but believe it or not we have days, but believe it or not we have got 12 degrees in cardiff and it was a lovely afternoon at times. but we have showers of sinking southwards, and actually the temperatures are falling away as we speak. it is going to be a bitterly cold night. before we change the weather story again with this area of low pressure, which is going to drive in milder air over the next few days. for the here and now, the temperatures falling away, widely below freezing, the only exception the far southend west. that means the far southend west. that means the potential for some the far southend west. that means the potentialfor some icy the far southend west. that means the potential for some icy stretches first thing tomorrow morning. crystal blue sky and sunshine to begin with, but not for long because cloud will start pushing in from the west in this weather front, bringing rain to northern ireland, north—west england and parts of wales. a pretty cold afternoon for many, particularly as the cloud and rain starts gathering, 6—9 . as we go through the evening hours, colder still in scotland. on the leading

edge there could be some snow for a time, a few centimetres might start to accumulate anywhere above 200 metres. that may well cause some disruption during the early hours of thursday morning, as again it is a pretty chilly start. but the emphasis is with the milder air to arrive as the weather fronts push their way steadily north and east, so the weather pendulum swings once again the other way and it's going to go incredibly mild as we head towards the weekend, that south—westerly wind driving the cold air back to the north, but look at this. it's going to be mild into the weekend air back to the north, but look at this. it's going to be mild into the weekend but air back to the north, but look at this. it's going to be mild into the weekend but it air back to the north, but look at this. it's going to be mild into the weekend but it also air back to the north, but look at this. it's going to be mild into the weekend but it also comes air back to the north, but look at this. it's going to be mild into the weekend but it also comes with air back to the north, but look at this. it's going to be mild into the weekend but it also comes with a air back to the north, but look at this. it's going to be mild into the weekend but it also comes with a lot of rain, and once again strong winds. louise, many thanks once again. and that's bbc news at ten on tuesday 14th march. there's more analysis of the day's main stories on newsnight which is just getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one as now it's time to join our colleagues across the nations

good evening, i'm tulsen tollett and this is your sports news, where we start with football. and erling haaland has broken manchester city's goals in a season record, moving to 39. he scored five on the evening against rb leipzig as city were 7—0 winners to move through to the champions league quarterfinals 8—1 on aggregate, and the norwegian moves past a record that's stood for 94 years. it was 1—1 from the first leg in germany and haaland put city ahead with a penalty, and just over a minute later, he made it 2—0. there was time for another before half—time, when the 22—year—old claimed his hat trick, bundling the ball over the line to make it 3—0. there was more misery for leipzig after the break. ilkay gundogan scored the fourth before haaland claimed his fourth and it was 5—0.

but the norwegian wasn't quite done, as city went 6—0 up thanks to haaland's fifth goal. he was then substituted with half an hour remaining to a standing ovation before kevin de bruyne made it 7—0 in stoppage time. inter milan are also through to the quarterfinals. they took a 1—0 advantage into their second leg at porto in portugal. porto has several great chances to pull level in the tie late on, but somehow inter survived to reach the last eight. in the championship, middlesbrough missed out on the chance to go one point off the automatic promotion spots, only managing a 1—1 draw at home to stoke city. michael carrick�*s side took the lead through chuba akpom's 23rd goal of the season, but this wasn't enough for the three points as kijana hoever hit back for the visitors on the stroke of half—time. elsewhere, wigan moved off to the bottom of the table with a draw at home to coventry.

fifa have confirmed the expanded 2026 world cup will have 12 groups of four teams, a change from their original plan to split the 48 teams into groups of three, after the excitement of the final round of games at qatar 2022. the tournament in the usa, canada and mexico will also include an extra knockout round at the last 32 stage for the first time, making it around a week longer overall. that would mean the teams that reached the final will play eight games, not seven. the format was approved at a meeting of the fifa council in rwanda. there is a busy night of projection at indian wells, with jack draper and emma raducanu both in action. raducanu is up against the world number one iga swiatek. no problem for cameron norrie. an impressive win against the world number 700 room left, norrie winning in straight sets. he will play either

fantasy author or callahan tableau next. —— francis. constitution hill has been hailed as the "horse of a generation" after his breathtaking champion hurdle victory at cheltenham. the unbeaten gelding surged to a nine length triumph. trainer nicky henderson said the horse was "extraordinary" and jockey nico de boinville called him a superstar. joe lynskey reports. day one at cheltenham and 60,000 in to see it, but the eyes of the cotswolds were all set on the hill. there's literally hundred people that have come to see him, constitution hill. constitution hill has icked constitution hill. constitution hill has picked up _ constitution hill. constitution hill has picked up fans _ constitution hill. constitution hill has picked up fans at _ constitution hill. constitution hill has picked up fans at speed. - constitution hill. constitution hill has picked up fans at speed. he i constitution hill. constitution hill. has picked up fans at speed. he had risked just five times but won each one by existence. the smallest

winning margin so far was 12 lengths. now on the sport's greatest stage, he went in champion hurdle. nico de boinville had been on board for all five. now the gold cup winning jockey set out to stay unbeaten. constitution hill was awed to win, with two jumps to clear, he goes up a gear. as trainer nicky henderson says, it is like pushing a button. his second had won his lasix as well, but he cannot get close. constitution hill, winter by nine lengths. henderson's first win here was in 1985. it takes a special horse to make him this excited. that would bring — horse to make him this excited. twat would bring tears to most eyes, when you see a horse that is quite like that, because i think it is pretty unique. one of these comes along in a lifetime. you ought to have a lot of horses define one of these, so we are lucky. of horses define one of these, so we are luc . , , . of horses define one of these, so we areluc. ,,., .,, of horses define one of these, so we areluc . , are lucky. this is a horse whose first race _ are lucky. this is a horse whose first race was _ are lucky. this is a horse whose first race was 15 _ are lucky. this is a horse whose first race was 15 months - are lucky. this is a horse whose first race was 15 months ago. i first race was 15 months ago. already, he has been compared to the sport's gratis. as racing looks on at constitution hill, now they look to see how much higher he can go.

joe lynskey, bbc news. and that's all you're sport for now. this week, a look back at some of our most fascinating historical journeys. from the desert canyons ofjordan... that would be impressive if we built that today, but that was built thousands of years ago. look at it! ..to the noisy streets of paris. driving a 2cv car is not easy. driving in paris is not easy. well, now you're making me nervous! and from the majesty of lady liberty... it stood for freedom and for liberty to people all over the world. - ..to the drama of the kenyan bush.

hi! welcome to paris, where i'm soaking up the sun on the banks of the river seine. it's lovely. both the left bank and right banks of the river seine are unesco world heritage sites. the left is famous for inspiring generations of artists and intellectuals, while the right is home to the world's most—visited museum, the louvre. and with all this heritage to soak up here, it's the perfect setting to take an amble down memory lane and revisit some of our favourite historical journeys. and let's begin right here in paris. in 2018, one of the classics of the french car industry turned 70. and christa managed to get behind the wheel to give it a spin. i'm definitely going

to need a lesson, vincent. vincent takes guided tours around paris. now, where is the gear stick? the gear stick is there. 0k! so, you just turn that, if you want to pass the first one. and pull — this is first, 0k? then back to neutral... there? ..and push, second. second. this is very unusual. yeah, i know, it's unique. this might take... please excuse me if we bunny—hop up the street. driving a 2cv feels actually very different to any kind of modern car. you can feel the engine under your foot, you know, and the noise of the car. and it's very physical. and it's not a car that goes very fast, but it's not the goal, you know? it is a very, kind of, active experience. yeah. there's no sitting back and letting the car do its work.

you have to be involved. yeah, exactly. and on the left — this is the louvre museum. is there something...? i mean, do you think this is part of french identity? yes, it is, of course, yes. with the baguette and the stripes. they laugh ooh! we'll have to stop for a baguette! yeah. you're very brave, because driving a 2cv car is not easy. driving in paris is not easy. driving for the first time in a 2cv car in paris is really, really brave for you. well, now you're making me nervous! there are no airbags, the windows aren't electric and, as for ac — let's just say it's pretty rudimentary. but for some reason, the french really seem to love the 2cv. as long as that remains the case, the car they called the "tin snail" will keep ploughing its own furrow

on slow lanes everywhere. christa there at the wheel of an absolute classic, right here in paris, back in 2018. right, it's time for us to cross over to a completely different part of the world now, as we transport you from the brisk northern coastlines of europe to the dust and the sand of southern jordan. petra is one of the world's most famous archaeological sites. carved out of the desert 2,000 years ago, it was built by a local tribe called the nabataea ns. well, in 2016, i went to see efforts to protect this ancient site from the elements, and from tourists like me. this split in the rocks is called the siq, and it was the only entrance or way in and out of the city.

and it would've been heavily guarded to stop anyone from sneaking in and trying to take over. it's just breathtaking. at the end of the siq is the most famous part of petra, the treasury. an elaborate temple carved from the sandstone. just take a look around, you can see how popular this place is. it's the most visited in all ofjordan — but having all of these people here can bring problems. the delicate rocks are easily damaged by tourists touching the monuments or walking off the designated trails, especially in places where excavations are under way. but now, there's a project aimed at getting tourists themselves involved with the conservation of the monuments, to help protect one of the most threatened sites

in the whole of petra. this is the temple of winged lions, a religious complex built in around 27 ad. i'm liking your office, glenn. i like what you've done with it. no, this is a beautiful place. this is... glenn is in charge of the site and tells me how the problems here started in the 1970s, when the temple was first excavated. they uncovered this cool monument, but didn't do a wonderfuljob of doing the things necessary to preserve it for future generations. whenever you excavate a monument, you have to pull a lot of the earth out of the ground in order to reveal it. and so this earlier project dumped a lot of that earth. and so, as you'll see, we're trying to re—excavate those earlier archaeological dumps. the dumps are huge mounds

of compressed earth which will take years to sort through. at the moment, there's a team of local people tackling this mammoth task. we have specialists who come and actually work and train and work with the local community, and not have them just be regular day labourers that sort of help with manual labour but actually training them in the tangible vocational skills to help them preserve the site in the coming years. and the idea is that the locals then train tourists to help out, too. we're going to have them working on the soil dumps, looking for pottery and coins and other things the original excavation missed, to have the experience of actually doing archaeology for a day. i've got some skills, man. have you got a digger here, orsomething? yeah, we're ready to go. ready? woo! this is an interesting route to get down here. so, tell me what you're doing. now we sift most of this sand... ahmed and iman both grew

up in petra and have become experts at sorting through the material here. so, you're basically sieving out all the dust and looking for the valuable pieces. yes. can i have a go? i was enjoying tasting the dust, but now... iman shows me the sort of thing they're looking for. like, normal stones, we don't need them. j we don't need to keep them. yeah, that doesn't look very valuable, that one. no. so, this is part of a jar. and it's nabataean. so, that'd be the original people who lived here, the nabataeans? yes. so, that'd be very, very old? yeah. wow. that's 2,000 years old. 2,000 years old? let's see if i can find any treasures. ok, stand back. let the... let the master get to work. is that cool? yeah. let's look. that's stone. i'm terrible, i can't find anything!

well, i might not be having much luck — but over the last few years, they've found all sorts here. painted pottery, coins, lamps and decorations from the temple. now, as more pieces are retrieved and catalogued, it's hoped we can learn more about the everyday lives of the people who built this incredible city more than 2,000 years ago. oh, wow, that brought back some lovely memories of pushing around that ancient city — even though it was a little bit bumpy on my wheels — and imagining what that beautiful place must�*ve looked like all of those years ago. right. do not go anywhere, because we've got loads more still to come, including... ..the secrets of lady liberty and the new museum sitting at her feet. now, for the piece de resistance. the original torch.

wow! it stood up there from 1886 to 1984. and how punk helped bring down the berlin wall. so, make sure you don't go away. welcome back to paris. now, just behind me is the iconic notre dame. sadly, we can't take you inside because it's still undergoing repairs after that devastating fire back in 2019. so, why don't we take you somewhere completely different, like kenya? we're off on safari, in memory of one of history's most famous lions. elsa was made a star in the movie born free, which hit the big screens in 1966. it was based on a book byjoy adamson about her and her husband george's attempt to rescue an orphaned lion cub and train it for life in the wild.

so, back in 2015, we sent henry, our very own hollywood movie star, to meru national park to find out more. this park is virtually unchanged since george and joy were here. really lucky, because we've come across a lioness and her cub. they've just feasted, so this is the moment where they get really lazy. they've nestled just below a lovely tree for some shade. this kind of... ..reminds you of what elsa would've been doing here in meru national park. george had this lovely call. never had to shout. just gently called him "boy, boy". "hey, boy! boy! come, boy!" of course, joy and george

needed helpers — and one of those was jonny baxendale, george's godson. he helped return the born free [ions to the wild but used to come back out to their favourite haunts for regular visits. you never felt in danger at all? never. no? they were relaxed. there was no tension, there was no issues. we knew very well that, you know, they would walk up to us and greet us in the most amazing way. the pair used to sit under this tamarind tree with warm beers. it doesn't take long for the memories to come flooding back. just being with him and being able to work with him and see how he absolutely handled his lions and how relaxed he was. and he had this amazing rapport with his environment. he was totally in harmony with his environment.

and this is the born free country. this is where it all happened. this is where elsa was found, and this is where elsa died. memories of elsa the lion, from back in 2015. what a cool story that was. ok, it's time to go from the plains of africa to the razzmatazz of new york and one old lady who's been watching over the city for well over a century. the statue of liberty has dominated new york harbour since 1886, a gift from the people of france. well, in 2019, a brand—new museum in her honour opened. so, lucy got the early ferry to liberty island, to be among the first to check it out. there are three primary areas of the museum. people come in, they'll go into the immersive theatre.

then they'll move on to the engagement gallery, which is where we're standing right now. and the engagement gallery is primarily the history of the statue of liberty. its beginning, and then how it became the symbol of america. and now it's used in every sort of thing that you can think of. in 1885, it was shipped in 350 individual pieces over to new york, where it was reassembled and unveiled to the american public the next year.

and then you finish with the inspiration gallery. now for the piece de resistance. the original torch. the torch! the original torch. wow! stood up there from 1886 to 1984. talk to me about how difficult it was to get the torch in here. well, i didn't have to do it. they laugh but it was... it was quite a task. people worked for about two weeks, from 3pm in the afternoon till 3am at night. and they had this carrier that they laid the face on its back and then put the torch on it. and it all worked quite well. and here it is. martin and his team have been

in charge of conserving the torch and cleaning it up. well, today is the last day. it's sort of the clean—down from the top down. - and so, as they're finishing up the lighting fixtures inside, . myjob is then the final clean—down of everything that falls down. - it'sjust a simple cotton cloth, just trying to get| the heavy things out. just getting rid of that dirt. yeah, like with any cleaning job, it's never done. i think it's really quite impressive, just how much detail there is on something that really wasn't designed to be seen close up. you know, just the detail is so intricate, it's... it's pretty amazing how itj all comes together, huh? part—to—part, piece—to—piece. and then, all of a sudden, you've got a torch. - yeah! it's so iconic. and you think about its history and how it stood for freedom

and for liberty to people all over the world. it really is a remarkable piece of work. and the museum is free to all visitors of liberty island. lucy on liberty island, in 2019. now, to one of my personal historical highlights, on a trip to germany in that same year. it'd been exactly 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall — the structure that had divided not just a city, but families, nations and superpowers. stretching over 80 miles, it was built to separate the communist east and the capitalist west. but i was there to find out how, amongst other things,

an energetic underground punk scene helped to bring about its demise. chaos was the frontman for wu nta nfall, one of the scene's top bands. east germany's secret police,

the stasi, regularly targeted defiant anti—authoritarian punks. on multiple occasions, chaos was imprisoned and brutally beaten. back then, the intense scrutiny of the stasi meant that gigs often had to be held in the unlikeliest of locations. this is the place?

wow. this is pretty spectacular. yeah, it's a church. he laughs i can't imagine hundreds of punks coming to a church for a concert. yeah, but hundreds of beer. what was the vibe and energy like in here?

when you think about those times, those difficult times during the gdr period where you were intimidated by the stasi, and the problems that you had amongst the people in the streets, would you do it again? don't you just love that? history told to us by people who were there, actually making things happen. right, coming up next time, the story of a magnificent mount. mont saint—michel, in northern france, is celebrating its millennium.

i often compare the mont saint—michel as being the jewel, and the bay the box. so, that's the jewel and the box — you've got it all. nice. i head there to take a peek behind the scenes and find out how things have changed there in all those years. until then, you can follow us on social media. we're in all the usual places, along with lots of other great travel content from around the bbc. see you soon. bye— bye.

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