suddenly it would move towards you and, yes, it is frightening. in north london, this grassfire billowed smoke across the busy m25 motorway. in surrey, a different problem. in cranleigh, near guildford, residents queued up for bottled water after their taps ran dry. thames water said there were technical issues at one of its treatment works, and that fixing it was taking longer than they d hoped. and it isn tjust humans who need hydration. one farmer in suffolk has been filling 70 water troughs a day to make sure the wildlife have enough to drink. an amber heat alert is still in place today and the drought in parts of england could potentially last into next year. at least seven people have been injured by gunmen injerusalem. the shooting, which happened in the early hours of the morning, is being treated by israeli police as a terror attack. the attackers opened fire at two locations in the city, targeting a bus as well as people waiting in a car park near the western wall. two of the
our correspondent simonjones gave us an update on how traffic is moving at dover. it s going to be another busy day. yesterday they handled more than 33,000 passengers, that shows you the desire of people to get away. today they expect another 6500 cars to pass through. look at the queues building up, waiting to get through passport control and to get through check in. they are starting to grow. the good news in dover is that the local roads are moving normally this morning. it certainly was not the case on friday and into saturday. it s around folkestone that there are real problems at the eurotunnel terminal because people are having huge problems actually reaching the terminal in the first place. the reason for that is part of the m25 motorway has been shuttered to become a giant lorry park and it is currently being used to park around 600 lorries that have not been able
crucial dover and calais route. we have the pride of kent and spirit of briton ferry is being checked by the coastguard agency. they are detained as a result of safety concerns. p&0 will not be sailing to calais. another company have carried passengers but have specified tomorrow and over the easter weekend they will not do the same. they say do not turn up at the port unless you have a confirmed reservation. even getting to the dover and folkestone area will be exciting because a 20 mile stretch of the 20 motorway is converted into a lorry park. motorway is converted into a lorry ark. . , motorway is converted into a lorry ark. . , motorway is converted into a lorry ark. , ., ., ., , park. there may be a lot of people who are not park. there may be a lot of people who are not going park. there may be a lot of people who are not going away, park. there may be a lot of people who are not going away, travelling j who are not going away, travelling overseas. what about transport on
probably be the busiest time we have seen since before the pandemic. the rac says it could be the busiest easter ever. and the key point, start early or late, 11 to four, five will be the worst on good friday. easter monday will be tricky. saturday and sunday not so bad. the m25 motorway, all the way round from the m40 for oxford past heathrow, right round to the m25 for gatwick and brighton, that will always be busy and the m6 northbound from the warrington area and all the traffic feeding in from liverpool and manchester going to the lake district, southbound, there are concerns about the m6 motorway towards stoke on trent, which i had not previously heard of as a tourism hotspot but there we are. and the a3
and the ministry of sound nightclub in london, in 2004. london fire brigade says the impact of covid on its staffing levels has reached a critical point . at the beginning of this week 15 percent of firefighters were self isolating and not available to work. it s led to more than a third of fire engines being out of action in the capital over the christmas period. surrey police are asking for dashcam footage that might have caught the moment a lorry s windscreen was damaged by objects thrown onto the m25. it s after reports young people were seen throwing large pieces of wood onto the motorway on tuesday afternoon near clacket lane services. it s thought around 50,000 households in eastbourne could be affected by a bin strike that s set to go ahead in eastbourne tomorrow after a number of drivers voted for industrial action in a row over pay and conditions. walkouts