thousands of people are facing a seventh night without electricity after storm arwen brought down power lines across the north of england and scotland. more than 100 soldiers were deployed to help out in aberdeenshire, and late this afternoon, durham declared a serious emergency and called on the government to send troops there, too. fiona trott reports. getting urgent help to the most vulnerable in the community, this fire station in ulverston has turned into an emergency hub. pylo ns pylons in cumbria still lying on the ground six days on. preparing them as a massive task. h. preparing them as a massive task. m, ., preparing them as a massive task. ., ., , ., ., task. the scale of devastation is something task. the scale of devastation is something we task. the scale of devastation is something we never- is something we never experience, definitely not in the 15 years that i ve worked in the organisation. you would have to get back to the great storm of 87. we ve had ov
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
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