now, if you ve got an old petrol or diesel car would you be prepared to swap it for a bike or take the bus instead 7 a scheme s begun in coventry, where people can hand their vehicles over to be recycled in exchange for credit to spend on more sustainable modes of transport. our business correspondent katy austin has the details. it s the end of the road for this car. it was sent here deliberately by its former owner. but why? let s reverse a few days. we met mohammed, who owned that 15 year old diesel for four years. after, you know, the lockdown has kicked in, i have been mainly working from home, five days a week. so, i m not using the car as much. he decided tojoin a trial in coventry. owners of cars over ten years old can give them up and get cash for other forms of travel. they are offering £3000 worth of credits, which you can use to travel by bus, train, taxi. authorities in the west midlands are behind this scheme, using funding from a government grant. the idea i
sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. good luck to both of them and indeed all the nominees. now it s time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. with the exception of naughty scotland staying mostly dry today, elsewhere, we are seeing some rain for a time. that will eventually reach those parts of eastern england. it will stay dry for much of the day. this evening, clearing away and a few showers in the south west. largely clear overnight for eastern scotland and north east england, that is where we will have the lowest temperatures. this is where there is a greater chance of seeing a touch of frost going into the morning, whereas elsewhere, temperatures staying well above freezing. it s in the west tomorrow that we will see most of the cloud for northern ireland, wales, western parts of england into western scotland. that cloud increases. chances of seeing patches of rain, whereas the eastern scotland and down the eastern side of england, it will stay dry with ple
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now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the show. the server is this week on the show. the server is making this week on the show. the server is making waves in fukushima, ten years after the nuclear disaster. surfers. the hunt for the priceless royal room stolen by the nazis. and we get a taste of sustainable sake. cheers to that! kanpai! we start this week in the fukushima region in north eastern japan. as the world learns to cope with one disaster, a global pandemic, here they are marking another. it is exactly ten years since an earthquake and tsunami triggered a clear catastrophe. the region has sadly become synonymous with those tragic events. a decade on, i m here to find out how people are still battling to move on from the past. this is kitaizumi beach, some 70 kilometres from the centre of fukushima city. while it s hard to believe now, this beach was once one of the most popular surfing destinations in japan. surfing was popularised in japan in the 19
hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines: a serving metropolitan police officer is charged with the kidnap and murder of sarah everard. 48 year old wayne couzens appeared in court this morning. a vigil in sarah s memory has been cancelled the police say the event would breach covid rules. the organisers will now fundraise for women s causes. more pressure on the governor of new york to resign over allegations of sexual misconduct but andrew cuomo refuses to step down. italy announces new coronavirus restrictions to stop the number of new cases schools, shops and restaurants will close from monday. a national service is held in new zealand to remember the 51 people killed when a gunman opened fire at two mosques in christchurch in 2019. now on bbc news, the travel show visits fukushima in northeastern japan, and meets the surfers hoping to revive the region s fortunes, ten years on from the devastating nuclear disaster. this week on the show the surfers ma