russia says a pro kremlin military blogger has been killed in a blast in a cafe in st petersburg. police say several others have been injured in the incident. the city is the second largest in russia after the capital, moscow. vladlen tatarsky was one of a handful of reporters writing blogs on the telegram platform from the frontline and was a vocal supporter of russia s war in ukraine.these are pictures before the explosion. tatarsky was a guest speaker at an event hosted by the cafe in st petersburg when the bomb went off. it is not clear at this time who s responsible for the blast. the russian foreign ministry has paid tribute to victim. earlier, i spoke to sergei goryashko from bbc russian who started by telling us about what is known from what happened in the cafe. minutes ago we received an update from russian state news agencies, according to their sources, a person who allegedly has given a statue, small statue to vladlen tatarsky and it is believed after that, the b
let s get more on passengers travelling through dover being warned they ll face delays, as millions of travellers are expected to make the crossing between france and the uk this weekend. contingency plans have been put in place to avoid a repeat of last week, which saw drivers waiting more than 1a hours. earlier i spoke to our correspondent simonjones, who started by telling us how things are looking in dover. it s already very busy this morning at the port of dover. we re told traffic turning up at the moment will face a wait of around 90 minutes to get through french passport controls that take place here on uk soil. also some issues on the other side of the channel. coach traffic there is facing a wait of around two hours to try and get back to the uk. but overall, the port is hoping for a much better situation than we saw last weekend, when some coach passengers talked of delays of 12, 13, 1a hours to try and get on board ferries.
in the news, because we re the ones who you are relying on to give you the full facts. you re live with bbc news. let s get more on the uk easter travel situation across the country, particularly for those attempting to get across the channel. live now to our dover to speak to our correspondent simonjones. how are things looking? it s already very busy this morning at the port of dover. we are told traffic turning up at the moment will face a wait of around 90 minutes to get through french passport controls that take place here on uk soil. also some issues on the other side of the channel. coach traffic there is facing a wait of around two hours to try and get back to the uk. but overall, the port is hoping for a much better situation than we saw last weekend, when some coach passengers talked of delays of
that take place here on uk soil. also some issues on the other side of the channel. coach traffic there is facing a wait of around two hours to try and get back to the uk. overall, though, the port is hoping for a much better situation than we saw last weekend, when some coach passengers talked of delays of 12, 13, iii hours to try and get on board ferries. the port insists it is much better prepared this weekend. it says it has set up a new area in the port, a marquee, where additional passport checks can take place for coach passengers. it was coach passengers who were particularly affected a week ago. that s because in a post brexit world, everyone on a coach now has to get off that coach to have their passports looked at and stamped. the port says it was preparing last weekend for around 650 coaches, but, actually, around 800 turned up, and thatjust seemed to be too much for the port to be able to cope with. so now it says it s got additional resources in place. but some questionin
are aware enough of some of the rules they need to abide by. it has also shed a light i think on the influence of the gambling industry influence of the gambling industry in parliament. fresh laws to tackle gambling addiction are coming up in westminster. gambling addiction are coming up in westminster- there will be attempts to alleviate traffic congestion in dover this easter weekend, in a bid to avoid long delays similar to those that built up last friday. the port of dover said it had decided to spread coach traffic across today, tomorrow and saturday, after talks with ferry operators. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin is live for us this morning. effo rts efforts to get on top of the problem, but i suppose what many commuters, many travellers, people setting off on trips abroad will be thinking about is, are they going to succeed? ~ , ., thinking about is, are they going to succeed? ~ , . ,., ., succeed? well, yeah. the port and eve bod succeed? well, yeah. the port and eve