to provide training and advice to others that may be struggling. the three year programme launches next september. police are stepping up security at mosques across the uk, in response to fears that they could be targetted during ramadan, which begins this weekend. there's been concern over safety among some in the muslim community, following the new zealand and sri lanka attacks. the bbc asian network's shabnam mahmood has more. the focus of this year's ramadan is

a safety. for mosques like this and others across the country, ramadan is one of the most important and busiest times of the year. thousands of worshippers gather for special players every single night during the month of fasting. and the mosque kitchen, this woman says following attacks on the places of worship some of the community are really worried. people are scared. they are fa to come into the mosque. the kids are fed. how is security going to be at the mosque. —— they are afraid. the kids are afraid. it is the areas where mostly women and children play that had been identified in a safety assessment as needing extra security. —— woman and children pray. the world changed after

christchurch and the reality kicked in that if it happened there it could certainly happen here. this is how they are preparing. a nationwide security road show giving training on how to guard against an attack. the plan was to engage over 200 mosque leaders, but we have seen over 1000. and we think that next week will probable see another 1000. but make the message from the police is one of reassurance. i'm here to be sure that there is no intelligence to suggest that anyone in the uk is a specific risk and i wa nt in the uk is a specific risk and i want to make sure that they feel safe and supported by uk police in their worship. these young women are confident their mask will keep them safe during ramadan. no i'm not apprehensive to come here. —— that there mosque will keep them safe

during ramadan. when we all come together we are stronger and it is a really peaceful atmosphere. nevertheless, extra layers of security will remain in place throughout the islamic holy month, with the message to remain alert to stop now it's time for a look at the weather look at the weather with sarah. we have got some lunch and author, but equally some blustery showers and it will feel fairly chilly. most of the shares will be a eastern parts of england and a england and wales you should stay mostly dry. some are wintry flurries of a higher ground in scotland and towards the south. some sunshine later on for the north of scotland. as we head into the evening and overnight, most of the showers fade away. with clearing skies, a cold night ahead,

temperatures just a degree or so above the freezing in towns and cities. in the countryside could be a touch below that. possible frost for tomorrow morning, but looking like not a bad day. the england and wales could stay dry but it is in china, a little bit of chance of showers across the east coast. a few spots of rain of hill snow in the final. temperatures not great for the time of year. bank holiday monday will feel rather chilly and there will be a mixture of sunshine and showers. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... the prime minister faces calls fresh calls to step down after the conservative party suffered its worst results in english local elections, for almost 25 years. the party lost over a thousand councillors. labour also suffered key losses. india has hailed as a success its evacuation of more than a million people to safety to avoid cyclone fani. between eight and 12 people were killed by the storm,

but officials said the loss of life could have been far worse. one of the uk's busiest routes, the west coast mainline, will be closed between london euston and milton keynes. rail passengers are being warned to expect disruption to theirjourneys this weekend, as bank holiday engineering work gets underway. thailand's king maha vajiralongkorn has been crowned in an elaborate ceremony to mark his ascendancy to the throne. today is the first of three days of coronation rites for the king who inherited the throne in 2016 when his father died. those where the headlines and more at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, the travel show visits the caribbean island of st martin, where music festival—goers are volunteering to help the island's recovery following devastating hurricane irma. coming up on this week's programme... the clubbers picking up paintbrushes to help with a hurricane clear up in the caribbean... it's really important to bond

with the community and also give back to the community. why neon lights could soon be a thing of the past in hong kong... we are a by—product of east meets west and neon is the essence of this as well. we meet the people piecing back together some of afg hanistan‘s priceless works of art... and i'm in dubai getting a taste of life in the fast lane. oh, my days!

we're starting off this week's show on the caribbean island of st martin which, back in september 2017, was hit by one of the most powerful atlantic storms in its history. the hurricane was huge, bringing winds of over 300 kilometres per hour and it left a trail of devastation in its path. but almost two years on, the island is now back and open for business. and this year, one of dance music's biggest annual festivals lent the locals a helping hand to. we sent greg mckenzie to find out more. when hurricane irma made landfall on the small island of st martin in september 2017, nobody had quite predicted its ferocity. homes, businesses and beachfront hotels were reduced to rubble.

the ocean washed away almost everything in its path. it's heartbreaking, honestly. and, right now you're seeing a little bit of the workers, you know, repairing their buildings and businesses, but before, you wouldn't be able to pass to here. definitely. here was like a deserted area. it was really rough. unfortunately, not everybody could...make it during those rough times. well, totally destroyed. the hurricane irma, which had 35 metres high of waves, which is not a hurricane at that time the, this is a scenario.

——aa —— a a tsunami. but yes, it was too strong to and xxx. almost the whole entire cost of the island. the hurricane lasted for three days and caused over $1 billion of damage. almost 80% of the island was affected and locals have said this was the worst hurricane in living memory. now, here on 0rient bay, this wasn't spared. just behind me was holiday homes...totally wiped out. but now, almost two years on, the island is doing everything it can to rebuild and get the tourist‘s pack. the tourist‘s back. there might be a mass exodus from your island when there is such a hurricane, but our people, really the majority of people, stayed, they worked hard, they worked for each other and, from just cleaning up the roads and getting their houses back in order to showing up to work the next day, police officers, medical staff, they were all back to work the next day after the storm to try the rebuilding effort of the island.

there is work still to do and help has come from an unlikely source. the sxm music festival is the biggest annual event here in st martin and is widely regarded as one of clubland's most stunning and bohemian getaways. it attracts about 4000 people, but what's truly special this year is that many of the revellers have swapped dance music for paintbrushes and hard hats. is everybody awake ? it's an early start and i take my seat here at the regina primary school in the simpson bay area. so, a lot of painting needs to be done in that container, inside and outside. samantha beaton is the principal here and she's got a long list of things that need to be done. samantha, how badly devastated was the school? pretty bad. we had quite some damage. two of our classrooms got damaged. they completely collapsed. so we had a lot of loss of material also, like computers,

digital schoolboards, but also the books. the volunteers are here for about five hours in the scorching heat, but luckily some of the pupils have also come along to give a helping hand. it's not just painting that's taking place here, it's some real hard labour too. now, who would have thought when i was coming to st martin, i'd be moving rubble? the heat is intense, but everybody is upbeat, just keen to get the job done. during the weekend of the festival, there are more than 1500 volunteer —— more than 150 volunteer projects taking place throughout the island.

and over in the dutch quarter, these clubbers are helping out at a basketball court in philipsburg which is in much need of some tlc. and amongst the volunteers, we found some big named international djs. you know, we've been going around the island and we've seen the devastation that this hurricane has made and i think that as an artist, it's really important to bond with the community and also give back to the communities, so when they contacted us and said, you know, we're renovating a basketball court and we're going to give back to the community that has given us so much, i mean, it was without any hesitation. yes, i'm down to do it. and here we are. given that most people had come here to st martin to party, the turnout wasn't massive, but it was respectable and next year, sxm are hoping to encourage even more festival goers to take part by making offers of discounted tickets to travellers who sign up to the programme.

it's an easy sell. i mean, iwish i had more words for, but it is an easy sell. and it's a wonderful thing that actual international djs, festivalgoers and local people meet on a humble task, to connect on a human level and that brings so much more to the party. well, from the bright lights of the sxm festival to the iconic neon lights of hong kong. they've been a trademark there for years, but now their future doesn't look so bright. i think hong kong neon is part of our heritage, like visual, visually or culturally.

and i think it deserves to be seen or known or talked about more before it disappears. so this is probably one of the biggest existing neon signs left, probably in kowloon, maybe. it belongs to a mahjong parlour. what worries me most is, once all these disappear, it will be very expensive and even more difficult to actually build new ones, instead of just preserving them. this one is like a very old school kind of nightclub and has been there for a few decades,

i reckon. it actually is a very good example to show what's so special about hong kong neon. hong kong neon combines the old kind of advertising billboards, probably inherited from the ching dynasty or even more way back. and then combined with like western technology and aesthetic, that actually generates the unique kind of hong kong neon. one of the unique selling points of hong kong is we are really a by—product of east meets west, basically. and neon is the essence of this as well.

because of new regulations in place, i think many of these, overhead this road, will be gone like any time, so if you want to come and check them out, you need to do it quickly. stay with us because... we meet the people restoring afg hanistan‘s shattered antiquities. and i go for a spin in this million pound hyper car here in dubai.

now when the taliban seized power in afghanistan in 1996, they tried to erase all traces of its rich pre—islamic past and ordered the destruction of many ancient statues, including the world's tallest standing buddhas. but now, some of the ancient culture is being restored at the national museum in kabul, where a special team is slowly piecing together the past. there was a dark age here in afghanistan. we found the collection inside 12

trunks in kabul museum. this is one of the most important collections in afghanistan, in central asia. this is gold for us.

now to dubai, where later this year the 15th international motor show takes place. this is a part of the world where they really love their fast cars. but if you're in town and don't quite have the funds to take a top of the range souvenir back home with you, i'm off to meet a man who says he can help you experience life in the dubai supercar fast lane, for a few hours at least. hi, how are you doing? yeah, good to see you. look at this mobile. there you go, mate, jump in. all set? yeah, let's do it.

so even here in dubai, where they've got a load of flash cars, i bet you still get looks in this one? its a porsche 911 gt3 rs. with the setup we got now, we've got the rear wing edged a little bit more for track, so the top speed is around 200 mph. 200 mph? yeah, yeah. seriously? not that i've done that, because obviously i'm an angel on the road. i think 0—60 mph, 3.1, 3.4 seconds. something around that mark. everywhere we look, i'm just seeing like, what's that? a rolls—royce. yeah, we've got rolls—royce going past, you see like mercs, it's standard supercars everywhere. what is it about dubai? why do people...? why are people so in love with their superca rs here? i think there's a couple of different reasons. 0ne, it's to show off.

as much as nobody wants to admit it, people do like to show off. partly why people do drive supercars is to put smiles on faces. and to show off a little bit. and then there is the most amazing diving within the uae. you can head out of dubai a few places and to the mountains and head towards abu dhabi and there are amazing roads here. and then again there are two macca ra cetracks and then again there are two macca racetracks within an hour here. —— there are two racetracks. the speed limit here is 19 elsewhere on the highways as well. that is pretty much all of the highways here. —— the speed limit is 90 miles per. it went to 100 miles per but now it is down to 90. there is a really nice positive supercar scene in dubai. people like to drive fast cars here and people like to drive fast cars here and people might have nice

cars. “— here and people might have nice cars. —— people like to have nice cars. —— people like to have nice cars. if you fancy a nice car, but you don't necessarily have the bank announced her burden, there are a couple of ways to get your high octane pics here in dubai without having to blow your life's savings without having to sell your home. you can go to one of the local showrooms that specialise in top range cars. hello. how are you? might like this is not a bad showroom you have here. we try to stop we are all about the luxury, the biggest comedy the fastest. that one is a mclaren. this is basically ap one is a mclaren. this is basically a p one. valued at 11.5 million dead hands. with a conversion rate i would assume that is close to £1 million. —— 11.5 million dirhams

still stops. if i were to pay that money it would need to have six bedrooms and a garden. not for mag wheels. but you need something like this to get you there. we live in dubai, so it is a market which values the fastest. the citizens here can afford these kind of bad boys from the added to lamborghini to mclaren. so it isjust boys from the added to lamborghini to mclaren. so it is just one of those things. when you reach that sort of stature in your life, it is a representation or an extension shall we say, of who you are. to get people coming in here who are just window shoppers? can you tell when they can and that this is a bad boy, he is going to spend the money, or someone he is going to spend the money, or someone else like me who is just wanting to borrow the toilet or

something? everyone is welcome here, thatis something? everyone is welcome here, that is the way we have created a short. it is basically like a design boutique. people come injust a look and see. there is a variety of such. and if they chose to have a coffee 01’ and if they chose to have a coffee ora and if they chose to have a coffee or a cappuccino and wanted to buy one of these, then one of our fine salespeople there will of course attend to it and ensure that it's to their satisfaction. i bet you're happy when you sell one of these cars, though. leg we're always happy, that is the business we are and of course. but if you have not got enough disposable income to ship a sieve in your home, then danny's ninth degree group holds regular track days and events here. and they will even let you hire one at the top of the range models so you can get behind the

wheel. for a few hours at least. it is not the cheapest car hire you will come across, but you will be fully insured, which isjust will come across, but you will be fully insured, which is just as well. this time, i think i will leave the driving to the experts. we're going to go for a spin in this carand at we're going to go for a spin in this car and at this car is the real deal. it is almost £1 million worth of raw, brutal, unadulterated power. let's do this, man! 0h, of raw, brutal, unadulterated power. let's do this, man! oh, yes! whoa!

0h, oh, my days! wow, that was incredible. so much raw power. listen, that is a you're not from us this week on the travel show. join us next week when we headed to the historic beaches of normandy in france, where 75 years on from the d—day landings, some of the last surviving signs of the german wartime occupation are still provoking mixed emotions. for something like this, it is a non—optional design feature. it is

not moving. wow, that is a big door. do not forget, you can follow us on social media and all the usual ways, but for now. it is goodbye. i'm off for another spin. they chose! knew weather to the bank holiday weekend is looking a little bit mixed. we have some sunshine offer and some blustery showers. things are going to be feeling fairly chilly. most of the showers are going to be across central and

eastern parts of england. further west you should stay mostly dry. some are wintry flurries of the high ground of scotland. some sunshine later on for the north of scotland to stop as we head into this evening and overnight, most of the showers fade away so with clearing skies a cold night ahead. temperatures are just a degree or so above freezing in our cities, could be a little bit below that in the city —— any rural areas. it is looking at a bad day tomorrow. the bulk of england and wales should stay in it try with some sunshine. a bit more cloud for scotla nd some sunshine. a bit more cloud for scotland and northern ireland with a few spots of rain in the final. temperatures not great for the time of year. i cold him and it will feel rather chilly and there will be a mixture of sunshine and showers.

this is bbc news. the headlines: fed up with the brexit deadlock, senior conservatives call for unity after the party suffers its worst results in english local elections for nearly 25 years. we need to be listening to these results from these local elections, which, as i say, are about deliver brexit, but it wasn't deliver this particular form of brexit. cyclone fani causes destruction in india and bangladesh, bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 125 miles per hour. here, rail passengers face disruption to theirjourneys this weekend, as bank holiday engineering work gets underway. thailand's new king is crowned at bangkok's grand palace, marking his official accession to the throne. and in half an hour, the dateline london team asks,