the juice of the posidonia is a naturalfertiliser, it's something you can see in the balearic islands ago. i think that education is really the way to change the future, and it is educating the youth and this is why in the summertime we have hundreds of kids, and they learn how to dive, they learn to do underwater photography, they are learning the things we are doing wrong and how to do in a good way. i don't like to be using an apocalyptic message. the option to change, it's in our hands. if we don't change, maybe in ten years, most of the posidonia here and many species, will be gone, but if we start changing, we have the possibility to recover the nature in the mediterranean and in many other places in this planet. london has seen a massive boom in cycling. social distancing and largely empty streets has meant many of us have seen it as the best way to get around. hey, i'm not complaining, i've been a fan of wheels for years. even in paris they've managed to create hundreds of kilometres of new bike lanes. but up until now, this revolution has largely bypassed africa's great citie

pilot by the balearic government for the idea, and they are doing the whole cartography of the balearic islandsrld to see the formentaria island, and to think one day, the posidonia dies, we will lose our main economic driver which is tourism. in autumn, the old leaves wash up on the shore and the beaches and this is used for the houses, the isolation, because it is so clean that no insect, no parasite will go inside, thejuice of the posidonia is a natural fertiliser and sub and you can see, the balearic islands since a long time ago. i think that immigration is really the way to change the future, and it is educating the youth and this is why in the summertime we have hundreds of kids, and they learn how to dive, they learn how to do underwater photography, and they are learning the things we are doing wrong and how to do in a good way full up i don�*t like to be using an apostle —— i don�*t like to be using an apocalyptic message. the opportunity to changes in our hands. if we don�*t change and maybe ten years most of the posidonia here and many species will be gone, but we fully start changi

at spain's situation, to look more closely at each region, for example the canary islands and balearic islandsons normally. they have a much lower infection rate than many other areas of the country, certainly much lower than the madrid region, where i am now, and the argument of the spanish government is these regions should be looked at more closely and perhaps they could be given some kind of preferential treatment when the traffic light system is reviewed to try and encourage people to go to those destinations. gui; encourage people to go to those destinations.— destinations. guy hedgecoe reporting- _ let's have a look at the latest coronavirus figures. they show there were 2,829 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period and nine deaths were reported. the total number of deaths across the uk is now 127,710. the latest seven—day average for the number of people admitted to hospital with coronovirus is 913. turning now to the vaccinations programme, and more than 37.5 million people have now had their first covid jab. that's more than 70% of the population. and more th

they point out that for example the canary islands or the balearic islands, valencia and the mediterraneantinations, that they all have much lower infection rates than other parts of the country such as madrid where i am. they would like some kind of preferential treatment for those popular tourism destinations when a revision of the traffic light system comes around in a few weeks. gui; comes around in a few weeks. guy hedaecoe comes around in a few weeks. guy hedgecoe in _ comes around in a few weeks. guy hedgecoe in madrid, thank you. australian wine, machines, metals — those of some of goods that australia sends to britain every year. cars, medicines, alcoholic drinks are among the things we send back. since brexit, the uk has been working on a new trade deal with australia and it looks like it could now be close. today the international trade secretary, liz truss, is understood to have offered australia more concessions in an effort to seal the deal byjune. our global trade correspondent, dharshini david reports. british lamb may be on the menu this spring, but what of the future? whe

biggest and most popular destination for holiday—makers and there is talk that if you look at the balearic islandshave been tacitly good results in high vaccination rates and they should be on the list. but there is also talk that the uk does not want to encourage people to travel abroad and that is why they are perhaps not going to include anywhere in spain this time around. worth mentioning, if i may that being on a green list is not make it really easy. for example, i have to go and get a test tomorrow for my flight back. i have then got to complete my passenger locator form for the uk, then got to complete my passenger locatorform for the uk, pre—booked a pcr test after i have arrived and thatis a pcr test after i have arrived and that is going to cost me around about £100 on top of the cost of the trip. about £100 on top of the cost of the tri -. ~ ., ,, ., ., trip. meanwhile, simon, we are baskin: trip. meanwhile, simon, we are basking in _ trip. meanwhile, simon, we are basking in the _ trip. meanwhile, simon, we are basking in the hottest _ trip. meanwhile, simon, we are basking in the hot

spain's balearic islands are pretty optimistic that they will be on the uk's green list — coronavirusrest of spain. lluis rullan oliver is president of the soller hotel association in mallorca. lluis, you welcomed 2.5 million british tourists in 2019, a figure that fell 93% last year. how has the tourism industry kept going? we tried to survive. we got guests from other countries. first the germans, than the british. and then with local tourists. and some spaniards, but also we had quite a lot of french last summer.- french last summer. now, lookin: french last summer. now, looking at _ french last summer. now, looking at this _ french last summer. now, looking at this year's - looking at this year's bookings, how many people have been booking and where are they coming from? flat been booking and where are they coming from?— coming from? at the moment, it's about 3396 of _ coming from? at the moment, it's about 3396 of the _ it's about 33% of the hotels open only. we want some of them, they decided to open already. and expecting and delaying the openings for mid—may, june, july. it's q

or the greek islands added _ the balearics or the greek islands added in — thetime but definitely, by the end of june, we — time but definitely, by the end of june, we are going to be in a much better— june, we are going to be in a much better position in terms of the number— better position in terms of the number of green countries we can access _ number of green countries we can access. . ~' number of green countries we can access. . ~ , ., number of green countries we can access. ., ~ , ., ,., , number of green countries we can access. ., ~ , ., , . northern ireland is lifting the ban on indoor socialising a week after england, scotland and wales. hospitality venues can now serve food and drink inside, and all indoor visitor attractions — including cinemas, museums and galleries — can also re—open. our ireland correspondent chris page is at an ice rink and has more on this. just below, we can't actually quite see, i presume you are wearing ice skates? . �* , see, i presume you are wearing ice skates? ., �* , , , see, i presume you are wearing ice skates? ., �

actually, it's mallorca, the largest of spain's balearic islands.se coves, mountain ranges, rolling meadows, mallorca floats comfortably in the mediterranean. think of it as something akin to a tennis ball spain volleyed in the direction of italy. the usual historical suspects-- carthaginians, romans and moors-- all left their mark here. how many generations of nadals have been on this island? >> nadal ( translated ): many. quite a few. >> wertheim: what is it like to you coming back to mallorca after spending time on the road? >> nadal ( translated ): for me, coming back to mallorca means coming back to a normal life. and normal life makes me happy. i'm not just rafa nadal, the tennis player. i become rafa nadal the human being again. >> wertheim: nadal is so attached to the place, that when floods ravaged mallorca in 2018, he put down his racket, grabbed a broom and became just another volunteer. the island raised him. so, too, did his parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts.s living together-- quite ra oer-- in t his uncle, miguel aÁngel, played

for example, the balearic islands and canary islands, the valencia region, where benidorm is, those whichrgeon is giving a briefing on coronavirus alongside the new health secretary humza yousaf. here she is. we let's listen and get today's run of is briefing from scott and's first minister. let's hearfrom nicola sturgeon. minister. let's hear from nicola sturueon. ., ,, sturgeon. good afternoon everyone, thank ou sturgeon. good afternoon everyone, thank you for— sturgeon. good afternoon everyone, thank you forjoining _ sturgeon. good afternoon everyone, thank you forjoining us. _ sturgeon. good afternoon everyone, thank you forjoining us. i _ sturgeon. good afternoon everyone, thank you forjoining us. i have - sturgeon. good afternoon everyone, thank you forjoining us. i have got l thank you forjoining us. i have got quite a substantive update for you today so bear with me and as you can see, i'mjoined by shamsa today so bear with me and as you can see, i'm joined by shamsa yusuf, our new health secretary jason leitch. i will give you an assessment of the national picture in relation to

discussions with the uk authorities, to convince them that there are many regions in spain, the balearic islandss summer.— spain this summer. what about rotential spain this summer. what about potential restrictions _ spain this summer. what about potential restrictions that - spain this summer. what about | potential restrictions that might spain this summer. what about. potential restrictions that might be there for uk tourists on arrival? might there needs to be tests on arrival, restrictions on movements while there, might you need a vaccination passport? what sort of things are you looking at? the euro rean things are you looking at? the european union _ things are you looking at? tue: european union is things are you looking at? tt;e: european union is working things are you looking at? tt9 european union is working on a vaccine certificate, this certificate will guarantee that those who have been vaccinated can move freely, they can travel through some sort of fast track, and they can move when they come to spain. why? because they are considered to be safer than those who have not been v

particular interest, particular destinations, common destinations for tourists, whether it is the balearic islandse therefore safe for people to come and visit. so the point she really is making is that the whole of spain, perhaps, would not be seen as particularly safe, but those particularly safe, but those particular areas where tourists like to go to our safe, and obviously there is an economic interest there as well. a , there is an economic interest there as well. , ., there is an economic interest there aswell. , ., ., ~ as well. many thanks indeed. thank ou. the uk s third largest steel maker, liberty steel, has announced plans to sell off its stocksbridge steel plant. it's part of a restructuring plan that it says will allow it to pay back one of its main creditors in full. the announcement comes after a meeting over the weekend in dubai between liberty boss sanjeev gupta and representatives of credit suisse whose customers lost over one billion pounds when gupta s main financial backer greensill capital went bust in early march. let's get more on this from our business presenter ramzan k