state, if you ask me. it s a five year old that can take a look at the map and tell you this doesn t work. i’m look at the map and tell you this doesn t work. look at the map and tell you this doesn t work. i m tired of these questions. this doesn t work. i m tired of these questions. they i this doesn t work. i m tired of these questions. they all i this doesn t work. i m tired of these questions. they all ring j these questions. they all ring these questions. they all ring the same to me. and they ve been the same to me. and they ve been asked for so many years. and been asked for so many years. and they been asked for so many years. and they have not brought change and they have not brought change. and i think it s time to change change. and i think it s time to change the questions. questions that this generation are already asking. dramatic thunderstorms have brought flash flooding and transport chaos to parts of the uk. the storms turned many roads into rivers and c
higher for longer has already seen mortgage rates rise. and if pay keeps rising, that trend will only continue. ben king, bbc news. storm warnings are in place for northern ireland and scotland today after torrential downpours caused flooding and traffic problems in other parts of the uk. the heavy rain affected roads, flights and even manchester city s victory parade, as vincent mcaviney reports. after a weekend of sunshine with temperatures topping 30 celsius in parts of the country, it was inevitable storms would follow. in north london, cars had to traverse deep puddles after downpours caused flash flooding. in maidenhead, it was much the same. drivers in hendon had to pause theirjourneys due to poor visibility.
after a weekend of sunshine with temperatures topping 30 celsius in parts of the country, it was inevitable storms would follow. in north london, cars had to traverse deep puddles after downpours caused flash flooding. in maidenhead, it was much the same. drivers in hendon had to pause theirjourneys due to poor visibility. and on the m1, cars even had to pass under a waterfall. whoo! over 7,500 lightning strikes were recorded nationwide, with more expected. despite the bad weather causing delays, thousands of manchester city fans lined city centre streets for the open top parade celebrating the club s treble. the players, still on a victorious high, seemed unfazed, taking their shirts off as they paraded
a fault with electronic gates at passport control, which has caused serious delays for travellers, has been fixed. the disruption began on friday night, affecting airports across the uk, and leading to long queues at the start of what is half term school holidays for many. vincent mcaviney reports. this is gatwick. .. this is gatwick. at the start of a bank holiday weekend and half term it was the last thing these travellers at gatwick airport wanted. she is described by one passenger as an artichoke, themes replicated at airports across the uk. severe delays in manchester where arriving passengers struggled to get through passport control. arrival that luton airport also having to have passports checked by hand. at heathrow and, some patches dues waited more than three hours. it dues waited more than three hours. ., , , dues waited more than three hours. , . hours. it was absolutely chaos at possuort hours. it was absolutely chaos
as vincent mcaviney reports. woman: this is gatwick s line. at the start of a bank holiday weekend and half term, it was the last thing these travellers at gatwick airport wanted. queues described by one passenger as an utterjoke, scenes replicated at airports across the uk. severe delays in manchester, where arriving passengers struggled to get through passport control. arrivals at luton also having to have passports checked by hand. at heathrow, britain s busiest airport, saw some passengers waiting in queues for more than three hours. it was absolutely chaos at passport control. i waited something like 2.5 hours to get out of the airport. the home office says it was a failure of the whole uk border system in particular, egates, where passengers scan their own passports, which stopped working entirely. this was the worst outage the system has experienced. but the home office refused to explain what exactly had gone wrong, as it was too sensitive to say.