fingerprinting would add to those delays. let s speak to anthony marett he s the chair of the uk coach 0perators association. i spoke to those of the guardian today who said that would not happen, and it will most likely be pushed back until the summer. what is your reaction to that? to pushed back until the summer. what is your reaction to that? is your reaction to that? to be honest. i is your reaction to that? to be honest, i think is your reaction to that? to be honest, i think that is your reaction to that? to be honest, i think that any - honest, i think that any introduction at any time is going to have a knock on effect for coach passengers, purely and simply because of the volume of checks that would need to be done as opposed to in a car or a lorry. so, you know, i understand that, you know, it is going to go ahead, but the longer it is delayed, the betterfor us going to go ahead, but the longer it is delayed, the better for us and for our members, to be honest. milt
to escape by land through egypt in the north and sudanese too are on the move. these coach passengers are from 0mdurman, sudan s largest city. they re heading north into egypt. meanwhile, civilians in khartoum are being told to stay inside, but food and water supplies are running low. aruna iyengar, bbc news. our chief political correspondent, nick eardley, is outside the foreign office this morning. morning to you. we are seeing in the last few moments announcements and immediate action taking place. this really is a time when every minute, every hour counts. every hour counts. doesn t it “ust? i have been every hour counts. doesn t it “ust? i have been speaking every hour counts. doesn t it “ust? i have been speaking to h every hour counts. doesn t itjust? i have been speaking to people - every hour counts. doesn t itjust? i have been speaking to people inl i have been speaking to people in the foreign office about the next few hours. what i can tell you is from today ther
some have been evacuated by air. they ve boarded buses in khartoum and driven 20 miles north to a small air base at wadi seidna. from there, they ve been flown largely to djibouti. others have gone by sea from port sudan on the coast. a british frigate is already heading in that direction and a british reconnaissance team is already in port sudan. 0therforeign nationals have tried to escape by land through egypt in the north and sudanese too are on the move. these coach passengers are from 0mdurman, sudan s largest city. they re heading north into egypt. meanwhile, civilians in khartoum are being told to stay inside, but food and water supplies are running low. aruna iyengar, bbc news. 0ur chief political correspondent, nick eardley, is in westminster this morning. we ll speak to him injust a moment. but first, let s go to our
minutes to get through passport control, those are the french passport controls that take place here on uk soil. 0n the other side of the channel, coach passengers are facing weights of around an hour to get through the controls there, all of those coaches that went over last weekend, some of them trying to get back now, those passages. it is going to be the coach passengers which are the big concern today. the good news that the port says is over the coming days there are a third fewer coaches travelling compared to last weekend when people had to delays of hour after hour to try to get across the channel. there is more space in the port this weekend for the french to carry out those passport checks. maki has been put up passport checks. maki has been put up to allow that to happen. a note of caution, though, the port has been encouraging ferry operators to stagger arrivals of coaches and get coach firms to turn up perhaps tomorrow or the day after rather
katy austin, reports. the long easter weekend is here, and it s traditionally a big one for travel. at the port of dover last weekend, some coach passengers trying to get on ferries to france had to wait 12 hours or more. plans to make things go more smoothly now include spreading out some of today s coach travel to quieter times or to tomorrow. despite the measures in place, the port has warned there could be waits of a few hours at the busiest times today. it s also expected to be a busy few days on the roads, and taking the train instead won t be an option for everybody as a huge programme of engineering work is carried out on britain s railway. for example, there are no services between london euston and milton keynes until tuesday. easter is unique in that there is a four day window for us to be able to do work effectively. and of course, fewer people do travel than during the normal week. it s a really good opportunity for us to make improvements to the railway for the future. on