to expect long delays at folkestone and many having to overnight in their vehicles. simonjones reports. the not so great getaway continues. the port of dover is expecting another six and a half thousand cars 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 get through and across the channel. so we need to make sure that some priority is given to help get some freight across. but, ultimately, we now need to see some movement. the blame game continues. the british government said the french authori
in the conservative leadership race. with more countries fighting wildfires, the us special envoy for climatejohn kerry tells the bbc that president biden is considering whether to announce a climate emergency. we are moving forward, but we re not making enough progress and we are not moving forward fast enough. good afternoon. the port of dover says work has been continuing around the clock to help holidaymakers and lorries get across the channel, after they faced lengthy waits over the past two days. queues at the port are expected to be reduced to about an hour this afternoon. the port s chief executive, doug bannister, has thanked travellers and residents of dover for their understanding during what he described as a challenging period . but people using eurotunnel to travel to france have been warned to expect long delays at folkestone. and this is the picture live there now near the entrance to the eurotunnel. as you can see cars and lorries are still queuing up. the
to be institutionally racist. a major incident is declared in surrey due to a large blaze, whilst crews in london tackle several other weather related fires. as firefighters in california struggle to contain a huge blaze there, the us special envoy for climate john kerry says president biden may announce a climate emergency. rishi sunak and liz truss vow to toughen controls on migration, in their latest announcements in the conservative leadership race. i will ensure as prime minister that we grip the challenges we face, we fix the problems at our borders and ensure that migration here is legal, orderly and controlled. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello, i m olly foster, here s what s coming up on sportsday. leclerc spins out of the french grand prix handing victory to max verstappen. no winners at headingley, play is abandoned as england draw their series against south africa. and henderson holds her nerve on the final green to win her second golf major. hello th
announcements in the conservative leadership race. now on bbc news, it is time for sports day. hello, i m olly foster, here s what s coming up on sportsday: leclerc spins out of the french grand prix handing victory to max verstappen. no winners at headingley, play is abandoned as england draw their series against south africa. and henderson holds her nerve on the final green to win her second golf major. hello there, we ll start with formula 1, where the world champion max verstappen has built up a huge lead in the drivers standings after victory at the french grand prix. he s now 63 points clear of ferarri s charles leclerc who says says he doesn t deserve to be world champion after spinning out of the race. there was a better day for mercedes, with lewis hamilton and george russell both on the podium. adam wild reports. the french grand prix may have an uncertain future but for now, it s here and amidst the anthem it is quite unmistakable. charles leclaire began out in fro
Krul ending for spurs. Theyre out of the fa cup, as keeper tim krul keeps his cool to send norwich into the quarter finals. We start with the news that italian officials have taken the decision that all sport in the country will be played behind closed doors until the fourth april due to the spread of the coronavirus. That includes the Six Nations Rugby Union International against england, in rome, on the 14th march. Rugby chiefs will meet on thursday to discuss the possibility of postponing the game completely. Italys match away to ireland this weekend has already been called off. Italy is the worst hit european country with over 3,000 cases of coronavirus and over 100 deaths. Serie a matches will also be played behind closed doors
while theres still no news about re arranging the italian cup semi finals betweenjuventus and ac milan, and napoli versus inter milan. They were due to take place this week but inters president told the bbc that Public Health is far more important. Iam not