on government issued mobile devices. several thousand people have been protesting for a second day in paris and a number of other french cities. this follows president macron s decision to force through pension reforms to raise the national retirement age from 62 to 64 without a parliamentary vote. now on bbc news the travel show. this week on the travel show, mont saint michel marks its millennium. that view was pretty amazing. millennium. that view was pretty amazing- millennium. that view was pretty amazing. there is the shadow of pretty amazing. there is the i shadow of mont-saint-michel. shadow of mont saint michel. what makes this port 1 of a kind. what makes this port 1-of-a-kind.- what makes this port 1-of-a-kind. ., 1-of-a-kind. one, two, three, four, 1-of-a-kind. one, two, three, four. five- 1-of-a-kind. one, two, three, four, five. and 1-of-a-kind. one, two, three, four, five. and saving - 1-of-a-kind. one, two, three, four, five. and saving these i four,
a dedicated father who took a photo of his son every day for the first 21 years of his life, says it s been a joy to capture his child growing up. ian mcleod, from harrogate, wanted to make sure he didn t forget a moment of cory s childhood, so picked up his camera and started snapping. now cory, who s aged 30, has taken over photo duties and is continuing the project. you know, what if i took his photo every day? and it d be pretty cool to see birth til death. so i m just going to keep going until the end, i think. come the day cory is born and ijust had to make a decision. start taking photos. didn t know how long it would last. maybe a couple of years, something like that. but it s hard when you get to the end of that couple of years tojust say, right, this is the day i stop. and so itjust went on and on and on. i would say as a child, i didn t really understand what was going on. it wasjust part of my daily routine, having my photo taken. i d be going to friend s hous
legal challenges. a 21 year old member of the us air national guard has appeared in court in boston, over a huge leak of secret government documents, including details about western now on bbc news: the travel show. this week on the show, we re looking back at some of our favourite travel adventures so far this year, from taking the sting out of a dive with jellyfish in the philippines. gosh, these stingless jellyfish, they look like little mushrooms. we got it! ..to an uphill odyssey on france s mont saint michel. these are the last steps, ade. are you sure? yes. ..and jumping aboard a balloon with a view in switzerland. there s something quite magical about being up here. hello and welcome to the programme. and i am thrilled to report that spring has arrived in london at last after what seemed a very long, cold and wet winter. so it gives us a great excuse to start thinking about travel again and taking a look back at some of our favourite adventures from recent months here
the restoration of notre dame cathedral in paris, which was nearly destroyed by fire four years ago, is expected to be finished on schedule. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for the travel show. this week on the show, we re looking back at some of our favourite travel adventures so far this year, from taking the sting out of a dive with jellyfish in the philippines. gosh, these stingless jellyfish, they look like little mushrooms. we got it! ..to an uphill odyssey on france s mont saint michel. these are the last steps, ade. are you sure? yes. ..and jumping aboard a balloon with a view in switzerland. there s something quite magical about being up here. hello and welcome to the programme. and i am thrilled to report that spring has arrived in london at last after what seemed a very long, cold and wet winter. so it gives us a great excuse to start thinking about travel again and taking a look back at some of our favourite adventures from recent months here on the show.
several thousand people in france are protesting the changes to the pension system with demonstrators lighting firecrackers and filling in the liniment police. just going 8:30 p:m.. coming up shortly if news watch but first it s time to escape with the travel show. i m beginning this week in northern france on a journey that 2.5 million people take each year. you kind of get an idea of how popular this place must be because it s off season, it s super cold, but this bus is packed. you can see, i ve just got a glimpse of the abbey. it does look pretty special. this is mont saintmichel, one of france s most visited sites. it s an island off the coast of brittany in normandy, connected to the mainland by a half a mile long bridge that opened back in 2014. and this year, the island celebrates a very special anniversary. it is the 1000th anniversary of the construction of the church. how on earth did they construct something like this 1000 years ago? yeah. this is the best of medi