they don't want to leave. we also went to the pharmacy to stock up on the masks to protect ourselves, and they were running out of stock quite quickly. so i think it is either one extreme of the other, it is in a state of chaos or it is a ghost town. so it is really sad because we both love the city, it is a great place to be, but it is sad to see it deteriorate over the past few weeks. that is sophie hunter and jason neil, who have both been teaching english in the city of wuhan, and are now stranded there, stuck in that flat for several days now. 0k, we are going to pause now and ta ke 0k, we are going to pause now and take a look at the weather. we have had ben on the news, ben on the sport, and now it is ben rich with the weather! only ben s are allowed to work today!

lots of showers, some of which will be wintry. we have is turning colder. this band of rain staggering its way eastwards. behind it more of us its way eastwards. behind it more of us getting into brighter skies. wintry have a high ground in scotla nd wintry have a high ground in scotland and there is temperatures actually coming down as the afternoon goes on. to this evening the rain pushes into the far south—east but look at lv showers racing in. heavy with hail and thunder. some of the showers will be wintry and some snow mixing into relatively low levels. the new week sta rts relatively low levels. the new week starts on a chilly note with some snow and ice for some but certainly not all of us. turns briefly dry amid then milder again and unsettled towards the end of the week.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the death toll from the coronavirus in china rises to 56 — officials warn the spread of the virus is accelerating and the country faces a "grave situation". it seems that the contagious of the spreading ability of the virus is getting stronger. as the united states announces plans to fly some of its citizens home, the foreign office here says the situation is under review. a member of the grenfell tower inquiry panel resigns over links with the firm that supplied

the tower block's deadly cladding. 35 people are dead after the powerful earthquake in eastern turkey — more than 1,600 are injured. three million brexit coins go into circulation on friday — to commemorate the day britain leaves the european union. time now for the travel show. this week i'm in san sebastian. spain's culinary hotspot, tasting my way through all of the pinxtos, and finding out how to pay back a local. aupa! we hear about the positive effects of travel on our mental health. i am feeling on top of the world. fantastic! and rajan is in saudi arabia, exploring jeddah‘s historic district.

san sebastian, the basque country's holiday playground, tucked away up here on the bay of biscay. it's really stunning. there are three beaches with coastal hiking trails, but what people really come here for is the food. this northern spanish city holds one of the highest numbers of michelin stars per square metre in the world and they also claim to have the most bars per person, so this place sounds right up my street! and the basque people

have their own way of eating, too. it is all about pinxtos. my guide to the pinxtos scene is luis. he grew up in san sebastian and he runs pinxto food tours. so this is my first time trying pinxtos. how does it all work? pinxtos is our tradition, the way to socialise and make friends, changing very quick, from one bar to another, one bar, one drink, one pinxto. then you are inside. so i can see a lot of food. it all looks really good, but what's going on? well, there are a lot of possibilities. on the counter, we have the fresh pinxtos. and if you follow the black bars, we have the warm food. the warm pinxtos. and this is all made today, daily? very, very fresh. and maybe in 20 minutes, half an hour. they need to renew the pinxtos that you can see on the counter because it is always full of people,

and it is very, very fresh. as a tourist who comes to san sebastien not really sure how pinxtos works, explain, what are the rules? first, go with the locals go. second rule is one bar, one drink, one pinxto. the third rule, asked the waiter for the speciality. because every week, it changes. they change the pinxtos, and it is very interesting, you ask the waiter which is the speciality, today. but recently an undercover investigation by a local journalist caught some pinxto bars double pricing. two tourists went out and ordered the exact same dishes as two locals, who ordered in the basque language. over the night, the tourists paid about nine euros more. the experiment was conducted twice in the same month at seven of the old town's pinxto bars. so, let's talk about that investigation. got to talk about it. how did the locals react to that? yeah, i think it's interesting

to have this information, because locals, we can hear these bar staff make a different price for locals and tourists, no? for us, is very important to give the best service. not only for locals but for travellers from around the world. most of the pinxto bars are in the old town. in fact, there are more than 200 to pick from, which can be a little overwhelming, but it all becomes clear when you have someone to explain how it works. ok, so talk to me about pricing. i can see prices on the board here but not here, so how does it work? you can see this on the counter that you can take by yourself, or we have waiting, the waiter. and you can pick one, two or three, whatever you want. you can say to the waiter, how many pinxtos you have

eaten and pay for that. so people can come in, they don't need to wait to be served, they can take the food and based on this trust system you pay for what you have eaten and drank and then you leave. yes, because normally the people is very honest and it is not normally like, in big cities especially, no? i've never come across a system like this before, yeah. very trustworthy. also it is easy for the waiters, because the price normally is the same for all of the pinxtos, you say three euros for three, it is nine euros. pinxtos isn't all about the old town and tradition. luis takes me to meet a chef who is putting a modern twist on it all. hi, hola, que tal? how are you? very well. pleased to meet you. so, are you from san sebastian? do you live here? she speaks spanish. what's the secret of good pinxtos?

gracias. all in one? 0k. before i leave, luis took me to one of his favourite places and has one more thing in store. to finish the tour i have a surprise for you. oh, i like surprises. this is a temple for food lovers but also cider.

nice to meet you. san sebastien is full of cider houses, some of their more than 500 years old. we pull it like that because we like to cider with the bubbles. i am all about the bubbles. ok, aupa! it is very fresh! very fresh. we're off thailand for a taste of an annual festival that reaches for the skies in a home—made kind of way. and a word of warning. please do not try this at home. still to come...

how travelling can help when you are feeling blue, and rajan gets stuck in, saudi style. this is great, no idea what i'm doing. so don't go away. i am watching a couple of guys play pelota, a basque game here in spain. they are giving it some welly, whacking that ball. i'm about to have a go, not sure how good i'll be but so far, i'm feeling confident. hi, guys, how's it going? talk to me about pelota, what is it? this is a traditional place where we play this sport, and we play with a wooden pallet. you can use your own hands. sounds painful.

can you teach me how to play? sure, you are welcome. oh, that is weighty. off comes the jacket. feels like it is about to get hot. fling it over here. the rules. you have to play like this, this is the outside, and you have to hit the ball as strong as we can. the ball must hit that wall in front of you, and above the black line, always. if it bounces out of the white line it is your fault, it can bounce only once, and you will score points, one by one. sounds simple enough. let's play. laughter. that's more like it!

out! now, most of the northern hemisphere has just experienced blue monday, the day of the year thought to be the most depressing, but there are ways to combat it. some say exercise. others make time for mindfulness. but we have met one man who uses the open road. i'm a big believer in the power of travel, in terms of managing depression and anxiety these mental health issues that many of us will encounter. being immersed in nature, being a new places, having new experiences, these things can be really beneficial to mental health. my name is jake tyler, i am a mental health advocate and campaigner and three years ago

i walked 2000 miles around great britain. what you do, right, is you put one foot in front of the other for a period of time and your whole body, your arms, face, all of it, goes exactly where you want it to go. the feeling of sadness just goes and i feel on top of the world. fantastic! i went through a mental health crisis point, i guess, working on a job that i felt pressure to perform well at, mismanaging my stress with poor lifestyle choices, and crucially, not giving myself the things in life that i need to balance me out. things like nature, exploring, adventure, these sorts of things. the idea to walk around the whole of great britain came about because i felt like i needed

a part of my day, for me to be in control of it, basically, so i decided to do all of the national parks. i bought a map and started circling these amazing parts of britain, natural britain, that i thought would maybe influence or inspire people to get outside. ijust put a big line through them all, then there was a route of 3000 miles from brighton to brighton, a lap of great britain, and i set off two months later. it wasn'tjust this big exciting adventure the whole time, there were times i struggled. yesterday, i think i'm going to write it off. ijust woke up in the morning feeling really anxious about everything, and i couldn't really shake it all day. anxiety, man, it is a pain in the ours. it is so irrational. you cannot apply logic, when you are feeling like that. you can try, but the anxiety

is like no, wrong, you're not going to be fine, you're going to get killed and no one is going to find you. which, you know, shut up, anxiety! before you know it you are consumed by all these negative emotions. and that's something that can happen when you are travelling. the way to get around that is to try not to beat yourself up for having those feelings. those sorts of feelings can extend where you are geographically, you will have to deal with them wherever you are. for me personally, i feel i'm sort of blessed with a sense of adventure that, i thrive on new experiences, and so travelling, for me, itjust makes sense to do.

finally, we are in the red sea port ofjeddah, the gateway to saudi arabia's holy city of mecca and medina. last year the authorities relax travel restrictions making a visit to this part of the rod much easier. rajan has been exploring what the kingdom has to offer. it has been a fishing village since the sixth century then a major red sea trading post but today jeddah is the second biggest port in the arab world and saudi arabia's commercial capital. wonder into the historic district and you will find centuries of intrigue. the old city was a thriving multicultural centre with distinctive architecture. some homes and mosques date as far back as the seventh century. if i could play backgammon i'd be

admiring every move, but these guys, i think they know what they are doing. jeddah is different is the motto of the city, and the coral stone is built into the fabric of the old city's buildings and walls testify to that. today as part of its grand vision 2030 programme, saudi is attempting to become an appealing tourist destination and the restoration of old jeddah is central to those plans. jeddah has always been attractive to immigrants, both for the hajj and work, and people from yemen and east african countries make for a vibrant and bustling street. sammy is the director of the programme and it has been his mission to revive the area. now, you are so passionate yourself about the rejuvenation of this area, the preservation of the history. why?

because first of all i am local. i am, this generation of my family house, and my grandfather moved from another family in jeddah, so i grew up and i live and i had a great life injeddah and this is one of my reasons for my passion of the old city ofjeddah. sammy even drove a taxi around here, picking up tourists, partly to improve his english. but the decline started in the 60s and 70s when the oil economy started booming and people moved out to modern houses in newer, bigger urban areas. so very few people still live via? very few. what is the aim? how do you want this city to look and 20, 30 years time? we are working on a master plan to protect the city, to encourage people to come,

to bring students from university to live here, you also, there is a lot of land from the sea back fit, we want to take that feeling out and bring the sea to the facade of the city, as it was, 50 years ago, but also we have to be careful, it doesn't become... you come and visit my house and maybe you have some surprise. i would be delighted to thank you. the streets are quite narrow so sammy uses a golf buggy to wend his way around. sammy knows everybody here. noo! think you do. you can also rent them if you come to this neighbourhood and you prefer not to walk in the heat.

do you like doing that? actually, this is not quite his house. it used to be the old royal residence and is now a cultural heritage site, but sammy , sammy's family are the custodians, and he has the key. you can hear the evening call to prayer now, echoing from all of the buildings around us. it is an incredible effect, it is coming at you from all angles, and it is really kind of beautiful music. so, sammy, that wasn't the surprise, was it? that was one of the surprises.

we have another one waiting for you downstairs. what is it? we will see! ok, what is this? this is the surprise. it is a dance that is local to our area and we hope you will participate with us and danced together and play the drums, if you are a very good musicians. i wouldn't say that, but i can play the drums. this is very old arabic. it comes from ancient music. i have a feeling this is harder to play than it looks, do you have someone who can show me? first, you buying this together, and you close it, you close your fingers. and another one, you present it like that. and then... as is tradition, when the music like this place, people are invited to come and listen.

this time we have got some visiting tourists. i don't know what i'm doing, but no ones seems to notice. all they are being polite! as you can tell, i didn't escape the dancing, if that is what you want to call it. thankfully, another tourist took my spot. i'm much happier in the background banging the drum! that's all we've got time for, today, butjoin us next week when... we are on the slopes of mount etna, one of the world's most active volcanoes. i'm meeting the people who live and work alongside some truly

terrifying geological forces. so do join us for that, but until then from me and the rest of the travel show team in san sebastian, it is goodbye. after a fair few days of grey, gloomy, damp weather, things are now beginning to change. on the satellite picture you can see the dry of cloud pushing in from the west. it has by rain for many of us already. some speckled cloud, lots of showers and some cold air so some

of showers and some cold air so some of those showers will be wintry. we've started to see a bit more in the way a brightness developing. that was belfast earlier one also some pretty big showers. a hail shower in the scottish highlands and as we go to the west of this afternoon we will continue to see some shabby speeding in. a mixture of rain, sleet and snow at the high ground in scotland. with that cold of our temperatures actually continue to head downwards to the west of today. a soggy start to the evening across east anglia and the south—east than some clear spells and look at all the showers racing in from the west. some of them will be heavy with hail and thunder and across the northern half of the uk some of them will be wintry and not only of the highest hills. even at some relatively low levels we could have some snow mixing in. for northern ireland, northern england and scotland it will be a mixture of rain, sleet and snow which could certainly make for some icy conditions for the monday morning

commute. that is certainly worth bearing in mind. at the south it will be chilly but not as chilly. most of the showers here will be falling as rain. maybe some hail mix then but the further east you are across england notice it is not a bad start the day with some dry weather and spells of sunshine. we will continue to see showers pushing on across the west. some of them wintry across the northern half of the country under the the shower activity will pack up and eventually other southern counties as well. temperatures lower than they have been between 509 degrees. when picking up to the evening across the english channel coasts and for the channel islands. plenty of showers still further north. and actually, as we get into tuesday we are watching this little frontal system here. it does not look like much on the chart but it could give another area of rain, sleet until snow across northern areas and that could cause some disruption for tuesday morning said that is worth keeping an eye on. snow and ice for some of

us over an eye on. snow and ice for some of us over the next couple of days, dry a mid week and then it changes again. it but unsettled with some outbreaks of rain at times.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 2pm: the death toll from the coronavirus in china rises to 56 — officials warn the spread of the virus is accelerating and the country faces a "grave situation". as the united states announces plans to fly some of its citizens home, the foreign office is urging britons to leave the province where the outbreak began — and advising against further travel there. a member of the grenfell tower inquiry panel resigns over links with the firm that supplied the tower block's deadly cladding. 35 people are dead after the powerful earthquake in eastern turkey — more than 1,600 are injured. three million brexit coins go into circulation on friday to commemorate the day britain leaves the european union.