we were lucky, we had at folkestone. we were lucky, we had a lot of snacks.ually. i note eurotunnel said it was to do with the air—conditioning of the trains. the new summer was coming. i put petrol in my land rover. i must have used one fifth of a tankjust sitting there, which is not good for money 01’ sitting there, which is not good for money or the environment. you said the staff who were there were trying to do their best, but in terms of the flow of information, was any useful information in terms of how long you were going to be at a standstill before you could get moving? no, unfortunately. it was the most frustrating parts. zero information came forward. i did approach members of staff. were courteous, they were brilliant from what their situation was. they did not have information, ifeel. we know the transport for the trucks was going through, we know the eurotunnel for london was going through. it was just hours that is not. i am a regular channel tunnel user. it is always warm and heart. i do not think keeping people on the motorway in 35 celsius,

i have to say, we were lucky to stay in folkestone last night and avoid the m20. horrendous. we were going to camp last night... in the ferry terminal? no, nearby. and then there was a storm psoriasis pays —— and there was a storm, so i suppose the start of our holiday was a huge storm. we we re of our holiday was a huge storm. we were ina of our holiday was a huge storm. we were in a hotel in the end. i wonder if it is worth me showing a bit of what we are going through at the moment. this is the view which is common this morning to a lot of people. the back of another car, basically. you are beginning to remind me of that episode of one foot in the grave when he is stuck in the trafficjam. it looks like you are moving a bit, if slowly. we are moving but we are in the car park, so we're not actually moving towards france. there have been some signs along the way to show as we are moving, but the last one... hold on, look. there is a sign to france. it must be all like being in the desert and seeing the waterjust a few miles away. can i say thank you to your husba

let's speak now to 0livia crellin, who is at the entrance to the eurotunnel in folkestone. have had some really her in this long waits, bring us up—to—date with the people are saying now. that's right, wait times at the moment set at about three hours. that's half an hour pre—check—in, and to .5 hours in the terminals. it's not bad —— not bad as yesterday, when wait times reached over six hours, but there are still experience and problems. as you are saying, they cancelled around 400 day tickets to try and bring some relief to the situation. but there are still many they're baking into use in their hot cars with their supplies and waters and snacks, because there are no water points while they wait to get on to the train. it's grim for a lot of people, and also for people who wa nted people, and also for people who wanted to travel across many parts of the uk today. huge disruption. that's right, while down here in kent, we have problems with hot weather. up in the north and on eastern trail links, they're having issues with lightning strikes all stop northern services, all

simonjones in folkestone. forecast coming later in the programme. —— a full weather forecast. when the government announced the part privatisation of the probation service in england and wales in 2015, it hoped it would lead to a reduction in reoffending. but now the justice secretary is scrapping a number of contracts, after admitting they're not delivering the benefits they promised. the decision will cost £170 million. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, reports. lunch, shortly to be served at this old and community centre. but back in the kitchen, the staff are also serving sentences. this is community payback. you have criminals working for you. is that a bit odd? what you think of it? it's great, to be quite honest. yeah, it is. we're happy with them. they don't ask us questions and we don't ask them.|j have been sent here because of benefit fraud. it is payback, isn't it? the fact i've been placed here, it's an amazing place. when you have been convicted with something you have to do your time

simonjones is in folkestone for us this lunchtime. simon. good afternoon. well, the queue of cars buying me waiting to get into eurotunnel tells the story. some are having to wait 6.5 hours to get on trains. the company is advising passengers not to travel at all if they do not have to. problems on the railway and in the air. it is not proving to be a great getaway after all. the holiday getaway from hell, seemingly unending queues at stansted airport as flights were cancelled, blamed on the thunderstorms that meant planes couldn't fly safely. after waiting for serveral hours, many had to give up and head home. it is incredible how unaccountable they are, there is no one here to deal with it. the queues are never ending. people are supposed to wait. it is ridiculous. they say that the flight is delayed for six hours. then we come back, another queue for ten hours, just to talk with them. the storms that swept in, heralding the end of the heatwave, were supposed to put a stop to this, too, the chaos at the channel tunnel. for three days trains had been unabl

simonjones is in folkestone. clearly a difficult day for many people. up and running, but is a knock on effect, isn't there from all the delays? the delays are still continuing tonight. it's very busy down there at the terminal, the company was due to deal with around 10,000 cars today and many of those packed with holiday makers heading off a holiday. 0ne slight bit of good news is the delay to actually get into the terminal to reach check—in has gone down now to around 30 minutes and so the queues are using on the road leading into the terminal, but once you get to the terminal the delays are still around three hours, and that is likely to continue for the rest of the day. euro tunnel says tonight it will run extra trains to try to ship to the backlog of passengers and that is going to be the key thing. what they want to do is get rid of that backlog so they can start a fresh tomorrow, but if they don't manage to do that overnight that it could be another day of problems ahead. and road tunnel are saying they're not selling any new tickets until next

eurotunnel says it's now operating a full service on the folkestone—calais route but has stopped sellingts until next week. five people inculding two children die and tens of thousands flee their homes in northern california, as wildfires sweep across the state. britain's geraint thomas is set to win the tour de france as he maintains his lead on the penultimate day of the race. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the the deputy sport editor of the sun, martin lipton, and the journalist and broadcaster penny smith. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the sunday telegraph says that theresa may has been warned by her own constituency chairman that she must not concede any further ground to the eu in any brexit deal. the sunday mirror has a full page splash on the possibility that there may be more of the deadly novichok nerve agent hidden around salisbury. the sunday times leads on whistleblower claims that the qatar world cup bid team broke fifa s rules by running a campaign to sabotage rivals competing to host the to

simon jones in folkestone.ve a problem with that. we will bring you that clip. that was in the last few minutes. we will bring you that press conference very shortly. you are watching afternoon live. a letter from the prince of wales has been read out at the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse. the inquiry is considering the case of peter ball, a former bishop of lewes, and gloucester, who was convicted of abusing 18 young men. prince charles was in close contact with ball, and it's been claimed he helped to protect him. but in the letter, read by counsel to the inquiry, prince charles says he was misled by ball, who told him he was a victim of a vendetta. jon donnison reports. peter ball was a senior and powerful figure within the church of england for decades. but in 2015, the former bishop of lewis and gloucester — seen here on the left with his twin brother — was jailed for 32 months for sexually abusing teenagers and young men. he'd been cautioned by police more than ten years earlier, and resigned

let's get more information from olivia crellin who's in folkestone.ith some problems that we saw yesterday with huge queues. it is having some effect but there are still some cues, aren't there? there are indeed. and later start by saying it is absolutely scorching here. i can't imagine how hot it must feel being stuck in a car in a queue. those queues are still in place. there is a 30 minute wait time pre—check—in and then two hours in the terminal. the dues have reduced and that is partly due to them cancelling those number of day tickets. also there is an additional number of overnight trains to try and reduce the delay.|j number of overnight trains to try and reduce the delay. i mentioned the cancellation of some tickets for day trips and other tickets. but people have been turning up. not eve ryo ne people have been turning up. not everyone got the news in time. some people have been turning up to find they could not travel which must have been immensely frustrating. that is correct. many people have not heard that they won't be allowed to travel

eurotunnel says it's now operating a full service on the folkestone—calais route, but has stopped sellingkets until next week. five people, inculding two children, die, and tens of thousands flee their homes in northern california, as wildfires sweep across the state. victory for britain at the tour de france. wales' geraint thomas is set to win, as he maintains his lead on the penultimate day of the race. and coming up in the film review, tom cruise returns as ethan hunt in the latest film in the mission impossible franchise. we getjames king's take on this and the rest of the new releases at 11:16. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the deputy sport editor of the sun, martin lipton, and journalist and broadcaster penny smith. —— the sun's chief sports reporter. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the sunday telegraph says that theresa may has been warned by her own constituency chairman that she must not concede any further ground to the eu in any brexit deal. the sunday mirror has a full page splash on the po

let's get more from simonjones, who's in folkestone.he problems people are having to contend with? the bad news is i have spoken to eurotunnel and they are preparing for another day of problems. they say they simply cannot control the weather. people turning up at the terminal are expecting a weight of around 90 minutes. to actually get onto the terminal and check—in they are waiting for 90 minutes. it will ta ke are waiting for 90 minutes. it will take about three hours to get on a train. we are expecting around 12,000 cars at the terminal today. it was going to be a busy day anyway with people heading off on holidays. many of those cars packed with holiday—makers. the big problem is being blamed on the air conditioning, which may sound a bit strange. but eurotunnel says, if you imagine hot cars driving onto already hot trains, in some of the carriages the temperatures were too high. for a welfare reasons they decided they could not use those carriages. that meant trains were going not fully packed and the backlog was quick to build. h

eurotunnel says it is now operating a full service on the folkestone—calais route, but has stopped selling until next week. two firefighters die and tens of thousands flee their homes in northern california, as wildfires sweep across the state. the main candidates in zimbabwe's presidential election have addressed huge crowds in harare, on the last day of campaigning before the country's historic vote. wales‘ geraint thomas is set to win as he maintains his lead on the penultimate day of the tour de france. now it's time for witness. hello. welcome to witness with me, razia iqbal. i'm here at the british library to guide you through five more extraordinary moments from recent history. we'll meet a woman who was caught up in the violent struggle for a jewish state in british—controlled palestine. we'll hear how the iconic sydney opera house was built. we'll meet the man behind a deaf revolution in the us. and a nurse who witnessed the creation of britain's treasured national health service in 1948. but we begin with an event which still haunts iranian—us relations. in 1988, a us warship, th

let go to our reporter in folkestone. eurotunnel passenger. no, absolutely not. we are overlooking the eurotunnel entrance behind as we have seen queues throughout the day, lorries and cars as they tried to board. the problem here, eurotunnel has told us, is in some of the carriages the air condition is not working. what they have said is these carriages were not built for this kind of heat, it is unprecedented. what they have had to do is close a number of carriages and run at a limited capacity, that has resulted in backlogs of up to three or four hours today and as you can imagine, customers, passengers, have been taken to social media, posting pictures of their frustration. some people have hosed their pets downjust frustration. some people have hosed their pets down just to trying cubicle. many people were complaining there was no water, no information, they could knows billy might not see anybody around to help. eurostar have said they are trying to put more stuff on this afternoon, they have put more stuff out ther

simonjones is in folkestone for us this lunchtime. simon. good afternoon. well, the

delays of up to six and a half hours are being reported on eurotunnel services between folkestone andsays the hot weather is to blame and that technicians are working to repair problems with a faulty train. it comes after reported delays on thursday of more than five hours, in 30c heat, caused by air—conditioning problems on eurotunnel‘s trains. labour party members in birkenhead have passed a motion condemning their pro—brexit mp, frank field, for supporting the government in the commons last week. they also urged the party at westminster to withdraw the whip from mr field. earlier, the constituency party of kate hoey at vauxhall, in south london, took a similar decision. it might have been a bit of a damp squib here in the uk but, last night, in less cloudy parts of the world, people gathered to watch the longest lunar eclipse this century. for an hour and 43 minutes, the night sky was home to a striking red ‘blood moon'. 0ur correspondent, stefan levy, takes a look at some of the best pictures. it was a spectacular sight for stargazers across the globe. the moon bathed night skies

delays of up to six and a half hours are being reported on eurotunnel services between folkestone andr says the hot weather is to blame and that technicians are working to repair problems with a faulty train. it comes after reported delays on thursday of more than five hours, in 30c heat, caused by air—conditioning problems on eurotunnel‘s trains. labour party members in birkenhead have passed a motion condemning their pro—brexit mp, frank field, for supporting the government in the commons last week. they've also urged the party at westminster to withdraw the whip from mr field. earlier, the constituency party of kate hoey — in vauxhall, south london — took a similar decision. we talked yesterday about what you might see last night and the clips of the moon. in many parts of the uk, idon't of the moon. in many parts of the uk, i don't think you could have seen much. no, iwas seen much. no, i was disappointed, most others missed out on the longer lunar eclipse in less than a century. an hour and a0 minutes, the night sky was home to a striking red ‘blood moon'. 0ur correspondent, stef

weather continues to cause problems eurotunnel says it's now operating a "full service" on the folkestone—calaiste — but has stopped selling tickets until next week two firefighters die and tens of thousands flee their homes in northern california, as wildfires sweep across the state. we didn't realise how much my home means to me. and a community. the main candidates in zimbabwe's presidential election have addressed huge crowds in harare, on the last day of campaigning before the country's historic vote. also coming up — british victory at the tour de france. wales‘ geraint thomas is set to win as he maintains his lead on the penultimate day of the race and australian sailor wendy tuck has become the first female skipper to win the clipper round the world yacht race. parts of the uk have had almost a month's rainfall in just a few hours, as thunderstorms replace the long summer heatwave. lightning strikes have added to the misery for thousands of travellers, with cancelled flights and trains. among the worst affected have been passengers at stansted airport and those using eurotunnel as simon

eurotunnel says it's now operating a full service on the folkestone—calais route, but has stopped sellingkets until next week. five people, including two children, die and tens of thousands flee their homes in northern california as wildfires sweep across the state. ididn't i didn't realise how much my home means to me, and my community. the main candidates in zimbabwe's presidential election have addressed huge crowds in harare, on the last day of campaigning before the country's historic vote. also coming up, british victory at the tour de france. wales‘ geraint thomas is set to win as he maintains his lead on the penultimate day of the race. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers. we arejoined by we are joined by martin lipton and penny smith. stay with us for that. good evening. parts of the uk have had almost a month's rainfall in just a few hours, as thunderstorms replaced the long summer heatwave. lightning strikes added to the misery of thousands of travellers, with cancelled flights and trains, on one of the busiest weekends of the summer.

weather continues to cause problems eurotunnel says it's now operating a "full service" on the folkestone—calaishe state. we didn't realise how much my home means to me. and a community. the main candidates in zimbabwe's presidential election have addressed huge crowds in harare, on the last day of campaigning before the country's historic vote. also coming up — british victory at the tour de france. wales' geraint thomas is set to win as he maintains his lead on the penultimate day of the race

and a short time ago, i spoke to simonjones in folkestone about the delays there.ueue behind me are people waiting to get into the euro tunnel, and it's inching forward but little more than that. at the moment people are being told they are facing a two hour wait in that queue just to get to check—in. once they get to check in their facing another three hours on the terminal, but they may be slightly relieved, because this morning the total weight was six and a half hours, so the euro tunnel saying things are improving, but it's really not a massive improvement of people heading out on the holidays. desperate to get away. the strange thing is that yesterday we were standing here in glorious sunshine, well above 30 degrees and the company was blaming the tree hot weather for the delays of saying some of the carriages had become simply too hot to use. the acquisition could not cope and for that reason had to be taken out of service. he said as soon as the temperature dipped things should get back to normal. today it's nowhere near as side, the temperature is normal,

tailbacks extending onto the m20 at folkestone. people waiting to get the shuttle to calais.oing is running extra shuttles overnight, they cancelled planned engineering work. they believe us of 9am that things are running fairly fluidly and if you are put on the 10:30am shuttle, you are put on the 10:30am shuttle, you should be travelling around about 10:30am which is a great relief. wherever you are travelling this weekend, be prepared for and disruption while simultaneously hoping for the best. we always hope for the best expert simon, thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news... wildfires in northern california killed five people, destroyed hundreds of buildings and cause thousands to flee homes. meanwhile, a powerful earthquake on an indonesian tourist island kills at least ten people, injures dozens and damages hundreds of homes. and under new government proposals, trolls who go online to intimidate election candidates and campaigners could be barred from public office. geraint thomas will ride into paris today to be crowned winner of the tour de france. tradition d

heading to the south of france, stuck in folkestone with some very well—behaved children on the back—seatn the back—seat! more information on the bbc news website as well. voters are being systematically manipulated by the spread of fake news, according to a group of mps. in a report due tomorrow, but which has already been leaked, the culture, digital media and sport select committee says the uk is facing a "democratic crisis." it's urging tighter regulation of political posts on social media and measures to combat interference in elections. our politcal correspondent, suzana mendonca, is here. we're not talking about people getting their facts wrong, this is something that is criminal and organised. fake news is what it says, it is a news article or a news piece that is basically not true. but presented as though it is news. so people can get, i suppose, confused and think it is real news when it is not news. mps have been looking into this issue since last year and then we had the revelations that people's personal data was being harvested on facebook by a company called cambridge anal

tailbacks extending onto the m20 at folkestone. people waiting to get the shuttle to calais.hey cancelled planned engineering works, and they believe as of 9am that things are running fairly fluidly. if you are booked on the 10:30am shuttle, you should be travelling around 10:30am which is a great relief. wherever you are travelling this weekend, be prepared for delays and disruption, while simultaneously hoping for the best. simon calder of the independent there. it was a video that went viral, and a punishment that was widely condemned. when footage emerged of palestinian teenager ahed tamimi slapping and kicking an israeli soldier in the occupied west bank, she was later imprisoned. she was 16 at the time and children are protected by international law from imprisonment. now she's been released, after serving an eight—month sentence. earlier i spoke to nida ibrahim from bbc arabic. she saw the teenager being released. children are not allowed to be tried under international law, however children living under the israeli occupation, palestinian children, they are facing tri

simonjones is in folkestone.will be looking forward to queues today if they are up forward to queues today if they are up planning a getaway for the summer. up planning a getaway for the summer. it is already very muggy here, well over 20 degrees. it was like that throughout the night and the rain that eurotunnel was praying for overnight didn't appear. that means that down there on the terminal there have been some very, very long delays. eurotunnel says overnight people were having to wait for around four hours on this morning by running extra trains they have brought that to around 2.5 hours. some people on twitter have told me this morning that they have been working overnight for a total of around seven hours and still, some don't know when they are actually going to get on the train is. this is all down to the heat, according to eurotunnel. they say with hot cars driving onto hot trains, in some of the carriages the air—conditioning hasn't been able to cope and for that reason they have decided for welfare

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i spoke to our correspondent who was at the entrance of the road tunnel near folkestone kent she told have been big delays, starting from around midday yesterday as the temperatures kept rising, what happened was a lot of the carriages on eurotunnel couldn‘t cope with the heat. the air conditioning wasn‘t working. they had engineers down there anything trying to fix problems that some of the carriages we re problems that some of the carriages were undoubtedly build this kind of weather and of course they had to run ata weather and of course they had to run at a reduced capacity because they had to close off some of the carriages. that meant lots of keys. people took to twitter and were complaining about three hour delays, saying there was giving them information, there was a access to water for people or information, there was a access to waterfor people or their information, there was a access to water for people or their pets, no food and is complete chaos down there. i haven‘t spoken to your road tunnel, they have said that they are getting their stuff out there giving out water an