There is uncertainty over whether new facilities will be built at Cairnryan Port to check goods coming from the Republic of Ireland and wider EU via Northern Ireland.

SCOTTISH ministers have halted the construction of a customs checkpoint started as a consequence of Brexit because they say Westminster has so far declined to pay for it.

So five years after the referendum, and six months from leaving the single market, what's the slogan from businesses most affected? Bureaucracy, delay, cost.

The internal UK checks will apply on food and animals moving from the EU.

The Scottish Government is preparing to create a new customs checkpoint in Dumfries and Galloway as a consequence of Brexit.

A former military airfield in Dumfries and Galloway will be used as an emergency lorry park if Brexit causes disruption at Cairnryan.

Ministers at Holyrood are still trying to find ‘additional space’ in the event that freight traffic bound for Northern Ireland had to be ‘stacked’ due to border delays.

uthorities fear that new border checks introduced following a no-deal Brexit will slow down traffic through the nearby port of Cairnryan