The Latest Breaking News from Folkestone

Passengers have compared the scenes to a 'disaster movie' after a train broke down on Tuesday.

A service from Calais to Folkestone was stopped in the tunnel under the English Channel.

Travellers were seen 'panicking' and 'freaking out' in the confined space for nearly five hours after a train broke down, with one saying it was like a scene from a 'disaster movie'

The initial breakdown late on Tuesday affected the 3.50pm Eurotunnel Le Shuttle service from Calais to Folkestone.

Travellers say it was like being in a 'disaster movie'

Travellers were seen "panicking" and "freaking out" in the confined space for nearly five hours after a train broke down, with one saying it was like a scene from a "disaster movie"

Beaches in Barrow-on-Furness, Clacton, Folkestone and Scarborough have been highlighted amid a sharp rise in interest in naturism following the coronavirus lockdowns

For nearly a year after the funeral of Ava Guzman-Bourne last August, Miss Bourne fought Folkestone and Hythe District Council for permission to keep the fence in place

Travel chaos in France extended to Eurostar services between Paris and London on Sunday night as stranded passengers endured “a nightmare” and “bedlam2 because of cancelled and delayed trains.Videos produced by those caught up in Sunday night’s disruption showed thousands packed into the overflowing departure lounge at Gare du Nord,…

The equivalent to more than 200 miles of holidaymaker and freight traffic had been processed through the weekend up until Sunday morning

Holidaymakers hoping to cross from Dover and Folkestone to France on Sunday told to expect long delays