sitting to the north east of the uk, fairly brisk winds around the western flank and especially in northern scotland, we maintained the risk of gales. a band of showery rain sinking south across scotland and northern england, that could be accompanied by thunder and lightning, some showers elsewhere, generally large amounts of cloud but some sunny spells. remaining windy, though is that the average speeds, the gusts will be stronger in the far north but the wind is coming from the north or north west, feeling cooler particularly in northern scotland, 1a or 15 degrees, 25 in parts of eastern england. as we go deeper into the wee, low pressure swings away and high pressure swings away and high pressure builds from the south west meaning trike weather. there are places in the south east that could do with rain, not an awful lot in the forecast and after a relatively cool started a week, temperatures set to climb again as we move into thursday and friday. this is bbc news. the h
a major incident has been declared by the authorities in kent, after a second day of gridlock around the port of dover. officials are expecting to process 10,000 cars today, and travellers have been advised to allow at least three to four hours to reach the port and clear all security checks. 0ur correspondent in dover, ramzan karmali, sent this report. the queues on the motorway leading into dover. it s becoming a familiar sight. yesterday s chaos seems to be repeating itself today, and for many holiday makers trying to get away, this has become the worse possible start to their summer break. but for those who set off early there was an air of optimism. i m assuming at some point we re going to stop and sit in traffic for hours and hours and hours, but so far we ve got. we keep creeping forwards and it s been fine. the police seem to be doing a good job and getting the tourists actually moving and stopping the lorries coming in on the a2, because they were all told to come i
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