to classical musicians like nigel kennedy... ..and to jazz acts like jamie cullum.tdoor festivals remains a special place in my heart because you find yourself having to bring something different to the table than you normally do. trying to communicate with an audience that big. and also, you are not always playing to your audience, you are playing to people who are there to see a variety of acts, so it means you have to work a little bit harder. his performance in perth at today's radio three event was one of the day's highlights. while preparations are well under way at the final two venues, swansea and coventry, both hoping to continue the weekend's already considerable momentum. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week's show: i find out how to stop holiday selfies putting animals at risk. poachers hunt them in the forest because they are quite cute. she is holding my hands, yes, fellow chico. we are hunting for icebergs on a budget. possibly go underground in search of london's hidden rivers. we are so far down there we can hear it be sutherland

jamie cullum is playing. 0ne radio 3 events. jamie cullum is playing.to try to say we have a strong relationship at the bbc with both the artists and the bbc with both the artists and the public. the atmosphere is building here. the weather u nfortu nately building here. the weather unfortunately is not looking as good as unfortunately is not looking as good as it could. we've got the threat of thunder and lightning perhaps later on and certainly quite a lot of rain but by the time being, the fans are flooding in. we'll have probably about 30,000 people here today. they will be looking forward to a bank holiday weekend of really enjoyable live music. yeah, and i'm sure they will not be put off by a bit of rain, thunder or lightning and anything else they can throw at you. you've got a good pair of boots just in case. very much. sir richard branson has told the bbc he's training to be an astronaut. the virgin boss, who for years has been working on his own commercial space programme, is hoping to take his first trip in a matter of months. ben ando report

that will see artists ranging from jamie cullum to liam gallagher, who is headlining, and so many more you lizo mzimba in an increasingly noisy belfast. what a fantastic weekend it looks. helen willetts, the weather looked lovely? beautiful in belfast and perth but i'm concerned about thunderstorms for coventry and swansea on sunday. beautifully sunny in belfast, we will keep the sunshine for the rest of the day and clear skies until evening, perth looks fine and dry with a breeze coming in, just the outside chance that some rain will creep towards the borders of scotla nd creep towards the borders of scotland but really unlucky to see that in perth. the clear skies here, but the rain is with us across england and wales. this was fort augusta at about half an

radio 2 and radio 3 events, classical musicians like nigel kennedy playing, jazz musicians like jamie cullumdifferent music but it is to try and say we have a strong relationship at the bbc with both the artists and the public. now the atmosphere is building here but the weather, unfortunately, is not looking as good as it could. we have got the threat of thunder and lightning perhaps later and certainly quite a lot of rain but for the time being, the fans are flooding in. we're probably going to have about 30,000 people here today and they are really looking forward to a bank holiday weekend of really enjoyable live music. sir richard branson has told the bbc he's training to be an astronaut. the virgin boss, who for years has been working on his own commercial space programme, is hoping to take his first trip in a matter of months. ben ando reports. first, it was planes. then boats. then balloons. train horn blares. and then trains. but a decade and a half ago, sir richard branson set his sights even higher, creating virgin galactic with the aim of offering affordable space tourism — affor

cullum to artists ranging from jamie cullum to liam gallagher, who is headlining, and so many more liam gallagher, who is headlining, and so many more on liam gallagher, who is headlining, and so many more on what the bbc hopes will be one of the biggest weekends of music the uk has ever seen. good job keeping your voice above that, thank you lizo mzimba in an increasingly noisy belfast. what a fantastic weekend it looks. helen willetts, the weather looked lovely? beautiful in belfast and perth but i'm concerned about thunderstorms for coventry and swansea on sunday. beautifully sunny in belfast, we will keep the sunshine for the rest of the day and clear skies until evening, perth looks fine and dry with a breeze coming in, just the outside chance that some rain will creep towards the borders of scotla nd creep towards the borders of scotland but really unlucky to see that in perth. the clear skies here, but the rain is with us across england and wales. this was fort augusta at about half an hourago, this was fort augusta at about half an hour ago, beautiful. this was fort augusta at a

ranging from pop acts here to pop stars like terrorist swift, jazz stars like jamie cullum and classic important they think the bbc is to the music and arts scene in the uk. we have been expecting bad weather here in swa nsea been expecting bad weather here in swansea but for the most part it has been holding up and the crowds are here in huge numbers. up to 30,000 people. sam smith is the one many people. sam smith is the one many people look forward to tonight but tomorrow more of the same and hopefully the weather will hold up to see taylor swift and france in the machine performing on stage to tens of thousands of people. for what the bbc hopes will be one of the musical events of the year. thank you very much. sunni swansea there. let's find out if that is going to continue. a bit ofa a bit of a mixed day so far, some of us a bit of a mixed day so far, some of us had some sunshine and in other areas the clouds have been growing through the course of the day and the risk of some thunderstorms this evening mostly affecting southern areas of the uk. central and southern england and t

and to jazz acts like jamie cullum.having to bring something different to the table than you normally do. trying to communicate with an audience that big. and also, you are not always playing to your audience, you are playing to people who are there to see a variety of acts, which means you have to work a little bit harder. his performance in perth at the radio 3 event was one of the highlights. while preparations are well under way at the final two venues, swansea and coventry, both hoping to continue the weekend's already considerable momentum. time for a look at the weather with stav da naos. hello there. it is going to be warm this weekend, including the bank—holiday monday as well. the best of the sunshine will always be across northern parts of the uk, whereas further south we will see a mixture of sunny spells and some really heavy and thundery downpours. for the rest of this evening and overnight, it's going to be quite cloudy, misty and murky across a good swathe of england and wales, particularly wales, centra

to classical musicians like nigel kennedy... ..and to jazz acts like jamie cullum.outdoor festivals remains a special place in my heart because you find yourself having to bring something different to the table than you normally do. trying to communicate with an audience that big. and also, you are not always playing to your audience, you are playing to people who are there to see a variety of acts, so it means you have to work a little bit harder. his performance in perth at today's radio 3 event was one of the highlights. while preparations are well under way at the final two venues, swansea and coventry, both hoping to continue the weekend's already considerable momentum. now on bbc news, our world. syrians on the move again. under the cover of darkness and carrying their entire belongings. they are hoping to make a new life. these people aren't entering europe, they're escaping it. many here smuggling themselves illegally back along the same routes down which they had arrived. everyone here is terrified. because the greek police could come and pick them up at an