of protocols that will work. unless we get that agreement, it is going to be very difficult to see how it won t impact travel through the port of dover. from september, airport style biometric checks are due to be implemented which would mean that drivers being stopped at the port for around ten minutes each. with around 10,000 trucks passing through the port each day, the warning is clear that a solution needs to be found. the government says it is working with its european counterparts to ensure border arrangement run as smoothly as possible. ramzan karmali, bbc news. the family of a british astrophysicist killed by a stray bullet in the us state of georgia has called him a beautiful soul . we told you on breakfast yesterday about 31 year old mathew willson from surrey, who was in the us city of atlanta visiting his girlfriend, katherine shepherd. he was shot while lying in bed as gunfire came from an adjacent building. police say they are continuing to investigate
are if we do not get an agreement between the uk government and the french government for a set of protocols that will work. unless we get that agreement, it is going to be very difficult to see how it won t impact travel through the port of dover. from september, airport style biometric checks are due to be implemented which would mean that drivers being stopped at the port for around ten minutes each. with around 10,000 trucks passing through the port each day, the warning is clear that a solution needs to be found. the government says it is working with its european counterparts to ensure border arrangements run as smoothly as possible. ramzan karmali, bbc news. it s exactly two years since china locked
being held up at dover, for miles and miles, queueing up without any facilities, in this weather, injanuary in the uk, it is pretty cold, not all trucks are as well equipped as others with regards to heating. and just the frustration and the unknown length of time the driver is going to be delayed. it is totally unacceptable and drivers deserve better. the increase in freight traffic has meant that the operation travel access protocol, or tap, a temporary traffic management system, has been called on ten times already this year but the port of dover is more concerned about new checks which will come into force in september. what we are trying to do is make certain the government fully appreciates what the implications are if we do not get an agreement between the uk government and the french government for a set of protocols that will work. unless we get that agreement, it is going to be very difficult to see how it won t impact travel