but today, we wanted his view on the manston trial. anything. the 89 lorries that actually showed up doesn't really compare with the critical mass of over 10,000 lorries on a daily basis. for the lorries on the a256. i'm joining the back of the queue now. we'll not be held here hardly at all. that could actually substantially reduce the capacity of local road networks and, in the case of the single—lane truck roads, that could actually create a complete blockage of the road and traffic. they've got to come up with some system, even in the event of a no—deal brexit. they've got to come up with some system which will delay the need for all these customs procedure for a period so they can phase them whether ear petitieiens and eereoean'e the department for transport told us: w will be considered carefully to ensure operation brock is fully there was little evidence of any ”7 777 7 7 £77 7757 :7 77; £2 §7 e‘fi ewes 5515 “e fif‘e‘e‘ are post—brexit border delays. itmight do something but still i think in terms of the delays for those trucks,

simonjones is at manston.uld lead to gridlock on our roads. kent county council has warned that pupils could struggle to get to school, patients could find it difficult to get to hospital. the government was under some pressure to be seen to be doing something, hence today's trial at this disused airport in kent. critics have said it is too little, too late and onto small a scale. a disused airport, 89 lorries, and with less than three months to go until brexit, a first rehearsal by the government for managing hgvs in a no—deal scenario. manston airport could be used as a giant lorry park, if extra checks at dover were to lead to queues, as some have predicted, stretching back for 30 miles. but the government also wants to test how easily those lorries could then make the 20—mile journey to dover. well, it's just gone eight in the morning, and this is the first group of lorries heading out of manston airport towards the port of dover. the aim is to put them out on the road network during rush hour, as people a

we don't think manston is the right answer.cause chaos? well, if we have just the left— hand going to cause chaos? well, if we have just the left—hand lane used to the lorries, the other two lanes can be used to make sure that kent's economy can continue to flourish. sending lorries around kent on a wild goose chase all the way to manston in the extreme north—east corner and then sending them to the port of dover by a small a road which is often single track and winds through the picturesque villages of east kent is not the right answer. in terms of the government's planning, the potential scenario is 30 miles tailbacks stretching from dover, what do you make of that as an analysis? port of calais say they have no intention of any kind of go slow. president macron of france has seen what happens with the yellow vests, what happens with the yellow vests, what happens when he plays politics with people isjobs happens when he plays politics with people is jobs and happens when he plays politics with people isjobs and livelihoods,

the purpose of this trial is to test the layout on manston airfield. then we set off. on route? the lorries had been let out 25 at a time but later it emerged that only 89 of the expected hundred and 50 lorries had turned up at all. it seemed pretty quiet on the roads. from the cabin seat it was hard tojudge the roads. from the cabin seat it was hard to judge what was going on around us. so i asked an expert to cast an eye over oui’ around us. so i asked an expert to cast an eye over ourjourney. i've come to imperial college london to see a doctor who has researched the impact of potential delays on dover after brexit to date we wanted his view the manston trial. in principle he thought it worry park to divert traffic from dover was a good idea but the experiment, he said, did not prove anything. there was it enough lorries to show up. it does not compare to be 10,000 lorries on a daily basis. part of the route included a cordoned off holding lane. i'm joining included a cordoned off holding lane. i'mjoining the back included a cordoned off holding lane. i'm joining th

a convoy of lorries made the 20 mile trip between dover and manston airport, which could be used as adge reports. more than 80 trucks, parked on a runway. a government—led no deal brexit drill, in case we exit the european union injust 12 weeks without a deal. manston airfield, near britain's biggest port, will be a holding area for trucks if there are suddenly checks on goods and queues at the border. they're now despatching the lorries in a controlled fashion, trying to work out how the roads en route to dover will cope. truck drivers involved set off early. tony believes no deal really is on the cards. on march 29th, i think it's going to be a bit of a fiasco. there won't be much getting out of the country and a lot not coming in. i think the motorways will be absolute chaos. learning how to mitigate chaos on kent's roads, in the approach towards dover, was the aim of today's exercise. but it was small scale. more than 80 lorries involved, when 10,000 pass through the port each day. it's good to have a contingency and it's good to pressure test it, but today was done with far too f

manston airfield, just 16 miles north of britain's biggest port, will become a holding area for trucks border. they're now despatching the lorries in a controlled fashion, trying to work out how the roads en route to dover will cope. the hauliers taking part set off early. some believe no deal really is on the cards. on march 29th, i think it's going to be a bit of a fiasco. there won't be much getting out of the country and a lot coming in. i think the motorways will be absolute chaos. learning how to mitigate chaos on kent's roads in the approach towards dover was the aim of today's exercise, but it was small—scale — more than 80 lorries involved, when 10,000 pass through the port each day. it's good to have a contingency and it's good to pressure—test it, but today was done with far too few vehicles and it was done too close to brexit. this should have been done a year ago. but today, at least, the roads were clear. 0n the face of it, today's exercise has gone pretty smoothly, but how much has the government really learnt from ushering 80 lorries down a few roads? this is also about

dozens of lorries gathered at manston airport, a designated holding area for heavy goods vehicles, ifrce. 0ur correspondent simonjones reports from manston. a disused airport, 89 lorries, and with less than three months to go until brexit, a first rehearsal by the government for managing hgvs in a no—deal scenario. manston airport could be used as a giant lorry park, if extra checks at dover were to lead to queues, as some have predicted, stretching back for 30 miles. but the government also wants to test how easily those lorries could then make the 20—mile journey to dover. well, it's just gone eight in the morning, and this is the first group of lorries heading out of manston airport towards the port of dover. the aim is to put them out on the road network during rush hour, as people are heading to work or to school, to see how the system copes. the journey involves some single carriage roads, and many roundabouts with potential disruption to others in the area facing a convoy of trucks, and some are questioning the value of the trial. well, i welcome the department for transport ra

a convoy of lorries made the 20—mile trip between dover and manston airport, which could be used as a haulage groups dismissed the exercise as "too little, too late", as our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. more than 80 trucks, parked on a runway. a government—led no deal brexit drill in case we exit the european union injust 12 weeks without a deal. manston airfield, near britain's biggest port, will be a holding area for trucks if there are suddenly checks on goods at queues at the border. they're now despatching the lorries in a controlled fashion, trying to work out how the roads en route to dover will cope. truck drivers involved set off early. tony believes no deal really is on the cards. on march 29th, i think it's going to be a bit of a fiasco. there won't be much getting into the country and a lot not coming in. i think the motorways will be absolute chaos. learning how to mitigate chaos on kent's roads in the approach towards dover was the aim of today's exercise. but it was small scale. more than 80 lorries involved, when 10,000 pass through the port each day.

a convoy of lorries made the 20 mile trip between dover and the disused manston airport, which couldrk. but haulage groups dismissed the exercise as "too little too late", as our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. more than 80 trucks parked on a runway. a government—led no—deal brexit drill, in case we exit the european union injust 12 weeks without a deal. manston airfield, near britain's biggest port, will become a holding area for trucks, if there are suddenly new checks on goods and long queues at the border. they're now despatching the lorries in a controlled fashion, trying to work out how the roads en route to dover will cope. truck drivers involved set off early. some believe no deal really is on the cards. on march 29th, i think it's going to be a bit of a fiasco. there won't be much getting out of the country and a lot coming in. i think the motorways will be absolute chaos. learning how to mitigate chaos on kent's roads in the approach towards dover was the aim of today's exercise, but it was small—scale — more than 80 lorries involved, when 10,000 pass through

manston airfield, just 16 miles north of britain's biggest port, will become a holding area for trucksching the lorries in a controlled fashion, trying to work out how the roads en route to dover will cope. the hauliers taking part set off early. some believe no deal really is on the cards. on march 29th, i think it's going to be a bit of a fiasco. there won't be much getting out of the country and a lot coming in. i think the motorways will be absolute chaos. learning how to mitigate chaos on kent's roads in the approach towards dover was the aim of today's exercise, but it was small—scale — more than 80 lorries involved, when 10,000 pass through the port each day. it's good to have a contingency and it's good to pressure—test it, but today was done with far too few vehicles and it was done too close to brexit. this should have been done a year ago. but today, at least, the roads were clear. on the face of it, today's exercise has gone pretty smoothly, but how much has the government really learnt from ushering 80 lorries down a few roads? this is also about the government sending a w

in the event of a no—deal brexit will be tested today. 150 hgvs will travel the 20—mile route from manstonfrom eight o'clock this morning in an attempt to prevent a repeat of scenes like these. hauliers fear a no—deal brexit will create additional border checks, leading to queues of up to 29 miles. the government says it has to prepare for all eventualities. looks like very nice weather.m must have been in summer. it probably was. it is monday morning. sally, a bit of a christmas cold. i'm over it, it is gone. i am telling you to do one. you have a blind date voice. have i? you know what i mean? someone with a low voice... will it be number three? i will explain it later. it is going to ta ke will explain it later. it is going to take too long. i am sorry. when someone. . . to take too long. i am sorry. when someone... if you have a cold, you get picked because you sound sexy. 0k. get picked because you sound sexy. ok. you have explained it. ok. that's it for me this weekend. i will be appearing on the very famous. i wish i never mentioned it. what is happening in the fa cup? i killed it,

government's plan to ease congestion on major southbound routes by diverting trucks to the disused manston airfield from there forming an orderly procession through the kent countryside on smaller roads to. the contingency plan the traffic management measures the department of transport described it was given another label that i want to. fall of thing is a last minute thing because it was in the floors of the stock and it was just it was a self it is a bit of fun. to prove what. i get a lot to do in something. that's all that's all it was but it will be done nothing like money not even the local m.p. from the governing conservative party was particularly impressed i welcomed the part of the transport ramping up preparations for this trial. just about one hundred lorries when the ten thousand lorries come to the port every single day this isn't the right routine the better thing is to use. an airfield. it's estimated queues for customs checks at dover in the event of a no deal bridges will stretch more than forty kilometers involving thousands of vehicles and taking many hours to resolve i

ports and a disused airport in kent to see where the traffic flow can be maintained were journalism manston can for us live now jonah so just talk us through this live testing what's the point of this exercise. well the reason for this exercise daryn is the sort of stock realize ation in the weeks before christmas that britain may not be able to avoid exiting the european union without a deal covering its future relations with the european union in other words overnight on march the twenty ninth becoming a third country and among the many issues that would be associated with that would be trade that would be customs checks having to be implemented at border posts with thirty three kilometers where i'm standing here from dover the port one of the main trade arteries to the continent the estimate is that heavy haulage trucks held up by customs checks there would stretch back forty kilometers or more along the m twenty that's a big artery out of london heading south so what's happening here is a live exercise where they're diverting that truck traffic to manston airfield behind me over there i

government's plan to ease congestion on major southbound routes by diverting trucks to the disused manston airfield from there forming an orderly procession through the kent countryside on smaller roads to dover port the contingency plan or traffic management measures the department of transport described it was given another label by one of the drivers involved having is a last minute thing because it was on the floors of the stock and it just was itself it is a bit too far. to prove what. i give a lot to do in something. that's only as a reward but it will be done nothing like money not even the local m.p. from the governing conservative party was particularly impressed i welcomed the part of the transport ramping up wrecks it preparations for this trial is on the road to smaller scale it's just about one hundred lorries when they're about ten thousand lorries come to the channel ports every single day this is. the right routing the better thing is to use. an airfield. it's estimated queues for customs checks at dover in the event of a no deal briggs it will stretch more than forty kilom

government's plan to ease congestion on major southbound routes by diverting trucks to the disused manston airfield from there forming an orderly procession through the kent countryside on smaller roads to dover port the contingency plan or traffic management measures the department of transport described it was given another label by one of the drivers involved having is a last minute thing because there was enough loser for the stock and he just wasn't tough it is a bit far off. to prove what. i get a lot to do in something. that's only as a reward but it will be done nothing like the money not even the local m.p. from the governing conservative party was particularly impressed i welcomed the both the transport ramping up wrecks it preparations but this trial is on the road to smaller scale it's just about one hundred lorries when they're out ten thousand lorries come to the channel ports every single day this isn't the right routing the better thing is to use. it's an airfield. it's estimated queues for customs checks at dover in the event of a no deal briggs it will stretch more than f

government's plan to ease congestion on major southbound routes by diverting trucks to the disused manston airfield from there forming an orderly procession through the kent countryside on smaller roads to dover port the contingency plan or traffic management measures the department of transport described it was given another label by one of the drivers involved having is a last minute thing because it was in the floors of the stock and it just was itself it is a bit of fun. to prove what. i get a lot to do in something. that's only as it was but it will be done nothing like money not even the local m.p. from the governing conservative party was particularly impressed i welcomed the part of the transport ramping up rex it preparations for this trial. just about one hundred lorries when that ten thousand lorries come to the port every single day this isn't the right routine the better thing is to use. an airfield. it's estimated queues for customs checks at dover in the event of a no deal briggs it will stretch more than forty kilometers involving thousands of vehicles and taking many hours

manston airfield, just 16 miles north of britain's biggest port, will become a holding area for trucks fashion, trying to work out how the roads en route to dover will cope. the hauliers taking part set off early. some believe no deal really is on the cards. on march 29th, i think it's going to be a bit of a fiasco. there won't be much getting out of the country and a lot coming in. i think the motorways will be absolute chaos. learning how to mitigate chaos on kent's roads in the approach towards dover was the aim of today's exercise, but it was small—scale — more than 80 lorries involved, when 10,000 pass through the port each day. it's good to have a contingency and it's good to pressure—test it, but today was done with far too few vehicles and it was done too close to brexit. this should have been done a year ago. but today, at least, the roads were clear. 0n the face of it, today's exercise has gone pretty smoothly, but how much has the government really learnt from ushering 80 lorries down a few roads? this is also about the government sending a warning — it's the prime minister'

whether routes to dover can cope with possible lorry congestion. 150 hgvs are driving 20 miles from manston, to the port of dover from eight o'clock this morning in an attempt to prevent a repeat of scenes like these. a man charged with murdering a fellow passenger on a train in surrey is due to appear before magistrates today. darren shane pencille, who's 35 and from farnham, is accused of stabbing 51—year—old lee pomeroy last friday afternoon. mr pomeroy was travelling with his 14—year—old son to london for a day out. a saudi woman who is fleeing her family is reported to have barricaded herself in her room in a thai airport hotel to prevent her own deportation. rahaf mohammed al-ounun is trapped in transit in bangkok and says her passport has been taken from her. human rights activists have urged thailand to allow rahaf to continue her journey to australia. she says she has renounced islam, and fears that if she's forced to go home, that her life will be in danger. uk car sales last year saw the biggest annual fall since the financial crisis, according to the industry trade body. the soc

queues near the channel ports in the event of a no—deal brexit. 0ur correspondent simonjones is at manstonting under way quote, the final few lorries are taking part. this is to test the idea of using the airport sightseeing in kent as a lorry park if that is a no—deal brexit. the theory is that increased checks take place in dover and other places that could lead to 30 mile queues so the government is looking at ways of taking some of the rise of the road. they are also testing the idea of how long and difficult it would be to get lorries from the site back down to the port of dover. this is eight seconds trial, before swann started at 830 am, that is said to have gone well, releasing lorries in batches and on this one they are setting off all 101 go. this is being supported by kent cou nty this is being supported by kent county council and the department for transport. how do you think it is going? it seems to be going very well, well organised by the department for transport and the road haulage association but so far it is going well, we have not had any problems, we are building a lot