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expansion of its star wars and marvel franchises on its subscription service. at 10pm, reeta chakra barti will be here with a full round—up of the day's news. but first, in the 1990s, vienna placed female architects at the heart of a big revamp of their city. now, barcelona is trying to replicate this, via their mayor, architects and organisations. cities are supposed to be built for all of us, but they aren't built by all of us — because most cities, if not all of them, are designed and built by man. but what would a city look like if it was built by women? in 2019, we came to barcelona to meet a group of influential feminist leaders to hear their plans to redesign the city.

but a year ago, we never could have imagined just how much the world would change. so we've come back to barcelona to find out how a city that was trying to work better for women has weathered the biggest crisis of our lifetime.

barcelona is a city that has a long history of reinventing itself with brave and adventurous urban design. over 6,000 years, generation after generation of men have put their mark on this city. but when we came here in 2019, it was in the midst of a feminist takeover. in 2015, the city had elected its first female mayor, ada colau.

and it wasn'tjust the mayor. barcelona's feminist revolution involves everyone from writers to urban planners, architects and economists, and all those who make up the fabric of this evolving city. playgrounds were being reimagined, streets were being named for women, public transport was changing so women didn't have to walk alone at night. and the city was saying no to sleaze. but then the pandemic hit. and just like so many other places, barcelona is reeling. so how are these feminist ideals withstanding the pandemic? and did it teach us anything about how the legacy of this virus will impact women?

someone who could explain this better than most... ..is judit vall castello. as a health economist and a mum, she's had a very busy few months. my husband is an essential worker, so i was alone at home. and working full—time? and working full—time, so, yeah, we had difficult situations where i posted some posters in the door in the dining room — "it's forbidden to enter now!" brilliant. did it work? no major incidents. judit‘s been studying the economic impact of the pandemic, particularly on women, and she's found something interesting.

so, basically, the previous crisis that we had in 2008, it affected very much certain sectors that we know have a higher incidence of men working there. the situation is completely different now because the biggest sectors that have been affected are the service sectors. and we know that in those sectors, there's a higher proportion of women working there. so this is a pretty short—term effect. so in the short—term, it's very clear and we can already see the stats for several countries. the situation might be different in the long term. why is that? well, there are mainly two reasons. the first one is that some of the firms have been forced to flexibilise the employment situation, to make employment more flexible, to allow working from home, and in the long—term, this is going to beneficialfor women. then the second thing is that women working in the health care service, women working in the cleaning service, these women had to keep working during the lockdown

situation, and so their partners, the fathers, had to stay at home, and so this has been proven to change the gender roles for the children at home. do you have an idea of how many families this is affecting, how many families are changing their gender roles as a result of this pandemic? in 10% of the families, the fathers were in charge of the children during the lockdown situation. 0k. and some fathers who weren't before, so this is a new pattern emerging? exactly. for lots of people, it's been a difficult year. for some, it's been life—changing. we met conchi in 2019 because she had been working with the feminist collective to find a solution to the problem of getting to work.

she's a cleaner in a hospital and she had to walk alone in the middle of the night because of the lack of bus connections. none of us could have imagined the year that was in store for her, as the hospital she worked in became one of those at the centre of the pandemic.

and after all of this, she still has to walk to work in the middle of the night. during the peak of the lockdown, she also found she was ferrying things like phone chargers to and from the hospital, because spain had one of the strictest lockdowns in the world. people were only allowed to leave their homes if they absolutely had to. children had to stay inside for months. that rule came from central government, and it's something that mayor ada colau said she disagreed with from the start.

when we met the first time, colau spoke about her vision of feminist politics, that it was built around consensus. and i was important, because her left—wing party did not

wina because her left—wing party did not win a clear majority in the last election and she's empower with a party on the right.

before she became a politician, ada colau was an activist, fighting against evictions, but she has been criticised for failing to stop a rise in evictions in the last few months. there is a project the mayor, ada colau, was keen for us to visit, and directly in women.

this pilot project aims to help 1200 children, and that will help women because, despite all the progress made in recent years, the pandemic showed us that women still do the overwhelming bulk of childcare. showed us that women still do the overwhelming bulk of childcarem families where the two partners were staying at home, were teleworking from home and had children's responsibilit, women were interrupted 50% more of the time than men, and also they were dedicating in this two—parent families four more hours per day to the caring of the children than their husbands. and there is a simple reason why women here could be affected more than most. barcelona is a city that relies on

tourism, and tourism is a part of the economy that more than a lot of others employs a majority of women. a year others employs a majority of women. ayearago, others employs a majority of women. a year ago, this was a very different city. this square would have been full of people. and now... from a city that used to be overwhelmed with tourists, the streets in some parts of town are 110w streets in some parts of town are now eerily quiet. this is a place that entertained up to 8.9 million tourists a year. and it was an invisible army of women who kept the hospitality industry going. cleaners. this woman came to

barcelona from peru 28 years ago. now she is at the centre of a collective of women who advocate on behalf of cleaners. and when we first met her, she was campaigning to have cleaners treated more fairly. but now their industry has been decimated. wow!

the collective of women just try to support each other where they can. it might be years before tourists can come back to enjoy barcelona like they did before the coronavirus stopped us in our tracks. but the city still vibrates with the rhythms

of ordinary life. and some people see the pandemic as an opportunity for change. how are you, fine? good. very strange, this situation. so strange. what a year. that is barcelona's counsellor of strange. what a year. that is ba rcelona's counsellor of urbanism. when we first met, we watched one of barcelona's oldest traditions. something that seems almost impossible now. this year, the atmosphere is a little less festive. but the pandemic is not stopping janet and her plans to transform the

city. to reclaim the streets from cars. the project is called the superblock. in a most every city, ca i’s superblock. in a most every city, ca rs ta ke superblock. in a most every city, cars take up more space than any other road user. the idea of the superblock is to reclaim the streets for pedestrians, for cyclists or even just for pedestrians, for cyclists or evenjust for for pedestrians, for cyclists or even just for hanging out. the for pedestrians, for cyclists or evenjust for hanging out. the plan ta kes evenjust for hanging out. the plan takes nine blocks and forms one big superblock, which are closed off from through traffic. 0nly cars that need access are allowed in, and the speed limit is reduced to ten kph. parked cars go underground. so instead of busy junctions, parked cars go underground. so instead of busyjunctions, you have parks, picnic benches and play areas.

do you think there will be a resistance?

scaling up means creating 21 more of these squares and turning the streets between them into green hubs, filled with plants and trees. like most of europe, this city is dealing with a second wave of the virus, and bars and restaurants are closed. the superille is busier than ever, but not everyone is thrilled about that. building a consensus to change a

city is hard work, so barcelona has brought people on board who are studying the city from a deeply feminist perspective. the last time we came here, we met blanca at her studio in the city. then her collective redoing deep research into how men and women used the city differently. now, they are working with the town hall on a very specific project, making it bicycle network works better for women.

there has been a huge increase in the number of people using bicycles since the pandemic, especially women, but there's also been a few issues. this is a city that was hit hard by the pandemic, and its long—term legacy is only just the pandemic, and its long—term legacy is onlyjust beginning. like no other recession, it seems women are bearing the brunt of this one. but a city that's trying to work

better for but a city that's trying to work betterfor women could but a city that's trying to work better for women could teach us how we can all whether this crisis. to build up cities that work better for everyone. hello. welcome along to our weather outlook for the next ten days. and i have to say, it looks like there will be no shortage of wet weather. some heavy rain at times, but not all the time. there will be some breaks in the action. take a look at the satellite image, you can see this area of clear skies moving towards the british isles. this is saturday's weather,

this very transient ridge of high pressure, this should give some of us, at least, the chance to see some sunshine. having said that, the day starts off with a lot of cloud and some showery rain across scotland, northern england, the midlands, east anglia, the south—east. the further east you are, that's kind of the weather you're going to hold on to all day long, but further west, that's where we should see some sunshine, just one or two showers, highs of eight, nine or ten degrees. and we have this slice of clear skies, we push it eastwards as we move through saturday night into the first part of sunday. underneath the clear skies, it will get quite chilly, with a touch of frost, potentially, maybe some fog patches too, but temperatures rising by the end of the night out west, because rain will be spinning its way in, the winds will be picking up, as this area of low pressure takes up residence. this frontal system will bring some pretty heavy bursts of rain, the winds around our low quite brisk but drawing some mild air up from the south. we will start to feel the effects of that during sunday. but this isn't a great—looking day if you were hoping

to get out and about, heavy rain driving its way north—eastwards, some pretty brisk winds as well, the wind gusts could get up to 40, maybe 50mph, or more, in the most—exposed coastal areas, but with those winds coming up from the south or the south—west, temperatures getting up to 11 degrees in belfast, 12 in liverpool, 13 in plymouth. not as mild across the north—east of the uk. now, as we move on into monday, this frontal system should clear, but our low will continue to sit and spin, and that will bring further showers in our direction. the showers likely to be most frequent across western parts of the uk, further east, not as many showers, a better chance of seeing some spells of sunshine, fairly brisk winds, but another mild day, with highs between 9 and 13 degrees. and tuesday is a similar—looking day, with further showers in the forecast, again those showers likely to be focused in the west, potentially across the south at times as well. but you can see that quite a lot of rain is falling some of these western areas,

so as that continues to pile up, well, there isjust the risk we could start to see some problems with flooding. and this won't help, for wednesday, low pressure still to the north—west, but it looks as if it will develop a secondary low, bringing that across the british isles. uncertainty about the detail, at this range, but there's the potentialfor some more heavy and persistent rain, and some brisk winds. but again, those temperatures a little above the average for the time of year, 9 to 12 degrees. and it doesn't really look as if things will settle down through the latter part of next week, or indeed into next weekend. this is the jet stream, the winds high up in the atmosphere. the jet stream still racing across the atlantic in our direction. where we get these dips in the jet stream, that's where we spin up areas of low pressure. there goes one low, here comes another with some wet and windy weather. here comes another. now, there will be gaps in between, we will see these transient ridges of high pressure. so there will be some drier, brighter spells, but generally speaking, through next week into next weekend, there will be spells of heavy rain, which could cause flooding in places.

it will often be windy, but it will be fairly mild. rain at times this weekend, rain at times next weekend, as well.

tonight at ten — the uk and the eu both say that no trade deal is the probable outcome of ongoing talks. dressed to take the political flak — the prime minister tried to remain upbeat in the face of potential failure as he warned of a no deal result. i have no doubt that this country can get ready. and, as i say, come out on world trade terms. as industries weigh up a potential no—deal, the bbc learns of contingency plans at the border. with cabinet ministers meet to do a stocktake of no deal plans, we'll be asking why some european ministers remain cautiously upbeat about an agreement. also tonight... get out of my pub! with pleasure! tributes have poured in to the actress dame barbara windsor, who has died at the age of 83.