now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. thank you. we are in for a silent night. it is very quiet on the weather front right now but we have got some mist and fog on the way later tonight. through the course of christmas eve, it is progressively going to turn for gear and full gear gci’oss going to turn for gear and full gear a cross m ost going to turn for gear and full gear across most parts of england. as far as the weather goes, cloudy skies gci’oss as the weather goes, cloudy skies across the south—west of the country but we've got some sunshine in the north. it has been around freezing in some parts of scotland all morning. the temperatures by early on christmas day will be around minus four in eastern scotland but much barmy in plymouth, around nine degrees. that is a lot of fog on the way across parts of england first thing in the morning on christmas day. they're that in mind if you are travelling. across the midlands, east anglia, the south—east

interlink sure, yorkshire, said in fog patches around. mild in the rest of the country. pretty cloudy skies as well. hello. this is bbc news with reeta chakra barti. the headlines: rescue teams are trying to reach remote parts of the indonesian coast, where it's feared there are more victims of a deadly tsunami. officials say more than 280 people have died. there are warnings that eruptions at the volcanic island of anak krakatoa could trigger further deadly waves. ministers discuss security arrangements at airports following the drone activity that led to the closure of gatwick delays on the roads and disruption for rail passengers is expected as people head home for the festive period. respect and understanding — the queen uses her christmas speech to deliver a message of goodwill to all. now on bbc news there's a festive feel to the travel show as ade takes on the snow, and freezing temperatures of finnish lapland. this week on the show:

ade heads to finnish lapland to meet the local sami people fighting to preserve their culture. the last place that i would expect to find a hip—hop artist is in lapland. there is a winter feeling in the air as we meet the austrian craftsman carving out a name for himself. we are lighting up the sky in amsterdam. wow! look at that! oh, my goodness, what a view. and i'm taking on another challenge against the clock here injapan. i've got to figure out the fastest train to get me back into town. first this week, we're off to finnish lapland, where the scenery might be classic christmas card, but the winters are brutal and you need to be tough to survive. we sent ade to lake inari, north of the arctic circle, to meet the local sami people and find out what it takes to survive there. ade: finnish lapland is as close

as it gets to a winter wonderland. over a million tourists come here each year in search of the northern lights, santa and his reindeer. the sami are the indigenous people who live in this part of the world, from northern norway, sweden, finland and the far north—eastern part of russia. there are around 6,000 samis left in this part of finland and here they are known as the inari sami, because most of them live around lake inari, 250 kilometres north of the arctic circle. i have never been so far north.

after landing in the town of ivalo, just a 1.5—hour flight from helsinki, i meet my first inari friend. welcome to finland! thank you. i'm ade. nice to meet you. i'mjohanna. look at your outfit! you look amazing. thank you. is this our transport? yes. it will be our transport for the trip. we have so many things planned for you here. i am looking forward to it. i am loving that hat. that is the way forward. it is really warm. life here must be really tough. there is snow on the ground for seven months of the year and the most practical way to move around is by snowmobile. so this is the best way to get there? there is no other way to get there. so this is how i'm rolling. and will you teach me? nice to meet you. tell me about this

machine, my friend. these are the things that were a revolution in our life here. they came about 50 or 60 years ago to finland and it made things much easier. what did you use before these? skis. and reindeer. old school. normally when you drive on a track, you have your feet in here and your hands on the bar. if you want to go right, you pull right, left for left. the brake is on the left. this is the panic button. if you lose control, something happens, hit that button. i hit that button? and i go, "argh!" it is so hard to believe that i am on a snowmobile going across lake inari in finland and beneath me is thousands and thousands of gallons of water. it is just crazy. this place is so beautiful. i wasn't expecting that!

around 30 years ago, the inari sami culture was on the verge of extinction. inevitably, there has been a drift to the cities, to an easier life. traditional cultures experience that loss the world over. but these days, tourism is creating jobs, allowing some young sami to move back home. inari sami culture has been under pressure for decades. in the past, this community was marginalised and their mother tongue was banned from schools. with only 400 inari sami speakers, the language is still threatened. but one man is coming to the rescue, using an unconventional method.

he raps in inari sami. amoc, you are a hip—hop artist and you rap in your native language, inari. yes. inari sami language. i love hip—hop, but the last place i would expect to find a hip—hop artist is in lapland. yes. the middle of nowhere. many people think it is quite weird doing hip—hop gangsta rap in inari sami language, spoken by 400 people. that is the way i am telling about this little minority. i like the sound.

it is a mystical thing people don't really know. there are only 400 inari sami speakers in the world. i mean, in that case how old are they? what is the average age? most people who speak inari sami as their mother tongue are mostly more than 50 years old, older people. and those older people, are they into hip—hop? no, i don't think so. but there are this new generation, because of revitalisation programmes. 0k, spit some bars for us. i am pretty sure that this will be the premiere on bbc for anyone hearing someone rapping in inari sami. we are looking forward to this. he raps in inari sami. inari sami in the house!

that was wicked. i loved it. i felt it. you were there! carmen: ade preparing for those long winter nights north of the arctic circle in finland. now, think of winter in austria's tyrol region, and you may think of wrapping up warm for the ski season. but step away from the slopes and you may come face—to—face with a whole other chilling seasonal tradition. still to come on the travel show: we head to the netherlands for a seasonal celebration of lights in amsterdam. this is our stop.

and i am sightseeing against the clock here injapan. this looks like a shortcut. 0h, is this it? i think this is it. wow. this looks good. so don't go away. now, at this time of year, you'll see many capital cities around the world decked out in festive lights, most of which come down at the start of january. but over in the netherlands, the canals of amsterdam are being lit up for the first time as part of an innovative art project that will stay in place right through to the end of january. we went to meet some of the people behind the idea. music plays. it was all starting at that moment

that amsterdam was a little bit dull and dark in wintertime, and then the first works of art were introduced into the canals and that was about seven, eight years ago. i think they light up the hearts and minds of the people in amsterdam. it's really a nice thing to see all the works of art coming to life towards the months of december and january. i think what's new this year in the festival is the way you can approach the works of art. you can use the boat, making a beautiful boat tour. but also you can bike around town, you can walk around town. we've really made different routes to experience all the different works of art. it's nice to see all those installations of light, but the importance of darkness, the importance of rest, of not being part of the system, is, of course, very, very much there as well. it has been quite a long

project, actually. i had the idea a whole year ago now. you can enter from anywhere in the world. you submit a kind of... it literally can be a sketch on a napkin or you could really work it up to the individual, as long as the idea is there. i think there were 600 entries this year. they get whittled down to about 100 and then from that they go through a next round ofjudging and then they pick the final pieces to light up the city. a couple kind of not talking, on the phones, and then a girl or a guy. initially, there were four figures

on the bench, for the first idea. we removed one of them so that it becomes more interactive with the public. and it was kind of easiest, i guess. i modelled one on me so i could take photographs of me, sat 360, to send off to the sculptor and then two other colleagues where i work, they were based on them. and i think they've captured them quite well. the sculpture arrived on monday and we had a slight issue with the transport. so sadly it got damaged along the way. it arrived with two broken hands and a cracked ankle, and the bench was a bit damaged, but we worked through it. the guys from the festival have been amazing to help. we finally fixed it last night. it is an important aspect and part of our lives but i think it has taken people away from reality. like, people going to gigs filmed through their phones rather than actually enjoying it and spectating through their eyes. i'd just like people to stop and take a second to reconnect with people around them as opposed to their phones. we had a lot of people just coming and saying, "wow,

that looks like my son." we had two old men that came along and sat down in between and it has just been really funny to see everyone's reaction to it because everyone just gets it, everyone can relate to it. it is a good thing to think about. this is a festival, it is nice to enjoy, it is also very important that injanuary the lights go out again and we relax a little bit. and finally this week, i am back injapan to face another travel challenge 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, though, will be worried about japan's reputation as a place that's tricky to get around if you don't speak the language. and it's a myth i think is not always deserved. and to show you why, i will now be exploring six of the host cities against the clock. this week, we're in the pretty port city of kobe, on the south coast of japan's main island. the challenge is this — i have 90 minutes, the length of a rugby match plus half—time... the next train is in three minutes. ok, i don't actually know where we are going. ..to see three of its highlights. my friend ryuzo has been making a plan for me. so kobe is notjust beautiful, it has a rich history. it is one of the earliest port towns that opened in japan. so a lot of western influences, including culture and food, came through here.

so it looks like there is a lot of distance to cover. you haven't made it easy for me. how am i going to get around? you're going to be going around in the train. i've got you this pass, which will grant you access to public transportation. when i start my stopwatch, i have about 90 minutes. here goes nothing. i am starting at one ofjapan‘s most impressive feats of engineering. she's going to start from akashi kaikyo bridge, which is the biggest suspension bridge in the world. she's going to have to walk halfway across the bridge, go all the way to the top with an elevator, then she's going to enjoy the magnificent view of the city from there. i love this. this feels like we're so behind the scenes, like it's top secret, there's no—one else here. of course, if you are a tourist and you want to do this, you can but you'd have to make an appointment first. 284 metres high. we're going up right to the top. we are stopping? what?

no! oh, my goodness, imagine if this elevator stalled. let's go. wow. wow, look at that. oh, my goodness, what a view. you're looking straight down the bridge. it is amazing. and if you want to give yourself a thrill, just look down. oh, my goodness. my tummy was doing flip—flops then. one, two, three. 0k. thank you. i'd better hot—foot it. the first half is almost over. all right, i'm looking for a rapid train. i have to figure out which is the fastest train to get me back into town. ok, the next train to motomachi is in three minutes' time but unfortunately it's just a local train, it is not a rapid train. i think it'll get me there in time.

now carmen has to take a train back to central kobe. so this is going to be a 20—30 minute train ride, which is going to eat into her schedule, so she's going to have to hustle. trains are still the fastest way of getting around japan, quick and efficient. the stations can be confusing though, so try and work out exactly what train and what line you need ahead of time. there are apps that will make the job very simple for you. ok, this is our stop, motomachi. my goodness, it's dark. it took so long. it's over one hour already. let's pop down this street. this looks like a shortcut. it's got to be around here somewhere. 0h, is this it? i think this is it. kobe beefsteak. kobe beef is a local delicacy of kobe. it has one of the strictest criteria it has to pass to be a kobe beef

and you can recognise it by its beautiful marbled fat in its meat and it is absolutely delicious. this is costing 2000 yen, which is roughly 20 us dollars, a bit more than £15. it is quite expensive for street food, but we are getting a very rare signature kobe beefsteak. usually, if i was going to have kobe beefsteak, i would be in a fancy restaurant, sitting down, with tablecloths, but this is one of the few places that you can actually get it on the go, which is perfect for us, because i am on a time limit. ok, i think i have 25 minutes left on the clock. mm, delicious. really tender and succulent. thank you. finally, carmen has to go up the hill to a former residential

area from the 1800s. the area is called ijinkan injapanese, which literally translates to "foreign people's residence". it was the houses of the traders who came to kobe port in the 1800s and it is a really nice place now to see the slice of history. many of the different nationalities who settled here have a converted house you can look around. there is a french house, an italian house and, of course, an english house, which comes complete with proper pub, a sherlock holmes room, and an opportunity to dress up. how embarrassing. but i am afraid we did go into extra time. but i think it was worth it. we did pack a lot in to just over 90 minutes. and as any rugby team will tell you, you can't win them all. that's all we have time for this week. coming up next week: as 2018 draws to a close,

we take a look back at some of our favourite adventures from this year, including the time mike took on the sand dunes of kazakhstan. and rajan tried to keep up at a festival here injapan. do join us for that if you can. and don't forget we're also on social media too. details of those accounts can be found on our website. in the meantime, from me, carmen roberts, and the rest of the travel show team here in kobe, it is goodbye. well, no snow this christmas but if you want it a little festive, we've got the next best thing

in northern parts of the country. some frost around and also some fog will be forming across parts of england this evening and overnight which could prove troublesome first thing in the morning. it will be very thick indeed. a lot of cloud across the south—west of the british isles right now. in the north we've got more sunshine but it's very cold here. temperatures in some areas below freezing during the day. some huge contrasts in the north and south of the country. it is a lot balmier here in cornwall. tonight as we edge towards christmas, the fog forms across northern england, the midlands, east anglia, the south—east as well, the london area affected by the fog too. but again a bit contrast in the temperature with clear skies in scotland and the north—east of england. not the case elsewhere. and the forecast for the big day itself. patchy frost and fog around, not necessarily in the same place. it will be a mostly dry day with a bit of sunshine on the way too.

the weather is very settled because we have high pressure dominating the whole of the weather across western parts of europe. here is christmas day itself. you can see a lot of cloud across the country but there will be some breaks, maybe for newcastle, liverpool, and towns and cities in wales could get some sunshine. and mild. a mild christmas day across western parts of the uk. a little bit colder towards the east. wherever you are, it is certainly not going to be that cold. so wednesday, boxing day, we have a weather front affecting the north of the country. this means of course a bit more cloud and spots of rain in western and northern scotland. to the south of that, i think variable amounts of cloud and sunshine. your best bet for sunshine on boxing day, i think the southern counties. it could end up being a very pleasant day for places like southampton, portsmouth, london. the more northerly you are, the more likely you are to hang onto the cloud. and the outlook through thursday and into friday: it stays relatively mild, again with variable amounts

of cloud and light winds and always a chance of some frost and fog. so let's summarise christmas week. patchy fog on the way and there will be a touch of frost and some sunshine. goodbye. good afternoon. coastal residents near indonesia's anak krakatau volcano have been warned to keep away from beaches , amid fears that further eruptions and volcanic activity could trigger another tsunami. on saturday, giant waves crashed into coastal towns on the islands of sumatra and java, killing at least 280 people and injuring more than a thousand. officials have warned the death toll could rise. the sunda strait region was the worst affected — with buildings reduced to a tangled mess. rebecca henschke reports from carita, injava.