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The great outdoors and head for the highlands, nevis range and fort william will reopen this week. the gondola has been idle all winter. the ski season may be over but the mountains remain enticing. weve done lots of preparation to make the place as covid—safe as we possibly can. sanitiser points everywhere, temperature checks in the gondola hall. but weve got big open spaces for everybody to come and enjoy, so we just want everybody to come, use the gondola, ride on your bike, get on the moun...

Idle all winter. the ski season may be over but the mountains remain enticing. we have done lots of preparation to make the place as covid—safe as we possibly can. sanitiser points everywhere, temperature checks in the gondola hall. but we have big, open spaces for everybody to come and enjoy, so we just want everybody to come, use the gondola, ride on your bike, get on the mountain and enjoy yourself. fort william attracts visitors from around the world and there is a determination for the we...

Or deliberately. for those fighting it, conditions are challenging. we are either travelling for one hour or 1.5 hours up in that ppe, carrying equipment. you cannot get water to the scene of the fire so effectively, we are taking beaters up there to work with that. were working small pumps out of rivers and areas where we can find small pockets of water, and sprayers and backpack sprayers to address some of that, but predominantly its a physical, hard, big job there. members of the public were ...

Winds coming in help it to grow and spread. . then back towards the town of newcastle. anyone who was able to see the social media pictures available on friday evening, you could see the fire was on two levels. those were spectacular, but they are a measure of what we are dealing with in daylight hours, which become visible then and very obvious once darkness has fallen and you can see the flame. than? obvious once darkness has fallen and you can see the flame.— you can see the flame. any idea...

Two officers were taken to hospital, although their injuries are not believed to be serious. an ambulance technician has died after an object struck his vehicles windscreen as it was responding to an emergency call. the driver of the ambulance was also injured in the incident, which happened near a village north of hereford yesterday morning. west mercia police has appealed for anyone with information about what happened to get in touch. —— an operation to put out one of northern irelands la...

Trips around japan. you can get a taste of one of their food events, wander around two of tokyos buzziest neighbourhoods, or sample the spectacle of mount fuji. and the company plans to continue these online tours, even after the pandemic is over, a sign that perhaps virtual travel could be here to stay? still to come on the travel show... we meet the portuguese artist transforming the streets, with rubbish. and im in the arctic, on the search for killer whales. theyre around six, eight metres. ...

Good morning. welcome to breakfast with chris mason and sally nugent. our headlines today... hospitals overwhelmed, oxygen in short supply — india registers a record number of new coronavirus cases for a fourth day in a row. pressure grows on the prime minister over his flat refurbishment. labour calls on the government chief face mps. english footballs governing bodies agree on a social media boycott in response to the ongoing abuse suffered by many connected to the sport. and hows this for a...

Looking back even further, almost 2,000 years into the past, an old roman temple has been given a digital makeover. the baalbek ruins in lebanon have been rebuilt in a bran—new app which lets you explore a 3d reconstruction of the original site. an audio guide fills in some of the history, and its available to download on smartphones, tablets, and even vr headsets. and the cherry blossoms may have arrived a little early this year, but arigato tours still offer a number of seasonal virtual trip...

An operation to put out one of the largest gorse fires in recent years in northern ireland is continuing into a third day.more than 100 firefighters have been trying to put out the flames in the mourne mountains since friday. 0ur correspondent, catherine morrison, sent this report. halfway up slieve donard, the ground is still alight. flames fanned by a steady easterly wind spread quickly across a tinder—dry mountain. a ring of fire encircling the mountain could be seen from up to 20 miles awa...

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