Now the union seems to have been reassured that everythings back on the table. The finer detail has to be worked out, but im very assured by the prime ministers intervention, and we certainly will as we have always said we will put our plans on the table, they can put their plans on the table, but im confident that we will come out with a fair pay settlement for our nursing staff. Neither side will say what numbers will be discussed or what might be offered for the next financial year. In the meantime, nhs leaders are relieved that escalated Strike Action has been called off. Its welcome news, first and foremost because it averts next weeks planned Strike Action which would have spelled major disruption for patient care. So, leaders across the nhs will be relieved this evening that talks will commence. The Scottish Government meanwhile has offered a 14 pay deal to Health Unions over two years. The rcn says it will recommend this to members. In wales, an offer around 7 this year is being considered by unions. The rcn isnt currently taking action in northern ireland. There is some degree of optimism here at the Royal College of nursing that this process might go some way towards resolving this bitter pay row, but other unions are frustrated at not being invited into the talks or being told what might be on offer. Further strikes by ambulance staff are planned for march. Unison is set to announce further action. A spokesperson said, meeting one union alone will do nothing to solve the dispute. Hugh pym, bbc news, at the Royal College of nursing. Now on bbc news The Travel Show. This week on The Travel Show we are to taking a look back at some of our favourite recent adventures. In mexico, we are hands on with a salamander. Oh, my god, it is so smooth, it is so lovely. Face to face with italys stolen art. Wow, it is beautiful. And up to my neck in it in rural estonia. Hello and welcome to switzerland. Im in the town of chateau doex. It is known for its gruyere cheese, which is delicious, and the International Balloon festival, held In The Valley behind me every winter. But lets start somewhere a little warmer. Mexico citys ancient Canal Network was first built by the aztecs. It stretches 180 kilometres and these days the whole district of xochimilco is a unesco World Heritage site but one that could do with a bit of a clean up. We sent eva zu beck there to find out why. Check out all these amazing boats, theyre so colourful. These are called trajineras. I was honestly expecting to go on a Quiet Little Boat Ride but this place is a real fiesta. We are stuck in a trafficjam of like ten different boats, tourist boats, shop boats. The moment you leave behind the super Busy Embarcaderos of xochimilco, it feels like you enter a completely different world. Theres so much wildlife here, so much greenery. It is just so serene. But even out here in the more remote areas of the wetlands, the pollution is endangering one of mexicos most iconic animals. The strange looking but much loved axolotl. Whats so special about these Little Creatures . I cant believe this is happening. Oh, my god, it is so smooth, it is so lovely, it is like holding a baby. The axolotl is not only endemic to mexico, its population is limited to these wetlands and the worsening pollutions is threatening its very survival. 0k, put him back. Thankfully, the Conservation Project Armando runs here has been a Great Success and, as a result, axolotl numbers are now increasing across the wetlands. Armando� s work is brilliant but to fully restore the area to its former glory, ultimately the pollution needs to be tackled. Eva zu beck there in mexico city and next up, we are back in europe, in the italian capital of rome and if if you have ever visited the city, youll know that seemingly around every corner there is a priceless work of art, right there on the display. That might be a total delight for tourists and art lovers but it also makes them vulnerable to theft, as ade recently found out. La donna e� mobile. They are just over 100 known works by the artist caravaggio. This is one that tourists can come and see and you can understand why he is able to make a name for himself. This one is just so explicit but what is really cool is that you can also see his masterpieces in everyday spaces all around italy, like in churches, for example. But sadly making artworks more readily accessible also leaves them vulnerable to theft and one of the most famous examples in history is the disappearance of a massive caravaggio from a sicilian church. It is estimated that around 6 billion worth of Plundered Art is being traded on the global black market every year. The carabinieris cultural protection heritage squad have retrieved more than 4. 5 million stolen artefacts and relics over the past 50 years. And i have come to their hq because i have been given special access to the vaults where they keep all the stolen treasures that they have managed to recover. Could you take me on a tour, i would love to see more. It feels a bit like an aladdins cavern here, with lots of strange and wonderful things to look at and the paintings, rows and rows of them. And what is the story behind this artwork, it looks incredible . So they will just take a little section of the artwork and make money from that. Yeah. But there are some success stories. I am heading an hour north of rome to cerveteri and the towns museum. This 2,500 year old pot, euphronios krater, being its most famous artefact, looted, trafficked, traded and found, it was eventually negotiated back. Who knows, maybe, just maybe, a certain caravaggio painting will make its way back home as well, one day. Ade on the case of italys stolen art and lets hope that caravaggio makes its way back to where it belongs very, very soon. And speaking of priceless finds, did you know that last year marked the centenary of one of the worlds most Famous Discoveries . In 1922 king tutankhamen� s Burial Chamber was uncovered under the dust and sand of the egyptian desert, outside luxor. It caused a sensation and to this day, his burial masks is one of the most instantly recognised symbols of ancient egypt. Credit for this find is usually given to british archaeologist Howard Carter but we sent rajid to discover how 100 years on, the egyptian side of the story is finally being heard. Abdul rassoul family run a cafe these days but generations of them have farmed along the banks of the nile and as such have an intimate knowledge about what lies on and underneath the dust and sand. This is the 12 year old boy that they said really discovered the tomb. He tomb of dubi claims it was actually his father who first found the tomb of tutankhamen, ahmed Abdul Rassoul was just a child at the time. Now, egyptian perspectives like these are being acknowledged more widely and one of the ways that is happening it is by huge landmark public projects like the brand new grand Egyptian Museum due to open in 2023 and it would be the largest Archaeological Museum complex in the world. And this too, the avenue of the sphinx, buried under sand for hundreds of years and last year opened to the public for the first time. It runs from luxor temple to here the magnificent complex of karnak. This was an exclusive area. It was only for the priests, for the members of the royal court, only for the selective few. The ordinary people like ourselves would have never had any glimpse of the inside of the temple. Heba is an amazing storyteller but ask her about the story of the Abdul Rasouls and who really discovered the tomb and she believes there is a wider issue. To focus on this is to miss the point. The whole point is the contribution the whole whole Abdul Rassoul family and the many egyptian families who were involved in Archaeological Excavation without whom howard and many of the foreign estimators would not have managed to make any of these discoveries all together. This is connected to how egyptians are portrayed in this world of archaeology . Were not even portrayed we are totally written out. We are written out from the whole process of knowledge production. Whenever it is an egyptian, he would have stumbled on a step, as you said, or stumbling riding a donkey, it could could never be out of real knowledge, it has to be a mistake. While the egyptian clearly played a huge part in the discovery, the persistence of Howard Carter and the money of his wealthy aristocratic backer were also vitally important for success. Now the desire is for both parts of that story to be recognised. For the rest of his life, Ahmed Abdel Rassou told visitors to luxor about his adventures with Howard Carter, an account like so many others rarely told in the west. Fascinating stuff, exploring luxor, ancient egypts historical capital. Still to come. We are about to go out on stage. Let me just check my levels. And 11. 7. Managing diabetes when parties are part of yourjob. It looks like someone hasjust spilt some berries on the ground. And the Hidden Treasures of estonias boggy paradise. Laughter bit sour not that sour. We have come now to interlaken, a beautiful town that draws Adventure Sport Enthusiasts Fro across the world. But not Everyone Wants adrenaline on their holidays, some are just after music and dancing and fun and that is what we are heading to do next. The Spanish Party island of ibiza hosts countless big name djs every summer. For many, its the Perfect Place to gig with a merry and receptive crowd. But when Bbc Radio 1xtra dj Reece Parkinson was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, he wondered how he would manage it on his travels. So we went with him to find out. Reece im heading to the location of my gig, the ibiza rocks hotel. But after a good old catch of the night before and having more alcohol than normal, im feeling a little worse for wear. After the lack of sleep, im riding on adrenaline. This 45 minute dj set sees me supporting some of the biggest names in the european dance music scene, so i have to be on top of my game. So were about to go out on stage, weve literally got five minutes until the start of the set. Ill check my levels and. 11. 7. Which is pretty high. But the risk is if you inject yourself now theres a high chance it could go too low during the set and then i would have to down all of thatjuice. It isnt the end of the world, im not going to die, but, yeah, just in the perspective of always being in control of it, this is one of those moments where its got control of me. My name is Reece Parkinson, Bbc Radio 1xtra. The gig begins and i am loving it. Dance music but my levels are slowly beginning to climb. Dance music builds 0h mate. Exhales done and, 13. 1, all right, its climbing, i am going inject myself now. So let me give myself. Let� s say three. Three. Three in. An extra one for luck. 0ver nine Million People have Type 1 Diabetes globally. Im still learning to live and travel with this condition. But what this trip has taught me is wherever a go in the world, type 1 will always be there with me. Its a case of knowing not everything will be perfect all the time, but if i treat myself with kindness, then theres nothing that will stop me seeing or doing anywhere i decide to visit. All The Very Best to reece there as he stays on top of his diabetes. Now to one of my recent personal highlights and trust me on this were off to the bogs of estonia. Believe it or not, this Swampy Environment is the perfect adventure playground, offering hiking, foraging, skating, and even swimming. Around seven per cent of estonia is made up of this bogland. And its fair to say that in the past not everyone was a huge fan. In fact, people would regard a landscape like this with horror because folklore said that this is exactly the kind of place where you might be waylaid by evil spirits. Times have changed, though, and its now becoming apparent just how useful these bogs are. Its so effective at storing carbon, that in recent years the estonian government has started re bogging vast areas of land in an effort to help tackle climate change. Im christa, good to meet you. Nice to meet you. It looks like mud, but is this peat . Yes, its peat. Actually, if you look its almost decayed, but not totally decomposed. Oh, you can still see the fibres. Why is it important to restore these peatlands. It is important for Carbon Emissions. We want to stop Carbon Emissions here, we want that this peatland would store carbon, not emitting it. But people here also finding out what a stunning playground this environment is. Glad to meet you. Good to meet you, too. Ive got my gumboots ready, ready to meet the bog. Ivor is a guide who works in, lives, and plays in Soomaa National park. He floats through the bogs in his canoe, skates and sledges on them in the winter, and stomps through them in these. Any tips . Its not that difficult, actually. You just walk, and one important thing, when you want to turn back, you always come with a u turn, you dont step like this because of this, but the u turn works well. 0k, these are one way bog shoes. Yes, only forward. 0k Laughter Comedic music 0h bogshoes are a bit like snowshoes and our crew soon discovers the importance of wearing them. It is ok too. Theres a lot. Yeah, theres a lot. Jordan has just emptied about a litre of water out of his boot. And that is why you wear bog shoes. So whats all of this made up of . Because it feels like we are walking on a big sponge. Yeah, its mostly made of the moss. More specifically, sphagnum moss. So this is the plant here. Ah, 0k. And if you take some of it there, like. So you can see . Oh, its really like a sponge, isnt it . Its like. It is growing up, so it is rottening down there, becoming peat. In the top it is growing. It is a vine, yeah . You know like a. Yes so you can see, it is living. Its sort of. And it is full of water, doesnt look like water, but if you squeeze it you can see. Oh, wow, look at that it may look like a barren landscape, but there is plenty here to forage. It looks like someone has just built some berries on the ground. You want to taste . Ido ive had cranberryjuice before, but ive never had a cranberry. Are they sweet . 0h laughter they are sour not that sour. 0h, hang on. And there is just one final, chilly treat that ivors keen to show me. Are you sure about this . Not really. Is this a good idea . Oh oh, god. I can already feel how cold it is. Actually, quite cold. Laughter this water makes you feel like your skin is soft and makes you feel a bit younger. Well, it would want to, because it is really cold. 0h squeals its really cold 0h oh, its really, really cold i can see how after working up a bit of a sweat bogshoeing, this would be a nice shock to the system. Laughter so how far does this go down . A few metres. So, if you. There is no bottom here. I think the verdict for the bog swimming is absolutely freezing cold. But i mean, wow, i mean, what a setting. And if you want a tip from me go when its warm. It took a real stiff drink to warm me up after that one. Ok, thats for the programme this week. Coming up next time. Cheering im in another chilly part of the world, the shetland islands, to take in the famous viking festival, up helly aa. Cheering and to find out why, after 200 years, its only now that women are welcome to take part. This is an incredible experience. Fire crackles and it does make you kind of feel like maybe this is something the vikings would have done all those years ago. In the meantime, you can find lots of our recent adventures on bbc iplayer and you can check out our social media to find lots of great Travel Content from around the bbc. Thats it for now. See you next time. Hello there. Were seeing a change to cooler weather on wednesday, even with some rain around as well. Now, it has been really dry for many central and eastern parts of england this month. We started the week with temperatures as high as 17 celsius. But things are changing because weve got this cloud thats moving up from Northern France to bring some showers, and thats ahead of this thicker band of cloud thats bringing the rain on that Weather Front there. Thats going to continue to push its way steadily eastwards, and then following on from that, this is where we get the cooler air coming in from the atlantic. And we start the day with temperatures around about 5 6 celsius with a lot of cloud around. Weve got The Rain Across Eastern Scotland that will move away, sunshine and showers will follow wintry over the hills, perhaps, and a cool wind for northern ireland, sunshine and showers here. More cloud for england and wales, could keep some rain across some northern and eastern parts of england, may well turn a bit brighter with some sunshine, but again, some showers for wales, the south west and later the midlands. And for all of us, its a bit cooler, the temperatures typically around nine celsius or so. Now weve got cooler weather because were changing the wind direction. Instead of that very mild South Westerly that we started the week with, its more of a North Westerly wind turning northerly across england and wales as we head into thursday. Around the top of that area of High Pressure, some Weather Fronts will bring some wetter, windy weather across the north, but weve still got some rain to clearfrom overnight across southern parts of england. That cloud could be very slow to break up, other parts of england, of wales seeing some sunshine, more cloud coming into scotland and northern ireland, wet and windy weather coming into the far north of scotland. Temperatures could make double figures in scotland and northern ireland, but its chilly 8 9 celsius for england and wales. That High Pressure is not really dominating just yet. Instead, weve got this Weather Front, an area of low pressure sliding down through the north sea. Now, theres not going to be much rain left on that Weather Front. Its a band of cloud, most of the rain dying out, well get a northerly wind following on behind, maybe a bit of sunshine coming back into scotland and some sunshine perhaps towards wales and the south west of england. Probably quite a bit of cloud on friday, although it wont be quite as cold, those temperatures generally around 9 10 celsius. So weve got some wet weather around the middle part of the week, thats going to introduce something a little bit colder. But then with High Pressure building through the rest of the month, looks like were back into dry weather. This is bbc news. Our top stories two president s, two versions of history. 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