As restrictions are rolled back, cat is on the road in the uk to take a roller coaster recovery ride. And were heading to sri lanka to find out about a clean up campaign along one of the countrys historic canals. Sites in the world. The roman city of pompeii was destroyed almost 2,000 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 e
To bring outbreaks of rain. It is going to be a chilly night, i think, northern and Western Areas under clearer skies, could even see a touch of frost, so gardeners, farmers, just take note. Into tuesday, we are into in between weather systems, this area of low pressure pulling away to the north, it means the winds will be turning lighter again so it is a chilly start to the day for tuesday, will have that Weather Front across western scotland, northern ireland, bringing thicker cloud, outbreaks of rain. England and wales, some sunshine through the morning but then into the afternoon, a few showers could develop, some of these could be heavy and they will be slow moving because the winds will be light. And a cooler day to come as well, 12 to 15 degrees. Looks like High Pressure wants to take charge again from wednesday onwards so there will be a lot of dry weather around towards the end of the week, winds coming in from the east so it will tend to be a little bit warmer towards the wes
Known to have died. The Us State Department says its deeply concerned about the level of violence injerusalem, following clashes between palestinian demonstrators and Israeli Police on friday. At least 150 palestinians and three israeli officers were injured. Just to bring you some latest news concerning event in ukraine, we have a line coming via the Reuters News Agency reporting that Russias Foreign Ministry has barred entry to its country, to russia, for the british prime minister, boris johnson. Also the foreign secretary, defence secretary and ten other British Government members and politicians. More information on this, it says in view of the unprecedented hostile action from the uk government and sanctions against senior russian officials, thatis against senior russian officials, that is a statement that has come from the kremlin, a quick reminder, britains borisjohnson has been barred from travelling to russia as well as the foreign secretary, defence secretary and ten other B
to reflect on the competing claims of the two remaining candidates, emmanuel macron and marine le pen. voting is on sunday in an election which is being closely monitored across the european union and beyond. now on bbc news, carmen roberts heads to chile with the travel show to see the results of what some people are calling the world s biggest rewilding project. this week on the show. going wild in chile. we have actually found dear. can you see him in the distance? treasure hunting in lebanon on. and on board a leaky boat in crocodile infested waters.- leaky boat in crocodile infested waters. ~ ., ., , infested waters. we have lots of water in infested waters. we have lots of water in my infested waters. we have lots of water in my boat. - infested waters. we have lots of water in my boat. i - infested waters. we have lots of water in my boat. i don t i of water in my boat. i don t know exactly why yet, but here it is. chile and patagonia, a place where tradition is me
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