First of six programmes Living with the Link Within months, the bulldozers will be moving into Kent to start building the Channel Tunnel. It will go ahead despite fierce opposition from those who have most to gain or lose - the people who will have to live with the link. They claim thousands of jobs will be lost and that Kent will be changed beyond recognition. Are they right? Steve Clarke reports on their fears and examines the real effects of the Channel link.
Producer JULIA MCLAREN
South East editor PHILIP HARDING