bits and pieces of rain for ireland, bits and pieces of rain for the rest of the afternoon, and a chance across some western areas. one or two spots in the south have a fairamount of one or two spots in the south have a fair amount of cloud. further east, a better chance of staying dry. through the evening and overnight, pushing that figure band of cloud ever further towards the east. too late in the day, after dark, the skies are clear. temperatures when fall away very much, quite a close night in the south, 15 below in the london area. a dry enough style for all as they get into monday. the cloud thickens across these western areas yet again and again there is just a chance of a little bit of rain coming through. top temperature, and warmer one in the south—east, 25. this is bbc news, our latest headlines: the prime minister announces an extra £20 billion a year, in real terms for the nhs, labour says it's not enough. we're making the nhs our priority, we're putting a significant amount of extra money into it.

we need to make sure that money is spent wisely. we're saying you can go further and if the government made the taxation changes we are prepared to make, you could be giving even more to the nhs. so, labour would be spending more on the nhs than the tories. there are calls for a change in the law, after a boy with severe epilepsy was allowed to be treated with an illegal form of cannabis oil. the home secretary acted, after billy caldwell was admitted to hospital with extreme seizures. the hundreds of migrants rescued off the libyan coast have now arrived in spain. their plight has sparked a row between european union member states over who should accept them. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week's show: i meet the new robot helping to keep beaches clean here in thailand. i'm cleaning the beach! we travel to the most crowded island in the world.

you asked for a seven—storey bronze statue of yourself. ade tries his hand at comedy improv in new york. it's beautiful, man. and we go behind the scenes at the lab that looks after priceless old masters in florence. we're starting this week in thailand, a country with over 2,000 kilometres of coastline, and every year, millions of tourists come here to enjoy its tropical sandy beaches. but some of those tourists are having an impact on the marine environment.

they are the ones who leave their rubbish behind when they've finished their day at the beach. and it seems that smokers are among some of the worst offenders. so much so that thai authorities have now introduced a smoking ban at some of the country's most popular beaches. it is now illegal to smoke at 2a beaches across the country, and if you're caught smoking or dropping cigarette butts, you risk a fine of up to 100,000 thai baht - that's over £2,000 — and a year in prison. i have come to songkhla in the south of thailand to find outjust how big the problem with cigarette butts is. yupa was part of a team which sampled different beaches around thailand to count the number of cigarettes. this beach in songkhla was found to have more than anywhere else in the country. wow, that's a lot.

is that normal? normal. almost all cigarette butts contain plastic and take years to decompose. on the beaches where smoking is banned, there are designated areas where people can smoke and dispose of their cigarette ends responsibly. anybody caught smoking or dropping cigarettes outside of the zones risks punishment. cleaning up thailand's beaches has

become a priority for a network of volunteers called trash heroes. the group operates in 35 cities across the country. yupa started a branch here in songkhla, after she was shocked by the rubbish problem, following some time working away. the first time that i came back to my home i said, "what happened with my hometown? why is it like this? everywhere is full of the trash." itjust made me think, i must do something for my hometown. so much plastic! yupin runs weekly cleanup sessions, and people of all ages and tourists

are encouraged tojoin in. a cigarette lighter! cleaning the beaches of trash and tiny pieces of cigarettes seems an unending task. but the trash heroes here could soon have some help. why do we need a beach robot here? because there is too much trash. this place, where i grew up, so many tourists come to this beach, but if the beach gets dirty, no—one will want to come. so, i started this project. how does it actually work? the robot is digging in the sand about five centimetres deep. shaking to separate the sand and move the trash into the back. how much rubbish do you actually collect?

if we do about 80 metres, we get about four kilograms of trash. four kilograms in 80 metres! ok, i'm dying to have a go, to control it. sure. easy control. forward and backwards, ok. turn left and right. this is the controller speed. if you push this down, it is digging in the sand. this is great. i'm cleaning the beach! dr a and his team are working on a second prototype that will separate the shells out from the trash. at the moment that has to be done by hand. it is so satisfying to see so much rubbish coming in. so many children come and watch it. and after i take the robot into the truck, they started to pick up trash by themselves.

that's a good result. there's a big focus here on getting the next generation to think differently about how they treat the country's beaches, to protect this beautiful landscape for the future. time now to leave the wide open beaches of thailand behind and head somewhere a little more crowded. we are off to the island of santa cruz del islote, off colombia, where space really is at a premium. still to come on this week's travel show, we head to italy to find out what it takes to keep priceless old masters in tip—top shape. my colleagues told me, you're totally crazy, it's impossible to do something. this week, i'm exploring songkhla in the south of thailand. it's nicknamed the city on two seas, because it sits on both the gulf of thailand and an enormous lake. although close to the malaysian border, songkhla has been largely

unaffected by the unrest that has been seen in some of the areas in thailand's deep south, and its location means its cuisine and architecture are a blend of thai, chinese and islamic influences. a lot of tourists come here. ah runs an art gallery in the city and has agreed to give me a tour. i will show you the most unique ice cream shop of songkhla. 0k! mrs yu's father came here from china 85 years ago. on the way, he stopped in singapore and learnt the art of making ice cream. this is the vanilla ice cream? vanilla ice cream. some here say this was thailand's first ice cream shop. why egg yolk? because egg yolk is creamy.

and a sprinkle of chocolate. tastes much better with it. it looks good. here goes. it's really creamy, almost like a coconut flavour. who would have thought it was so good? now, if you're a fan of comedy, then there's a long list of improvised comedy festivals taking place all over the world this year, from edinburgh to singapore, and cape town to copenhagen. but what's it like to actually stand in the spotlight and try and make people laugh with no idea what's coming next? a while back, we sent ade to a theatre in new york, where tourists can do just that. improvisation in its simplest form is the art of creating a scene or play with absolutely no preplanning. you allare in unfamiliar territory... i've come along to the pit in manhattan to give it a go myself.

the venue offers classes for first—time tourists, as well as a place for more experienced comedians to hone their craft. leslie collins, an improv veteran, led the class. i think i did see a ghost, not recently, but like a few years ago. to kick off, we did some warm—up exercises. um, boxes. five. boxer briefs. six... everyone was given a category and had to list seven things in quick succession. seven types of hairstyles. the bob. one. bang. two. short haircut. three. long hair. four. pigtails. five. longtail. six. tail. seven. ok, i'm really nervous. i'm about to get a category and i've got to name seven different types. what's going on, while patting my legs and rubbing my stomach. they're coming, they're coming. trust me, with the pressure on, it's not as easy as is. seven creatures that make bad house pets. k.

rooster. one. uh, a gremlin with one toe. two. right, game's over. time for the comedy to start. i let the pros go first. now, all you're given is a word or a song, and where the skit goes from there is totally up to you. my fists are always right, bro. good. you're gonna need to keep them there. i like your attitude. i like your game face. of course, this is — it's sort of like trying to release your inhibitions in a place where people are so uninhibited. a key part of improv is supporting your scene partner and building on their ideas — something these guys have down to a tee. you probably know that too, right? i do. you must be joan. joan, yes. joan collins, future president of the pta. nice to meet you.

nice to meet you, too. i'm sorry the book career didn't work out. these guys are really good. it'sjust like — it's great to watch them at work. this isjust like, this is too much. and before long, it was my turn. with knots in my stomach, i took to the stage. you asked for a seven—story bronze statue of yourself. i mean, you had a school and hospital levelled so you could put this here. it's beautiful, though. it is beautiful, don't get me wrong. no, no, i'm coming around to it. yeah, i would think you would, i mean it will take you a long time just to get around it. uh... good job. all right, so the other guy definitely put in most of the work but i gave it my best shot. so, verdict time, how did i do? ade did great. i know he was so concerned before the class, he was very worried. this is too much. what?

this is too much. i think most people are scared at improvising because they don't actually know what it is or how much fun it is. they are also very concerned about being funny and the pressure to be funny, but improv isn't really about that, it's about being honest and having fun. if you're on a budget in new york, improv gigs are a great way to pack in some entertainment. a lot of places put on free nights and if not, tickets are usually cheap. we'll end this week in the historic city of florence, birthplace of the renaissance and home to some of the most famous old masters in history, from rafael to giotto and da vinci, but all those fragile historic works don't look after themselves. we sent keith wallace for a peek

behind the scenes at one of the world's most important art restoration labs. sometimes on warm summer afternoons, it feels like half of europe has come to florence. and why not? the whole city centre is a giant open air art gallery. this is what happens when you've got a really lovely bridge, it's full of lots of people taking selfies. and here's one of its stars, the ponte vecchio, built in the 13th century. it's not exactly off the beaten track though. so this is the historic centre. it's all unesco world heritage listed. firstly, because it's incredibly beautiful, and secondly because the museums and galleries down there have some of the most important and famous works of art the world's ever seen basically. but you'll notice there's a river cutting right the way through it.

as you can imagine, it's very important to make sure that never breaks its banks. but tragically, in 1966, it did. 10! people died and it's estimated around ia, 000 artworks were damaged, ma ny lost forever. the fantastic high flood mark is graphically shown by the wrecked jewellers and art shops on the ponte vecchio bridge. whoa! so, this is the high watermark from the flood, which is almost five metres. and just over there, you can see the santa croce basilica, which is stuffed with all sorts of artworks and relics, so you can see that might have caused quite a problem. it's ta ken half a century to restore some of the art inside. only two years ago, work finished on one of the most important masterpieces, giorgio vasari's depiction of the last supper.

the damage was so profound that for a0 years, nobody dared touch it. so, instead, the opificio delle pietre dure, now one of the world's foremost restoration labs. at the beginning, i was scared, very scared, because many colleagues told me that you are totally crazy, it's impossible to do something, but i trust in my people and with a long, long work, we found the way. the opificio still deals with the aftermath of disasters. it's currently looking after works damaged in italy's recent run of damaging earthquakes. this is an interesting canvas painting coming from emilia. of course, it remained under the bricks of the church that collapsed. it was made in the beginning of the 17th century. each artwork can have a big meaning

for the local community, because if it is the main altar of the church of that little town... so these were made by bricks and stone and — i mean it looks lucky that they didn't go right through the painting. it must have happened to a lot of other paintings. yes, the mechanical damage is the most common during an earthquake. it's a painstaking business. as each artwork arrives, the damage is thoroughly assessed and the structure secured. so this is what the back of a renaissance artwork looks like. a lot of the restoration happens here first. the behaviour of the planks was the first cause of damage, because the variation of the moisture of the environment,

then we had an electronic system to measure the micromovements of the planks. considering you've got high—tech in there, you've got someone putting glue on wood and poking it it into the painting. yeah, there is high technology and traditional good working yeah, there is high technology and traditional wood—working technology, because the origin of the problems of the front comes from the back. i see. ooh, don't fall into it. it's only after the back is sorted out that the process of replacing each minuscule brushstroke can begin. caterina here has been working on this 15th century altarpiece since 2012. what's surprising me is that you seem to be mixing

the colours by hand. is that hard? will you have a big party, when it's over? the opificio isn't normally open to tourists, but you can catch their work all around florence, and of course you can see their highest profile success, the last supper, hanging

in the santa croce basilica. well, that's all we've got time for this week. join us next week when... ade heads to cairo to discover the new music craze that's taking the city by storm. i'm about to meet a band who has had a hit that has had 125 million youtube views. and in the meantime, if you want to find out where we are in the world and share your travels, you can find us on social media. but until next time, from all of us here in thailand, it's goodbye. a bit more sunshine in thailand by the look of it then there was earlier on in tobermory. the north—west of scotland had the most glorious run of weather until hector rocked out. in its wake it has left u nsettled rocked out. in its wake it has left unsettled weather, cloud across northern and western parts particularly. it's quite a county aspect to many parts today. just the signs of cloud developing in the

south—west of ireland. we will come back to that in a second. for the rest of the afternoon, pretty much what you see is what you keep. the greatest threat of rain is in northern ireland, the cloud is thicker and so too western hills and shores in the west. the odd drip and dragged through the day in the southern counties of england, that isa southern counties of england, that is a possibility. many areas will stay dry. your best chance of sunshine and the best of the warmth. 18,19 sunshine and the best of the warmth. 18, 19 in scotland, what a contrast to yesterday and similar across east anglia and the south east. this evening and overnight, the initial lump of cloud that brought today's weather and we will push it into the north sea. it may linger across east anglia and the south east. underneath clearing skies, in the countryside you might get to single figures but quite mild elsewhere, 1a and 15 is the low for many. a dry start on monday, the breeze coming in from the west and south—west but

don't bank on it saying as dry and fine across western areas. that area of cloud i was talking about in the west of ireland becomes a bit of a player on monday afternoon across the western side of the british isles. there could be the odd spot of rain but not demanding too much but there could be more about it north of the great glen. eastern parts, dry and fine, you keep sunshine and warmth sweeping through, 25 in the south—east. that's one of the trends we will identify over the next few days. tuesday, watch out, a dry start but northern ireland will be really wet, getting into western scotland. south—east, things beginning to warm up, look at these figures in london. you thought it was warm on monday at 25, well, the middle of the week, 27,28! 25, well, the middle of the week, 27, 28! and widely 28 at least. northern ireland and scotland, more u nsettled, northern ireland and scotland, more

unsettled, settling on tuesday but it turns dry and fresh across northern britain as we get into wednesday. goodbye. this is bbc news. the headlines at two o'clock. theresa may promises a £20 billion a year real—terms increase to the nhs in england by 2023. labour says it's not enough. we're making the nhs our priority, we're putting this significant amount of extra money into it. we need to make sure that money is spent wisely. we're saying you could go further and if the government made the taxation changes we are prepared to make you could be giving even more to the nhs. so, labour will be spending more on the nhs than the tories. hundreds of migrants who've been the focus of a european dispute over immigration arrive in spain more than a week after being rescued. calls for a change in the law after the home office allows a boy with severe epilepsy to be treated with an illegal form of cannabis oil.