tv The Travel Show BBC News August 29, 2020 5:30am-6:01am BST
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the hollywood actor chadwick boseman, best known for his starring role in the film black panther, has died. he was 42 and had been diagnosed with colon cancer four years ago. he died at his home with his family at his side. thousands of protesters have gathered in washington dc to protest for justice and racial equality. the protest was called on the anniversary of the civil rights march on washington in 1963, when martin luther king delivered his famous "i have a dream" speech. british scientists have been given nearly $9 million to try to find out how long immunity from coronavirus lasts. they believe that understanding how our immune systems respond to the coronavirus could be one of the key factors in getting life back to normal. this afternoon will see
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football fans set foot inside a premier league stadium for the first time since march, and the coronavirus lockdown. two and a half thousand tickets have been made available for a friendly between brighton and hove albion, and chelsea, at the american express community stadium, and that's less than 10% of its overall capacity. here's laura scott. a packed crowd at the amex in january. that was what football was used to. then came coronavirus and finishing the season meant doing so without fans. tomorrow, tentative steps will be taken to welcome crowds back when brighton host a preseason game against chelsea which will act as a pilot event. we're delighted for football that there's a game with fans, that's the most important thing, because this is the first in what we hope will be a progressive number of events to bring the stadiums back to life in full. all of the 2500 fans allowed in here tomorrow will be spaced out. not even families and couples
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can set next door to one another. every fourth seat will be used and the seat on the end of every row is out of action — and only two stands in the stadium are in use tomorrow, to allow the players to be free of any fans. thermal imaging cameras will take random temperature checks of spectators on arrival. masks will have to be worn on the concourses and while queuing, but not in the stands. full stadia won't be possible for a few months yet and with 40% of premier league games not scheduled to be shown live, some fans may find it difficult to follow their team this season and there are calls for a solution to be found. hopefully, there'll be more televised games that we can follow. i think it was great when the premier league restarted and we had nearly every single game available. if they could at least allow season—ticket holders access to some sort of stream or something, that would be better than nothing. but those at the top of the game say they will have to wait until an agreement can be reached. be patient, use local radio, which provides great live
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coverage of most clubs, if not all clubs up and down the country. watch the highlights programmes. and rest assured that we are doing everything we can to get them back into the stadiums. tomorrow's pilot is exciting forfans, who have certainly been missed, but it will serve as an important marker whether it is safe to welcome crowds back to live sport and how best it can be done. laura scott, bbc news, brighton. we arejust all we are just all feeling our way back to normal, aren't we? coming up at 6 o'clock breakfast with charlie stayt & rachel burden but now on bbc news, the travel show. the travel show i'm in the jungles of borneo exploring malaysia's biggest state. in the western corner of malaysia and borneo, sarawak has some of the most diverse ecosystems, but it can be overlooked by
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tourists drawn to bright lights oi’ tourists drawn to bright lights or its neighbour state. so why am going to discoverfor or its neighbour state. so why am going to discover for myself the sites and inhabitants of this remarkable state. along the way, they will be hanging out with these guys. claiming jagged out with these guys. claiming jagged peaks, easily one of the most beautiful and one of the most beautiful and one of the most difficult hikes i have done. and, getting a taste of one of the world's most remote food festivals. i have to work on my snail sucking technique. we have 26 ethnic groups and sarawak. my trip starts here, and sarawa k‘s guest sarawak. my trip starts here,
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and sarawak‘s guest city. and that word means something special, right? yes, it means cat! like the city of katz? yes, cat city. we are starting here in the state capital and travelling all the way over here to the highlands. on my first stop, i'm going to meet one of the state's most iconic residents. and here he is. the orangutan. there is so much soul in their eyes. 97% of their dna is shared with humans, and that's when they get their name. orangutan means man of the forest. orangutans
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are native to only two islands in southeast asia. some of them are on so in southeast asia. some of them are on so much about the vast majority live here, and borneo. i've come to this nature reserve , i've come to this nature reserve, where ranges are preparing for the morning feed. it looks like they eat quite well because there's a whole buff a well because there's a whole buffa hairand well because there's a whole buff a hair and it seems like every day there is a different meal plan. yes, today is saturday so they will have 21 kilos of bananas and then sweet potatoes, chicken eggs and pineapple. 0h, potatoes, chicken eggs and pineapple. oh, it's heavy! maybe 15 kilos. where are we at? almost 20. we are already 21 kg. so what is special about this nature reserve? 0k, 21 kg. so what is special about this nature reserve? ok, so this nature reserve? ok, so this wildlife centre is actually started off as a rehabilitation centre, so we
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we re rehabilitation centre, so we were established back in 1975, so it's more than a0 years ago. the reserve took orangutans that had been rescued from captivity or suffered habitat loss and taught them to live wild in the surrounding forest. since then the rehabilitation programme has been moved elsewhere but the forest is still home to 33 orangutans and tourists have a chance to glimpse those tempted back by a free meal. is very different than a zoo? no orangutans in cages. yeah, totally different from a zoo. our ranger, he will... we will bring the fruits to the feeding area. when the tourists arrive, ranger heads to the feeding platform to call the eighth.
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welcome to our centre. coming here, it is not guaranteed that you will see an orangutan stopper you happen to see one, you consider yourself very lucky already. in the rainy season between november and march there is an abundance of fruit in the forest so the orangutans often don't need this extra food. but lucky for us, we don't need to wait long for a sighting. this is edwin, one of the biggest males in the park. like the ranger said, this is not a zoo. the orangutans can come from any direction at any time so you have to be a little bit careful, especially around the big males like edwin here. while these orangutans are used to people, they are still unpredictable, so tourists are kept at a safe distance. edwin,
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his 23 years old, born in 1996 and he was the first male austrian born here. now fully grown, edwin is competing to become the reserve's sold dominant male. only one orangutan dares to approach him on the platform. rescued from captivity in the 1970s and one of the first orangutans to be rehabilitated here. we call her the grand old lady because she is the oldest female, aged a8 yea rs is the oldest female, aged a8 years old. and she is doing still very well. she is 48, his 23? that's quite a big age difference there, right? yes, but love doesn't see age as a problem, no? feeding time's
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over. there is no more, and here is edwin. oh, i'm a bit nervous to see him so close. his massive! so much hair. if you saw that from behind you wouldn't know what it was. sadly, despite conservation efforts, orangutans face an uncertain future. over a 16 year period, the numbers and borneo fell by more than 100,000, a decline blamed on hunting and deforestation. is now estimated that there are now estimated that there are now just over now estimated that there are nowjust over 100,000 orangutans on the island. and so, the facility here, how does it help? by having this centre, people still get a sense of seeing the wild orangutan, and not disturb the orangutan in
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their nature habitat. and i guess the more people come here, the more they learn and that also helps as well? yeah, definitely. the feeling of excitement of seeing wild orangutans ring you closer to conservation efforts, and to be able to share it with people up there, it really means something. next up, i'm crossing the state to reach sarawak‘s crossing the state to reach sarawa k‘s largest piece crossing the state to reach sarawak‘s largest piece of protected ra i nforest. sarawak‘s largest piece of protected rainforest. this place is teeming with wildlife, over a000 species of plants, 20,000 species of invertebrates, that means hundreds of different kinds of spiders, beetles, and butterflies. but no orangutans, though. not here. mulu is also
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home to one of the largest hunter gatherer tribes in southeast asia. the vast majority now stay in settle m e nts majority now stay in settlements like this one. i didn't expect you to do that! with the nose! laughter so these are flutes, right? blowpipe. blowpipe! you make these? can you show me? oh, i see. so you drill it by hand? so many times! that would be cou ntless so many times! that would be countless hours. are, yes. you
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see, the we go. blowpipe's are the traditional hunting weapon. they are loaded with darts, tapped with a strong poison extracted from the bark of a local tree. and you would use one of these big ones? well, i'm about six feet tall, maybe 1.8 metres. 0k, feet tall, maybe 1.8 metres. ok, so we are here like this, ammo goes in the back. armed and dangerous. you first. safety off. sharpshooter! i
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guarantee i will not... like this? this? and then... ok. here we go, hopefully there will be some beginners luck. 0...ihadto will be some beginners luck. 0... i had to the will be some beginners luck. 0. .. i had to the target! further inside the park there isa further inside the park there is a truly unique landscape. below ground, there are some of the world's largest caves, formed from limestone and shaped by millions of years of ground and rainwater. this process also created a bizarre collection of stone spires above the ground. they are called the pinnacles and i have come all the way up river to base camp five to see them. at
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almost 50 metres tall, the pinnacles are imposing spec calls. but to get there, sightseers face a three day round—trip and a long, brittle track through the rainforest. so the guys have some rules in place to make sure tourist are up place to make sure tourist are up to it. now first 60 minutes, so this is considered as a check—in point. if you make it more than 60 minutes, you are considered a member. —— a slow member and we have to say you are not qualified. so if! don't make the first checkpoint in 60 minutes you turn around and say sorry, you are going back home? yes, this is the rule here. 0k. we'rejust about to head to bed for the big hike tomorrow and this is bed tonight actually, underneath his mosquito net, but is a b by
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the way. this is coming with me tomorrow, there is some peoples sleeping and i just tomorrow, there is some peoples sleeping and ijust got she wished. i am sleeping and ijust got she wished. iam nervous sleeping and ijust got she wished. i am nervous for the hike tomorrow, it is supposed to be quite hard. a lot of very, very steep inclines. so i'm going to get a full eight hours tonight and i will see you in the morning and we will see if we can make it to the top. caution! a high degree of physical fitness is required past this point. eight hours round—trip. lead the way. past this point. eight hours round-trip. lead the way. let's go! i have just 60 round-trip. lead the way. let's go! i havejust 60 minutes round-trip. lead the way. let's go! i have just 60 minutes to make it to the mini pinnacles, the first point. you won't
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joking. how is it? steep! the checkpoint is less than a kilometre slope but the humidity makes it feel a lot further. we've only just started and i'm already pretty exhausted. and we are here! the pinnacles! not quite, right? mini pinnacles. that is, it is not a joke! having reached the check within the time limit is another kilometre before i reach the most treacherous stage. this is the first ladder, mike. 0k. woo hoo! right, larry, helmet on, right? all right. who is first? after
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you. after me? 0k! one down, all right. who is first? after you. after me? ok! one down, 70 more to go. it is beautiful limestone, the cliffs are sharp but at least there are lots of places to hold onto. it looks like it is raining down there. you think it is going to rain? yeah, it is going to be heavy rain. 500 metres to go. 100 metres to go. i hope we get there before the rain. what height is this? the last ladder. the last ladder. this looks like the summit. is it
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highlands, home to one of the world's most remote food festivals. it is not exactly a smooth road, it is being like being a priest a piece of popcorn back here in the backseat but it is a lot of fun! i am quite an adventurous eater and i try everything. once, at least once. if it is not so good that only once but often you come to the faraway places you will find some pretty far out food and i'm hoping we will find some very and i'm hoping we will find some very interesting stuff! bumped around and a little bruised from the journey i get there to find the festival in full swing. actually we are
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catching the eye of a lot of the locals because there is not that many foreigners, surprise surprise, in this part of the world. i don't know half of the food is here today and that is quite exciting for me. a local farmer called diane offers to help me around. would you like to try our dure? i do not know what this is. it is like a vegetable found here. it is a plan that lives in the jungle? yes. i could eat that all day. it is delicious. but it is kind of like, i was thinking it will taste like spinach but it does not at all. ok. it tastes much heartier than spinach wood. would you like to try the akep? yes, it looks to be like boiled
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snails. it smells like boiled snails. it smells like boiled snails too. this is how we do it. so this lives in the jungle as well? you suck it out mr mark there you are. just like that. so you bite, you bit it first? yeah, just a bit, not too much. a little bit is stuck on my teeth. ok, and then you suck it, just suck it right out? there we go. how do you find it? iwould not out? there we go. how do you find it? i would not use that word fantastic but it is not bad, very chilly! —— chewy. this is traditional food sourced by the surrounding area. welcome to bario. she
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ta kes area. welcome to bario. she takes me to herfarm where area. welcome to bario. she takes me to her farm where she grows one very takes me to her farm where she grows one very important ingredient. each plant has one pineapple? yes. so it will take about one year to write. this one looks right. yes! yes! a golden yellow. so how do we, can we pick one, how do we pick one? sure, you canjust pluck it. i will have puncture wounds after this but it is ok. hey, that was easy. and twist? because it is golden, ripe pineapple. it is very sweet. look at this, my very first pineapple. oh! back at the festival, locally grown pineapples have been made into jams, juices and even pineapple cider. down the hatch. a little
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chunky. how many of these do i have to drink to have a really good day? i'm not sure. shelby find out? —— shall we. since it started in 2006, the festival has celebrated both the cuisine and the culture of the highlands. up top there are some bags with soda pop, cookies. the point is the climb to the top and grab your prize and come back down. apparently it is my turn. give him a big clap. so, start from the bottom. freestyle. freestyle! 0k, bottom. freestyle. freestyle! ok, let's go. come on, come on! as the games continue, my form does not really improve. yeah!
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come on! it was by a feather that we lost. yeah. again that iam not that we lost. yeah. again that i am not bad at. i think it is my height advantage. let's watch. that is way better than mine. i guess you might think that coming so far away, you wouldn't be able to make friends or it may be a strange tourist experience. but i a lwa ys tourist experience. but i always find it some of the best ones when you come to these remote places. there's not many foreign tourists so people are just so accepting and grateful that you are here and will share everything with you.
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hello there. you could see the rain coming on friday, but it was very difficult to get out of the way. this weekend, though, the weather is set to change. for a start, it's going to be a much drier weekend. however, it's not going to be very warm at all. some particularly cold nights, and we're going to start with some strong winds as well. a northerly wind as our area of low pressure takes most of the rain away towards the south—east and gets pushed away slowly by that high pressure coming in from the west. by the time we get to the morning, there still could be a few showers down the eastern side of england,
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and there's the threat of cloud coming back in off the north sea to bring some rain in during the afternoon. elsewhere, some spells of sunshine. there will be a few showers notably across northern parts of scotland. there will be a northerly wind as well. it's always going to be stronger where we're more likely to have that rain. could be gusting 50 mph or so. it will make it feel cold, of course. temperatures typically 13 to 17 degrees, a touch warmer than that, maybe, towards the south of wales and the southwest of england. many places will turn dry during the evening. that wetter weather gets pushed into the east midlands towards the south—east of england and east anglia. that'll keep the temperatures up here, but elsewhere with clear skies, lighter winds, we could see temperatures even as low as two or three degrees in some rural areas. so a chilly start to sunday. by this stage, the winds won't be as strong. there'll be some cloud across east anglia and the south—east. any early showers should move away, keep the odd shower coming into the northwest of scotland, even one or two for northern ireland. otherwise, some sunshine at times, more cloud around during the afternoon. those temperatures not changing much, but it won't feel as cold
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as it's not going to be as windy. that's because that area of high pressure is pushing across the country. eventually, it'll be followed by this weather front to bring some rain into northern ireland. that's a very slow process. for the late summer bank holiday last year, it was the hottest ever. temperatures reached 33 degrees in the sunshine. this time around, it could be the coldest bank holiday monday ever, with 18 the expected high in london. again, the winds will be light. they're starting to turn to more of a southerly direction. sunny start, cold start, but more cloud filling in through the day. probably dryjust about everywhere. some rain into northern ireland later on in the day. but those temperatures again struggling, typically only 16 or 17.
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good morning, welcome to breakfast, with rachel burden and charlie stayt. our headlines today: new advice for schools on what to do if there's a covid outbreak in their local area. teachers say it should have been published much earlier. i think there will be a sense of frustration this bank holiday weekend that work could have been done previously has been left, as a lwa ys done previously has been left, as always to the last minute. the health secretary warns of another nationwide lockdown if there's a significant spike in coronavirus this winter. chadwick boseman, the star of the groundbreaking super—hero movie black panther, has died at the age of a3. back so soon?
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