for the people here. the port says it is deeply frustrated saying that it had planned ahead, but the additional coach bookings has added to the challenge. and it looks to learn lessons. i want to say i am sorry that everyone who wanted to get away this easter break it has been so disruptive, and particularly the schoolkids. being a father myself, i know how anxious i d feel. what we have been doing is we ve been working really hard with the operators throughout kent to try and make certain that all the traffic that has been backlogged can get through as quickly as possible. spare a thought for those who have not even gotten to the port. these students heading to croatia have been stranded at a nearby service station when the coach driver reached its daily driving limit. there is no toilet roll. running low on food. coaches constantly arriving. young children are here. there is no one here to help you. there is no security. there is nothing. there are people sleeping, there are people s
so disruptive, and particularly the schoolkids. being a father myself, i know how anxious i d feel. what we have been doing is we ve been working really hard with the operators throughout kent to try and make certain that all the traffic that has been backlogged can get through as quickly as possible. spare a thought for those who have not even gotten to the port. these students heading to croatia have been stranded at a nearby service station when the coach driver reached its daily driving limit. there is no toilet roll. running low on food. coaches are constantly arriving. young children are here. there is no one here to help you. there is no security. there is nothing. there are people sleeping, there are people sitting everywhere. it is chaotic. 5000 cars and 400 coaches will pass through the port today and for many it has been a waiting game. the new school year started last week in afghanistan.
been working really hard with our ferry operators and our partners throughout kent to try and make certain that all the traffic that has been backlogged can get through as quickly as possible. but spare a thought for those who haven t even got as far as the port. these students heading to croatia have been stranded at a nearby service station when their coach driver reached his daily driving limit. there s no toilet roll. they re running low on food. there s coaches arriving constantly with people sorting through the doors. there s young children there from scouts, cubs. and there s no one here to help. there s no security. there s nothing. there s people that sleep here that lays out everywhere. it s just chaotic. 5000 cars and 400 coaches will pass through the port today. for many, it s been a waiting game. simonjones, bbc news, dover. the pope has said he will take part in the mass celebrating palm sunday in the vatican. the 86 year old was discharged from a hospital in rome in the
hard with our ferry operators and partners throughout kent to try and make certain that all the traffic that has been backlogged can get through as quickly as possible. but spare a thought for those who have not even got as far as the port. these students heading to croatia have been stranded at a nearby service station when their coach driver reached his daily driving limit. there s no toilet roll. they re running low on food. there s coaches constantly arriving. young children here from scouts, cubs. there s no one here to help. there s no security. there s nothing. there are people on the floor sleeping, people sat everywhere. it s just chaotic. tonight, the backlog is finally clearing, but it has been another bruising day for passengers and the port. bosses say as soon as they get through this weekend, the inquest into what went wrong can begin. staying in the uk, water companies could face unlimited fines, for discharging sewage into waterways in england, after it was revealed las
as far as the port. these students heading to croatia have been stranded at a nearby service station when their coach driver reached his daily driving limit. there s no toilet roll. they re running low on food. there s coaches arriving constantly with people sorting through the doors. there s young children there from scouts, cubs. and there s no one here to help. there s no security. there s nothing. there s people that sleep here that lays out everywhere. it s just chaotic. 5000 cars and 400 coaches will pass through the port today. for many, it s been a waiting game. simonjones, bbc news, dover. a new scheme to cut the cost of hormone replacement therapy has come into force in england on saturday. it reduces the price of menopause treatments to less than £20 a year, saving 400,000 women up to £205 annually via a prescription prepayment certificate. things have got off to a rocky start though, with reports of the nhs website responsible for issuing certificates being down