manston airfield will be used as an emergency lorry park. we're stepping into the unknown. into the unknown. the lorries are scheduled to set off at 8am to coincide with the rush hour. steels here. right; is the plan was that the lorries were supposed to leave manston ate flflnrk— — are still in their drivers' briefing. got a number to go in the windscreen. yeah. what does it say? airfield. the exit is onto the public highway and the route to the port of dover via the holding area on the a256." then we set off. colin had been warned at the briefing that the turning out of manston airfield would be a little bit difficult. and we're en route. and this is where it says the turn's going to be quite tight. the lorries have been let out 25 at a time. it later emerged that only 89 of the expected 150 lorries had turned up at all. it seemed pretty quiet on 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 our journey. i've come to imperial college london to see dr ke han. he's r

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

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

manston airfield, near britain's biggest port, will be a holding area for trucks if there are suddenlypatching 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 few vehicles and it was done too close to brexit. this should have been done a year ago. the government says it has to plan for all eventualities. it ran today's rehearsal with the local council. do you accept though that this can't replicate a no deal scenario? of course we can't replicate it because that would cause..

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

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 it wasn't

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 kilometers inv

manston airfield, near britain's biggest port, will be a holding area for trucks if there are suddenlyes 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. it's good to have a contingency and it's good to pressure test it but today it was done with far too few vehicles and it was done too close to brexit. this should have been done a year ago. the government says it has to plan for all eventualities. it ran today's rehearsal with the local council. do you accept that this can't replicate a no deal scenario? of course we can't replicate it be

event of a no—deal brexit will be tested today. 150 hgvs will travel the 20—mile route from manston airfieldt 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, didn't 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 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 forty kilo

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 to resol

event of a no—deal brexit are being tested today. 150 hgvs are travelling the 20—mile route from manston airfieldno—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. 0ur correspondent simonjones is at manston airport. well, this is all about testing how the road network might cope in the event of a no deal brexit. and one of the scenarios they're looking at is whether this former airport site would be suitable as a giant lorry park. what they've also done, because it is empty at the moment, is, just after quarter past eight, they sent out almost 100 lorries from this site to make the journey onwards to the port of dover, to see the effect it would have on local roads. because, of course, at that time it was rush—hour, if people we re time it was rush—hour, if people were heading to school and work, they want to see how robust this plan is. it's all because of this fear that if there is no deal brexit, there could be extra checks on lorries which could lead to tailbacks of up to 30 miles, according to

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'

south so what's happening here is a live exercise where they're diverting that truck traffic to manston airfield behind me over there it's a disused airfield in kent about thirty three kilometers from dover it has a capacity for forty six thousand trucks so using one hundred fifty or so in today's exercise and the idea is to divert them there and then see how in a phased way they can disperse that traffic through the kent countryside along a secondary road to dover and keep the m twenty running they're doing it in two phases you can see them lining up there for the second phase the first was during the rush hour and i have to say the evidence of how it's all gone was not good talking to a taxi driver who brought us to this point who experienced the rush hour this morning just as people go back from their christmas break to work to school he said look if this was to become a daily occurrence which of course it would be under a no deal scenario he said you simply wouldn't be able to live in this countryside you would be out to get to work you wouldn't have to get to school and john as you say ther

routes to dover can cope with possible lorry congestion. 150 hgvs are driving 20 miles from manston airfieldport 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 society of m