a major incident has been declared by the authorities in kent, after a second day of gridlock around the port of dover. officials are expecting to process 10,000 cars today, and travellers have been advised to allow at least three to four hours to reach the port and clear all security checks. 0ur correspondent in dover, ramzan karmali, sent this report. the queues on the motorway leading into dover. it s becoming a familiar sight. yesterday s chaos seems to be repeating itself today, and for many holiday makers trying to get away, this has become the worse possible start to their summer break. but for those who set off early there was an air of optimism. i m assuming at some point we re going to stop and sit in traffic for hours and hours and hours, but so far we ve got. we keep creeping forwards and it s been fine. the police seem to be doing a good job and getting the tourists actually moving and stopping the lorries coming in on the a2, because they were all told to come i
i will deliver tax cuts, but tax cuts you can believe in. i will make that happen. what i am about is about cutting people s taxes, reversing the national insurance increase to put more money in people s pockets, and making sure those that work hard, go out to work, are rewarded. if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us, a warm welcome to bbc news. in the past hour, the head of the world health organisation has declared the outbreak of monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern. the who director general says 16,000 cases of the disease have been reported in more than 75 countries, and five people have died. dr tedros says monkeypox represents a high risk in europe, with a clear risk of further international spread. we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly, through new modes of transmission about which we understand too little, and which meets the criteria in the international health regulations. for all of these reasons, i have de
delays are also being reported by travellers heading for the eurotunnel in folkestone, with traffic crawling on approaching routes. and russian missiles hit the port of odesa a day after ukraine and russia agreed to restart grain exports. welcome to bbc news. in the past hour the head of the world health organization has declared the outbreak of monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern. the who director general says 16,000 cases of the disease have been reported in more than 75 countries, and five people have died. dr tedros says monkeypox represents a high risk in europe, with a clear risk of further international spread. we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission, about which we understand too little, and which meets the criteria in the international health regulations. for all of these reasons, i have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international c
In the Champions League. Or nose. Coverings also become compulsory in all public enclosed they had to wait 163 days to do it, spacesin compulsory in all public enclosed spaces in Northern Ireland. But will but city beat beat real madrid be from monday. Lancashire police to reach the quarterfinals. Say extra offices are being deployed to preston to enforce new lockdown restrictions which came into force its saturday, august the 8th. Today. Residents from different our top story the government says households will not be allowed to it wants france to do more to stop migrants crossing the meet each others homes or gardens, channel in small boats. Hundreds have arrived in recent days or to meet each others homes or gardens, orto mix pubs meet each others homes or gardens, and local authorities in kent say or to mix pubs and restaurants stop they are having to deal it follows a spike of cases in the with a Record Number of children travelling alone. City, particularly among younger people.
On coronavirus, im on twitter annita mcveigh, and use the hashtag bbcyour questions. The man who murdered british backpacker Grace Millane in new zealand is named after a court order banning his identification was lifted. Music plays and coming up, the former Scottish Rugby star organising daily street aerobics sessions. Good morning. Welcome to bbc news. The french government says it will announce measures today that will allow transport links with britain to resume and trade to flow across the channel again. Borisjohnson and president macron spoke yesterday following frances decision to close its border after growing concern about the new variant of coronavirus. Thats as lorry drivers in kent spent a second night sleeping in their vehicles waiting for the border with france to reopen. Yesterday the pm said there are 150 lorries waiting in kent to cross back to the continent, but the home secretary has confirmed that figure is actually over 1,500. 0peration brock, which was initially