but will also visit dubrovnik word check in viewer will show us how the corona crisis is affecting her hometown. my destination is the shot and a scenic point in the vet mountain range the 2nd had a house built up there for the 1st leg of the journey i've reserved. find a cold welcome. to make the climb a little easier i've decided to rent an even. bus and then is there anything i should watch out for. the feel of probably the most common error people make is overestimating the situation out of the box will take you just about anywhere they offer a lot of power then suddenly you're at the summit and can't get down. this way it's easy to overextend yourself that's why you should be careful on the descent keep your hands on the brakes take your time go slowly and enjoy the nature of around you don't come shooting down. as soon as i leave mitten involves i'm immersed in the beautiful bavarian landscape . the paths. and the ascent is still manageable. after a couple of minutes of riding through the forest i arrive at a leak i see. but i still have a long way to go. yet the nation today is

i have been speaking to people trying to get to dubrovnik.oing over the border to try to fly from another story. a familiar story iam hearing from another story. a familiar story i am hearing is how difficult it is, how many flights are full, and one family say they have paid at least eight times the amount of what they originally paid. that on top of the impact here. when i interviewed the tourism minister here he says he doesn't believe it's fair, not legitimate, and he puts the blame solely on squarely on young people in nightclubs in split, the party capital of croatia. he says that's ultimately where they are not listening to the rules was that he says by butterfly effect you now have a situation where notjust the uk but germany, italy, austria and slovenia, all in the last few days have put restrictions in place and now they are specifically lobbying the uk saying we can sort this situation out, please don't kill what's left of our tourism industry. gavin lee in croatia, thank you. uk government debt hit £2 trillion injuly — the first t

they we re with his partner in dubrovnik.day but they are rushing to the airport this evening. something like £350 return, and wejust evening. something like £350 return, and we just had to pay, just over £750 for two singles back. further up £750 for two singles back. further up the coast at this harbour a group of stu d e nts up the coast at this harbour a group of students from nottingham trent university say they need to be back for the start of term, but they can't afford the ticket prices. we obviously don't have that much money saved up to get a flight home, because of the inflation of prices we are just really stuck here. because people have part—time jobs as well it is slightly annoying because now we have to take time off work so we doubt get any money to save up foruni. work so we doubt get any money to save up for uni. just give a sense of the frustration you must feel right now. back in the uk david collins tells me he has booked a week away in croatia for a group of ten on sunday. those plans are up in the air.

i know there are some parts of the country, the mayor of dubrovnik, for example, has said they wouldy, as the germans have introduced because we in dubrovnik have a very low caseload. absolutely. could not agree more. if the uk government was willing to look at our separate regions and make decisions according to those numbers, then we would have been in a much better position because currently the majority of our coasts, and most of the regions there are doing pretty well, so to say overall that the croatian numbers are very high is not actually correct. there is the majority of the coast that is still very safe. apart from the brits imposing a blanket ban, what about the rest of europe? can you rely on tourists from the rest of europe to make up those numbers? we are hopeful that things will still get better towards the end of the season and we will be able to recoup towards the end of the season. however, looking at the overall figures, under the circumstances, croatia has done pretty well, so from january to august we are currently at 40% of last year's results in terms of arriva

in certain areas, for example in zagreb, the capital, mainly amongst the young population, but in dubrovnikthe surroundings and its islands, there are very few cases. and it seems they will not be any good news from the uk for the croatian tourism industry anytime soon. where there are islands i think that something where we have said we will look at and we are looking at. then you get down to how good a detailed level of information you have got on individual islands which might be part of the country with a landmass somewhere else. but there is criticism from tourism experts at the steps taken by the government for british tourists holidaying in croatia. it's also about how much confidence the government house in the testing programme in the countries, about the health service in the countries. —— the government has. we have asked the government several times to be more transparent about these numbers so people can keep an eye on it, people want to know and have a bit more notice. but it has refused to do that so far. and it's not just croatia for which the government now requires a two—w

though, it's a country of five million and a very popular travel destination, especially zagreb, dubrovnikr adriatic coastline. but venture away from the capital down the sava and you come across a lesser—known city. sisak lies on the confluence of three rivers and it's home to croatia's biggest river port. the town of sisak is where the river sava actually becomes wide enough for cargo ships like these to sail downstream to belgrade and serbia, and that's what has made the town such an industrial centre. now, sisak actually has a rich and colourful history but in recent times, it's been characterised as dull and dreary. in fact, most guidebooks don't even mention it. but that is now changing. i am actually the fourth generation born here. and i lived with this town, i grew up with this town, and ijust, you know, when you're reading something about your town, you're reading the bad news and you're thinking "what are you talking about? "this is not how it is here." so, last year, dahna and her team set about creating rezthink sisak — an art festival that uses the town's buildings as a canva

, though, it's a country of 5 million, and a very popular travel destination, especially zagreb, dubrovnikre away from the capital down the sava and you come across a lesser—known city. cisac lies on the co nflu e nce city. cisac lies on the confluence of three rivers and is home to croatia's biggest river port. the town of cisac is where the river sava actually becomes wide enough for ships like this to go downstrea m for ships like this to go downstream to belgrade and serbia, and that's what has made it such an industrial centre. cisac has a rich cultural history, but in recent times it's been characterised as dull and dreary. most guidebooks don't mention it. but that is changing.” guidebooks don't mention it. but that is changing. i am the fourth generation born here, andi fourth generation born here, and i lived with this town, grew up with this town, and when you are reading something about your town and you are reading the bad news and you are thinking — what are you talking about? this is not how it is here. so last year dana and her team set up rethink sisak, an arts festival tha

lawrence manning is on holiday with his partner in dubrovnik.hing to the airport this evening. 0ur flights out to return was something like £350, and we just had to pay, just over £750 for two singles back. further up the coast at this harbour, a group of students from nottingham trent university say they need to be back for the start of term, but they can't afford the ticket prices. we obviously don't have that much money saved up to get a flight home, because of the inflation of prices we are just really stuck here. because we've all got part—time jobs as well it is slightly annoying because now we have to take time off work so we doubt get any money to save up for uni. just give a sense of the frustration you must feel right now. back in the uk, david collins tells me he has booked a week away in croatia for a group of ten on sunday. those plans are up in the air. we might be able to change the flight for an alternative, but to when? whether it be this year, next year, whether we can still go to the same destination, have we got to leave from

lawrence manning's on holiday with his partner in dubrovnik.ing to the airport this evening. our flight for a return was something like £350, and we just had to payjust over £750 to get two tickets back to the uk. further up the coast in this harbour, a group of students from nottingham trent university say they need to be back for the start of term, but they can't afford the ticket prices. we obviously don't have that much money saved up to get a flight home because of the inflation of prices. we are just really stuck here. we've all got part—time jobs as well, it's slightly annoying, because now we have to take time off of work, so we don't get any money to save up for uni. so what's going wrong in croatia? back in may and june, this country of 5 million people barely registered a single case a day. in the past week, there has been a notable rise — 265 cases in the past 2a hours. other eu countries are attributing clusters of new cases to tourists coming back from here. the country's secretary of state for tourism said the british decision wa

back to their respective countries, they were blamed and in a similar sense people in split and dubrovnikemic began. that's according to a large survey by the royal college of nursing. nearly 42,000 nurses responded to the survey. three quarters of them reported experiencing more stress — and a third said they'd been given extra responsibility but mostly without higher pay. g raf graf they were on the front line putting their own lives at risks. graf they were on the front line putting their own lives at risksm was exposed to all, the actual intense and hard work that nurses do. so i think, yes, it's been fantastic. but we can'tjust rely on clapping, you know? the public has shown its appreciation but the government needs now to step up and show its appreciation. the us presidential candidate joe biden has promised to lead his country out of what he calls the "darkness" of its years under donald trump. in a speech to the democratic party's national convention, mr biden said he would restore american values like decency, science and democracy. as many have said, america is at an inflection

we can speak now to emma irvine, a british student stuck outside dubrovnik.o jobs and is worried about what will happen. iam i am sorry you are stuck, when were you hoping to come home? on sunday. and when they announced last night we tried to book flights but couldn't get anything direct into northern ireland any sooner, or anywhere else in the uk so we have resigned ourselves we are staying here and we'll have to quarantine. what will the impact be because you will get back after 4am tomorrow, so you will have to quarantine. emma, what are the imprecations of that for you? i am meant to be starting back at university, starting my final year of medical school on friday. i'm moving into new accommodation so i won't be able to do that so i am in contact with the university to try to make arrangements to start a bit later but i am not sure what impact it will have on the rest of the year. in terms of your studies, will it make an impact or will it have been virtual anyway? can you do thatjust as well from quarantine? some will be virtual but some was ward place

so it is nothing special and most of the guests from the uk are in dubrovnik and there yesterday i thinkia and now we are talking about slovenia, the uk. that is not good for us. of course it is not good for any economy in the world, but... it is a disaster not just for economy in the world, but... it is a disaster notjust for croatia, my region, but about whole of europe and the whole of the world. for croatia, i think, from my opinion, of course, it is in this moment because if you come to our beaches you will see there is enough place. it is one person on each ten metres. we are not a crowded destination like spain or some other destinations. tomislav, you are a good advertisement for your nation, i will give you that. that background is stunning. the beautiful blue sky, the water behind you. you are chilling out in your crisp white shirt, it looks fabulous. thank you so much for talking to us, and good luck with the business, take care. didn't that look absolutely lovely? you are watching bbc breakfast, the schools minister will be joining us in a few minute. many questions there. 7:

it is a unique time to come to dubrovnik, to experience dubrovnik in one very special light, with no this is a perfect time to visit dubrovnik, no matter what the circumstances. all right, anna. many thanks for your time and all the best. thank you very much indeed. and a hearse there who is head of the dubrovnik tourist board. just a reminder that a little after half past two we are going to be taking more of your questions about travel and quarantine as well but for now we will take a look at some of the stories here and in the last couple of hours we have learned that the attorney general has referred the sentences handed down to the three teenagers who killed pc andrew harper to the court of appeal to consider whether they are too lenient. the officer, who is 28, died last year in berkshire when he was dragged along the road by a getaway car for was dragged along the road by a getaway carfor more was dragged along the road by a getaway car for more than a mile. 0ur getaway car for more than a mile. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw gave me more details. well, what this an