“The Fundamentals of Off-Road Driving..”

Last updated 18:15BST.

TODAY: off-road driving course at the Land Rover Experience Centre, Luton Hoo. More later.

On-going major flooding France and Italy, see below.

Weekend road closures: long diversion coastbound A2 at Canterbury, recommended M20 to Dover. Fourvieres Tunnel central Lyon, A6/A7, closed until 05:00 Monday, no major individual delays but persistent, considerable local congestion.

Calais Migrant Crisis: Calais ‘Day of Action’ Monday 13 October.

CHANNEL DELAYS: no delays currently.

WEATHER ALERT: RED alert floods/heavy rain France (see more + more). Amber alert heavy rain Italy (see more + more), Switzerland, Portugal.

WEATHER: unsettled West. Chilly Spain. Fine + dry Central, East.

GOTTHARD TUNNEL: northbound queue down to 2km, delay 20mins.

MONT BLANC TUNNEL: ‘traffic is fluent’.

MAJOR TRAFFIC DELAYS: A12 westbound into Genoa, road works delay 45mins.

Earlier: A12 westbound at Utrecht, road works delay down to 30mins. A96 southbound to Bregenz, road works at Leutkirch delay down to 30mins.

See Travel/Traffic/Weather for more.