by border control, _ hours in dunkirk by border control, so to give you an update, _ control, so to in— update, we had the same lorry held in dunkirk for a total of 15 hours _ held in dunkirk for a total of 15 hours whereas pre— brexit that — 15 hours whereas pre— brexit that would have gone through in minutes — that would have gone through in minutes. we cannot go on like this _ minutes. we cannot go on like this we — minutes. we cannot go on like this. we need urgent action. we need _ this. we need urgent action. we need it— this. we need urgent action. we need it at— this. we need urgent action. we need it at a _ this. we need urgent action. we need it at a government level. simply— need it at a government level. simply to— need it at a government level. simply to save the few businesses like ourselves. very powerful- _ so how are businesses faring on the other side of the channel in france? here are the experiences of two of them. let's stay with that issue — the financial sector is worth $130 billion a year to the uk economy. it is a crown jewel in terms of revenue generation a

trade and people once the holiday weekend ends and correspondent barbara sent us this update from dunkirk france. so this is the last piece of our brecht said goodbye to or on the 1st of january when the hopper off the dunkirk quite the next to come may 1 of the harvest that supply at the crossing to dover here and what we see in the back of the trucks rolling off the 1st ferry on on this day where everything has changed and the man to explain to us what has been changing here and what is happening is still a paramount if you carry the film as. i know. there's been a very exciting day for us it's a 1st to the pasha here from from and what we did in dubai and what we didn't do yesterday is take all the customs documentation and paperwork from there from our custom us then we we upload it to the french customs authorities and we and we then . she displayed on screens on board elvis knows where we will have a green light for all the trucks that the.

what happens then is all the information for the customs agent in calais and dunkirk and we can tellreen light or orange light, and they have to pull aside. i am happy to say that the vast majority of freight drivers have a green light to go, very important for everybody to keep the ports clear here and in calais. today has been described as a first real test of this new system but from what we have seen, traffic is still pretty light. when are you expecting it to build up? when will we see the real test? over the next week or two we will start to see traffic build up again. it is fair to say that after the last couple of brexit build—ups we had, 2019 and onwards, we saw a dip in traffic after that, that will take some time to clear and there was a lot of stockpiling by companies in the run—up to new year to try to avoid any problems. it is all going well so far. we are talking about lorries but obviously looking ahead to the summer, hopefully the return of the summer holidays, who knows? but how are you expecting that to affect tourist passengers? we have a job to do to explain to c

we got a taste of that at the opening of dunkirk. he was telling as you heard in those opening moments, he was telling it as a story, as this is what was happening, this is how it was unfolding. sort of a thrilling story if you think about it. what he would do is he would give you, give his audience a sober appraisal of the situation, not happy talk, just a really down to earth sober appraisal, sometime too detailed and scared the heck out of them on occasion. but then he would follow with comments about real grounds for what people should be optimistic, by how this problem with the blitz, of dunkirk, potential for german innovation, how this could be, how this can be resolved, positive reason for optimism. and again not happy talk. real grounds for optimism. and then would come this rhetorical force at the end that would metaphorically and perhaps not metaphorically have people right in the seat since it could be part of this, were going to take this got on, god dammit and this is how we're going to be. we're going to beat hitler. t

so far bret said goodbye to on the 1st of january when the hopper off the dunkirk quite to the next to come may 1 of the hardest that supply at the crossing to dover here and what we see in the back of the trucks rolling off the 1st ferry on on this day where everything has changed and the man to explain to us what has been changing here and what is happening is still a paramount if you carry me till. i tell. you there's been a very exciting day for us it's a 1st to the pasha here from from and what we did in dubai and what we didn't do yesterday is take all the customs documentation and paperwork from there from a cost of us then we we uploaded to the french customs authorities and we and we then. she displayed on screens on board elvis those where we will have a green light for all the trucks to go into the present thirty's and our orange light for all the trucks that will need to go for special kicks in france in particular the food and animal stuff so maybe we can take a look further back into where at the part of the hobbit where the trucks are now sort of stacking up and there th

and to do that you correspondent barbara vessel has been following the story for us from dunkirk france. she said the certainty provided by the bracks a deal is positive that some businesses still have reason to worry of course there's more certainty because no finally and we know this deal was struck on christmas day so at the very very last moment there is more certainty of course because it least finally companies on both sides of the channel need to know what they know what they need to do and which papers they need to fill in and how all this is going to work out big companies will not have that much problems like the car companies for instance honda in swindon they said they'd need is $350.00 trucks per day coming through here going back and forth for their parts you know they can organize this it's all the electronic then and they vote won't have to undergo checks but mix loads. animals and food to foodstuffs they will have more problems and it will of course not never again be as easy as it used to be in the past and are of course it's not just afraid to bracks it also means the

we have seen a steady stream of lorries get on ferries heading for calais and dunkirk.e getting to the port, hauliers have to make sure they have the right documentation, they have the right documentation, the import and export permissions. they are given a bar code when they go into the port. that is scanned by the ferry company and once they are on board sailing to france, the french customs check the details. if all is in order, once they get to france they are allowed to drive straight off. if not, they are pulled over and the lorry drivers could face further checks or even be sent back to the uk. so far today on both sides of the channel, things have been running smoothly. that was to be expected, given that it is new year's day. but in the coming days, traffic is likely to increase and thatis traffic is likely to increase and that is when we could see a real test of this new system. but if you're tempted to pop across the channel for a booze cruise or a day trip to calais, at the moment you can't because the eu says only essential travel is allowed from the uk. th

an exciting day for you as you said this is the 1st day off the new regime here in the harbor of dunkirk in the north of france where the trucks are rolling on bought. it's not as it used to be in the past it's not just roll on roll off box custom checks will need to be made and everybody here hopes that is going to run relatively smoothly and that is all from us for today here. barbara available for us there let's take a look now at some other international stories chairman the chancellor angela merkel has handed over the e.u.'s presidency to portugal germany's presidency ended on december 31st and in a video message merkel wished portugal every success and said that germany would support portugal to the best of its ability presidency rotates among the e.u. member nations every 6 months. microsoft says hackers recently access to some of the company's source code the tech giant assures customer data is safe and that its systems weren't used to attack others it was part of a hacker campaign against a thousands of companies. and pope francis has been absent from the traditional new year's

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she treated injured soldiers who return from dunkirk...ng prisoners of war. as you say, she served during the war. she would have seen these spitfires going overhead. indeed she did, and she told the story of a spitfire saving her life as a medical student in aberdeen, which was a fascinating story about how she was scared by a german aircraft, turned around and saw a spitfire chasing it away. that was in the early stages of the war. the battle of britain proved a turning point in the war. around 1,000 raf planes were shot down during the four—month conflict. germany suffered nearly twice as many losses, but the margin of victory was narrow. the eight guns on the spitfires and hurricanes were onlyjust enough to win the battle. it's amazing that history hangs on so fine thread, isn't it? if she hadn't been asked to help and the decision had not been made to go with eight guns, who knows what would have happened? it was difficult for them at the time, the people developing the aircraft and the guns, to actually work out what they needed to d

we have seen lorries arriving at the port, getting on ferries and heading over towards dunkirk and alsos. but in other ways it isn't quite normal because there is a new bureaucracy, there are new check so lorries coming in to the port need to have a bar code. that bar code will show they have the right permissions to import goods into the eu, so that bar code is scanned, the lorries then get on the ferries and was there on the ferries, the details will be checked by the french customs and if all is in order once they arrive in france they will be allowed to drive off they will be allowed to drive off the ferry to continue their journey into the eu. if things are not quite right, the lorries may be pulled overfor right, the lorries may be pulled over for further checks. right, the lorries may be pulled overforfurther checks. heading in the opposite direction when you have ferries coming from calais over to dover, the british government says there will be a light touch for the first six months so limited checks, so first six months so limited checks, so things should run smoothly. if ther

very important for everybody as we know to keep the pores clear, here, in calais and dunkirk. and then will be see the real test?|j think over the next week or two we will start to see traffic build—up again, ithink will start to see traffic build—up again, i think it's fair to say after the last couple of brexit build a period that we had, last year, 2019 now, she'd say, we saw a realdip in year, 2019 now, she'd say, we saw a real dip in traffic for a few weeks after that so i think that will take time to clear and of course there was a lot of stockpiling by companies in the run—up to new year to try and avoid any problems. as you can see, it's going well. we are talking about lorries but obviously, looking ahead to the summer, hopefully, the return of the summer holidays, who knows with this situation? how are you expecting that to effect tourist passengers?” think we have a job to do to extend a customer is what it is they need to have in terms of some of the new documentation which may come through around health insurance or being able to drive on the continent but we are

us did any of correspondent barbara vale reporting for us at the beginning of a new era there in dunkirk france. and let's take a look now at some other international stories german chancellor angela merkel has handed over the presidency to portugal germany's presidency ended on a december 31st in a video message markel wish to portugal every success and said that germany would a support portugal to the best of its ability the presidency rotates among member nations every 6 months. or days after buses were meant to drive them to a shelter a 1000 migrants are still stranded in a burned out camp in bosnia if you never left after protests from residents in the village where they were meant to be going the migrants are struggling to survive in freezing temperatures without heating or adequate clothing. and microsoft says hackers recently access to some of the company's source code the tech giant assures customer data is safe and that it systems weren't used to attack others as part of a hacker campaign against a thousands of companies. pope francis has been absent from the traditional new ye

the sickle it's a single cut that was designed to cut off the british expeditionary force in the dunkirkrea and destroyed them in detail before moving on to take over the rest of france. that sound like something that might or might not happen? he divulges all this detail. not details of weaponry, details of tactics, details of strategy. and we have a reasonably constant flow of codes inside first material. a man saying over six year period over 300 documents counted by birth tao in his memoir. sure it is these to handle spies. known become the master of crept analytic history said he was world word to greatest by. i think that's probably right. but what was schmidt doing with all this money and how is he concealing it? if you are badly paid civil servant how come you can explain having this swish nice suit in a posh briefcase and all this sort of thing. not to mention the expensive holidays with his wife on one of this expensive holidays wearing an expensive dressing gown. it was just a wife unfortunately. he had a lot of expensive habits, champagne and there was brandy and cigars we he

correspondent barbara hazel sent us this update from dunkirk france new york away so this is the last piece of our great city goodbye to on the 1st of january when the harbor of dunkirk quite soon next to kill the one of the harbors that supply the crossing to do over here what we see in the back of the trucks roaming the 1st carry on on this day where everything has changed and nancy's names was what has been here and what. the apartment you. know. yeah today has been a very exciting day for us it's the 1st departure from from. what we did in dover and what we didn't do yesterday is take all the customs documentation and paperwork from there from a cost of us then we we uploaded to the french customs authorities and we and we then. she displayed on screens on board all vessels where we will have a green light for all the trucks to go into the present thirty's and our orange light for all the trucks that will need to go for special kicks in france in particular the food and animal stuff so maybe we can take a look further back into where the part of the harbor where the trucks are now

and for more we are joined by david obey a correspondent bob a vase at dunkirk france new york are the new border checks went into force overnight there and don clark are you seeing the sort of chaos that many had predicted no absolutely not it is a very quiet day 1st of january of course and the proof of whether the new systems work all the new customs check that are coming in the veterinary checks and all the paperwork that is needed the proof whether that is will work will come next week of course when normal traffic will begin to flow back and forth across the channel here in the back you see some of the ferries repositioning and sort of moving up and down and waiting to take on trucks on their journey to dover and would be here is if in the power money from the d.f.t. as a ferry company and you have really worked hard and quite a while to prepare for this you know how is this going to work yeah so we have prepared for quite a while and it works the way that our customers they present the cousin documents in dover and then they they sell across an s.s.l. across the fence we offload