Simon Jones Reporting News Today

he shouldnt have been doing that. a critical incident is declared at the british port of dover as holiday—makers face queues for hours for border checks, with the uk blaming french staff for the delays. the french border officers, they didnt turn up to work. they were supposed to be fully manning all of the passport control booths to meet at the holiday surge. hundreds of police in riot gear storm the main anti—government protest camp in the sri lankan capital, colombo, tearing dow...

also this lunchtime: president biden accuses donald trump and his supporters of threatening us democracy and the american way of life. the assassination attempt that failed — a would—be killer points a loaded gun at the head of argentinas vice president, but the weapon jams. and the animals moved out two by two — after 186 years, bristol zoo is closing. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel: england have named their squad for the t20 world cup. butj...

its exactly one year since the world health organization officially declared the coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. a serving police officer is being questioned on suspicion of the kidnap and murder of sarah everard, who was last seen in south london more than a week ago. police investigating her disappearance have found what they believe to be human remains in woodland in kent. the metropolitan police commissioner, da...

Who was killed here. given that the attacks happened so close to each other and at a very similar time, the police are now trying to establish whether they are indeed linked. 0ffices here in london say they are determined to crack down on knife crime and a recent week—long operation saw 500 arrests and 100 knives seized.— operation saw 500 arrests and 100 knives seized. thank you very much. simon jones — knives seized. thank you very much. simon jones reporting. _ rescue teams in italy are...

The passport control booths, then simply things grind to a halt and you get a situation of miles miles of tailbacks which starts to affect not just the of tailbacks which starts to affect notjust the port but of tailbacks which starts to affect not just the port but the of tailbacks which starts to affect notjust the port but the whole surrounding area.— surrounding area. simon jones re ”ortin surrounding area. simon jones reporting earlier— surrounding area. simon jones reporting earlier ...

Officers into hotspots where violence is perpetrated against women and girls in particular. but as well as the issue of confidence over the way they handled wayne couzens and the vetting procedure, you have now got this further investigation by the independent 0ffice investigation by the independent office for police conduct. and i think while that is ongoing, that is still going to undermine confidence people have for the metropolitan police. ,, ., ., ~ people have for the metropolitan police, ...