world heritage status, following a 2010 application to be included on the uk's nominations shortlist. our correspondent andy gill has spent the day atjodrell bank. it's been a long process, nearly ten years in the making. you have to do a very detailed technical application to the british government to make sure that that is correct. the british government then send it off to unesco and finally, in baiku in azerbaijan today, the announcement thatjodrell bank in baku in azerbaijan today, the announcement thatjodrell bank does now have world heritage status, putting it alongside the giants causeway, the city of bath, liverpool waterfront, the lake district. the difference i think withjodrell bank is it has been recognised notjust for the historic and heritage science it does here but also for the ongoing science and that is something that the people here are really pleased about, that it is fairly unique recognition, the only place

in the uk that has a similar kind of cachet to it, kind of cache to it, which has the world heritage badge, is kew gardens down in london. which has the world heritage badge, is kew gardens down in london. as you said, sir bernard lovell started things off here in 1916. the telescope here bears his name. he was the pioneer of exploring space using radio waves and notjust visible light. the news has spread throughout the astronomical community, the famous astronomer and tv presenter professor brian cox said it is superb news. unesco say this honour is to honour jodrell bank and their role in transforming our understanding of the universe. and a girl in a glorious blue skies atjodrell and a girl in a glorious blue skies at jodrell bank. and a girl in a glorious blue skies atjodrell bank. let's catch up with the rest of the weather with tomasz schafernaker the rest of the weather with tomasz schaferna ker —— andy the rest of the weather with tomasz schafernaker —— andy gill. well, it is a pleasant weekend out there for most of us, it has turned a little cloudy in one or two areas but, on the whole, not too bad, this is what it looks like through the evening hours, a lot of clear weather out there and that does mean

that the temperatures will tumble away in eastern scotland and in the north—east of england, it could be chilly outside of town, maybe as low as two or three degrees. these are the city centre temperatures. now, clouds tomorrow will be increasing here from the west. this is a weather front that is approaching northern ireland and i think later in the morning, into the afternoon, there could be some rain around in belfast but the vast majority of the uk should have a bright day. in fact, stunning weather, i think, along the south coast and the north sea counties as well. 2a in cardiff, best temperature. more like the upper teens across central scotland. and then, tuesday, the northern half of the uk will be cloudy, there will be some rain around. the south will turn a little bit more cloudy too but the temperatures quite warm there in the south. this is bbc news with carole walker. the headlines. the foreign office ordered an inquiry after what it

calls a disgraceful legal memos criticising the trump administration. the e—mails written by the british ambassador to washington called the president's white house inept, and incompetent. it is obviously very disappointing that this correspondence has come out into the open but it is also important to say that it is their job of ambassadors to give frank, personal opinions about what is happening in the countries they serve. exit polls suggest greece has elected a new centre—right government, ousting the leftist syriza party in a snap election. the women's world cup, the united states proved too strong for the netherlands, retaining their title in france. skirmishes have broken out between demonstrators and police in hong kong after another large—scale protest against a china's increasing control over the territory. and now i'm bbc news, it is time for the

travel show. coming up on this week's programme: i am dressing up in dublin as cosplay marks its 35th birthday. ade heads to dubai to explore a record breaker, in full bloom. this place is like the chelsea flower show on steroids. and lucy puts a cardboard kayak to the test in this month's global gadgets. this is pretty sturdy. hello, and welcome to the travel show with me, christa larwood, coming to you this week from dublin, capital city of ireland, home to guinness, u2,

and, for one weekend only, costumes like this. it's comic con, ireland. and a big feature is cosplay. this year marks 35 years since the term was first coined in this article by japanese journalist, nobuyuki takahashi. but really, fan costuming began 70 years ago at the first world science fiction convention in new york city, when this couple attended wearing a futuristic costume they designed and made. the cosplay industry is now a multibillion dollar business, with some reports saying it is worth over $20 billion, of over $20 billion, or £15 billion, worldwide. everyone is here injust

incredible costumes, of all shapes and sizes and frankly, it would be a bit rude not tojoin in. the cosplay experts have got me a costume. oh, this one's for me? thank you very much! so, i'm not sure what this is, the grand reveal... hopefully it's one i recognise. oh, it's totoro, from my neighbour totoro, the studio ghibli film! this one i know and am very happy to wear. very happy cosplayer today. let's go! thousands of people have come for the comic con, ireland edition.

many are taking part in the cosplay competitions, hoping to be picked to represent ireland in the euro cosplay championships. others are here to play their favourite characters. running the cosplay side of things, is guild of nerds. i think years ago, cosplay was seen as sort of an oddity, but now it has become very mainstream, where like 50% of the convention will be in cosplay and i think in the last ten years, there's actually people who have made a living out of it. so, why has it become so big? i mean, how did it turn from a couple of people going to a convention in costume to all this? the internet. and there's some people who may be isolated, and when they come to conventions, that's when they can meet like—minded people and some people when they're actually in costume, they get a bit more confident and their acting in the character, it makes them act like the way they normally wouldn't. pretty much most people i know are introverts, but you see them and they will be extremely hyper. we are going to start things off, anyone who would like to come up in costume and show us something!

are you ready to start? if i rub this lamp, will i get three wishes? only if you say, "i wish." how about questions instead? but you still have to start them with, "i wish." oh, ok, well, iwish for you to tell me... tell me a little bit about the costumes and the competition here because it seems fierce to me. well, honestly we are all... we are all big nerds. we love what we love. we all love anime, we all love videogames, we all love movies. like myself with aladdin, i have non—stop. .. non—stop been listing to the aladdin songs. non—stop been listening to the aladdin songs. on repeat, 24/7. oh, dear! so now you get to, kind of, come and show your passion for this? yes, a lot of people here, we have our day jobs which go into our hobby, a lot of people can spend a lot of money.

but some people — some people who start out especially, they could use their own clothes at home, your costume could be just a tank top and shorts, something very basic. and, boom! you are cosplaying! so have you heard, just anecdotally, like, oh such and such spent like two grand on a dress? or... yeah! no, that's happened. that has happened a lot of times. back to the competition, and there has been a development. they have allowed me to come up on the judge's panel, and i even get to give my own specialjudge's award. a very wide array of costumes so far, including some pretty gory ones. contestants are judged on effort and performance for portraying the character, with those making their outfits from scratch gaining extra points. we all get to pick one place. oh, god!

you've chosen all my picks! but it means i'm like, on point with myjudging. so that's good! despite all the fun, there has been controversy over recent years about some cosplayers getting the wrong kind of attention, with accusations of sexual harassment, inappropriate behaviour and body shaming and offence. and body shaming at events. that's why this slogan, "cosplay is not consent", has started to appear at many conventions along with a set of rules that mean that nobody should be touched or photographed without their permission. hello, everybody! first of all, may i say, everybody‘s costumes were just incredible! the judge's choice award to go to rachel smith, with her character, yennefer from witcher iii, looking incredibly awesome in black! for the winners, it is national cosplay glory. for the other entrants,

there's always next year. i knew only very little about cosplay before i came here, but i feel like i had a crash course and ifound it to be such an interesting community of creative people but the most important thing that seems to have come across today, is the passion, and the dedication that people have towards embodying these well, if you fancy popping on a costume and morphing into a character for the day, here's your travel show guide for places to strut your stuff around the world. the biggest event of the year for many cosplayers is the san diego comic con, with tickets selling out in minutes. the four—day event hosts its own masquerade contest in which you can win significant cash prizes. however, the standard is very high, and the panel ofjudges often

includes hollywood costume makers. the cosplay scene in india is rapidly growing, with comic con events taking place in delhi, hyderabad, bengaluru and mumbai. expect impressive costumes as many cosplayers take full advantage of the army of high—skilled, and relatively inexpensive tailors, who work throughout the country. if you'd rather be fully immersed in the world of those you are portraying, then maybe larping, or live action role—play, is more up your street. the largest global larping event is the conquest of mythodea, and takes place in germany where 15,000 people come together for a five—day—long mediaeval re—enactment. or if dressing up just isn't for you, then the british museum is currently hosting the largest exhibition of manga ever to take exhibition of manga ever to take place outside of japan. the immersive exhibition explores manga's global influence, from anime, to the origins of cosplay.

still to come on the travel show... lucy takes to the water in a cardboard boat. and ade's in dubai, to explore one of the biggest outdoor gardens in the world. i'm not even messing about, i feel like they are speaking to me. so don't go away. welcome back to the travel show, now before we go any further i have to show you this incredible costume by sarah. sarah, why don't you give us a twirl? so tell me, how on earth did this costume come to be? well i saw it on a video, it was like on youtube of like, this guy, a designer, who made loads of dresses for little girls that like, transformed, and ijust really wanted one! but he doesn't make them for older

people so i was like, i will make my own, i will figure it out and i'll do it myself. so underneath there is a coat hidden, and the coat is reversed so you stick your hands through and pull it up out the back, and wear it literally like a coat and then you pull the dress up and hide it, so it goes like that. oh, there you go! and so for you, what do you enjoy about making these costumes? ijust love to make things with my hands, like i love the physical aspect of it, ijust love spending time on it and it's something i really enjoy. so, how it take to make something like this? so, how long does it take to make something like this? well, for me, this one took about two weeks, like, full, every day working on it. what does being part of a community like this mean to you? to me, it is like a really big family. when i was in school i didn't really have many friends and, was really lonely, and no—one understood, like... and i was into all these comics and disney and superheroes and no—one was, and then i found out about comic con and cosplay and i came to my first event,

and it was like, everyone swarms you, and they're like, "oh my god, join our little group!" this is a family, all these friends, and it's so nice cos everyone's just... relates so well and you get along with everybody. it's your tribe? exactly! and you put together this one as well? idid. it's worked out so well, thank you so much for showing your amazing costume! thank you! and now for global gadgets with lucy. summer has sort of, almost nearly arrived here in the uk, so today i have three gadgets that could help you make the most of the long sunny days, whether you're at home or on your holidays. first up, it's the solgaard life back solar. the company released their first crowd funded backpack in 2016, and this is a new upgraded version. so, it powers your devices when you're on the move and the battery pack slots in nicely here and can recharge itself via the solar panel on the front.

if it is an overcast day, which in london, is a lot of the time, it can still be charged by a micro usb. now, the company says it is good for up to five full phone charges, but if you are relying solely on that solar panel, it will take more than 2a hours to fully charge. other features include secret compartments for your passport, travel documents and whatever else, but while the bag is advertised as being antitheft, there's a usb port in one of the side pockets, which might not be the safest place to charge a device. all in all, though, it's a potentially useful option if you're going to spend long days out and about with nowhere to charge your device. next, bose are widely known for their earphones and speakers but not stylish fashion items. that could all be about to change with frames. it's their new line of sunglasses with speakers built in to the side arms, so you can listen to music without anything covering your ears. they‘ re actually pretty clever, so there's a built—in speaker in both of the arms,

the sound comes out here and is then directed into your ears. and the quality is surprisingly very good. you do get a tiny bit of audio leak, but it's about the same as you'd get with a lot of other earphones out there, they also connect via bluetooth, although it's worth noting it's all too easy to hit that connection button when taking them off and putting them on again, if i'm being honest, they‘ re probably not going to replace your everyday earphones, and being sunglasses, they are not much use indoors, plus battery life is limited to around 3.5 hours. but as an accessory, they're fun, they're stylish, they're new and they're discreet. what if you're more of an expedition type? well, here's something a bit more adventurous. the onak is a new brand of foldable canoe. it's made from a special type of polypropylene which the manufacturer claims is 100% recyclable. to help me assemble it, i've brought along my friend,

outdoor tech expert, kieran. so, this is it. what do you think? are you ready to help me put this thing together? let's give it a crack. let's do it! weighing 17kg packed down, the canoe is light enough to wheel around. so, would you say that a love of the great outdoors is compatible with a love of tech — do the two work together? i think they do. i know a lot of purists would say you get out to the outdoors to escape technology, and a lot of technology these days is seen as something that dislocates you from your environment, but a lot of the tech that i really like best helps you to get out, it connects you with your surroundings. so the onak canoe, for example, will enable people to go and see things they will have never have seen before. there are loads of gadgets like that. they are just enabling you to get out and explore more. so, are you sure you don't want to join me? unfortunately, there's only one lifejacket, so you are on your own this time. put some welly into it. here we go! you're free! it's pretty sturdy!

the company says it can be used just like any other canoe, but obviously, you need to take the usual precautions. so i'm out here on the very calm waters of regent's park boating lake and i've got my lifejacket on. ok, so far, so good. there's no leaks and i feel pretty safe sitting inside the canoe. if say, you have limited storage at home but you love the outdoors, you love going on the water, this is definitely worth considering! thanks, lucy! well, to finish off, we've got the perfect place to put that solar backpack to good use. the sun beats down in dubai pretty much all year round, so you wouldn't think it is the best place to grow flowers. but that hasn't stopped them creating one of the world's biggest outdoor gardens. we sent ade to go check it out. heading for the entrance here at the miracle garden, three things immediately strike you. first, the smell, then it's the colour, and then, there's the scale.

this place is enormous! since it opened on valentine's day back in 2013, almost 8 million people have come to take a look around the miracle garden. and i'm off to meet the man whose idea it all was. dubai's full of surprises. where did you get your inspiration from? actually, my inspiration, first of all, i am a landscaping engineer. and since i was a child, always reading about heaven, paradise, and it is filled with flowers, so always this idea in my brain, and always when i see my kids playing, you know, games on screens, on tv, i always... it comes to my mind, really, i need something for people to go out. so this has inspired me to create something to take people outside, to take people to nature.

and it's on such a grand scale! so many flowers here! how many flowers do you have in this park? we are always sustaining above 50 million flowers. 50 million flowers?! this place must take a lot of water. where do you get it from and how do you keep it sustainable? actually, we are using the recycled water from dubai municipality, so all the grey water over the city, the municipality recycle it and pump it to us, and from our side we refilter this water and convert it to very high—quality water. and what about your challenges? what is the biggest challenge for you? actually, the biggest challenge is just the wind. if we have strong wind, it is really our best challenge.

we can't control it. we can control pests, we can control irrigation, temperature, everything can be controlled but not the wind. this place is like the chelsea flower show on steroids. but you know what i'm looking forward to? it's when all these people leave and i get to hang out with the gardeners and find out how they keep everything looking so immaculate. owl hoots. this place takes on a completely different aura at night. it's actually quite scary. i mean, those giant animals staring down at you, they feel more lifelike. it'sjust gone 10:00, and it's only myself here and 200 gardeners that work all night to keep this place looking pristine. i'm going to find one of them now.

hello, ade! how are you? nice to meet you. lovely to meet you. this place is so different at night. of course it is! what is going on here? it seems like it's raining! should i have brought my umbrella? no need for that, just we are doing our irrigation work. we wait till the people leave the garden, then we start our irrigation. is there anything i can do to help? of course, you can do! as you can see here, we are approaching the sunflower. you can see how it is blooming, it is nice... it's beautiful! yeah, so we need to keep it beautiful, as you said. how we would do that, of course, we need to get rid of the dried ones. to trim it, prune it from time to time. 0k. so if you like, you can try by yourself. so, i'm looking for these dried sunflowers where the leaves are... of course, the wilted ones, the dried ones.

actually, i was speaking to one of the gardeners earlier and he says, you know, you almost develop this relationship and a connection with the plants. i'm not even messing about. i feel like they are speaking to me. you know, these ones are saying, "stay away from me with those scissors! "stay away from me, you madman!" now, this looks a little bit more complicated than what i was doing earlier. yes, of course. why is he shaving the clock? i will not allow you to do it. come on, come on! and the clock, is it accurate? it is accurate, of course, it is connected with the gps, you can check your timing now. let's have a look. 10:46... 10:a6, yes. good job, yeah?

it is almost time for bed for me, but the team of gardeners will be working here throughout the night until the gardens reopen up to the public at 10:00 tomorrow morning, making sure that all of those millions of flowers are in blooming, tip—top condition. that's all we have on this week's programme. but coming up next week on the travel show... mike's on australia's great barrier reef, looking at some of the amazing work being done to protect it. ok, and here we go, we havejust started our descent. below all we see is blue. ifeel a little bit nervous. as well as finding out how eco—submarines could be the future of underwater sightseeing. so, dojoin us then. and in the meantime, don't forget you can catch up

with us on our social media feeds, where you can share your travels with us and the rest of the world. until next time, from me, christa larwood, the travel show team and the cosplayers of dublin, it's goodbye. well, the weather in the week ahead is looking a little changeable, there will be some sunshine around, some decent weather for sure but we are going to throw in a little bit of rainfor are going to throw in a little bit of rain for the parks in the gardens as well, particularly across northern areas but almost anywhere will get at least a little bit of

rainfall. here is the satellite picture, weather fronts are lining up picture, weather fronts are lining up in the atlantic. i think in the next 2a hours, it will be the north of the country that gets the cloud and the rain. you can see weather fronts lining up in the north but this high pressure is starting to push on as well, we will see a battle between the high in the south end of these lows coming in, they are sort of going to be coming in at different times, hence that changeable weather, through the course of the week. this is what it looks like early on monday morning, pretty quiet across the board, 8 degrees in aberdeen but outside of town, a lot colder. milder in the south. this is the weather front moving into northern ireland, by the end of the morning, it will be pretty cloudy here. in fact, that cloud will be reaching the lowlands of scotla nd cloud will be reaching the lowlands of scotland by roundabout early afternoon. there is some rain due for belfast on monday, difficult to say exactly what time, probably later in the day but the vast majority of the country, a fine day, beautiful weather on the south coast andi beautiful weather on the south coast and i think there will be some

beautiful weather along the north sea coast as well. 2a the top temperature in the south, cardiff perhaps. great weather for wimbledon, the winds will be light, plenty of sunny spells around and very pleasant temperatures, so great weather in london. tuesday, remember there is high pressure trying to build, there is also weather fronts moving and so the weather fronts in the north on tuesday, there is going to bea the north on tuesday, there is going to be a bit ofa the north on tuesday, there is going to be a bit of a north—south split. let's call it the very far south of the country that gives the best weather of the day on tuesday, claudia in the midlands and in the north, probably some rain, so liverpool, newcastle, belfast, glasgow getting a little bit of rain but cardiff and plymouth, southampton, london, the weather should be absolutely fine on tuesday. beyond that, it looks like the weather will be very changeable. friday could bring a lot of showers throughout the uk, some of them could be heavy, thundery, may be some hail as well but it is not going to be cold.

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