kent social services. in the last day, there have been 23 — the most ever recorded. i don't think there is any council in the country, certainly not even one of the size of kent county board 60, 70, 80 or more young people coming into its care month on month on month. we are in some considerable pressure now as those numbers increase. throughout the day, coastguard and border force vessels have patrolled the kent coast as holiday—makers enjoy the sun on beaches where migrant dinghies recently came ashore. many more migrants sneak into britain in the back of lorries and other vehicles, but the sight of dinghies breaching the country's borders beneath the iconic white cliffs is always politically potent. the mp for dover says britain should send them all straight back. what we've seen is an absolutely unacceptable level of small boats crossing this year, and we do need the french to stop the boats leaving their shore, we need to make sure boats are taken back to france, and that if people do arrive here, that they are sent back to another country. the home secretary, priti patel, is not the first in that position to be embarrassed by the sight of migrants being smuggle

the home office says it is "working incredibly closely" with kent county council, after the local authorityafely for migrant children who cross the channel. more than 400 under—18s have arrived unaccompanied in kent this year, including 13 in the past few days. keith doyle reports. a borderforce boat escorts migrants ashore in dover yesterday. amongst the hundreds who‘ve arrived on the kent coast after making the dangerous journey in recent days were 13 unaccompanied children. more than 400 under—18s have entered kent county council‘s care so far this year — most of whom crossed the channel in small boats. the council‘s leaders said the latest arrivals had tipped the balance and the authority could not safely accommodate any more. the home office said this was an unprecedented situation, but a scheme to move some children to other local authorities had helped to ease the pressure. kent wants a voluntary system to be made mandatory. it says the continued high number of arrivals means the scheme has not been enough to make a real difference. it‘s unclear what will happen to any new unaccompan

kent county council has said it can no longer safely care for unaccompanied minors who arrive acrosshe council with a high level of support through increased funding and a scheme whereby children are transferred to other areas of the uk. the health secretary, matt hancock, will outline plans for the future of public health in england, later. he's expected to announce a new agency which will take over many functions of public health england, one of the organisations at the heart of the response to coronavirus. the body has faced criticism over its handling of the crisis, but some argue it's been made a scapegoat for the failings that have been seen elsewhere. those are the headlines in the uk. we will have more on brea kfast uk. we will have more on breakfast at six a.m.. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: at the opening of the democratic national convention in the united states, the formerfirst lady, michelle obama, launched a scathing attack on donald trump, accusing him of not being up to the job of president. 0pposition protesters in belarus have held a ninth day of protests

here, the home office says it is "working incredibly closely" with kent county council, after the local keith doyle reports. amongst the hundreds who've arrived on the kent coast after making the dangerous journey in recent days were 13 unaccompanied children. more than 400 under—18s have entered kent county council's care so far this year — most of whom crossed the channel in small boats. the council's leaders said the latest arrivals had tipped the balance and the authority could not safely accommodate any more. the home office said this was an unprecedented situation, but a scheme to move some children to other local authorities had helped to ease the pressure. kent wants a voluntary system to be made mandatory. it says the continued high number of arrivals means the scheme has not been enough to make a real difference. it's unclear what will happen to any new unaccompanied children who arrive in kent from across the channel in the coming days. keith doyle, bbc news. it's the venue which helped launch the careers of the beatles, but the famous cavern club in liverpool is now facing f

no authority, not even a big and quite diverse one like kent county council, can do that and for it nota few years ago the government extended the rights of care leavers of whatever background up to the age of 25, so there is a commitment to those young people from the ages of 18 to 25. that is the point at which they very much become the responsibility of the council. many thanks forjoining us this morning. thank you forjoining us today. all ice on the skies. here's stav with a look at this morning's weather. for many of you, last night across the southeast it was a very uncomfortable night for sleeping. temperatures didn't drop much below 23 degrees in places. top temperature of 36.4 celsius in a number of locations across the capital. it wasn't hot everywhere. the heat we have onlyjust across the south and south—east. parts of scotland, northern ireland, western wheels were a lot cooler and more refreshing. this weekend it is a similar story with the heatwave confined to the south—east, many other areas pressure. most places will be dry and sunny thanks to this area of high pressure,

kent social services. in the last day, there have been 23 — the most ever recorded. i don't think there is any council in the country, certainly not even one of the size of kent county that could take on board 60, 70, 80 or more young people coming into its care month on month on month. we are in some considerable pressure now as their numbers increase. throughout the day, coastguard and border force vessels have patrolled the kent coast as holiday—makers enjoy the sand on beaches where migrant dinghies recently came ashore. many more migrants sneak into britain in the back of lorries and other vehicles, but the sight of dinghies breaching the country's borders beneath the iconic white cliffs is always politically potent. the mp for dover says britain should send them all straight back. what we've seen is an absolutely unacceptable level of small boats crossing this year, and we do need the french to stop the boats leaving their shore, we need to make sure boats are taken back to france, and that if people do arrive here, that they are sent back to another country, because it's only in that the home secretary patel, is not the first ina the home secretary patel, is