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Shetland during the winter is not a place to be in a tent, but i can promise you, it was absolutely brutal. i spent locked down on an island on my own, totally uninhabited just a couple of sheep, and spent the three months there. it was wonderful, i was foraging for food, catching lobster and crab. where are you now? inverness is the next big stop. im excited to get there. it is actually going to be the first city i have been to in over two years. its great to catch up with you again travel show...

We were heading up to shetland. shetland during the winter is not a place to be in a tent, that i can promise you, it was absolutely brutal. i spent lockdown on an island on my own, totally uninhabited just a couple of sheep, and spent the three months there. it was wonderful, i was foraging for food, catching lobster and crab. where are you now? inverness is the next big stop. im excited to get there. it is actually going to be the first city i have been to in over two years. its great to catch...

Is this small valley 1,100 metres up the mountain. its nicknamed the snow house because of the drifts that collect here. i am so cold, it is so snowy. i cant actually imagine how were going to stay here tonight. the big killer in terms of your own temperature is the wind, and when we get in the snow hole we are totally out of the wind. what is the windchill now, what is the windspeed? we are getting in quite a sheltered hollow now so it is probably only 5—10, 15 miles an hour. when we came ove...

Chris has raised £14a,000 and counting, which is an incredible amount. well done mate. now we head back to scotland and in 2015 where jo whalley was pushed to the extremes in the snowy highlands. one of the best places to dig is this small valley 1,100 metres up the mountain. its nicknamed the snow house because of the drifts that collect here. i am so cold, it is so snowy. i cant actually imagine how were going to stay here tonight. the big killer in terms of your own temperature is the wind, ...

We have experienced. while we we re we have experienced. while we were preparing the equipment three of the team, lorna, gregor and dave had made a start by digging tunnels into the snowdrift, and when deep enough they will connect them to form a cabin. we are tunnelling into the snow at the moment, we have to go in a good metre from the top here. do you wa nt to metre from the top here. do you want to come in and have a dig? yes. and how long does it take to do this? normally? it very much depe...

The canton of la. a new september record. elsewhere, conditions saw roads closed. as youd expect with scenes like this, temperatures across the swiss planes and alps plummeted far below average for this time of year. so, there is only one thing to do snowballs, get your toboggan and build a snowman. there was plenty to play in in austria too. heavy flakes making for a brisk walk while the snow groomers have their work cut out. translation: last night, about 60 centimetres of fresh snow came down...

This year. several european countries are reporting record numbers of new cases. the u.k. on thursday reported its highest daily increase in cases since the pandemic began. more than 6600 in 24 hours. france reported more than 16,000 new cases. the highest number confirmed in a 24 hour period since it began keeping records in march and austrias ski season will go forward but the pandemic means after parties have been banned. masks and social distancing will be required. ski schools will be limit...

Today, new details also emerged about what the authorities may have known about the bomber, salman abedi, before the attack. in february 2017, a phone was seized in prison from this terrorist organiser, abdalfaouf abdallah, whos known to have previously discussed martyrdom with abedi. when analysed, this telephone was found to have been used to make calls and attempted calls to salman abedis number. and as will be obvious, this was just months before the attack. next week, the bereaved families ...

A bomb exploded and took these and 18 other lives away. men, women and children, their futures wiped out in a moment. the detail of their deaths heartbreaking to hear. but the manchester arena inquiry is examining every aspect of the 2017 attack. we need to know whether a different and better response by the emergency services would have saved more lives, or even a single life. a life likejohn atkinsons. he had a leg injury and was initially conscious and able to speak, but he had no professiona...

Read in remembrance. the public inquiry will examine every aspect of the attack,