theresa may's leadership — saying mrs may displays a "timidity and lack of ambition about the government which constantly disappoints. " in a tweet, nick boles mentions thejohn worboys case, the housing crisis and nhs funding, adding: "time to raise your game, prime minister." church bells and music venues in england are to be offered extra protection against attempts to silence them by people living in newly—built housing nearby. the government is changing planning guidance so that long—standing, but noisy, community facilities won't have to make expensive changes because of complaints from new neighbours. instead, housing developers will be responsible for addressing any noise issues during construction. time for the weather now with phil avery. it's sort of day when you really need a forecast because there's such a mishmash of whether going on across the british isles. it's bright across the north—east of england and much of scotland, some winteriness and showers further to the north. northern ireland, after a dank start, you're brightening up quite nicely to the afternoon. the greater part

of england and wales, save for the very far south—west, leaden skies, it's on the cool side and there's bits and pieces of rain and drizzle around. it's quite windy across that south—west quarter. cramming in a lot of weather today. we simplify it for a time overnight because the rain quits the scene. things turn chilly yet again, quite a widespread frost across northern and eastern areas. but back towards the south—west, a new set of weather fronts bring in cloud and wind and rain and through sunday, this is a more meaningful conversion of rain into snow. you can see the extent of it, there. notjust to high ground either, that can be disruptive to travel plans across the northern half of the british isles but it's much milder in the south, so no problems here with snow or ice. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: the us government grinds to a halt on the first anniversary of president trump's inauguration — as the senate fails to agree on a budget to fund many public services. british tourists are warned to stay in their resorts, in jamaica's montego bay,

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to australia's northern territory and one of the most iconic sites in the world — uluru. the giant monolith attracts more than a quarter of a million visitors each year. for many of them, climbing to the top is something of a rite of passage. but for the indigenous people of central australia, anangu the rock means much more.

as well as being an important place for tourists, uluru is a sacred site. at the moment, tourist are allowed to go up to the peak, but all of that's about to change. at the end of 2017, the people who manage uluru, in conjunction with its anangu owners, made a landmark decision to ban tourists from climbing the rock. the 600 million—year—old rock is at the heart of anangu culture. they believe that touching the red sandstone is a way of communicating with the gods and it's the basis of their creation stories.

it's almost like a law and it's really something that is so integral, so important to anangu and those very stories are based in locations around uluru. so, why was the decision made in the first place to ban the climb? a couple of reasons, primarily because anangu don't want to see people climbing, for cultural reasons. but there's also has been a significant number fatalities on the climb. they do get very sad, whenever anyone gets injured or dies and there have been more than 35 people that have died. the ban won't come into force until october 2019 and until then, tourists can continue to climb on days when the weather isn't too extreme. the base of the route has a number of signs asking tourists to respect anangu wishes not to climb, but many people ignore these. while the decision has been welcomed by many in the local area, not everyone in the northern territory

is supportive of the ban. i get the local indigenous people, i get where they're coming from, but i think it's a shame, because it's a fantastic place to visit. i think it's a good thing, because, like, you know, people go up and they get hurt and the government spends a lot of time and energy rescuing people. yeah, that's a big issue. i mean, it costs a lot of money to get to central australia, as you know, so if you're diminishing the experience, then i think it's got to impact somewhere. so, will the closure of the climb have a negative impact on tourist numbers visiting uluru? left foot in the stirrup, here. just throw your legs through nice and gently. to keep visitors coming, local tourism bosses are working hard to show there are other ways to experience the rock. here we go. hey! holy moly.

uluru camel tours takes people out into the desert here, it gives them a great camel experience. it's all about people connecting to nature and with the outback and what better way to do it, than on the back of a camel? just relax, let your body go with the flow. don't try to tempt your body up. they're environmentally friendly, they browse on 85% they've got big, flat feet, so they don't actually chop the ground up, they're a low—impact animal, and they can go months without water, so they don't have to hang around a water source and eat all the vegetation out. wow. unbelievable. you never get sick of that, do you? the views from the vantage point are pretty breathtaking. for chris, the decision to ban the climb is welcome. look, i think closing the climb has been long overdue and it's been something that's been talked about for many, many years. for myself, will it affect tourism, out here? i don't think so. i think it will still bring more numbers. i think it willjust give people

a better understanding about the anangu stories out here and also the culture. as well as established activities like camel rides and cycling tours, new attractions are being introduced to encourage tourists to keep coming. and most popular of them all comes to life at sunset. bruce munro's field of light installation is designed to embody the energy, heat and brightness of the desert landscape. what a way to finish my trip here at uluru. there's 50,000 lightbulbs here, glowing and it all looks like iridescence and, sort of, water. the work was originally installed in 2016 and was only supposed to stay in place for a year. but due to the huge popularity of the piece, it will now be here until the end of 2020.

a clear sign that uluru remains confident and can continue to attract tourists long after the ban comes into force in october 2019. now, while many people get their travel inspiration these days online, some of us still prefer to gaze at a map or a globe, to pick our next destination. so, we headed to london to meet some of the last people working in the intricate art of handcrafted globe making. there's something about globes that's sort of inspiring and sometimes looking at them, when i'm practising, to make, i wonder what it's like in that specific part of the world. they're quite special. i'm still learning how to make them.

i was surprised by the complexity of the process. you don't quite realise how difficult it truly is. every single piece of the globe is on show. so every single bit has to be finished perfectly. you need to have a lot of persistence, a lot of patience. it takes a lot of concentration and willpower. you just fail so badly, when you first have a go. at one stage, i was probably over £100,000 into the project and i still hadn't worked out how to make a globe. and ijust had to crack on with it and understand that if i did it enough times, potentially, it might work and thankfully, it did. the difficult part that, fundamentally to me, took a long time to work out,

is how to stretch a flat piece of paper onto a sphere and to do that without tearing the paper, wrinkling the paper, making it obvious it's been done. and that's really, really difficult. slowly, i started to learn how to be patient with myself and just understanding the process. but i've definitely become a little bit more of a perfectionist, purely because of the standard that is required. i think everyone's fascinated by globes from an early age. it's the answer to so many questions, it's something you can interact with, all the time. when i see one i have at home, i, literally, look at it every single time i go into the house and i spin it every single time, without fail. i think the perfect globe is something with character, something with meaning. people can add little things, to the little illustrations or highlighted areas of places

in the world that mean a lot to them. definitely makes people understand where they fit in in the world. when you first see a globe and you first get pointed out that you live on a little speck of land surrounded by ocean, it makes you... it puts thousands of questions into your head and it often makes you think about how we should be really careful about how we use the planet — things like that. a globe allows you to understand. to mexico city next, where you'll find amazing street food, pretty much everywhere. our global gourmet has been to meet one man whose culinary creation has been causing something of a stir.

still to come on the travel show... we meet the filmmaker who turns mountains into miniatures in trending travel. and what does it take to work as a croc wrangler in one of australia's most stunning national parks? so, stick with us for that. the travel show: your essential guide, wherever you're headed. it's time for trending travel: your monthly mash up of the very best travel—related stories, pics and clips online. founded in 2015, the website accomable lists holiday accommodation for travellers with accessibility requirements. each listing includes photos and in—depth information on all adaptations. but with awareness around accessible travel growing,

the company has been taken over by airbnb. they say they plan to incorporate accomable‘s listings of services accomable‘s listings and services into their own platform, later this year. i really believe that other companies are going to take notice of this and try to help the disabled community more, on the basis that this is a genuine market opportunity that should be ta ken seriously. loads of us love to see some exotic animals, when we travel. but getting too close can have harmful consequences. the charity world animal protection has launched a wildlife selfie code with the aim of discouraging tourists from posing with wild animals. they say many of the animals are kept in inhumane conditions. and instagram have followed suit, advising its users against sharing these kind of images. if you can hug, hold or have a selfie taken with a wild animal, the chances are that that wild animal will have experienced terrible cruelty, at some point in its life. say no to that selfie.

there are ways you can have a fantastic wildlife experience and finding a good responsible tour operator is a great start. check out the world animal protection website for more information. and people from around the world have shared video applications to a party on board a plummeting aircraft. next month, 16 winners, including two winners from every continent, will travel to germany to board a modified a310 plane, used to simulate weightlessness. their mission — to bust some moves in a zero—gravity nightclub. boasting three headline djs the clubbing is expected to last an exhilirating and stomach—turning 90 minutes. thank you to everyone who sent us their pictures from their travels using the hash tag travel tuesday. here's what caught my eye. elizabeth shared this night—time glimpse of dubai. while ashish took this

picture of sky over mehrangarh fort in india. don't forget to check out our twitter and facebook pages for loads of extra special travel show content that you won't see any where else. 0k, here are the travel videos we've been viewing this month. youtube channel little big world turns epic views and towering cityscapes into miniature. all through trick photography. we spoke to the creator, joerg daiber, to find out how it's done. a tilted effect creates a shallow depth of field, which tricks the eye into believing this is actually a micro photography, making it look like it would be a tiny little miniature. there are a few other things you may want to do to, kind of, sell the effect, shooting from a high angle with a wide angle lens. 0r adding contrast and saturation in post—production. i believe that the world would be, sort of, a better place if people wouldn't take themselves so seriously. basically, we are tiny bugs

and if only a few people get this message, my work is done. you can check out his channel for more videos viewable in glorious 4k. jaunty music. and if you see anything you think we should know about, please do get in touch. you can find us on twitter. finally this week, how would you like to be in charge of a park encompassing more than 2,000 types of plant and an incredible 10,000 crocodiles? for many, it's a dream job. and when kakadu national park put out a job advert for a new park manager, it caused a global stir. so, what does it take to run a park of this size? we caught up with steve wroe, the current park manager on one

of his last days on the job. every day is different and that's what makes the job so interesting. tourism is a big part of it, so working to make sure that tourist sites are as good as they can be. there's a lot of interaction with wildlife. two weeks ago, one of the rangers called me up and they'd caught a crocodile in a trap and they'd tapped up its snout. and they told me as park manager i had to sex the croc. isaid, "well, what does that involve?" and basically, i had to stick a finger into a slit on its underside and determine its gender. we put a pretty quirkyjob ad out there, which was looking for a ceo, a part—time croc wrangler. it has had a huge amount of interest

from around the world. it really went viral, to use that term and we had people from europe and america all, sort of, interested in the role. it's one of those jobs... you see a job ad sometimes and it says "unique opportunity", and it's a bit of an empty cliche. but this one is certainly unique. there's not a job like it in the world. so it's pretty amazing. primarily, this is aboriginal land, so the traditional owners of the land have leased it back to us, as the federal government, and we, jointly with them, manage the national park. the size of the park is enormous. 20,000 square kilometres. to put that into context, that's about the size of wales or half the size of switzerland. and with a workforce of about 75 people and they're extremely busy maintaining the park. we have a large influx of visitors in the dry season, particularly,

in the middle of the year, may through october. and so our rangers are doing biodiversity work, conservation work, operational staff and making sure that our visitors are kept safe and having a great time. a third of all australian bird species live within kakadu. we've got 60 different kinds of mammals. really diverse landscapes, as well. we've got beautiful stone country, that rock's 1.5 billion years old, which is one of the oldest rocks in the world. on that rock is 20,000—year—old rock art. we're living amongst a 65,000—year—old culture, so it's the oldest living culture in the world. and just immersing yourself in that is amazing. for me, the big challenge going forward is tourism and growing tourist numbers, because there's a uranium mine leased within the park and that mine is closing down at the end of 2020. that obviously provides a large

amount of income and also sustains the town of jabiru. finding a sustainable alternative source of revenue for the town, to keep people employed and services open is a really important thing, so we're working really closely with the traditional owners and the northern territory government to look at how tourism can replace mining as a source of revenue and sustain the park. i would say the biggest challenge is ensuring that tourism grows into the future, but continuing to work with the traditional owners, as well, making sure that their needs are met and aspirations are realised, as well. applications are now closed for the next lucky ka kadu croc wrangler. as workplaces go, it doesn't get much more stunning than this. i'm afraid that's all the time

we have time for this week. coming up next week: joe heads to israel to find out how these huge sinkholes have become the latest attraction for travellers at the dead sea. it's such a lot to take in, because it's devastation, but it's also quite beautiful, isn't it? it is beautiful. don't forget, you can follow us wherever we are in the world byjoining our social media feeds. details are your screen now. from me and the rest of the tavel show team here in australia, it's goodbye. hello, once again.

it's not unusual to have a real mishmash of weather across the british isles at this time of year, and we certainly have one through the rest of the day. across the northern parts, mainly scotland and the north—east of england, it's still that wintry look to proceedings. sunshine, yes, sunshine, no further south. northern ireland, a greater part of england and wales, you're stuck close to a weather front, so a real contrast in fortunes. still some winteriness about the showers across the north of scotland, elsewhere drier, fine and sunny. elsewhere dry, fine and sunny. look at the temperatures at lunchtime, one, two, three degrees or so. similar sort of prospect in the north—east of england. come back towards northern ireland, right through the greater part of england and wales, its on the cold side, leaden skies, dank and drizzly affair. may be a bit of winteriness about proceedings here across the high ground of wales

and into the peaks as well. maybe across towards east anglia as well in the more intense downpours of rain. much of this light and patchy for the most part. it remains windy across the far south—west. much milder here, as you will see in just a second. and there's a chance of some sunshine here but elsewhere for the greater part of england and wales, it is a three, four, five afternoon and leaden skies, and as i say, drizzly and chill to go with it all. further north, some sunshine, one, two, three degrees only. far too late in the day we will get rid of that rain down towards the near content, keeping the supply of showers going across the north. and into that cold reservoir of air we push another frontal system from the atlantic. it stays pretty mild across this south—western quarter, but we have a real issue looming for sunday morning. snow and ice, because as the rain falls into that cold air, i'm sure you know what's coming next, we are going to convert some of that rain into snowfall. i highlighted scotland and northern england. it isn't just there, but as we get that moisture up and over the peaks and the pennines getting

into the high ground of scotland, and then not necessarilyjust on the high ground but to quite low levels in the east we could find two or three centimetres of snow lying for a time through the afternoon until we roll a little bit more in the way of warmth. it is only a a little bit but it is enough to flick that equation back from snow to rain. then we will begin to see the first signs of the mild air beginning to win out, which it does as we start the new week. but it will be a wet and windy start for a time across the southern counties of both england and wales. this is bbc news. the headlines at eleven: the us national government shuts down after senators fail to agree on spending a year to the day after president trump's inauguration. what we have just witnessed on the floor is a cynical decision by senior democrats. the blame should crash entirely on president trump's shoulders. british tourists injamaica's

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