polls open, both contenders have been trying their hardest to win over the last looters and bead to s new president. in the uk, the post office apologises for using racist language to describe sub postmasters who were being wrongly investigated as part of the horizon computer scandal. itv says it investigated rumours of a relationship between presenter phillip schofield and a younger employee in 2020 but both repeatedly denied it. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. we will start with the latest on those delays getting into the uk at passport control. a home office source has told the bbc that uk border force e gates are now starting to come back on. a nationwide issue with the e gates, which started on friday evening, have resulted in long queues at passport control at airports across the country. the bbc understands the gates will be switched on in the busiest sports first and that the it issue has now been resolved. live now to our reporter david waddell at london heathrow ai
divisive presidential elections. hello, i m lucy grey. british tv presenter holly willoughby has reacted to phillip schofield s admission about a relationship with a younger employee, saying she is hurt. on friday, mr schofield resigned from itv, saying he had lied to cover up the relationship, which he described as unwise, but not illegal . itv has said it investigated rumours of the relationship but both men repeatedly denied it. our correspondent katherine da costa has the latest on holly willoughby s reaction. she s been responding to the news that phillip schofield had had a relationship with a younger man on the show this morning in 2020. and in a statement on her instagram account, holly said. it s taken time you betterjust remind us how big a name tv in tv phillip schofield is, particularly for people watching around the world who may not know him. yeah, that s right. so, he is a household name in the uk. he started out as a children s tv presenter. he went on to hos
hello, i m lucy grey. a home office source has told the bbc that e gates are starting to work again at uk airports. a nationwide issue, which started on friday evening, has resulted in long queues at passport control. the bbc understands the gates will be switched on in the busiest spots first and that the it issue has now been resolved. graham satchell has the latest. gatwick airport, described by one passenger today as an utterjoke. this is manchester, where again there were huge queues for passport control. and at heathrow, arriving passengers were forced to wait more than three hours. than three hours. there was absolutely than three hours. there was absolutely chaos than three hours. there was absolutely chaos at - than three hours. there was| absolutely chaos at passport control, i waited something like 2.5 hours to get out of the airport. this is when scenting at luton airport. this is when scenting at luton airort. . , , airport. already been in the queue now f
some breaking news in the past hour the british tv presenter, holly willoughby, has reacted to phillip schofield s admission to a relationship with a younger employee, saying she is hurt. on friday, mr schofield resigned from itv saying he had lied to cover up the relationship, which he described as unwise, but not illegal . itv has said it investigated rumours of the relationship but both repeatedly denied it. our correspondent, katharine da costa, has more on this story. so what has holly willoughby been saying? she willoughby been saying? has been responding to d that she has been responding to do now is that philip schofield had had a younger man on the show, this morning, in 2020. in a statement on her instagram account, holly said, it has taken time to process this news. when reports of this relationship first surfaced, i asked phil if it was true and he told me it was not. it has been a very hurtful to now found out that this was a live. remind us how a big a name
wins this year s palme d or award at the cannes festival. there s been anger today over hours of delays at airports in the uk where passport e gates were not working. the disruption, which began on friday night, had been due to an it issue. the situation has now been resolved. in a statement, the home office said that following a technical border system fault, all e gates are now operating as normal. it went on to thank travellers who were impacted and staff for their work in resolving the issue. graham satchell has been looking at the impact on passengers. gatwick airport described by one passenger today as an utterjoke. these scenes were repeated at airports across the uk. this is manchester, where again there were huge queues for passport control. and at heathrow, arriving passengers were forced to wait more than three hours. we also had one passenger that fainted. this is wayne fenton at luton airport. already been in the queue now forabout 1.5 hours, in fact nearly two