mainland in more than a decade, has made landfall on the coast of texas. the category 4 storm is expected to bring sustained winds of 130 miles an hour, and up to a metre of rain. president trump has signed a disaster proclamation. the latest short—range missiles launched by north korea have been unsuccessful. the united states military says one missile blew up almost immediately and two failed in flight. the latest firings come during a joint us—south korea military exercise, which has been strongly criticised by pyongyang. and at least 23 people have been killed in violent protests over the rape conviction of a popular religious leader in northern india. a former rock star, who's beenjailed for multiple cases of child abuse, could have been caught years earlier,

if the police had investigated him properly. ian watkins, the lead singer of the band, lost prophets, was sentenced to 29 years in prison four years ago. but an investigation by the independent police complaints commission found that south wales police missed a series of opportunities to stop him. our wales correspondent, sian lloyd reports. a rock star and a hero to his fans across the world, but in private ian watkins was a paedophile, his behaviour was described as "having plumbed the depths of depravity." his sexual interest in children was reported by his former girlfriend. watkins had sent indecent images tojoanne mjadzelics‘ mobile phone, but when she took it to the police, her allegations were not followed up. the police watchdog, the independent police complaints commission, has found officers‘ bias against her meant watkins was able to carry on abusing children. joanne mjadzelics spoke today of the toll it's all taken. she said...

"the ipcc report finally vindicates me and accepts that from the outset i was telling the truth and trying to bring a serious criminal sexual predator to justice." south wales police didn't begin investigating ian watkins until four years after they were tipped off that he was a danger to children. he was arrested during a drugs raid at his home here, in pontypridd. what they then found on his mobile phones and computers showed that those earlier warnings should have been acted on. in all, six people made complaints about watkins. none were followed up. south wales police missed opportunity after opportunity to bring him in for questioning, to arrest him or to bring him tojustice. the force says it's truly sorry for its failings and has introduced wide scale changes. the ipcc has also criticised south yorkshire and bedford police over inaction in investigating watkins.

the singer manipulated fans to get access to his victims, the extent of his abuse may never be known. sian lloyd, bbc news. now it's time for the travel show. this week on the travel show... so we're going to be diving on an archaeological site? yeah, exactly. underwater? exactly. we're swimming back to the bronze age in macedonia. oh, wow. you see all walks of life coming in to get a tattoo, bankers, lawyers, doctors. we're making a lasting mark in singapore. it's art, and it's beautiful art at that. we're taking someone else‘s seat in first class. if someone finds me in an airport and says, hey, catch me if you can, yes, i will switch seats with you. you can take my first or business class seat and i'll go back to wherever you're sitting. i'm going to prepare this how it would have been in the tudor times. and we're taking a bite out

of one of king henry viii's favourite treats. first this week, we're visiting this small country with a big history and sites stating all the way back to the bronze age. people there are hoping that ancient past will pull in today's tourists. we sent amanda ruggieri to lake ohrid in macedonia to find out more. this mostly rural country has drawn people and empires for thousands of years. the ancient persians conquered this area,

so did alexander the great. so i arrived into macedonia late last night. it is a landlocked little country in the balkans, so i drove 3.5 hours through mountains and forests. it was lush, it was absolutely beautiful. but i didn't see a single body of water. until i drove over a hill and found myself here at lake ohrid, one of the most beautiful lakes i think i've ever seen. this is the oldest lake in europe. the area around it is old as well. even the town of ohrid already was a town at the time that king alexander the great was king in the fourth century bc. that ancient history is one of the main reasons visitors love to come here.

most of the tourists want to experience the ancient thing, to see the culture here. what about as a local, as a macedonian, what does the history here mean to you? the history, i actually love the history. at the same time i'm feeling so proud about my history. i've got a sense of this lake's extraordinary history from its surface. hello! hi, nice to meet you. nice to meet you! a little diving today? yes, please. come on. but to really go in search of lake ohrid's ancient roots, i have to get a little wet. you are ready? come on, follow me. so we're going to be diving

on an archaeological site? yeah, exactly. underwater? exactly, exactly. so it's notjust your normal typical everyday dive, it's like something more on top of that. including a lot of interesting artefacts and objects which are more than 3000 years old. we don't have to go far to find traces of 0hrid's ancient history underwater. with the water so still and clear, diving here is so relaxing, but i almost swim right by without even noticing the first artefacts. jovan has to point them out to me. but when i look, i see they look like the stumps of trees. these are wooden pylons that in a stroke of bronze age ingenuity, once held up houses built on a platforms over the water. in fact, archaeologists have found 6000 remains of these wooden pylons in the lake. jovan also points out some other object and it's obvious they aren't

just the normal debris that you would expect to see in the lake bottom. this artefact is probably something used to drink from, all right, so as you can see there is a really small handle right here, ergonomically made, right? sojudging by this, if you can see... can i hold it? please do, careful. wow. you can see some shells around it. still wet from our dive. that's the most perfect little handle! so, it's kind of interesting to see how they used to do these things. you think this would have been a cup to drink out of? most probably, yes, yes. wow. and the last one is the stone axe. this is the front part. you put the stick there or the wooden stick with the handle, and there from behind

you have the part that we've seen underwater. as fascinating as it is to discover, and even touch artefacts from 0hrid's ancient past, it is still difficult to picture what life would have been like here some 3000 years ago. this is where this reconstructed bronze age settlement comes in. called the bay of the bones, the settlement has 2a houses built on a wooden platform over the lake. lake 0hrid and the area are considered so special, they even have been listed as a world heritage site by unesco. and 0hrid has another big draw for visitors around the world, too. the annual 0hrid summer festival has hosted musicians, actors and singers from more than 60 different countries. 0ur concerts are full and this year we have more than 350 artists

playing and acting here. we have 33 concerts, ballet performances, and nine drama shows. the venues used for the 0hrid summer festival are all historic sites. that includes this ancient roman amphitheatre. we have this marvellous stage also in the amphitheatre, made 2000 years before our era. is there is something really special about performing in an amphitheatre like this or in an 11th century church? i think it is because this amphitheatre looks spectacular in the night with 3000 visitors here. also every musician is really excited performing. yes, and the acoustic of saint sofia is really spectacular. i'm sure you will come for some concerts and you will have the opportunity to listen. possibly dating all the way back to the ninth century,

0hrid's church of saint sofia is one of the most important buildings in all of macedonia. today, it's interior is covered with glorious byzantine frescoes, painted between the 11th and 13th centuries. i think that 0hrid is an excellent mix between the ancient history and culture and the programme we do as a festival, and also the culinary and the restaurants and the good food and the good nightlife. i think that everything is important to have a good offer for the tourists. on a night like this, when a pianist is performing here for the festival, the combination of 0hrid's history,

art and music is intoxicating. it is easy to see why locals are hopeful that more and more visitors will fall in love with this area and its history. next on the travel show, let's take another trip back in time, to get a taste of a dish made for one of the most notorious of kings. my name's andrew chan, i'm the head chef at thornbury castle in south gloucestershire. thornbury castle‘s famous for henry viii and anne boleyn. they came here for their honeymoon. today i'll be trying to replicate a dish they would have eaten at that time. i'm going to prepare a dish that could have been had in tudor times. it's south gloucestershire pork cheek with black pudding bonbon, some vegetables and sage. this is gloucester pork. you have the pork cheek. the only meat we're going to take out initially is the cheek. what i'm going to do now is season that. get it into the pan and get some

nice caramelisation on it. in tudor times the food was homely and very moreish. so they would have grown their potatoes, their carrots, their swedes, their parsnips. you get natural sweetness out of the vegetables. and some red wine. pour some red wine in. just plain beef stock. going to pour it so it covers the whole dish. leave it there for like two hours, give or take. i'm making the bonbon. you have your flour, your eggs, your breadcrumbs.

we have our mix so i'm going to make the mix now for you so i'm going to show you the black pudding. put it into a mixing bowl. so from the pork stock you cook your pork cheek. we keep the sauce. that's all left over. reduce it down so it becomes quite sauce consistency. put a tiny amount in. just mix it up into a paste. so it's easy enough to mould. just put them in gently. and all we're going to do is cook these for about a minute so we get a nice golden colour on them. put the apple sauce, the vegetables, black pudding bonbon, south gloucestershire pork cheek and you finish off with a nice little bit of sage. and pork broth. still to come here on this week's travel show...

we're taking someone else‘s seat in first class. if someone finds me in an airport and says, hey, catch me if you can, yes, i will switch seats with you. you can take my first or business class seat and i'll go back to wherever you were sitting. and we're baring almost all in the name of body art. you are not only going to attract more people looking at you, you will also help the wearer to have a better self—confidence. so don't go away. the travel show, your essential guide to wherever you're heading. time now for trending travel, your monthly mash up of the best travel related stories, snacks and videos online. first—class flying is a luxury few of us can afford. but if you see this man at the airport, you could be in for a free upgrade. his name is gilbert 0tt and he's

a travel blogger offering money—saving tips on air travel. he's claimed he will trade his first class or business class seat to anyone who spots him before a flight. if someone finds me at an airport maybe the check—in, the security lane, you know, duty—free, getting some food or even the boarding gate, and they say, hey, catch me if you can, you're that guy, gilbert? yes, i will switch seats with you. you can take my first business class seats and i'll go back to wherever you're sitting. the key here is they find me before i'm on the plane. because once i'm on the plane, that seat is mine. you can keep up—to—date with gilbert's twitter feed where he'll post hints on where you're likely to catch him around the world. the next generation of lunar robots explored a more earthbound location last month. researchers travelled to mount etna, europe's most active volcano to test the machines for project xxx, the robotic exploration of extreme environments. etna's rocky terrain is similar to the moon's.

and like the moon's it's also prone to earthquakes. it is hoped the robots will monitor these lunar quakes and answer questions about the moon's core. closer to home, robots are also helping out passengers at charles de gaulle airport where a robot valet called stan parks your car after you've dropped it off. it then monitors your flight on the way back and has your car ready for you on your return. if the prototype is a success, stand's makers claim this automated procedure will also maximise space in overcrowded car parks. and if you are struggling to find your next holiday destination, you might want to leave it to the team at srprs me. this dutch company has recently launched in the uk and for a fee, they claim they'll book you a mystery break with the destination kept secret until you reach the airport. faced with a choice between city break and backpacking adventure, you're given only the barest idea of what to pack for. and of course, there's always

the risk you could end up going somewhere you've been before. thanks to everyone who's sent us their pictures this month, using the hashtag travel tuesday. here are some of my favourites. karl visited norfolk in the uk when he took this photo of a beautifully lit woodland trail. and kyle has snapped this sunset image of the disney springs in orlando, florida. don't forget to check out our twitter and facebook feeds for extra special travel show content. now let's look at the travel videos clocking up reviews online. 0ne country which has seen record—breaking numbers of tourists in the last year is morocco with over 10 million visitors in 2016. so we've selected a couple of films which show the country at its best that you can also check out online. the film morocco was not a kind of preconceived plan.

it was the result of the month of travel across the country that my wife and i did for our travel blog. this film was made using just one camera at the absolute minimum. ifind people to be less intimidated. when you come in with the crew and large production, itjust changes the environment. although the film shows you some beautiful imagery, it's really nothing compared to experiencing it yourself. don't forget to get in touch. it's @bbc travel show. a couple of years ago on the travel show, i had a preview of the massive new national art gallery in singapore. so what are we looking at here? we are looking at a work by japanese artist who was born in an aristocratic family. it's very visceral with that tiger scowling at us. well, now we're taking a look at a very different kind of singapore art.

you know, it's rare that a lot of our local tattoo community comes together, congregated in one area in one spot. these are very talented individuals and, you know, it's art, and it's beautiful art at that. i guess i'm one of the most well—known tattooists in the world. i've been travelling for about ten years now, tattooing just anybody that i can. it's so intimate. tattooing is really intimate, because you're dealing with touching people and it is one—on—one for so long, it's just an intimate thing. it's overwhelming getting a lot

of attention, you know what i mean? it's hard to focus because ijust want to create good art. super grateful but it's hard. what i've noticed about singapore in general, it's not very heavily tattooed. but walking around the streets, i didn't see a lot of tattoos on lower limbs where you can see it, or necks and faces and stuff. so that was really interesting because everywhere i go everyone is really heavily tattooed. this is a very significant event for the tattooing community, especially in singapore. we've come up from an era of back in the day where tattoos might have had a bit of negative connotation. there are still a few barriers and the stigma is still kind of there.

so doing an event like this is reallyjust trying to remove all that. the people in singapore associate tattooing with negativity like being a triad and mostly bad stuff. but now we are opening up, you see all walks of life coming in to get a tattoo, bankers, lawyers, doctors, you know. people are opening up to it quite a lot more and i think that's a good thing. category four. $50. we are looking for the quality of work. the points are given in each individual details. for example, for colours,

we make sure they are bright and solid and the blends are smooth. for black and grey, of course we're looking at the design, the depth, the detail. the individual creation from the artist. to me, every single tattoo design is between the client and the artist. that should be the way that we are looking at it. a good tattoo on the individual body, you're not only going to attract more people looking at you, you will also help the wearer to have a better self—confidence. unfortunately, i have never been

satisfied for the things i've done. as long as my client likes it, they are happy about it for many years, it is fine with me. the greatest part of going to conventions is i am able to draw tattoos all over the world, my name, and a piece of myself, my soul, and it lives there until the person passes, you know. and that's it for this week's travel show, but coming up next

week: carmen begins becoming a journey through japan. tackling the flavours that locals love but visitors might find a bit of a challenge. a bit like an oyster, really salty but the consistency... bleugh! join us next week for that if you can, but if you can't wait until then, sign up to our social media feeds. the details are on the screen now. but from me, henry golding, and the rest of the travel show team here in singapore, it is goodbye. hello.

the uk weekend weather coming up in a moment, but first of all, what a night in texas. dealing with a major hurricane that once it comes in, is going to hang around for several days. i want to show you the rainfall from that. bright colours showing the intensity of that rain, continuing into saturday, sunday, monday and perhaps even beyond. it will be potentially catastrophic with possible life—threatening floods. we will keep you updated on hurricane harvey. this is the picture for the uk this weekend. quite a benign outlook, the chance of a shower especially on saturday. a few showers from the word go in scotland, heavy ones in the north—east, working through parts of northern england. that will clear away. in the afternoon, perhaps a sharp shower and a rumble of thunder. one or two about in northern england. most places avoiding it and staying dry. variable cloud and sunny spells.

high teens, low 20s for most areas, some places reaching high 20s. for the england women's rugby world cup final, temperatures coming down a little bit with sunny spells during the day. saturday evening and night, showers fading away. clearer skies on saturday night. missed and fog developing. temperatures may be a bit lower than friday night. this is how sunday morning starts. sunday promising to be a fine day largely across the board. some cloud across northern scotland, patchy outbreaks of rain. it may filter into other parts of north—west scotland. for most places, variable cloud, sunny spells and temperatures high teens into the low teens. some places into their mid— 20s especially in the south of england.

on monday, the weather system coming in producing rain in scotland and northern ireland. gales in the far north. the best of the sunshine across the south—east. highest temperatures, quite a range on monday. a bank holiday where you are. cold and fresh towards parts of the north, very warm in the south—east. turning cooler by the time we get to tuesday. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and rachel burden. a man found with a knife outside buckingham palace is arrested under the terrorism act. two police officers were injured as they tackled the suspect after spotting the weapon in his car. good morning, it's saturday 26th august. also this morning: hurricane harvey hits texas, the biggest storm the us has faced in more than a decade.

thousands of residents have been fleeing from their homes. winds of up to 130 mph have begun to move onshore. catastrophic flooding is being predicted.