against south africa in perth in a week's time. in the premier league, arsenal face newcastle in the late kick off while tottenham can move up to fifth with victory away to aston villa. it begins a busy run for spurs, who also play in the champions league last sixteen on wednesday, something manager jose mourinho is all too aware of. so, it's a really hard week for us — sunday villa, wednesday leipzig, saturday chelsea. but let's go match after match and the first one, again, i repeat, always difficult at villa park. always difficult. villa are a good team, fighting to stay in the division, self—esteem really high with a qualification to the wembley final. a very difficult match. we have to go with all the potential we have, forgetting that two days after, we have to play leipzig.

in the scottish premiership, the league leaders, celtic — currently ten points clear — taking on aberdeen. callum mcgregor gave the away side an early lead but ash taylor equalised. that's one of three matches today, with second—placed rangers also in action. the first of the day's women's fa cup matches has been called off due to storm dennis — that's arsenal against lewes. but there are four more fifth—round games scheduled — all two o'clock kick—offs. check the bbc sport website for updates. sam skinner and matt fagerson have been added to the scotland squad for the rest of the six nations. they've both recovered from injury. glasgow warriors back row fagerson last played a test in august, while skinner missed out on the world cup injapan after sustaining a hamstring problem in the summer test win over france. the lock forward has been impressive for exeter chiefs, helping them to the top of the premiership. after two defeats in the six nations, scotland are away to italy on saturday. rory mcilroy takes a share of the lead into the final

round of the genesis invitational event in los angeles. he's io—under—par, alongside adam scott and matt kuchar, one shot clear of the field. way down on five—over par is tiger woods, the host of this tournament. he said he was feeling run down and he's skipping next week's event in mexico as he continues to manage his workload in the build—up to the defence of his masters title in april. shaun murphy is playing kyren wilson in the final of snooker‘s welsh open — let's go live to cardiff and it's murphy who has the advantage at the moment — he took the first frame. it's the first to nine. you can watch the match live on bbc two in wales or via the red button, bbc sport website and app. that's all the sport for now. next on bbc news, it's the travel show. coming up on this week's programme:

electric tuk—tu ks. .. it is almost silent, the suspension is still the same though. fatphobia and the woman that beat it. and, look away now if you don't like snakes. helaughs. he laughs. horns beeping. we are starting ourjourney in sri lanka's capital city colombo,

where the true kings of the road are the tuk—tuks, also known as auto rickshaws or three—wheelers. horn honks. ahh! and where honking seems to be a national sport. nothing like the great honking horn of a giant bus to put fear in you. there is actually over a million tuk—tuks here in sri lanka and it definitely shows, because these things are everywhere. that's a pretty high number for a country ofjust over 20 million people. the prospect of good money has prompted many young people to become a driver here. the number of tuk—tuks hasjumped eightfold in the last 15 years, causing a little bit of congestion on colombo‘s roads. and it is notjust the pros. driving a rented tuk—tuk is increasingly popular with tourists too. why are you renting a tuk—tuk today? what is it about a tuk—tuk that

made you go, i will get in one of these today? well it's because of the convenience — i can stop it wherever i want and i can go wherever i want. having that freedom is really important to you then? yes. how excited are you on a scale of one to ten? 0h,100. they laugh tourists need a local driving licence to drive a tuk—tuk here, but also some practice. ok, this definitely is not as straightforward as i thought it would be. i think i need some assistance! 0k. thushari has been a tuk—tuk driver for four years. female drivers remain a rare sight in sri lanka, but times are slowly changing.

stay in neutral, otherwise i'll jump forward, gotcha. so the horn is my friend. friend, yes. right, so they are your top tips? i think i am ready for the road, thank you. you really feel that lack of suspension. and there are so many potholes here, oh! once you reach that level of comfort with driving, the best thing about driving a tuk—tuk is that you can just take in all the gorgeous scenery. and on my left is the beautiful ocean. but the gentle ocean breeze isn't enough to disperse the emissions

produced by the millions of vehicles on sri lanka's roads. air pollution in its capital city regularly exceeds the levels recommended by the world health organization. ten years ago the government banned the import of the most polluting rickshaws, the 2—stroke engines, but several hundreds of thousands remain on the roads. the pollution definitely isn't as bad as i thought it would be, but it is definitely palpable — in fact i think ijust ate some. as part of the global fight against climate change, sri lanka has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030. this man hopes his invention will help achieve his country's goals. so this is what you have been working on? yes, this is our electric tuk—tuk, this didn't really look like this earlier, it was a very old chassis that i used. we basically took the engine off

here and fixed the motor to the old gearbox and then we have the battery pack that is placed under the seat. sasiranga de silva won a un award for creating a simple kit which converts petrol tuk—tuk engines to electric. what inspired you to develop this electric technology, what was the inspiration behind it? as you can see, sri lanka is a beautiful country, but since recently we noticed that the emission levels are higher, so the respiratory diseases, levels of disease are going high there, so i thought, you know, as an engineer, if i do my best, to contribute to bring the emissions down in sri lanka. what do you think it is going to take to get your conversion get up and running, produced on a mass scale? because it is quite high, and a tuk—tuk is quite a low cost product, so the conversion cost has to be as low as possible for drivers to afford it. so i have been doing so many research so i can downside the battery so i can

reduce the cost. sasiranga hopes he can bring the cost of his conversion kit down by a quarter, to the equivalent of about $1700 or £1300. and here's another eye—catching innovation — an emission—free electric model. of course the litmus test will be whether electric tuk—tu ks are accepted by local drivers. this is where the magic happens. so i have asked thushari tojoin me on a taster session. so this is it, yeah, a bit different to what we're used to. i am going in the back though. makes a change, to be driven around. it's so quiet, isn't it? compared to the four—stroke engine, it's almost silent. she laughs. the suspension‘s still the same though, still getting

rattled around in the back. we're pretty lucky though, we're among the first people to try this electric tuk—tuk. excellent driving, excellent driving. so how was it, how did it feel? ifeel your pain. and would you one day like to own one of these? the issue of affordability will decide whether electric tuk—tu ks are ever developed on a mass scale. but here, the project's manager is bullish about the future. whether we like it or not, the future is electrification of the transportation system.

so i think in the next five years or so, it is going to come into the streets, and even bikes and even scooters, so it is going to happen in the nearfuture, yeah. five years is ambitious, but who knows — the spirit of innovation and a smattering of political will might be just enough to clear the air in colombo. stay with us, because still to come: the traveller who took on the fatphobes and won. and snakes in the rainforest — how this jungle paradise is about to quadruple in size. he laughs. so don't go away.

right in the heartland of sri lanka lies kandy, a bustling historical and religious town, set around a tranquil artificial lake and surrounded by scenic hills. there are hundreds of hotels here to choose from in kandy, but there is one that beats all others for one thing — eccentricity. this hotel was built in the 19305, and its current owner helga has filled it with a mishmash of art pieces adorned with antique furniture and wall—to—wall ceiling paintings and photographs. this quirky art was originally a form of therapy. i was going through a rather dark period myself, going through a bitter divorce. and my father said to just get out of your system, paint it out. at first it was all black

and then came the gold monkeys, see no evil, speak and hear, you know. itjust progressed from there, and i thought this was fun. this place is just completely covered in beautiful old photos. what you get is a real sense of pride in the family's history and heritage. they have had some really famous visitors here too — like gandhi. you have got quite an eccentric style. how would you define your style though? well, i don't think i am particularly eccentric. i mean, this is a minimalist‘s nightmare. as somebody said, this place doesn't have a theme — i said life doesn't have a theme. with the dark lighting and the cobwebs and the kind of dark artwork along this corridor, there is a real eerie, ghostly feel to this place. i kinda feel i am

going to meet someone, or something at the end of it. there definitely was someone around. . . a couple freshly settled in their room for the night. i kind of like this because the room is really nice, you can see it's all pink, thank god it's not black. for sure i'm not coming out of the room in the night, that's for sure. she laughs i don't want to get killed. art must be fun. i like art to make people smile, i like people to smile. she chuckles. next this week, the latest part in our series about travelling differently. this time we met the woman

who decided that bodyshamers would not stop her doing what she loves most. i am such an explorer, a naturally nomadic person. i want to see the world and so travel for me is my happy place. it's joy. but when i am in one place for too long, i feeljust not myself. like, i always want to be on the go. i'm kellie brown, i'm a youtuber, influencer and traveller. good morning. it is our first full day in lisbon. we got here yesterday. delirium, jetlag, checking in to the airbnb, all we did was take a walk around the neighbourhood. but today we are out and about and we will explore. so as much as travel excites me, there are things that can be intimidating. being a plus size person, you never know what levels of fat

phobia you may be exposed to. different cultures are a little more outwardly fat phobic but it's not something that would stop me from going where i want to be. just a couple of girls on their way to barcelona. we have a long flight and we're about to have a lot of fun, so come with us. come! when it comes to flights, i think it is something that i didn't realise how many larger people were really afraid of, until i would talk about travelling on my youtube channel. i want to talk to you about travelling while fat. aka, being a plus size person who loves to travel. and, you know, i would get comments like i am terrified of flying, not because i am afraid of the plane, but i am afraid of how people perceive me or my seatmate or if i have to ask for a seatbelt extender. i had someone roll their eyes one

time, i was walking past their seat and they rolled their eyes like "you sitting with me?" and i wasn't. i ended up being lucky in having a whole row to myself, to which i was laid out and they were all crushed. i'm like "that's what you get". i decided a long time ago to let go of caring or the flight attendant will pass it to you so discreetly, ‘here, honey, here you go.‘ and i'm like, ‘thank you!‘ click. just wandering down random alleys in a strange land. whether you're travelling in europe or asia, africa, throughout the us, in australia, you know, i think there are going to be people with an opinion about your weight no matter where you go. and so how that informs the places — the choices i make when it comes to travel is to not make that a thing. you know? the first thing i care about is safety and what's happening globally — like are they in crisis or war? these are the things you think

about when you travelling because if you worry about how every single person in any given country or city is going to receive your largeness, you would not go anywhere. i could go down the street to the grocery store and someone can have an opinion about me. but it's not going to prevent me from walking around the city in which i live. i can't let that stop me from exploring the world. and there you have it, ladies and gentlemen. your dance break. now, sri lanka is like heaven for nature lovers. almost half the people who come here do some sort of wildlife activity. beyond the big beasts, like leopards and elephants, there's a trove of smaller critters — many that you will find nowhere else on the planet. and that's why we have come to the wet zone on the south—west of the island.

now, i know you can't see much apart from really tall trees but mother nature's soundtrack is truly spectacular. birds chirping. this is the edge of sri lanka's last primary rainforest, sinharaja. it's a hotspot for biodiversity — rare plants, unique bird species, amphibians and snakes all thrive here. it's so important ecologically, that there are plans to quadruple it in size. the only way to explore it is by foot. and for that you'll need some serious legwear. so the forest is also home to bloodthirsty leeches, so i picked up these attractive anti—leech socks in the hopes that i make it out without any of them attached to my skin. ridma used to hike and swim in the forest as a child. it's so dense. yeah. just a tiny amount of

sunlight coming through. he now runs tours of the jungle around the island. it's slippery. the sinharaja forest covers more than 8,000 hectares but you do not need to walk very far to spot some wildlife. here, look. it is a kangaroo lizard. it's tiny! it almost doesn't look real. some of it is after your blood. he's just moving until he can settle down and then he will suck blood from me. the way it moves is creeping me out at the moment and it's so small. i shouldn't be scared. when he sucks the blood he will grow three times the size. and now he is getting and i can feel it. really? what does he feel like? just a tiny little pinch. oh, you can see it getting bigger! now he is sucking blood. in truth, every inch of this rainforest is buzzing with life. there are plenty of spiders of course, but we're here for something a bit more slippery.

see there. it's a green pit viper. under the leaf. oh, my gosh! almost the same colour as the leaf. it's tiny. it's a big one. if this snake bites me what happens? it's quite painful. it gives you cramp. and like, it depends on your condition. stay away. ridma's expert eyes soon spotted another baby snake on our path. what's the name of this snake? it is an ahaetulla, eye catcher, eye catch snake. because they are used to — here on the trees at your eye level and with this... see? he tried to go for you! he is a little one. he has no venom but he does have teeth. he will bite you until blood comes out. oh, my god. wow!

you weren'tjoking, weren't you, when you said it was worth it? every time i come into here it is notjust going into the jungle. i come into a big living creature. the rainforest is alive. is it true that there are plans to quadruple the size of the rainforest? it's on the papers now but it is a big project and it takes time. and it's good because sinharaja gives us a lot of things, you know, like the rain to the whole other part of the country. this will be amazing for sri lanka. across the country. not only for sri lanka but for the world. yeah. we made it! there are 104 different types of snakes in sri lanka. only six are deadly to humans.

but with about 80,000 bites a year, this country has one of the world's highest bite rates per capita. most victims are local farmers working in paddy fields. once they are treated in hospital they often turn to people like pieris for the after—care. pieris has been an ayuverdic doctorfor over a0 years. he says he has treated more snake bites than he can remember. so this is how you make the treatment for your patients? oh, that looks painful! what happened ?

this villager is lucky. a bite from a hump—nosed viper can be fatal. this mixture of herbs will make the swelling disappear. so is this exactly what ayuverdic treatment is? using herbs to treat snake bites? 0k. i'm not going to touch this hand but i want to wish you all the luck with your healing process. it sounds like you are in good hands. it has been an honour to meet you. thank you so much and good luck with everything.

i'm so glad i survived the crawling beasts. well, that's all we have time for you this week, but coming up next week, mike is in rio ahead of the biggest party of the year and we find out just how much work goes into preparing the carnival each year. all the welding, the sewing, the machines, everybody is working on one show, your parade. yes. everything. for now, from me, lucy hedges and the rest of the travel team here in sri lanka, it's goodbye.

hello. whilst we have had some very strong winds, it has been the rain from storm dennis that has caused most of the major issues, and there are still some met office amber heavy rain warnings around this afternoon, over the howe green for england and wales, where we have seen england and wales, where we have seen some england and wales, where we have seen some large rainfall. that has led to scenes of flooding like this in worcestershire. there are four severe flood warnings on the main river they are, two in south wales where we have had that major incident declared and people evacuated because of the flood waters over 100 villages of rainfall causing that. we have over 300 flood warnings just causing that. we have over 300 flood warningsjust in causing that. we have over 300 flood warnings just in england causing that. we have over 300 flood warningsjust in england and causing that. we have over 300 flood warnings just in england and wales alone. you can see how the rain is moving from wales into the east anglia and the south—east. the winds are anglia and the south—east. the winds a re less of anglia and the south—east. the winds are less of an issue but it is pretty windy across scotland and northern ireland, where we have seen some frequent and heavy showers appearing. it is turning coolerfor this afternoon after that rain clears away. lots of showers coming in overnight, we have seen the rain clear in the south—east of anger on

this evening. we focus more towards the north, and that is storm dennis, the north, and that is storm dennis, the centre of it getting closer to scotland, so the winds could get squeezed here during the course of the night into the early hours. the showers continue, cooler than last night, certainly for england or wales, three or 4 degrees. a windy and blustery day for monday, not just as one day, there will be sunshine, showers, heavy winds pushing eastwards for the south of england and wales and some frequent showers coming into scotland and northern ireland. snow over the highest ground in scotland, because temperatures are actually not too bad for the time of year, double figures in the east coast of scotland. that area of low pressure is all that is left of storm dennis which fades away towards norway and we are left with this showery air strea m we are left with this showery air stream from the atlantic. again, sunshine, blustery showers, bands of heavy, perhaps under a showers, with some hail mixed in. and probably more wintry showers coming to scotla nd more wintry showers coming to scotland and northern ireland on tuesday as the air gets colder and those temperatures start to drop a little bit. lots of showers on

tuesday. we lose the showers overnight, it gets chilly, and then we see the next when system lining up we see the next when system lining up to come in from the atlantic. so, for many areas we start dry and it may stay dry for most of the day for east of england in scotland. early sunshine but clouding over, rain for the west, particularly wet for northern ireland, the west of scotla nd northern ireland, the west of scotland and the north—west of england, perhaps the wales getting —— perhaps the welsh hills as well. the weather continues to be u nsettled the weather continues to be unsettled into next week. no sign of the weather settling at all. more wind and rain unfortunately on the way. and even though the rain is clearing today, it does not mean that the river levels will drop straightaway.

this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 2: south wales police declare flooding caused by storm dennis a major incident, as heavy rain and strong winds continue to lash large parts of the uk. as you can see behind, the emergency services doing an incrediblejob trying to get people out of their homes, homes that have been ruined by water gushing through, destroying all their possessions. hundreds of flood alerts are in place across the uk including a number of red warnings, meaning there's a danger to life.