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
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. and this is the picture live there now near the entrance to the eurotunnel. as you can see cars and lorries are still queuing up. the
to be institutionally racist. a major incident is declared in surrey due to a large blaze, whilst crews in london tackle several other weather related fires. as firefighters in california struggle to contain a huge blaze there, the us special envoy for climate john kerry says president biden may announce a climate emergency. rishi sunak and liz truss vow to toughen controls on migration, in their latest announcements in the conservative leadership race. i will ensure as prime minister that we grip the challenges we face, we fix the problems at our borders and ensure that migration here is legal, orderly and controlled. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello, i m olly foster, here s what s coming up on sportsday. leclerc spins out of the french grand prix handing victory to max verstappen. no winners at headingley, play is abandoned as england draw their series against south africa. and henderson holds her nerve on the final green to win her second golf major. hello th
announcements in the conservative leadership race. now on bbc news, it is time for sports day. hello, i m olly foster, here s what s coming up on sportsday: leclerc spins out of the french grand prix handing victory to max verstappen. no winners at headingley, play is abandoned as england draw their series against south africa. and henderson holds her nerve on the final green to win her second golf major. hello there, we ll start with formula 1, where the world champion max verstappen has built up a huge lead in the drivers standings after victory at the french grand prix. he s now 63 points clear of ferarri s charles leclerc who says says he doesn t deserve to be world champion after spinning out of the race. there was a better day for mercedes, with lewis hamilton and george russell both on the podium. adam wild reports. the french grand prix may have an uncertain future but for now, it s here and amidst the anthem it is quite unmistakable. charles leclaire began out in fro
her number one must see is paul mccartney, and nanny pat says she will be down the front and taking no prisoners. colin paterson, bbc news, glastonbury. well, i wouldn t mess with her. let s look at the weather. good afternoon. great weather for the first day of glastonbury. lots of sunshine. tomorrow is probably going to be mostly fine as well. but we are going to see some showers developing during the course of the afternoon tomorrow. i hope they will miss glastonbury but there is that a chance. these are these guys across the uk, sunshine in england and wales. more cloud in the north west. these are these guys. if beautiful afternoon. the highest temperatures will be around the midlands. 28 degrees. when we have that cloud, it is closer to the teens. those pollen levels are still very high. widely across the uk. from tomorrow they will start to ease. let s look at the forecast for the rest of the afternoon and into the rest of the afternoon and into the evening. not muc