charlotte gallagher, bbc news. simon jones has been in dover this morning.busy morning here in dover. hardly surprising when you consider the conditions. look out to the channel. it is incredibly calm, perfect for attempting to get across the channel. but with the caveat, of course, that people doing so are risking their lives crossing the busiest shipping lane in the world. now, the coast guard tell us that they have been dealing with a number of incidents already today, and we have seen the border force in action. one of their boats returned to dover. they were towing two dinghies. and then we saw a number of people get off the border force boat. and then the cutter came in, another border force boat. and we've seen several more people being brought back to shore. yesterday, more than 130 people managed to make the crossing. and this morning, we have also had reports of migrants being found on the street in the neighbouring town of folkestone by the police and border force. pressure growing on the politicians. priti patel saying the number getting through

our correspondent charlotte gallagher has this report.f migrants making the journey across the channel. but these are just a fraction of the people who made it to the uk this week. more than 130 yesterday, and a new daily record of 235 on thursday. the home secretary, priti patel, had pledged to crack down on these kinds of crossings, but the tide certainly isn't turning at the moment. now the government is to ask french authorities to take tougher action on migrants trying to reach the uk. writing in the daily telegraph, the immigration minister chris philp says: he also wants french officials to intercept more boats out to sea. but as discussions continue, many more people are likely to make the journey. let's just be very candid about this. these are people from poorer countries who want a better life for themselves. i would probably do the same. but they are people who have travelled through multiple safe countries. these are relatively wealthy people who have paid people smugglers thousands and thousands of dollars to get there. the

charlotte gallagher, bbc news.t helen catt. how are politicians reacting to the suggestion that the government has been clear and the regulator and apartment are working to get this sorted out. the criticism has certainly been increasing over recent days. we saw this morning outside of the political reaction people like the grammar school heads association weighing in, the former head of ofsted, criticising the way this has been done. we have increasingly seen conservative mps speaking out about the way this has been handled. not a huge number yet but suddenly there is concern behind—the—scenes. some have been making their concerns public like stephen hammond, conservative backbencher, who suggested perhaps the government could have seen this coming. to find ourselves now on the monday after a—level results wearing there isa after a—level results wearing there is a proper appeals process in place and worrying there is not enough confidence in the system about gcses, frankly, it is simply not acceptable. there is a

charlotte gallagher, bbc news.re on those warnings to people who are planning to visit the coast this weekend. tim muffett is in the seaside resort of ramsgate, in kent. tim, it does look like an absolutely beautiful morning there. but there are concerns it could be genuinely great dangerous for people when savages get this high? -- genuinely be quite dangerous? good morning from ramsgate. well, it is looking amazing already and pretty warm as well. this beach, ramsgate, a nearby ones are expected to be really crowded. we have seen crowds flock to these places when the sun comes up. understandably so, we have all been living under such restrictive conditions, but there are warnings today about health, because these high temperatures come at a relatively high weed. so there are some fears of people being taken by surprise. elderly people, neighbours being asked to look after vulnerable groups and check if they are ok. when people come down from london for the day, these beaches do fill up for the day, these beaches

charlotte gallagher, bbc news. producing these new tests, one in oxford and the other in london. professor chris toumazou joins me now, he is founder of the institute of biomedical engineering at imperial college london, professor chris toumazou joins me now, he is founder of the institute and he is ceo and co—founder of dnanudge, who have developed one of the 90—minute tests, and will be supplying 5.8 million of them over the coming months. congratulations on your test. are you relieved to have this out and active now? absolutely, yes. we have been working for nearly four months with the department of health to validate the test, to run it in a number of key hospitals in london and now we are proud to say we have and now we are proud to say we have a device, that is very small, that is effectively an entire laboratory in this cartridge, and that has been the real key. it is bringing the test to the patient at the point of need, rather than sending swab is off toa need, rather than sending swab is off to a laborato

charlotte gallagher, bbc news.wo companies are producing these new tests, one in oxford and the other in london. earlier, i spoke to professor chris toumazou. it is a bit larger than a printer cartridge. we decided you could either use a very small nasal swab, a paediatric swab, minimally invasive, or now, we are testing the saliva swab. so the swab just goes in your mouth, just a couple of swabs around various cells, then it goes into the orifice of the cartridge. you then close the bung, you pull out the swab, you close it, and then the viruses contained. and just buy a simple movement of a little motor, in a little box, there is a little motor, the first step is to actually deactivate the virus. if there is virus it gets deactivated... then, you extract from the rna of the virus, purified dna. and it is that purified dna we are really interested in, because that will then get spread over these little holes, which are called wells, and these have a number of different covid detectors, it is the chemistry, almost

charlotte gallagher, bbc news.now from our poltical correspondent iain watson in westminster. iain. good morning to you. nice to speak to you as ever. it seems the government are remaining firm at the moment? it appears to be the case, they said there will be no u—turn, it is the fairest system possible. they are saying that hundreds of thousands of pupils of god the results they need to go to higher and further education. more than nine out of ten have had grades below. nonetheless, there is growing pressure on ministers to do a u—turn and the not exactly rushing to the tv studios to defend their position this morning. we've heard the criticism from labour calling for borisjohnson to step in but i think much more worrying for the government is criticism from their own conservative backbenchers, one of whom said borisjohnson should run the country not an algorithm. one talked about incompetence, and i think that can only is the conservative backbenches and there will be increased by the intervention thereby the hea

here's charlotte gallagher.fight against coronavirus and stopping people passing it on to others, testing is vital. but during the pandemic, the government has been repeatedly challenged about its capacity to do so. and with sometimes unable to say precisely how many people had been tested. just yesterday, officials admitted there was a limited number of test kits for care homes, meaning the july target routinely check all asymptomatic staff and residents has been pushed back to september. now, the department of health has announced a deal with two companies, based in oxford and london, rollout kits that will provide kits in 90 minutes. almost 500,000 tests will be available from next week across aduu be available from next week across adult care settings. and hospitals are expected to receive them from september. millions more of the tests are said to be rolled out later in the year. meanwhile, 5000 dna machines, which analyse those swa bs, dna machines, which analyse those swabs, will provide 5.8 million tests

this report from charlotte gallagher. the fury over a—level results is not going away. upset, students protest outside westminster. others contacted the bbc directly. i hoped to to come out with three as on results day to study medicine at lancaster university. unfortunately, i only came out with three cs which means i was rejected from both my firm and insurance offers. the grades that my teachers submitted this year for me were a‘, a, a. and had i gotten these, i would have met my offer and gotten into cambridge. however, after standardisation, i received a, a, b, which meant i was rejected. 40% of a—level grades were marked down from teachers‘ predictions and, over the weekend, the appeals system plunged into even more uncertainty when guidance for pupils in england was withdrawn within hours by the exams regulator quual. the education secretary gavin williamson has borne the brunt of the anger, but there are now calls for borisjohnson to take charge of a situation widely described as chaotic. we are going into week three of this debacle, we knew about the situation

our correspondent charlotte gallagher has this report. a group of migrants making the journey across the channel. these arejust a fraction journey across the channel. these are just a fraction of the people who made it to the uk this week. more than 130 yesterday, and a new daily record of 235 on thursday. the home secretary, priti patel, had pledged to crack down on these kinds of crossings, but the tide certainly isn't turning at the moment. now the government is to ask french authorities to take tougher action on migrants trying to reach the uk. writing in the daily telegraph, the immigration minister chris phelps as: he also wants french officials to intercept more boats out to sea. but as discussions continue, many more people are likely to make the journey. let's just people are likely to make the journey. let'sjust be very candid about this. these are people from poorer countries who want a better life for themselves. i would probably do the same. but they are people who have travelled through multiple safe countries. these are rel

charlotte soon. welcome back to "america's newsroom," i'm sandra smith. >> trace: good morning, i'm trace gallagher.e at the democratic convention last week, the republicans are doing it live in person. one of many things republicans promise will be different from the dnc. here is hogan gidley trump 2020 press secretary. >> the democrats, were quite frankly, bad at aligning anything they wanted to do in the future much less a reason to vote for joe biden. it was a lot about what they didn't say during their convention. they didn't talk about the radical left agenda. they also talked about how america was inherently evil and basically the cause of the world's problems. you will see a marked difference with what we're talking about at our convention. we still believe that america is a beacon of hope. >> sandra: martha maccallum is anchor of the story and bret baier anchor on fox news channel. we'll see you a lot today as we see the prime time coverage of the rnc. the great american story as you heard details from hogan, bret. we're about to see this in-person roll call of the states and we all look fo