Operation Stack on the M20 and a similar system on the A228 on the Isle of Grain have been lifted.

High winds yesterday saw limited services operating at the Port of Dover and Thamesport on the Isle of Grain closed completely.

Thamesport reopened at around 5.30pm yesterday but ferries are still operating on a one in, one out basis from Dover, according to the Coastguard.

Police say Stack is no longer in force on the M20 - but coastbound traffic is still being diverted off the motorway at junction 11 (Hythe), then allowed back on. Operation Stack may be brought back in later today.

Motorists faced a nightmare journey home last night - as a double Stack-style operation was implemented.

In the north of the county, drivers travelling towards the A228 at Grain were advised to avoid the area unless their journey was essential because Thamesport had closed due to the bad weather.

Lorries were being stacked along one lane of the A228 towards the port.

Elsewhere in Kent, police implemented phase one of Operation Stack due to severe weather conditions affecting the Port of Dover.

Phase one is where the M20 shuts coastbound between junction 11, the Hythe turn-off, and junction 12, the Cheriton turn-off at Folkestone.

Operation Stack is where parts of the M20 are used to queue lorries travelling towards the continent to avoid causing gridlock across our road network.

All coastbound traffic has to leave the motorway at junction 11. Lorries are allowed back down on the motorway where they park between the two junctions. All other traffic is diverted onto the A20.