being so young, you just don't have an understanding of way. you basically think i love football, why can't i play? why are the boys getting to play, but i'm not? yeah, because i've played ever since i was in primary school, and i play every week and everything. it was pretty incredible, actually, to have the spotlight on girls‘ football and showing that football should be for all and that girls should be playing football too. so, yeah, it's brilliant. i was just so driven, by doing this, hopefully i'll get to start playing football again. this was the petition, we managed to get well over 1000 signatures on this which was pretty incredible at the time. it's really about getting, you know, brand—new girls that have never kicked a ball or even thought about playing football to come along to a really fun, positive environment and try

football for the first time. it's from that ban, i think that's really been where my passion has developed for doing the role that i do now. that's certainly where i get my drive from. if i'm ever contacted by parents or anybody, i just think, try and respond to absolutely everybody, because my mum e—mailing in about me. time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. sunny spells the northern and western areas with a few heavy showers around. some of those across scotla nd showers around. some of those across scotland and northern ireland could become slow—moving and thundery. cloudy and damp through the midlands towards lincolnshire and also parts of south and east yorkshire. that means south—eastern counties could brighten up a bit into the

afternoon. temperatures around 13, temperatures through the heart of england only around 7—8 at best. we continue to see some patchy light rain or drizzle, starting to fizzle out. northern and western parts becoming clear with mist and fog patches. turning chilly with a touch of frost, especially across the highlands of scotland. northern and western parts of the uk faring best sunshine on sunday. much of england staying cloudy away from north. still feeling cool. not quite have dumped tomorrow. fewer showers around until later in the day across the south—east. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. alfie evans, the toddler at the centre of a legal battle over his treatment, has died. his father said in a tweet "my gladiator lay down his shield and gained his wings... absolutely heartbroken." cabinet colleagues rally round home secretary amber rudd. she says she didn't see a memo copied to her office, which detailed home office targets

for deporting illegal immigrants. state media in north korea has hailed yesterday's summit with the south as an historic meeting that paves the way for the start of a new era. parole board decisions could be challenged more easily under new government proposals. it follows a review set up after the release of the serial sex offenderjohn worboys, a decision that was later overturned. now on bbc news it's time for the travel show. this week on the travel show, we help celebrate 90 years of australia's legendary flying doctors service. what a remarkable bit of kit! yes. we investigate the mysterious ghost lights spotted over a town in texas. and we head to china to try out a style of skiing which is reckoned to be over 8000 years old. this week i'm in australia's

northern territory. this massive state covers nearly 1.5 million square kilometres. it is the most sparsely populated part of australia and living out here can be hard. because of the sheer size of this part of the country, air travel has been an important part of life in the northern territory for the past 100 years. it's also the reason that the royal flying doctor service was set up 90 years ago, pioneering the then—revolutionary idea of using planes to bring medical care to remote communities.

i have come to their central operation based in alice springs airport. from here, the service dispatches emergency response planes all over the northern territory, and it is a busy place. as we arrived we saw one of the planes bringing in patients from the outback. one of the planes has just arrived. two patients were taken off, whisked away to hospital. it is a perfect opportunity to see what's on—board, as one of the senior flight nurses, cathy, is waiting for me. the service's fleet of planes are packed with cutting—edge medical equipment ready for any emergency. hello. hi! how are you? good, thanks, henry. what a remarkable bit of kit you've got here. yeah. explain what you have here? we have a miniature intensive care unit, really. we have monitoring, we have drugs on board,

we have anything to do with what you would see an intensive care unit. we can take anything from a sore toe to a fully intubated patient who has probably had some trauma or cardiac arrest or something like that. how many square kilometres do you cover out of this base in particular? about a million square kilometres, which is about four or five times larger than great britain. that's a lot of ground to cover. how essential would you say the royal flying doctor service is to the people of the outback? extremely important. it's their lifeline. if they had to come by road, it would be up to eight hours by road, and the roads are not always that good. there are camels and donkeys and potholes and water. as opposed to probably up to a one—hour flight. so they get into definitive care much quicker. but the high—tech standards we see today didn'tjust happen overnight. 1917 founder reverend john flynn first had the idea of creating

a flying doctor service, but it took him another ten years to turn his plans into a reality. the first planes took to the skies in 1928. those first planes were very basic boneshakers by today's modern standards, but slowly innovations like pedal—powered radio were introduced, helping to build a lifeline between the flying doctors and the remote communities they served. newsreel: this time the doctor is landing on a regular periodic visit. the sisters are waiting as it lands, welcoming former raaf pilot robert chadwick and dr miller. news of the success of those early pioneers quickly spread, and eventually the service became a national network across australia. in 1955, queen elizabeth visited from the uk to officially bestow the service with its royal title. today, as modern planes

and medicines save even more lives, the story of the flying doctors continues to capture the public‘s imagination around the world. tourism is a crucialform of income for the service. here at the flying doctor tourism facility, visitors can learn how the service works and what flying was like back in the day. 90 years of history are brought to life with some of the objects that made it all possible. even the building itself is historic. this building behind us was the original building in alice springs. this is where we ran our head office and also our communications department. so it's a listed heritage building, and it's now a tourist facility and cafe. as well as educating tourists about the service, the facility and shop are a crucial source of income. so how important is tourism to funding services like the royal flying doctor

service? tourism is extremely important. 100% of our profits from the tourist facility go back into the royal flying doctor service. it helps fund the purchasing and also the medical equipping of our craft. 25% of ourfunding is a gap which needs to be filled and that is where our money comes from. over the decades, the flying doctor service has saved countless lives. it's amazing to think that it's thanks to a small—town church minister who wanted to do his bit to help people living out in the bush. something tells me he would be very proud of the people who still fly to save lives today. we have gone from just a few planes to 67 aircraft, from 2a different locations in and around australia. next up, we leave the australian

outback behind and head to america, where for over a century people have reported seeing strange lights on the horizon in the texan town of marfa. no—one is exactly sure what they are, but many people claim to have seen them, so we went to meet them. this is the rambling boy, broadcasting live from the radio studios in downtown marfa, texas. i want to say a few words about marfa. it's a very small town, 2000 people. it was a cattle town and a ranching town for many, many years. we have become an international arts centre. but we are still a small texas town

and it's an interesting combination. i have never seen the marfa lights. i have been told that the best time to see them is in the winter. a couple of hours after sundown, or a couple of hours before sunrise. a couple of hours after sundown in the winter is my suppertime. and a couple of hours before sunrise is my sleeping time. and besides that, it's cold out there in the viewing station in wintertime. but i believe they are there. at least, i believe something is there. because i know a lot of reliable people who have seen some sort of light out there. scoffers will tell you that the marfa lights are the lights of automobiles travelling north from presidio on highway 67, or the lights of aeroplanes, or ranchers on mitchell flats, or a border patrol helicopter.

many people who think they are seeing the marfa lights are undoubtedly looking at automobile headlights or ranch lights. but it is clear that there were other lights out there before there were either automobiles or electricity, and they are still out there. i grew up in marfa. i was born in 1950. so i've been around, i have seen the lights and i've heard about them all my life. we show the lights regularly to people from our ranch. today we're in front of the viewing centre which is on the road between martha and alpine. it does cause some confusion because of the way it's pointed.

the orientation points you to where it's easy to be misled by automobile lights, which are coming up from presidio and 0jinaga. not very many people know that from right here, there is a mesquite tree right there, and if you stand about ten yards from the mesquite tree and look straight ahead, there's a bush, there's another green bush, and you'lljust see a line, if you really look, of little green bushes that form a line out to a tree, and that tree is about a mile and a half away.

right over the tree is where the lights are. i don't remember a single time that someone didn't say, have you seen the marfa lights? so now when people ask if i've seen the lights, i say, have you seen the lights? and most of them haven't. but the ones that have, they are the ones who are really interested in knowing what the lights are. came here about three years ago, to marfa, and immediately fell for the landscape. i was stalking the lights every night. i think maybe i saw something like them what i wasn't paying attention. i do try very hard to find them. i'm neverquite sure. i got this poem, which is called western poem. "purple clouds, my doubts. iridescent cream, my loss.

amber street light, my reading. my appetite, my appetite. red striped sky, my confusion. bright yellow, grey sky, my otter. car lights, my commotion, telephone poll, my wishes. stop sign, my fear. black cloud, white sky, bliss. linking signals, my intentions. black mountains, too many suggestions. skipping lifelines, my attention. a young cowboy first saw the lights. the horns on your van, my defensiveness. that old train, my dreams. that old train." still to come on the travel show. the incredible journey of one woman who has a passion for wild swimming. water is my domain. i'm happiest in the water. and we learn to ski the traditional chinese way. so, stay with us for that.

next up, we continue our series looking at incredible journey happening around the world, as we visit snowdonia national park in wales. it's here where one woman's passion for swimming has led her to exploring this wild and unique landscape in a completely different way. it feels pure. i don't think i feel anything more pure than swimming. the water is my domain. i am happiest in there. over the last few years i have in exploring snowdonia national park, and wild swimming its 250 lakes. i have swum about 150 now.

i am always searching for somewhere for a quick swim. if i can squeeze in a new lake then i will always go for that. snowdonia national park is a mountain range in north wales. it is a beautiful area to live in. the mountains here feel very rugged. much more tightly packed. and in between that is where you get the lakes, and although they may be much smaller and a bit of a trek to get to, i don't know, for me, it makes it a little bit more special. i've always swum since childhood, my mum was a swimmer.

my mum passed away 11 years ago and i found grieving was very hard for me, so i think the time alone was part of it. i do obsessively swim now and i did not before, but i did not make a conscious decision to start swimming this way, it was definitely subconscious. i have always have this, i call it a nervous anticipation in the tummy, but the nerves can be intimidation because sometimes the water is dark, you don't know what is inside, beasties or weeds, but that's an important part for me, is wanting to feel those nerves. i am not somebody who

wants them to die down. sometimes i just want to be submerged up to my shoulders and just feel that feeling of the cool freshness on my skin and, yeah, sometimes that is just enough for me. it is a time to leave everything behind and that's a huge part for me. documenting the lakes visually came about by being scared of what was underneath the surface.

and i would take a camera under the water with me to capture what was — what was in there, and i would rush home to have a look, to see what i had captured, and discover that there was nothing, i never saw anything, but occasionally, i would get a glimpse of myself on the camera or other people i was swimming with, and there was a great beauty and grace in seeing people underwater. you are seeing the landscape for a totally different reason. most people are coming here to go walking or to hike to the top of mount snowdon or whatever. because i'm doing this, i have seen parts of snowdonia i would never have seen before. i have no desire to go to the top of anything any more, i — yeah, there is still

so much to discover. vivian rickman—poole wild swimming in wales, and we will have more incredible journeys for you soon. to finish up though, we are off to china, which strangely for some has been described as the birthplace of skiing ever since cave paintings of skiers were discovered in the country's altay prefecture. i'm afraid that is all the time we have this week, but coming up next week... if your invite was lost in the post like mine, ade visits windsor to find ways to experience britain's upcoming royal wedding without heading to the church on the big day. don't forget, you can follow us wherever you are in the world byjoining our social media. all the details are on your screen right now. but from me, henry golding, and all the team here in alice springs, goodbye. hello.

a bit of sunshine to the north and the west today, but through some parts of central and eastern england it's grey, wet and cool. the area of cloud that brought the rain yesterday, most of it has gone off into the north sea, but it has left this trial of cloud stretching across these areas where it continues to rain into this afternoon. the rain moving further north to the north east midlands, parts of lincolnshire and yorkshire. that means skies may brighten towards the south—east into the afternoon, and it may start to feel a touch warmer. not too much wet weather further west. more sunshine in the south west and wales but one or two showers breaking out. it's the same into north west england and the far

north of england. sunny spells and only a few showers. the showers we seen over northern ireland and scotland though, while there will be big gaps between them, where you do see them they will be heavy with hail and thunder and could hang around for quite a while as well. some big puddles around before the day is out. sunny spells between the showers, up to around 13 degrees for some of you. but through the midlands towards lincolnshire, south yorkshire and east yorkshire, just 7—8 degrees through the afternoon. disappointingly cool for late april. still some rain here through into the night and it gradually turns lighter and patchy. elsewhere to the north and west, clearer skies. some mist and fog patches, and quite a chilly night to come. temperatures low enough for a touch of frost in a few spots. last night we got down to “11 in the highlands of scotland, i wouldn't be surprised if there were one or two similar tomorrow. but, like today, northern and western areas favoured for sunny spells, a few showers, perhaps not as many as will be around today. drier day through central and eastern england to begin with, temperatures still on the cool side. later on it turns wet and windy towards the far south—east and east anglia. that is linked into this area of low pressure. if you've got plans to be outdoors

on monday across central and eastern england, look away now. it is going to be a pretty cold, wet and windy day. heavy rain which could lead to some minorflooding. we've got strong winds, severe gale force winds are some especially around the coast, whipping up some rough north seas. that rain will be there all day long, even turning to sleet and a bit of wet snow mixed in over the very tops of the hills in the south. away from it, many will be dry. northern and western parts of england and wales with increasing amounts of cloud and breeze through the day. sunniest of all, scotland and northern ireland. 13 the high, only around 11—5 four parts of england during the afternoon. it's not going to be that cold all week. you'll be glad to hear there will be high teens across eastern areas by friday. take care. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at eleven.

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