and more than 150 palestinians have been injured in clashes with israeli police at the al—aqsa mosque in occupied eastjerusalem. three israeli police officers were also hurt. tensions have been high in recent weeks as the fasting month of ramadan coincides with passover forjewish people and easter for christians. that's it for me for now. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the show. i had underground in naples to get a sneak preview of an amazing archaeological discovery. on my gosh! look at this! plus find out why a certain famous footballer has a shrine dedicated to him in the city. as restrictions are rolled back, cat is back in the uk to take a rollercoaster ride. and we had to sri lanka to find out about a cleanup campaign along one of the country's historic canals. this is one of the most archaeologically significant sites in the world. the roman city of pompeii was destroyed almost 2000 years ago in 709a.d when nearby mount vesuvius erupted. metres of ash buried everything, freezing this catastrophic moment in time until its rediscovery on the 16th century. walking through the streets of this ancient city, underthe the streets of this ancient city, under the shadow of the active volcano that destroyed it, is actually quite unsettling. before the pandemic, almost 2 million people came here every year, which put a strain on the site and lead to it almost losing its unesco heritage status in 2015. but it has come a long way since then, partly thanks to a new director, who has made it his mission to protect the site while also improving the visitor experience. it site while also improving the visitor experience.— visitor experience. it has alwa s visitor experience. it has always been _ visitor experience. it has always been a _ visitor experience. it has always been a site - visitor experience. it has i always been a site evolving with the times and so it has always been a sight to experiment and to try out new approaches, both for the conservation and for the dialogue with the public. and so this is just continuing. find so this is 'ust continuing. and how do so this isjust continuing. and how do you — so this isjust continuing. and how do you think— so this isjust continuing. and how do you think this - so this isjust continuing. and how do you think this will change the perception of how pompeii used to be? it is really about _ pompeii used to be? it is really about the - pompeii used to be? it is really about the vision i pompeii used to be? it is really about the vision of| pompeii used to be? it 3 really about the vision of the past, not only the big families not only the senators and the governor �*s statues in the forum and the local authorities, but it is also the slaves and women who often have — do not appear the same way in the written and official sources, and children, and i mean to see all this complexity of an ancient society, that's really important.— of an ancient society, that's really important. the challenge at pompeii _ really important. the challenge at pompeii is — really important. the challenge at pompeii is its _ really important. the challenge at pompeii is its exposure - really important. the challenge at pompeii is its exposure to i at pompeii is its exposure to the elements and climate change means the site is subject to sudden temperature changes from extreme drought all the way to heavy rain. today, new technologies are helping to preserve this invaluable record of roman life in the first century. drones are helping to map the site, robots are rebuilding frescoes, tenses up monitoring seismic activity, and thermal imaging cameras are helping keep a check on humidity, helping staff to act quickly if potential danger strikes. but the real star of the show is without a doubt this a—legged robot that, bizarrely, looks like a dog. good dog. so, apparently come i need to be honest. ——so, paolo. this is because robot i have said in my life. but tell me about what i am staring out. there is a lot going on here. it is an incredible piece of technology. it is a machine thatis technology. it is a machine that is able to move around the town and is able to bring with it some other technologies or other payloads. here you see a computing power where we can run our software and the laser scanner, a special laser scanner, a special laser scanner that is able to scan while the machine is moving. and the robot itself is able to avoid obstacles, to move autonomously in an environment like this one. and also, since you can upload artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms on it, you can bring artificial intelligence wherever it is required and it is needed. bi; required and it is needed. by using a combination of technology and a fresh, more inclusive approach to age and history, the authorities here in pompeii are hoping for a successful tourist season in 2022 after being closed for almost two years. another part of naples separate was the summer is this district, an area once partly controlled by the mafia known as the la comorra here enables. but guesthouses are popping up, the art scene is thriving, and the neighbourhood is being transformed. in the latest tourist attraction leads deeper know the streets, and archaeological gem that is even older than pompeii, but up till now has been hidden from public view. beneath a private home. and i have been lucky enough to have a sneak preview before the site fully opens to the public later this year. at first i meeting the woman who spent years persuading her husband to share this unique family treasure.— share this unique family treasure. , , ~y ., , treasure. during this 26 years i don't treasure. during this 26 years i don't know _ treasure. during this 26 years i don't know how _ treasure. during this 26 years i don't know how many - treasure. during this 26 years | i don't know how many people asked him to open it, but not only things or a prince or an archaeologist, or isabella rafa leaney. i don't know how many people. so i said maybe you want to open it. he said "no, no, no alessandra, it is too difficult. no, no, no. ” no, no alessandra, it is too difficult. no, no, no.- difficult. no, no, no. 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that these terms laid undiscovered for over 2000 years but thanks to alessandra's powers of persuasion and a lot of hard work, from thisjune they will be open for everyone to see here enables. right, back to the uk, next, and we have been busy touring some of the country's biggest attractors as they prepared to deal with two years of pent—up demand. and this year promises to be quite a rollercoaster. as restrictions relaxed, i am travelling across the uk to see how readily country's top attractions are, to meet the people getting us excited about travel again and hear their plans for the new normal. today's trip is to staffordshire and to reach the gates of my chosen attraction, i am taking the monorail. hello from alton towers, the largest theme park in the uk. now, it hasjust opened for the theme park in the uk. now, it has just opened for the season without any government restrictions in place. and although it has been around for over a0 years, i have a confession to make space as this is my first time here. so let's go. sprawling over 900 acres, this was once the residence of the earls of shrewsbury. and being a themepark novice, i've enlisted some help. sean stanbrook is a full—time rollercoaster blogger with a lot of followers. are you a celebrity? i with a lot of followers. are you a celebrity?— with a lot of followers. are you a celebrity? i wouldn't say that. i you a celebrity? i wouldn't say that- i love — you a celebrity? i wouldn't say that. i love sharing _ you a celebrity? i wouldn't say that. i love sharing my - 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is tall enough. hope so. i now i have no excuse. wish us - is tall enough. hope so. i now. i have no excuse. wish us luck! scary! i have no excuse. wish us luck! sca ! ,, . ~ , screaming. after my day here, i can see places like this mean more to people than three slips — thrillseeking online. i people than three slips - thrillseeking online. i work in healthcare — thrillseeking online. i work in healthcare and _ thrillseeking online. i work in healthcare and elderly - thrillseeking online. i work in healthcare and elderly car - thrillseeking online. i work in | healthcare and elderly car and it was really tough during lockdown and to be able to come back, it was amazing. i class this as a little piece of heaven on earth. ii this as a little piece of heaven on earth. if theme parks are our heaven on earth. if theme parks are your thing. _ heaven on earth. if theme parks are your thing, there _ heaven on earth. if theme parks are your thing, there is - heaven on earth. if theme parks are your thing, there is a - heaven on earth. if theme parks are your thing, there is a lot - are your thing, there is a lot going on this year. chessington world of adventures have new rides. paultoner world of adventures have new rides. paul toner park has a new rides. and if you're heading further afield, disney is celebrating some big anniversaries and paris. and if the last two years of daughters anything, it is the unbridled happiness that escapism can bring. so my trip to alton towers is done and i think i found a ride that is a bit more me. naples is a very catholic city. it has religious iconography everywhere and some revere in equal measure, the unofficial patron saint, diego maradona. at a time when naples was suffering from unemployment, poor sanitation and organised crime, diego maradona, with his own troubled back story, joined the back team, giving the neapolitan people something to be proud of. and the owner of this bar claims to have a lot of diego maradona's hair at the centre of what has become a shrine to the man himself. so this is the famous lock of hair? tell me, wedded to get this from? translation: to end this way, we are back with adventure and you may remember that last year he challenged himself to drive this old banger the length of the lake by car and he made a good job of it. the lake by car and he made a good job of it-_ good “0b of it. this time, he is good job of it. this time, he is leaving — good job of it. this time, he is leaving combustion - good job of it. this time, he i is leaving combustion engines behind him and opted for a cleaner method of transport. we join him in sri lanka where he is about to begin a journey down the historic housing canal, heading for the capital, colombo. along the way, he would discover how pollution has taken its toll on how locals are doing their bit to clean it up. a, locals are doing their bit to clean it up-_ clean it up. a long time no see, clean it up. a long time no see. sri — clean it up. a long time no see, sri lanka! _ clean it up. a long time no see, sri lanka! so - clean it up. a long time no see, sri lanka! so humid l see, sri lanka! so humid already. hello, gentlemen. i'm looking fora hello, gentlemen. i'm looking for a traditional boat to rent for a traditional boat to rent for maybe four days or five days. i want to go down the canal. you have one? ok, can you give me a street number? 0k, you give me a street number? ok, here's my number? how is numberfour, if i understand right. i was following the track and summers ago right and then left and here i am. a small catamaran is here. adventure is the very first step and the trip starts. i hope to do it in three days. 0k, hope to do it in three days. ok, the first 100 metres is done! asi as i start myjourney i get a warm welcome from the people who live here. hello, hello, how are you? good? very good! very good. i'm going down the canal. ,., ., ,, very good. i'm going down the canal._ goodbye! - very good. i'm going down the canal._ goodbye! see j canal. goodbye! goodbye! see ou, all canal. goodbye! goodbye! see you. all the — canal. goodbye! goodbye! see you, all the best. _ canal. goodbye! goodbye! see you, all the best. and - canal. goodbye! goodbye! see you, all the best. and what. you, all the best. and what does @ say? dear neighbours, keep the canal clean. no good. no good. i was expecting to see some rubbish but not that bad. not that bad. looks like the rubbish comes from these houses. tell me please, is that right, you are cleaning the tunnel. how many people like you are they here? six people who are cleaning. i think i can see why now, approaching, hello. that is nice. that somebody is doing this. there is also a local boat to a company that collects rubbish on their days off, run liy rubbish on their days off, run by a man called fernando. fiur by a man called fernando. our cleanini by a man called fernando. our cleaning project _ by a man called fernando. our cleaning project is _ by a man called fernando. oi" cleaning project is called captain fernando cleaning project and we started this in 2016, actually five years ago, so step—by—step, we came to a very good stage. plastic pollution is a big problem these days. if you walk on these days. if you walk on these speech, it is very polluted and if you go now, the canal and lagoon is very polluted. now people are slowly, slowly changing. people through the rubbish into the canals but now i starting to think, little by little. so canals but now i starting to think, little by little.- think, little by little. so a loni think, little by little. so a long time _ think, little by little. so a long time ago, _ think, little by little. so a long time ago, those - think, little by little. so a i long time ago, those canals were used for transportation but these days people are using them to dump rubbish. the easiest thing is not to throw rubbish into the canal and what we can do is educate your brothers and sisters so we can have a clean and healthy lifestyle. so, boys, thank you for coming, if you are not using plastic so we can make a better life for all. thank you. let's make some noise! thank you, fernando!— you, fernando! thank you, karolis- — you, fernando! thank you, karolis. looks _ you, fernando! thank you, karolis. looks like - you, fernando! thank you, karolis. looks like historyl you, fernando! thank you, | karolis. looks like history a ireat karolis. looks like history a great job — karolis. looks like history a great job and _ karolis. looks like history a great job and i'm _ karolis. looks like history a great job and i'm happy - karolis. looks like history a great job and i'm happy to l karolis. looks like history a i great job and i'm happy to see greatjob and i'm happy to see that someone like fernando is working on these issues, to make our world much greener and now i'm approaching already here where i'm getting off. coming up next week, more from karolis as he continues his journey down the canals in sri lanka. and how a busy re— wilding project is bringing life back to some of the biggest national parks. i5 life back to some of the biggest national parks. is a female deer _ biggest national parks. is a female deer any _ biggest national parks. is a female deer any can i biggest national parks. i3 —. female deer any can see her in the distance, camouflaged and a couple found one. iii the distance, camouflaged and a couple found one.— couple found one. in the mind time, couple found one. in the mind time. check — couple found one. in the mind time, check it _ couple found one. in the mind time, check it out _ couple found one. in the mind time, check it out on - couple found one. in the mind time, check it out on social i time, check it out on social media at facebook and social media at facebook and social media at facebook and social media at bbc travel show. and we are also on the bbc iplayer with loads more fun from our recent trips. in the meantime, enjoy your travels and i will see you very soon. hello. the uk may have recorded its highest temperature of the year so far on good friday, in the sunshine in london. but actually, across much of the north and west of the uk, it was quite a cloudy start to the long holiday weekend. it was eastern and south east england that saw most of the sunshine — and for the record, 23.a celsius was that temperature in central london. to prove the point, the satellite picture showing all the cloud on good friday in the north and west. now, the rule of thumb for saturday's weather is where you're so cloudy, it'll be brighter and warmer, and where you saw the sunshine on good friday, saturday will be just as sunny. and where you get the sunshine, it will feel warmer. temperatures to start the day, no frost, nor will there be for the rest of the weekend. there will early on be quite a bit of cloud towards the north and west, and through much of wales and south west england — it's misty, low cloud, but on through the day, notice how a lot of this disappears, it breaks up, we see the sunshine coming through. could stay rather cloudy in the northern isles, especially shetland, towards the coast of aberdeenshire, misty in places and some of the coasts around cornwall as well. it's a warmer—feeling today more widely across the uk with that sunshine. it's a sunnier day in northern ireland, too, though cloud increasing will start to bring some outbreaks of rain very slowly in from the west, as we go on through the night into easter sunday morning, also pushing into parts of western scotland, especially the western isles. elsewhere, one or two mist and fog patches, but a recently mild start to easter sunday. and there's a weather front trying to come in on sunday still to some degree being held at bay by this area of high pressure. so, while much of the uk will stay dry, we will see some outbreaks of rain covering more of northern ireland very slowly on through the day, and parts of western scotland, especially into the west isles. and then, later on, some of this rain would just feed in towards western counties of wales and the far south west of england. whereas, elsewhere, you continue with another day of warm, sunny spells. it will feel cooler, where you have the rain. it'll be windier, too, and the weather fronts with, well, weakening rain will move through as we go into easter monday. behind that, you get some sunny spells. it'll feel cooler and, then, another spell of rain looks to be heading into northern ireland and into western, especially north west scotland, during monday. and with that, there'll be a strengthening wind. the western isles could well see some gales gusts 50 mph or more on easter monday. sunny spells, yes, dry for many, but it will feel cooler by then. good morning. welcome to breakfast with rachel burden and charlie stayt. our headlines today: russia warns of "unpredictable consequences" if the west continues to supply ukraine with weapons as it threatens to intensify bombing on the capital kyiv. plans to send asylum seekers from the uk to rwanda are a breach of international law, according to the un's refugee agency. harry and meghan make a rare public appearance as the invictus games get under way in the netherlands. good morning. in sport... it is the modern rivalry in english football — manchester city and liverpool meet again, this time for a place in the fa cup final. hello, good morning. yesterday was the warmest