british government has dealt with calais.ayling, but he is developing a terrible reputation for things turning to dust in his hands. for a politician, that is a bit of a liability, isn't it? these are difficult times and we are in uncharted waters, dare i put a bit of maritime spin on it, and we are relying on that single point of traffic from dover to calais, and i think sensibly the government has been trying to plan for every eventuality. the ramsgate port has been mothballed for many years and there has been very little traffic, but it could step up to the plate and doa but it could step up to the plate and do a service for the country. so full marks to them. sadly, for whatever reasons, commercial or otherwise, seaborne freight have decided not to go ahead with this, but i am hearing that there are more significant operators out there you are alerted to the potential for ramsgate and who may come forward and start speaking to us, which would be a good thing. craig mckinley, mp for south thanet, including the town of rams

saying the government wants to focus on dover— calais or close enough to actually keep lorries running capacity. the reason ramsgate to ostend never really worked as a ferry route, more driving, a longerjourney. this was pa rt driving, a longerjourney. this was part of the government because my contingency planning, but that has changed overnight. it said it had been given reassurances in the past by an irish ferry firm backing seaborne freight but the irish firm moving away from this. department for transport saying they have no confidence this contract can be fulfilled come brexit. no money handed over to seaborne freight. the taxpayer has not lost out. dover mp charlie elphick, i spoke to him a short time ago and he said it is a distraction. what you have to do in terms of the government is concentrate keeping dover to calais flooring. —— flowing. joining me now from his middlesbrough constituency is shadow transport secretary andy mcdonald. are you disappointed by this news? i am disappointed but not surprised. the due diligence process we were told about is clearly in tatters, tot

which takes us back to dover — calais. and running by brexit day.ver — calaism france decides to increase checks after brexit, there could be miles of tailbacks, so the government has been looking at what alternative routes could be used, so they had this idea of using the port of ramsgate, but the local council were saying it would need hundreds of thousands of pounds to make the scheme viable to get ramsgate up and running again as a proper ferry port, and there has been a huge amount of political reaction. from the time when this was announced just after christmas, people were saying, what is chris grayling doing? he said at the time, and i remember this in an interview, i make no apologies for backing a new british business. he presumably will remain bullish about this. it was a new company trying to set up, we gave them support, in the end they couldn't deliver, so we will look for something else. a british firm but backed by irish cash in this case. chris grayling is facing calls for his resignation, but it is being pointed out that due dilige

at dover and calais, that may be to at dover and it might be quickerfor some services to from here.espondent matt cole joined me earlier to talk about the fallout. there was a fallout. two other firms will continue to cover this 10%. this was about relieving the pressure on dover. the government has come back and said we were criticised at the time that this was a company with no boats. this day it has plenty because it is backed by this huge irish firm, it would have owned 60% of seaborne freight. therefore due diligence was done but it is clear that what they had not done that ensured that the company had set up a route from ramsgate to 0stend on which this new extra capacity could be piggybacked. yes, a credible firm is underpinning this but the contacts had not been fully signed for a brand—new service from ramsgate without which this extra capacity could not be guaranteed which is why politically labour are so strongly on the attack today after chris grayling for once again being at the heart of what they see asa being at the heart of what they see as a failure. it followed cri

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and there but many do i don't know what about on calais may they try all the way to like the legal way of course because a corporation is not the legal way but they try all the legal way of the situation in a way to support for the rand something like these the last choice for the people is still called by of course because it's not a choice for a family to say ok i want to. buy. these because they say they don't have money. yet. they have money just the way. that. they do not. really need them for that. if the rental housing supply has dried up why isn't the city offering help. improve their kid. is eight hundred million euros in debt for a city that much in the rhyd it's extremely important not to spend even more money on subsidies. only. to. i think austerity helps just not the people in the night i want to gauge the extent of the problem and how much the city is to blame the whole venice you have a lot of empty apartments that pavlik apartments hundreds so they prefer to close their band and they just. put some gate in front of their doors because it's cheaper than to give. to a fa

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what might happen, disorderly brexit, what could happen to the short sea crossing between dover and calaissh industry. studio: as you say, it raises wider questions about the government's handling of preparedness for brexit or a no—deal brexit? there was an interesting memorandum published for a common circulating by the national audit office which looked into the background of the ferry contract quite carefully, it showed the department for transport was quite worried about awarding these contracts at short notice and it sought legal advice at each step. it names the legal advisers who gave the advice and what the grounds were, and government departments, in times of urgency, they have quite wide discretionary powers. eurotunnel will aim to show those powers we re eurotunnel will aim to show those powers were not exercise properly and the award of these contracts was not right. the judge and the award of these contracts was not right. thejudge has to and the award of these contracts was not right. the judge has to decide if the dft took the correct legal advice and executed these correctl

there is a concern that any potential checks would mean there is a lot of congestion on the dover calais for possible preparations, the government did award some contracts the government did award some co ntra cts to the government did award some contracts to shipping companies to provide extra freight capacity and one of those went to seabourn freight who said they would operate varies and that was a contract with £118 varies and that was a contract with £13.8 million and it later transpired that seabourn freight had no ferries and the transport secretary when asked about this that he did this was a start up company but he was convinced of its liability because i'm in a major international company which was based in ireland and it transpired that the company withdrawn its support from seabourn freight leading the secretary to cancel the contract and he was summoned to a nswer contract and he was summoned to answer questions about it and this is when explaining about it. suddenly and unexpectedly withdrew their backing from seabourn and in their backing from seabourn and in the light of

we have heard a lot about preparations for no deal and what would happen, particularly between calais and the eu goes. talks are tailbacks, we've seen them going through scenarios to make sure that that doesn't happen. but it does seem now, hmrc announcing today that they are willing effectively to waive customs controls for a certain period of time. this has been confirmed by downing street today, saying the procedure to allow goods from the eu into the uk without full customs checks will be reviewed carefully but that it would mean that they would be a temporary arrangement designed to allow businesses time to prepare for import processes. and effectively, companies would be able to fill out any kind of customs documents and tell them what has gone through the day after. this is obviously all designed to make sure there's not a huge smile up between those ports. it would affect 20 ports around the uk. they are saying it's only temporary, of course, but this just shows the issues now that they are looking at on both sides of they are looking at on both sides of the channel if we end

he has really enjoyed himself in a week he spent in calais.iew, we might be able to gmba his interview, we might be able to graba grip his interview, we might be able to grab a grip —— which word with him. but lady gaga performance from the movie is born was produced by mark ronson, he was on stage tonight and there have been successes in the technical awards. we have seen one of the guys worked on visual effects for first of the guys worked on visual effects forfirst man, a film of the guys worked on visual effects for first man, a film about the first mission to get to the moon, the mission to the moon, the british tea m the mission to the moon, the british team that worked on the special effects for that have been rewarded tonight. queen were the band that opened the show this evening, they had an amazing performance. adam abbott was singing with them as freddie mercury has gone into the party. let's see if we can grab a word with trevor —— adam lambert. here is trevor noah. you gave out an award tonight. i loved the show, i loved every mom

, are saying that they are not affected to the uk, but anything going from brussels to france, to calaisy, this is huge in terms of a shutdown. the australian government says it's re—opening of its controversial christmas island detention centre to cope with a potential rise in people seeking asylum. the announcement came after the government suffered an embarrassing defeat in parliament. mps there passed a landmark bill that allows migrants in offshore camps to receive medical care in australia. phil mercer sent this report. immigration will be at the heart of australia's next election campaign. it isa australia's next election campaign. it is a decisive issue. the question is resolved. no reeling from a embarrassing defeat in parliament, ministers say a new law for immigrants to be treated in australia would weaken border security and encourage more asylum seekers to come by boat. in anticipation of that, he is reopening a detention centre on a remote australian territory in the indian ocean. we have approved putting in place at the reopening of the christmas island detention facilitie

for what might happen after brexit, and what might happen for the short crossing between dover and calaissh industry. there are other legalities in this, and as you say it raises wider questions about the government's handling of preparedness for brexit and a no—deal brexit. indeed it does, and an interesting memorandum was published yesterday, which was done by the national audit 0ffice, which was done by the national audit office, which looked into the background of this ferry contract. i went through it carefully. it shows that the department for transport was quite worried about awarding this contract and sought legal advice at each stage of the process. the legal advisers who gave the advice, and they want to know what the grounds were for awarding it. they have wide discretionary powers. eurotunnel will be able to show that those powers were not exercised properly, that awarding these contracts wasn't right, and that is what thejudge has contracts wasn't right, and that is what the judge has to decide. they need to take the correct legal advice and execute the awarding of these cont

a new deal brexit set that comes to pass it could mean there is a real congestion on the dover to calaisand that it was a start—up business and it had the backing of a very large and established irish company. for that reason the government felt confident that it could get up and running in time. very recently play the irish company has withdrawn the backing to seaborne and the contract between the government and seaborne, which was worth £13.a million has been terminated. chris grayling was summoned to the house to answer questions. this is what he said. despite previous assurances the irish company withdrew the backing from company mac. in light of their to terminate his contract. my department concluded there were no too many to major commercial issues. any time needed to bring and put into operation. as i have repeatedly made clear, not a penny of taxpayer's money has gone or will go to seaborne. the contracts we agreed with the three ferry companies are essentially commitment to block book tickets on additional ceilings after the uk leaves the european union. we are taking a respons

administrative disruption but if people look at what has been announced on eurotunnel, dover and calaisrom embassies has said there is no such thing as no deal, we have to move fast to put in agreements in place. so, yes, there would be some difficulties. the language people are using is reckless and irresponsible. the public deserve politicians who will see through what they voted for with a degree of courage and resolve. let me ask you one more thing quickly if i may...” am so sorry. so it is possible that theresa may might be forced into a position where she has to take no deal off the table, that is a possibility. in those circumstances would you remain a member of the conservative party if she were going ahead with that policy?” conservative party if she were going ahead with that policy? i think that is an entirely speculative question. they are all speculative at the moment, to be fair. i stood on the conservative manifesto, i am proud to be conservative, i am standing up for the referendum result, i am seeing through the eu withdrawal at which i saw through. i am confident that

tuesday the 12th of february, we we re tuesday the 12th of february, we were called to a property in calaisyet to establish a connection between the parties involved. i know that this news will cause significant and understandable concern and given what is an unprecedented event in our city, which has shocked us all. i know that everyone‘s immediate concerns will be for the family and friends of the gentleman involved in this incident. and as you would expect, we are providing as much support as we possibly can. the investigation is being led by our major crime investigation team, supported by local detectives, forensic staff, family liaison officers, and an extensive range of other specialist staff who have been working round—the—clock since monday lunchtime. residents in the area will continue to see police codons throughout the day today and in the coming days, as we continue our work. the local neighbourhood team have been out on foot and will be out on foot patrols for the next two days, in order to provide advice, support and answer any questions or concerns of local residents. whilst

it doesn't just affect us, it affects calais and other in the european union.d to help trade go in but the best way to keep trade moving is through a political settlement. the prime minister is right, if the irish backstop is the one thing getting in the way of getting the withdrawal agreement through parliament, then fair enough, it needs to change. joanna, what we are sensing here is some positivity in the last few weeks, with brexit looming over the horizon at a rapid rate, that positivity needs to turn into some kind of deal, i suppose. pope francis has called for concrete measures to tackle what he called the evil of child sexual abuse by priests. he made the comments at the start of the first global summit at the vatican on child abuse reform. the catholic church has been accused of covering up crimes committed by priests around the world. let's listen to some of his opening remarks. translation: i ask the holy spirit to support us in these days and help us transform this evil into an opportunity for understanding and purification. may the virgin mary enl