music it's shaping up to be another fairly active week of weather on the way and some further wet weather around overnight and cloud and outbreaks of rain or showers pushing east but later in the night things are going to turn a bit quieter and clearer, as that happens the frost takes hold in scotland, icy patches where it's been wet, very mild again across south wales and southern england, temperatures up into double figures, are ready to start the data model outbreaks of rain or showers, gusty winds as well, feeding their way east saturday as it goes on, a loss! across large parts of wales, northern england and northern ireland and much of scotland will stay dry, see some sunshine but not in most parts of scotland getting showers turning increasingly wintry towards the end of the day to

relatively low levels, the wind coming down from the north, chilly, temperatures from north to south across the uk, mild again in the south. this is bbc news. the headlines: the environment secretary michael gove says theresa may's brexit deal isn't perfect but it is the only choice. french president emmanuel macron holds an urgent security meeting following a day of riots by thousands of anti—government protesters. a warning that the world is at a crossroads at a crucial climate change conference in poland. three astronauts are ready to blast off to the international space station, two months after the unprecendented failure of russia's soyuz spacecraft. now time for the travel show. the programme is in tokyo — hosts of the 2020 paralympics — to find out what it will be like for disabled visitors travelling to the city.

this week on the travel show, we will be in tokyo, host of the 2020 paralympics, finding out what it will be like for disabled visitors travelling to the city. no elevator so i am just going to have to brave the stairs. also coming up. catching waves at an adapted surfboard school in hawai. travelling with autism, how one family prepares for their first flight together. instead of having them down, we put a solution on them. i am so sorry. first up we're off to tokyo where thousands of disabled athletes and spectators will show up for the summer paralympic games in 2020. paul carter has gone to find out how

the city is preparing. tokyo, a sprawling metropolis where historic monuments rest alongside a futuristic skyscrapers. my name is paul carter. i am a journalist and this is my first time in tokyo. i have come here to see what life is like for disabled people not only visiting but also those who call this place their home. i was born without any lower arms or legs. i use short prosthetics to get around. i am just off to try and find something to eat. obviously it does pose some challenges, particularly with my height. high stools like this is out of bounds for me. in terms of fatigue, i cannot walk for long distances. sometimes people see me and have a perception of who i am

and what i might be able to do and what my limitations are. i do not always think their perception necessarily meets my reality. i suppose there is a particular challenge at home which is soup. here it is not considered rude to eat from the bowl so bon appetit. i'm in the most populated city in the world and i'm heading to its tallest tower, the sky tree, to see what took the sky tree, to see what tokyo looks like from on high. this modern icon was built in 2012 and stands at a whopping 634 metres high. floor 350. i am told it can withstand earthquakes up to seven magnitude as well as handle some 10,000 visitors a day. it looks like a lego cityscape. it does not look real. not only the scale of how massive this place is but how

densely populated it is, tightly packed together. on a clear day, you can see mount fuji in the distance but i think the weather gods have not smiled on us today. me and tall things do not go together to be honest but it is nice to feel i am looking honest but it is nice to feel i am looking down on things for once. you cannot come to the sky tree tower without having your photo taken. oh my god. i have just realised there is a glass floor. that makes me feel a little bit sick. i really don't like it. i love it. you got my best side. that is so cool. if you can cope with the crowds,

it is easy to get around. i could've done without the glass floor. not the biggest fan of heights. didn't realise it was there. cracking fun, a really good place to come. away from the modernity, i wanted to find out how tokyo's historic monuments measure up for accessibility. canadian born josh runs a website offering advice to disabled visitors. this is the oldest temple in tokyo, built on the seventh century. this was rebuilt after the second world war. one of the things most impressive about this place is they have done a lot to make it accessible. they have done it in a way that does not affect the feeling of the place. that is the lift. it is well hidden.

a lot of people did not know where it was. they had to put a sign on it. as we enter the main pagoda, i take in some of the traditions of japanese buddhist culture. what is happening here? they are making prayers. the scale strikes me. it is bigger than i expected. it is a lot more gold. everyone seems very deferential, there is a sense of reference. yes, that is very important to us. in the past 10—11 years since you have been here have you seen things change? yes. for example, along with improvements, people's attitudes have changed. before, i was in a wheelchair and you got strange looks, like everywhere else. but people are able to wait more often so they go out more often so people are more used to different

colours of society. living here is getting better. so far i have been genuinely impressed by the efforts that had been made to improve access to the city's tourist attractions. what is like getting around? i am told the subway system is 80 to 90% wheelchair accessible so in theory travel should be straightforward. this is the entrance. no other way in? no elevator? there is no elevator so i have to brave the stairs. i do not know where the elevator is. exit, toilets, information. i'm trying to find a lift.

ok, thank you. there is no elevator on this floor. it is the stairs again. the new subway station was designed over three levels with lots of steps. there are lifts and escalators but there is lack of information and i had to walk long distances to find them. there is a sign for a train. this is more like it. international languages. but it is too high for me to reach. can i buy a ticket? 0k. i have no idea if i'm

in the right place. by the time i reached the platform on the bottom, i am quite tired. it seems i am not the only one, even locals are confused by the signage. eventually i reached my destination. we made it. to a side street. we sort of got there. iam nota i am not a special person. i have a special impairment. we have the power to change society. it's been changing little by little and these yea rs changing little by little and these years it's going to drive the change

in society really fast. it all looks really great. would you like to try some? let's give it a crack. are you ready? ok. i don't think so, but 0k. that was genuinely terrifying. it's quite refreshing to see so many people engaging with the events in the trials. i was a bit cynical about this kind of thing coming into it, non—disabled people doing passports, it's a bit naff. but people are engaging with it to and if that's what it takes to expose people to this kind of sport and engage with disability then i guess it's a good thing. welcome to trending travel,

your rundown of the best travel stories, pics and clicks happening online. this month we are focusing on disabled travel. one spot making its debut at the tokyo paralympics is surfing. but disabled surfers are still waiting for their chance to compete. here in hawaii, a top surfing destination, an organisation called access surf helps people of all abilities to catch some waves. adaptive surfing means the equipment or how the person surfs has been modified. there are a lot of different ways people can surf

and get back into water. they might have a bit of a ramp on their board or some handles. there are skis so the surfer can sit on top with a paddle. why it is so important is freedom. it is true empowerment and we're working towards the paralympics. the international surfing have programmes like access surf are all helping to make competitive adaptive surfing. take my word for it, camping in a wheelchair can be an absolute nightmare. i am more of a hotel person myself. a company based out of the uk claims to have the solution. it is a luxury prefab with extra space, ramps and a specially adapted kitchen and washroom.

the manufacturer claims all it takes is a single deed to install. —— day. a few have gone up already. it is hoped these pods can open up the great outdoors as well as britain's many summer festivals. thanks to all of you that got in touch about the challenges you face on your travels. we have asked some of the internet‘s top disability travel bloggers by their favourite tips and tricks for anyone wanting to go around the world. ed is a profoundly deaf traveller who is ticked off six continents in seven years. the biggest problem i have faced is awareness. whether it latest train, buses or planes, it is not their fault, they need to be educated. that is what my website is all about. when you come to another country and no one knows your disability, it is your chance to educate them.

it shows what you can expect of the other person and how they can treat you as you want to be treated. while this transatlantic duo write another blog, a website about travelling with their wheelchairs. the single best travel experience i have had has to be the first time i went out to colorado to learn how to ski. i was really apprehensive but it was the first time following my injury when i realised what was possible with a disability and of course i met my blogging partner. do not forget to share your adventures with us at the travel show. travelling with kids can be quite stressful at the best of times. but the sights and sounds of getting on a plane can be even more overwhelming for some children with autism. over the next two weeks, we are following a family with autistic four—year—old boys as they go on their

very first holiday. let's head to america to meet them. i am amber and my husband is frank. we live outside of birmingham, alabama. we have four a beautiful boys. frankie who is 17. stephen who is 14 and then we have a set of boy twins who are four years old and they are nonverbal autistic. their names are alex and will. we are the ellis family. my husband and i have known each other since grade school, we were friends the whole time. we dated in high school and married in college. this is our 20th wedding anniversary. because we have some issues with the boys,

we have not been on a trip in a very long time. they are not very effective at communication so it takes a lot of intuition to figure out what they need. we have a lot of meltdowns. and with two nonverbal autistic children, their behaviour can be exponential, potentially of each other. we have had a lot of emotional turmoil in the last year. we recently lost family members and had some grief. we started talking about taking a trip, how should we do it, this is our 20th anniversary. we have come through so much as a family that we wanted to go as a family and just enjoy each other. so we felt like it was time to go on a trip. it has taken us a long time to come to the point where we were ready, we had never flown with the twins before so we're kind of nervous and excited

about getting on a plane. because they are autistic nonverbal, the function on the level of an 18—month—old child. they are a lot of work. a few years ago we went to the beach for a couple of nights together. they were very small. this will give us a good sense of how it will be and what we can expect for future on longer trips. how will we be doing plane? somebody always has to take care of the twins. somebody has to take care of the others. what do we need to take? what snacks will we have? do we take the blankets, do we take toys and the ipad? things to keep them entertained. are we going to have meltdowns? if they do, how do we deal with the people around us, how do we let them know it is ok?

and that we are ok with meltdowns. we have to keep them calm, you worry about the people around you. in case you are offending people. you worry about being judged. just to find somebody who understands is so helpful and you don't feel so crazy. they are autistic so they come with their own needs. so we are going to take the whole family for the first time to a special park called wonderland in san antonio, texas. it is a special needs park, they have lots of fun things or

specifically special—needs children. very wheelchair accessible. there is a lot of different ways it could go. they have very strict routines they have to have, going outside of that will stress them a bit, we will have to roll with it. i am looking forward to it primarily because it is a new thing we have not done before so it isjust like challenge excepted, let's do it. it is fun for him, let us do this and see if we can accomplish it. it is just a personality thing, it is a lot of fun. everything is ready. we will have a quiet evening finishing up last details. ready for tomorrow. so we're going to fly out

of birmingham to houston. the flight from birmingham to houston is relatively short. only two hours. from there we will rent a truck or other vehicle and drive the rest of the way to san antonio. i might be getting a little nervous now, we're at the airport and pulling into the parking so it is really real. we are going to do this. this is frank senior and frank junior. this is you. look at the lens. it is a healing time for our family. we can go on this trip together.

the older boys have such a sweet dynamic with the little boys. instead of padding them down, we have this little solution on them. i am so sorry, i am so sorry. but two toddlers is difficult. when you add nonverbal autistic, itjust makes it exponential. we have plenty of time. i have to emotionally prepare myself. i'm so relieved that part is over, let us just get to the gate. that anxiety in the back of your mind, how's it going to go? kind of be ready to roll with the punches, whatever happens, just be ready for anything. we will find out how the family get on next week as they head to that

theme park in america designed for children with special needs. while carmen spends 90 minutes in nagoya injapan, attempting to see three of the city's highlights. i am definitely in the right place, nagoya castle and my time starts now. that is your lot for this week. do not forget you can keep up with all our travels online. but for now, from me and all the travel show at london olympic park, bye—bye. sunday didn't offer us a great deal

of sunshine, some white weather in places but even on a rather grey, early winters day there can be some beauty out there as illustrated by this picture from one of our weather watchers in shropshire. more wet weather to come for a time overnight, outbreaks of rain or showers pushing east across many areas, things will quieten down later in the night. more persistent rainfora time later in the night. more persistent rain for a time into scotland but as we go deeper into the night we will see clearer skies developing here and frost taking hold and icy patches on untreated surfaces where it has been wet, look how mild it will be in south wales and southern england, temperatures holding up into double figures. as we go into tomorrow it may be a dry start from any of us but already wet weather into parts of wales and south—west england, this in the form of showers, possibly thundery, pushing

east but northern counties, northern ireland and much of scotland will be dry, northern scotland will see a few showers and they will be turning increasingly wintry even to relatively low levels this is where the coldest air is working as we go through monday night into tuesday morning the weather front delivering showers, when three places with her risk of icy patches but the main story is how widely it will be chilly. that means widespread frost and there could be fog patches around as well. chilly start, a lot of fine weather on tuesday, decent sunshine to come, cloud increasing from the south—west, the son turning hazy ahead of the next weather system coming in bringing some outbreaks of rain into parts of wales and south—west england, chilly across the board on tuesday after that frosty start. on three tuesday night and into wednesday the weather system night and into wednesday the weather syste m ta kes night and into wednesday the weather system takes rain and snow to the

hell is particularly in the pennines northwards but some uncertainty about the extent, looks like mainly england and wales affair, we will keep an eye on that, this is where the chilly air will be but also the best of the sunshine, quite mild again the further south you are. further weather systems coming in for a thursday and friday but particularly on friday much stronger winds for the time as well. this is bbc world news today. our top stories. a global climate summit opens with a push to cut emissions. the un warns rising temperatures are already hurting communities around the world. destruction in so many places, suffering, a lot of suffering arrived from the consequences of climate change. after some of the worst riots in paris for decades, president macron‘s government promises tough action against anyone who resorted to violence. the fashion group ted baker promises

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