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from short—haul budget flights. and we head to south america and whats officially the most electrifying place on earth. hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from the historic university city of cambridge in the uk. now, its the beginning of term and students are coming back, and like many generations before them, theyll be benefiting from some of the best educational resources in the world. and that includes valuable treasures looted from afar on colonial exp...

straight after this programme. coming up on this weeks show — nigerias looted treasures and the battle to get them back. they will not have any other choice than to release what belongs to us, because the whole world knows they are stolen properties. we get the low down on europes sleeper trains. the private companies that are now embracing this new passion for sleeper travel are getting people back onto trains and away from short—haul budget flights. and we head to south america a...

say theyre looking for a key witness. officers want to speak to a woman who was wearing a yellow coat and pushing a pram near the river wyre. now on bbc news, the travel show. advice to the courts has been given that warrants for the forced installation of prepaid metres in the uk could be waved through. more than 1000 once—a—day were approved by magistrates last year as the cost of living crisis put many customers into arrears. earlier this week the regulator, offer jam, asked fir...

good morning to you. yesterday was a really cloudy one right across the board. today weve got a lot more sunshine around, but it is feeling on the cool side. high—pressure sticks with us into much of this upcoming week, so it looks like it is going to stay largely dry and settled, but i will have all the details on that very shortly. its sunday, the 5th february. our main story: the business secretary, grant shapps, has given energy firms a deadline of tuesday to say what action they...

pope francis�* historic visit to south sudan has ended with an open air mass. youre watching bbc news. now its time for the travel show. coming up on this weeks show — nigerias looted treasures and the battle to get them back. they will not have any other choice than to release what belongs to us, because the whole world knows they are stolen properties. we get the low down on europes sleeper trains. the private companies that are now embracing this new passion for sleeper travel a...

beijing has accused the us of an over—reaction. the former president of pakistan, pervez musharraf, has died in hospital at the age of 79. general musharraf took power in a coup in 1999, and served as president for seven years from 2001. you are watching bbc news. those of the main story so far tonight. ill be back with an explosive and at nine oclock. dont worry, i know you will be watching happy valley! coming up on this weeks show — nigerias looted treasures and the battle to ge...

he was joined by the leaders of the churches of england and scotland. together, theyre seeking to promote reconciliation in a largely christian country thats been ravaged by tribal conflict. to the uk and believe in the north—west of england say they believe that nicula bully who went missing while walking her dog operably fell into the river why in lancashire. the fortified mother of two was last seen a week ago. police divers and dogs have all been used in the search. danny savage ...

earlier in the week. the tesla founder elon musk has been cleared of wrongdoing for a tweet in which he said he had "funding secured" to take the electric car—maker back into private ownership. the former sex pistols frontman, john lydon, has failed in his attempt to represent ireland at the eurovision song contest. hed hoped his song hawaii would give him the chance to raise the issue of his wifes alzheimers disease, but his band public image limited came fourth out of six acts. fro...

While mainland china is still closed to tourists, hong kong has lifted almost all its pandemic—related rules. 0verseas arrivals must simply take a lateral flow test within 2a hours of their flight departing to hong kong. back here in europe, ferry links are being restored after the peak of the pandemic. the fascinating french port of le havre, a unesco world heritage site and gateway to the seine—maritime region, gets reconnected with portsmouth in southern england from march. also restored,...

The team are in Nigeria and the UK, looking at looted artefacts, and Simon Calder finds out why this might be the perfect time to book a break on Europes...