dover and eurotunnel at folkestone are two of britain's busiest frontiers. for now, they're frictionless. at the moment, we have what's considered to be a free flowing border between britain and the continent. lorries don't have to undergo customs checks unless they're going to a non—eu country and passport checks are minimal but that could all change after brexit. it's really very concerning for us. nobody knows what's going to happen. there seems to be a lack of information about what brexit will mean for dover and folkestone. so we've decided to do our bit to help. we've commissioned a special report looking into what could happen to traffic as a result of post—brexit border changes. imperial college london has a world—renowned transport research centre. dr ke han is an assistant professor. he carried out the investigation for us with state of the art traffic simulations. for the purposes of this research, we're assuming that it currently takes two minutes for each vehicle to pass through the border checks at the port of dover and eurotunnel. the re

dover and eurotunnel at folkestone are two of britain's busiest frontiers. for now, they're frictionless. at the moment we have what's considered to be a free—flowing border between britain and the continent. lorries don't have to undergo customs checks unless they're going to a non—eu country and passport checks are minimal but that could all change after brexit. it's really very concerning for us. nobody knows what's going to happen. there seems to be a lack of information about what brexit will mean for dover and folkestone. so we've decided to do our bit to help. we've commissioned a special report looking into what could happen to traffic as a result of post—brexit border changes. imperial college london has a world—renowned transport research centre. dr ke han is an assistant professor. he carried out the investigation for us with state of the art traffic simulations. for the purposes of this research we're assuming that it currently takes two minutes for each vehicle to pass through the border checks at the port of dover and eurotunnel. the re

dover and eurotunnel at folkestone are two of britain's busiest frontiers. for now, they're frictionless. at the moment we have what's considered to be a free—flowing border between britain and the continent. lorries don't have to undergo customs checks unless they're going to a non—eu country and passport checks are minimal but that could all change after brexit. it's really very concerning for us. nobody knows what's going to happen. there seems to be a lack of information about what brexit will mean for dover and folkestone. so we've decided to do our bit to help. we've commissioned a special report looking into what could happen to traffic as a result of post—brexit border changes.

both were jailed folkestone magistrates‘ court today. the fashion chain new look is the latest british high street name to fall into trouble. it will cut around 1000 jobs as part of a rescue plan and says it is planning to close 60 stores and reduce the rent on 400 others as part of a deal to balance the books. new look says the cuts are necessary to restore profitability. toys "r" us and map the last month announced they would go into administration, putting around 5500 jobs at risk. —— toys "r" us and maplin. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is the eu says it has a long list of american imports that will be hit by tariffs if its steel and aluminium are targeted by the us. the white house says that‘s going to happen this week. some of the main stories from bbc world service... the last rebel—held enclave close to the syrian capital damascus has come under heavy bombardment amid fresh efforts at the un to stop the fighting. at least 20 people are said to have been killed in the bombardment in east

born in folkestone, his parents died at an early age. he is ourgrand he is our grand uncle. we know from the accounts what he did in the war. as a family, we will always honour and be proud of our grand uncle. walter tull‘s name is inscribed on the wall at arras. despite a law at the time that stated such men should be white. this is where walter tull‘s story ends with trying to defend against a massive german onslaught coming from the east, known as the spring offensive — it was their final attempt to try to turn the war in their favour. walter was shot and killed and his body, like that of so many men, lies under the soil. it was the sacrifice of men like walter tull which proved to be pivotal. the germans come so close to winning the first world war here. i cannot describe how close it is to a german victory. we could have been looking at the first world war completely differently had it not been for sacrifices made by men like walter tull. walter was recommended for a military cross but it was never awarded. david —— david lammy has written to the prime ministe

leader and deputy leader of britain first found guilty at folkestone magistrates‘ court of religiously aggravated harassment. much more of that little later on. it is now time for the weather. some places for showers, other places escaped and stayed dry. plenty of sunshine, it felt almost springlike. into this evening and overnight, lengthy clear spells and a few showers. longer spells of rain, hill is now pushing into southern and western areas. showers continuing across the north of the country. wintry over high ground, risk of ice as temperatures fall. this feature ru ns as temperatures fall. this feature runs into south—west england and wales to bring outbreaks of heavy rain. good seasonal, maybe even down to lower levels, in towards the midlands. this could cause some issues for thursday morning. just watch out for this, stay tuned to the local radio. it looks like it will clear away, conditions are improving. quite widespread sunshine across the country. a few showers across the country. a few showers across western, northern areas where there will be showers over high ground b