coca cola is the world s top plastic polluter according to an audit by break free from plastic. it says it wants to be a leader in finding solutions. and, in brazil, it s been piloting a refillable plastic bottle scheme since 2018. and it says it saves 200 million bottles a year. but 460 million tonnes of new plastic is being produced every year. at this rate, it will be a long time before recycling can catch up to it. now it s time for a look at the weather with lucy martin hello. broadly speaking today is a day of sunny spells and showers, the showers in the west this morning pushing east as we go through this afternoon. we have high pressure towards the south west, low pressure in the north, blustery across scotland, northern scotland today, temperatures generally in the mid to high teens, low 20s, as we go through tonight, showers fade away across england and wales, a flow of showers carried in on the wind across scotland, northern ireland, northern england. temperatures
russia says it now controls the whole of the luhansk region in eastern ukraine but ukrainian officials say they can t confirm the reports. thousands of residents in australia s largest city sydney have been ordered to evacuate their homes after torrential rain and flash flooding. the influential british theatre director, peter brook, who s career ranged from radical interpretations of shakespeare to broadway musicals, has died at the age of 97. now on bbc news.it s the travel show. this week on the show. i am in mexico to discover how a river clean up is getting on, and meet this little local. this is so incredible! simon s here with tips on how to carry on travelling despite the cost of living crisis. i m travelling by train through germany, on what i regard as the best rail deal ever.
and, the afghan baby separated from his parents in kabul during the chaos of the us withdrawal is reunited with relatives. now on bbc news.it s the travel show with lucy hedges. this week on the travel show. now, if you spent any part of lockdown dancing alone in the kitchen,
now on bbc news.it s the travel show with carmen roberts. this week on the travel show, tiny spaces in tokyo. ..vast wide open ones in finnish lapland. freedom, the silence around you, and generallyjust live a happier life. and the trips to look forward to in 2022. international restrictions will start to ease, restoring the benefits travel brings to the world.
the health secretary refuses to rule out tighter covid restrictions and says people should cautious in their social mixing. the netherlands goes into a tough new lockdown over christmas, amid concerns over the 0micron variant. now on bbc news.it s the travel show, with a look back at 2021. coming up on the programme this week: it has been another challenging year for travel. but that has not stopped us from doing what we love best. hello and welcome to the travel show