windy of staying dry. pretty windy particularly in northern england. when you consider the outbreaks of rain,, 10 degrees in hull, it will not feel very pretty. as we go to the end of the week, we will keep some showers. cool days, chilly nights. some rain at times, a breezy spell. and they will still be some sunshine.

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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 too. 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 beach front 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 tsunami. but yes, it was too strong... 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 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 school boards, 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, festival goers 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 racetracks within an hour here. the speed limit here is 90mph elsewhere on the highways as well. that is pretty much all of the highways here. 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 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 a p1. valued at 11.5 million dirhams. with a conversion rate i would

assume that is close to £1 million. 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 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. do you 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 else like me who is just wanting to borrow the toilet or something? everyone is welcome here, that is the way we have created a short. it is basically like a design boutique. people come in just a look and see. there is a variety of such. 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. g 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 souvenir home, then this group of

local supercar pull regular tractors and event here. they will let you hire one of the top of the range model so that 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 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 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! oh, yes! whoa! 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. laters! good afternoon to you. it's hard to believe it was only two weeks ago

that we had that easter weekend sunshine and temperatures in the middle 20s. this bank holiday weekend feels so different, chilly with some showers around today. some sunshine, the best in the south—west of england. as you can see from the satellite picture, quite a lot of cloud pushing southwards, producing the art shower in places. also pushing down from the north we have the continued there of some cold air. when is a bit lighter than yesterday, particularly across the eastern coast of england. not as raw as yesterday. patchy cloud, sunny spells, the odd shower. scotland, quite a lot of cloud and rain in the north. temperatures at 30 degrees at best, windy across the northern isles. tonight, showery rain drifts across scotland, snow on higher ground, elsewhere increasing amounts of cloud, extra cloud overhead, temperatures remaining just above

freezing. if the skies deal clear out where you are you may see a touch of frost, especially in the south—west of england and far north of scotland. tomorrow this showery rain drags its heels that it works its way southwards, not making quick progress at all. maybe in parts of the midland, head of that, much like today, beautiful blue skies filtering into scotland, but with wintry showers. they will be similar for tuesday, that band of cloud wriggling around, marooned on top of the british isles, nothing to push it out of the way. we keep those showers in places, then late in the day, rain across the far south—west. this is the start of a change, tuesday into wednesday will be the most turbulent spell of weather in the week ahead. 0utbreaks most turbulent spell of weather in the week ahead. outbreaks of rain, low—pressure, brisk winds as well. it looks like we trackjust to the south of the british isles, keeping us south of the british isles, keeping us relatively cool. 0utbreaks

south of the british isles, keeping us relatively cool. outbreaks of rain on wednesday, into northern england, northern ireland and scotla nd england, northern ireland and scotland are brighter, one or two showers, quite windy and across northern england, that brisk wind comes in from the north sea making it feel really chilly. 10 degrees in hall, cloudy skies overhead. it will not feel too clever. during the week ahead we keep the cooler days and chilly nights, the potentialfor us that night. some rain at times, but not all the time. amidst all of that, some sunshine.

this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at two. the prime minister appeals tojeremy corbyn to resolve their differences and help her deliver brexit. the shadow chancellor says a crucial factor, trust, has been damaged. in a word, a single word, do you trust the prime minister? no, sorry not after this weekend when she has blown the confidentiality she had. i actually think she has jeopardised the negotiations for her own personal protection. as israel exchanges fire with palestinian militants for a second day, the israeli prime minister orders the military to deploy in strength around the gaza strip. this is the scene in thailand as the king makes a grand procession in front of large crowds in bangkok, in his first