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and there won't be any money, here and there won't be any money, we will be unemployed, so they are looking elsewhere because they want a successful life, notjust for the meantime. what i would want to showcase would be if the diversity that middlesbrough has. it has one of the highest number of asylum seekers per population so that is a lot of support for people that are fleeing persecution, fleeing violence in their own countries, and i would love to see the support that the town provides for those people. i think we have got a long list of things that we can try and get through and think about which ones we can pick on. i look forward to reflecting on what you have spoken to us about, and giving some coverage to this great area. thank you. and we'll be reporting live from middlesbrough from monday and through the week. and we want to hear from you — what are the stories you think we should be telling
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about middlesbrough? you can put your questions and suggestions online by going to bbc.co.uk/news and clicking through to an extremely rare roman coin has been found during work to upgrade the a14 between cambridge and huntingdon. it dates from around 269 ad and it was minted for an ill—fated emperor, ulpius cornelius laelianus, who was killed after reigning forjust two months. it's believed to be only the second of its kind to be found in england. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. mixed is the best way to describe the weather this weekend. there will be sunshine, and one thing that sunshine, too, but also a scattering of showers. for today, across scotla nd of showers. for today, across scotland and northern ireland that will stay predominantly cloudy and damp. for england and wales, the
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skies will continue to brighten. we will see some showers here. they will see some showers here. they will be hit and miss. temperatures up will be hit and miss. temperatures up to 18 ori9 will be hit and miss. temperatures up to 18 or 19 degrees and the best of the sunshine. through this evening and overnight, many of the showers will fade, although parts of scotla nd showers will fade, although parts of scotland and northern ireland will stay with the damp weather. it will not be a cold night. into tomorrow, some great, murky conditions first thing, but the cloud and mist should lift and break, then we will see some sunshine. brighter today across scotla nd some sunshine. brighter today across scotland —— brighter than today across scotland, staying cloudy in northern ireland. a top temperature of 20 degrees.
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hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines: the shadow brexit secretary, labour's sir keir starmer, says to break the brexit impasses, the government should include a public vote in any eu withdrawal agreement. australia decides — polls have closed in much of the country as australians wait to find out whether they will get their sixth new prime minister in as many years. prince william opens up over the "pain" he suffered after the death of his mother, diana, in a bbc documentary about mental health. i...i've thought about this a lot and i've tried to understand why i feel like i do, but i think when you are bereaved at a very young age,
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any time really, but particularly final preparations are being made for the 64th eurovision song contest in tel aviv, with michael rice flying the flag for the uk. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show. this week, on the travel show. a new look at lady liberty. this is incredible. we've got it all to ourselves. wow, definitely worth the ungodly wake—up call. travel tips from our global guru. and going off grid on the coast of norway. we came around the point here, turned off the engine and i said, "well, this is it. "this is the place." our dreams became reality.
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this week, i am in the usa's biggest, most iconic city, new york, where a very special lady has been making headlines. a brand—new museum dedicated to the statue of liberty opened its doors this past week and the travel show was lucky enough to see inside just as they finished work on it. as they are putting the finishing touches to the museum, we are only allowed to go in very, very early in the morning so i was up at 5am to catch the ferry, the very first boat
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of the day to leave for liberty island hours before the arrival of the public. liberty island receives nearly 11.5 million visitors each year. on a busy day, as many as 25,000 people come over and right now, we've got it all to ourselves. this is incredible. wow, i've never seen the statue this close before. definitely worth the
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ungodly wake—up call. until recently, visitors that wanted to learn more about the statue's history were directed to an exhibit in its base at the space was so limited, only a few people actually got to see it. that's all set to change with the opening of the new museum. oh, it's dramatically better. it will be a whole new experience for people who have been here before to the other museum. the primary thinking behind the structure is that we not compete with the statue of liberty, that we have a really attractive building but that all eyes are still on lady liberty. can we go inside? let's go inside, come on. there are three primary areas of the museum. people come in, they will go
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into the immersive theatre and then they will move on to the engagement gallery which is where we are standing right now, and the engagement gallery is primarily the history of the statue of liberty. its beginning, and then how it became a symbol of america. and now it's used in every sort of thing that you can think of. the museum takes people all the way back to the statue's creation. it was designed by frederic august bartholdi, who built it in his paris workshop. the statue marked 100 years since the declaration of independence and the historic alliance between america and france. in 1885, it was shipped in 350 individual pieces over to new york where it was reassembled and unveiled to the american public next year. and then you finish
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with the inspiration gallery. so let's have a look at the face. it's a huge face. this full—sized replica is made from the same materials as the statue. important thing is for you to feel the narrowness of the copper. that's the full size of the copper on the... i was not expecting it to be like that. nobody does, it's very thin. about the size of... now for the piece de resistance, the original torch. the torch. wow. it stood up there from 1886 until 1984. the original torch had been changed from bartholdi's design to include a glass panel frame that could be lit up night. in the 1980s, it was removed and replaced during a massive restoration of the statue. can you tell us how difficult it was to get the torch in here. well, i didn't have to do it but it was quite a task. people worked for about two weeks, from 3:00 in the afternoon until 3:00 at night.
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they had this carrier that they laid the face on its back, and then put the torch on it. we had not put in all the glass yet, so that could lift quite nicely into its position, and it all worked quite well. and here it is. martin and his team have been in charge of conserving the torch and cleaning it up. well, today is the last day, it's sort of the clean down from the top down and so as they are finishing up the lighting fixtures inside, myjob is then to find a clean down of everything that falls down. it's just a simple cotton cloth to try to get the heavy things out. just getting rid of that there. like any cleaning job, it's never done.
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you are one of the last people who get to be here before it's off. i do feel very honoured. it's pretty cool. i get to touch it because the public aren't going to get to touch this, are they? no, they are really not. just don't leave any real marks, 0k? my hands are clean! i think it's really quite impressive just how much detail there is for something that really wasn't designed to be seen close—up. the detail is so intricate. it's pretty amazing how it all comes together, part to part, piece to piece and all of a sudden, you've got a torch. it's so iconic and you think about its history and how it stood for freedom and for liberty to people all over the world. it really is a remarkable piece of work.
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and the museum has now opened its doors. entry is free to all visitors of liberty island. and if you're visiting new york this summer, here are some travel show tips of what to know before you go. pay lady liberty a visit and your ferry ticket should also include a trip to ellis island, at one time a gateway to america. over 12 million immigrants were processed here in the late 19th and early 20th century. today tourists can visit a 3—floor museum as well as the famous great hall. the american museum of modern art, or moma, celebrates its 90th anniversary with the opening of some new galleries and performance spaces but if you want to visit it in its current form, you'd better be quick. it will be closed from june 16 until the autumn. and this rather pristine development is hudson yard,
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made up of a 7—storey shopping mall, offices and apartments. it is estimated to have cost, are you ready, $25 billion. since the yard has opened in march, it has been heaving with visitors and it could get even busier next year when the observation deck opens. at more than 1,000 feet of the ground, it will reportedly become the highest outdoor deck in the united states and with a glass bottom floor, you will be able to see all the way down. there is no question it's lit but if all those shops and skyscrapers leave you cold, you might be enticed by the shed, a brand—new cultural centre slap bang in the middle of the yards. the shed really is part museum, part performing arts centre, part pop venue. we produce and commission all the work, so everything is new. if you add, i call it the p word, if you add pop into the equation, it immediately brings a much wider range of interest.
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one example of what i'm talking about is a big kind of summer show dragon spring phoenix rise. it's kind of a kung fu musical. but we can also do things like a celebration of classical music and painting. we really are kind of a hybrid venue. still to come on the travel show: simon answers your travel questions in global guru. it's very easy simply to book at the last minute. generally, you can even buy a ticket on the day of departure to australia and not pay significantly more than other people on your flight. and we meet the modern day castaway living alone on an island in norway. living here alone, it has been pretty tough sometimes because you have to rely on yourself all the time.
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so don't go away. hello, this week i have advice on the best european volcano experiences. medical care in australia. and the risks and rewards of travel to jamaica. first, though, i'vejust bought a ticket for a significant maritime event in the eastern mediterranean. onjune 2, i will be aboard a new ferry link from turkey to greece. until now, the only ferries between the two countries have shuffled between the turkish mainland and nearby greek islands but this is a mainland—to—mainland operation connecting the ports of cesme and lavrion, close to izmir and athens respectively.
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next, john ash has a seismic request. i want to see an active volcano, relatively cheaply. mount etna seems a good option. is it the best? john, i have been lucky enogh to witness active volcanoes in costa rica and the us state of hawaii, but to get some advice for you i have called an expert. mount etna volcano is the second world's most active volcano and it is close and relatively cheap to visit. the volcano is close to the city and eruptions take place quite often. the last one took place at the end of december, 2018. not far from here it is another active volcano, stromboli, otherwise to see other volcanos being active as etna, you have to fly to hawaiian islands or to la reunion islands. next, john is heading for australia. he's been successfully treated for cancer that says that travel insurance policies are still extremely expensive. he wonders, how can i get reasonably priced travel insurance with a poor medical history?
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john, insurers take a very close interest in the medical histories of travellers and price their premiums accordingly. one strategy which some travellers use is to take advantage of the reciprocal healthcare agreement that the uk has with australia. you will need to enrol at a medicare centre, just take along your passport and proof of residence in the uk. of course, if you are not insured, you won't qualify for medical evacuation. and neither will you be covered in the unfortunate event that you need to cancel because your condition has deteriorated. to deal with the last point, it's very easy. simply to book at the last minute. generally, you can even buy a ticket on the day of departure to australia and not pay significantly more than other people on your flight. finally, wendy barlow wants to go
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to jamaica but she is concerned. is jamaica reasonably safe? my husband says you have to stay in a resort. wendy, i am a great fan ofjamaica and have very much enjoyed myjourneys there. it would be a real shame to spend your time inside the high walls of an all—inclusive resort. however, jamaica experiences twice as many murders in the average year as britain. even though the uk has a population 20 times bigger. but if you sign up with local guides, perhaps with one of the increasing number of community tourism enterprises, you will enjoy a high degree of protection from danger. i recommend a day in cockpit country, a vast slab of limestone that has been eroded into the strangest of landscapes and a trip to the capital, kingston. my highlight — bob marley's museum in the great musician's former home. that's it for now but do keep sending me your travel questions and i will do my very best to find
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you the right answers. for now, from me, simon calder, see you soon. i'm at hudson yards, one of new york's newest landmarks and home to a 150 foot sculpture called vessel. so, josie, what do you know about vesel? well, there are nearly 2500 steps, and about a mile of walkways. they are expecting that over 2 million people are going to come every year to visit. so, there's a lot of flights of stairs, going where? nowhere, actually. it's a bit of a building, a bit of a sculpture, a bit of an artwork, i think the architect actually described it as a piece of furniture but the views are supposed to be fantastic and if instagram is any indication it is already a selfie hotspot. wow, i think we should go and climb it, don't you? let's go!
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it is incredible, isn't it? it would be brilliant playing tag on this. oh, yeah. it's like an adult funhouse. which way? i would say you go that way and i go this way but i'm pretty we'll end up lost. i know! isn't this view amazing? and gets a lot better as you go up, doesn't it? yeah, it's cool, there are so many different views. i can't come this high up not take a photo so do you mind doing the honours? of course. thank you! big smiles, one, two, three! gorgeous! we're gonna take a selfie.
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all right! it's got to be done. and to wrap up this week, we're off to western norway, home of the fjords. these long narrow bands of sea can stretch to more than 200 kilometres long, and tourists come here to soak up some of europe's most stunning scenery. the furthest west you can travel in norway is to a region called solund, an area made up of more than 1700 islands, we went there to meet a man that has lived on one of these islands for more than two decades, all on his own. the house here on the island
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was in very bad shape. then we went on to study the old original building construction, that means axe, saw, drill, hand drills, and things like that. from the very beginning, now we have six or seven buildings here and it has now taken me 20 years, to get the money to do it, to buy the materials, but also the time to really do the work. i've been living here for 20 years. when we came around the point here, and we turned off the engine i said, "well, this is it. this is the place." our dreams became reality. living here alone, it has been
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pretty tough sometimes. because you have to rely on yourself all the time. although i am alone, i'm not lonely, i will say that. the postal boat brings people, post, tourists, locals, around the islands. it is kind of a shuttle. friends and neighbours come around and visit me and make me feel that i'm in a connection with the area and the community here. we want to try to document some parts of the old traditions. it is important to me to preserve these old boats and bring them to the next generation. that's how cultural
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heritage is evolved. this is the farm, this is the place where i teach my students during the summer camps, and we have rope work and we do handcraft, and some good meals inside here. this is interesting because it's dating back to the viking period. the vikings used the square sail, and we want to bring it back again. i think that it will give them an understanding that we are part of a connection. a connection with culture, and also a connection to nature and to the elements around us.
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and i'm afraid that's your lot for this week, butjoin us next week when: cat's in the high atlas mountains of morocco, living the berber life as part of a women's only expedition. and i head up town to the bronx to try my hand at the street sport that has entertained generations of new yorkers. i don't know if i'm going to be able to hit it that hard but i'm going to give it my best shot. grab a stick right here for you, there's one right there. there's no pressure at all... i got this! ..well, there's a little bit of pressure. that's good. there you go, run it out! run it out! let go of the bat! and don't forget to follow us on social media for extra travel show content.
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but for now, from me, lucy hedges, and the rest of the travel show team, here in the big apple, it's goodbye. the best word to describe the weather this weekend is mixed because there will be some sunshine, and in the sunshine it will feel warm. equally, some showers, and they could be very happy. as we go through the rest of today, in northern ireland and scotland it will stay predominantly cloudy with outbreaks of rain. for england and
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wales, brighter skies, spells of sunshine, and those have unless heavy, thundery showers. it will stay grey and damp across much of scotla nd stay grey and damp across much of scotland for the day, through the rain will tend to ease a little. a noticeable easterly breeze. ireland, generally cloudy, some splashes of rain. for england and wales, the splodges showing up on the charter heavy, thundery showers. they are slow moving. some places will avoid the showers and stay dry. there is the showers and stay dry. there is the chance of a shower at wembley for the fa cup final this afternoon. in the sunshine, it will feel warm at up to 18 degrees. through this evening and overnight, many of the showers will fade. it will stay damp in parts of scotland and northern ireland. mist and fog patches will develop, particularly in parts of yorkshire, into lincolnshire and going to east anglia. it is no pressure in charge of weather this
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weekend. it sits across the near continent during tomorrow, throwing areas of cloud in our direction. not many isobars on this chart, so the wind will be light. any showers that you develop through the day will be slow—moving and some drenching downpour is on one places. the early mist and fog were left. there will be sunshine between the showers. a brighter day in scotland, northern ireland holding on to more of the cloud. for monday, it is a similar sort of day with spells of sunshine around, patchy cloud and showers. the showers especially in eastern and northern parts of the uk. drier and northern parts of the uk. drier and brighter down towards the far south—west. highs of 20 degrees. it stays mixed in the week ahead, a lot of dry weather, warm sunshine, but also some showery rain at times.
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this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 11am... the shadow brexit secretary, labour's sir keir starmer, says to break the brexit impasse, the government should include a public vote in any eu withdrawal agreement. australia decides — polls have closed as the country wait to find out whether it'll get their sixth new prime minister in as many years. prince william opens up over the "pain" he suffered after the death of his mother, diana in a bbc documentary about mental health. i think when you are bereaved at a very young age, any time really but particularly at a young age, i cant resonate closely to but can you feel pain like no other pain. -- i can resonate. final preparations are being made for the 64th eurovision song contest in tel aviv with michael rice flying the flag for the uk. manchester city face watford in the fa cup final at wembley
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