authorities to do to try and speed things up for people who are december desperate to get on holiday. december desperate to get on holida . , ., . .., holiday. there is not much we can do. the infrastructure holiday. there is not much we can do. the infrastructure is do. the infrastructure is contributing to the problem. but in terms of what the french wish to do, if they wish to make life difficult for us, at their border posts, then this is not much we can do. i did read the french were stamping or passports, as part of the procedure and looking at papers after brexit, thatis and looking at papers after brexit, that is odd, because when they arrive at our airports, the french and other eu nationals can go straight through e gates and no one looks at their passports and no one stamps them, they are scanned and the gates open and they re in. that is unusual and perhaps, well. perhaps things will change if indeed the french are looking closely at our passport stamping. but it is a d
got us over a bit of a barrel, because we need the agreement to have our immigration controls in france and their immigration controls, that is part of the problem, are based near our channel ports. what we need is a better measure of co operation between the two governments and frankly with the situation as it is, i can t see that happening and heaven forbid if we lose the juxtaposed controls in france, we will be in trouble in terms of controlling our borders. what you re describing is that border control checks are done on our side of the channel for people who are going to france and vice versa, the checks are done by british border force officers versa, the checks are done by british borderforce officers in france. . why would that be a problem if that falls apart? we
south africa 119 2 in the 21st over. the french grand prix gets underway in around 45 minutes. lewis hamilton will start his 300th grand prix on the second row in fourth. ferrari s charles leclerc is on pole. he was three tenths of a second quicker than championship leader max verstappen. verstappen s red bull teammate sergio perez is alongside hamilton in third. there s full coverage on bbc radio 5 live and the bbc sport website and mobile app. it has been a very difficult weekend until now for me, struggling with a balance of the car, with this heat, whenever you have a small snap, you pay the price for the rest of the lap because the tyres overheat. 0verall, great teamwork and hopefully we can keep this position. we were lacking a bit in qualifying, ust we were lacking a bit in qualifying, just general grip, so it was a bit more just general grip, so it was a bit more tricky just general grip, so it was a bit more tricky than i would have hoped, but overall. more tricky than i
an hour this afternoon. the port s chief executive, doug bannister, thanked travellers and residents of dover for their understanding during what he described as a challenging period . people using eurotunnel to travel to france have been warned to expect long delays at folkestone. simonjones reports. the not so great getaway continues. the port of dover is expecting another six and a half thousand cars to travel today, but is confident it can cope. but in folkestone, holiday makers have been struggling to get to the eurotunnel terminal, some forced to spend the night in their cars. we arrived at folkestone at about 9am yesterday morning for a train at 10:30, and then we ve slowly been crawling along for the past 21 plus hours. the immediate challenge has been to begin getting the 1,500 hgvs parked on the motorway on their way. we have lorries currently stacking on the m20 as part of operation brock. some of them have been there for several, several hours and we need to now help them
updated as much as possible, but they can t control the surrounding roads. so, they re saying they re expecting about 7,000 cars today. the advice is to stay hydrated and bring a packed lunch you may be here a while. joining me now is former police border control officer, chris hobbs. chris, what do you make of the delays? what is behind? it is chris, what do you make of the delays? what is behind? it is hard to sa . a delays? what is behind? it is hard to say- a lot delays? what is behind? it is hard to say- a lot of delays? what is behind? it is hard to say. a lot of reasons delays? what is behind? it is hard to say. a lot of reasons have - delays? what is behind? it is hard to say. a lot of reasons have been advanced as to why we see this situation down there. possibly an accident on the m20 apparently. but there is, shall we say, a conspiracy theory that it is the french flexing their muscles by not manning all the ports. they did this injuly 2016, a month after this countr