Eleven months after it was installed on the M20, work to remove the barrier between Ashford and Maidstone is starting today.

The contraflow system is part of Operation Brock, which is designed to ease congestion if there are delays at Dover in the event of a no deal Brexit.

Also in today's episode: air pollution is putting thousands of lives at risk in Kent, a disabled music group is looking for more members, and the Gillingham and Ebbsfleet managers reflect on their games at the weekend.

In case you missed it:

• Podcast - Mum calls for specialist trolleys at all supermarkets - 10/01/2020

• Podcast - A&E waiting times at worst ever level - 09/01/2020

• Podcast - Second phase of Spirit if Sittingbourne project, scrapped - 08/01/2020

• Podcast - Headteacher defends decision to introduce Saturday detentions - 07/01/2020

• Podcast - Bad news for rail passengers affected by landslip - 06/01/2020

• Podcast - Heavy rainfall hits Kent as Christmas getaway starts - 20/12/2019

• Podcast - The number of people in Kent diagnosed with dementia has more than doubled in five years - 19/12/2019

• Podcast - Kent charity says many migrants who cross Channel have legitimate asylum claims - 18/12/19

• Podcast - More than 60 migrants rescued from small boats off Kent coast - 17/12/19

• Podcast - Family 'left housebound' after disabled toddler's mobility vehicle stolen - 16/12/2019

• Podcast - Kent decides in General Election - 13/12/19

• Podcast - Homeless charity Porchlight concerned for rough sleepers ahead of Christmas - 12/12/19

• Podcast - Final day of election campaigning before we head to the polls - 11/12/2019

• Podcast - Millions made in hospital car parking charges - 10/12/2019

• Podcast - Break-in causes £10k worth of damage at Medway church - 09/12/2019

• Podcast - Boris Johnson in Kent ahead of general election - 06/12/2019

• Podcast - Dangerous pollution levels in parts of Kent - 05/12/2019

• Podcast - Election candidates in Canterbury come under the spotlight - 04/12/2019

• Podcast - Thousands of children in Kent living in temporary accommodation - 03/12/19

• Podcast - Man admits killing 39-year-old near bridge - 02/12/2019

• Podcast - Mum of murdered baby speaks out - 29/11/2019

• Podcast - Celebrity Kent chef Gary Rhodes dies aged 59 - 27/11/2019

• Podcast - two stabbings in separate parts of Kent within hours - 26/11/2019

• Podcast - Uber banned after losing licence - 25/11/2019

• Podcast - Family of dead teenager raising awareness about drugs - 22/11/2019

• Podcast - Faversham student caught up in Hong Kong protests - 21/11/2019

• Podcast - Kent students flown home from Hong Kong amid growing violence - 20/11/2019

• Podcast - Man who murdered schoolteacher in Qatar could be free within four years - 19/11/2019

• Podcast - Teenager denies murdering man outside nightclub - 18/11/2019

• Podcast - Food hall boosting footfall and bringing more businesses to High Street - 15/11/2019

• Podcast - A&E waiting times in Kent revealed - 14/11/2019

• Podcast - Murderer jailed for life for caravan park stabbing - 13/11/2019

• Podcast - Pregnant women urged to get flu jab - 12/11/2019

• Podcast - Man jailed for smuggling 60 guns into Dover - 11/11/2019

• Podcast - Ben Lacomba sentenced for murdering former partner Sarah Wellgreen - 08/11/2019

• Podcast - 48 people treated after chemical leak - 07/11/2019

• Podcast - the Queen has been in Kent - 06/11/2019

• Podcast - Hundreds of churches in Kent targeted by criminals - 05/11/2019

• Podcast - Eight more arrests after 39 bodies found in lorry near Dartford Crossing - 04/11/2019

• Podcast - Bus driver killed and 15 people injured in crash - 01/11/2019

• Podcast - Kent gets ready for December general election - 31/10/2019

• Podcast - Andrew Griggs sentenced for murder of wife Debbie who went missing 20 years ago - 30/10/2019

• Podcast - Operation Brock on M20 to be stood down 'as soon as possible' - 29/10/2019

• Podcast - Ben Lacomba found guilty of murdering missing former partner Sarah Wellgreen - 28/10/2019

• Podcast - Two more people arrested over deaths of 39 people found in lorry - 25/10/2019

• Podcast - 39 people found dead in a lorry in Essex were Chinese migrants - 24/10/2019

• Podcast - Investigation underway after 39 bodies found in lorry - 23/10/2019

• Podcast - Mum's grief after six-year-old daughter drowned at beach - 22/10/2019

• Podcast - Football keeping children away from crime - 21/10/2019

• Podcast - Teacher burned in Cambodia explosion speaks out - 18/10/2019

• Podcast - Kent MPs react to new Brexit deal - 17/10/2019

• Podcast - Controversial park and ride expansion plans approved - 16/10/2019

• Podcast - Flooding prevention work starts in Maidstone - 15/10/2019

• Podcast - One of Britain's worst paedophiles 'stabbed to death' in prison cell - 14/10/2019

• Podcast - Kent is ready for Brexit according to the county's police chiefs - 10/10/2019

• Podcast - Theatre plan for Tunbridge Wells scrapped - 09/10/2019

• Podcast - Murder suspect's phone call to police - 08/10/2019

• Podcast - Cost of farm fires in Kent revealed - 07/10/2019

• Podcast - Kent MP's emotional speech about domestic abuse - 03/10/2019

• Podcast - No new hospital for Canterbury despite Boris Johnson's promise - 02/10/2019

• Podcast - Confusion over announcement of new hospital in Kent by PM - 01/10/2019

• Podcast - Flood alerts in force across Kent - 30/09/2019

• Podcast - Men jailed for blowing up cash machine - 27/09/2019

• Podcast - 7 written complaints received by GP surgeries in Kent every day - 26/09/2019

• Podcast - Transgender dad loses high court battle - 25/09/2019

• Podcast - Calls for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign following Supreme Court ruling - 24/09/2019

• Podcast - Holidaymakers want answers following the collapse of Thomas Cook - 23/09/2019

• Podcast - Hundreds join protests over climate change - 20/09/2019

• Podcast - Bailiffs used 43,000 times to recover unpaid council tax - 19/09/2019

• Podcast - Campaigners claim grammar school is 'acting illegally' - 18/09/2019

• Podcast - More children in Kent being used by gangs as 'money mules' - 17/09/2019

• Podcast - Calls for food delivery cyclists to have number plates after elderly man knocked down - 16/09/2019

• Podcast - Family demands law change over teenager's Byron burger allergy death - 13/09/2019

• Podcast - Folkestone and Hythe MP Damian Collins calls for ban on children buying 'loot boxes' in video games - 12/09/19

• Podcast - Record number of child grooming offences in Kent - 11/09/2019

• Podcast - Kent officers seize almost £1m worth of goods bought with suspected criminal money - 09/09/2019

• Podcast - Ex-offender speaks out as probation service covering Kent is told it requires improvement - 04/09/2019

• Podcast - Parents worried about screen time - 03/09/2019

• Podcast - Knife Angel sculpture comes to Kent - 02/09/2019

• Podcast - Brexit could make migrant crisis worse - 30/08/2019

• Podcast - Kent reacts to Parliament being suspended - 29/08/2019

• Podcast - Reassurance from police following fatal stabbing - 28/08/2019

• Podcast - Four men charged over fatal stabbing in town centre - 27/08/2019

• Podcast - Great British Bake Off judge to help reform hospital food after listeria outbreak - 23/08/19
• Podcast - Kent students find out their GCSE results - 22/08/2019

• Podcast - Police confirm Lucas Dobson's body found in River Stour - 21/08/2019

• Podcast - Vigils held for missing Lucas Dobson as volunteers told to stop searching - 20/08/2019

• Podcast - Search continues for boy who fell in river - 19/08/2019

• Podcast - Margate mum sentenced for killing twins on Boxing Day - 16/08/2019

• Podcast - Kent students find out their A Level results - 15/08/2019

• Podcast - Rail commuters face paying more for season tickets from January - 14/08/2019

• Podcast - Kent towns could help solve mystery of missing Australian woman - 13/08/2019

• Podcast - Waiting times for GP appointments reach more than two weeks - 12/08/2019

• Podcast - Homeless bus shelter forced to close - 09/08/2019

• Podcast - Ministers in Kent to discuss no-deal Brexit - 08/08/2019

• Podcast - More Kent homes sitting empty - 07/08/2019

• Podcast - Man stabbed in High Street - 06/08/2019

• Podcast - Concerns over vaporised alcohol at nightclub - 05/08/2019

• Podcast - Former Kent students helped make Lion King - 02/08/2019
• Podcast - No-deal Brexit preparations stepped up - 01/08/2019

• Podcast - Rochester Cathedral bosses hit back over crazy golf controversy - 31/07/2019

• Podcast - Kent farmer urges Prime Minister Boris Johnson to get a Brexit deal - 30/07/2019

• Podcast - Father and son convicted of people trafficking - 29/07/2019

• Podcast - Mum fears for daughter's future over cannabis oil uncertainty - 26/07/2019
• Podcast - How Kent is coping in the hot weather - 25/07/2019

• Podcast - Farmers' fears over field fires - 24/07/2019

• Podcast - Boris Johnson is to become the new Prime Minister - 23/07/19

• Podcast - Holiday hunger hits Kent as summer break starts - 22/07/2019

• Podcast - Door staff could get stab vests amid knife fears - 19/07/2019

• Podcast - Gatwick confirms masterplan which could lead to third runway - 18/07/2019

• Podcast - Fuel price comparison shows Kent drivers paying more to fill up - 17/07/19

• Podcast - Former gang member to warn more young people about dangers of crime - 16/07/2019

• Podcast - Amputee teacher's journey back to the classroom - 15/07/2019

• Podcast - Conservative party members question leadership candidates - 12/07/2019

• Podcast - More criticism for Disney's Spider-Man grave decision - 11/07/2019

• Podcast - Parents react to inquest of young man stabbed to death in Cyprus - 10/07/2019

• Podcast - HPV vaccine to be offered to boys - 09/07/2019

• Podcast - MP calls for prosecution over Trump memo leak - 08/07/2019

• Podcast - County lines gangs could be to blame for attacks on police - 05/07/2019

• Podcast - Widow calls for assisted dying law change - 04/07/2019

• Podcast - Cannabis law change brought in too soon says Kent mum - 03/07/2019

• Podcast - more support for problem gamblers - 02/07/2019

• Podcast - Boris Johnson visits Kent as bid to become PM continues - 01/07/2019

• Podcast - Saharan heat bubble to bring scorching temperatures to Kent - 28/06/2019

• Podcast - Kent mum's disappointment as 'unicorn dream experience' cancelled - 28/06/2019

• Podcast - Kent climate change protesters head to Westminster calling for urgent action - 27/06/19

• Podcast - Kent MP criticises use of lie detector tests in reality TV programmes - 26/06/19

• Podcast - Concerns over rise in home schooling - 25/06/2019

• Podcast - Murder victim's son says serial killer should stay in jail - 24/06/2019

• Podcast - 'Dysfunctional housing market' blamed for rise in homelessness - 20/06/2019

• Podcast - Kent Police crackdown on drug and knife crime - 19/06/2019

• Podcast - Hospice boss calls for more Government funding - 18/06/2019

• Podcast - Mentally ill will no longer be held in police cells - 17/06/2019

• Podcast - Dating apps blamed for rise in STIs - 14/06/2019

• Podcast - Hundreds march in support of 'racist' attack victim - 13/06/2019

• Podcast - Plans to create CBD sweets for children - 12/06/2019

• Podcast - MP backs Michael Gove despite cocaine revelation - 11/06/2019
• Podcast - Tributes paid to former Gills boss Justin Edinburgh - 10/06/2019

• Podcast - Thousands of children going to school hungry - 07/06/2019

• Podcast - D-Day 75 commemorations across Kent - 06/06/2019
• Podcast - MP questions Justice Secretary over serial killer - 05/06/2019

• Podcast - Attack on homeless man 'deeply upsetting' - 04/06/2019

• Podcast - Man caught on bodycam trying to stab police officer - 03/06/2019

• Podcast - Brexit Secretary visits Kent - 31/05/2019

• Podcast - Rise in race hate crimes against children - 30/05/2019

• Podcast - Mum's warning over smoking while pregnant - 29/05/2019

• Podcast - Concern for mum who left baby outside hospital - 28/05/2019

• Podcast - Kent reacts to Theresa May's resignation - 24/05/2019

• Podcast - Road rage killer Kenneth Noye 'should remain behind bars' - 23/05/2019

• Podcast - New NHS drug could change teenager's life - 22/05/2019

• Podcast - Stroke unit decision will not be referred back to Secretary of State - 21/05/2019

• Podcast - Teen fears lack of NHS funding could ruin uni dream - 20/05/2019

• Podcast - Mum to meet health secretary over cystic fibrosis drug campaign - 17/05/2019

• Podcast - Benny the Beluga to be remembered through plastic sculpture - 16/05/2019

• Podcast - Jeremy Kyle show cancelled by ITV - Kent reacts - 15/05/2019

• Podcast - Suicide prevention conference held on Mental Health Awareness Week - 14/05/2019

• Podcast - Concerns over potential release of serial killer - 13/05/2019

• Podcast - Golf ball sized tumour removed from baby's brain through pioneering surgery - 10/05/2019

• Podcast - Jeremy Corbyn in Medway to launch Labour's manifesto for European elections - 09/05/2019

• Podcast - Children risking their lives on railway lines in Kent - 08/05/2019

• Podcast - Man found with samurai sword during drugs raid jailed - 07/05/2019

• Podcast - Reaction to results of local elections across the county - 03/05/2019

• Podcast - More people visit self-help page to try and stop viewing indecent images of children online - 02/05/2019

• Podcast - Concerns over plans for new theme park - 01/05/2019

• Podcast - Wife calls for justice at start of inquiry into contaminated blood - 30/04/2019

• Podcast - Rape victims told to give their mobile phones to police - 29/04/2019

• Podcast - Four Debenhams stores in Kent could close - 26/04/2019

• Podcast - Parents urged to get their children vaccinated amid fears of measles outbreak - 25/04/2019

• Podcast - Teenager with learning difficulties attacked - 24/04/2019

• Podcast - Parents pay tribute to son who had rare heart condition - 23/04/2019

• Podcast - Family campaign for better support for new mums following suicide of Rebecca Kruza - 18/04/2019

• Podcast - Dean of Rochester describes Notre Dame fire as 'horrific' - 17/04/2019

• Podcast - University of Kent medieval expert hopes Notre Dame in Paris will be rebuilt after devastating fire - 16/04/2019

• Podcast - Landlord criticises new rules aimed a protecting tenants - 15/04/2019

• Podcast - Adoptive mum of boy who needed his legs amputated slams findings of serious case review - 12/04/2019

• Podcast - Fresh hope for Kent girl with epilepsy - 11/04/2019

• Podcast - Children from Demelza Hospice feature in exhibition by world famous photographer - 10/04/2019

• Podcast - Overhaul to divorce law to end 'blame game' between partners - 09/04/2019

• Podcast - Devastated mum has daughter's cannabis medication confiscated - 08/04/2019

• Podcast - Mum turns fashion designer for autistic children - 05/04/2019

• Podcast - Autistic children hit by funding cuts - 04/04/2019
• Podcast - Committee set up to tackle rise in knife crime - 03/04/2019
• Podcast - Figures reveal the scale of dog fighting in Kent - 02/04/2019
• Podcast - Bereaved parents bid to help others - 01/04/2019
• Podcast - Mum turns entrepreneur after loss of twins - 29/03/2019
• Podcast - Mum campaigns for live saving cystic fibrosis drug - 28/03/2019
• Podcast - 24/7 helipad could save more lives - 27/03/2019
• Podcast - Mum pleads with Snap chat to reveal identify of daughter's troll - 26/03/2019
• Podcast - Kent's Brexit test and why ditching the car could help your children - 25/03/2019
• Podcast - Education funding warning, how will your children be affected? 21/03/2019
• Podcast - Parents urged not to shout negative comments at children's football matches - 20/03/2019
• Podcast - Mum's battle to get cannabis oil treatment for daughter - 19/03/2019
• Podcast - Reality stars, fame and pressure - 18/03/2019