P & O Ferries, www.poferries.com, is offering trips from Dover to Calais for just £2 for foot passengers and from £15 for cars carrying up to nine people.

Foot passengers must travel between Monday to Thursday, departing after 8.25am and returning before 9pm on the same day. Similar restrictions apply to those travelling by car, so make sure you read the terms and conditions before booking.

School’s out for summer from today and thousands of families will be crossing the Channel for holidays in France.

But if motorists don’t have florescent jackets and warning triangles in the boot, they could face fines of more than £100.

That’s just one of the bits of advice found on Kent Police’s new bilingual “travelling abroad” section on its website.

Found at www.kent.police.uk/travel, it’s designed to help reduce accidents and make it easier to report crime.

It gives details of:

• French road rules
• unusual signs
• speeding restrictions
• what equipment to keep in your car
• what to do at the scene of an accident
• enforcement.

The SeaFrance Molière will begin operating on the Calais/Dover route on 1st July 2008. The ship is 203 metres long and 25 metres wide and has 1,900 metres of car decks holding up to 480 vehicles or 110 trucks. It will provide passengers with 2,500 sq. metres of new space:

- Deck 7 has the restaurant, Le Relais (238 covers), Le Pub (380 seats), the restaurant, Les Routiers (80 covers), the “Play zone” for children, the exchange bureau and the information desk.

- Deck 8 has the Brasserie grillroom (74 covers), the Latitudes bar (148 seats), the shop (330 sq. metres), the transport café (37 seats) and the truckies’ rest area (41 seats).

Seafrance say that thanks to the SeaFrance Molière, SeaFrance offers passengers a more modern, more uniform and more environmentally-friendly fleet.

www.seafrance.com