sitting to the north east of the uk, fairly brisk winds around the western flank and especially in northern scotland, we maintained the risk of gales. a band of showery rain sinking south across scotland and northern england, that could be accompanied by thunder and lightning, some showers elsewhere, generally large amounts of cloud but some sunny spells. remaining windy, though is that the average speeds, the gusts will be stronger in the far north but the wind is coming from the north or north west, feeling cooler particularly in northern scotland, 1a or 15 degrees, 25 in parts of eastern england. as we go deeper into the wee, low pressure swings away and high pressure swings away and high pressure builds from the south west meaning trike weather. there are places in the south east that could do with rain, not an awful lot in the forecast and after a relatively cool started a week, temperatures set to climb again as we move into thursday and friday. this is bbc news. the h
it s sunday, the 24th ofjuly. our top story: holidaymakers and hauliers are being warned to expect a third day of disruption around the port of dover and the channel tunnel. a major incident alert remains in place as officials work to clear a backlog of more than 1,000 lorries stranded on nearby motorways. simon jones has the latest. working through the night at the port of dover, to try to clear the backlog of traffic. and there is a third warning, but that they may as we approached all of the roads, in all directions, i think the infrastructure around the ports and the channel i think the infrastructure around the port, around the tunnel, needs to be looked at. because it isn t fair on the locals. the immediate challenae fair on the locals. the immediate challenge has fair on the locals. the immediate challenge has been fair on the locals. the immediate challenge has been to fair on the locals. the immediate challenge has been to get - fair on the locals. the immediat
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
that was bronze for the men s team, but for dina asher smith and the women there was disappointment. our sports correspondent andy swiss was there. a day of relay drama for britain but ultimately delight, a medalfor the men in a truly frantic final. the us were the favourites but a wobbly last baton change let canada were let through and behind them could rhys prescott fend ofjamaica and hang onto bronze? canada have it, united states, great britain third. canada celebrated and so did the british team. zharnel hughes, reece prescod, nathaneel mitchell blake and jona efoloko. what a dramatic race that was. against the very toughest opposition, the british men s quartet brought home a medal. we stepped up when we had to and credit to everyone for raising their game. it is a stepping stone, we will get better. got to raise our game going forward. appreciate the fact we got a medal. the women s hopes ended in heartache, right in it as dina asher smith ran
and centre. today is the last day. to the world athletics championships in oregon then where gb are toasting another medal on the track but for dina asher smith and the women s relay team there was disappointment. andy swiss was watching. a day adaya a day a relay drama but ultimately delight, a medalfor the men in a frantic final. the us were the favourites but canada were let through and behind them could reece prescod fend of jamaica and hang onto bronze? canada habit, great britain third. canada celebrated and so did the british team. what a dramatic race that was. against the very toughest opposition, the british men s quartet brought home a medal. brute british men s quartet brought home a medal. ~ , , , , ., ., medal. we stepped up when we had two and credit to everyone medal. we stepped up when we had two and credit to everyone for medal. we stepped up when we had two and credit to everyone for raising i and credit to everyone for raising their game. it and credit to e