for the second time in three days over pay and working conditions. michael gove backs rishi sunak to become the next conservative party leader and prime minister saying he has what the job requires. and prime minister saying sunak has what thejob requires. he called rival liz truss s policies a holiday from reality the government and unions say they re disappointed that p&o ferries will not face criminal action for the way it dismissed 800 workers without notice in march. it s almost ten years since the remains of king richard the third were found in a car park in the city of leicester here in the uk putting the city on the tourism map. archaeologists uncovered the legbone of the controversial royal in august 2012 and this weekend, leicester s richard the third visitor centre is marking the occasion with a programme of talks about the discovery. amy payne reports. august 2012, and archaeologist matthew morris discovers human bones beneath the council car park in leicester. they t
big rush of families heading abroad. the port blamed delays of up to seven hours yesterday on a lack of french border officials. p&o ferries has tweeted that those booked to travel today should leave three to four hours to clear security checks due to heavy traffic at border control. there are also currently 3,000 lorries parked on the m20. that is the main motorway heading into the area. doug bannister is the ceo of the port of dover. he says the backlog of vehicles is begining to clear. after the terrible destruction from yesterday and all the impact it had on travellers and truck drivers and our local communities, i am very pleased that the french border police have turned up with a strong complement of officers to man the booths. we have had 12 in from the early hours and another four on the way. so processing time has improved, however, today was always going to be the busier day.
for all the freight that can t get over because tourist traffic is prioritised in a situation like this, which is why there is so much anger in dover because this was expected in terms of the numbers but it seems the preparation has not been by all had simply been ignored. one wonders if this is something we will see more and more of, whether it is simply due to a lack of staff due to so many people leaving companies and various border controls and what have you because they moved on, they found another job, they were furloughed and you wonder how long this will continue for, especially over the summer period? for, especially over the summer eriod? ., for, especially over the summer eriod? . . ., ., , period? there are particular factors at the ort period? there are particular factors at the port of period? there are particular factors at the port of dover, period? there are particular factors at the port of dover, p&0 - period? there are particular factors at the port of dover, p&
busy here at the port - what is the latest? it is really busy here at the port of- what is the latest? it is reallyi busy here at the port of dover what is the latest? it is really - busy here at the port of dover and if you take a look down there you can see just some of the cars and vans waiting to get across the channel. amongst them some liverpool fans anxiously looking at their watches as the countdown to the champions league final in paris is under way. adding to that you have a lot of tourist traffic with the start of the half term break and also p&o ferries are running a reduced service which is adding to theissues reduced service which is adding to the issues and there are no increased checks following brexit so a bit of a perfect storm. there are so many lies king up on the outskirts of dover that the coastguard has standard, started to hand out food and water. also at st pancras station in london we had long queues with people trying to board eurostar trains to paris and als
earlier this year. peter hebblethwaite said that the dismissal of 800 workers and replacing them with foreign agency workers paid less than the minimum wage was intended to secure the future of the business. our transport correspondent katy austin reports. ten weeks on, most of p&o s ferries are running again, but questions remain, including about the way the company suddenly dismissed its staff. how would you feel if somebody did that to you? well. er. it s not, it is not pleasant, being made redundant and we have tri. it was more than being made redundant, wasn t it? it was being told on the day, this is your last day at work. no warning. yeah, as i ve said, i recognise that we had to make a very difficult decision. we have issued the largest redundancy package in maritime history. the company s boss has already admitted choosing not to consult unions in advance a legal requirement. do you regret doing that? i m incredibly sorry on the. the decision we took had a material impact on