During the pandemic, video games have been a growing source of entertainment and a way for many people to socialise online. The last year has seen increased investment in the uk games sector, so much so that developers are hiring new staff in large numbers. Marc cieslak reports on the Games Industrys expansion. The uk Games Industry has experienced massive success in the last 12 months. One example of this is developer based in east londons olympic park, its grown as a business so much, its moving to new, bigger offices. So this area here is where programmers and artists will be. Its very much been set up for a new way of working. As a studio, weve been going forjust under 30 years. Originally started in two kids� bedrooms in shropshire. Since then, weve grown to 200. In londons brick lane, the games might be on a smaller scale, like this mobile title mochi from indie developer love shark, but expansion is occurring here too. So weve been around for about three years now, and we make games for Teenage Girls. So these days 84 of Teenage Girls play video games. Its actually more popular of a hobby than shopping. So weve doubled the size of our team in the last year. During covid, gaming has seen a huge boom. This has led to massive financial success. Last year, the uk games market generated £7 billion up nearly 30 on the year before. As the jobs market is left reeling from the effects of the covid 19 pandemic, could a career in video games beckon for many . And are people equipped with the right skills for a career in the industry . The unfortunate reality is that there is a skills gap. There are lots ofjobs that people could retrain to be looking to do. If youve worked in sales, with the kind of mind that youve got, thats constantly looking at numbers and looking at targets, and analysing those to find out who you need to be calling to sell to, retrain to be a data analyst, because its not just games that need more data analysts, its every company in the uk needs more people looking at data. As big as the video Games Industry is, can it really have a Significant Impact on the uk jobs market . Its a relatively small portion of overalljobs. If You Supportjobs across a number of sectors, obviously that builds up to a bigger number. I think its legitimate to have a strategy that focuses on specific industries. A source of entertainment and employment, video games are a truly successful 21st century combination of art, commerce and technology. Now on bbc news, the travel show. Coming up on this weeks show we are going to go into freefall. We are going to go into freefall. , u, � freefall. Here we go. I cant live this freefall. Here we go. 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Well, many of us, South America really is one of those once in a lifetime destinations. So rich in culture, scenery, wildlife, share life force, is one of those places that once you visit, you never quite forget. So week we are taking a look back at some of our favourite Travel Show Adventures in brazil, argentina, chile and peru. So stick around, and who knows, maybe get some inspiration for the next time we can all travel again. Lets kick off with a stick trip to chile but krista met in 2016 where she met the servers fighting to save their favourite set of coastline from developers, against a backdrop of some truly awesome pacific waves. I have arrived here in a particular good time because what has gone around that this morning because maxwell will be unusually strong with waves of p unusually strong with waves of up to 30 feet. These huge waves have been tracked all the way from antarctica, and have drawn out locals and people from across the world to watch them come in and crash against these rocks. If you look really carefully out there, what looks like little birds bobbing on the surface of the water, are surfers taking on these gargantuan waves at the risk of their lives. Its pretty incredible. Everyone keeps talking about how amazing these waves are, so ive got on my wetsuit, about to jump on a surfboard and try it out for myself. My teacher is chacha, a local who introduces novices to the art of surfing every day. I suspect, however, that hes used a rather used to rather more coordinated students. It turns out surfing is definitely not as easy as it looks. I got whacked in the face with about ten waves in a row, so ive swallowed most of that water, i think. It was super fun, thank you. 0k. Gracias. But despite its idyllic appearance, this place is not all paradise. In fact, its been the site of a battle between local private interests and conservationists. Until recently, Punta De Lobos was relatively unknown, but over the past couple of decades, its popularity has soared as a surfing and a tourist destination. These days, 5,000 visitors arrive to the point daily during summertime. Perhaps not surprisingly, this has attracted developers, keen to capitalise on the areas newfound popularity. Much of the coast is in the hands of private owners, and plans were made for extensive building along the cliffs. Matias is a director of the Punta De Lobos foundation a Non Profit Organisation created among locals to fight the development plans. Along with other conservation bodies, such as save the waves, theyve worked to halt Shoreside Construction and to keep the cliffs open to the public. But that was only their first challenge. It was a mess here. If you put 1,000 or 1,500 cars here, you could take an hour, 1. 5 hours to just go a mile out back to the highway. And the second thing is that there were no bathrooms here, so people would do their needs in the cliffs, in wherever, and this would be very dirty. The foundation responded by regulating the traffic with a roundabout and installing eco bathroom facilities, along with a recycled fence along the cliff line to protect it from the erosion of visitors feet. As a Landmark Conservation Case for chile one that could have a much broader impact than just protecting one favoured surfing spot. Krista and she lay back in 2017. And i am pleased to say that the campaign to protect the Punta De Lobos is still going strong. While we will wait to find out if this years postponed olympics are still going ahead in tokyo, and thereafter the last olympics in brazil, we went to the high hills of rio to meet some of the locals and try his hand at giving some of them a haircut. We got the place at} giving some of them a haircut. We got the place we got the place Off To Heaven we got the place Off To Heaven. This we got the place Off To Heaven. This is we got the place Off To Heaven. This is unbelievable. This is a Sprawling Favela sitting high on the hills of rio. Overlooking the city. I live in that building, i live on the left side. Live in that building, i live on the left side. Since the financial on the left side. Since the financial downturn, on the left side. Since the | financial downturn, favelas here have seen a spike in volatility. Tourists are recommended to go and organise groups like this. This recommended to go and organise groups like this. Groups like this. This is our electricity groups like this. This is our electricity system, groups like this. This is our electricity system, i groups like this. This is our electricity system, i dont l electricity system, i dont know how, but it works. fiur know how, but it works. Our tour guide know how, but it works. Our tour guide edison, know how, but it works. Our tour guide edison, grew up in this favela. It is not a tourist place. This favela. It is not a tourist place. Of this favela. It is not a l tourist place. Of course this favela. It is not a tourist place. Of course there are many tourists who want to come, because it became so famous because of the movies. It is not like the movies. But desite it is not like the movies. But despite the it is not like the movies. But despite the challenges people face here, talents emerge. This is the battle of the barbers. This is a classic barbers competition. 20 minutes to do the best haircut. Pretty intense. The competition happens in two parts. One for the best cut, and the other more artistic creations. I cant believe this guy is actually trusting me to cut his hair. Here we go. All right. Like this . Like that. Before you are a barber, what was your life like . Three, two, one, there we go clearly a natural . Thank you very much. You have got to admit, ayo was pretty nifty with those clippers, but not sure i am ready to let him anywhere near my hair yet. We are now heading to argentina way back in 2019 mark got the chance to swim with some pretty unusual companions. 0k ok different experience to have a salon, let me tell you right now. A different experience to having a saddle on, let me tell you that right now. Woo omar, theres a crocodile right there, should we be worried . Un cocodrilo, una caiman. No importa, eh . Dont worry about it. Dont worry about it, thats what we do. As the river deepens, and the horse cant reach the bottom, the trick is to slip off and hold on for the ride. Now . Ok, so, right hand, no, left hand here . Right hand behind, grab the tail. Oh, and were away laughs. This is one of the craziest things ive done in my entire life. The water doesnt taste very good. And theres miscellaneous things some slimy, some spiky rubbing against most of my body. Almost having my arm attached like a moving train horse nickers. Theyre strong animals, even in the water. Woo omar, we made it good job what a truly amazing experience. Now unless you are afraid of crocodiles and water, i guess. Stay with us because coming up, more from mike in argentina when he got up close with some of the localjaguars. Then you make eye contact with the best this size your heart just goes the best this size your heart ust noes. �. , just goes. And carmen accept that the chance to abseil down one of the largest waterfalls in the world in paroo. The waterfall in the world in paroo. The waterfall is in the world in paroo. The waterfall is so in the world in paroo. The waterfall is so close in the world in paroo. The waterfall is so close this | in the world in paroo. Iia waterfall is so close this is amazing waterfall is so close this is amazinu ~. ,. , ~ ~ amazing well, or from mike aaain amazing well, or from mike again now amazing well, or from mike again now in amazing well, or from mike again now in this amazing well, or from mike again now in this look again now in this look back at some of ourfavourite some of our favourite Travel Show Adventures in South America. Here is the time he came face to face with one of the most beautiful and the most dangerous animals on the continent during that visit to the Birrer Wetlands in argentina. Ebr. Welcome to estancia, san alonso, The Island Home of Rewilding Argentina a project aiming to re introduce jaguars to the wild. Oh my. Guys, this is. When you make eye contact with a beast this size, your heartjust goes. Imiates heart thumping. Shes isa, shes a brazilian panther, orjaguar. Shes about six years old. Yeah, shes quite young. And how will the wetlands benefit from introducing this beautiful animal . Well, these animals were part of this ecosystem. They have been here for Hundreds And Thousands of years. They disappeared from the wetlands and now, this ecosystem is lacking from this top predator. And under the supervision of magali, the co ordinator, im allowed into the enclosure to prepare isas meal. Ok, weve got one hanging fish, weve got one piece of mystery meat. Ready to go . 0k. She looks a little bit a little annoyed. Normally, i dont think food arrives this late. Blows whistle. Wow, ok, look, here she comes. Weve hung the fish up, lets see if she can find it. 0h thats a predator, ladies and gentlemen. Wow and breakfast is served. Talia, this jaguar is not going to be put back in the wild . No, she was donated to our project as a breeder. These animals that come from captivity, they cannot be released. As you saw, they relate humans with food, so if they live free and saw a human, they would go directly to ask for food, and thats not what we want. Talia hopes Isa Will Breed with their other captive jaguar, a reclusive male called nahuel. Nearby, two cubs born to another female are being prepared for release. And im going to ask a question that im sure everyone at home, including myself, wants to know the answer to. Can we see a babyjaguar . No, im sorry to tell you we wont see one. But there are some here . Yes, they are just right behind us, but theyre in another special enclosure where you will see some black meshes, so they cant see people, they dont relate but we can see them with the cameras. This is a female and shes in her swimming pool. Is this this is one right here . Yeah, its there, yeah. You can see you have a good eye thank you and when they are released, what do you hope will happen . Well, we are all very anxious to get to that moment. We expect them to stay close to this place, to the protected area, to find their food here and their home here. We expect them to reproduce and have more cubs, and it will be successful if that happens. I think it will be time to say that the Ibera Ecosystem is complete again, as it used to be in the past. Including the cubs, a total of five jaguars are set for release, signalling the return of the wetlands most iconic beast. And if you want to keep track of the process, progress, Rewilding Argentina posts regular updates on its social media pages. Mike there in argentina. We were desperate to find out whether they managed to release those beautiful baby jaguars, despite such a difficult year. Im pleased to say its good news. , im pleased to say its good news, ,. , im pleased to say its good news. , news. So this year in january we released news. So this year in january we released the news. So this year in january we released the first news. So this year in january we released the first jaguarsj we released the first jaguars in one, was a female, along with her two cubs. It was a very exciting moment for the team, it has been a moment that we have been waiting for a lot of years. We could not imagine how the moment would be and it was even better than the way we would have imagined it. And in the coming months we would love to release another female with her two cubs and also, we are expecting two other females to get pregnant, so to give birth and be released in the coming months with her cubs. We hopefully will have a few more species in the coming year so this kind of thing that people knowing that they could eventually see jaguars in this place and we hope this will bring more tourists to the area as well. ~. ,. , as well. Well, to finish off this look as well. Well, to finish off this look back as well. Well, to finish off this look back at as well. Well, to finish off this look back at some as well. Well, to finish off this look back at some of| as well. Well, to finish off i this look back at some of our favourite adventures in South America, finish up in paroo where back in 2016 carmen literally took a step often unknown and she abseil down the side of one of the tallest waterfalls in the world peru. Seriously, five years on, there are still parts of this film that ijust cannot watch. It looked absolutely terrifying so this is where it starts. Im going to rappel down here, down this little waterfall, about ten or 12 metres into a pool, and from there we will abseil down the rest of the waterfall which is about a 70 metre drop. And im one of the first people to do this. Before we can start, the team must meticulously anchor a system of ropes into the rock face. Then it is my turn to prepare. Neverthat face. Then it is my turn to prepare. Never that glamorous getting into a wetsuit but i will be glad of it because this Water Scolding to remain this water looks cold im attached to a harness and instructed on the Safety Apparatus that will allow me to control my descent. Control my descent. Your lens, control my descent. Your legs. Carmen. Control my descent. Your legs, carmen, 90 control my descent. Your| legs, carmen, 90 degrees. Control my descent. Your legs, carmen, 90 degrees. Hold it but lean backwards. It but lean backwards. Taking Off Terrifying it but lean backwards. Taking Off Terrifying. I it but lean backwards. Taking Off Terrifying. I put it but lean backwards. Taking Off Terrifying. I put my it but lean backwards. Taking Off Terrifying. I put my feet. Off terrifying. I put my feet against the wall and slowly inched down to the pool. Its hard to stay up with the constant pressure of the water pushing me backwards and im told this is the easy part. Ok we reach the tiny ledge overlooking the last 70 metres and prepare for our descent. What if you oh, my god its amazing what if you oh, my god its amazing 0k, what if you oh, my god its amazing 0k, here| what if you oh, my god its i amazing ok, here we amazing woo hoo ok, here we no the amazing woo hoo ok, here we go the waterfall amazing woo hoo ok, here we go the waterfall is amazing woo hoo ok, here we go the waterfall is so amazing woo hoo ok, here we go the waterfall is so close go the waterfall is so close this is amazing so far, so good. But halfway down im in for a shock. Slightly unnerving that we are going to lose the rock now and we are going to go into freefall. Ok i can do this. Yes, this is good. Ok. Without the rock face, im literally hanging. Tough work on my hand. Basically this rope is holding my body weight and not having to release the rope to get me down. This way of coming down is faster and scarier than before but a lot more exciting. We reach the last part of the descent and im so relieved to finally get to the bottom. I know its crazy, i didnt expect so much water that was amazing what a rush . , water that was amazing what a rush tag hi five. The cold rush yay hi five. The cold and the and the terror disappear, unlucky to be one of the few people to experience this wilderness while it is still a bit of a secret from the outside world. Carmen enjoying those absolutely amazing views over the Peruvian Amazon on backin over the Peruvian Amazon on back in 2016. Well, thats all weve got time for this week, but catch us next week when addie will be looking at Sustainable Travel and asking if lockdown will change the way we want to travel in the future ade. We want to travel in the future ade. , i i ade. Up until2020, the trend towards ade. Up until2020, the trend towards increasing i trend towards increasing tourism had been remarkable. It was kind of like this. With that top figure being a record 1. 4 billion tourism rivals in 2018. G. ,. ,. , y. , 2018. Join him for that if you can. In 2018. Join him for that if you can in the 2018. Join him for that if you can. In the meantime, 2018. Join him for that if you can. In the meantime, keep| 2018. Join him for that if you i can. In the meantime, keep an eye out for us in all the usual places on social media. And here is to the time we can all hopefully get Back On The Road again. Untilthen, keep again. Until then, keep planning again. Untilthen, keep planning and we will see you next week. Goodbye. Hello there. Its likely to be a dry day for most of the United Kingdom today, but there will be contrasts. Where we keep the cloud, as we had yesterday, temperatures will be held into high single figures but in the sunshine, potentially 14 15. Now, under the starry skies, thats where we see the frost as we start this saturday morning but you can see the thicker cloud across Northern Scotland, central and eastern england, perhaps east wales, and there could also be a little bit of mist and fog where weve kept the clear skies as well but the day is likely to give us quite a bit of cloud across central and eastern areas. Its likely to lift a little as we go through the day and the skies brighten. Similarly so across Northern Scotland, we keep quite a bit. For the likes of lincolnshire, east anglia and the south east, though, it could remain overcast all day. And with that keen breeze still quite gusty through the channel, only eights and nines, but 13 15 in the sunnier spells. Now, as we go through the evening and overnight, we tend to thicken our cloud in the north, but under the starry skies elsewhere, again we can expect a touch of frost. But you may have noticed the approach of some rain for the north of scotland, and thats the start of the transition to much colder air. Its this particular Weather Front here, as you can see, and behind it, theres arctic air following. So, we are going to have another blast of cold air as we head through in towards easter monday, but for sunday, easter day, a little bit of mist and fog around. Actually, we should see a bit more sunshine for england and wales, but Cloudier Skies with rain for scotland followed by snow and Cloudier Skies for northern ireland. Eventually, well see some of that wet weather coming in through the afternoon. But notice the temperatures weve lost that keen north easterly, theyre a little bit higher, temporarily. But overnight sunday into monday, that Weather Front introduces that colder air right the way across the uk, an arctic blast for all of us and notjust the cold air, but a strong to gale force north wind, as well, which will accentuate the chill. Clearly, the showers are quite prevalent for Northern Scotland but they may well work their way down through the irish sea, down the east coast of both england and scotland as well, but there should be some sunshine between, but itjust will feel much colder more like winter. These are the temperatures on the thermometer but you add on that wind chill and it will feel significantly colder. So big changes afoot, and that may well last into the start of the new week into tuesday, as well, as you can see. As ever, you can keep up to date on the weather on the website. Thats where all the warnings are. Bye bye. Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. Our headlines today new rules for care home visits in england. Residents will be allowed two regular visitors indoors from the 12th april. One Police Officer is killed and another is in hospital after an attack at the us Capitol Building in washington, dc. 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