cenotaph. army personnel and members of the publicjoined the rest of the uk in a two minute silence at 11am. good afternoon. now, the travel show. coming up on this week s show. the atmosphere is brilliant. you ve got the singing, lots of shouting. that s so good. that s so tasty. some people want train sets, i wanted a castle. scotland is a perennialfavourite when it comes to travel. from its rugged and dramatic highlands to its vibrant cities and festivals. considering its relatively small size, scotland really does punch above its weight when it comes to tourism. and this week we re looking back at some of our favourite travel show adventures there, kicking off with the time i headed to shetland to experience something that s firmly based in the islands viking past, although a big change is under way. sitting halfway between the scottish mainland and norway, the shetland islands have a unique combination of cultures. and today the sleepy town of lerwick is facing an invas
and today the sleepy town of lerwick is facing an invasion from a long dormant foe. men shout the vikings. cheering and shouting so this is up helly aa. it s one of a number of viking festivals that take place in shetland every year. this one in lerwick is the biggest. up helly aa is best known for its night time procession. almost 1,000 people carry flaming torches through the streets, then set fire to a replica viking ship. the day begins with a march through the town led by the jarl squad, a group of around 60 locals kitted out in elaborate viking garb. i mean, this is serious stuff. this is. yeah, yeah. so who makes these? almost all of it was done in shetland. there was a design committee in the squad. what kind of money are we talking for an individual kit? between £2,000 and £3,000. wow. so you need to be really serious about this. this is something you really commit to. yeah. the viking heritage - of shetland is something that most shetlandersl are incredibly proud
advice. thank you so much for that. i m from gen x, we were like feral like nor parents didn t know where we were playing outside all day until the street lights came on. so maybe we should go back to that in a sense maybe not the feral part jonathan height. thank you so much for this great book and for explaining it all to us. a new our scene, a new central starts right now this morning, president biden will unveil a sweeping executive action that will provide new legal protection to half 1 million undocumented immigrants just hours before the boeing ceo will face lawmakers on capitol hill, a new boeing whistleblowers is coming forward claiming the company put questionable parts in planes in hid that from regulators. and then a pair of fast-moving fires tearing through new mexico. they are converging right now on one village forcing residents since to evacuated, gave his out today, i m john berman was sara sidner and this is cnn news central we are standing by this morning
Canada marks its 150th Anniversary. 500,000 people attend celebrations in ottawa. Hello and welcome to bbc news. We begin in mosul, where, after intense fighting, Iraqi Forces Say theyve taken control of the so callled Islamic States main base. The militants have also been driven from a hospital compound, where several senior is leaders were thought to have been hiding. But fighting is continuing around part of the old city. Commanders say they are confident a final victory is in sight. A symbol of victory, planted this morning in what was the main base of is in mosul. Troops, weary after driving the militants from this vast medical complex, but vowing to hunt down every last one of them. We will keep chasing them and those who support them, says this man, and we will throw them in the garbage. Commanders say they have removed a cancer here, but one that has already spread. 0ur message is daesh is not only an iraqi problem, says colonel falah al wabdan. Its international. Explosion he