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that was simon calder with the latest on _ certain.lder with the latest on the _ certain. that was simon calder with the latest on the aeroplanes - certain. that was simon calder with the latest on the aeroplanes and i certain. that was simon calder with | the latest on the aeroplanes and we mentioned earlier one of the biggest places to be had was northern ireland and the bbc news page has just updated with a report from our colleague kieran mcauley. tens of thousands of homes without power, 1000 obstructions reported across the road network since yesterday and trees, majortourist the road network since yesterday and trees, major tourist attractions including the dark ages made famous by game of thrones, amongst those to have had trees come down under the wind. there is a clear up operation but and this is quite crucial in northern ireland, it will take a lot longer than normal because road workers are on strike. officials responsible for the roads say they have implemented contingency plans including using private contractors and sta
that was simon calder with the latest on _ certain.lder with the latest on the _ certain. that was simon calder with the latest on the aeroplanes - certain. that was simon calder with the latest on the aeroplanes and i certain. that was simon calder with | the latest on the aeroplanes and we mentioned earlier one of the biggest places to be had was northern ireland and the bbc news page has just updated with a report from our colleague kieran mcauley. tens of thousands of homes without power,...
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we nowjoined by travel journalist simon calder who is on a cruise ship right now.fferent one, it is in panama. this is one of the most popular stories on the bbc website. it's a huge investment, but how profitable will it be? it's a huge investment, but how profitable will it be ?_ profitable will it be? obviously, the company — profitable will it be? obviously, the company behind _ profitable will it be? obviously, the company behind it, - profitable will it be? obviously, the company behind it, royal . the company behind it, royal caribbean, think that investing $2 million in this brand—new mega ship is going to pay off. during the covid pandemic, cruise ships were worst hit than any other part of the travel industry because they are very multinational in the guests and the crew, and cruise ships were mostly tied up in various parts of the world just lying idle. since covid ended, there has been a huge appetite for cruising and that is reflected in the fact that royal caribbean hasn'tjust spent £2 billion on icon of the seas, it has ordered a couple more ships of
we nowjoined by travel journalist simon calder who is on a cruise ship right now.fferent one, it is in panama. this is one of the most popular stories on the bbc website. it's a huge investment, but how profitable will it be? it's a huge investment, but how profitable will it be ?_ profitable will it be? obviously, the company — profitable will it be? obviously, the company behind _ profitable will it be? obviously, the company behind it, - profitable will it be? obviously, the company behind...
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and we are now joined by travel correspondent simon calder . correspondent simon calder.ys nice to talk to you. i want to wish you a happy new year. um, it is not a happy new year. um, it is not a happy new year. um, it is not a happy new year for japan. they obviously had this earthquake yesterday and now they are deaung yesterday and now they are dealing with this in inferno on on the runway here at haneda airport. are you familiar with, with this area and what will this mean for this airport now ? this mean for this airport now? >> okay. well you can imagine that operations will be coming to a complete standstill. this is tokyo's main airport. uh, one of the busiest airports in asia in the world. in fact , it very in the world. in fact, it very close to the, uh, capital of japan. and so therefore, there will be, uh, i imagine a lot of smoke , a lot of, uh, uh, smoke, a lot of, uh, uh, horrifying scenes, but the main thing is that we appear to have 379 passengers and crew evacuated from this airbus a350 50. the plane was two two years old. it appears that the problem wa
and we are now joined by travel correspondent simon calder . correspondent simon calder.ys nice to talk to you. i want to wish you a happy new year. um, it is not a happy new year. um, it is not a happy new year. um, it is not a happy new year for japan. they obviously had this earthquake yesterday and now they are deaung yesterday and now they are dealing with this in inferno on on the runway here at haneda airport. are you familiar with, with this area and what will this mean for this airport...
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for the latest we can go live now to the travel journalist simon calder.esn't seem very busy. what is the situation there and across the country? liverpool street station, one of the biggest stations in london, it serves east anglia and the counties of essex, sussex and norfolk, except right now there are problems on the line between ipswich and norwich and that means it is one of many locations around the uk which are sane problems. scotland has been worst hit. they have cancelled is some services at seven o'clock on sunday night and they didn't open on monday morning until after the rush hour. many of the lines are still closed because they are checking them for debris and where ever you are heading in great britain and northern ireland, you need to be prepared for disruption on the railways. that has been a real problem for airline passengers and, my goodness, the sort of disruption we saw yesterday, i don't think we have seen for example a domestic flight going from edinburgh in scotland to bristol in the west of england diverting to paris. the big pro
for the latest we can go live now to the travel journalist simon calder.esn't seem very busy. what is the situation there and across the country? liverpool street station, one of the biggest stations in london, it serves east anglia and the counties of essex, sussex and norfolk, except right now there are problems on the line between ipswich and norwich and that means it is one of many locations around the uk which are sane problems. scotland has been worst hit. they have cancelled is some...
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traveljournalist, simon calder, told us there's been both cancellations and some unusual diversions.rning where they didn't expect to be. many of those will be people whose flights were simply cancelled. we saw well over 100 of those yesterday at heathrow alone. however, there were also some extraordinary diversions. for example, the short hop from manchester to dublin normally takes half an hour. well, except that it couldn't land at dublin and was diverted to beauvais, a small town in northern france. now, the thing is that ryanair insists that all passengers crossing the irish sea have passports, even though the law doesn't. so, therefore, they are allowed to get out of the airport and into hotels. unlike the passengers on easyjet. flight 319 took off yesterday afternoon, shortly after 4 o'clock from edinburgh. simply going to bristol — an easy one—hour hop. it flew around over the severn for about half an hour and then diverted to paris charles de gaulle. now, of course, for a domestic flight, you do not need a passport. and so loads of passengers on it simply spent the night at
traveljournalist, simon calder, told us there's been both cancellations and some unusual diversions.rning where they didn't expect to be. many of those will be people whose flights were simply cancelled. we saw well over 100 of those yesterday at heathrow alone. however, there were also some extraordinary diversions. for example, the short hop from manchester to dublin normally takes half an hour. well, except that it couldn't land at dublin and was diverted to beauvais, a small town in...
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simon calder always has the i answers, doesn't he?g ready for the school run for the first time since before the christmas break this morning. you are racing around the house looking for shoes, bags and books! i'm so pleased i am not there! but with levels of flu, norovirus and covid all on the rise, parents are being urged to protect their children against winter viruses. we are nowjoined by professor susan hopkins from the uk health security agency. good morning, thank you forjoining us. we mentioned three of them there, flu, nor a virus and covid, how are we in terms of levels at the moment? == how are we in terms of levels at the moment? ., ., , ., ., , moment? -- nora virus. -- norovirus. we don't have — moment? -- nora virus. -- norovirus. we don't have community _ moment? -- nora virus. -- norovirus. we don't have community testing i moment? -- nora virus. -- norovirus. we don't have community testing anyl we don't have community testing any more, but the covid survey was at the highest we have seen before christmas, 4% of the
simon calder always has the i answers, doesn't he?g ready for the school run for the first time since before the christmas break this morning. you are racing around the house looking for shoes, bags and books! i'm so pleased i am not there! but with levels of flu, norovirus and covid all on the rise, parents are being urged to protect their children against winter viruses. we are nowjoined by professor susan hopkins from the uk health security agency. good morning, thank you forjoining us. we...
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we were just talking to simon calder about the problems on the trains which are expected, what are youwell, as lots of people here who _ hearing there? yeah, well, as lots of people here who are _ hearing there? yeah, well, as lots of people here who are trying - hearing there? yeah, well, as lots of people here who are trying to l hearing there? yeah, well, as lots. of people here who are trying to get on trains but facing quite considerable disruption as the afternoon wears on. as we head from simon, lots of train companies are warning of delays and cancellations, in particular because the high winds mean that speed restrictions are being brought in on some lines which obviously affects timetables. avante west coast who run trains from houston up to the midlands and manchester, they had already told people not to travel today but in the last hour they have announced that they are going to be ending services early, so, in the next hour or so, the last services will be running, and then that will be it, and that is something that other train companies as we have heard arguing, ending t
we were just talking to simon calder about the problems on the trains which are expected, what are youwell, as lots of people here who _ hearing there? yeah, well, as lots of people here who are _ hearing there? yeah, well, as lots of people here who are trying - hearing there? yeah, well, as lots of people here who are trying to l hearing there? yeah, well, as lots. of people here who are trying to get on trains but facing quite considerable disruption as the afternoon wears on. as we head...
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let's go live to cambridge, and get more information from simon calder — the independent�*s travel correspondentis already starting, isn'tit? . . i, , isn't it? it certainly is! things are not looking _ isn't it? it certainly is! things are not looking too _ isn't it? it certainly is! things are not looking too bad - isn't it? it certainly is! things are not looking too bad in - are not looking too bad in cambridge, but great northern and greater anglia, the two train operators here, both warning that it will be very bad later. i came here from king's cross in london, where they are now warning not to... from newcastle tonight, which reflects the really terrible conditions expected in scotland. as you've been saying, scotrail cancelling all trains this evening, and those due to park before seven o'clock, many of them will leave and complete theirjourneys, but those are going to be with speed restrictions. speed restrictions pretty much wherever you are in the uk are going to be in force. there is such a high risk of debris being on the tracks, that drivers will operate at a reduced speedin drive
let's go live to cambridge, and get more information from simon calder — the independent�*s travel correspondentis already starting, isn'tit? . . i, , isn't it? it certainly is! things are not looking _ isn't it? it certainly is! things are not looking too _ isn't it? it certainly is! things are not looking too bad - isn't it? it certainly is! things are not looking too bad in - are not looking too bad in cambridge, but great northern and greater anglia, the two train operators here, both...
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but simon calder , very closely.g to him yesterday. he said we don't have those sorts of planes here in the uk, so it doesn't look as though we would be worry too be affected. so don't worry too much about happening here in the uk . uk. >> no, um, look, if you're watching us and you're in bed this morning, you still took this morning, if you still took the with a coffee, don't move. >> yeah, don't just do not move because is out there. because it is cold out there. >> this week it's going to >> and this week it's going to get cold greg scott, your get cold for greg scott, your details . details. >> good morning. i'm greg dewhurst i'm welcome to your latest gb news. whether it's cold start this morning across the country. some frost fog and icy stretches in places . but it icy stretches in places. but it will be largely dry. plenty of sunny spells as we go through the day . we will have this area the day. we will have this area of cloud though, bringing some showers northeast showers in across northeast england could
but simon calder , very closely.g to him yesterday. he said we don't have those sorts of planes here in the uk, so it doesn't look as though we would be worry too be affected. so don't worry too much about happening here in the uk . uk. >> no, um, look, if you're watching us and you're in bed this morning, you still took this morning, if you still took the with a coffee, don't move. >> yeah, don't just do not move because is out there. because it is cold out there. >> this...
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get in touch and we will be speaking to simon calder in a short while. is very much with us. further snow showers, especially in the north. into the weekend it will turn much milder than it has been. it will be wet and windy. the snow will melt and there could be achieved in the north with localised flooding. today we have an amber weather warning enforceable the north of scotland. here we have a further five to 15 centimetres of snow on top of what we have already got. there will be blizzards. in northern ireland, especially the north of northern ireland, we could see a further five to ten centimetres on top of what we have already got today. a lot of dry weather and crisp winter sunshine. in areas adjacent to the irish sea and nlc, there could be showers clipping the coastline at times. wherever you are it will feel cold. these are the maximum temperatures in towns and cities. with the wind chill in the north, it will feel more like —9. for the second part of the afternoon we will see further snow showers coming in from the irish sea, affecting the isl
get in touch and we will be speaking to simon calder in a short while. is very much with us. further snow showers, especially in the north. into the weekend it will turn much milder than it has been. it will be wet and windy. the snow will melt and there could be achieved in the north with localised flooding. today we have an amber weather warning enforceable the north of scotland. here we have a further five to 15 centimetres of snow on top of what we have already got. there will be blizzards....
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today we go to simon calder from the independent on this one. simon, what have you got to report ?ad disruption yesterday. i've just been to waterloo station, one of the three busiest in the uk where there are big screen saying we're really sorry about what happened yesterday . it was an happened yesterday. it was an absolute mess right across the nafion absolute mess right across the nation in but particularly in southeast and southern england. we had thousands of commuters waiting for many hours on south western railway. they actually suspended the trains for some time as a result of the high winds . we've had many fallen winds. we've had many fallen trees right across the network and i'm afraid there are many cancellations this morning that's particularly affecting southeast england and south—west england. um, also other parts of the country. the main issue is, well, the usual cocktail of um, well, the usual cocktail of um, well, very sadly train crew shortage , um, more trains shortage, um, more trains needing repairs at the same time than normal. and would you believe a theft o
today we go to simon calder from the independent on this one. simon, what have you got to report ?ad disruption yesterday. i've just been to waterloo station, one of the three busiest in the uk where there are big screen saying we're really sorry about what happened yesterday . it was an happened yesterday. it was an absolute mess right across the nafion absolute mess right across the nation in but particularly in southeast and southern england. we had thousands of commuters waiting for many...
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joining us now to discuss is travel expert discuss this is travel expert simon calder and simon. >> manyhere are if you're travelling there's travelling immediately there's some stuff there some astonishing stuff out there . so yes sunshine saturday. absolutely natural. it's the first opportunity for a lot of people after christmas and new year to think, well, we've got to have something to look forward we need better forward to now. we need better than a holiday and the anticipation a holiday is anticipation of a holiday is really important . of course, really important. of course, many people who are watching are constrained to school holidays, typically because they've got school aged children or they work education and they're work in education and they're the people will paying a the people who will be paying a fortune. able to fortune. but if you're able to travel peak , there are some travel off peak, there are some amazing there next amazing deals out there next friday, instance, and i've friday, for instance, and i've just checked this in the past five from five minutes. you can
joining us now to discuss is travel expert discuss this is travel expert simon calder and simon. >> manyhere are if you're travelling there's travelling immediately there's some stuff there some astonishing stuff out there . so yes sunshine saturday. absolutely natural. it's the first opportunity for a lot of people after christmas and new year to think, well, we've got to have something to look forward we need better forward to now. we need better than a holiday and the anticipation a...
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we are joined from euston station in london by travel journalist simon calder. good morning.? very good question. if you are in scotland there _ the uk? very good question. if you are in scotland there will _ the uk? very good question. if you are in scotland there will not - the uk? very good question. if you are in scotland there will not be i are in scotland there will not be any trains at all until the end of the rush hour. that is because after the rush hour. that is because after the very severe weather overnight a scot rail network rail are going to be running the trains to check there is no debris on the tracks. that has an impact with people who are taking anglo scottish trains because the departures from edinburgh and glasgow to here at euston, and also to london kings cross, have been cancelled, along with trains, for instance, to manchester airport. elsewhere, things not looking too bad. we have got the linefrom crew to derby closed because of flooding. the biggest problem is going to be here in the south—east on the linefrom might gatwick airport to croydon. that
we are joined from euston station in london by travel journalist simon calder. good morning.? very good question. if you are in scotland there _ the uk? very good question. if you are in scotland there will _ the uk? very good question. if you are in scotland there will not - the uk? very good question. if you are in scotland there will not be i are in scotland there will not be any trains at all until the end of the rush hour. that is because after the rush hour. that is because after the very...
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let's speak to the travel journalist simon calder about all of this .that even all of this. it means that even on non strike days , passengers on non strike days, passengers will disruptive will experience disruptive services. people are just beginning to have to get used to this as the new normal. and i suppose a lot of people just shunning the railways altogether ehhen shunning the railways altogether either. result . either. as a result. >> absolutely. yeah good morning. this is an extremely corrosive dispute, which is causing immense problems to an awful lot of people. so today it's the turn of the north of england. so transpennine express , which is the main intercity operator in the north of england going into southern scotland , as going into southern scotland, as well as northern trains are on strike as a result of that. well, very unfortunately there are simply no trains on those operators elsewhere in the country . there are problems country. there are problems because of an overtime ban, which is continued until next tuesday . um, and then we
let's speak to the travel journalist simon calder about all of this .that even all of this. it means that even on non strike days , passengers on non strike days, passengers will disruptive will experience disruptive services. people are just beginning to have to get used to this as the new normal. and i suppose a lot of people just shunning the railways altogether ehhen shunning the railways altogether either. result . either. as a result. >> absolutely. yeah good morning. this is an...