hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... court documents show that alec baldwin was told that a prop gun was safe, in the moments before he accidentally killed a crew member on set. get out and get your booster. a fresh push for eligibile people in the uk to get theirjabs, amid rising concern over the rates of coronavirus. there'll be half a billion pounds to support families in the chancellor's budget for the uk next week, but the opposition labour party call it a "smokescreen." the coastal town that has received a £41 million donation from the woman behind fisherman's friend cough sweets. now on bbc news...it�*s the travel show, with christa larwood. having a blast in iceland. someone asked me if it was sped up. it's not. it was just, like, a sleep slope. that was crazy. chewing the fat in southern spain. offering a helping hand to lost seal pups in ireland. when she came in, she didn't look too great, but now she looks beautiful, one of the prettiest seals i've seen! terrified, but this is what it's all about, so let's give it our best shot. and the 26—mile slog to shake off the post—lockdown blues in paris. hello, and welcome to iceland, the little island that did very well against covid, fighting very aggressively from early on, and now is welcoming visitors back to its shores. and in that effort, it's had a little help from a rather unexpected and very volatile source. volcanoes are the rock stars in iceland. # what makes you feel good... or at least a cool place where rock stars can shoot their music videos, which is exactly what icelandic rockers kaleo did during this year's eruption. and like all good rock gods, this volcano was fiery, unpredictable and, above all, knows how to put on a good show. ladies and gentlemen, it's time to introduce you to iceland's newest volcano, fagradalsfjall. or �*bob�* as some people online like to call it. but what's in a name? it's so new, it hasn't even received an official title yet. it's windy and it's raining, but it's beautiful! since march this year, this hellraiser has been burning up social media and news outlets across the world. since travel restrictions lifted, over 300,000 people have flocked to iceland to see the longest volcanic eruption in the country for over 50 years. i wanted to see this natural phenomenon for myself. oh, look at this! wow! so, i headed up to the site with guide and self—confessed volcano chaser marco di marco. i was so excited. it was like...i was waiting for an eruption in iceland for basically...| mean, i don't want to exaggerate, but basically all my life. even though there were no rivers of fire, the lava fields are out of this world. look at this place. it looks like the surface of an alien planet. all i want to do is clamber up there and explore. but apparently the rock can be actually quite thin and brittle and there can be pockets of lava underneath, so if you walk on it and you fall through, you're in real trouble, so it's not a good idea, unfortunately. what a brilliant place. marco grew up in the shadow of mount etna on sicily, which is where he found his passion for volcanoes. he's spent most of the year guiding tourists around iceland's latest volcano, and has been documenting the eruption for himself. these people are just coming to watch the lava flow. to watch the eruption, yeah, to basicallyjust attend a festival. laughs. that was the thing. like, all these people arejust sitting, like they're watching a performance or they're at the theatre or something, but it's nature on show. taking pictures, basically, when the lava is approaching. so when the lava is too hot, they start, like, backing up. like, ok, just wait a sec. but we think of a volcanic eruption as being kind of a disaster. but here, it's almost entertainment. it's totally entertainment. the footage marco shot looks incredible. someone asked me if it was sped up. it's not. it was just, like, a steep slope. that was crazy. yeah, look how fast it's moving! is it less windy on the american continent? no, i think it's the same wind! i am at a bridge between two continents where i'm meeting holda, one of the first guides to take tourists to this year's volcanic eruption. holda is coming over from the north american side to meet me on the eurasian side. she tells me it's these two tectonic plates which are slowly moving away from each other which causes iceland's abundance of volcanic activity, which is nowhere near as fun as what the ancient icelanders believed. often, when — in the earlier days, we were having volcanic activities, we connected that to evil trolls that were having tantrum episodes. rock music plays. who could forget 2010 when many of our travel plans were grounded by an ash cloud caused by an icelandic volcano. but holda says the timing was perfect. the attention generated turned into a wave of tourism at a time when iceland needed it most, after the impact of the economic crash. holda also believes the new eruption is a case of history repeating itself. we think also that iceland is living with us and the nature is often answering back to some of our prayers, if you want to say. now we were having a little bit of problem with the pandemic and everything shutting down and no tourists, and then we have this eruption. it is absolutely necessary for us to create some ways of income, and this...this is the means of iceland actually helping us! as we've seen recently on the canary island of la palma, it's mother nature who holds the cards in this game, and holda says if you do want to visit a volcano, the best way is to see it with a guide. in the beginning, there was a lot of mistakes being done, people were getting in trouble. the routes were, like, difficult and the weather was treacherous, and i think that everyone here in iceland just got caught up in making this more safe and more accessible for people, and in that way, to have guided tours up to the volcano. from wedding films like this to live streams and music videos, in a year where travel has been extremely limited, the artistry and creativity this volcano has sparked has given us all a chance to enjoy this eruption from afar. and it really goes to show why iceland has earned the nickname of �*the land of fire and ice�*. we all love a good chat, a chance to while away the hours catching up gossiping orjust having a good—old chinwag. at first glance, chatting might seem a strange thing to add to unesco's list of intangible cultural heritage, but it's on a list that already includes neapolitan pizza making, finnish sauna culture and a grass—mowing competition in bosnia and herzegovina. here's why charla alfresco, roughly translated as �*outdoor chatting', might stand a chance of making the cut. still to come on the travel show... new meet galaxy. the seal pup embarking on her biggest adventure yet. you need to put yourself in the right mindset. and we are at the paris marathon is one competitor takes part to clear up his post look down blues. so don't go away. we are off to ireland next to meet some of its cutest residents. seal pups that live around the coastline have been having an increasingly difficult time. more frequent storms are causing larger numbers of baby seals to be separated from their mothers before they learn to fend for themselves. we have in with a team of mostly volunteers who have devoted their lives to the rescuing and rehabilitation of lost seal pups. meet galaxy. she has become a bit of a social media star and we arejoining her on her biggest adventure yet. in this pool we have galaxy who is just about ready to be released and we will release her tomorrow. she is a very special seal because this is her second time in rehab. she was one of the smallest? she laughs ijust got splashed. galaxy battled through the centre's icu and the only seal to have been rescued twice. but why is it that seals like galaxy even need to be rescued? they come to us for very many reasons. they get trapped in netting and we also have all finning, a baby and mum could be out swimming in the ocean when a storm rolls in unexpectedly and they are separated and then the baby will come to the beach lost and looking for his mother and that is when we will come in and monitorfor a couple of hours to see if she does come back to find him but often they don't so we will take the pup into care. many of the pups are fighting life—threatening injuries and illness. most are just too small to survive on their own. we can put some water on it, it is ok. seal rescue ireland's income relies heavily on its visitor centre. so when lockdowns hit it was a real blow. but now they can once again welcome visitors in small groups with social distancing in place. galaxy! three, two, go. galaxy! she knows the drill. the time has finally come for galaxy to return to the sea. when she came in she did not look too great but now she looks beautiful. the prettiest seal i have seen and she is happy and ready to go to, you know, working with wildlife you don't want to get attached to them because they are wild animals and they do bite so you need to be careful. but you see them go through the rehabilitation journey and you experience all their ups and downs and to see them finally go back is just really rewarding to watch. is it a boy or a girl? it is a girl. so we will open the cage in a few minutes and she willjust slowly make her way to the sea. we ask that everyone keep a safe distance from her and let her go at her own pace, ok? this is kind of what we need to promote. the biodiversity climate can feel so overwhelming, it can feel like we are doomed but having a little win like this inspires people to pull together and change things. now you may recall last month we caught up with freddie pearson, a graduate from london. he has had struggles with mental health in the past and settle lack of travel during the last 18 months has had an impact on him and his friends. but he has a plan to take on the post locked down blues and it involves a lot of running. i think young people have missed being able to travel and go to new places. people have been looking for the four walls for a lot of their day or in the same space and every day merges into which makes things difficult. to go and run around paris, i will feel like i am in a movie. it is so beautiful and there is so much going on. such an amazing atmosphere. last one in the bag before the marathon. i start up by the champs—elysses go past the eiffel tower, along the river and all the amazing landmarks of paris. given everything going on over the last year i feel so lucky to be here. keep nice things ahead of me and bit ready to go. one thing about these things i love is that a stamp and not a signature. what time does this close? at six. thank you. so i turned up to collect my race number and it turns out in france when you run a race you have to have a medical certificate from your doctor to say that you are fit and able to run so i need to do that now in a very short space of time to make sure i can get registered in time. asap. it is proving to be a bit of a nightmare. it is a saturday and no—one is in the office but i'm just trying to get it sorted. thank you so much, i appreciate it. so there is a doctor and he will check it. yes! we got it! now i'm going to go get my number and then we can race. let's go. so it is the morning of the marathon the nerves are sitting in a little bit. let's go hit the road. when you see all the people coming out on all the signs of the marathon, you do realise that this is it. you can see the finish line. we get about two minutes and i would be lying if i said i wasn't terrified but it is good to be doing this after a year. so first part in the bag. just getting started. just got to put my head down. everything about that was unreal. in the back of the mind and over the last 18 months i think we have all had our mental challenges and we have had to battle against ourselves at time. an amazing feeling today, i could not recommend it more to anyone. that is not pretty. finishing time, three hours and two minutes. let's go get a beer! what a great achievement and what a great way to see paris as well. best of luck to freddie in the future. that is all we have time for this week. coming up next time, new and improved. we visit the recently reopened iconic parisian department store. a velvet beret! as they say, when in paris... you can find more of our recent adventures on bbc iplayer or on social media. just search for bbc travel show on the major platforms and you will find us there. until next time wherever you plan to go to, stay safe, have fun and we will see you soon. hello. for most of us weekend isn't looking too bad at all on the weather front. looking too bad at all on the weatherfront. article looking too bad at all on the weather front. article to dry weekend. some rain in the forecast. the heaviest will fall across some north—western parts but for most of us it is looking dry most of the time. right now we have low pressure in the north atlantic at this weather front approaching the british isles so the cloud is quite thick across the uk. as weather front moves across the country over the next 2a hours it will mostly break up into showers. certainly by the time it reaches wales and england. any request of the uk it is going to deliver a fair bit of rain. scotland. also bringing a lot of mild air and scotland. also bringing a lot of mild airand this scotland. also bringing a lot of mild air and this will be in place through the whole weekend and next week. here is a forecast for this afternoon. outbreaks of rain reaching northern ireland on parts of western scotland. additionally it will be windy. gusts of wind up to 50 mph. elsewhere breezy and often cloudy with glimmers of sunshine and around 1a or 15 celsius. the weather front makes its way north—east through the night and wet weather here around the south west of scotland and that includes glasgow. pretty soggy here through the night. also expected rain across north—west england, wales and the south—west. this is 7am. still dry and east anglia and the south—east. then weather front moves across england and fizzles away to these scattered showers. i think tomorrow there will be more dry weather and some decent sunny spells around. temperatures around 15 or 16. sunday night into monday, low pressure in the north atlantic. quite brisk westerly winds. this is a mild air. that is in place over the uk on monday. the kind of weather we will get on the situation is scattered showers around western scotland, some showers into wales, the south—west of england may be running along the channel coast. temperatures on monday around 12 to 15. through the week the showers could rise a bit higher. even in belfast up to around 16 to tuesday and wednesday. 17 expected in cardiff and may be up to 18 in london. towards the end of the week the weather will turn more unsettled. more wet weather on the way and temperatures will ease just a bit. on the whole most of us the weather isn't that bad. have a good day. this is bbc news ? 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