That actually thrived during Covid Travel restrictions. We had the green corridor. We had all the facilities, everything ready. They arrive here and say, oh, my god, where am i . To portugal im here to meet the people that call this place home. Shouting. To experience the wonder of its landscapes. Knock on door. Mmm thats nice. And see how tourism is now pushing locals to walk that delicate line between preserving natural beauty and boosting economic growth. Now, around the world, there are many airports named after significant historical figures jfk in new york, for example, or Indira Gandhi Airport in new delhi. Well, here in madeira, theyve got an airport named after an iconic hero, too, except this one is very much alive and kicking. For those who dont know who he is, Cristiano Ronaldo is a very good footballer, and this is his home city, funchal, which is the islands capital. And im getting the strong impression they really like him here. And itjust so happens that ronaldo is play
After an iconic hero, too, except this one is very much alive and kicking. For those who don t know who he is, cristiano ronaldo is a very good footballer, and this is his home city, funchal, which is the island s capital. I m getting the strong impression they really like him here. And itjust so happens that ronaldo is playing tonight for portugal in a major tournament. And i m going to meet one of his biggest fans, ana isabel, who s here somewhere. I m going to find her. We ll have to wind our way through this crowd. Hey! ana! rajan! nice to meet you. 0h, lovely to meet you finally. Wow! this is a good place! well, yes, we have the best spot. Now we support portugal. Come on. Let s do it. Well, listen. 0k. Hey, drinks! to portugal. To cristiano. To madeira. Did you know that the british introduced football to portugal? and do you know where they introduced football to portugal? madeira. Right here! excited cries do you think ronaldo helped to increase tourism to madeira, awareness of
earlier today caught on camera enjoying the moment charlotte and george accompanied their parents the duke and duchess of cambridge to celebrations in cardiff. and up and down the country, people have been holding street parties to celebrate. one of the biggest was in windsor s long walk, where tens of thousands of revellers turned up. welcome to bbc news. a third day of celebrations for the queen s platinum jubilee is underway. in the past hour, an open air concert at buckingham palace has got underway, where prince charles will pay tribute to the queen for her enduring service. let s go live to the palace and my colleague katty kay. have joined just havejoined just in time, sam ryder hasjust wrapped up. the havejoined just in time, sam ryder has just wrapped up. the concert is fully under way, going on for about an hour now. the crowd is delighted with what they have seen. it has been an amazing show, i feel incredibly lucky to watch from here, seeing the big screens an
that was the musical start to the concert. the actual queen of course opened it with paddington bear. shall be take you there? let s go live, because coming up next, there she is, alicia keys, straight from new york, performing at this palace concert. let s take a little lesson in. # as in. # asi in. # as i am #as|am #as|am #as|am #aswe #as|am #as we are #. # as we are #. cheering let s go. cheering let s no. ., ., .,