risk of. more on that main story now. a warm welcome to the news of a baby boy in brixton, south london. the royals made a visit and we have made and gauge some reaction there. extra love and support for the newest member of the royal family.” newest member of the royal familyli am interested to see his hand.” think it will be ginger. it is not the world we assert live in. the world has diversified and of the world has diversified and of the world has diversified and of the world hasjoined world has diversified and of the world has joined them. another baby and a person can do more mess. i sure they have the stuff to help

that. i love what meghan and harry have done for africa and diverse cultures, how they are paving the way for a new fate of the royal family. it is deviating from what we have seen. it is a side of the family we have not seen before. this was one of the first visits as a couple. they came to see how the station used music and media to inspire young people. they now have the young person to inspire. cheers to the royal baby. time for the travel show. 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 through 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, 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 orient 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. it can to rebuild and get the tourists pack. 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 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 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 of 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, mate? yeah, good to see you, danny. 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? it's a porsche 911 gt3 rs. with the setup we've got now, we've got the rear wing pitched 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. ithink 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, its 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. you know, 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.

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, there is amazing roads here. and then again, there's two racetracks within an hour of here. so people have the ability to actually use the cars a lot. the speed limit here is 90 mph on the highways as well. and that's pretty much all of the highways here. 90 mph speed limit. it went to 100 mph, but now it's 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. but if you fancy a nice car, but don't necessarily have the bank balance to be able to afford one, then 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? 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 p one. valued at 11.5 million dirhams. with the conversion rate,

i would assume that is close to £1 million. if i pay £1 million, 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's a market which represents the biggest, the tallest, the fastest. the citizens here can afford these kind of bad boys from the added to lamborghinis to mclarens. so it's just one of those things. when you reach that sort of stature in your life, it's a representation, or an extension, shall we say, of who you are. do you get people often coming in here who are just window shoppers? can you tell when they can and that, yeah, 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? to be quite honest, everyone is welcome at deals on wheels. that is the way we have created our showroom. 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. we're always happy. that is the business we are in, of course. but if you haven't got enough disposable income to ship a sieve home, then danny's ninth degree group holds regular track days and events here. and they'll even let you hire one

of their 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'll come across, but you'll be fully insured, which is just as well. this time, though, i think i'll leave the driving to the experts. we're going to go for a spin in this car, and this car is the real deal. it's almost £1 million worth of raw, brutal, unadulterated power. dan, let's do this, man! oh, yes! whoa! oh, my days!

wow, that was incredible. so much raw power. listen, that is a your lot from us this week on the travel show. join us next week when christa heads 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 evoking mixed emotions. for something like this, this is not an optional design feature, is it? it is not moving.

wow, that is a big door. and don't forget, you can follow us on social media and all the usual and all the usual ways. but for now, from me, ade adepitan and all of the travel show team here in dubai, it is goodbye. i'm off for another spin. laters! hello, good morning. early bank holiday monday last year, the temperature was a record 29 degrees. this time round, 1a celsius at best. and that was in the south—west of england, where we did see some sunshine. and, whilst we'll see temperatures recovering a little bit across more southern parts of the uk, it is going to be staying on the chilly side.

and there's some more rain to come, as well, and most of it is going to be coming from this area of cloud that's going to bring some wetter, windier weather, actually, overnight into wednesday. we've got a lot of cloud on the scene for many places at the moment, still some bursts of rain here and there. but skies are a little bit clearer in scotland, and here we've got the colder air, of course, so there may well be a touch of frost. further south, more cloud for northern ireland, northern england, still producing these showery bursts of rain, and we may see some showers developing through the midlands and across east anglia, too. for scotland, it really is a case of sunshine and showers. we're going to find those showers a bit wintry over the tops of the mountains. the air is going to be cold enough for temperatures no better than single figures in most places. some wetter weather for southernmost parts of scotland, northern ireland, northern england, and those showers also affecting north wales,

moving further south into the midlands and across east anglia. southern england, south wales, probably dry for most of the day, and some sunshine mayjust lift those temperatures to 15, maybe 16 degrees. this is where the low pressure and all that cloud is overnight and into wednesday. these weather fronts pushing some rain northwards and eastwards across the uk, so for many places, it's a bit of a wet start, i suspect. this rain is going to pivot and push its way slowly northwards, getting stuck across central, southern scotland, northern ireland and northern england. after the rain, a clearance to sunshine, but some heavy, thundery showers, particularly towards the south—west, some blustery winds too. easterly winds for eastern scotland and north—east england. together with the rain will make it feel quite cold. temperatures 6—8 degrees at best. further south, some warmth in the sunshine, but those showers are going to be heavy, accompanied by some gusty winds too. and almost more of the same, really, as we move from wednesday into thursday. low pressure just drifting slowly across the uk, and those weather fronts stuck across the northern areas. so cloud, some patchy,

lighter rain perhaps by this stage. further south, some sunshine. again, some heavy and thundery showers. this time they're more likely to be across east anglia and the south—east of england. temperatures on thursday much like those of wednesday, again below average for this time of the year. goodbye.

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