this arangement takes place every 26 months. at one point on tuesday evening, mars, the earth and the sun will all be in a straight line — a moment astronomers call "opposition". will we have a clear sky to see it? now, the weather with louise lear. hello there. part two of the weekend looks a little more promising with more sunshine around and certainly fewer showers than we had yesterday. there were frequent showers in the far north of scotland. look at argyll and bute at the moment, looks a perfect day for messing about on the water with just some fairweather cloud. yesterday's showers have moved off with that area of low pressure into scandinavia. we are starting to see this influence of high pressure, albeit briefly, as the weather front comes in later, but it basically means today will be a quieter story, a few scattered showers running down the north sea coast slightly, and a few scattered showers across wales and south—west england. lighter winds from a northerly direction, so not a warm source, temperatures may well struggle,

but i suspect in sheltered areas where we see the best of the sunshine we might see 15 or 16 degrees, noticeably cooler along the east coast. as we move out of sunday afternoon, we will start to see that cloud and rain gathering from the west, so western fringes of scotland, northern ireland, seeing some wetter weather through the night. cloudier weather ahead of it, but we could see more across the east and south—east, temperatures here dipping down into low single figures. a bright start, not for long, clouding over quite quickly, the cloud and rain moves steadily out of northern ireland and scotland down through northern england, and here it may well linger for much of the day, and if that does so, temperatures really could struggle, perhapsjust a maximum of nine or 10 degrees. the rain not arriving into the london area until the end of the day, but a brighter story by the end of the afternoon to scotland and northern ireland. now, that weather front could linger for a time on sunday. it sinks its way steadily south and east.

the isobars swing ran to a north—easterly direction, so the winds swinging around to a north—easterly, showery outbreaks of rain across england clearing at the south—east corner, and the temperatures again still struggling, just a maximum on tuesday of 10—13, way down on where they should be in the middle part of october. if you want something that little bit drier and more optimistic, wednesday into thursday, high pressure builds, quietens things down, but still not particularly warm with it. take care. hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines: a warning from england's deputy

chief medical officer that the country is at a tipping point in the fight against covid—i9. borisjohnson will make a statement to the commons tomorrow outlining new restrictions, as ministers insist they are working closely with leaders in the north of england. the white house doctor says president trump is no longer a transmission risk to others, but has not said whether he's tested negative for covid—i9. rescuers search for survivors after a missile attack on azerbaijan's second biggest city as a brief truce in the nagorno—kara bakh conflict shows signs of unravelling. astronomers encourage people to go outside and look at the night sky, as planet mars is at its biggest and brightest. now on bbc news, the travel show looks back on some of its trips to the four corners of the uk,

including a tour of vegan london. from deep inside a snow home to the walk of a lifetime. i do think this is a lifestyle now. this will never end for me. hello, welcome to the show from my hometown in london where we're slowly rolling into autumn with still yet no end in sight to the restrictions that — while they've been put in place to protect us all, is still making travel pretty difficult. so we thought this would be a really good time to take a look back at some of our favourite trips right here in the uk. now before this all happened,

this brilliant city was considered one of the world's great vegan destinations. so back in 2018, i went to find out why meat—free had gone mainstream. i've only been vegan for maybe six months and even compared to when i started, the amount of vegan abundance of food in supermarkets — it's crazy. i was eating lots of chicken dippers and chicken kievs, i didn't feel that great, so i started eating more fruit and vegetables and i felt this energy i'd never really felt before. vegan in london in 2018 is really, really easy now. there are so many cool places to eat, you can getjunk food, you can get healthy food, you can eat anywhere. it's super easy.

the vegan market is growing, it's incredible. it's so exciting, what's happening. according to the vegan society, the number of vegans in the uk went up by 350% in 10 years, and that was before the huge trend in the last two years kicked in. it's particularly here in london where lots of the change has been happening. which might make this one of the best places in the world to travel to as a vegan. so, i'm going to take a fresh look at london as a tourist for the day and i'm going to enjoy some of those classic london travel experiences, but with a vegan twist. it all starts with a bus tour, of course, on one of these.

and it's no ordinary bus tour. this is a vegan afternoon tea bus tour, offering a vegan version of the traditional british afternoon tea on an iconic red routemaster bus. what a way to see those sites. a fellow passenger on board today is dominica, from the vegan society. how has veganism managed to attract the next generation? what is it that has changed? because it's been around for a long time. veganism has been around for 70 years, which not many people are aware of. but i think in the digital age of information, you log into your social media accounts, you are bound to see something about a veganism at some point. i think a lot of people sort of started to understand that animals are not here for us, they are here with us on this planet, and we share it with them. and as you can see, we can have

all the things that meat—eaters have, like cake, you can basically veganise anything that you want. all i heard was the word cake, nothing else. cake, that sounds good to me. vegans do cake, i'm sold. normally to make a cake, you need milk and eggs, what would you replace that with? vegan cake has all the normal ingredients you'd expect cake to contain, but for example, instead dairy milk, you can use almond milk or soy milk. replacing eggs is as simple as mashing up a banana, because eggs are used as a binding product, rather than for flavour. so the banana has a similar consistency. this is good. this is good, a tour bus around london eating foods that will help us live forever. i miss my vegan food. i can't wait to get

back once those guys are open again. now, back in 2017, we met chris, who set out to walk the entire circumference of the uk, which is seriously impressive when you take in those stats. that is 19,191 miles, which isjust over 31,000 kilometres. well done, chris! the truth is, it's the places that you have to work to get to that are the most special.

ifeel more connection with the uk now as a whole than i ever have in entire life. every day is a new day. i like the fact that have to work for the simple things in life that we all take for granted. hi, my name is christian lewis. this is my dog jet and we are walking the coastline of the united kingdom. i started in swansea. the united kingdom isn'tjust on island. there are loads of separate islands off the united kingdom. in fact, 700 off the west coast of scotland so we have tackled those as well. we are on the north—west coast of scotland, just about to turn the corner having been on the move now for two years. so i reckon about another 1.5 years before we finish. jet and are actually on the side heading out... i think people would be very surprised to hear that the uk coast, including the islands, northern ireland, is surprisingly around 18,000 miles. to put that in perspective, if you were to fly around the world as the crow flies, that is around 25,000 miles.

before i started this, i suffered really badly with depression, had anxiety. and this would go on for a long, long time. i went for a surf one day and i remember coming out and looking at the cliffs and i honestly just thought to myself, walk home. so i started walking along the coast and i've been going for two years now. there is no plan, it really is just simple. i keep the sea to my left—hand side and i know that eventually that will take me round to where i need to be. i go as far as my legs can take me each day and i camp when i think it is time to camp and repeat the process the next day. i'll show you where i slept last night. not complaining at all. my dog, jet, i rescued

her on the way. she wasn't in the best nick when i first found her. she was very skinny and thin but there was an immediate connection between jet and i. i felt that kind of brokenness in her maybe i had felt before. we bonded immediately. some of the stuff that she tackles on this coast, i wouldn't ask another human to do. we have such complete trust for each other that if i go and do something, before i know it, she is shooting past me because if she knows i'm doing it then she will do it. i've just arrived in scotland. i'm stupidly happy. the wonderful thing about the united kingdom is that every single part of the united kingdom that you go to, there is a change. and it's not subtle, it is there in your face. mother of zeus. good afternoon guys. it is a really wet one today. nice to have the scottish whether back. oh my goodness. hailstones and they

hurt like hell. i started this walk with £10 and two days worth of rations. i'd just given up the house so i had nothing really. i have gone from being one of the most isolated people you will ever meet, shutting myself in a bedroom for three weeks, not seeing anyone, scared to go to the shops. to being one of the most confident, outgoing, happiest person you will ever meet. i do think this is a lifestyle now. this will never end for me now. it's a great lifestyle. i don't have tvs or anything. i don't need one, do i? got a lot to thank this place for. c'mon, jet. that was three years ago now and believe it or not, he is still on the road and he's about to join me right now. chris, how's it going?

hello, travel show, how are you? how have you been getting on since we last saw you? once we finished 0rkney, and it was a beautiful place. i love the history and i love 0rkney people equally. it was the biggest challenge to come. we were heading up to shetland. shetland during the winter is not a place to be in a tent, but i can promise you, it was absolutely brutal. i spent locked down on an island on my own, totally uninhabited just a couple of sheep, and spent the three months there. it was wonderful, i was foraging for food, catching lobster and crab. where are you now? inverness is the next big stop. i'm excited to get there. it is actually going to be the first city i have been to in over two years. it's great to catch up with you again travel show and i hope to see you again soon. chris has raised £14a,000 and counting, which is an incredible amount. well done mate. now we head back to scotland and in 2015 where jo whalley was pushed to the extremes in the snowy highlands.

one of the best places to dig is this small valley 1,100 metres up the mountain. it's nicknamed the snow house because of the drifts that collect here. i am so cold, it is so snowy. i can't actually imagine how we're going to stay here tonight. the big killer in terms of your own temperature is the wind, and when we get in the snow hole we are totally out of the wind. what is the windchill now, what is the windspeed? we are getting in quite a sheltered hollow now so it is probably only 5—10, 15 miles an hour. when we came over the top it was considerably more than that, as we have experienced. while we were preparing the equipment, three of the team, lorna, gregor and dave had made a start by digging tunnels into the snowdrift, and when deep enough they will connect them to form a cabin.

we are tunnelling into the snow at the moment, we have to go in a good metre from the top here. do you want to come in and have a dig? yes. and how long does it take to do this normally? it very much depends on the snow conditions, we have relatively soft snow but certainly three hours plus, sometimes as much as five hours. five hours? digging, yeah. so it is going to go dark not so long away. this is a snow sword designed to be able to cut through ice and snow, and by using this we can often remove the snow far more efficiently and we can cut locked out rather than chipping away. will i be ok here, this isn't going to collapse? no, no, the strength is in the thickness of the snow.

this is quite narrow so it is well supported but when we actually make a living space, we want to make sure that as narrow as well so it is well supported. oh, that was a good bit in the middle. i will now get in there with a shovel. what is it about putting yourself out of the comfort zone that people enjoy? i suppose it goes back to, it engages the brain. you forget about your worries and you are concerned about keeping warm and surviving. it takes life back to the elemental, it is about survival. but surviving in style, we hope. we have been digging for a couple of hours now and the camera is finally starting to completely freeze over, and i am also freezing over. so we're going to focus on digging, otherwise we may not have anywhere to stay tonight.

we chipped and carve away at the ice until eventually it starts to take shape. andy has built over 50 snow holes with groups of tourists. he assures me he has never had one fall down before. it is hard work but it is finally starting to warm up in here. oh, thank you so much. 0h! that is amazing. so we made it, this is our beautiful snow hole. there is a nice vaulted ceiling up there, i can't believe we did it! cheers, everyone. jo whalley going to great lengths to social distance before we had even heard of the term. always ahead of her time. 0k, make sure you stay with us because coming up, we have some more great trips, including... christa larwood living out her game of thrones fantasies in northern ireland, and rajan in the uk's

smallest city. this week we're looking back at some of our favourite trips to the four corners the uk. next we are off to northern ireland where the game of thrones novels were turned into the hip tv show, and where you can live out the fantasy for yourself. you know nothing, jon snow! you know nothing! ok, so i have a confession — i am a giant game of thrones geek. and i'm super excited, because this place has to be top of the list for any true superfan. welcome to castle ward, or to what many tv viewers will know as winterfell. and well, when in winterfell... dramatic music arrrgh!

evening, my lady, where do you hail from? from london. london. and which house do you represent? oh, i'm not sure i have a house. house of larwood. house of larwood, never heard of them — sounds like something the night's watch would have dragged in. i believe you are here to learn how to do archery. i need people to hunt or to fight. 0k. are you up to the task? i hope so. i hope so too, otherwise there is a penalty. 0h. 0h, a beheading... that seems measured. absolutely, because you are absolutely no good to me here at winterfell if you can't hunt and you can't fight. i will do my best.

think of it coming out of a quiver, three fingers on the drawing string and then draw back so that it brings to your right eye. loose! all right. i hit actual thing! that'll do, your first arrow ever and you hit the target. 0k. archer ready. draw! hold... loose! look at that. yes! well done, you. so this place used to be a farm, and yet now it's a huge tourist attraction. how did that happen? we are where game of thrones started, so it's the perfect place to start your journey, to go on and do some of the other sites that are around. yes, they have gone off to croatia, yes, they have gone off to iceland, yes, they have gone off to morocco and so on, and that's fine — but most of it is shot here. and it has turned into what we now know as screen tourism, something we have never had before. yes we have the giant's causeway, a unesco world heritage site and it is beautiful, and all that, but people used to go there and there alone, and then they would take off. now they come to see many other parts of our province. we are digging a bit deeper in the archives now. back in 2017 we went to the uk's smallest city,

st david's in wales, where one man was on a mission to paint a portrait of every single resident. the pembrokeshire coast national park, as remote and rural as it gets. this is st david's peninsula on the south—west tip of wales. it is a radiant and picturesque part of the world, even in midwinter. but i am not actually have a scenic beauty. i am here to find inner beauty. st david's cathedral, built on the 12th century, sits on the site of the old monastery, led by david 600 01’ so years ago. and this is why st david's is a city. yes, this tiny community of 1800 people is officially a city — britain's smallest and supposedly the second tiniest in the world.

although in the 19th century there was a bit of a setback. there was a odd years ago the victorians decided this didn't make sense for very small places, and quite a number of cities were no longer cities. 25 years ago, the current queen rode to the rescue and gave st david's city status back. and this man, who first chanced upon st david's 37 years ago, has been marking its quirky status with a very special pledge. basically what i start doing with portraits from life is to do a very brief outline of the head... because graham has vowed to paint portraits of every single one of the city's1800 residents, plus a few outsiders for the hell of it. focus on the eyes, which are honestly very important part of the psyche i think, the soul, and the focal point comes through. originally a landscape artist, he started

doing portraits 1a years ago, but it was only five years ago he undertook the mammoth task to do the whole population, and then some. he has done 600 so far. the initial project was painting, say, 100 portraits and having them as one big image, so it would be like a big painting. and then ijust thought, if you are doing a hundred, i could do a thousand, and then i thought, the population of st david's is not far off that, so ijust came up and thought of the idea of the city of portraits. it sounded quite nice and that is what i try and do. did you work out how long it would take you? no (laughs). there are probably more art galleries than anything else in st david's, although graham's place is also a studio and his living quarters too. it is a real one man and his dog operation at the new street gallery. his models, however, see it all as a therapeutic exercise as much as anything else. i have quite enjoyed it because i am a very busy mum, studying, working in the cafe,

doing myjewellery, so for me just to sit down, it is a bit of time out, really, a bit of time for reflection. it is a mammoth task for graham, and the plan is to exhibit the first 800—1000 portraits in the cathedral. what are you actually achieving by doing this? the social history, i think, somebody has described it as — for me personally, it is integrating more and more with the community. do people ever complain about the way you have depicted them? i think people have been slightly shocked, possibly a bit jowly there. it doesn't matter what age you depict somebody, you still see the inner beauty. and guess what — a few days later, i got this through email. i am now an honorary citizen of st david's. so that's it for this week. coming up next week:

rajan is in rome, finding out what fanfare is in store for its 150th anniversary of being italy's capital. and carmen is injapan, trying an unusual 600 year old form of transport. this is great! in the meantime you can follow us on social media, giving you just a little reminder of what is still happening in the world, even though we can't visit. until next time, stay safe and i will see you soon! bye for now. hello there.

part two of the weekend looks a little more promising with more sunshine around and certainly fewer showers than we had yesterday. there were frequent showers in the far north of scotland. look at argyll and bute at the moment, looks a perfect day for messing about on the water with just some fairweather cloud. yesterday's showers have moved off with that area of low pressure into scandinavia. we are starting to see this influence of high pressure, albeit briefly, as the weather front comes in later, but it basically means today will be a quieter story, a few scattered showers running down the north sea coast slightly, and a few scattered showers across wales and south—west england. lighter winds from a northerly direction, so not a warm source, temperatures may well struggle, but i suspect in sheltered areas where we see the best of the sunshine we might see 15 or 16 degrees, noticeably cooler along the east coast. as we move out of sunday afternoon, we will start to see that cloud and rain gathering from the west, so western fringes of scotland, northern ireland, seeing some wetter

weather through the night. cloudier weather ahead of it, but we could see more across the east and south—east, temperatures here dipping down into low single figures. a bright start, not for long, clouding over quite quickly, the cloud and rain moves steadily out of northern ireland and scotland down through northern england, and here it may well linger for much of the day, and if that does so, temperatures really could struggle, perhapsjust a maximum of nine or 10 degrees. the rain not arriving into the london area until the end of the day, but a brighter story by the end of the afternoon to scotland and northern ireland. now, that weather front could linger for a time on sunday. it sinks its way steadily south and east. the isobars swing ran to a north—easterly direction, the isobars swing round to a north—easterly direction, so the winds swinging around to a north—easterly, showery outbreaks of rain across england clearing at the south—east corner, and the temperatures again still struggling, just a maximum on tuesday of 10—13, way down on where they should be

in the middle part of october. if you want something that little bit drier and more optimistic, wednesday into thursday, high pressure builds, quietens things down, but still not particularly warm with it. take care.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines at two. borisjohnson calls his cabinet ahead of announcing tougher restrictions as ministers reject claims political leaders in the north have been left out of the decision making. you say that there is anger in the north. there is. but the measures we are bringing in here are universal, these apply across the whole of the united kingdom and there is nothing that we would ever do that penalises one part of the country over another. i haven't felt anger like this towards the government since i was growing up here in the 1980s. they now feel that the government is actively working against us. a warning from england's deputy chief medical officer