i know, i remember when i was a kid and we came here and we tasted the bread and i was like, this is terrible, this is the worst thing i ve ever had in my life. we never got used to it. seeing these basic ingredients here in the city market is one thing but the only way to truly understand tuscan poor food is to get out of the city and go deep into the endlessly beautiful countryside. isn t that kind of amazing when you look around, is that, i mean, you really don t see a contemporary building for miles. look at that. i m following the river arno, 50 miles south of florence, to a small village called ponte buriano, where i ve been invited to a wheat threshing festival. do i know what threshing of the wheat is? are you kidding? i grew up threshing wheat. now, if memory serves, threshing is where the grains of wheat are
he is campaigning against a proposed new housing development. we aim to prove that those houses are not necessary. there are nearly 2,000 empty houses in north east lincolnshire. there are a lot of brownfield sites. we should be doing that is a first resort, not building on beautiful countryside as a first resort. so, there will be some new faces on this council and in many other council chambers following these elections. that s the revolving door nature of politics. chen, bbc look north, in the guildhall in hull. bbc look north, in the guildhall in hull. more on durham police looking into the allegation that covid rules may have been broken by keir starmer in april last year. let s speak to our political correspondent ian watson. nothing to see here, they said, they seem to have changed their minds now? , . , seem to have changed their minds now? , , ., seem to have changed their minds now? , now? yes, maybe something to see here. now? yes, maybe something to see here- some now? y
rung of the housing ladder. is that a problem here? i would say not. i think it s still a very affordable place to live. if you look on the property portals, you will see up to 200,000, from £100,000-£200,000, there is plenty of property to buy. so it really is a first time buyer market. when you look at the surround, for those that don t know where taunton is, if you come out of london on the m4, hang a left at bristol, we are about an hour down. and we are surrounded by beautiful countryside. we veg ot exmoor national park, we ve got the blackdown hills, and just slightly to the north we have got the quantock hills. now, for those that don t know, quantock hills was the first designated area of outstanding national beauty in 1956. so, it really sets the tone for the surrounding countryside. and one of the reasons why it is so popular. thank you very much indeed for your time this lunchtime. in contrast, some of the areas where we ve seen decreases in house prices, for example westm
CHONGQING－Romain Auger, a French student studying in Southwest China's Chongqing, has recently received the highest award in the global short video contest China in My Eyes－Beautiful Countryside for his unique recording of rural villages.
CHONGQING－Romain Auger, a French student studying in Southwest China's Chongqing, has recently received the highest award in the global short video contest China in My Eyes－Beautiful Countryside for his unique recording of rural villages.