it's off to skipton t will be back here in a few hours, backwards and forwards for the next three daysng days as people travel on this train paying the normal fare you would pay ona paying the normal fare you would pay on a normal time—tabled service. simon andjane, on a normal time—tabled service. simon and jane, i will let it leave. back to you two. fantastic, danny, thank you very much. i think we will stay with this, because it's wonderful. so unusual to see this and look how many people turned out and everyone filming it and photographing it. we will just pause filming it and photographing it. we willjust pause and enjoy this. we willjust pause and enjoy this. we will let it pull out of the station and disappear. that is the highlight of our day, isn't it? isn't that glorious?” keep expecting jenny agutter to appear! showing my age there. that's just delightful. fantastic. that's running for a couple more days, it will be even busier tomorrow after all the publicity. it is quite late, though. the half—brother of north korean leader kim jong—un has been killed in malaysia. the bbc

there were some disappointed people at skipton who just couldn't get on.e who wa nts to days, so the hope is that anyone who wants to get on it will get on it. danny, thanks very much. aberdeenshire council has apologised, after trees were planted in the middle of a football pitch. here they are. unsurprisingly the new trees sparked a huge reaction on social media. one person wrote: "are they playing tree—a—side? " a council spokeswoman said they'd been planted to boost biodiversity in the area, but they have admitted they were, and they did say this, "barking up the wrong tree with plans for this site" time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. changes for today, the

tonnes of coal were shovelled, as the train went back and forth between skipton and appleby.s a ride through the yorkshire dales' countryside as well, and crossing the ribblehead viaduct. talking to some customers on the train that had travelled from essex, norfolk, you know, just for the whole sort of romance of this. i think, you know, valentine's day, the settle and carlisle railway, on a stream train, i mean, how better does it get? so could we see more timetabled steam trains, after today's public response? it's something we could do once a year, maybe twice a year. you know, it would fit in cornwall, in anglia, in scotland, say. yeah, we could take it round the country. this may be the start of something special on britain's railways, 49 years after mainline steam officially ended. danny savage, bbc news, cumbria. dubai hopes to have a passenger drone up and flying byjuly. a model has been unveiled at the world government summit. it uses two propellers that can carry a passenger weighing up to 100 kilos, plus a small suitcase. buckled into a race car style seat, a passe

tons of coal was shoveled as the train went between skipton and appleby. it is not only the trip on the steam train. it is a ride through the countryside and crossing the ribblehead viaduct. >> travel from essex, norfolk, the romance of it. valentine's day, the settle -carlisle railway, how much better could it get? danny: could we see more steam trains after to day's response? >> we could do it once or twice a year. may leave the start of something special on britain's railways, 49 years after mainline steam officially ended. now, one of washington's most famous residents is leaving next week. we thought it was important to have one last face-to-face meeting. panda. the the three-year-old is heading to china to enter the breeding program. the zoo is sending her off with ownce cake party and her 24-hour panda cam. i did a facebook live inside the panda enclosure. you can find it online. if you would like to see bao bao in the flesh you have a few more days to get to the zoo. that brings today's show to a close. you can find more on our website. >> make sen

at skipton station this morning, the sights and sounds of yesteryear pulled into the platform. fares and discounts applied. you would normally pay a hefty premium for a steam trip but not here, not this week. i think it's wonderful. i've just been watching all the steam go past the window and it's just fantastic. well, it's great. i thought i would fetch my wife for valentine's day, it is cheaper than a bunch of roses. what do you make of the valentine's present? yeah, really good. iam liking it, enjoying it. so, thank you! mark rand is one of the onboard guides. i know a lot of this has been done within the railway industry by huge lot of goodwill and a huge lot of mates‘ rates for things that are normally very, very expensive. what price can you put on a day like this? we might have to wait another 50 years for the next one. this is notjust a trip on a steam train. for lots of people, it is the ride through the yorkshire dales countryside as well, and crossing the ribblehead viaduct. it was the picture opportunity of the day. yes, you see this occasionally with special charte

it's a long time since the mid—morning service from skipton attracted this sort of attention.ovelled as the train went back—and—forth between skipton and appleby. and this isn't just about a trip on a steam train, lovely weather for a steam train ride. what will the forecast before the next couple of days? john hammond has the details. nice weather for nice weatherfor a trip nice weather for a trip in the next few days. the weather will behave itself. there will be some rain and extensive dry spells. this cloud is pushing in from the atlantic. they are not big

there were some disappointed people at skipton who just couldn't get on.re are something like 6000 seats available on this steam service over the next couple of days, so the hope is that anyone who wa nts to days, so the hope is that anyone who wants to get on it will get on it. danny, thanks very much. aberdeenshire council has apologised, after trees were planted in the middle of a football pitch. here they are. unsurprisingly the new trees sparked a huge reaction on social media. one person wrote: "are they playing tree—a—side? " a council spokeswoman said they'd been planted to boost biodiversity in the area, but they have admitted they were, and they did say this, "barking up the wrong tree with plans for this site" time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. changes for today, the cloud is in a different position as well. this was a snapshot of lunchtime yesterday. move things on 2a hours and the cloud is moving up across the uk from the south—west. still some sunshine ahead of that and some areas of low cloud too. with the sunshine and it be

a timetabled service will run between appleby and skipton over the coming days. that's only there to supply electricity and power to the rest of the train, but just look electricity and power to the rest of the train, butjust look at electricity and power to the rest of the train, but just look at this long train here. eight coaches, all full. 500 people on this train altogether. it is steaming away behind us with the safety valve going off, but that's normal. hello allen. let's have a word with this this gentleman here. alan has been riding up and down all day. alan we're live on the news channel. tell us we're live on the news channel. tell us how special has it been to be on service? really special. i the service? really special. i better get back on again. come and talk to us out through the window. it was built in darlington. you are a mountain yearand it was built in darlington. you are a mountain year and it is going through the snowcapped pennines. this is a service people should be using more? just come on it for the views. the views of yorkshire were fa

what it means is that if you buy a ticket, say, from skipton to appleby over the next couple of days,t you get is a ride on a steam train. it's going to be a massive boost, it's going to be fantastic to see lots of people on the train, loads of people coming to the towns along the railway. some services have already sold out. for those involved, it's going to be busy week. we know that people are really interested in steam trains, we get a lot of calls into our office all year round from people asking about steam excursions, so it's no surprise really to us that this has been hugely popular. there's something irresistible about the magic of steam and there's no point fighting it, it's clearly what people really want to do. so, why, after 49 years, it is happening now? it came from germany, actually, where, for a couple of decades, they have been doing this, planned steam on scheduled services. not all the time, of course, just the odd day here and there, so it's borrowed from there. it's never been tried in the uk. the star of the show is called tornado. experience shows this handsome

the crew were working hard, tonnes of coal were shovelled as the train went back—and—forth between skipton appleby. and this isn't just about a trip on a steam train, for lots of people it's a ride through the yorkshire dales