Once we have done our work, cleaned up, ourgroup, our team leader will sit us down and we all eat together, which is fantastic, because youre notjust coming here to volunteer, youre also here to make friends. With a stronger sense of community humdum hopes it will help asian people shake off the shame that some associate with food banks. Thats making me hungry. Same sex couples could be allowed to compete on strictly come dancing from next year. In a statement, the bbc said its open to having same sex couples competing on the show in the future. It said that strictly come dancing is an inclusive show and would consider including same sex pairings between celebrities and professional dancers in the future should the opportunity arise. Taipei zoo has celebrated the 15th birthday of two giant pandas which were gifted to taiwan by the chinese mainland in 2008. Last weekend we were talking about the oldest planned in captivity who got a birthday cake at 37. The old est got a birthday cake at 37. The oldest panda. The pandas yuan yuan and tuan tuan enjoyed two specially made ice cakes decorated with seasonal fruits and vegetables, as well as several ice balloons on bamboo sticks. The cake was also designed with special symbols to wish the female yuan yuan good luck in conceiving more baby pandas. And so say all of us. Now its time for a look at the weather with ben rich. Its the last day of august and the weather has an end of summer feel about it, we have rain continuing to slide and behind that band things are cooler, this afternoon still some heavy rain falling across scotland, the span of rain will stagger east across england and behind that we get cooler air with a mix of sunny spells and showers. This evening we lose whats left of that band of rain, all of us into cool air with clear skies and showers for Northern Ireland and scotland, a much fresher night than we have been used to sew a cool start to sunday, a bright day in prospect, still some showers into Northern Ireland and scotland and northern england, one or two sinking into east anglia, further south and west, Sunshine Meadows temperature temperatures just 21 degrees. Hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines the chancellor, sajid javid, insists his relationship with borisjohnson is fantastic, despite downing street abruptly firing one of his special advisers sonia khan. I am not going to discuss any personnel issues, it would be inappropriate. My views are well understood, the relationship is fantastic with the prime minister. Large crowds of protesters gather in hong kong in defiance of a ban on a pro democracy rally. A trial date is set for Khalid Sheikh mohammad who is accused of playing a leading role in plotting the september 11th attack. Now its time for the travel show, which is exploring the ancient history of scotland. Hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from bonny scotland, where we will be discovering some of this regions distinctive dwellings stretching back to the neolithic age. Also coming up on this weeks show we pay a visit to one of the most remote bars in the world. Mike looks ahead to the Rugby World Cup in trending travel. And we are in buenos aires where tangos been given a bit of a shakeup. I prefer to follow, and my favourite thing about following is that every leader has a different story to tell. We are starting this week here in the outer hebrides, or western isles, a group of islands of the extreme north west off the extreme north west coast of scotland. Known for their rugged beauty and wildlife, its also where youll find these. They are called crannogs, and they mightjust seem like random, small, overgrown islands, but they were once ancient man made loch dwellings during the iron age. Or they could be even older than we think. Newly found artefacts now date them back even further, to the neolithic age, around 5000 years ago. And i am with the man who found them all, right here at this beautiful loch. Yeah, just over there on that island, on the west side of that island, right on the side of it, thats where i found the neolithic material. 15 feet off there. Well, in the early days when i was here crewing the coastguard helicopter here, i noticed quite a number of lochs, with Little Islands on them. They didnt look natural at all. They looked like they were just too round. Some had walls round them and i thought well, i wonder what was going on in these lochs many, many years ago. So tell me, what did you find in this loch and other lochs around here . What i did find was beautifully decorated ceramics under the water here. But i think a more specific find i did make, on the bottom of this loch around the island here, near the island, was an almost complete bowl. My archaeologist friends, mark elliott, i gave him a phone call and he came down to have a look at the stuff. And he took his glasses off, put them back on again and he said, where did you find this stuff . I said ifound it in the loch here, and he said we dont find that stuff here. I said, i didnt put it there. He says, you dont know what you found here, boy. This is early neolithic. Its not supposed to be here. All these islets and islands only go back to the iron age. Thats quite some feat for a bowl. I think for a bowl alright, yes, it certainly was, aye. Can anyone come out here and started rummaging around under the water there to find some amazing relics . No. Before i go to any loch, what i do initially is seek permission from the estate or from the trust or from anybody that owns the area. I get permission before i start, before i stick my head into the water. Chriss finds make some of these crannogs older than egypts pyramids. He is now working closely with archaeologists from england to see what other secrets they can unearth. While the crannogs in the outer hebrides are certainly some of the oldest, hundreds of these stone islands are scattered across scotland, forgotten and overgrown in its lochs. Im headed back over to the mainland to the Scottish Crannog centre in the highlands. Im keen to find outjust how they were used thousands of years ago. The timing is pretty great because we are in the middle of an iron age festival. Folk music plays. So this is a bone whistle, that is one of the earliest Musical Instruments in human history. And im going to give it a go. Whistle toots. 0h, 0k whistle toots. And this is what some of the crannog would have looked like. And this is what some of the crannogs would have looked like. Wow, look at this hello there hello, welcome welcome to the crannog. Welcome to the crannog, yes. This is much bigger than i thought it would be. Its very spacious, its like a tardis, isnt it . Small on the outside and you come in and. We have always been wowed by that illusion. Its large but very cosy. You have essential hearth and a domestic seated area for everybody to sit around, to eat their meals at the end of the day. Behind you we have a little pen, for putting the animals in over the winter, we think. And weve got whats here . Well, basically youve got an upper level here for sleeping in. If youve got about 20 people to get into the crannog and sleep at night, some of them may well have to sleep on these upper levels. The festival around the reconstructed crannog helps give a sense of what it might have been like. With people teaching traditional crafts and life skills, essential to iron age living. The plan is to make butter out of this cream using only my bare hands. Ill see how i go. Its quite cold. Who needs a whisk . That, my friends is butter made with my bare hand. Ill give it a little go. Its definitely butter. Oh, yes. Nice fresh butter, i will never buy butter again. And apparently they use coracles yes, that round thing made of animal skin to navigate the lochs and waterways. Its cold what do you think top speed is for the really accomplished coracle paddler . Not much quicker than i am going right now, ill be frank with you. How old would this kind of structure have been . So this one is we dated this to 500 bc. This kind of thing because this is recent . How much effort and time would Something Like that have taken to build . It took us three years to build this crannog, we think for them 10 months at the very most. Yes, in this building weve got over 700 trees together, whereas compared to a round house on the land you are looking at about 75 trees. So why did they go to all this effort to build something out on the water . Its a good question and theres a simple archaeological answer, is that we dont really know. Thats whats brilliant about the prehistory. Realistically we think there are three main reasons. As a secure structure, it is out on the water with a walkway going on, you have one way on, you have one way off. The other way you can look at it is with it being on the water, trade would play a role with this. Youre out for everyone to see for miles around. On top of that as well, what you might be looking at is, arguably, status. Why go through all the time and effort . It could just be to show off. And true to scottish weather, it has started to rain. So what better way to stay dry than gathering back inside the crannog, listening to folksongs, similar to ones that might have been sung during the iron age or even the neolithic age, over 5000 years ago. Now, from one group of remote islands to another. Youll find the azores way out in the atlantic ocean. And theyre home to one of the most remote bars in the world, where sailors from around the globe collect their mail during their voyages across the atlantic. This is definitely somewhere which every cruising sailor, when they are visiting the azores, wants to come to cafe sport. Jose enriques grandfather, this was long before the marina was built, and yachts would be anchored here in the harbour and his grandfather would row out to the yachts to find out whether they needed provisions, whether they needed assistance, and a lot of them asked, could he possibly hold mail for them. Anf this very quickly became known in the yachting community, that you could have mailforwarded to cafe sport and when you arrived in horta, there would be a pile of mail waiting for you. Do stay with us on the travel show, because coming up mike has the latest in whats trending in travel. And the tango thats shaking things up in buenos aires. So dont go away. Welcome back to the travel show, and we are in the Little Village of kenmore, just across the loch from the crannog centre, and this is home to scotlands oldest inn, or so they say. Lets go check it out. Tell me a bit about your hotel. It was built in 1572 when it was given permission by the local laird of taymouth castle, to provide food and beverage to local community and travellers. So i see a lot of rabbie, known locally as rabbie burns, robert burns, the famous scottish poet, theres a picture up on the wall, what is the connection . Rabbie burns visited this hotel in 1782, and he wrote a poem on the wall. Its still there. This is the original . Wow he had a few whiskeys, im presuming, from behind the bar, stood on a chair, inspiration struck, and he wrote it on the wall. Thats quite remarkable. I cant imagine there are many hotels around that can boast their own handwritten robbie burns poem. No, the first example of graffiti in this area. Up next, its mike with trending travel. Its now time for trending travel, our regular pick of the top photos, videos and stories all happening online this week. The chance for you to legally climb uluru is officially and quickly coming to an end. October 26 this year is the date that has been chosen to ban people from climbing the World Heritage listed site, which is also one of the planets most recognisable natural landmarks and a sacred site for the local people. Butjust remember, you will no longer be able to climb it after the 26 october. Is this a brand new way to travel to the uk . French adventurer Franky Zapata has made the first ever successful English Channel crossing between the uk and france on his jet powered flyboard. On his previous attempt the frenchman fell into the sea but this time he flew his own invention that he created three years ago across the 35 kilometres stretch of water in just 22 minutes, reaching speeds of up to 170km h. Thats a lot faster than crossing the channel by ferry. In more conventional flight news from france, starting next year all flights departing the country will be implementing an eco tax, as the government plans to invest in eco friendly transport infrastructure. You will pay between 1. 5 and 18 euros depending on your ticket and destination, but the fee will not apply to flights heading to france or connecting there. Does sorting out visas put you off visiting some countries . Sri lanka is hoping to attract tourists back following the april terrorist attacks and a drop in tourism with the offer of free visas to residents in 48 countries. If you qualify you have until1 january to take up the offer. After that the fee returns. This month marks the start of the 2019 Rugby World Cup which runs through to the end of october. This is the first time the competition is being held in asia, so here is ryuzo with our trending guide to what to see, do and expect if you are planning on heading to japan. Japan caused a lot of excitement at the last Rugby World Cup when we famously beat south africa. Now it is our time to host. You might remember last year i set carmen the challenge to see three of the sites in six host cities within the time it takes to see a rugby match. Now the Rugby World Cup is about to kick off here injapan, this is my guide to anyone who is visiting to see the mighty blossoms in action. All Ticket Information is available at the Rugby World Cup website. But tickets are selling fast so get in quick. Be sure to confirm your travel plans before you arrive. I say your best bet is taking our public transportation. If you plan to visit multiple cities, be sure to get a japan rail pass as it is much cheaper and easier. Keep in mind there are fan zones in each city near the matches. Its a great place to spend time and there are a lot of events going on. If you have your ticket, be sure to arrive one hour before to go through security and find your seat. If you are leaving the host city after the match, hot take some time to see the sights before you move onto the next city. This will you avoid the crowds. Check our Youtube Channel to see the full guides to these cities. Remember, a little japanese goes a long way. Here are some useful phrases you can learn thats it for now. Make sure to keep sending us your stories and your photos of the places you live and places you love. Maybe next time you will be trending in travel. To end this week we are off to the argentine capital of buenos aires. In recent years it has become known as one of south americas most lgbt friendly and open minded cities. But its biggest cultural export, tango, is not exactly known as the most inclusive of dances. Despite the fact that in its early days men often danced the tango together, mainly because of a lack of available female partners. Tango music. Tango is part of our identity as argentinians. And maybe also of the men and women image, it is also very connected with our culture. Tango is very machista. The only way to dance tango was with a man, and only men could ask women to dance. The idea of queer tango was something very strong when we proposed it, because it was something against our culture, like breaking the rules. I usually lead but i prefer to follow, and my favourite thing about following is that every leader has a different story to tell. When i am leading i am only telling my story. When i am following, i get to hear everyones excitement or sadness orjoy in their own dance. Tango music. We already achieve many things, but what still is a challenge is the possibility for the queer people, for the gay and lesbians or trans people to dance, be comfortable and freely in the traditional milongas. Dancers there in argentina shaking up the tango world. Thats all we have time for on this weeks programme, but coming up next week lucy is in switzerland, taking part in a Wine Festival that only happens once every 25 years. And getting into a flap in the process. The sun is blazing, its so hot, im melting. Totally worth it look at this atmosphere and in the meantime, dont forget you can catch up with us while were out on the road in real time by checking out our social media feeds, and sharing your travels with us and the rest of the world. Until next time, from me, christa larwood, and the rest of the travel show team here in scotland, its goodbye. Hello there. Its the last day of august and the weather definitely has an end of summer feel about it. Some big changes taking place at the moment. Rain continuing to move eastwards through the rest of today, and behind that band of rain things turning significantly cooler. This is the satellite picture from the last 2a hours or so. You can see the way in which this stripe of cloud has been sitting across Northern Ireland and scotland. Weve had an awful lot of rain in places, but now that cloud and rain on the move eastwards, and as it clears away to the east it will leave us all in this very cool north westerly breeze. So this is how things look through the afternoon. We see our band of cloud and increasingly light and patchy rain staggering eastwards across england towards east anglia and the south east. Then a mix of sunshine and showers, still some heavy rain falling across the northern half of scotland, and blustery winds as well. Underneath that wet weather, temperatures really will struggle. Some spots no better than 11, 12 or 13 degrees. Turning drier and brighter for southern scotland and Northern Ireland, but with a scattering of showers, some of which could be heavy and thundery. Some of those showers into north west england. One or two into wales. South west looks generally dry through the afternoon, with some spells of sunshine. 19 degrees for plymouth, the cooler fresher air, and then here is our band of cloud and very patchy rain, just staggering into east anglia and the south east. Once that clears away as we get into the evening, all of us will feel the effects of that cooler air. Some clear spells and some showers to take us through the night, and temperatures getting down to between eight and 11 degrees. Certainly a fresher night than weve been used to lately. So sunday morning starting off on a decidedly cool note. There will be some spells of sunshine around through the day. Again, some showers being blown in on this north