of Dover

A largely empty border facility is “too far away” from the Port of Dover to process travellers heading to the continent, according to highways bosses. Chiefs at the port want to make more room for new post-Brexit biometric security checks by reclaiming land from the sea and building a facility on the nearby Granville Dock. … Read more

The tiny corner of England where locals live like the French

The tiny corner of England where locals live like the French

One of the biggest issues for residents of St Margarets is that mobile network providers inadvertently charge people in the area for using French mobile networks. “It costs time and money, with endless phone calls to the mobile network to remove roaming charges and the burden of proof being on the consumer,” says Jaenicke, whose … Read more

Southeastern warns passengers to avoid travelling during peak times as temperatures soar in Kent

Southeastern warns passengers to avoid travelling during peak times as temperatures soar in Kent

Sunseekers heading to and from the Kent coast today are being advised to avoid rail travel at peak times as operators fear overcrowded trains. With the county experiencing a September heatwave, Southeastern says passengers are flocking to Margate, Broadstairs, Folkestone, Herne Bay and Whitstable. People on a crowded Margate beach when temperatures have previously soared. … Read more

Gridlock in Canterbury and Sturry after vehicle fire shuts ring road

Gridlock in Canterbury and Sturry after vehicle fire shuts ring road

Published: 18:39, 04 September 2023 Updated: 19:06, 04 September 2023 Hundreds of drivers are stuck in gridlock traffic after an oil spill and a vehicle fire led to rush hour queues. The A290 Rheims Way is closed in the southbound direction from Old Watling Street to A28 Pin Hill (Wincheap Roundabout) around the Canterbury ring … Read more