Opened the countrys first festival under the ice baikal, its called and it takes place on a small scale sea. Freediving star maria alenshevskaya returned 40 m in just a swimsuit without any equipment. The water was only 2, the air 20. The dive took a minute and 20 seconds. This result will allow the girl to record her achievement in the russian book of records. And this is just the beginning. The organizers promise a lot more interesting things, after all. The Program Includes not only competitions of the strongest athletes of the country and the world, but also master classes from freediving stars, but we are not freediving stars, certainly not walruses, we will not do approach diving, especially in spring and in general its already quite dangerous for the ice to come out , what is the weather like in spring, yes, what about the weather we have for the upcoming weekend, lets ask the leading specialist of the Center Weather fobst vadim zavochenko, vadim, were listening to you, well, th
Colliding with a car. Dozens of colliding with a car. Dozens of conservative mps have signed a pledge to never again vote for an increase in overall taxes. An increase in overall taxes. Former Prime Minister liz truss and former Party Leader Sir Iain duncan smith are among those to have signed up, along with seven former cabinet ministers the promise means they wont vote for the chancellors autumn statement if it contains tax rises. Putting pressure on rishi rises. Putting pressure on rishi sunak ahead of the conservative Party Conference. Jeremy hunt has told the times he wants to stop the vicious cycle of ever rising taxes , but ruled out tax rising taxes, but ruled out tax cuts in the short term. Former Party Chairman sir jake berry, whos organised the pledge , says whos organised the pledge, says it holds the chancellor to his word and all too often we have seen these promises and pledges made by mps across the political divide that havent materialised, that is why this tax pledge
Prices are rising. Good morning in sport, a 500 metre dash for glory and gold. Team gbs Elise Christie competes in the womens short track speed skating event later but can she claim a first british medal in pyeongchang . Were discussing the changing faces of clowns as we mark the 250th anniversary of the first ever circus. I think things have changed a bit. Matt has the weather. Good morning. After yesterdays sunshine, much more cloud around today with some wind and rain and across Northern England and scotland, some heavy snow as well. Forecast coming up in the next 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. British holidaymakers are heading back to tunisia this morning, more than two years after a terror attack killed 38 people, 30 of them britons at a beach resort. Thomas cook is the first british tour company to resume flights to the country. 200 passengers are due to take off from birmingham in the next 15 minutes. Breakfastsjohn maguire is there. Good morning. We are in fac
Many have been displaced or left homeless. It is just after 5 30am. Now on bbc news, its time for the travel show. This week on the show, were on colombias unspoilt island of providencia. But where are all the tourists . Henry heads to turkey to try his hand at painting on water instead of canvas. Its going everywhere. Great. Is it ok . Yes. Plus were in a Medieval City in belgium for our whacky race, where bathtubs rule. One that looks like a shed on a bathtub. It is unbelievable. And im having a cracking time in northern japan. That really doesnt look appetising. We start off this week on the remote caribbean island of providencia, with its breathtaking scenery and golden sand beaches. Its a slice of paradise you wont have to share with the package holiday crowd, because up until now, theres no major Tourism Development here. Its mostly untouched. But all that could be about to change, as James Clayton discovered. Basking in the south of the Caribbean Sea lies providencia, known thro
Given birth to a baby girl at a clinic in florida. News of the birth came as her sister venus prepared to go out on court at the us open. Congratulations have been pouring in from sports stars and celebrities including beyonce, rafa nadal, and wimbledon champion garbine mugurutha. Now the weather with tomasz. This weekend weve got some good weather and not so good weather and not so good weather on the way. The best of the weather will be today. A nice bright day and quite a sunny day for many of us. Tomorrow will be a very different picture. This cloud and rain thatis this cloud and rain that is approaching from the west is going to be in place across many western parts, but ahead of that, lots of sunny spells and temperatures around 19 celsius. So enjoy the weather while it lasts. Through the course of this evening it starts raining in belfast. Then through the night the rain reaches western parts of the uk, but the east will stay dry. Many central areas birmingham for example stayin