Of disaster in response to floods in Kwazulu Natal province. Ten thousand soldiers are being deployed to the region as part of the relief effort. Rainstorms and mudslides have killed more than 400 people. At least 60 people are believed to be still missing. More than 11,000 people, including some volunteers, who signed up to help deliver covid 19 vaccinations now have permanent roles with the nhs in england. They include former Airline Cabin crew members, gym managers and chefs. Anisa kadri reports. By helping to deliver the Covid Vaccination programme, people like kazeem felt they were making history. He was previously a gym manager before adding vaccinator and now assistant Service Manager at guys and st thomas Nhs Foundation trust to his cv. If you had asked me about three years ago, would i be working under the Health Sector . I probably would have said no. But when the pandemic hit and i was made redundant, i just chose that opportunity to showcase my skills and, of course, my level of Customer Service and human skills. The nhs says it recruited more than 71,000 people for paid roles for its Covid Vaccination programme since december 2020, as well as thousands of unpaid volunteers clocking up more than 2. 5 million hours in that time. More than 11,000 have now taken up permanentjobs with the Health Service. Nhs england says this will help to tackle delays caused by the pandemic, but it comes at a time when the Health Service is facing Staff Shortages and record waiting times. I welcome these volunteers joining the nhs and i hope that well see many more volunteers choosing careers in the nhs. It will be a contribution, but only a small contribution to the overall workforce crisis. We have 110,000 vacancies in health and many more in social care, and thats why we have such big delays at a e. The Department Of Health says it has record numbers of staff working in the nhs, including thousands more doctors and nurses compared to january 2021, and that its commissioned the nhs to develop a long term workforce strategy. In east cowd rey. Anisa kadri, bbc news. Now on bbc news, Lucy Hedges Heads to the city of naples to see how staff at pompeii are using four legged robots and drones fitted with lasers to uncover what life was like in this ancient city. This week on the show, i head 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 World Famous Footballer has a shrine dedicated to him in the city. As restrictions are rolled back, cat is on the road in the uk to take a rollercoaster recovery ride. And were heading to sri lanka to find out about a Cleanup Campaign along one of the countrys 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 79ad when nearby Mount Vesuvius erupted. Metres of ash buried everything, freezing this catastrophic moment in time until its rediscovery in the 16th century. Walking through the streets of this ancient city, under the shadow of the active volcano that destroyed it, is actually quite unsettling. Pre 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 its come a long way since then, partly thanks to a new director, whos made it his mission to protect the site while also improving the visitor experience. It has always been a site evolving with the times and so it has always been a site to experiment and to try out new approaches both for the conservation and for the dialogue with the public and so this isjust continuing. And how how do you think this will change the perception of how pompeii used to be . Its really about the vision of the past. Its not only the big families, not only the senators and the ones who got the statues in the forum, and the local authorities, but its 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, thats really important. The challenge 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 frescos, sensors are 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, paolo, ive got to be honest im geeking out about this. This has got to be the coolest, most elaborate robot i have seen in my life. But tell me about what i am staring at. There is a lot going on here. Its a an incredible piece of technology. Yeah. It is a machine that is able to move around autonomously, and is able to bring with it some other technologies other payloads. Here, now, you see a computing power, where we can run our software and a Laser Scanner thats a Special Laser Scanner that is able to scan while the machine is moving. And the robot itself is able to avoid obstacle, to move autonomously in an environment like like this ones. And also, since you can upload Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning algorithms on it, you can bring ai wherever it is required it is needed. By using a combination of technology and a fresh, more inclusive approach to ancient 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 set for a boost this summer is the la sanita district, an area that was once partly controlled by the mafia nicknamed la camorra, here in naples. But thanks to a concerted effort from locals, guesthouses are popping up, the art scene is thriving, and the neighbourhood is being transformed. And the latest Tourist Attraction leads deep below the streets. Its an archaeological gem thats even older than pompeii, but up till now has been hidden from public view, beneath a private home, and ive been lucky enough to have a Sneak Preview before the site fully opens to the public later this year. But first, im meeting meeting the woman who spent years persuading her husband to share this unique family treasure. During this 26 years, i dont know how many people ask him to open it. But not only kings or prince or archaeologist, or isabella rossellini, i dont know how many people. So i say maybe we have to open it. And he say no, no, no please alessandra, dont tell me, it is too difficult. Come on no, no, no. Following our catch up, alessandra took me to their property in a seemingly unassuming naples side street to unlock the door to the hidden subterranean marvel. Are you ready . An Amazing Network of tombs that are almost two and a half thousand years old, originally part of a necropolis built outside the city walls back when naples was an ancient greek settlement. On my gosh. Yes. Look at this. This is the start. The detail its full. So youve got to tell me more this is unbelievable. Yes. So this is maybe one of the most beautiful tomb in the world because everybody came here, the archaeologist, they had the some reaction. 0ne arrive and say i want to live here. And so say to my husband there is an archaeologist that want to live in our tomb. Maybe we do something we must open it. And you see the colour in the architecture, everything is incredible, and we start the restoration from there. So this colour are still are the same after 2500 years. There is colour everywhere. Yeah, i can see. What about this this person up there . Who have we got here . Is that medusa . She is the medusa, la gorgona, yeah. Shes she was bad. Yeah. And if you go over there you can see that the shes full of colour, and you can see the teeth and this incredible and its really unique. And shes the start. It is amazing to think that these tombs lay undiscovered for over 2000 years. But thanks to alessandras powers of persuasion and a lot of hard work, from thisjune, theyll be open for everyone to see here in naples. Right, back to the uk, next. Weve been busy touring some of the countrys biggest attractions as they prepare to deal with two years of pent up demand this spring and summer. And this week promises to be quite a rollercoaster. As restrictions relax, im travelling across the uk to see how ready the countrys top attractions are, to meet the people getting us excited about travel again, and hear their plans for the new normal. Todays trip is to staffordshire. And to reach the gates of my chosen attraction, im taking the monorail. Hello from alton towers, the largest theme park in the uk. Now, itsjust opened for the season without any Government Restrictions in place. And although its been around for over a0 years, i have a confession to make this is my first time here. So lets go. Sprawling over 900 acres, this was once the residence of the earls of shrewsbury. And being a themepark novice, ive enlisted some help. Were about to do the three rides that theyve got up on the stratosphere. Shawn sanbrooke is a full time Rollercoaster Vlogger with a lot of followers. Shawn, are you a celebrity . I wouldnt say that. I love sharing my adventures. But its all good fun. I love it. I think can guess what were going on, butjust confirm it. We are going on nemesis. Nememis is a classic and is europes first ever inverted coaster. It also happens to be shawns favourite. Its an aggressive start of the day. Shawn, why are you laughing so much . I love it survived my first ride its intense, but its great. I love it so much. Four times, you go upside down on that ride. Its strange to think it was only a short time ago attractions like this fell silent. But this is a place that has a long history of embracing change. Before it was a themepark, its Main Attraction was its gardens. During lockdown, it was an opportunity to get people back out into some fresh air, so we were able to clear some of the pathways that were not necessarily used previously, and people could come back to alton towers and revisit it as, you know, its intended purpose a great garden. And for a little bit of escapism, too. Of course, yeah, because obviously the Earl Of Shrewsbury wanted to collect all of these elements from around the world. Weve got the Dutch Gardens behind us, the Pagoda Fountain which was of eastern origin, weve got grecian mixed in with the Gothic Architecture of the time. Well, the gardens have been perfect to change the pace, but with over a0 rides and attractions, i better cross a few more off my list. Ive been told theres one ride i simply have to try its called the smiler and its even collected its own following of superfans that cosplay in the colours of the ride. Guys, you look fantastic. Thank you. So, tell me about smiler. When i first saw the ride i was just completely awestruck with it. And from then on it became a big massive obsession. And now i this is how i dress daily, now. I started a a like a group. You started this website, and thats how you all became friends, because you organised meet ups here. Yeah. This is the first time we have met here. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Oh, really . Yeah. This has been a long time coming, then. Yeah. So im still not sure if i want to commit to this ride. It is the worlds First 1a Loop rollercoaster and promises to challenge your body and your mind. Meet instagrammer Roller Coaster Rachel and her 10 year old daughter sappy, who is yet to ride the smiler. But is she finally tall enough . Were hoping she is tall enough. Hope so. Now i have no excuse. Wish us luck scary screaming. After my day here, i can see places like this mean more to people than thrillseekers. I work in healthcare and elderly care 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. If theme parks are your thing, there is a lot going on this year. Chessington world of adventures have new rides. Paultons park has a new rides. And if youre heading further afield, disney is celebrating some big anniversaries in paris. And if the last two years have taught us 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, maradona, with his own troubled back story, joined the napoli team, giving the neapolitan people something to be proud of. And the owner of this bar claims to have a lock of maradonas hair at the centre of what has become a shrine to the man himself. So this is the Famous Lock Of Hair . Tell me, where did you get this from . To end toway, we are back with adventure and you may to end this week, we are back with adventure and you may remember that last year Karolis Mieliauskas challenged himself to drive this old banger the length of the lake by car and he made a good job of it. This time, he is leaving Combustion Engines behind him and opted for a Cleaner Method of transport. Wejoin him in sri lanka, where he is about to begin a journey down the historic hamilton canal, heading for the capital, colombo. Along the way, he will discover how pollution has taken its toll and how locals are doing their bit to clean it up. Long time no see, sri lanka so humid already. Hello, gentlemen. Im looking for a Traditional Boat to rent for maybe four days or five days. I want to go down the canal. You have one . 0k, can you give me a Street Number . 0k, heres my number . House numberfour, if i understand right. I was following the track and someone told me to go 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. Ok, the first 100 metres is done 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. Im going down the canal. Goodbye see you, all the best. And what does the sign say . Dear neighbours, keep the canal clean. 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 one now, approaching, hello. That is nice. That somebody is doing this. There is also a local boat company that collects rubbish on their days off, run by a man called fernando. 0ur 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 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 a 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. Lets make some noise thank you, fernando thank you. Looks like fernando is Doing A Greatjob and im happy to see that someone like fernando is working on these issues, to make our world much greener. And now im approaching where im getting off. Coming up next week, more from karolis as he continues hisjourney down the canals in sri lanka. And how a busy re wilding project is bringing life back to some of the Biggest National parks. Its a female deer and i can see her in the distance, camouflaged and a couple found one. In the mean time, check us Out On 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. For those of you who have extended your easter break into this week, there is some good weather news, in that therell be a lot of dry weather around. Admittedly, there will be some showers, more especially during the next 2a hours, and as the week goes on, an increasing breeze will turn eastern areas that bit cooler. 0ut there though to start tuesday, a bit of a chilly start as it is. A touch of frost in places, particularly in southern scotland, across ireland and towards the borders of Southeast Wales and southwest midlands. A lot of cloud, though, across england to begin with, already producing one or two showers. A few lingering showers in the west from overnight. But through the day, the cloud starts to increase across parts of england into wales, and showers become a bit more abundant, some of those becoming heavy and thundery. Showers throughout the day in the highlands of scotland. And whilst the odd ones possibly in northern ireland, southern and eastern scotland, a lot of dry and sunny weather to come here, and much more sunshine in east anglia and the southeast later. Temperatures down in recent days, but at levels we should be this stage in mid april. So, some showers then continue into the night, but notice how theyre starting to track further westwards. A developing easterly breeze, most notable for england and wales. That could bring in some mist and low cloud toward some eastern coasts of Northern England and east scotland, not only through the night, but into wednesday, where, again, we could start with A Touch Of Frost in the north and the west. But for most on wednesday, actually a lot more sunshine around, away from those eastern coasts. A few showers dotted around in the west, but more of you will have a dry day. But with that east to southeasterly wind, youre going to notice temperatures along those coastal strips close to the north sea a good deal cooler than youve been used to, whereas, sheltered in the west, were going to see temperatures climb up into the mid teens, maybe high teens for one or two. So, a big east west contrast, whereas across europe, its a north south contrast. Who wouldve picked norway out for your easter break . 20 degrees in oslo on wednesday, compared to wet and windy conditions and rather Cool Conditions across eastern spain. Spanish costas not looking great over the next few days, due to this area of low pressure. As that pushes its way in towards the mediterranean, High Pressure expands across the north atlantic, iceland and scandinavia. Were going to drag in more of an easterly wind for us here in the uk. It does mean a lot of sunshine around for thursday, a bit of cloud building up through the day. An isolated shower cant be ruled out, but most places will be dry. Still that east west split, though, as i mentioned, with temperature conditions, but as we go through into the end of the week and the weekend, it does look like whilst many in the north will stay dry, increasing chance of some showers spreading up from the south. Take care. This is bbc news. Im david eades. Ukraine says russias large scale offensive in the east has begun, with president zelensky warning the battle for control of the donbas region is on. Translation no matter how many of the Russian Troops i are there, we will be fighting. We will defend ourselves and we will do everything that we must to keep what is ukrainian. President putin says the west has scored an own goal by imposing sanctions against russia, but moscows mayor says the downturn threatens 200,000 jobs in the capital alone. A us federaljudge throws out the covid 19 mandate forcing people to wear a mask in public buildings or on public tranport. Prince harry speaks to the bbc about the invictus games, and how ukrainian soldiers are taking part against the odds