over the higher ground, and these wintry showers blown on a brisk northerly wind, too. so, temperatures on easter monday on your thermometer may well read around about 3 to 8 degrees, but when you add on the effect of that strong northerly wind, the wind chill will make it feel subzero for some of us. so, certainly a very different feeling day for easter monday. in fact, it's going to stay quite chilly for tuesday into wednesday, before temperatures are slowly going to ease back to near average later in the week. bye for now.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: new rules for care home visits in england. residents will be allowed two regular visitors indoors, from the 12th of april. we know that in care

homes we have got some — they maybe grandparents, great—grandparents, who haven't had a chance to see new arrivals to the family during the pandemic, and this will be the chance for that to happen. president biden says he's heartbroken at the death of a police officer — killed as he was guarding the us capitol building in washington dc. a court in taiwan has allowed bail for a construction site manager whose vehicle is suspected of causing a train accident that killed at least 50 people. italy and france enter new national lockdowns, as they struggle to contain a surge in coronavirus cases. a british woman in her 80s has died, after being attacked in her garden by two escaped dogs in the west midlands. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show. coming up on this week's show: we are gonna go into freefall. i can do this.

here we go. i can't believe this guy is actually trusting me to cut his hair. grab the tail, oh and we're away! this is one of the craziest things i've done in my entire life. hello and welcome to this week's travel show, very firmly not going anywhere right now, but hoping we will be back on the road again sometime soon. until then we are here to keep you inspired and hopefully entertained until we can all start making plans again and take those trips we have all been missing so much. well, for many of us, south america really is one

of those once—in—a—lifetime destinations. so rich in culture, scenery, wildlife, and sheer life force, it's one of those places that once you visit, you never quite forget. so this week we are taking a look back at some of our favourite travel show adventures in brazil, argentina, chile and peru. so why not stick around, and who knows, maybe get some inspiration for the next time we can all travel again. let's kick off with a trip to chile that christa made back in 2017 when she met the surfers fighting to save their favourite stretch of coastline from developers, against a backdrop of some truly awesome pacific waves. i've arrived in punta de lobos at a particularly good time, because word has gone around that this morning's swell will be unusually strong, with waves of up to 30 feet. these huge waves have been tracked all the way from antarctica, and have drawn out locals and people

from across the world to watch them come in and crash against these rocks. if you look really carefully out there, what looks like little birds bobbing on the surface of the water, are surfers taking on these gargantuan waves at the risk of their lives. it's pretty incredible. everyone keeps talking about how amazing these waves are, so i've got on my wetsuit, about to jump on a surfboard and try it out for myself. my teacher is chacha, a local who introduces novices to the art of surfing every day. i suspect, however, that he's used to rather more coordinated students. looking... laughter. it turns out surfing is definitely not as easy as it looks.

i got whacked in the face with about ten waves in a row, so i've swallowed most of that water, i think. it was super fun, thank you. 0k. gracias. but despite its idyllic appearance, this place is not all paradise. in fact, it's been the site of a battle between local private interests and conservationists. until recently, punta de lobos was relatively unknown, but over the past couple of decades, its popularity has soared as a surfing and a tourist destination. these days, 5,000 visitors arrive to the point daily during summertime. perhaps not surprisingly, this has attracted developers, keen to capitalise on the

area's newfound popularity. much of the coast is in the hands of private owners, and plans were made for extensive building along the cliffs. matias is a director of the punta de lobos foundation — a non—profit organisation created among locals to fight the development plans. along with other conservation bodies, such as save the waves, they've worked to halt shoreside construction and to keep the cliffs open to the public. but that was only their first challenge. it was a mess here. if you put 1,000 or 1,500 cars here, you could take an hour, 1.5 hours to just go a mile out back to the highway. and the second thing is that there were no bathrooms here, so people would do their needs in the cliffs,

in wherever, and this would be very dirty. the foundation responded by regulating the traffic with a roundabout and installing eco bathroom facilities, along with a recycled fence along the cliff line to protect it from the erosion of visitors�* feet. many involved in the efforts here see punta de lobos as a landmark conservation case for chile — one that could have a much broader impact than just protecting one favoured surfing spot. christa in chile back in 2017. and i am pleased to say that the campaign to protect the punta de lobos is still going strong. while we will wait to find out if this year's postponed olympics are still going ahead in tokyo, in the run—up

to the last olympics in brazil, we sent ayo to the high hills of rio to meet some of the locals and try his hand at giving some of them a haircut. pretty random, eh? here is the gate of heaven! we got the place! all right, here we go, off to heaven. this is unbelievable. rocinha is a sprawling favela sitting high on the hills of rio, overlooking the city. i live in that building, 0k, close to that new building, i live in the left side. since the financial downturn, favelas here have seen a spike in volatility. tourists are recommended to go in organised groups like this. that's our electricity system, just believe me it works, i don't know how, but it works. 0urtour guide, edson, grew up in this favela. usually favelas are not a tourist place.

of course there are many tourists interested, many foreigners interested to come, because it became so famous because of the movies, right? and of course, we want to show you the reality, it is not like the movies. but despite the challenges people face here, talents emerge. this is the battle of the barbers. this is a classic barber's competition. 20 minutes to do the best haircut. pretty intense.

the competition happens in two parts. one for the best cut, and the other for more artistic creations. i can't believe this guy's actually trusting me to cut his hair. here we go. all right. like this? like that. leo, before you were a barber, what was your life like? three, two, one, there we go! clearly a natural, eh?

lea, thank you very much, obrigado. you have got to admit, ayo was pretty nifty with those clippers, but not sure i am ready to let him anywhere near my gorgeous tresses yet though. from brazil we are now heading to argentina, where back in 2019 mark got the chance to swim with some pretty unusual companions, real gaucho style. here we go. woo, 0k! a different experience to having a saddle on, let me tell you that right now. woo! 0mar, there's a crocodile right there, should we be worried? un cocodrilo, una caiman...

no importa, eh? "don't worry about it." "don't worry about it, that's what we do." as the river deepens, and the horse can't reach the bottom, the trick is to slip off and hold on for the ride. now? ok, so, right hand, no, left hand here? right hand behind, grab the tail... oh, and we're away! laughs. this is one of the craziest things i've done in my entirelife. the water doesn't taste very good. and there's miscellaneous things — some slimy, some spiky — rubbing against most of my body. almost having my arm attached like a moving train! horse nickers. they're strong animals, even in the water. woo! 0mar, we made it!

good job, tornado! what a truly amazing experience — well, unless you are afraid of crocodiles and water, i guess. right, well, stay with us because coming up, there's more from mike in argentina, where he got up close with some of the local jaguars. when you make eye contact with a baest this size, your heartjust goes... imitates heart thumping quickly. and carmen accepted our challrnge to abseil down one of the largest waterfalls in the world in peru. the waterfall is so close! this is amazing! well, more from mike again now in this look back at some of our favourite travel show adventures in south america. and here is the time that he came face—to—face with one of the most beautiful and the most dangerous animals on the continent during that visit to the ibera wetlands in

argentina. welcome to estancia, san alonso, the island home of rewilding argentina — a project aiming to re—introduce jaguars to the wild. oh, my... guys, this is... when you make eye contact with a beast this size, your heartjust goes... imitates heart thumping quickly. chuckles. she's isa, she's a brazilian panther, orjaguar. she's about six years old, yeah — she's quite young. and how will the wetlands benefit from introducing this beautiful animal?

well, these animals were part of this ecosystem. they have been here for hundreds and thousands of years. they disappeared from the wetlands and now, this ecosystem is lacking from this top predator. and under the supervision of magali, the co—ordinator, i'm allowed into the enclosure to prepare isa's meal. 0k, we've got one hanging fish, we've got one piece of mystery meat. ready to go? 0k. she looks a little bit — a little annoyed. normally, i don't think food arrives this late. blows whistle. wow! 0k, look, here she comes. entering into the

feeding enclosure. we've hung the fish up, let's see if she can find it. 0h... 0h! that's a predator, ladies and gentlemen. wow! and breakfast is served! talia, this jaguar is not going to be put back in the wild? no, she was donated to our project as a breeder. these animals that come from captivity, they cannot be released. as you saw, they relate humans with food, so if they lived free and saw a human, they would go directly to ask for food, and that's not what we want. talia hopes isa will breed with their other captive jaguar, a reclusive male called nahuel. nearby, two cubs born to another female are being prepared for release. and i'm going to ask a question that i'm sure everyone at home, including myself, wants

to know the answer to — can we see a babyjaguar? no, i'm sorry to tell you we won't see one. but there are some here? yes, they are just right behind us, but they're in another special enclosure where you will see some black meshes, so they can't see people, they don't relate people with food, but we can see them with the cameras. this is a female and, well, she's in her swimming pool. is this — this is one right here? yeah, it's there, yeah. you can see — you have a good eye! thank you! and when they are released, what do you hope will happen? well, we are all very anxious to get to that moment. we expect them to stay close to this place,

to the protected area, to find their food here and their home here. we expect them to reproduce and have more cubs, and we will be — it will be successful if that happens. i think it will be the time to say that the ibera ecosystem is complete again, as it used to be in the past. including the cubs, a total of five jaguars are set for release, signalling the return of the wetlands�* most iconic beast. and if you want to keep track of the progress, rewilding argentina posts regular updates on their social media pages. mike, there, in argentina. well, we were desperate to find out whether they managed to release those beautiful baby jaguars, despite such a difficult year, and i'm pleased to say it's good news. so this year injanuary, we released the firstjaguars

in ibera — it's a female, along with her two cubs. the release was a very exciting moment for the team. it has been a moment that we have been waiting for a lot of years. we could not imagine how the moment would be and it was even better than the way we would imagine it. and in the coming months, we would love to release another female with her two cubs. and also, we are expecting two other females to get pregnant, so to give birth and also to be released in the coming months with their cubs. we hopefully will have a few more to be released in a few years but so far, this kind of thing, of people knowing that they could eventually see jaguars in this place and we hope this will bring more tourists to the area as well. well, to finish off this look back at some of our favourite

adventures in south america, let's finish up in peru where, back in 2016, carmen literally took a step off a cliff into the unknown when she abseiled down the side of one of the tallest waterfalls in the world. and seriously, five years on, there are still parts of this film that ijust cannot watch. it looked absolutely terrifying! so this is where it starts. i'm going to rappel down here, down this little waterfall, about 10 or 12 metres into a pool, and then from there, we will abseil down the rest of the waterfall which is about a 70 metre drop. and i'm one of the first people to do this. before we can start, the team must meticulously anchor a system of ropes into the rock face. then it is my turn to prepare. never that glamorous getting into a wetsuit but i will be glad of it — this this water looks cold!

i'm attached to a harness and instructed on the safety apparatus that will allow me to control my descent. your legs, carmen, 90 degrees. hold it but lean backwards. taking off is terrifying. i put my feet against the wall and slowly inch down to the pool. it's hard to stay up with the constant pressure of the water pushing me backwards — and i'm told this is the easy part! 0k! we reach the tiny ledge overlooking the last 70 metres and prepare for our descent. what a view! oh, my god! it's amazing! woo!

ok, here we go! the waterfall is so close! this is amazing! so far, so good. but halfway down, i'm in for a shock. slightly unnerving that we are going to lose the rock now and we are going to go into freefall. aah! 0k. i can do this. yep, this is good! 0k. without the rock face, i'm literally hanging. tough work on my hand. basically this rope is holding my body weight and i'm having to release the rope to get me down. this way of coming down is faster and scarier

than before, but a lot more exciting. we reach the last part of the descent and i'm so relieved to finally get to the bottom. wow! i know it's crazy, i didn't expect quite so much water! laughs. yeah! wilderness while it's still a bit of a secret from the outside world. carmen enjoying those absolutely amazing views over the peruvian amazon back in 2016. well, that's all we've got time for this week,

but catch us next week when ade will be looking at sustainable travel and asking if lockdown has changed the way we'll want to travel in the future. up until 2020, the trend towards increasing tourism had been remarkable. it was kind of like this, with that top figure being a record 1.4 billion tourist arrivals in 2018. join him for that if you can. and in the meantime, keep an eye out for us in all the usual places on social media. and here's to the time that we can all hopefully get back on the road again. until then, keep planning and we'll see you next week. goodbye.

hello, there. some fine, settled weather for many places over the next few days, before things turned much colder, by the time we get to easter monday, but, for today, many places dry, a bit of sunshine around for most of us, not everywhere, though. there's going to be more cloud across parts of central and, in particular, eastern england. so, if you have got that cloud, a cooler day ahead, with the breeze coming in off the north sea. so, cloudier skies for east anglia, the south—east, three parts of the midlands up towards north—east england, as well, also northern scotland seeing a bit more cloud, and quite breezy around these peripheries of the uk. just 8 or 9 degrees where you have got the cloud and the breeze from the north sea, but look at that — 16, there, in aberdeen, 13 in belfast, not too bad, where you keep the sunshine lasting through into the afternoon. now, this evening and tonight it will be dry with clear spells and a cold night ahead. a touch of frost likely as temperatures in more rural spots dip a little bit below freezing. so, a chilly start to your easter sunday, i think. we will start to see high pressure slowly easing away as this

cold front works its way in from the north, so, a change afoot, particularly later in the day. we are going to see the cloud increasing for scotland and northern ireland, the breeze picking up ahead of some afternoon rain working in. further south, across england and wales, more sunshine than we have seen over recent days, particularly for central and eastern areas, where temperatures will reach around 1a or 15 degrees for easter sunday. but single figures across the northern half of scotland as that cold air works in, and through sunday night into easter monday, as this cold front works its way south, that is going to open the doors for this really cold blast of arctic air to push all the way from the arctic right across the uk, bringing some wintry showers, some sleet and some snow, even to low levels. now, most of them will be just draped around the coast, parts of eastern england, eastern scotland, a few into northern ireland, as well. parts of scotland could see up to 15 centimetres of snow over the higher ground, and these wintry showers blown on a brisk northerly wind, too. so, temperatures on easter monday

on your thermometer may well read around about 3 to 8 degrees, but when you add on the effect of that strong northerly wind, the wind chill will make it feel subzero for some of us. so, certainly a very different feeling day for easter monday. in fact, it's going to stay quite chilly for tuesday into wednesday, before temperatures are slowly going to ease back to near average later in the week. bye for now.

this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world: new rules for care home visits in england. residents will be allowed two regular visitors indoors from the 12th of april. we know that in care homes we've got some... ..maybe grandparents or great—grandparents who haven't had a chance to see new arrivals to their family during the pandemic and this will be the chance for that to happen. president biden says he's heartbroken at the death of a police officer, killed as he was guarding the us capitol building in washington dc. a court in taiwan has allowed bail for a construction site manager whose vehicle is suspected of causing a train accident that killed at least 50 people. italy and france enter new national lockdowns, as they struggle to contain a surge

in coronavirus cases. and the mummies of 22 ancient egyptian rulers will be transported