in their latest announcements 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. simonjones reports. the not so great getaway continues. in folkestone, holiday makers have been struggl
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
the harvest stuck in ukraine because of a russian blockade now russia admits it attacked the port of odesa a day after an agreement to resume grain exports. in california, firefighters struggle to contain a wildfire they call explosive which has been raging and spreading since friday. and three members of girls aloud stage a charity run in memory of fellow singer sarah harding, who died of breast cancer last year. good evening. after a weekend of gridlocked roads and intense frustration for travellers trying to cross the channel, the situation has eased at the port of dover and at the eurotunnel at folkestone. but the aa says the chaotic scenes could be repeated every weekend throughout the school holidays. uk officials blamed france for the problems at dover, saying they hadn t provided enough border staff to check passports but france highlighted extra checks brought on by brexit. the problems at folkestone arose when the m20 closed to cars, so that lorries could be h
her number one must see is paul mccartney, and nanny pat says she will be down the front and taking no prisoners. colin paterson, bbc news, glastonbury. well, i wouldn t mess with her. let s look at the weather. good afternoon. great weather for the first day of glastonbury. lots of sunshine. tomorrow is probably going to be mostly fine as well. but we are going to see some showers developing during the course of the afternoon tomorrow. i hope they will miss glastonbury but there is that a chance. these are these guys across the uk, sunshine in england and wales. more cloud in the north west. these are these guys. if beautiful afternoon. the highest temperatures will be around the midlands. 28 degrees. when we have that cloud, it is closer to the teens. those pollen levels are still very high. widely across the uk. from tomorrow they will start to ease. let s look at the forecast for the rest of the afternoon and into the rest of the afternoon and into the evening. not muc