Floods left many people homeless. For many local residents, it was a break from the flood clean up. Alasdair gill reports. Christmas in fishla ke has not been cancelled, at least the local fair hasnt. And its a warm and welcome respite from Flood Recovery for the villages residents. As you can see, its very full and very busy because of the determination here within fishlake to rebuild what we had and to do our best to keep it alive. 11 days ago, much of thorninghurst farm was under water. Today looks a lot better, but the hidden cost is huge. Farmer steven gilliard reckons hes looking at a bill of around £250,000. Contamination now, fuel burst, central heating tanks out the village. All that fuels flowed to me. And now sat all over the grassland, which we need to graze and were pedigree breeders, were now going to vaccinate for diseases which you you could get from flooded grazing land. Who pays for that . Looking at me at this moment. Community spirit here is what is getting people
Now on bbc news, the travel show. We are coming to you this week from rwanda. Iam we are coming to you this week from rwanda. I am in the capital to meet the people determined to make the country one of east africas cultural hotspots. How do i look . Good . Cat cultural hotspots. How do i look . Good . Cat is cultural hotspots. How do i look . Good . Cat is in copenhagen are skiing on the roof of a power plant. Ijust want skiing on the roof of a power plant. I just want to make it down without falling over. And simon calder is back with his tips on how to take a new train link to the wild boars kaldas sutil. Siberia. We start this week in copenhagen. By 2025, the danes hope this will become the worlds very first Carbon Neutral city. We send cat to find out how they are getting on. It is claimed more than two thirds of these people waste is recycled and 30 of all of their Energy Consumption comes from Renewable Energy sources. They even say the harbour is enough to swim in. Not somethin
A lorry driver accused of causing the deaths of 39 migrants found in a lorry container in essex has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to assist illegal immigration. Maurice robinson from craigavon in Northern Ireland was not asked to plead to 39 charges of manslaughter which he also faces. The bodies of the people from vietnam including children, were discovered last month. Daniel sandford reports. The discovery last month of 39 dead people from vietnam in the back of a lorry in essex led to a Huge International investigation into a suspected people smuggling gang. This morning, mo robinson, the 25 year old lorry driver from Northern Ireland arrested at the time, appeared by video link at the old bailey and pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to assist illegal immigration. He is also accused of 39 counts of manslaughter but, at this stage, he has not been asked to say whether he pleads guilty or not guilty to those charges or a charge people trafficking, or one of money laundering. Mo
Plaid cymru is promising a £20 billion investment in what it calls a green jobs revolution for wales. Launching its election manifesto, the partys leader, adam price, said there would also be major investment in rail and bus services, a new offshore wind farm, and three tidal lagoons to generate electricity. He also talked about his ambition for an independent wales. Heres hywel griffith. Once, these valleys powered britains industrial revolution. Now, the rhonddas coal mines have become museums. Post industrial wales is a place struggling with its political identity, where some sense an opportunity. Plaid cymru sees this brexit election as a chance to sell its vision. Although most people here voted to leave the eu, it wants wales to remain, as an independent nation. We want to be at the heart of europe, on our own terms, in our own right, standing proud. The partys manifesto calls for another referendum on eu membership. It also pledges thousands ofjobs from Green Energy Projects li
A number of children whose british parents were inside the former Islamic State territory and who died in syria, are being returned to the uk. The foreign secretary, dominic raab said it was the right thing to do and that innocent children should never have been subjected to the horrors of war. Reporting Restrictions Mean that few details about them can be revealed. Our middle east correspondent Quentin Sommerville reports. These children are looking for a way home, still trapped in syria. But today, british orphans, who arent shown here, are finally able to escape the misery of syrias camps. Theyre now safely in the care of uk diplomats and theyre doing well. The foreign secretary welcomed their return. This evening, were in the process of returning back to the uk a number of orphaned british children from the conflict in syria. We look at the cases individually very carefully and in these circumstances, its the right thing to do. These children should be safe and sound here in the uk