vishala sri—pathma reports.ot—so—quick holiday getaway continues, although progress has been made in dover where reports suggest traffic is flowing better than it has been over the last couple of days. frustration, however, continues in folkestone today, where cars and lorries have been trying to get to the eurotunnel entrance — some families even spending the night in the car. we arrived at folkestone at about 9am yesterday morning fora train at10:30am. and then we've slowly been crawling along for the past 21—plus hours. the challenge today has been to clear the backlog of freight. around 600 lorries passing through folkestone today. some have been here for 15 hours plus and that's because the stretch of road on the m20 has been partially closed to accommodate them, effectively becoming a lorry park. and they're competing with families for spaces who want to get away on holiday. despite the challenges of today, there has been some improvement. compared to friday and saturday, we had a very busy start at the fo

our business correspondent vishala sri—pathma is in folkestone and has the latest on the queues thereears to have shifted here to folkstone. that's partly because of the roads leading to the channel tunnel entrance, which isjust behind me. now, there are queues of cars and lorries, as you can see, and there are about 600 lorries here, some of which have been here for 15 hours plus. that's because the stretch of road they're on on the m20 has been partly closed to accommodate them, effectively becoming a lorry park for them, and other traffic has been diverted to other roads and those roads have been struggling to cope. now eurotunnel say once you get to the terminal, the trains are running fine and they will keep passengers updated as much as possible, but they can't control the surrounding roads. so, they're saying they're expecting about 7,000 cars today. the advice is to stay hydrated and bring a packed lunch — you may be here a while. joining me now is former police border control officer, chris hobbs. chris, what do you make of the delays? what is behind? it is chris, what do you

a short time ago, i spoke to our business correspondent vishala sri—pathma.t couple of years, this is the first year the airlines have some sort of chance of recuperating some losses they have endured. lots of people are quite eager to go abroad, because restrictions have notjust been here in the uk, but also some of the key holiday destinations, spain for example, a popular place for brits to travel, they have had some restrictions that meant you cannot necessarily travel there. now that has been lifted. huge surge in demand. unfortunately, airports have not been able to cope with that demand. heathrow, who we have been hearing from, has said that actually, they have not got the workers on the ground to be able to deal with that influx of passengers, and they have spoken to airlines to try to come to an agreement about scaling back capacity. that has not gone down well, has it? a lot of staff were let go, fired, made redundant, during covid and now they need them back again. what are the airlines doing? it varies from brand to brand, i'm sure. emirates have

we can cross live to folkestone and our correspondent vishala sri—pathma.uation like there now? we can see a bit of queueing behind you. now? we can see a bit of queueing behind vom— now? we can see a bit of queueing behind yon-— behind you. that's right, there has been some — behind you. that's right, there has been some progress _ behind you. that's right, there has been some progress in _ behind you. that's right, there has been some progress in the - behind you. that's right, there has been some progress in the time i behind you. that's right, there has| been some progress in the time we have been here. as you say, frustration has shifted here to folkestone, particularly on the roads leading to the channel tunnel entrance just behind roads leading to the channel tunnel entrancejust behind me. as you can see, there are queues of cars and lorries, around 600 lorries that have been sitting here, some for over 15 hours. and that is because the m20, the road they are run at the m20, the road they are run at the moment, has been partially closed to accommodat

vishala sri—pathma is at folkestone for us. what's the latest?pears to have shifted to folkestone and that is partly because of the roads leading to the channel tunnel entrance, which is just behind me. there are queues of cars and lorries, as you can see, about 600 lorries here, some of which have been here for 15 hours plus. that is because the stretch of road they are on on the m20 has been partially closed to accommodate them becoming a lorry park. 0ther partially closed to accommodate them becoming a lorry park. other traffic has been diverted to other roads and those roads have been struggling to cope. eurotunnel say that once you get to the terminal, trains are running fine and they will keep passengers updated as much as possible. they can't control the surrounding roads. they are saying they they are expecting around 7000 cards today —— cars today. they say stay hydrated and bring a packed lunch, you may be here a while. thank you for that update. cricket scotland's board has resigned a day ahead of the publication of a review of racism

with me now is our business correspondent vishala sri—pathma.it has been rumbling on for a while. we have been rumbling on for a while. - have been talking about a surge in demand for holidays at the moment, clearly people who have been at home, stuck because of restrictions on airline travel for the last couple of years, this is the first year the airlines have some sort of chance of recuperating some losses they have endured. lots of people are quite eager to go abroad because restrictions have notjust been here in the uk, some of the key holiday destinations, spain for example, they have had restrictions in place that meant you cannot necessarily travel there. now that has been lifted. unfortunately, airports have not been able to cope with that demand. heathrow, who we have been hearing from, has said that actually they have not got the workers on the ground to be able to deal with that influx of passengers and they have spoken to airlines to try to come to an agreement about scaling back capacity. an agreement about scaling back caaci . .,

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