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from venice here's mark lowen. sometimes beauty can be overshared. venice — glorious, unique and creaking under the weight of mass tourism. 30 million visitors a year, two thirds of them day trippers crowding the same sites at the same times, pushing out the locals. so a new way to tackle it — a five—euro entry fee from today. the world's first such scheme. residents and overnight tourists are among those exempt in controls across venice. so this is how it works. i've entered the city at the main train station. i go to the payment website, find the 5 euros fee for today, click through and enter my name and credit card details. so i get a qr code, i come through and have it scanned and it shows that i paid and i can enter the city and avoid a fine of up to 300 euros. it's a good idea to make money. i don't know if people will like it and want to keep coming to pay. i would try probably try to change my travel dates to make it a little more smooth. avoid the fee? to avoid the fee, yeah. i think if it can help - with their infrastructure or whatev
from venice here's mark lowen. sometimes beauty can be overshared. venice — glorious, unique and creaking under the weight of mass tourism. 30 million visitors a year, two thirds of them day trippers crowding the same sites at the same times, pushing out the locals. so a new way to tackle it — a five—euro entry fee from today. the world's first such scheme. residents and overnight tourists are among those exempt in controls across venice. so this is how it works. i've entered the city at...
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mark lowen, bbc news, venice. labour says it expects to renationalise nearly all passenger rail services within five years if it wins the next election. it says a new public body would inherit existing contracts when they expire, taking on responsibility for running services. automatic refunds for train delays and better internet connection on trains are also planned. but transport secretary mark harper said the plans were "unfunded". our political editor chris mason reports. hurtling for the train, among the throng today the man who hopes that he is striding to downing street. keir starmer once much of the railways to be publicly owned. keir starmer reckons he has a plan to lure more of us on to the trains. i've joined him on a visit to county durham to hitachi's train factory. privatisation has not worked, ourjob is pick this up, fix it and that will require us as the franchises end to bring them into public ownership. will your plan make travel by train cheaper? it will ensure the best price is available for ev
mark lowen, bbc news, venice. labour says it expects to renationalise nearly all passenger rail services within five years if it wins the next election. it says a new public body would inherit existing contracts when they expire, taking on responsibility for running services. automatic refunds for train delays and better internet connection on trains are also planned. but transport secretary mark harper said the plans were "unfunded". our political editor chris mason reports. hurtling...
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mark lowen, bbc news, venice. here's ben. it is
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thanks, mark lowen in venice. it was a voyage like no other. a team of british sailors has made history by becoming the first all—female crew to win an around the world yacht race. the maiden set sail from the isle of wight in september, and spent seven months at sea. after a nervous wait, they were awarded the gold for the race, and today they've been talking about their victory. ellie price reports. even tower bridge looked like it was saluting them before they left last summer. now, after 153 days and 28,500 nautical miles, maiden and her 12—woman crew have come home. cheering. and they only went and did it! the first time an all—women crew have won a round—the—world yacht race and the skipper heather thomas did it all by navigating the old—fashioned way, as race rules meant no modern technology was allowed. so you have a really in—depth understanding of the sun, the moon, the planets and the stars and the weather around you, so it's quite a pure way of sailing. the yacht took part in a parade of sail on saturday, so was joined
thanks, mark lowen in venice. it was a voyage like no other. a team of british sailors has made history by becoming the first all—female crew to win an around the world yacht race. the maiden set sail from the isle of wight in september, and spent seven months at sea. after a nervous wait, they were awarded the gold for the race, and today they've been talking about their victory. ellie price reports. even tower bridge looked like it was saluting them before they left last summer. now, after...
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from venice, here's mark lowen. sometimes beauty can be overshared. venice — glorious, unique and creaking under the weight of mass tourism. 30 million visitors a year, two thirds of them day trippers crowding the same sites at the same times, pushing out the locals. so a new way to tackle it — a five—euro entry fee from today. the world's first such scheme. residents and overnight tourists are among those exempt in controls across venice. so this is how it works. i've entered the city at the main train station. i go to the payment website, find the 5 euros fee for today, click through and enter my name and credit card details. so i get a qr code, i come through and have it scanned and it shows that i paid and i can enter the city and avoid a fine of up to 300 euros. it's a good idea to make money. i don't know if people will like it and want to keep coming to pay. i would try probably try to change my travel dates to make it a little more smooth. avoid the fee? to avoid the fee, yeah. i think if it can help with- their infrastructure or whateve
from venice, here's mark lowen. sometimes beauty can be overshared. venice — glorious, unique and creaking under the weight of mass tourism. 30 million visitors a year, two thirds of them day trippers crowding the same sites at the same times, pushing out the locals. so a new way to tackle it — a five—euro entry fee from today. the world's first such scheme. residents and overnight tourists are among those exempt in controls across venice. so this is how it works. i've entered the city at...
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mark lowen, bbc news, venice. china has launched a mission to its space station to mark more than two decades leading manned missions to space. a crew of three astronauts with china's shenzhou 18 mission took off on a rock abound for the tiangong space station. they joined three others already theyjoined three others already there, getting a new round of in orbit crew handed over. stay with us on earth. hello. there are signs that the weather might warm up a bit next week, but not just yet. we stay in the rather chilly air for friday. a mix of sunny spells and showers and, actually, across the south of the uk, a frontal system that will bring more in the way of cloud and some splashes of rain. low pressure generally in charge of the scene through the day ahead. so, after a cold start, most places will see some spells of sunshine and a scattering of showers. some wintriness in the showers over high ground in scotland. but that frontal system will bring cloud and rain across the channel islands and across southern c
mark lowen, bbc news, venice. china has launched a mission to its space station to mark more than two decades leading manned missions to space. a crew of three astronauts with china's shenzhou 18 mission took off on a rock abound for the tiangong space station. they joined three others already theyjoined three others already there, getting a new round of in orbit crew handed over. stay with us on earth. hello. there are signs that the weather might warm up a bit next week, but not just yet. we...