one giant mega event looming. and of course, fitting for a giant mega event, that was to happen in this city of superlatives, dubai. nobody knew for sure it would happen, but here it is. hello, expo 2020, orshould that be expo 2021. it was delayed by a year, and for a place that relies so heavily on tourism, dubai needed this to happen. in fact, it is probably not too much of a stretch to say the entire international tourism industry needed this to happen. well, i m armed with my expo passport let s do this. it has taking place over six months, and had nearly 2.5 million visits in the first month alone. 192 countries have created pavilions showcasing innovations for the future. here in a site twice the size of monaco, you have a world in miniature. looking around this place, one thing to remember is that pavilions are like shop windows for countries. you know, in amongst all the tech and innovation, it s a real chance for them to show the rest of the world their big ideas,
now on bbc news, it s the travel show with lucy hedges. this week on the travel show: i am in dubai, with visions of the future at the delayed expo 2020. if i scan this image here, i get augmented reality view of what south korea deems to be the future of mobility. and that includes flying cars. woo! i take a dip and tumble. laughs. and i discover an artificial rainforest in what was once a desert. 0h, hello! 0h here we go! but first, in a difficult couple of years in the global travel calendar, there has been one giant mega event looming. and of course, fitting for a giant mega event, that was happen in this city of superlatives, dubai. nobody knew for sure it would happen, but here it is. hello, expo 2020, orshould that be expo 2021. it was delayed by a year, and for a place that relies so heavily on tourism, dubai needed this to happen. in fact, it is probably not too much of a stretch to say the entire international tourism industry needed this to happen. well, i m arme
from storm arwen continues a much calmer day of whether today but an icy start for some, wintry showers in the forecast but some awesome sunshine as well. goals galore for liverpool as they go second in the premier league. diogojiota scores twice asjurgen klopp s side see off southampton 4 0. it s sunday 28th november. our main story: borisjohnson has announced measures to reduce the spread of the new covid 19 variant, omicron, after two cases were detected in the uk. all travellers entering britain will now have to take a pcr test within two days, and must self isolate, until they test negative. all those who ve been in contact with someone who has the omicron variant will also have to self isolate for 10 days, regardless of whether they ve been vaccinated. face coverings will once again become compulsory in shops and on public transport in england from next week. in scotland, wales and northern ireland they re already mandatory on public transport and in many indoor areas.
be so. that system is moving away. it is still quite breezy out there this afternoon. still a wind chill to be had, not as windy as it has been. cold air, snow moving out of north west england, parts of the midland, we could see some into the hills of wales. further wintry showers along this north sea coast, the average wind speeds at the moment, down on where they have been, blustery towards east anglia and the south east, a wind chill out there. clearly a cold day, hard frost settling into night, sleet and snow clearing from central and southern england, showers along the north sea coast. they will ease. clear weather overnight, temperatures down to 5 or 6 in places, icy patches where it has been wet, cold start in the morning. with a front moving in from the north west, cloud and outbreaks of rain, some sleet and snow in scotland, windy conditions across northern scotland, we see most of the rain here, light and patchy elsewhere, sunshine towards east anglia and the sout
now it s time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. hello, we ve had an area of rain, sleet and snow moving its way southwards through scotland and england today. clearing away from the south coast through this evening, we ll keep a few wintry showers going along some eastern coasts but for many, clear skies that s going to lead to frost and ice before cloud pushes back in to the north and west of scotland and northern ireland later in the night, also bringing some outbreaks of rain. but for many it s going to be a frosty night as temperatures drop at or below zero, “4 or 5 celsius for some rural parts of scotland and northern england. bit of a mix tomorrow, we have these frontal systems pushing into scotland bringing some outbreaks of rain, may be some snow over higher ground. cloud increasing across northern ireland, some patchy rain here, could see some rain into northern england through the afternoon. further south it stays dry, best of the sunshine in a line s