and english, to be a construction worker. hi, my name is vanessa, i'm year 11, and i came into school on saturday . to catch up with my english lessons. empty benches and deserted classrooms. the new familiar, in these times. but, at the bemrose school in derby, they are opening up during lockdown. on saturdays, small numbers are invited into schools to catch up on lessons missed last year. you can see the students who do have access to devices at home, and those that don't have access to devices. what we are trying to do is make sure that gap doesn't widen, and i think being able to support students in different ways, and for them to be sure that we are still there for them, and that schools are still open and we are still providing work, i think is really important. now, looking at microscopy and i will require participation. with only three pupils allowed in a classroom to be covid safe, scores morejoining from home.

——scores morejoin in from home. up to 120 teenagers have signed up to catch up during exam—critical years. for these young people, it's an opportunity not to be missed. i need to get my grades and to catch up with my english and maths, also. i was missing a lot of lessons. there is social distancing, washing hands, masks, but it still helps. it's better than being at home. i want a job. i want to be a jeweller. so i actually need to get my grades up and learn a bit more. _ have you logged in? the school has accessed £84,000 from the government's catch up fund, which aims to help the most vulnerable and those from deprived communities, whose education has been affected by the pandemic. many pupils here faced barriers to learning before covid. staff hope saturday school will help close that gap. sian lloyd, bbc news, derby.

now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. good afternoon. storm darcy has the potential to cause some significant disruption in europe this weekend. but also potentially towards the south—east corner as well, as the cold air descends right across the country through the night tonight. so it is going to be a cold and icy night in a particularly so it is going to be a cold and icy night, particularly where we have got some sharp showers continuing to the north, and that snow arrives during the early hours of sunday morning across essex and kent, and potentially towards the london area as well. so the met office has issued an amber warning. that means that you should be prepared potentially for some disruption first thing on sunday with some lying snow and some blizzard type conditions as gusts of wind are expected in excess of 30—a0 mph. there is some potentialfor that snow to be just that little bit further north and west, so keep abreast of the forecast as we go through tonight and into sunday. there will be some showers

further north as well, the best of the sunshine as well looks likely to be further west, but widespread cold for all of us. temperatures are really struggling. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: a leaked document appears to reveal plans to reverse reforms made to the nhs in england by the coalition government in 2012, which saw the private sector given a greater role. the chairman of the vaccines taskforce says he's confident the uk will be able to offer coronavirus jabs to everyone over 50 by may. nearly 11 and a half million have now received the first dose of the vaccine. thousands of people take to the streets in myanmar to protest against the military coup and to demand the release of aung san suu kyi. president biden says donald trump is "dangerous" and wants him to lose access to intelligence briefings

normally given to former presidents. i just think that there is no need to have that intelligence briefing. what value is giving him an intelligence briefing? what impact does he have at all, other than the fact he might slip and say something? tens of thousands of farmers block major highways across india as they continue their protests against new agricultural laws. now on bbc news. we relive some of the travel show�*s top winter adventures including ade adepitan�*s overnight stay at sweden's famous ice hotel. this week we look back at some of our coldest adventures. from frozen hotel rooms... ain't gonna lie about it, it's cold.

..to rides across siberia. people who live there, they say you will lose your face on your first day. and my solo bobsleigh ride. i could go again, right now, let's go. hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from...my living room, here in hertfordshire. ordinarily at this time of year we would be well into the ski season in europe, and i would be braving sub—zero temperatures to get out there and bring you some of the best snowbound adventures from around the world. this is really very nice.

i can't imagine it'll be warm when when we get out though. we might not be able to go anywhere just at the moment, but that doesn't stop us looking back at some of our favourite adventures, some of them at below freezing temperatures. like the time a couple of years ago that ade went to the famous swedish icehotel, not exactly the place you would want to get locked down for a couple of months i'd say. it's not what i was expecting. i was expecting an igloo or something like that. for more than 25 years we've been building igloos here. it's been a winter project, a seasonal project. but this is our permanent... it is new. it's the first season that we're running the icehotel 365, a permanent ice hotel. why have an ice hotel

all year round? because people want to do it. seriously? simple answer. when you're this far north of the arctic circle, there's daylight for 2h hours during the summer, and the icehotel has found a way to harness that energy, bizarrely, to keep temperatures inside below freezing. look at this! it's like a winter wonderland. there are 20 rooms in this new, permanent hotel, each uniquely sculpted by artists from all over the world. so it'sjust me, and my beautiful ice bed. who's in here? oh, hello, ade. ijust made your room ready. oh, wow! what temperature is it in this place? minus five. it reminds me of my first

councilflat, when i couldn't afford heating. laughs. you will become very nostalgic when you sleep here. because the room is literally freezing, you need special gear to survive the night, including a sleeping bag that can withstand temperatures of —25 centigrade. this is your bed. you have a normal mattress but the frame is ice. will this keep me warm enough in —5 degrees? yes. this sleeping bag is for winter purpose. i'm lucky enough to have a suite, which comes with a warm bathroom. if you panic and you can't stand it, you can hang out in here as well. oh, i geta warm room! yeah. of course, i won't be spending

much time in the warm room, other than to just get in. my guide, stefan gives me some advice. what people usually do, they go with their whole head. breathing becomes moist inside your sleeping bag and moist makes you colder, so the best way is to keep your face in the open. keep your face in the open? yeah, and breathe out in the air. enjoy your cold night. thanks, stefan i'll be just chilling here. look, there's pros and cons to this. the great thing about it is, it's beautiful in here. look around! and also, the silence is just incredible. so peaceful. but it's cold. i ain't hiding, i ain't going to lie about it. it's cold. ade there, sleeping

on a block of ice in kiruna. things are going to stay cold as we head to siberia where temperatures can reach —60 celsius, to meet a man who motorbiked 1000 kilometres to a place that has been declared the world's coldest village. between yakutsk and oymyakon is 1000km. so i travelled 200km per day. so remote. nothing around, just mountains, forest, tiger and cold. it is the permafrost land. when i started on the first day, yakutian, siberian people who live there said, "please don't do that." karolus, you will lose your face on the first day. the frostbite will eat you. even though i had a helmet and some protection, motorcycling in winter on the road doesn't promise to save your life. i was riding for hours along. what is happening inside my head, i call it sometimes active meditation. riding in such hard conditions,

so cold, i have to be only now in here because if i give a chance to myself to think ok, where will be warmer, i am hungry, i will get food and so on, then it becomes so cold that it is impossible to ride. i have to accept all of this cold, and completely relax, otherwise it doesn't work. on the third day of my ride i really had a feeling of oh, i'm home. there is no hotel at that night, i received a little tent with a small stove inside. that night was 48 degrees below and inside the tent we measured —13. (bleep) cold, inside the tent you want to relax.

but then i said ok guys, let's go out and see into the night. most of us was like, i have never seen sky like this. actually feeling like we are in space somewhere. the last 30 kilometres was so mentally tough for me. in one moment i opened the throttle more, you know, 100, 120 kilometres an hour, steering started to freeze so i could see i could not move it. i started to look for the straight lines, not to use it too much. and then i arrive and i saw the sign, oymyakon. no thought, emptiness, ok, i'm here. when it is —55, the town looks pretty empty.

and then maybe one hour later, it is done. the last thing left is to have a swim in the river. and you will be pleased to know that karolus survived that freezing dip in the river, and has been continuing his journeys around the globe. we caught up with him recently for an update. hello, hello, thank you for having me here. what happened since the coldest ride? a couple of seasons went through, and i had some interesting rides. one of them was around the world in a0 days on a motorcycle, it's around 1000 kilometres every single day, and a few flights over the oceans. i went around the south

of india on a motorcycle, 3000 kilometres in nine days. the traffic actually was mad, mad traffic in india. ok, so what's next, within this pandemic? still, the situation around the region is all these bubbles of the countries where we can fly and drive and visit, probably it will be probably close north, i hope it will be finland, hopefully very very soon i will be on the north, in the cold again. not only riding, but having a cold swim. cheers, good luck. amazing. now stick with us, because still to come: we enter an endangered glacier.

i can't believe how beautiful it is. and i try a bobsleigh run headfirst. wish me luck. so don't go away. we are heading now to the swiss alps, home of course to some of the world's most spectacular mountain scenery. but it is also where global warming has had a shocking impact on a centuries—old tourist attraction. a few years agojo went to discover what is happening. this is the tiny village of gletsch in the swiss alps, and it owes its existence and name to the rhone glacier

that sits above the valley. the word "gletscher" means glacier in swiss german. this mass of ice is one of the largest in switzerland, and also the source of the river rhone. in the mid—19th century people started to come here from all over europe to see the glacier. at that point, even in summertime, it stretched all the way down to the village. now the view is very different. and you can see on this signpostjust how far it used to reach. in 1856 i would have been literally standing on the glacier. it is strange to think that now i can't really see very much, just a tiny bit of ice at the top of the mountain.

the scale of the ice melt is extreme. between 1856 and 2010, the glacier receded by more than 11100 metres. as the ice has retreated, a new glacial lake has formed. we walked down to a spot where you can see right underneath the glacier. wow, unbelievable. you can see it. so blue. you can see here. it is all loose, the ice. i can't believe how quickly the water is pouring down from underneath the glacier. every few seconds, whole chunks of ice are tumbling down from the top of it. it is quite heartbreaking, really. if it keeps melting back, it will affect tourism in the region. most who visit come to visit the carving done annually.

the blue ice is reaching. you can touch it. it is beautiful. this tunnel through the ice is 100m long. i can't quite believe how beautiful it is. you can see the very clear ice, the bubbles there. it's 200 years old, the ice here. it's so blue. so blue, exactly. here we are in the heart of the rhone glacier, this space here. it is so peaceful here. it feels like a church of ice.

four years, uv resistant blankets have been used. this technique has been repeated across europe, and recently in china. but since we visited, the swiss government has warned that unless carbon emissions can be reduced, 90% of the remaining glaciers will have melted by the end of the century. next, we are heading north of the arctic circle, to finnish lapland, and christmas may have come and gone, but there are still plenty of reindeer to be found there, as ade discovered. this is a popular winter wonderland. it is so beautiful out here. everywhere you look is just a postcard. there are more reindeer in lapland than people. there are around 200,000 of these animals, and most of them roam free. but some of them, like these ones, are tamed and specially trained for

the reindeer safaris. just a little blanket. finally, it's my turn to have a go. if you want to go, you just say "go." so i just say "go?" as simple as that? go, go, reindeer, go! he's not listening to me! go reindeer! go! i can't say i didn't try, but this reindeer is just not interested. maybe we take the next one. ok, we take the next one. before i set off, eric gives me some last few tips.

just pull it. he was not in an emergency. then he will stop. that's my handbrake. yeah, baby! we are going! look at this, controlling this powerful beast. my gosh, he is picking up speed! go, go! this is so spectacular. my first—ever sleigh ride. i don't know how much this sleigh weighs — it is probably around half a ton, maybe a little less — but that reindeer is pulling it, as well as myself, so easily. such a powerful beast. let's go, son, let's go! it still might not be

the fastest ride, but seems to be the smoothest and most magical way to enjoy this landscape. to finish up this week, no doubt one of the most intense experiences i have had on the travel show. a couple of years ago, i went to latvia, to visit a bobsleigh run used by winter olympians and the odd tourist who is brave enough to give it a go. for some reason, the producer decided that included me. welcome to sigulda's bobsleigh track, one of the very few in the world where tourists can get the same adrenaline rush as professional racers. built under the soviet union in 1986, the track has played host to international competitions in luge, skeleton, and bobsleigh rides, with some obvious success. the track is now used as a training venue for several latvian champions, but there are no competitions on today, which is lucky for me, because it means i can try it out.

but having a look, i don't feel so lucky. ok, let's go. get the team together... we're about to set off 100km down a very icy hill, but, luckily, i have an expert pilot. fingers crossed everything goes very smoothly. apart from the pilot steering the bobsleigh from the front, a team also includes pushers and a brakeman. but tourists get it easy — theyjust need to duck and hold very tight. this track is almost 1500 metres long and you need a pretty strong stomach to manage its 16 curves. oh, man! whoo!

i think that is one of the most intense experiences of my entire life. that was like being in a very, very active, very cold tumble dryerfor a minute and a half. i don't even know how long it was. that was completely insane. another winter sport that can take your breath away is this, the skeleton. imagine a luge with no brakes or steering aid that you ride headfirst. martin and tomass are brothers, and they are both world and olympic champions in this sport. it is our home track and we did many runs here. for learning, it is great.

i agree, because if you learn and you can survive here, then you can survive anywhere. you must love the sport to devote so much of your life to it. what do you love about it? i don't like trainings and this stuff, but i love competition. so that is the best part for me. i don't think i'm ready to try one of the full—blown skeletons, but there is a tourist version available but is a little more my speed. wish me luck! it's called a frog, and for this one, there is no crew to make me feel safe. 0h!

oh my goodness! oh my god! a very cool experience in latvia, but fair warning — it is not for the weak of stomach. that is it for the week's programme, but coming up next week, we look at dubai's world expo, postponed in 2020, but set to go ahead this year, with 11 million visitors expected. we find out how plans at this huge event space are taking shape. and we find out if south korea's popular fortune tellers can guide us through the months ahead. after this year, it is a golden time for you. a golden time for me? sounds good. in the meantime, keep up with us on the bbc

travel accounts. from me, christa larwood, here at home, and from the rest of the team in theirs, it's goodbye. when we get snow across the country it does tend to dominate weather headlines, doesn't it? but i want to point out that for many hit western areas today we've got some lovely sunny spells. this was cumbria just a few hours ago and we have got relatively mild are still in place with temperatures peaking around seven or 8 degrees.

but in colder further east and it is this cold air that will dominate the story over the next few days, originating from the arctic and coming down across scandinavia it is also going to interact with storm dassey which is really going to fog across the far north of europe butjust the tail end of that weather front interacting with that cold air and that could bring wintry precipitation over the next few hours. some showers drifting in off the north sea and clearer skies as we go through the night so that means a cold, icy start first thing on sunday morning. but it is the south—east that will be the cause for concern during the early part of sunday. the met office has issued an amber warning potentially for 5—10 centimetres of snow quite widely, even as much as 20 centimetres plus on higher ground. the yellow he had a note that that snow might drift further north and west so you need to keep abreast of the forecast to see exactly where that snow is threatening

during sunday morning. elsewhere it is going to be a case of sunny spells and scattered showers. particularly where we have got to the snow, blizzard —like conditions and gusts in excess of 50 mph. western areas will continue sunshine to the afternoon and scattered showers. it is going to be a cold day. temperatures, while struggling to climb above freezing, factoring the strength in the direction of the wind, it is really going to feel bitterly cold with more like “1! minus five degrees. into monday the easterly wind drives in showers and an emphasis further north and east as we can see and again temperatures i fetched a struggle for many. it is going to feel bitterly cold indeed. a few have not already got the got the message the early part of the week looks likely stay very cold indeed with further score

the wintry showers. this is bbc news. the headlines at five: a leaked document appears to reveal plans to reverse reforms made to nhs england and it would mean the health secretary would have more direct control. the chairman of the vaccines task force says he's confident the uk will be able to offer coronavirus jabs to everyone over 50 by may. the government confirms a further 828 deaths with coronavirus in the uk. there's also been 18,262 new lab—confirmed cases of the virus. police say a 24—year—old man in croydon has been taken to hospital after being stabbed. it is the 11th

stabbing in south london in 2a hours,