Roads leading to UK ports quiet after Britain leaves single market

Fears of huge queues failed to materialise

A ferry heads for France from Kent after the UK left the single market and customs union. Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA

Road in Kent, England are quiet on New Year’s Day as fears of huge lorry queues on the county’s trade arteries failed to materialise.

The first ferries sailed in and out of the port of Dover uneventfully following the UK’s departure from the single market at 11pm on Thursday.