From being hit by a swinging car door to getting dragged along by a car trailer, cyclists reveal the shocking reality of riding on Kent’s roads.

Drivers are being warned to plan ahead as a month of overnight road closures are announced on a busy river crossing between Kent and Essex.

A busy main route is due to be closed for around seven days due to emergency power works.

Hated roadworks on a major route – which made journeys up to four times longer - are set to end eight weeks early this weekend.

A major route is to be partly closed for three days as a water company gets set to make pipe repair works.

Two lanes have been blocked on a section of motorway following a crash causing long delays.

Shoppers have praised the part-pedestrianisation of a town and introduction of new “pocket parks”, claiming it has made the area more “sociable”.

There are lengthy delays on a key route this evening after a lorry fire and diesel spill.

Residents claim their public transport options are not good enough to support their growing villages.

Clog-ups on roads to a port during the half-term holiday rush have now eased, according to the port authority.

Port bosses have blamed drivers failing to stick to main routes for creating gridlock yesterday - and there are still two-hour hold-ups today.

One of the main routes in and out of a town will be closed yet again by a gas company.

Police, fire and ambulance crews are the scene of an accident involving a vehicle that has left the carriageway of a major motorway.

A busy road was closed and two people taken to hospital following a collision between a motorcycle and a van.

Police have closed a road due to a broken-down farm vehicle which is leaking oil onto a carriageway.

Passengers heading to France have been stuck in long queues all day as crowds head to the coast for the half-term getaway.

The closure of a busy A-road for 13 weeks will cause traffic “chaos” and leave children struggling to get to school, it is feared.

Plans for a new improved service connecting the County Town to London have been shelved

All lanes have reopened as a crash site on a busy A-road is cleared.

Railway services along a major route ground to a halt following reports of a trespasser.