today at 6.00 — tailbacks stretching for miles outside the ferry terminal at dover mean a miserable start to the summer holidays for thousands of people. gridlocked traffic as passengers and lorry drivers queued to get away — with many facing delays of several hours. we have probably moved about a mile and a half in four and a half hours now. it'sjust been nearly seven hours now and we're still not checked in. the port of dover declared a critical incident and blamed the french authorities. the french said there were technical issues in the channel tunnel. also on the programme, the wheat harvest which has been blockaded in ukrainian ports because of the russian invasion — a deal is signed for exports to resume.

15—year—old sebastian kalinowski who died after months of torture at the hands of his mother and her partner — they've been found guilty of his murder. cheering and a legacy flame to mark ten years since the london olympic games — just as the commonwealth games are due to start in birmingham next week. and coming up on the bbc news channel — it's sweden against belgium in the euros tonight, with a place against the hosts england in the semi—finals at stake. good evening. getting away for the summer holidays should be one of the highlights of the year but huge tailbacks stretching for several miles from the ferry terminal at dover have

meant misery and frustration for travellers. some of whom have had to endure delays of up to six hours. it's the start of one of the busiest weekends of the year for over but the port has declared a critical incident and told passengers to arrive at least five hours before their departure time to clear all security checks. the authorities there have blamed what they have called woefully inadequate staffing at french border controls. but french police say the problems arose from an unexpected technical incident in the channel tunnel. our transport correspondent katy austin reports now from dover. it's the big summer getaway. but no—one stuck in these queues today was getting away very quickly. the durnford family took these photos on the way to catch a ferry for the first of a holiday abroad together. so this was supposed to be a one—hour carjourney from sevenoaks in kent. and it'sjust been nearly seven hours now and we're still not checked in.

we completely missed our 9.30 ferry. i was able to get out of the car with my girls and we got to the shops to get some food because we didn't bring that much food with us because we thought we were going to be having lunch in france. they were allowed onto a later ferry five hours after they'd expected to depart. dover and the surrounding roads were gridlocked and police were out managing traffic. with post—brexit and covid checks now in place, the port of dover said it had done what it could to prepare for a busy summer and worked with local and government partners. the port also said it had worked with french border police to plan for the expected traffic volumes, but it accused them of providing woefully inadequate resource this morning. what we had requested for the start of the day around four o'clock in the morning, was to have m officers in place so that could manage, because the traffic starts arriving that early in the morning. what we did have was six, so we had an inadequate number of immigration officers. the port's boss insisted his teams had been providing regular updates on what was needed. i promise you there was no more

communication, no more planning, no more analysis that we could have done. the french authorities hit back, saying it was not correct that they hadn't put sufficient manpower in place, that the plan had been to man all posts at 8:30am, but an unforeseeable technical incident at the channel tunnel led them to postpone full operational capacity by one hour. then eurotunnel said the incident had nothing to do with officials being delayed. it's now mid afternoon and things are flowing a bit more freely than they were. but the delays this morning were so great there is a really long backlog. as the blame game continues, the reality is a miserable start to many people's holidays. katy austin, bbc news. we can get the latest from doverfrom our correspondent duncan kennedy. how are things looking now? it isa it is a case of organised chaos all

day today. the police are controlling these lorries and cars coming into the port today in pulses but many of the drivers we have stopped to speak to say they have beenin stopped to speak to say they have been in their vehicles for seven or eight hours and some of the lorry drivers say they have been in their vehicles for up to 15 hours. what has gone wrong? it has really turned into a bit of a ding—dong between the british version of what's happened and the french version of what's happened. starting with the british version, they say this morning the expected 1a french border police to turn up in the port here to deal with passport control. 0nly here to deal with passport control. only six turned up. this afternoon we then got the french version of the story. they say that, yes, their staff were late but that's because they were dealing with what they call an incident in the channel tunnel. but then in the past hour or so we have had eurotunnel stepped into the debate saying no, that's not the case at all. yes, there was a minor incident inside the channel tunnel but it had nothing to do with anything and it certainly didn't affect anything that has gone on

inside the port here today. so conflicting stories, compounding it all has been a very serious accident on the m20 creating all kinds of delays for people heading into the port here tonight. that is still in place tonight so people have to be aware of that and the chief executive of the port has told us this evening that if the french don't get their staffing act together tomorrow then we will see these kinds of queues we have been witnessing all day all over the weekend. , u, witnessing all day all over the weekend. , ., ~ , ., witnessing all day all over the weekend. , ., , weekend. duncan, thank you. duncan kennedy reporting. _ a deal to resume vital exports of grain from ukraine, which have been blocked since the invasion by russia, has been signed by the two countries, brokered by turkey and the un. ukraine is one of the world's largest exporters of cereal crops and oils. before the war, 46% of the world's sunflower oil, 18% of its maize and 12% of its wheat came from ukraine — and the poorest countries are most reliant on it. but since the invasion, russia has been blockading

ukraine's major ports along the black sea, like 0desa. it means that currently some 20 million tonnes of grain are stuck in silos there. 0ur international correspondent 0rla guerin reports. ukraine's golden fields of wheat. but this is a bitter harvest. the grain can't be sold abroad because of a russian naval blockade. today in istanbul a rare diplomatic breakthrough. the signing of a deal to resume exports from ukraine and help moscow export its grain and fertiliser. nice to see you, mr secretary general. the un secretary general who nurtured the agreement told me it benefits the world. this is exactly what — told me it benefits the world. this is exactly what we _ told me it benefits the world. ti 3 is exactly what we needed at the present moment because developing

countries are in a dramatic situation with skyrocketing prices, and many people are at risk of famine. so there is a moral obligation of all those involved in this process to make it a success. isn't there also a moral question that at a time when russia is killing women and children, and we see this everyday, i've seen it in ukraine, you have been in ukraine on the ground, you have seen the aftermath of russian attacks, but here we are with russia being rewarded with russia getting a deal thatis rewarded with russia getting a deal that is going to help it get its food and fertiliser onto the world market. some would see this as a for russia. ,, ., , market. some would see this as a for russia. , ., _ market. some would see this as a for russia. , ., ,, ., market. some would see this as a for russia. , ., ., , russia. sorry to say it, that is totally wrong. _ russia. sorry to say it, that is totally wrong. it _ russia. sorry to say it, that is totally wrong. it is _ russia. sorry to say it, that is totally wrong. it is not - russia. sorry to say it, that is totally wrong. it is not russia | russia. sorry to say it, that is - totally wrong. it is not russia that is rewarded. this was a basic need for the international markets. but russia will benefit. russia - for the international markets. but | russia will benefit. russia benefits much more — russia will benefit. russia benefits much more with _ russia will benefit. russia benefits much more with the _ russia will benefit. russia benefits much more with the export - russia will benefit. russia benefits much more with the export of - russia will benefit. russia benefitsi much more with the export of fuel. it is incomparable the volume, and we go on seeing russia exporting oil

and gas to several european countries and to other countries around the world. that is where the big businesses. you around the world. that is where the big businesses.— around the world. that is where the big businesses. you understand some on the outside — big businesses. you understand some on the outside world _ big businesses. you understand some on the outside world will— big businesses. you understand some on the outside world will see - big businesses. you understand some on the outside world will see this - on the outside world will see this as the un helping russia to do business at a time when russia is killing women and children every other day in ukraine. ida. killing women and children every other day in ukraine.— other day in ukraine. no, we are helinu other day in ukraine. no, we are helping ukraine. _ other day in ukraine. no, we are helping ukraine. back— other day in ukraine. no, we are helping ukraine. back in - other day in ukraine. no, we are helping ukraine. back in april. other day in ukraine. no, we are| helping ukraine. back in aprilthe secretary general _ helping ukraine. back in aprilthe secretary general saw _ helping ukraine. back in aprilthe secretary general saw the - helping ukraine. back in aprilthe| secretary general saw the horrors pair for himself during a sombre visit to suburbs around the capital. forever scarred by russian atrocities. when you went to kyiv and ukraine you yourself were in bucha and you are obviously moved by what you saw and i remember you said you could imagine your own granddaughters having to flee. yes. auainst granddaughters having to flee. yes. against that — granddaughters having to flee. 13:3 against that backdrop was granddaughters having to flee. 133 against that backdrop was it difficult to sit and negotiate with russia? was it a hard thing to do? of course it is not easy, but there of course it is not easy, but there is a sense of duty that the

secretary general of the united nations must have in relation to the whole world. strong was my emotion when i visited the places just mentioned. today it was also very emotionalfor me mentioned. today it was also very emotional for me to sign this agreement. it is probably the most important thing i've been doing since i became secretary general. for the grain deal to work they will have to be a de facto ceasefire in the black sea ports and safe corridor at sea for cargo vessels. that's a big ask. this deal is fragile and peace is a very distant prospect. 0rla guerin, bbc news, istanbul. there are other major challenges for people who are farming the wheat in ukraine — particularly near the front lines in the donbas region in the east, where farmers are racing to bring in this year's harvest. with the conflict so close, there is a constant prevailing danger from russian rockets.

and ukrainian jets fly low overhead to launch attacks on russian forces. russia's export blockade has also led to a sharp fall in the value of their crops. 0ur correspondent andrew harding has been visiting front—line farms near the heavily—bombarded city of slovyansk. it's harvest time in ukraine's in war—torn donbas. from his perch vlodyr bukhantsov can see the front lines, just one hillside away to the north. traces of smoke on the horizon. and then this. jet engines roar overhead. two ukrainian fighter jets roar overhead to attack russian positions. you can see a russian rocket blazing upwards, narrowly missing one jet. the planes both launch decoy flares and turn sharply, heading home.

"we see this almost every day," says vlodyr. pilots do theirjob, we do ours. my son is fighting on the front line near here, too. farmers and fighters. almost everyone else has left, or is leaving, this region — hurried farewells at a bus stop, to the sound of russian rockets landing nearby. explosion. and plenty of those rockets and cluster bombs are hitting ukraine's wheat fields. setting fire to thousands of acres. it's another challenge for the farmers and for a world that is increasingly desperate for ukraine's crops. a farm owner takes me on a tour of his bomb craters. he used to sell almost all his wheat and sunflower seeds for export. but the war has put a stop to that. he shows me more footage

of the damage to his farm. this is where the cows were killed by another bomb. expolsions. explosions. in fact, we can just hear a few more in the distance. it's quite a noisy morning here. but the biggest problem, sergei tells me, is the russian blockade. the ports are closed, he says. we can't export anything, and so the price we get for our wheat has dropped by two thirds. a deal to end russia's blockade could make a huge difference. but it won't end the war. and so here in the donbas ukrainian farmers are racing to harvest and to store what they can, whatever the risks. andrew harding, bbc news, in eastern ukraine. new figures show that covid infections are continuing to rise in england, but not as quickly as in previous weeks. the trend is more uncertain in wales, scotland and northern ireland. 0ur health correspondent

catherine burns is here to explain. this is the seventh week in a row now where we've seen a rise in coronavirus — much of it caused by the highly contagious 0micron sub—variants baa and ba.5. this 0ns data goes up to the middle of last week and estimates that almost 3.8 million people across the uk had covid. that's an increase of 7% on the week before. recently, though, we've been seeing weeklyjumps of 20% or 30%. so things are still going up — just not nearly as quickly. the data shows an increase in england, with one in 17 people infected. the trends aren't quite so clear elsewhere. the estimates are one in 15 in scotland, one in 17 in wales and one in 20 in northern ireland. another way to look at this is to see how many covid patients are being admitted to hospital. scotland is an interesting example because it's ahead of the rest of the uk in this wave, and you can see numbers have been falling there since the end ofjune.

even in england — the one nation showing a clear increase in covid infections — you can see what looks like the start of a dip. so even though the 0ns data can't tell us yet whether or not this wave has peaked, there are some positive signs on the horizon. a mother and her partner have been found guilty of murdering her 15—year—old son in huddersfield last august. leeds crown court heard how sebastian kalinowski was repeatedly beaten by the pair and subjected to cruel and humiliating punishments. a warning — this report from our correspondent danny savage contains distressing details. sebastian kalinowski, a popular sweet natured 15—year—old murdered by his own mother and her partner. he'd been living in england for less than a year, after moving here from poland. his teachers remember a lovely boy. everybody remembers his lovely smile. how nice and friendly he was.

and even though he didn't speak very much english when he first arrived, you could tell that he had a little bit of confidence about him and he was determined to get to know people. and as his english improved so did his confidence, and he began to make friends with a lot of students. but any confidence was beaten out of him at home. his mother, agnieszka kalinowska, would often hit him. but the worst abuse was meted out by her body—builder partner, andrzej latoszewski. it doesn't take a huge leap of imagination to know how terrifying being hit by this man would be. the couple installed cctv in their home to spy on him. the same cameras caught the physical abuse. in one 30—minute clip played to the jury latoszewski is seen hitting sebastian more than 100 times, pausing at one stage to wipe the sweat from his face while kalinowska watched tv and ate toast. in short, this was the evidence that

was the key evidence at court showing that sebastian was subjected to a campaign of terror and torture, assault, neglect and ill—treatment by the people that were there to love, protect and look after him the most. a lot of the assaults on 15—year—old sebastian happened during lockdown. social services are now investigating, but it's not clear if they were aware of him at the time. the abuse escalated in the school summer holidays last year. sebastian died from an infection from untreated broken ribs. as for his killers, she said she was scared of her partner, yet the jury was told they'd recently swapped love letters and agreed to marry. danny savage, bbc news, leeds. the time is 17 minutes past six. our top story this evening. gridlocked traffic stretching for miles towards the port of dover —

causing major delays for one of the busiest holiday weekends. coming up — dina asher smith takes bronze at the athletics world championships after a difficult year. coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel — christophe laporte sprints to victory on stage 19 of the tour de france, as overall leaderjonas vingegaard moves another day closer to the title. more people appear to be resorting to private health care, often costing thousands of pounds — because of long nhs waiting times. the bbc has seen evidence of people taking out loans, and using crowdfunding to pay for private treatment. figures out today show there was a 39% increase in people paying for treatments in the last three months of last year, compared to the same period pre—pandemic. and last year more than 250,000 people in the uk paid for operations. the total waiting list for planned surgery in england

is currently 6.6 million. experts said it's a sign of how desperate people have become. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. i was very active. sports was my whole life. i did running, cycling, swimming. it was a way of life katie loved, but it seemed to be slipping away as she suffered serious knee trouble, including dislocations. i couldn't cook, couldn't clean i was on painkillers, which were sending me a bit loopy as well. and herjob, an engineering apprenticeship she'd worked hard for, was at risk. faced with a long wait for an nhs operation, katie, who lives in southampton, felt she had no option but to go private. they couldn't offer me my surgery for possibly two years, and that would have been me pretty much bedbound or sofa—bound for two years. there's been a sharp rise in the number of people self—paying,

though some operations were put back during the worst of the pandemic. according to the private health care information network, which has supplied the latest figures, there have been increases in self—pay over the last two years across the uk. the biggest have been seen in wales, scotland and, in england, the east midlands. 0ne nhs leader remembers long waiting lists in the 1990s, when more patients stretched their budgets to go private. he's worried it's happening again. they can't afford to pay for private treatment easily. many people will be mortgaging their houses or using their life savings, and these are the very people that the nhs should really be there to help the most. 1/32nd scale... neil, who's a keen modeller, faces a long wait for a hip replacement, and he can't go on the walks he used to enjoy. i've learnt to live with the pain. it is what it is. it's not going to... it's definitely not going to improve. neil lives in leicester, he's been told a private operation would cost £14,000.

if i could get this done tomorrow, i'd get it done tomorrow. what is the possibility of raising that amount of money, 14,000? no, i can't afford that. i'm retired. and with the way the world is at the moment, with finances, it's just too much. katie has had her knee surgery and is back playing basketball, but she had to take out a £7,000 loan to fund it. it has put me under the financial pressure. however, it's100% worth it. i wanted to get back to my lifestyle as quick as possible, and i wanted to get back to my work as quick as possible, as myjob was on the line. nhs england says staff are working hard to do more operations and cut two—year waits, but that still leaves millions waiting many months for surgery and some, like katie, feeling they have to pay. hugh pym, bbc news. now a look at some other stories

making the news today. british airways staff at heathrow airport have called off strike action that was planned for summer. they agreed to accept a new 8% pay offerfrom management. 700 workers — mostly check—in staff — had been set to strike over a 10% pay cut imposed during the pandemic. union leaders say they're gravely concerned about the future of the port talbot steelworks, after the owners warned the sites could be shut unless there are subsidies for reducing carbon emissions. the chairman of the tata group called for £1.5 billion in support from the uk government. doctors in wales on being offered a below inflation wage rise. 0ther below inflation wage rise. other employees will receive an average wage increase of 7.5%. full shot of

that uk inflation rate of 9.5%. —— it falls short. staff at the exam board aqa are to stage a 72 hour strike at the end ofjuly that could affect the delivery of thousands of gcse and a—level results. staff there will walk out from friday 29th july to sunday 31st ahead of the commonwealth games starting next week, a festival celebrating the tenth anniversary of the london olympic games opened today at the queen elizabeth olympic park. the mayor of london officially marked the opening by igniting a legacy flame. 0ur sports editor dan roan spent the day there and has been looking back at the event which saw team gb win a record 185 medals. ten years ago, the lighting of the olympic cauldron marked the start of london 2012. and today, in the shadow of the stadium, a legacy flame was ignited at an event celebrating the milestone. when it comes to inspiration,

there are few better examples than desiree henry. a decade ago, the londoner was one of seven unknown teenagers to light the torch at the climax of the opening ceremony. fast forward four years, and henry had gone on to become an olympic medallist in rio. she told me 2012 had proved crucial. it gave me the encouragementjust to continue dreaming and working hard and one day dream of going to an 0lympics. and it came true. it came true! and ifelt like 2012 was such an important moment as a part of my career, just to make me realise that i can do it. london 2012 will inspire a generation. a more active nation was the ambition of those behind the £9 billion games. so does the man who was in charge believe they delivered? we actually staunched the haemorrhaging of participation, and it was profound in the years leading up to it. you know, inspiring a generation was to make sure we had better and stronger olympic teams. and there's no question that we have gone from strength to strength.

while the cost of adapting and running the london stadium, now home to west ham, has proved highly controversial, it's one of five venues that are still in use. the aquatic centre is another. the abandoned facilities of some other former olympic parks avoided. but when it comes to participation, the legacy is more questionable. here in london, for instance, around a third of adults and half of children are deemed inactive. do we have a healthy and happy and active generation of young people as a result of london 2012? no, we don't. discussion about legacy needs to go a little bit deeper. the fact that we've lost 42,000 hours of physical education in our schools since london hosted the olympic and paralympic games is a signal that the societal shift hasn't happened. here in birmingham, commonwealth games legacy funding is already being invested, focusing on projects like this in areas of highest inactivity — an attempt to learn lessons from london 2012. just holding a magnificent sporting event is not

enough to create a legacy, and it took a few years for that message to get through and things to start to change. and they have started to change now. and i suppose that lesson had to be learned somewhere. many believe the games was a catalyst for the regeneration of this part of east london. but amid newjobs and businesses here, the original pledges over affordable housing have been missed. 11,000 homes completed. not enough of those have been genuinely affordable. the mission is to get 33,000 completed. by the time we finish, we'll have made up some of the loss at the beginning, we'll get to 35% genuine affordable homes. but it's really important, local residents, londoners, see the fruits of these olympics. up until now they've seen some fruits, not enough. london 2012 had other legacies — from attitudes towards disability to the hosting of other sports events. but ten years on, the debate surrounding what it achieved is set to continue. dan roan, bbc news. at the world championships in oregon, there was delight for britain's dina asher—smith as she took bronze in the 200 metres.

she said she was delighted to have made the podium "in an era when everyone is running so fast." jamaica's shericka jackson took gold, with the second—fastest time in history. andy swiss reports from eugene. she was in tears at the weekend. not this time. the dazzling dina asher—smith, a world medallist again. third from right, asher—smith was the reigning champion at 200 metres, but after a difficult season there'd been muted expectations. could she really rival the very best? well, there's no catching jamaica's shericka jackson, who was hurtling towards history, or shelly—ann fraser—pryce. but behind them asher—smith dug in and bravely she held on for bronze. commentator: it's a win forjackson! she gets the gold! jackson's 21.45 the second—fastest time ever, but for asher—smith, who came an agonising fourth in the 100 metres, this time a medal. she dedicated it to her grandmother, who died earlier this year, and how she'd had to work for it.

i knew that ijust had to run as fast as my legs are going to carry me, and really pray and hope that it was going to be enough to get on the podium. and i'm just so happy to have got it. i thought i'd got it, but i was like, "let me just see it in writing." there is nothing more embarrassing than celebrating without seeing it in writing. announcer: dina asher-smith! well, it's not the gold she won at the last world championships but it is a battling bronze for dina asher—smith, and in such a remarkable race, that's some feat. the men's 200 metres, meanwhile, also produced something special — noah lyles becoming the third fastest man in history, 19.31 seconds as he led an american 1—2—3. a truly ripping run on a night of the very speediest success. andy swiss, bbc news, eugene. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. it has been so dry but some welcome

rain today. absolutely. gardeners and growers will agree we need the rainfall, it has been so dry. notjust a scorching summer, spring was incredibly dry as well. further rain over the weekend but mostly for north—western and western areas. it'll be brought by this area of low pressure sweeping in off the atlantic. high pressure closer to east anglia and the south—east. here it will stay quite warm. what does low pressure will do whilst bringing fresh conditions to western areas it will scoop up the heat from the south and send in the direction of east anglia and the south—east. this evening a few showers across the country. some heavier bursts but this is the main area of low pressure heading our way. the morning tomorrow, 7am, 16 sources in london more typically around 13 celsius. tomorrow, here is the low pressure with the cloud, rain bearing clouds into wales, the irish

sea coasts, most of the rain across western scotland and northern ireland, not much unfortunate for east anglia and the south where we really need it. temperatures tomorrow 25 celsius in london and norwich, more typically 20 across western towns and cities. tomorrow evening that process continues, outbreaks of rain sweep north and east woods and miss out east anglia and the south—east. here's sunday, just a scattering of showers, breezy around the western coast, some showers hopefully for parts of east anglia. the south—east and east anglia. the south—east and east anglia eventually turning warm and temperatures could reach 30 celsius. if you have had enough of the heat those temperatures will not last for very long. thanks, tomasz. and that's bbc news at six on the 22nd ofjuly. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website.

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