tv The Travel Show BBC News February 4, 2017 10:30am-11:01am GMT
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feel cloudy, cold and some will feel cloudy, cold and some sunny spells. showers around eastern western coasts with single figure temperatures. hello — this is bbc news. the headlines at 10.30am: a federaljudge in seattle has ordered that president trump's ban on travel from seven predominantly muslim countries should be lifted immediately across the us. judge robart‘s decision, effective immediately, effective now, puts a halt to president trump's unconstitutional and unlawful executive order. the executive order establishes a process to develop new vetting and mechanisms to ensure those coming into america love and support our people. three people have been arrested
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by police investigating the alleged misuse of electronic tags used to monitor criminals. french authorities say they believe the man who tried to attack the louvre museum in paris yesterday is a 29—year—old egyptian man. labour say they'd legislate to limit future price hikes by the energy companies. now on bbc news — the travel show. this week on the travel show, i had to brunei to check out the words largest floating town. hello. ade is in london to find out why so many nightclubs are closing down. bingo. i'm mixing. it kind of looks like a spare part that has fallen off a stormtrooper. and tommy plays around with the latest in travel gadgets. for many, london is a dream destination.
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it is a city steeped in a rich history and maybe that is why it's the most visited city in europe. but is it still top when it comes to it's nightlife? in the last five years, an estimated a0 club venues have closed their doors in london and that has got promoters worried. some of the most iconic nightspots have simply gone. so, is london even up there any more when it comes to number one clubbing destinations worldwide? i would describe as the most diverse clubbing scene in the world, as opposed to the leading or the best. i think the reason for that is you have other cities in the world, for example, berlin, where clubbing is supported by the local authorities a little bit more positively, you could say the same for amsterdam as well. however, saying that, there is still a very strong dance music scene in london. ministry of sound is celebrating 25 years. i can't believe it. i came here in the early days.
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this place started off as a small club in a derelict garage and it has since become a massive global brand. in fact, at one stage, it owned the biggest independent record label in the world, selling over 70 million records. hey. ministry of sound was london's first ever super club. it has survived a number of attempts to shut it down. justin berkman is one of the founders. he is also one of its resident djs. i am in good hands with this dj lesson. you have got your volume controls here, you have got your highs, mids and lows, your base knob. give it a little bit of sibilance. strip that out, bring that down. with the technology today, it gives you much more flexibility to take risks and do things you could not deal in the old days with vynal.
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could you put a classic opera track with some hip—hop? yes. beethoven wrote most of his music in 120 bpm. he was one of the first house djs. he knew what he was talking about, he dropped beats. a lot of his stuff was dance music speed. all right, let's do this then. one, two, three, four. two, two, three, four. bingo. i'm mixing. now time to see if all that training has worked. it is the moment of truth. i tell you what i will say, it is very loud in here. i am in a dj box with gavin mitchell, he is the resident dj and promoter for the gallery, which takes place every friday night at the club.
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now, fortunately, it is still early, so the pressure is off a little bit and i am getting the hang of things. by the end of the night, i've got the house rocking. ministry of sound almost closed following the development of a 41 story tower of flats just yards from the entrance. but thanks to the power of the ministry brand and its finances, the club has been saved to rave another day. i think all clubs have their nemesis moment where there comes something along that wants to close it. it is usually residents and it is the balance between a city and the fact that it needs some form of entertainment. you cannot have one without the other, because a city full of bedrooms is no fun.
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you have to have nightclubs, you have to have restaurants, you have to have bars, you have to have entertainments. last year, fabric nightclub, one of the biggest in london, was forced to shut down. it was stripped of its licence and faced permanent closure after the drug—related deaths of two teenagers. it has since reopened after the local council agreed to strict new licensing conditions, including an over 19s policy and id scanners at the entry to the venue. when fabric was temporarily closed, a lot of people saw that as a very worrying sign. it looked like the authorities were not classifying dance music or nightlife culture as something of a priority. when they changed their mind following the public response, not only did it show how important this culture is to people, it also showed that the authorities are actually beginning to take that seriously. fabric‘s survival has been seen as a boost to the london clubbing scene and while development isn't the only factor why so many clubs are closing down, there are other things to contend with, like lifestyle changes, high entry prices, inflated costs of drinks inside nightclubs
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and early closing times. but one london underground club is aiming to diversify its brand. the boiler room are turning to technology by creating the first virtual reality nightclub in the uk. this is the oculus rift. kevin molloy is from a company called inception vr. they are one of only a few companies in the capital at the forefront of virtual reality content. he's bringing club nights to your living room war, or in my case, an office in north london. going to one of these super clubs in ibiza is something that maybe you get to do on an occasional holiday, but it is not something anyone can just do at any moment. we identified it as one of the places where it could be great if you could go there even when you were able. if we can take people and put them in the middle of amnesia in ibiza, in the middle of a dj set and have
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them experience what that is like... so, sally from basingstoke can end up going to amnesia and having it large in herfront room. absolutely, that is the plan. i will put this on. the way it works, you put on a vr headset and, depending on how good it is, your brain will be tricked into believing you are in a 3—d world. there are loads of things floating in front of me. now, i'm told it is all about the stereoscopic display, which is ultimately 360 degree views, which allows you to move left, right, up or down, as if you were there. iam in ibiza now, ithink. it feels that you can touch... oh yes. right now, i am in a club on the beach in ibiza. i am loving this. i am dancing with spaceships in the air. i love this.
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it's too freaky, it's too freaky. that is such a bizarre experience. you really feel like you're there and ibiza has changed. since when has there been aliens in ibiza? the question is, can virtual reality clubbing be something that will ever overtake the real clubbing experience? everything has got these potential positives and negatives. if you look injapan, there are hundreds of thousands of kids living at home, never gone out of the house, because they can experience life from their computer. that is the first step toward the matrix. it is both a good thing and a bad thing. ade exploring the changing face of the london club scene. here is a rundown of some other great clubbing destinations around the world.
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green valley is a brazilian clubbing landmark. the south american mega— club in santa catarina has come a long way since its early days, when it started life as a rave tent. now the club boasts impressive laser shows, c02 cannons and several whopping sound systems. and a massive man—made lake. ibiza has been long known as the destination of clubbing holiday hotspots for partygoers. amnesia is perhaps the most famous venue on the island, founded back in the 70s on the site of an old farm, the historic venue hasn't lost any of its magic. finally, on the other side of the world, to the gangnam district in seoul, where octagon has gained a reputation as the place to party in south korea. this nightclub is now pulling big name international djs and fashionable millenials with its upfront house vibe. next up on the travel show,
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we are trying a delicacy found in the finest of restaurants. native oysters from the british isles are some of the best in the world. we have tracked down where many of them come from, galway bay on the west coast of ireland. this is the heart of the oyster bed. the wild oysters here, you see them here, the native flat oyster, they have come from the wild oyster fishery out here. there are 800 acres of wild oyster fishery. the fishermen go out there in the winter months, november and december and fish them off the beds. we buy them and we put them in our own bed here, where they develop their own unique flavour and they get that from the fresh water coming
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in from the fields of athenry and we have the burren to the south and we have connemara to the north, so you have wonderful textures and flavours in the oysters when they develop. so, these oysters, we are taking them up and they will be brought over to the packing shed where they will be sorted and graded and packed into the baskets and they are heading off to london. in 36 hours they will be on restaurant tables over there. you really have very fresh, good quality from the west of ireland. some people like to eat them, they love to put a drop of tabasco or a squeeze of lemon or a crack of black pepper or even horseradish and tomato sauce, but because they are so good here and the flavours are so good, we just eat them naturally.
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squeeze the knife in here, we pop the shell and we slide it back and cut the muscle to release the top shell. there we have a beautiful native wild flat oyster from galway bay. take a nice smell and savour the flavour and the taste and a sip of thejuice. slide it in. delicious. i could stay here all day eating this. still to come here on the travel show... i head to brunei to check out the largest floating town in the world. plus, tommy tries on some of the latest travel must haves with his global gadgets. so, stick with us. tommy here with your
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global gadgets round—up and today we are in hertfordshire at the snow centre just outside london. people often ask me, tommy, what have you done for me recently? what have you done for me? i tell you what i am about to do, i am about to potentially save your life with this. enter the enter the mammut ultralight, with its removable airbag system in a backpack. without the air canister, this pack is nearly race weight and it comes in under two kilograms when all topped up, that means you might not have the sacrifice much speed for the additional avalanche safety. the compressed air system is the third model mammut have made and they say it is a proven design that has been credited with saving lives in the field. this is obviously the kind of case made for people who are going to be
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visiting extreme conditions, but here is the problem, the canister inside here that blows up the air to save you in an avalanche, cannot be taken on planes because of regulations and, on top of that, it takes up so much space inside the bag that it leaves very little room for shovel blades or a pickaxe. if that is not a problem for you, then you will love the design, you can feel it is really robust and a potential life—saver. so, as well as potentially being here to save your life, i'm also here to make sure you can be both hot and cool when ever you want to be. and you can, with this. it is the gzt. this odd and futuristic looking contraption is ultimately an electric scarf. its makers claim by directing warmt onto your neck that it helps moderate the temperature of your entire body. yeah, i know, it kind of looks like a spare part that has fallen off a stormtrooper, but what this is trying to do is actually really good. it warms you up when you are on the slopes and cools you down if you are in a hotter climate.
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but it is the way it does it that doesn't work for me. having it round your neck feels really restrictive and it is rather bulky, and that is the last thing you want when you are out and about and being active. pretty little smart watches are everywhere, but the makers of this one claim it is the daddy of smart watches, because it is chunky and robust and it can also save your life if you are stranded at sea or on the side of a mountain. this is ultimately a smart watch that looks like a high end runner‘s watch. the makers say they wanted to create something a bit different for the surf and ski fans with its design which comes in three different colours. the big sell here is the fact that this watch has gps tracking. it can also track all your ski sessions and will even update the weather forecast for you via the android app. there are lots of smart watches to choose from, you know that. this one isn't sleek, it isn't slim and that is why it can receive a fair bit of criticism, but that is what i like about
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it, it is big, bold. it is a bit like me. you know what i really like? people with warm souls. i have a warm soul, in fact i have two of them, because i have the digit soles in my shoes right now which not only keep my feet warm, they also track my steps and tell me how many calories i am burning. i'm burning right now. the digit sole uses bluetooth to connect to an app on ios or android. from there, you can adjust the temperature on each foot and see statistics on your walking. it is not the most elegant app in the world but you probably won't care much as you walk around just thinking about how toasty your toes are. it takes about three hours to charge these in full and from that you'll get six to nine hours worth of use. perfect for a whole day on the slopes. the only thing is, it is just another thing to plug in, so before you go to bed you have to plug in your phone, your tablet, and finally, i'm off to visit one
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of the largest floating villages in the world. houses built on stilts can be found across southeast asia, raised a few feet from the ground to protect them from flooding. but the village i am about to see is on a scale that is hard to match. it is in brunei, a small country on the island of borneo. the capital of bandar seri begawan has all the trappings of your average modern city. but if you venture a little bit further out of town, you will come across a way of life that is a lot more traditional. along the brunei river lies kampong ayer. it is made up of 4000
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stilted buildings and over 18 miles of walkways. to get over to the floating village over there you have to take these water taxis which only cost one bruneian dollar and it is very choppy this little body of water, it is a channel almost, there is a lot of wind. a lot of these whitecaps, as you can see. bruneians have been living on the water for over 1000 years. kampong ayer itself goes back at least six centuries. as head villager, haji ahmed haji bujang is an authority on the community.
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do you see a new generation of bruneians coming to live here, to keep up the traditions? kampong ayer is said to be home to 30,000 people, most of whom are fishermen and craftspeople, but if the community is going to survive, it is going to have to attract a new generation. to entice people, the government has built these stilted houses from concrete. this, a new bridge, which will dramatically cutjourney times into the capital. these houses kind of overlook the old kampong, the old village, all made of old timber and that metal grate on top.
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i think i'm more interested in heading over there and seeing what it has to offer. the older section of the village still features plenty of wooden buildings and walkways, it is not as pristine as the modern section, but it has its own charm. i'm going to learn about one of the crafts that have been practised here for centuries. this little boat builder has been going at it for a few generations now. i'm keen to see exactly what kind of techniques he uses and how he does it. hello. wow. what a beautiful boat. you made this? so big. so, is there anything i can do
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to help you finish the boat? 0k. how many generations of your family have been in the industry? just like that, fits perfectly. after spending a day here at kampong ayer, i can actually see a lot of change happening in the nearfuture. i do hope they keep some of this old world charm, it is such an attraction for people who have never seen a floating village of this size. well, that's it for this week.
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join us next week if you can, when in the run—up to st valentine's day... if you touch it with both hands, you're going to be in love and married within six months. chris is at a matchmaking festival in the west of ireland where people go to be swept off their feet. if you can't wait a whole week for your next travel fix then you canjoin as in real time by sending to our social media feeds. all of the details are on the bottom of your screens now. from me, henry golding, and the rest of the travel show team here in brunei, it is goodbye. good morning. it has been a chilly
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start across many areas this morning but much of the uk is looking ahead toa but much of the uk is looking ahead to a fine day. some sunshine coming through, patchy cloud from lucy in worcester this morning. sunshine and showers scattered about in lancashire this morning. more blue skies than cloud in that picture. an area of low pressure producing stormy weather in france pushing rain into south—east england first thing. low pressure giving wet and windy weather in scotland, becoming confined to northern scotland. the higher you go the more likely you are to see snow. gales in northern scotland. many places looking dry this afternoon. here is the picture at three o'clock. more southern and eventually the central belt of scotla nd eventually the central belt of scotland drying up. the odd shower in northern ireland, one or two in the pennines. manchester, sheffield, leeds and birmingham having a lovely
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afternoon. cloud increasing and western parts of wales and eventually to south—west england more showers, some could be on the heavy side later this afternoon. the rain we have at the moment in south—east england and east anglia clearing away gradually. some of us getting sunshine. the rain clearing from murrayfield to leave a dry afternoon and it will be a dry evening at twickenham. quite chilly under clear skies are many areas will see a frost setting into. here is how it's looking for a selection of english premier league games this afternoon. dry weather dominates here. the picture tonight, yes, things turning chilly under clear skies and a frost developing. the wet weather in northern scotland players but further showers to western parts of scotland. england and wales seeing a band of rain. as those temperatures drop, with a bit of wet weather here and there, there isa of wet weather here and there, there is a risk of things turning a bit icy on untreated surfaces and some patchy fog developing, more tomorrow morning. some of that may be slow to
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clear, where it stays cloudy, more so in england and wales it will feel colder. showers on the north sea coast, western coastal parts of the uk also. but many places again will have a dry day for sunday. in scotla nd have a dry day for sunday. in scotland more places will be dry and sunny compared to today, single figure temperatures once again. widespread frost on sunday night and into monday morning. you can see what's coming on monday, another area of low pressure. more rain coming from the atlantic spreading east. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: a usjudge issues a temporary block on president trump's ban on travellers from seven countries. george and's decision, effective immediately, effective now, put a halt to president trump's and constitutional and unlawful
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executive order. i signed executive order. isigned an executive order. i signed an executive order to help keep terrorists out of our country. police investigate claims security workers were paid by convicts to deliberately loosely fit electronic ankle tags. french authorities say a man who tried to attack the louvre yesterday is an egyptian, who came to paris from dubai on a tourist visa eight days ago. also in the next hour: planning to transform the north of england. labour say they'd legislate to limit future price hikes
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