Now on Bbc News, the travel show. I am on a Coast To Coast Trek across the south of the usa, exploring the places that have grown up along the Sunset Limited train line. Myjourney started in the unique Port City of new orleans, and continued across from louisiana to texas, and one of americas most distinctive national parks. This is the rio grande. Welcome to the border this week, as i continue my journey along the rail route, but off the beaten track, i find out how close we came to the end of the world. Three, two, one, release. You and i have just started something that we cant stop. And discover a wonderland conjured from the imagination of a groundbreaking artist. I literally microwaved a microwave while it is microwaving. Im the only one in Human History that has successfully pulled off this accomplishment. This is americana, but not as we know it. In the middle of the west texas desert, you can walk for miles and miles before you come across anything resembling a homestead, or c
And number of councils and Tourist Areas have declared this summer a Pump Or Success due to staycations. Some occupancy rates have been running a very close to 100 . Salisbury cathedral has had double the number of visitors as last summer. But nearly everyone in the Tourist Industry is worried what will happen next. Duncan kennedy reports from bournemouth. From brighton to bournemouth, the South Coast is just one area that has seen Record Numbers of tourists this summer. It has been so busy, even hotel managers like 0livia 0sullivan have had to help clean rooms. Been full pretty much since we started, probably about 96 occupancy. Is it sustainable . I dont know. 0nce Anything else opens up, i dont know if people will come back to the uk. But its notjust beach resorts. Here at Salisbury Cathedral, City Break seekers have also been flocking in. Has staycation saved the day for the cathedral . It has certainly made a huge difference. We are seeing people coming to salisbury and Salisbury
To 14 will cover it. Generally speaking, pretty much where we have been over the past few days, sunshine getting into northern ireland, the North West of england and scotland, with some sunshine up to 20, or if you dont down to 14 degrees. Hello this is Bbc News. The headlines. The islamic State Group has claimed responsibility for firing a spokesman from the Foreign Office as saying that due foreign secretary Dominic Raabjoined a meeting with us counterparts about the situation in afghanistan and emphasise the importance of like minded people to discuss arrangements for those people who are still in afghanistan and have not been rescued so far. He said that tell of that for the nationals and citizens with Travel Authorisations will be allowed to leave the Country But Mr rab also underlined that we have to judge them on their actions on whether people are allowed to spend safe passage to league. To leave. That is the latest on the afghanistan situation. The headlines. The islamic State
Weve had here in tokyo. But whilejonnie peacock s reign might be over, earlier on, britain found a new 100 metre star. Andrew small took up athletics after watching the london paralympics. Now the man inspired by 2012 was victorious in 2021. Small gets it. For small, who had to train in his garage during lockdown, the pride was plain. But it was nothing to that back at his family home. His Dad Steve pushing every inch of the way, and come the finish, this is what it meant. Cheering. Yeah, my family are my biggest supporters, through thick and thin. Theyve seen a lot of ups and downs. There was a lot of long, hard sessions in a cold, dark garage at night. But, you know, the culmination of that is here. And other british athletes had gold in their sights. In the archery, Phoebe Paterson Pine taking the title by a single point. The tiniest possible margin for the biggest possible prize. But most remarkably of all, there was another gold for sir lee pearson, on breezer, the horse he bred a
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are olivia utley, assistant Comment Editor at the telegraph and richard duggan, editor of Essex And Cambridgeshire live. Tomorrows front pages, starting with. When the final us flights to leave the area those who helped western forces have been left behind. The taliban according saying that theyre able to launch fresh air strikes against the islamic state in afghanistan and the remains of the vehicle hit by a Drone Strike in kabul makes The Front Page of the guardian. It is thought that seven children are amongst the dead. The time reports on leaks from the pentagon which Shift Blame towards Uk Forces for the deaths at the airport on thursday. The metro since the last us troops left kabul a minute before midnight local time to end 20 years of conflict there. That is the picture of both afghan refugees arriving on The Front Page of the ft. Which also says that the eu is preparing to impose c