of euro 2020 after a 4—0 victory over ukraine. it's the first time in 25 years that they've got so far in the competition. they'll now play denmark, while italy will take on spain in the other semi—final. officials in the us state of florida are bringing forward plans to demolish the remains of a building that collapsed just over a week ago, killing at least 2a people. it's feared an approaching storm could destabilise what remains of the structure. 121 people are still missing. protests against the brazilian government's handling of the coronavirus crisis have been taking place in cities across the country. tens of thousands of people have been demonstrating to demand a boost to the vaccination programme, and the resumption of financial support for the poorest in society. people could be facing

the prospect of empty supermarket shelves and price hikes because of a shortage of lorry drivers. that's the warning from uk industry bosses, who say more than 60,000 workers are needed to keep goods moving. our business correspondent, dave harvey, reports. it's food on the shelves, it's drinks on the shelves, and it's builders�* merchants being full. that's really what it is. if we're not delivering product, the shops won't be full, and that will have a massive impact on the uk. in many ways, trucks like these are meant to be the lifeblood of our economy. they keep everything moving. right now, they're parked up and going nowhere. not that there's a shortage of companies with stuff to move, or indeed, at 150 grand for a cab and a trailer, any shortage of trucks themselves. they just can't find enough drivers. one in ten of this somerset firm's lorries are parked up at the moment, costing thousands every day. the industry calculates britain is short of 60,000 lorry drivers.

15,000 are european drivers who left the country in the last year. through the pandemic a lot of drivers wanted to go home to be closer to their families, and they really, since the effects of brexit, they haven't wanted to come back. they can earn just as much in places like germany or france, there's no real need to be in the uk. on top of that, during the pandemic, many new drivers couldn't take their hgv licence test. 30,000 tests were delayed last year. at this family—owned haulage firm near bristol, the boss is out when i arrive, back behind the wheel. and if it wasn't for me doing the interview today i'd be driving myself, because it has become the case, mainly, we're both driving weekly. competition for drivers is fierce, supermarkets paying double rates to keep their trucks moving. and small firms like this have had to put their wages up, too. as of 1st ofjune this year, we had to give our drivers, across the board, about a 25% pay increase,

which if you think about it, that's a lot of money. we are retaining our drivers and bringing new employees to the company, but we had to make a decision now that we've had to pass that cost, or certainly the drivers�* wages element, to our customers, to be able to carry this forward. in time, this will all put up prices in our shops. they want government to fund new apprenticeships and training schemes, and ministers insist they are working on that. but it takes several years to learn to drive a big wagon, and britain needs tens of thousands more drivers right now. dave harvey, bbc news. now on bbc news, the travel show. you've gotta love it, proper british coastline. we're on an adventure across the uk as it opens up for travel again. yes! we're open! from rugged coastlines to breathtaking landscapes and natural habitats.

see that?! 0urjourney will take us to the four nations that make up the united kingdom. and with an eye on our carbon footprint, we're in an all—electric revamp of an iconic british motor. on this week's show, lucy's behind the wheels in wales, where she'll be trying to take it down a notch... oh, god. i'm going a bit too fast. that's right. it's quite a discipline. ..making some new mates in the countryside... do you want more food? oh, that feels really weird on my hand! cackles. ..and throwing herself right in the deep end. woo!

hello and croeso i gymru, or welcome to wales, and the next leg of our travel showjourney across the uk. i don't know about you but i'm pretty excited! we're in cardiff, the capital of wales, a country that usually attracts i million international visitors a year. now, how do we turn it on? nothing but silence. at the moment, i don't really feel like i'm driving a big van. it's just — its quiet, it's smooth — a bit too smooth. there's no sound, which is freaking me out a little bit. i'm not completely confident with it yet. at one of cardiff's most recognisable landmarks, there's definitely a sense that tourism is returning.

but i'm heading south to the waterfront — a symbol of the city's successful regeneration. cardiff bay — or tiger bay, as it was known to locals — was home to one of the earliest large—scale multiracial communities in britain. # tiger bay... # it's not very far from the dock. as the welsh coal industry grew, so did cardiff. by the 19th century, it was the biggest exporter globally. workers flocked to the area, creating a community in butetown that was soon home to more than 50 nationalities. # tiger bay. keith murrell is the man behind butetown carnival, an annual celebration of the area's diverse past. this is the core of the traditional butetown community. things have been changed but this is almost the epicentre of where everything

was happening. so describe the festival to me. i would say its two days of music and fun, but the emphasis is on local music. so, you know, with a lot of tourists coming here, would you say butetown festival is something that they would consider? would they be welcomed here? absolutely. as i said, in its heyday, we were getting attendances of 25,000 people. that was a time when maybe 4,000 people were living here. so it was obviously catering for the whole of the city and yet, presenting butetown in the most positive light. this is a port. and this community most especially is built on a port. it's about people coming and going — we love people coming and going. one of the things is — again, about community pride — if you've got something, you want people to come to it. last year, organisers were forced to take the carnival online. but this year, they are hoping to hold a stripped—back event. and preparations are under way. for the last few years, june has performed at the carnival. her trinidadian—inspired outfit

is homage to the people that once migrated here hundreds of years ago. butohjapanese is a style of very slow motion. i'm not a young person anymore so moving quite slowly, it's giving me another vehicle to perform. so i'm just going to take your foot forward and you just slowly lunge as if you're in slow motion. it almost looks like the bionic man. chuckles. like someone has hit the slomo button on us. and you just — you just — that's it. you just kind of breathe and slowly move and maybe i'm gonna do a wave, so you take yourtime to... oh, god — i'm going a bit too fast! that's right. it's quite a discipline. and then just do a little way. just a little wave. oh, my gosh, the concentration! my legs are shaking a little bit. so what was that about you not being young?

my thighs are aching and ijust did that for about two minutes! well, it's been brief — i've only been here for a couple of days — but i have had the best time here in cardiff and i genuinely cannot wait to see what else wales has in store for me. i leave the city for the rolling hills of the brecon beacons, less than an hour's drive from cardiff. the national park is home to over 1000 farms, largely dedicated to livestock. and with over 250,000 visitors a year, one particularly savvy farmer has developed an interesting business model — trekking with sheep. he's checking me out. he's just checking — he's checking i'm all good. his problem is he can't really see very good because his hair is so long, it's in his face. meat patches, my new pal for the afternoon.

do you want more food? i need to prove that i'm your friend. oh, that feels really weird on my hand! cackles. you've got a very warm tongue there, patches! come on! patches, you can have more food in a moment. the plan is to follow a trail around the farm with my fluffy companion. he's pretty obedient. sometimes he kind of veers to the left or right and i feel like i'm the one being walked. it turns out to be trickier than it looks. come on, patches! come on! so nicola, since lockdown, have you seen demand for this experience growing? yeah, so a lot of people want to be outside in the open air. this experience, because we are able to be distanced, there is not so much pressure on that, and people just enjoy being with sheep and being able to stroke the sheep and actually being able to physically be around them, whereas normally they just see in the fields and they run away.

when we first opened, it was quite slow. we did not really have that many people. i think people were a bit wary. they are bit like "hmm, really? walking sheep?" yeah, yeah. they'd not really heard of that before. we started because it was similar to alpaca trekking but with sheep, it's more native. and we ourselves are used to looking after sheep, whereas alpacas is something a bit different and a bit scary. now before i head off, nicola says she's got one more surprise in store. welcome to wales�* very own crufts—inspired goat agility training course. so the easiest one to start with this probably this one. they come out and you can give them a bit of food and then they will walk down the other side. alrighty! whee! up you go! come on, you can do it! you can do it! climb, climb, yeah! yay! there we go! woo—hoo!

well done! good boy! i am getting tangled a bit! yeah! come though... ..and this way. good boy! chuckling. so how did you start these agility courses? we�*ve seen dogs do agility, we�*ve actually seen pony and horse agility... yes. ..and we�*ve seen some videos of youtube on people doing sheep agility and we thought "we�*ll have a go!" goats! why not? so, and goats love to climb. yes. they love to just jump and just cause havoc. as we saw. yeah! so we thought "why not have a go and to see whether they enjoy it?" and they seem to love climbing things. yeah, i was gonna say, they do really seem to enjoy this, and they are learning as well. exactly. these guys are only about 16 weeks old now. yeah. they have not been doing about long, so it�*s all new to them and they are just loving every minute of it, really. yeah, so what�*s the purpose.

obviously, you said to me they are learning and learning skills, but do they compete? no. laughs. not yet! we haven�*t seen any goat agility competitions yet. yeah, yeah. there�*s always a first for everything, huh? exactly, exactly! maybe we�*ll enter in some dog agility with the goats. both chuckle. i�*m sure we will get some funny looks there. yeah, i�*m sure! come on! for my next adventure, i�*m swapping green hills for craggy coastlines as we head west. pembrokeshire is the uk�*s only national park, where beaches and coves punctuate nearly 200 miles of cliffs. the beauty of pembrokeshire has not gone unnoticed and in recent years, the amount of visitors to the area has been growing. now, as lockdown loosens, this summer, businesses are expecting more bookings than ever. so welcome to ramsey island.

my guide ffion has worked on the waters around ramsey island for over 20 years. this is the largest gull in the world. it�*s the great black—backed gull. i�*ve seen one eat a rabbit, whole, live, down in one. they have also been known to take little terriers, so definitely not one to be messed with. seagulls are pretty intimidating though, aren�*t they, so... at nearly 400 feet in places, the western cliffs on the island are some of the highest in wales, making it one of the best places for birdwatching in the uk. 25 years ago, an oil tanker spilt 72,000 tons of oil into these waters, turning beaches black and killing thousands of seabirds. this devastating event spurred on locals to develop a marine code for visitors.

part of the problem is other water users who are not used to the area don�*t know the area, don�*t know the wildlife. and it is not knowing about it, so not knowing that they may be disturbing it. the code encourages visitors to plan ahead, reduce speed and keep their distance from wildlife. people will only save what they are passionate about. and to make them passionate about it, you have to take them out and show it to them. so it�*s about striking a real balance between showing them what an amazing wildlife we have on our doorstep, but also not impacting it, not having a detrimental effect on it in the sort of meantime, so it�*s trying to strike that balance. in recent years, this stretch of coastline has made a name for itself as one of the best places in the world to go to coasteering. which is essentially scrambling along the cliffs. it�*s hard to put a date on when coasteering started — i�*m sure it�*s been happening for hundreds of years —

but we are the first company to provide it as a commercial activity. so we made it more accessible to people and gave anybody, essentially, the opportunity to come and see what the coastline about here has to offer, you know? and yeah, it�*s a bit mad to think that it started just over here. how did you cope during the last year? how has it been for you guys? so it�*s been really difficult but we are seeing a lot more tourism in the area. there�*s a lot of people that would be going to europe or further afield and if we can give them an insight into the spaces that we have on our doorstep, because we know how important they are — especially after the lockdowns, the difference that being outside can make. we just need to make sure that we�*re not abusing those spaces and that we�*re really looking after them, so that generations to follow can also enjoy them. so now that i�*m looking out, the nerves are kicking in a little bit, but it�*s more about the temperature of the water, rather than the activity — i�*m actually really looking forward to exploring kind

of nature at sea level. i�*ve never done this before, so get me in that water. yes! there�*s no way i could have done that without my hands. i need more confidence. as well as performing backflips, sam was also an expert on the local geology and wildlife. then it was back into the waves for the big finale. sam had one lastjump in store for me.

this is real adrenalinejunkie stuff, and it is notjust aboutjumping off the cliffs and getting in the water, it�*s so much information, so much nature and wildlife, and sam is so good at breaking it down, so you experience the mixing of the crazy sport element and just learning, honestly i could do this all day. next up, iam heading 90 miles inland, to the dyfi valley. situated on the southern edge of snowdonia national park, it�*s home to one of the steepest cliff funiculars in the world. i can hear it filling up with water, here we go! we are on the move. what is unusual about this is that it�*s powered by water, one of only a handful of its kind. this funicular is 30 years old, and was put in place to essentially get people

up and down the hill, a hill that was originally used to get slate down. it�*s a little disconcerting looking at the view, but what a view, and what a fantastic use of sustainable technology. and it�*s all part of this — the centre for alternative technology. founded in the 70s on a disused slate quarry, this place was ahead of its time, a pioneer in the move towards renewable lifestyles. in 2009, the region was given unesco biosphere status to recognise the area�*s green credentials. down the road from cat, and another attraction is doing its bit to promote a more sustainable future. all with the help of

the world�*s second largest rodent — the beaver. well, as we came out of the last lockdown we have a new addition to the nature reserve, and we now have a family of beavers. family of beavers! so explain to me what i�*m looking out on here. where would the beavers live? the beavers is an enclosure, that�*s just in this area here. they have seven acres of wet scrub to get their teeth into, and they are here to help us with reserve management. 400 years ago, beavers were hunted to extinction for theirfur, meat and oil. this loss had a devastating impact on the land, and today ecologists are hoping their reintroduction can reverse this effect. and what was it like finally getting them here? to actually release them and see them swim into that

pool, it was a bit goosebumpy. i bet! here we are, the beaver enclosure. i say to people, i am going into the bog on a daily basis. sadly, beavers don�*t have a great rep, but kim is hoping to change that. there is a lot of information out there about beavers, people don�*t understand that they are vegetarian, and so there is some conflict that they are going to eat all the fish from the rivers. as with anything that is new and change there is fear around that, but we are just trying to educate people that this is what beavers do in this landscape. beavers are just one additional tool in the current climate crisis. where you have beavers, you have increasing biodiversity. amazingly, kim has already seen a change to the reserve. they have only been in six weeks and already we�*re seeing in changes to the water channels, they are connecting up the pools, they have made a canal, and we are seeing lots of pathways like this when they are coming in and out and feeding on this stuff, on the willow. i couldn�*t come all this way and not see what all the fuss was about.

but because beavers are nocturnal, we had to come back dusk. yeah, yeah, there is a beaver coming! oh i see it, i see it, yeah, yeah, yeah! coming straight towards us. just coming across. right into the sun. well, we have been waiting quite a while, i was just about to give up hope, and around the corner came a beaver, totally worth being eaten alive by midges for, i think i�*ve inhaled about 20 as well. totally worth it. we saw beavers! for my last leg of this journey i am heading west to aberystwyth, a popular welsh holiday resort and home to a thriving student population. i am at the university�*s art centre where wales�* musical tradition is being given

a new lease of life. sings in welsh the two outside rows are like the white notes ona piano... plays harp ..which means you get that nice echo sound, and the middle row are like the black notes. but i won�*t demonstrate because i never tune them, because life�*s too short. this is the triple harp, an instrument only played by a handful of people across the world. i think it�*s europe�*s only unbroken harping tradition. so it very nearly did die out, but it�*s great that recently

i think there has been a surge in interest in young people. cerys is member of avanc, a welsh folk band formed of young musicians from all over wales. 0ver lockdown they recorded and collaborated remotely, streaming their performances to thousands across social media. would you say doing these virtual performances and recordings, has that kept you sane during lockdown? yeah, there�*s a world out there. yeah, but i bet you can�*t wait for things to get back to normal, so performances can resume, things like that. oh, the wind is playing the harp! it�*sjoining in. yeah, this is the wind playing the strings. ghostly harp notes. well, here�*s hoping i can play this thing better than the wind. i am not going to lie, cerys, i feel a bit unnatural here. i look the part... you look the part, and that is all that matters. laughs. all right, here we go.

i am on the red string... and you get the hand on the other red string, and you play them, and you�*ve got a little echo. plays harp. like that, and back down again, then here... it�*s really messing with my eyes, how do you do this without going mad! that was the first bar of a famous welsh tune called pwt ar y bys, which is the one everyone learns first, so you are well on the way. you�*ll make a star of me yet, cerys. what a trip! wales has made me feel well and truly welcome. and that�*s what�*s really struck me at every turn during this journey — the openness of the people i�*ve met, their history and their hope for the future. next time, in the final leg of our uk series: christa is in northern ireland where she will take to the skies... try her hand at oyster shucking... and explore one of the country�*s magnificent natural wonders. incredible. legend has it that it came about because of a fight between two giants.

hello again. the weekend�*s weather was always going to be dominated by showers, showers coming from big clouds like these that were spotted over the skylines of staffordshire, and the heavens opening not a million miles away. in moseley in birmingham you can see surface water building up on the roads here.

and that we have this line of storms that moved across the midlands and on into lincolnshire. moved across here, which is just south of lincoln itself, and it brought a real deluge. we had 25 mm of rain in the space ofjust one hour. that is nearly half a month�*s worth of rain in the space of one hour, and i�*m sure that would have caused one or two issues here. now, at the moment we�*ve got some areas of rain pushing northwards across scotland. some heavy showers slowly easing in northern ireland. there are one or two showers elsewhere, some fairly big ones working across northern england for the next hour or two. but later in the night we�*re going to see another area of rain moving up across southern areas of england and rain pushing into southern wales as well. now, this widespread area of rain will then move into parts of wales, the midlands and east anglia before then breaking out into showers later on in the day. but it�*s another day when those showers are going to be widespread, some of them torrential as well. could bring around 30 mm of rain in the space ofjust one hour, so again there is a risk of seeing some localised flooding in the heaviest of those downpours. and there will be some dry weather between those showers as well. on into monday and tuesday, we�*ve got the next area of low

pressure that�*s going to be swinging across the uk, so the weather certainly not settling down in any sense. monday sees rain pushing northwards across scotland. sunshine and a few showers elsewhere, but generally a slightly drier kind of day for most of you. but then we�*ve got this rain that�*s going to be moving into the south—west, accompanied by some strengthening winds through monday afternoon. monday night time and on into tuesday our area of low pressure pushes in, bringing the rain and pushing it northwards. gales developing around the coast initially in the south—west and then along the english channel coasts in the south—east by tuesday. showers following our main band of rain through and it will start to feel just a little fresher. temperatures around 17 to 19 degrees celsius. from there, later in the week those showers will gradually become a little bit less widespread. the weather slowly gets a little bit more settled, but before we get there, sunday will see plenty of heavy downpours.

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