Lead over. At the end howe stadium. Ill be back with another round up at 7 30. This week on the travel show i am in the jungles of borneo exploring malaysias biggest estate. Sarawak. In the western corners of malaysian borneo, sarawak has some of the worlds most spectacular and diverse ecosystems. But it can be overlooked by tourists drawn to the bright lights or the resorts of neighbour states. So i am going to discover for myself the sights and inhabitants of this remarkable state. Along the way i will be hanging out with these guys. Claiming jagged peaks. Easily one of the most beautiful and one of the most difficult hikes i have done. I love sarawak. We are very unique in sarawak. We have 26 ethnic groups in sarawak. My trip starts here, in sarawaks biggest city, kuching. And the word kuching, it means Something Special . Yes. It means cat. Like the city of cats . Yes. Cat city. 0k, we are starting here in the state capital, kuching, and travelling all the way over year to the high
Household names from the worlds of showbiz, sport and politics have been recognised in the new year honours list. The singer Olivia Newton john, has been made a dame. Four members of englands World Cup Winning Cricket Team including ben stokes have been recognised, as has sir eltonjohn. Lizo mzimba reports. Youre the one i want Olivia Newton john says shes honoured and grateful to be made a dame for services to charity, Cancer Research and entertainment. A damehood, too, for Floella Benjamin for her life long work with childrens charities. Absolutely amazing to be recognised this way, for doing charity work. I realised that a childhood lasts a lifetime, and i had to give back to children. Because when i did play school, 43 years ago, i realised children didnt have a voice. There are knighthoods for two british film makers steve mcqueen, who directed the oscar winning 12 years a slave, and sam mendes, who directed bond films skyfall and spectre. In the world of sport, eoin morgan, who c
And Northern England. Our next frontal system bringing rain into western scotland and northern ireland. Elsewhere a lot of dry weather, cloud, some glimmers of sunshine breaking through. Western parts will feel milder, 12 celsius for belfast, plymouth, further east, Single Digits for the time being. Frontal system still running across the north west on saturday, brisk winds as well. Further south and east, we are looking at a lot of dry weather. Largely dry on saturday. Cloud around but sunny breaks, largely fine for northern ireland, rain clipping into the north west. Eastern scotland dry, the western side seen outbreaks of rain. All of us just about by this stage in double figures. It stays very mild as we get into sunday, we should see more sunshine developing across england, wales, the south and east of scotland. Still some outbreaks of rain at times, temperatures of 11 14 degrees in one or two places. As we head into the last couple of days of 2019, most will see dry weather, some
Hello. This is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines the star of grease Olivia Newton john is made a dame in a new year honours list which also recognises four members of englands world cup winning cricket team. Ben stokes receives an obe. More than a thousand people are recognised, including 94 year old d day veteran Harry Billinge who raised over £10,000 for a national memorial. A woman whose husband and two children drowned on Christmas Eve in a Swimming Pool at a resort in spain says all three could swim. She blames a fault with the pool. Concerns for australias wildlife as an extreme heatwave hits the country, putting increasing pressure on Fire Fighters battling the bushfires. Iamoff iam offto i am off to gargle. Now its time for the the travel show. Mike corey has been travelling across malaysias biggest state, sarawak. He s ventured deep into the bornean rainforest and explored one of the worlds most remote food festivals. This week on the travel show, i am in the jungles of
Level up across our great country. Have been singing joy to the world australias Prime Minister but not muchjoy have been singing joy to the world apologises for going on holiday but not much joy if you look at the while the countrys departures board because there are bushfire crisis worsened. Massive cancellations on the main extreme heat and fire continue line that runs south from here to to ravage parts of the nation. Gatwick airport and to brighten. This is about 90 minutes drive from the centre of sydney. Basically, there is severe flooding the bush here has been utterly destroyed. South of the airport on the rail the fires are still smouldering. A short distance away, line and it is affecting the m25 motorway which means that one home has been left in ruins. Effectively the whole area south of america will take another gatwick and crawley is cut off from step towards being able london. Somebody hasjust to launch its own astronauts gatwick and crawley is cut off from london. Someb