now on bbc news...it�*s the travel show — with lucy hedges. this week on the travel show. now, if you spent any part of lockdown dancing alone in the kitchen, this show is for you. now, for many of us, dancing offers a short cut to happiness and escape. over the years on the travel show, we've picked up some pretty nifty dance moves all over the world — and have failed miserably at others. so here, for your entertainment and our eternal embarrassment, are our attempts to remain co—ordinated under pressure and in front of a camera. let's kick off with my trip to south africa back in 2018, when i tried to keep up with a truly talented group of performers who have made news all over the world thanks to an energetic form of dancing known as pantsula. they set the bar a little high for me, though. fast-paced singing. this is pa ntsula. this style of dancing is absolutely incredible. it's fast—paced, it's energetic, and its technical. but for young south africans, it's so much more than this. it's a movement that encapsulates storytelling, fashion and social expression. an

now on bbc news it's the travel show with lucy hedges. this week on the travel show. now, if you spent any part of lockdown dancing alone in the kitchen, this show is for you. now, for many of us, dancing offers a shortcut to happiness and escape. over the years on the travel show, we've picked up some pretty nifty dance moves all over the world — and have failed miserably at others. so here, for your entertainment and our eternal embarrassment, are our attempts to remain co—ordinated under pressure and in front of a camera. let's kick off with my trip to south africa back in 2018, when i tried to keep up with a truly talented group of performers who have made news all over the world thanks to an energetic form of dancing known as pantsula. they set the bar a little high for me, though. fast-paced singing this is pa ntsula. this style of dancing is absolutely incredible. it's fast paced, it's energetic, and it's technical. but for young south africans, it's so much more than this. it's a movement that encapsulates storytelling, fashion and social expression. and j

until then, though, from me, lucy hedges, and everyone else here on the show, thanks for watching and goodbye. hello there. on tuesday, sunshine returned to the northern half of the uk. and through the rest of this week, we'll continue to see differences north—south. but we've got a milder, stronger breeze picking up across scotland and northern ireland. england and wales, the winds are going to be much lighter, so we're more likely to have some frost here and increasing amounts of mist and fog too. now, it was pretty damp and grey for many southern parts of the uk on tuesday, but all that low cloud and damp weather is heading out into the english channel, so clearer skies are following on behind. and whilst it's chilly across parts of scotland and northern ireland, a frost more likely in england and wales. not just that, but we're seeing some mist and fog developing, particularly in this area where we have the yellow warning from the met office. and within that area, there are some very busy roads. so with some dense patches of fog, driving conditions could be tricky in the morning

now on bbc news it's the travel show with lucy hedges. this week on the travel show... now, if you spent any part of lockdown dancing alone in the kitchen, this show is for you. now, for many of us, dancing offers a shortcut to happiness and escape. over the years on the travel show, we've picked up some pretty nifty dance moves all over the world — and have failed miserably at others. so here, for your entertainment and our eternal embarrassment, are our attempts to remain co—ordinated under pressure and in front of a camera. let's kick off with my trip to south africa back in 2018, when i tried to keep up with a truly talented group of performers who have made news all over the world thanks to an energetic form of dance called pantsula. they set the bar a little too high for me, though. fast-paced singing. this is pa ntsula. this style of dancing is absolutely incredible. it's fast paced, it's energetic, and it's technical. but, for young south africans, it's so much more than that. it's a movement that encapsulates storytelling, fashion and social expression. and

now on bbc news, it's the travel show with lucy hedges. coming up on this week's programme: facing herfears — we follow an anxious traveller as she heads abroad for the first time in almost two years. it was that first view of the sea, and i was like, "i can do this, i made it. this is going to be ok, this is going to be good." we've got tech that's designed to take the stress out of your overseas adventures. i've rounded up a bunch of gadgets that will be sure to guide you to a state of zen. we find out what bangkok's taxi drivers did when their customers disappeared. and we meet the people helping passengers with their paperwork. we are here to reassure them, to guide them and to make sure that they have everything to hand. hi. it's london, it's january, and the weather's, shall we say, cold. so what many of us desperately want is some much—needed sunshine. but i think it's fair to say that travelling right now is more than a little complicated, with aseemingly never—ending list of rules and regulations. so, if you are someone who

until then, though, from me, lucy hedges, and everyone else here on the show, thanks for watching and goodbye. hello. after a fairly grey, drizzly sort of day on monday, more places will see the sunshine on tuesday. clearer air is working its way south across the uk behind this cold front here, which is only slowly pushing southwards. so we've still got quite a lot of cloud around. the cloud and drizzle will slowly clear southwards through the day, so a reappearance of sunshine from the north, but some of us will hold onto the cloudy drizzly conditions all day in the far south. so we start off with quite a contrast in temperature, mild towards the south, but temperatures a few degrees either side of freezing first thing for scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england as well. this is how tuesday is looking then — you can see the clearer skies for much of the uk as this band of cloud and drizzly patchy rain sink south. a bit of mist and murk particularly around coasts and hills for southern england and south wales too, lasting all day. but mild here, 10—11 celsius, in t

now on bbc news... it's time for the travel show with lucy hedges. coming up on this week's programme: facing herfears — we follow an anxious traveller as she heads abroad for the first time in almost two years. it was that first view of the sea, and i was like, "i can do this, i made it. this is going to be ok, this is going to be good." we've got tech that's designed to take the stress out of your overseas adventures. i've rounded up a bunch of gadgets that will be sure to guide you to a state of zen. we find out what bangkok's taxi drivers did when their customers disappeared. and we meet the people helping passengers with their paperwork. we are here to reassure them, to guide them and to make sure that they have everything to hand. hi. it's london, it's january, and the weather's, shall we say, cold. so what many of us desperately want is some much—needed sunshine. but i think it's fair to say that travelling right now is more than a little complicated, with a seemingly never—ending list of rules and regulations. so, if you are someone who

now on bbc news it's the travel show, with lucy hedges. this week on the travel show. now, if you spent any part of lockdown dancing alone in the kitchen, this show is for you. now, for many of us, dancing offers a shortcut to happiness and escape. over the years on the travel show, we've picked up some pretty nifty dance moves all over the world — and have failed miserably at others. so here, for your entertainment and our eternal embarrassment, are our attempts to remain co—ordinated under pressure and in front of a camera. let's kick off with my trip to south africa back in 2018, when i tried to keep up with a truly talented group of performers who have made news all over the world thanks to an energetic form of dancing known as pantsula. they set the bar a little high for me, though. fast-paced singing. this is pa ntsula. this style of dancing is absolutely incredible. it's fast paced, it's energetic, and it's technical. but for young south africans, it's so much more than this. it's a movement that encapsulates storytelling, fashion and social expression. and

our special correspondent lucy manning is here. what more can you tell is about this? it is about the way the government spent taxpayers' money on protective equipment for staff in hospitals. for more than a year, we have reported on gowns and masks that can't be used in the nhs. this particular case was, as you said about the vip lane. what it meant was during the height of the pandemic, if you are a company and you had any contacts with ministers, mps, civil servants, you could go on the vip lane and it meant your bid would get considered earlier. it would get considered earlier. it would get considered earlier. it would get looked at a bit earlier than other firms. two campaign groups complain that this was unfair. thejudge agreed and said the vip lane was unlawful. ayanda capital and pestfix were put on it, they got deals of hundreds of millions of pounds and the judge found they were given preferential treatment by being on that vip lane. a bit of a caveat, as always with court cases, the judge also found that they didn't get to the contracts because they were on

our special correspondent lucy manning is here. can you tell us about this case and what led to it? it can you tell us about this case and what led to it?— what led to it? it is all about how the government _ what led to it? it is all about how the government has _ what led to it? it is all about how the government has been - what led to it? it is all about how l the government has been spending money, taxpayer money, and protective equipment for doctors and nurses, particularly at the height of the pandemic. for more than a year we have been revealing that some items like masks and gowns have not been able to be used in the nhs, despite the government spending hundreds of millions on them. this case specifically, as you say, was about the so—called vip lane. what it meant was that if you are a company trying to bid for lucrative deals, if you had an in with mps or civil servants, you could get put on a vip list and it would mean that your bid would get an earlier look, they would look at it earlier. the campaign group said that was unfair. thejudge agreed with campaign group sa