is worth $200 million a year, making it the biggest ever signed by a footballer. it has taken them more than 20 years to build, now a group of volunteers in east lothian are hoping they ll soon be able to see the world war i plane they have built from scratch take to the air. it is a biplane called a sopwith strutter, and at the moment there are only two in the world that are currently airworthy. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon has been to take a look. these magnificent men and theirflying machine. for more than 20 years, these volunteers have spent much of their spare time in a cold hangar building a world war i plane. tighten that up again. they have dedicated thousands of hours to painstakingly constructing the sopwith strutter, and now they are finally fitting the propeller. for engineers used to working on more modern aircraft, this was an entirely new challenge. it s completely different, wood and canvas, which i knew nothing about. do you guys have a laugh? 0h,
and the artist grayson perry. it s been a bad year for billionaires. their fortunes have gone down by more than $1 trillion. we ll look at who s become richer or poorer in 2022 and why. and brazil lights up in honour of pele on the first of three days of national mourning for the footballing legend. hello and welcome to the programme. the world health organization has called on china to share accurate data on coronavirus infections and deaths. it follows a sharp rise in cases, after beijing abandoned its zero covid policy. on friday, the british government announced that all passengers travelling to england from mainland china will be required to produce a negative covid test before boarding their flight. a number of other countries including the united states, india, france, spain and italy have already announced similar measures. our political correspondent helen catt reports. a flight touching down this evening at heathrow from qingdao. from thursday, anyone travelling
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the world health organization has called on china to share accurate data on coronavirus infections and deaths. it follows a sharp rise in cases after beijing abandoned its zero covid policy. on friday the british government announced that all passengers travelling to england from mainland china will be required to produce a negative covid test before boarding their flight. a number of other countries including the united states, india, france spain and italy have already announced similar measures. our political correspondent helen catt reports. a flight touching down this evening at heathrow from qingdao. from thursday, anyone travelling to england from mainland china will have to show a negative covid test to fly. from a week on sunday, a sample of passengers at heathrow will also be tested on arrival. the government says it is a precaution, due to a lack of comprehensive information from the chinese government.
is worth $200 million a year, making it the biggest ever signed by a footballer. now on bbc news, click. this week, we are celebrating 100 years of the bbc in 23 minutes. we will look at the secrets behind the broadcasting technologies that changed the world. a radio legend talks about legendary radio. i used to set my watch by the pips. my favourite pip is always the last one. lara watches tv with friends. i guess the idea is we re not actually meant to be in the same place. and in the quest for greener energy, 0mar discovers a tasteless fluid called water. it goes in your mouth and then disappears? today we are literally stepping into history. we are at alexandra palace and this place has seen it all. that s the studio in there. 2022 marks 100 years of the bbc. goodness me. what began with a single radio transmission has transformed into a global broadcaster. in that time, it has covered the biggest events of successive generations, working to inform, educate and entertain
co presenter of a major network tv news programme in the us. now on bbc news, martin s mountain: conquering kilimanjaro. gentle string music. i wanted something that people looked and thought, he s doing what?! it s hard enough for somebody with legs to do it, and here s a guy doing it in a wheelchair. it is a risk. i m putting my life on the line doing it. one, two. it was such a relief to get there. and know that we d done it. just so proud, just so proud. clapping and whooping. thank you, thank you. goodjob, goodjob, goodjob. hello, hello, hello! how are you doing? i m good, and i ve got all of our stuff, as well. how are you? 0k? - martin hibbert has set himself an unbelievable challenge to climb the highest mountain in africa, kilimanjaro, in a wheelchair. # in thejungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.# the first thing i saw when i came out was my trike, so i m happy. i don t even care if i don t got underwear, as long as i ve got my trike i can do it. t