a mother and her partner have been found guilty of murdering her 15 year old son in huddersfield in west yorkshire in a campaign of torture that lasted weeks. the european union launches fresh legal action against the uk for failing to comply with the post brexit northern ireland protocol. and later in the hour, will the millions of people who loved the book enjoy the film of where the crawdads sing? find out what mark kermode thinks of it, and the rest of the week s main releases, on the film review at 5.45. good afternoon. a critical incident has been declared at the port of dover, with holiday makers and lorry drivers facing queues of several miles to the ferry terminal. bosses at the port have blamed what they ve called woefully inadequate staffing at french border controls. this weekend marks the start of the school summer holidays in most of england and wales, and the rac estimates that nearly 19 million leisure trips will be made between now and monday. our correspon
region, which have now become a battleground. a deal to end russia s blockade could make a huge difference but it won t end the war. so here in the donbas, ukrainian farmers are racing to harvest and to store what they can, whatever the risks. a new prime minister is sworn in in sri lanka, as anti government protests continue in the capital. hello and welcome. we start with some breaking news from washington where steve bannon, who worked closely with former president trump as a strategist, has been found guilty of contempt of congress. the charges were brought after he defied a summons to testify at the congressional hearings into the january the 6th riots at the us capirol building. he ll be sentenced in october he could face up to two years in prison. but speaking outside the courtroom in the last hour, he remained unrepentant. i want to start - by thanking the jury. we respect their decision today. i really want to thank those - hard working citizens of washington,
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
it s sunday, the 24th ofjuly. our top story: holidaymakers and hauliers are being warned to expect a third day of disruption around the port of dover and the channel tunnel. a major incident alert remains in place as officials work to clear a backlog of more than 1,000 lorries stranded on nearby motorways. simon jones has the latest. working through the night at the port of dover, to try to clear the backlog of traffic. and there is a third warning, but that they may as we approached all of the roads, in all directions, i think the infrastructure around the ports and the channel i think the infrastructure around the port, around the tunnel, needs to be looked at. because it isn t fair on the locals. the immediate challenae fair on the locals. the immediate challenge has fair on the locals. the immediate challenge has been fair on the locals. the immediate challenge has been to fair on the locals. the immediate challenge has been to get - fair on the locals. the immediat