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
hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. holidaymakers and hauliers face a third day of disruption at the channel tunnel. delays around the port of dover appear to have eased, but other travellers spent all night stuck in queues. at folkestone about 9am yesterday morning for a train at 10.30, and then we slowly have been crawling along for the past 21 plus hours. the entire board of cricket scotland resigns ahead of a review expected to find scottish cricket to be institutionally racist. russia admits it was responsible for a missile strike on the port of odesa on saturday targeting military installations, ukraine s president denounced the attack as barbaric . rishi sunak and liz truss vow to toughen controls on migration, 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 fo
with this weather front, bringing rain to northern scotland, that moves southwards across scotland through the morning and into the afternoon. we ll start to see the rain arriving. then across northeastern areas of england, there ll be a few showers elsewhere, some bright or sunny spells and temperatures down on those of today. high teens for the northern half of the uk, the warmest spot again, east anglia at 25 this time.
but not for the rest of the england. but not for the rest of the uk. we have had cloud and rain. this rain going across northern ireland was very heavy. that is pushing into scotland. some localised flooding as it pushes north. it hangs around northern scotland and comes back south later in the night. a few patches of rain elsewhere. but also some drier weather. a fresher night for scotland and northern ireland. but still warm for england and wales, with lows for most over night between 16 and 18. tomorrow we start off with this front bringing rain to northern scotland. that moves south across scotland. we will see the rain a arriving in north eastern areas of england. a few showers elsewhere. some bright or sunny spells and temperatures down on today. high teens in the north. the warmest spot east anglia at 25.