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
to expect long delays at folkestone and many having to overnight in their vehicles. simonjones reports. the not so great getaway continues. the port of dover is expecting another six and a half thousand cars folkestone, holiday makers have been struggling to get to the eurotunnel terminal, some forced to spend the night in their cars. we arrived at folkestone at about 9am yesterday morning for a train at 10:30, and then we ve slowly been crawling along for the past 21 plus hours. the immediate challenge has been to begin getting the 1,500 hgvs parked on the motorway on their way. we have lorries currently stacking on the m20 as part of operation brock. some of them have been there for several, several hours and we need to now help them get through and across the channel. so we need to make sure that some priority is given to help get some freight across. but, ultimately, we now need to see some movement. the blame game continues. the british government said the french authori
it s the 300th formula one race of his career. unfortunately for the seven time world champion though, he ll be starting from fourth on the grid. ferrari s charles leclerc claimed pole position. he was three tenths of a second quicker than championship leader max verstappen. verstappen s red bull teammate sergio perez will line up third alongside hamilton. it s been a very difficult weekend until now for me, struggling with the balance of the car, with this heat. whenever you have a small snap, then you pay the price for the rest of the lap because the tyres overheat. so yeah, overall, great teamwork and hopefully we can keep this position. we were lacking a bit in qualifying, just a general grip, so it was a bit more tricky than i think i would have hoped. but overall, i think we still have a decent race car and hopefully of course tomorrow, will come to our favour. i mean, we are quick on the straights, hopefully we can use that. denmark sjonas vingegaard will ride onto the champs el
south africa 119 2 in the 21st over. the french grand prix gets underway in around 45 minutes. lewis hamilton will start his 300th grand prix on the second row in fourth. ferrari s charles leclerc is on pole. he was three tenths of a second quicker than championship leader max verstappen. verstappen s red bull teammate sergio perez is alongside hamilton in third. there s full coverage on bbc radio 5 live and the bbc sport website and mobile app. it has been a very difficult weekend until now for me, struggling with a balance of the car, with this heat, whenever you have a small snap, you pay the price for the rest of the lap because the tyres overheat. 0verall, great teamwork and hopefully we can keep this position. we were lacking a bit in qualifying, ust we were lacking a bit in qualifying, just general grip, so it was a bit more just general grip, so it was a bit more tricky just general grip, so it was a bit more tricky than i would have hoped, but overall. more tricky than i