Almost a year after our lives changed dramatically, our Business Correspondent has been talking to three people about their Lockdown Experiences and what may lie ahead. For so many in the pandemic, where we live has become where we work. I wish to have more flexibility to work from home, but i didnt wish it initially. She to work from home, but i didnt wish it initially. Wish it initially. She is a preject wish it initially. She is a Project Manager wish it initially. She is a Project Manager for wish it initially. She is a Project Manager for a l wish it initially. She is a Project Manager for a heating business, working until 10 30pm to keep up. Business, Working Until10 30pm to keep unm business, Working Until10 30pm to keep pp to keep up. Ive been quite emotional to keep up. Ive been quite emotional today, to keep up. Ive been quite emotional today, ive to keep up. Ive been quite emotionaltoday, ive had i to keep up. 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Stephen manages the supermarket with a mask on. Stephen manages the supermarket in with a mask on. Stephen manages the supermarket in livingston. The supermarket in livingston. The role of a Store Manager is completely different. In fact ive also had to be a psychologist, ive also had to be a counsellor, ive had to be a Health And Safety expert, a crowd manager, theres many, many different strings to the bow that ive had to pick up very, very quickly. Bow that ive had to pick up very, very quickly. Have you felt youve very, very quickly. Have you felt youve been very, very quickly. Have you felt youve been on very, very quickly. Have you felt youve been on the felt youve been on the frontline . Felt youve been on the frontline . Definitely. An actual fact, frontline . Definitely. An actual fact, i frontline . Definitely. An actual fact, i feel frontline . Definitely. An actual fact, i feel a frontline . Definitely. An actual fact, i feel a of. Frontline . Definitely. An actual fact, i feel a of pride. Actualfact, ifeel a of pride. And in this pandemic, there have been plenty of workers forced to change jobs, like mark, a comedian who is now Tailing Walls and floors. Are Tailing Walls and floors. Are used to hate Tailing Walls and floors. Are used to hate living Tailing Walls and floors. Site used to hate living room flat now i love it. Used to hate Living Room Flat Nowl love it. Used to hate living room flat now i love it. Nowl love it. Get it . When the venue is closed, nowl love it. Get it . When the venue is closed, mark went nowl love it. Get it . When the venue is closed, mark went on | now i love it. Get it . When the. Venue is closed, mark went on a course to brush up his skills and is now doing good business. Just needed some sort of income coming in. In a strange way i think might carry on doing a dual life. Comedy works in the evenings but going out and doing tiling jobs, thats actually nice, it Something Different. Actually nice, it Something Different different. When the dust eventually different. When the dust eventually settles, different. When the dust| eventually settles, many different. When the dust i eventually settles, many of different. When the dust eventually settles, many of us will want to work in a different way than we did before this pandemic. Time now for The Travel Show. Coming up on this weeks show dubais world expo plans. Ive been told that when its finished, its gonna look incredible. The porter poet of cuba. The town that typewriters made. And what we all need right now a little glimpse into our near future. Its golden time. Golden time for me i like the sound of that hello and welcome to The Travel Show, coming to you this week from tokyo. Now, its been a long winter of restrictions here and around the world, but now theres the prospect of vaccines and, with them, hope that life can slowly begin opening up again and returning to some kind of normal. At The Travel Show, we have been doing our best to carry on, bringing you inspiration from All Over The World a little bit of sunshine in an otherwise gloomy moment in history. Of course, tokyo was supposed to host the 2020 olympics and Paralympic Games last year. We are all keeping our fingers crossed that it will go ahead in 2021. At the moment, thats in serious doubt. If it doesnt happen, the likelihood is that it will be cancelled completely. And in that instance, the next big global event will be the postponed 2020 world expo in dubai. As it stands, its still on. Lucy has been finding out how the authorities there are planning to throw open the gates to ticketholders from All Over The World against the background of the current global pandemic. Ad see a futuristic festival filled with ideas, new and radical be there to see the alliance of art, music, fashion and science this, you cant afford to miss expo 2020 over 190 countries coming together here in dubai in a vast new purpose built Exhibition Space the size of a small city. A six month global event showcasing advances in technology, sustainability and opportunity, and the whole thing was due to open in october last year. But thanks to the covid pandemic, nine months ago, the decision was made to postpone the opening of expo 2020 until october this year, a full year on from the original date. Well, a lot of the countries that are participating in the expo were impacted quite severely by covid i9, and so it really was the sort of collective decision, under the guidance of the bureau of International Exhibitions which is our Governing Body to postpone. But what is also given us is time this extra time that weve got is to work with the countries on issues and subjects and sort of the programme they want to bring to the expo that is relevant to a post covid world. The United Kingdom isjust one of over 190 nations exhibiting here, all hoping to showcase the very best of what their countries have to offer. Ok, so i have arrived at the uk pavilion. As you can probably tell, still a work in progress, its still under construction and if im being honest, its looking a tad unimpressive at the moment. But i have been told that when it is finished, its gonna look incredible. So lets go and meet the man in charge. So weve got a few more months to go, but we will be ready well in advance of expo and we will be looking really forward to welcoming everybody to the site. And what can people expect . What can people get excited about when it comes to the uk pavilion . So the uk pavilion is basically for us a hub to showcase the best that the uk has to offer. Its a really beautiful building but really what is equally as important is what goes inside it. So what were gonna have is focusing on uk innovation and technology. And this is a really, really special building it is based on stephen one of the last pieces of work that Stephen Hawking did, which is about his breakthrough message, and the idea is if we could communicate with another species in outer space what would we, as this planet, sent across . And the building is a very Interactive One and all the guests that come across pull out their smartphone and are able to donate a word. And we built this Artificial Intelligence system in the background, and the same word then goes into a much larger poem thats being written by that a system and that cone, the poem will be displayed there for everybody to see. We want to bring the world together to look at the global challenges that we all face whether it is dealing with pandemics, or whether its about Climate Change and sustainability. This provides a great opportunity for us to be able to do that. There is no doubt that a lot is riding on the expo not only in terms of International Prestige for dubai as it celebrates its 50th anniversary, but also financially. It was originally forecast up to 25 Million People would visit the expo, with the majority coming from abroad, leading to thousands of new Hotel Rooms Being built. But filling them will now be reliant on how many of us are able and happy to travel again towards the end of the year. Currently, the uae is on the uks banned list for travellers because of a recent increase in covid cases here. Tickets for this years expo havent gone on sale yet but with the future of the Tokyo 0lympics still hanging in the balance, nadia says that not only could expo be the first Big Scale Global event to go ahead in 2021, but also that its message will now be even more relevant. Under the sort of banner of connecting minds, creating the future, weve realised that our three themes of sustainability, mobility, and opportunity are even more relevant today than they were even pre covid. And so, you know, the experiences that the visitors will go through when they come, particularly in our thematic pavilions, really resonate with the moment a moment in time in a post covid world. Lucy in dubai. And a glimpse of things to come, once we can start moving again. Next, to a totally different part of the world. Horn beeps. Soft latin music played on guitar. Luis has written thousands of poems about different cities around the world, which he describes as if he has only just seen them. And to this day, he has never left cuba. Luis dropped out of school in 1958 and studied maps. But due to the us embargo against cuba, they quickly became out of date. But he managed to stay in touch with world events by chatting to tourists while working as a porter at the trinidad bus station. Still to come on The Travel Show the long legacy of italys top typewriter tycoon. And i meet the robot that can see the future, apparently. I find that a bit ominous, but i guess the takeaway is dont be greedy next this week, we are in italy, and here is a name that might ring some bells with literary types. It is 120 years since adriano 0livettis Typewriter Company transformed the little town of ivrea, near turin, into a pulsing industrial hub. That was a long time ago, of course, but the towns Tourism Chiefs are now looking to that golden age as a source of new inspiration. Before the pandemic, we took our cameras to check it out. Anti vax archival footage this little town has become a kind of industrial paradise, a place where the employers and the employed are believed to enjoy the best of all possible worlds. In these foothills of piedmont, a worker who has entered camillos kingdom has all but entered the kingdom of heaven. This is camillo 0livettis Empire Today An empire which has distributed over most of the world and employs over 50,000 people. The 20 men here at ivrea have become 14,000. They are the largest Typewriter Manufacturers in the world and yet, typewriters are only one quarter of their business. Since the beginning, camillo and his son adriano, who followed him as head of the company, have given great thought to the human side of their operation. Even from the first days, 0livetti and his Blacksmith Partner used to set an hour aside each day for the worker who had family or money or health problems. They always had time for the employee who wanted a job for his wife or son, or needed a loan to buy a home orfurniture. After one year of restrictions and lockdowns, we are all anxious to know what is going to happen in our lives and our travels in the near future. Well, south korea may provide some answers. Last year, i went to its Capital City Seoul to find out about a very ancient and booming tradition of Fortune Telling. A stroll on one of seouls main streets gives a clue about the importance of Fortune Telling in south korea. Dozens of cafes offer a Look Into The Future through tarot cards, palm and face reading, and saju, an ancient form of divination which uses the Cosmic Energy of your time and date of birth to predict your luck. You were born in summertime, 0k. Please be patient. But after next year could be much better, from 2022 to here, 2029. Its a golden time. Golden time for me i like the sound of that. Yes, its very nice. So do you get lots of young people coming in . Yes, mostly we have young customers. Young people come for about relationships, they want to know boyfriends, what he thinks, what they think, and about their career. Because saju is not some energy, it decides your destiny. Wow. Thank you so much. No Audio Translation available. Saju has become a form of entertainment for koreans but the pressure of modern lives and competition for education and jobs also compel many koreans to seek reassurance in traditional clairvoyance. Most of them take it with a pinch of salt. Was it a good reading . And was it a good match . Are you still with your boyfriend . Thank you. There are an estimated 300,000 fortune tellers in south korea and its a booming business, worth almost us 4 billion no wonder many people are keen to learn its secrets metal, water, wood, fire and earth are the five elements that students need to learn about. Looking at the board, it is not that straightforward. How long do you have to study to become a saju professional . As is often the case in south korea, tradition has blended with technology. The high Tech Industry was quick to grasp the appeal of Fortune Telling and dozens of apps now offer instant predictions. This app here has been downloaded 10 million times and there is even an english version. Ok, so lets see what my fortune is today. Oh, dear. It does not look good you need to learn how to fight temptations. Temptations are all around you. Well, that doesnt sound good local artists also take inspiration from the traditional culture of Fortune Telling. This buddha robot uses Artificial Intelligence to dispense personalised prophecy. It is slightly disconcerting, being this close to the robot and when i move my head, she also moves her head. Hello the Artificial Intelligence recognises peoples faces and they analyse age, gender and their feeling. And based on the daily information, it makes a sentence that it says to the person in front. No Audio Translation available. So she just said where there is greed, there is fear, so if you are not greedy, you have Nothing To Fear i find that a bit ominous but i guess the takeaway is dont be greedy so for now, fortune tellers in south korea have a Bright Future to look forward to if only their Crystal Balls could predict when we will all be able to travel the world again. Great memories from my trip to south korea there, before any of us had ever heard of coronavirus. Well, thats it for this week but coming up next time lucy is back with some of our favourite trips around south asia, including the time henry got stuck up a tree in kerala. I think im going to rip my pants this is tough and a White Knuckle ride to remember down pakistans hunza river. This feels quite serious now. I have not seen ed for almost 2. 5 hours. And dont forget you can catch more of our recent shows on the bbc iplayer, and we are on social media too in all of the usual places. But for now, lets cross our fingers and hope some better news in the coming months. See you soon. Bye bye. Hello. Quite a lot of wind and rain in the forecast, but some sunshine too. At least it is very mild out there. Thursday is going to be quite a mixed bag, so we might have a spell of very heavy rain, but theres also some sunshine on the way. You can see the Weather Fronts gathering out towards the southwest. They are going to be moving across the uk. Theres another one deep out in the atlantic. Thats on the way for friday, and that will bring more heavy rain and strong winds. So here is the first bout of wet and windy weather through the early hours. The Weather Front crossing england and wales, also some heavy rain there wrapping around the centre of the low pressure, close to Northern Ireland and scotland. Obviously, very mild between 5 9 celsius across the uk overnight. That Weather Front will be moving into Western Parts of the uk through thursday morning. It will be accompanied by some very gusty winds across cornwall, devon, parts of wales as well. This is where it will be around eight oclock in the morning just about moving through bristol, parts of the midlands, the northwest of england as well, into parts of western scotland. This is where the centre of the low is. Winds actually not too strong in scotland. Theyre slightly stronger towards the south here. And then the rain will reach the east coast by the time we get to around lunchtime, and then after that, actually, the skies clear, and its going to be a bright day but a blustery one. Gusts of wind in excess of 40, maybe approaching 50 mph in places, and also plenty of showers out towards the west. So suffice to say it is going to be a mixed bag on thursday. 9 10 celsius its going to feel chilly in the gusts of wind. Heres thursday night, into friday. That next area of low pressure heading our way. More Weather Fronts. A lot of isobars here, so that means some strong winds. In fact, a prolonged spell of strong winds out towards the west. Gales around these coasts here 50 mph at least, maybe even 60 in places. Breezy inland, too. The best of the weather, i think, on friday, will be towards the east, say, hull, norwich, london as well. But once the rain sets in and out towards the west, it could last well into the weekend. Now, we were promising some milder weather. It is heading our way. Saturday and through sunday, milder air streaming straight out of the canaries. So that does mean that temperatures come sunday could get up to around 16 or 17 celsius across the southeast. Welcome to bbc news, im mike embley. Our top stories nato debates the future of troops in afghanistan, after nearly 20 years of bitter conflict. Are taliban willing to piece . If not, then taliban should know that the International Community will remain. A huge storm sweeping across the Us State Of Texas has killed at least 21 people and left millions without power. 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