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For the opportunity to get back on the road again and see more of the world than your own front garden, then why not stick with us? we will be updating you with how the travel industry is trying to cope with the pandemic, plus, a bit of inspiration for things to see and do once those travel corridors are reinstalled and we can perhaps start exploring again. but first, its that time of the year when some of us start packing our ski suits and get ready to hit the slopes. but with an ongoing global...

Thousands are arrested across russia during mass protests in support of the jailed opposition leader, alexei navalny. riot police and national guard troops moved in, amid crowds chanting "down with the tsar" against president putin. i wanted freedom for our country. the situation is now the worst in the last ten years. its the second weekend of mass protests, and among the biggest demonstrations in russia for a decade. also on the programme... coronavirus vaccine jabs hit a daily record of nearl...

Instructors in the valley. that was incredible. some people will come back to cross—country skiing next year too because they enjoy it. see where we are, look at the snow, the snow on the trees. it is much more quiet than downhill skiing. you have always got the noise of the chairlifts, its very noisy. here its, its a totally different atmosphere so i think they enjoy this a lot. well, stay with us because still to come on the show: weve got the italian village clinging to its hilltop. you hav...

Ski touring, snowshoeing, cross—country, normally the people who would have been skiing are doing those activities instead. and also, there have been so many people in the mountain making sledging tracks and building snowmen and people who normally ski dont have time for those activities. so it is a little bit more of a back to nature and resourcing. and just enjoying the peace and quiet of the mountain as well. my name is daniele, i have been a ski instructor in chamonix for 20 years now. so ...

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Is touring skis. this is a touring skis with a proper binding. you have got pins on the front which helps the boots to go like this when youre climbing. and then you put the skins on the skis like this, and like this its going to help you climb the mountains. ski touring, snowshoeing, cross—country, normally the people who would have been skiing are doing those activities instead. and also, there have been so many people in the mountain making sledging tracks and building snowmen and people wh...

Where its pretty safe to say 11 months on from the start of the pandemic, travel to and from the uk has pretty much ground to a halt. laughs. whoa! laughs. and if youre like me and you just cant wait for the opportunity to get back on the road again and see more of the world than your own front garden, then why not stick with us? we will be updating you with how the travel industry is trying to cope with the pandemic. plus, a bit of inspiration of things to see and do once those travel corridors...

So it is a little bit more of a back to nature and resourcing and just enjoying the peace and quiet of the mountain as well. my name is daniele, i have been a ski instructor in chamonix- for 20 years now. so the lift closures have changed a lot of things in the valley, - you can imagine, because chamonix valley is very, i very famous for downhill ski. so people came here in the holidays for the last christmas holidays - here in chamonix, and the change of ski came here with— the cross—countr...

To enjoy their time here. were from australia but we live in lyon. we dont get much snow in australia so this is my first time seeing snow. its pretty beautiful. its a shame we cant go up on the mountain and ski but we are making the most of it with our snowman and everything. well have to come back next year hopefully when things i are a little bit more normal hopefully. i for others, the closure of ski lifts has been a way of rediscovering other things to do in the snow, like sledging.

One of the schools i have responsibility for, fantastic place, serves a very deprived community, only 30% of those families have access to broadband in that area. only 30%. this is digital poverty in a really extreme way and it means that many children, despite the very best efforts of schools and teachers, still cannot connect with that learning. this warehouse is getting laptops to kids, more than 800,000 so far. but not every child will have somewhere quiet to work or parents able to give the...