travel is going to be spread out, either two different times on friday, orto either two different times on friday, or to thursday and saturday instead. the port also said it has put a temporary border infrastructure in place. i understand that is a marquee where coach passengers can be processed at the border. it is asking also asking people in cars not to turn up early and add to congestion. thank ou ve early and add to congestion. thank you very much- at least five people have been killed by the latest tornado to hit the united states. the deaths were reported in missouri, south of st louis. a search and rescue operation has been launched, with crews having to use chainsaws to cut back trees and bushes to reach homes and buildings the us presidentjoe biden has accepted an invitation from king charles to come to the uk on a state visit. he was invited during a recent telephone call, when president biden confirmed he would not be attending the coronation next month. mr biden will
and i am at dover where many coach passengers got stuck in long queues last weekend. plans are in place to make sure things go more smoothly in the next few days. he s one of the favourites but can rory do it? mcilroy has never won the masters. he says this will be the year he completes a career grand slam and slips on that green jacket. good morning. this easter weekend is looking mostly dry for most of us. today that we have got rain to clear the east. it will linger in the far north east. then it is a mixture of bright spells, sunshine and showers. details later. good morning. it s thursday, the 6th april. the metropolitan police commissioner, sir mark rowley, has said there are hundreds of officers serving in the force who should not be there. it comes after an update on a review, which was launched following the murder of sarah everard
priority to try to make sure things do run smoothly over the next few days. the really dull long delays and queues last weekend which saw some coach passengers say they were waiting for 12 hours or more to get to their very, they were blamed on various things, including bad weather, more coaches than expected, and the time it takes to process people at the border. we have extra passport checks. passports being stamped after brexit. there has been a review. the courts have come up with measures to make sure things do run smoothly. report. the next few days are expected to be very busy. 30% fewer coaches are expected. but good friday was expected. but good friday was expected to be the busiest day for traffic. is being done is trying to move some coach travel from friday to thursday and saturday instead.
and spread out that travel either to other times of the day that are less busy or to today and saturday instead. that s one of the main measures being taken to try and prevent problems. there are a couple of other things as well, for example, the port says there will be a full contingent of french border police, despite the fact there are not as many coaches as last weekend, and there is a marquee being put up to provide extra space to process those coach passengers at the border. and another thing, the port is asking car drivers and coach drivers not to get here early because that will add to the congestion. so what we re seeing so far as things appear to be moving pretty smartly. we will see how that goes over the course of today. the port authorities say this is a method of tackling congestion, but what have passengers been saying? today, so far, we have not heard of any particular problems. last weekend we heard from a lot
expected to come through, about 30% fewer than last weekend, but, to try to make sure that we don t see those same kind of delays, they are trying to make sure that they are reducing the number of coaches travelling tomorrow on good friday and it spread out that traveller, either at other times of the day which are less busy or two today and saturday instead. that is one of the main measures that is being taken to try to prevent problems, there are a couple of other things too, for example, the board says that they will be a full contingent of french border police, despite the fact there are not as many coaches as last weekend and there is a marquee being put up to provide some extra space to process those coach passengers at the border. another thing is the board is asking car drivers and coach drivers not to get here early, because that would just adds to the congestion. so what we are seeing so far is that things to be moving pretty smoothly, we will