Scotland is a perennial favourite when it comes to travel. From its rugged and dramatic highlands to its vibrant cities and festivals. Considering its relatively small size, scotland really does punch above its weight when it comes to tourism. And this week were looking back at some of our favourite travel show adventures there, kicking off with the time i headed to shetland to experience something thats firmly based in the islands viking past, although a big change is under way. Sitting halfway between the scottish mainland and norway, the Shetland Islands have a unique combination of cultures. And today the sleepy town of lerwick is facing an invasion from a long dormant foe. Men shout the vikings. Cheering and shouting so this is up helly aa. Its one of a number of viking festivals that take place in shetland every year. This one in lerwick is the biggest. Up helly aa is best known for its night time procession. Almost 1,000 people carry flaming torches through the streets, then set
now on bbc news, influential with katty kay: jane wurwand. jane wurwand is the founder of dermalogica, and i ve wanted to interview herfor a long time because she has a fascinating story about leaving beauty school in england at the age of 16, coming to america, and founding what became one of the biggest brands in skincare in the world. so nice to see you! laughs thank you for having me. oh, my gosh. and you brought out the very rare, lovely sunny california weather. i know exactly! does it feel like home now, california? 0h. you know, i. because i ve emigrated to several different countries i was born in scotland i feel everywhere is home and nowhere is. and now. yeah, yeah, of course. now, yourfirst store. our very first flagship for dermalogica. and this was where we really it became like an open kitchen, open seven days a week, open all day. lots of revolutionary things in our industry that we did. no one booked by their name, we booked by the room. we redesigned
city kids on the high seas. ready to tack in three, two, one. it makes you just feel so powerful and strong. but it also makes you feel free. it has real, tangible benefits for the students that do it. it was pretty rough conditions, like 20 knots, wind against tide. let s keep behind, let s keep behind. the weather was crazy. right? and is the ambulance on the way, is it? the coastguard apparently lost contact with it. so when my parents first found out i was sailing, they were like, what s sailing? you re just on a boat. but once i qualified and now i m a sailing instructor, they realise that i m actually getting somewhere. it s not what they expected. the main reason why i do this whole programme is that it has real, tangible benefits for the students that do it. i ll probably use the helm one. sometimes it s hard for me to articulate myself. and when you re a boat with different people, you have to kind of communicate. if not, it can go wrong. so it kind of helped me g
ainsley: all-american concert series, we are continuing this morning with tyler farr. we can t wait to talk to him. he sends whiskey in the water. brian: he also sang at the patriot acards with. he was fantastic. he is great. we are very lucky to have him today and it s going to be good. another example, will, i don t know if you want to expand on this or not, for the longest time, we used to watch artists, musician, they don t keep themself in shape, you know, kind of raggedy, known to do all types of drugs, and then you have country music stars, that s in the 70s, 80 s. you have country music stars they look like they just left the court or the field. don t think look athletic and fit need a shower, smoking. let s ask tyler how much he drinks. brian: because he six a lot about it. will: what kind of program are you on? brines brian balances it out. will: keeping pretty strict drug regiment. brian: throughout the 80 s and 90 s. ainsley: i saw you eating bacon
party will keep its majority in parliament. and ukrainians gathered in london s trafalgar square this evening for their traditional carol singning service. hello i m tanya beckett. in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation in gaza, crowds of people have looted aid trucks entering the besieged strip through the rafah crossing. for the first time since the war began, israel has also opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid. it s hoped the opening of the kerem shalom crossing will double the amount of food and medicine reaching gazans. until now, aid has only been able to reach the territory through the rafah crossing from egypt. israel has kept up its bombardment of gaza, killing dozens more people. gaza s hamas run health ministry says 90 people were killed injust the jabalia area of gaza city. in a change of tone, the uk and germany havejoined calls for a sustainable ceasefire . prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists israel will fight to the end, but the reuters