time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. the weather is cheering up computer it was yesterday back probably the most dangerous stuff yesterday was the freezing rain, this was liquid water retractor below zero. users on impact, like car skidded and icy it is here on the road. we have significant problems here yesterday gci’oss significant problems here yesterday across northern england and parts of scotla nd across northern england and parts of scotland with this stuff, multiple accidents reported, heavy snow for northern scotland and we had heavy gusts in west wales. looking at the week acquired, high pressures that gci’oss week acquired, high pressures that across the west of the wiki and apple trap the area of the pressure to the north—west of us. we get these west, south westerly winds and averages will run close to average, perhaps a little above average for much of the week ahead. satellite picture shows cloud would into the

western areas, the heaviest rain is going into wales a resource and wet weather into south—west england and showers into both north—west england and the south—east of england as well. the best of any dry bright weather across dental and eastern areas. some rain but mimi dry. our band of rain crosses. is going to be a cold night with the patches of frost and maybe some bog practice as well to start monday morning. where is the ridge of high pressure? to the north—west, we have got a weather system approaching and bring some strong winds. for monday, any fog clearing, should be a bright start to the day. we should seize the morning sunshine for things turned cloudy. more wet weather to the west and we shall have some strong winds, probably gales was the end of the day. it will be relatively mild with temperatures pushing up to 12 degrees back through monday night in into tuesday, our weather front edges

closer to returning wet for northern ireland. be slow moving weather front will bring some heavyweight lunch tuesday —— will bring some heavy rain on tuesday. we could see some localised surface flooding issues but will stay on the mild site. on wednesday, that wrinkly clears away but we are going to see some showers and the best of the sunshine in central england. turning a bit cold and the north purcell relatively mild and the south so deirdre has cleared out of the way and the weather is turning milder for the next few days. but as you weather. hello this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines: the international trade secretary, liam fox says if it's not possible to find a way to operate the irish backstop that's acceptable to the uk and the eu, "parliament will have to decide on the alternatives".

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it goes around. ok, she said it is straight ahead. arigato! our global guru simon gives us tips on how to make it to base camp on mount everest. and we find out where ice cream is said to have originated. new york? italy? it's vast lakes and majestic mountains have inspired generations of painters, poets and writers. the lake district is england's largest national park and that's where we are starting the show this week.

and we are not on our own. almost 20 million people annually visit this region and last year, the lake district was awarded unesco world heritage status, which means it now counts among wonders like the grand canyon in the us and machu picchu in peru. that's pretty good company for a region whose steep mountains and picturesque valleys and lakes have been attracting tourists for over 200 years, come rain or shine. so the great thing about coming to this place at this time of year is the beautiful autumnal colours filling up the landscape. the bad thing is the autumn weather. liam prior is a local ranger. unesco's recognition is filling people like him with great pride, but this will inevitably add to an existing concern. in total, we are talking hundreds of thousands of people each year coming to these mountains? it must have an impact on the land. every footfall causes a bit of erosion and the landscape

would be a much different place if that erosion wasn't happening. thankfully, fix the fells formed to tackle the erosion. every week, whatever the weather, volunteers gather to maintain and repair the mountain paths, fix walls and protect the unique landscape, and there is plenty to keep them busy. you can actually see here that the original width of the path was about a metre wide, and yet now it stretches almost to three metres and that's been caused by erosion from footfall, people stepping on the path to walk around rocks, and rainfall off the mountain. making the preservation work all the more urgent. and it's tough work — cleaning the drains and building the path edges needs stamina, plenty of elbow grease and good shovel skills. alright, chaps, what's happening? basically what we want to do is extend this drain out a little bit to get a bit more flow when it gets into heavy rain.

okie—dokie. let's do it. i think this is the first time i've used a shovel. barry and his dog hamish have also been volunteering for the past ten years. looking a bit wet and miserable! hamish has been doing it since he was a pup. the things that keep me coming back, firstly, there is a huge amount of camaraderie amongst the whole group. another reason is i've walked on these fells for years, all my life, basically, and it's a way of putting something back. as the sky clears, i leave the volunteers to their hard work and take up liam's offer of a tour of up scafell pike. at 978 metres, it's england's highest mountain. i can't imagine how much labour must have gone into putting this pathway up the side of the mountain.

there has been a footpath team in wasdale since 1988, so every year since then, work has gone into this path to create the sustainable line. 30 years of hard labour. more than 30 years of hard labour. it's more than a jail sentence. it's amazing. but here, the hard labour is rewarded by stunning views. it may not be the best of weather today, it's a bit misty out there, but you can still see out to this incredible view over the lake and it's not surprising that so many people are drawn here all year round. we march on and, after a couple of hours, we finally reach the top. well, the plateau line just below it. so where is the peak? these crags, that is scafell pike with the summit just nestled in behind. and i believe there is some rockclimbing history. yeah, sure — it's the disputed home of rock climbing in england. a lot of people came and tested their skills on these crags in the late 1800s.

but these seemingly eternal rocks have also lived through world events. after the climbers came the soldiers. after the first world war, scafell pike was gifted to the national trust as a war memorial and as a place for returning servicemen and women to come and get away from it all, and we'd encourage everybody to show that kind of respect when they're ascending scafell pike. conservation efforts in the lake district aren'tjust focused on the landscape. up until a few years ago, you could catch glimpses of large golden eagles towering over these summits, but now the only place you find them is here at dee and daniel's place. this is phoenix. hello, phoenix. but you're not a phoenix. the golden eagle is really the icon of the lake district, in terms of its natural wilderness. sadly, the last golden eagle died about two or three years ago in the wild. so this little chap is being trained up to fly, free—fly in the lakes,

so people can still see a wild golden eagle in its natural environment. the lake district is not immune to the global decline in biodiversity. and dee and daniel's ecotourism business introduces us to animals that are or were once part of this region's wildlife, all with the hope of fostering further respect for these creatures and their habitat. another animal you're no longer able to spot in the wild in the lake district is the wolf. in fact, the last one is believed to have been killed way back in the 13th centuryjust up the road from here. but for dee's hybrid wolves, whose pedigree is part wolf, part dog, it's time for walkies. put your hand in the grip of the leash like this and we will go for a walk. taking your wolf for a walk.

we want to show people that they are not the big bad wolf, the demonisation of hollywood and fairy stories isn't actually true, and although there's not a suitable place in the lake district to have wolves any more, we can use that to show people that actually, coexistence with the predators we've got left is really, really, vitally important. and as the sun goes down, my time here is up. but dee tells me there is one thing i've got to take part in to become a true member of the pack. there is lots of different wolf howls. the one that we are going to do is a family bonding howl and this bond is for pack unity. it is our version of singing "we are family," and i've got all my wolf pack around me. howls wolves howl that was some

good howling, boys. nicely done. time now to leave the lake district behind and find out about a tasty treat that is a traditional favourite over in iran. don't go anywhere, because coming up on the travel show: we head over to japan as carmen continues her challenge to explore one of the country's most famous cities in 90 minutes. this time it is osaka. i've got to walk there? no, that way. hello from malaga.

this week i have advice on trekking to everest base camp, and the friendliest places on the planet, according to a californian professor of psychology. first though, in belgium, the africa museum has reopened almost five years to the day after it closed for a complete renovation. the grand venue, originally known as the palace of the colonies, is set in parkland in the south of the belgian capital, brussels. the original name was the museum of the belgian congo, and much of the contents were brought from what is now the democratic republic of congo. the aim of the refreshed museum: to present a contemporary and decolonised vision of africa. next, samih alalawi from bahrain sends an email with the heading,

"a hospitable place to visit?" samih, an american professor of psychology has done the work for you by researching the most friendly cities on the planet. the top placed cities are in latin america. rio in brazil and san jose in costa rica. more conveniently from your starting point in bahrain, lilongwe in malawi and kolkata in india are third and fourth respectively. but personally i find your part of the world, the middle east, is the region on earth where i have felt most warmly welcomed. next, andrew moger from west yorkshire has an adventure in mind. it has always been my ambition to trek to the everest base camp. what would you recommend for me to achieve this? this is a real trip of a lifetime, andrew, and requires

some specialist advice. it is a very achievable goal for someone in their mid to even late 60s into their 70s with a well thought out plan. get your gear list, start to accumulate the gear because that will probably take a bit of time. you want to start to physically prepare yourself, you want to focus on strength training, cardiovascular training, and endurance training. finally gillian craigie wants to arrive at new york'sjfk airport at four in the afternoon and has an appointment in central manhattan at 7:30 pm. with new york's jfk airport just 12 miles from manhattan, on paper there should be no problem covering that distance in over three hours. but a recent snapshot of wait times

for us customs and border protection at the airport's international arrivals terminal shows that the average wait for non—americans between a—spm was 33 minutes, with a maximum of 70 minutes. you can avoid such problems by choosing a departure airport in europe, such as dublin, which has us preclearance, all the immigration checks take place on foreign soil. next, getting to manhattan. the evening rush hour will be building on the roads, so i suggest you go for the rail option. even with a long wait at border checks you should reach penn station by around 6pm. if you are running short of time you may want to check your bags into left luggage and grab a bite to eat before the gig. that's all for now, but please keep sending me your travel problems and i'll do my best to find you solutions. bye for now. to finish the week, we are injapan to see carmen take on another

challenge as she prepares to take on the sights and sounds of osaka against the clock. for the first time ever, the rugby world cup heads to asia next year. 400,000 sports fans will go and see their teams at ten host cities around japan in what is also a dry run for the olympic games in tokyo in 2020. some will be worried about japan's reputation as a place that is tricky to get around if you don't speak the language. it's a myth that i think isn't always deserved. to show you why, i will be exploring six of the host cities against the clock. today we are in osaka. it used to be the logistical hub for the ancient

capital which was kyoto. it has a very distinct culture of its own, it has its own food and its own dialect. so much so that it is competing a lot with tokyo. some say it is the western capital of japan. so there is that east versus west thing going on. i have to walk there. no, that way. the challenge is this. i have 90 minutes, the length of a rugby match plus half—time, to see its three big highlights. what have you got in store for me today. what is my challenge? today you are going to go three places. we have something to see, something to eat, and then a little curveball at the end. my first stop is at a building that dominates the skyline here. this is it, this is where my challenge starts. let's start the clock right now. the umeda sky building building is a landmark tower here in osaka. it has a 40th floor observatory where you can enjoy

the view of the city. the escalator itself is between two buildings, so you can enjoy the city view while you are going up. so this is the famous midair escalator. what a magnificent view. the view is even more spectacular at the rooftop observatory. but unfortunately it's currently closed due to the damage from the recent typhoon which was the biggest in recent decades. is this the famous highway that runs through the building? i have seen this. like, it is world famous. ok, so to get to the next location i have got to catch a train. there is nothing worse than arriving at a japanese train station in a panic. i have got to calm down, look at these lines. oh, my goodness.

so umeda station has a few stations by the same name, which goes different places. also there aren't many signages, lots of people there at any given time and there are so many exits and entrances, which makes it a really difficult challenge. we are good, we are good. we are here, at umeda station. and i need to get to namba. 0k. so it is easier than you might think, getting around on the metro or the subway here. a lot of the signs are now in japanese, korean, english, even chinese. particularly in big cities like tokyo and osaka. carmen is going to come out in the dontonbori district, and she is going to try a local delicacy called ta koyaki, which are octopus balls. i think i see the giant octopus, this must be it. oh, my goodness, look at the line, it's huge.

it must be good. i think they have their own theme song. takoyaki is a quintessentially osa kan food. it was invented here in osaka. it's made of bits of octopus inside a batter. i have got my takoyaki, what an experience just lining up and waiting for the ta koyaki. she laughs. i think ijust burnt my tongue. it was worth it though! so now onto the next task. i am looking for a ferris wheel. time is ticking. an hour and seven minutes have passed so i have 21 minutes.

ferris wheel? she speaks japanese. arigato! she said it is straight ahead. she laughs. is that it? i think we found it. we were really, really close. this wheel, mounted onto the outside of a discount store, is a local landmark. it is thought to be the world's only oval ferris wheel. it has been out of action for almost the last ten years and has onlyjust been restored to its former glory. i am here. i made it. that's my whistlestop tour of osaka, with roughly ten minutes to spare. what a way to finish the day. that was carmen

reporting from japan. we will be back there next week when she embarks on another 90 minute challenge, this time in the japanese port city of kobe. wow, look at that! oh, my goodness, what a view. dojoin us then, and in the meantime, you can sign up to our social media feeds and see where we are in the world, as well as sharing some of your own travel stories. but now from me, christa larwood, and the rest of the travel show team here in the lake district, it's goodbye. hello there, storm deirdre cause all

kinds of problems yesterday, predict that across the northern half of the country. we had this really nastier still freezing rain, not something we see very often in the uk but it is must like liquid ice. it raises on impactand is must like liquid ice. it raises on impact and look at the road and pigment here in beverley this morning. some truly treacherous conditions. this did cause some that never get problems on the road this morning and yesterday. weird reports of multiple accidents, heavy snow for northern scotland and a top gust of 79 mph in west wales. the weekend we have high pressures that are the least —— set to the east in europe. bata ille least —— set to the east in europe. bataille is going to stop living. the temperatures are going to be near average to a little bit above average for the week ahead. the satellite picture shows an area of

cloud extending its way across northern island, england and wales and that is rain bearing cloud but back at this rain across wales, showers across north west england, rain the south west england and showers getting into the south—east mac dry and bright still across parts of eastern england, northern and eastern areas of scotland. overnight, a band of rain will push its way eastwards for clearing and now we will get a ridge of high pressure following and the skies we re pressure following and the skies were clear, the winds will not be liked and there will be combination of patches of frost in the countryside and bob patches to set the day. apart from the fog on many areas should start off with a dry and sunny start of the day on monday. the fog will take a little while to clear out of the way. will become windy across western areas with outbreaks of rain across northern ireland and the western fringes of scotland, england and wales to start the day. temperatures pretty high, reaching highs of 12 celsius but a little bit clueless elsewhere. into tuesday, slow—moving

cold front jeans and elsewhere. into tuesday, slow—moving cold frontjeans and wet and windy weather. given the way we have seen over recent weeks, we could see some localised flooding issues where the rangers at its heaviest. another relatively mild day with temperatures up to 12 degrees or so. but part of the week, low pressure to the west of us just edging in. it is one of those days by rick was the showers, probably merging to get some lengthy spells of rain across western areas. the best of sunshine and any dry area is likely to be across eastern scotland, central and eastern parts of england. it will be milder over the next few days than it had been. that is your latest. this is bbc news. the headlines at 2: cabinet brexiteer liam fox says mps have already decided on the uk's brexit options as he backs theresa may's condemnation of calls for a second referendum. let me tell you that if there is another referendum, which i don't

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