The latest from Ramsgate as port calls off live export ban
The owner of a port in Kent has abandoned its legal fight to stop live animal exports.
Thanet Council, which owns the Port of Ramsgate, says the basis on which it imposed a temporary ban "can no longer be sustained".
The move comes weeks before it faced a High Court challenge over the issue. Here's Tom Savvides with the latest news from the port, speaking to Cllr Ian Driver.
Animal export ban lifted at port
The owner of a Kent port has lifted its temporary ban on live animal exports weeks before it faced a High Court challenge over its decision.
Council abandons legal fight against live exports
Thanet Council has announced that it has lifted its ban on live animal exports through the Port of Ramsgate amid mounting legal costs.