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once held the lockerbie bomber. for the last two months, for the first time, there have been workshops to encourage the prisoners to rap. this is b hall, where 279 prisoners are held, a mixture of those who've been convicted and those who are on remand. we're going to go up to the second level and meet bernie in his cell. this is bernie's track, which is playing. he's 32 and from govan in glasgow and ended up in barlinnie on boxing day just over a year ago. hello. hiya. what's your name? i'm colin. colin, i'm bernie. is this your cell? aye, aye. how many hours a day spend in here? well, normally it would be 23 years a day. i've done everything. i've been a bad boy, and i've also been a good person. but i've done a lot. i was running about breaking into businesses to fund my habit. shoplifting and all that kind of stuff. things i would never normally do. that isn't me as a person.
about another ten metres. so this thing would have been the size of a double decker bus. they think it may still be buried in the cliffs here and they do want to get it out. the only thing is, if they do excavate it, they're going to have to probably build an extension to the museum to put it in because this thing will be so enormous. but it's going on public display here today in dorset. so get a chance to get up close and personal with this absolute monster of the ancient seas. prisoners in scotland's barlinnie prison in glasgow have been given the opportunity to make their own rap records while still behind bars. they were paired up with a hip hop tutor and a record producer as part of a rehabilitation programme. our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, visited barlinnie to hear their tracks. # hate these streets # but at the same time i love these streets...# the sound of hip—hop made in barlinnie, scotland's largest prison, which
of hope is the worst form of destitution. the finale of the course was a small showcase where their tracks were played in front of other prisoners and guards. and it was clearjust how much this chance to share their music meant to them. i have high hopes, you know what i mean? it has gave me hope, man, so it has. this time in prison has turned into a positive — this just says they have completed the course. i applause and the workshops will be back in 2024, with a difference. after hip—hop, next time it will be the turn of folk music. colin paterson, bbc news, barlinnie, glasgow. we are expecting a news conference from tokyo injapan, this is after those two planes collided in which 379 people did evacuate that japan