ingle borough. three peaks. after a quick geography lesson, the day on rodney‘s farm ends. some will come back, others faced the prospect of a return to less friendly surroundings. despite the burst of midsummer a few weeks ago it feels as though spring has been delayed but hopefully not. will it be good for the hill farmers? it isa farmers? it is a very mixed picture but it feels as though we have fast forwarded into autumn with cloud and rain but also some sunshine as well. this picture was taken in the western isles of scotland. a band of cloud and rain across the midlands and east anglia is quite slow to clear and temperatures will struggle into double figures. in the sunshine only 12 or 13. the west has seen the

best of the sunshine. the showers will fade this evening and overnight and the rain fizzles out as well but we keep a lot of cloud in central and southern and eastern england. temperatures are quite cold under clearer skies. the chilly start to the day here but bright with spousal sunshine and cloud is slow to clear from east anglia and south—east england but dry for a time and outbreaks of rain arriving from the south—east later in the day. quite cool along the eastern coast as the winds start to strengthen. a wet and windy start to the weak, particularly in central and southern and eastern parts of england. they could be disruption to keep an eye on the forecast. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: two of britain's biggest supermarkets, sainsbury‘s and asda, are in merger talks in a deal which could be worth £10 billion.

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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 5kiing which is reckoned to be over 8,000 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. in 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 marfa 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. i 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. "blinking signals, my intentions. "black mountains, too many suggestions. "skipping white lines, my intention. "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 journeys 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 in a mountain lake. the water is my domain. i am happiest in there. over the last few years i have been exploring snowdonia national park, by 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. 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 to dive 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 graceful beauty 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. we went to learn more. 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 feeds. all the details are on your screen right now. but from me, henry golding, and all the team here in alice springs, goodbye. if it is sunshine you are after then

the western side of the country is doing best this afternoon. the western side of the country is doing best this afternoonfi the western side of the country is doing best this afternoon. it is a beautiful afternoon and in the western isles of scotland, this is cornwall. showers are never too far away and the showers have been developing in cumbria and other areas. shower clouds never too far away. in east anglia and the midlands there was a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain that are stubborn to clear but further south the rain is easing but we are left with a lot of cloud and temperatures are struggling to get into double figures. where you have the sunshine, 11 or 12. showers heavy in places and wintry nights during parts of scotland. tonight the rain sta rts parts of scotland. tonight the rain starts to clear in east anglia and the midlands but we keep a fair amount of cloud that will keep

temperatures up to about eight. under clearer skies further north west it is quite chilly, particularly in rural parts of northern ireland and scotland. chilly start to the day here but by and large fewer showers. the cloud still persists in east and south—east england later in the day and the heavy rain arrives here. the wind starts strengthen along the east is. in france the area of low pressure extends to the north. the wind will strengthen us well and very unsettled conditions for the monday morning rush—hour. heavy and persistent rain and strong winds, gale force along the east coast and some disruption as possible. it is miserable monday morning in central and southern and eastern england and heavy persistent rain and strong winds and it will gradually move to the north during the day but not reach northern ireland. 0r scotland. even here it will be thoroughly wet

on monday afternoon are quite cool as well and there will be sleet and snow on the higher ground of england in places. further north there will be mainly dry day with a good deal of sunshine in northern ireland and scotla nd of sunshine in northern ireland and scotland and here we have the best temperatures on monday. 12 or 13 or 14. temperatures on monday. 12 or 13 or 1a. compare that to maybe five or six under the band of rain. a very cool feeling and unsettled start to monday morning. keep an eye on the forecast for the next 2a to 36 hours. slowly things start to perk up hours. slowly things start to perk upa hours. slowly things start to perk up a little bit. still rain around on tuesday and wednesday but after the cool start temperatures slowly start to rise by the end of the week it is back to 17 or 18. this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 3pm: a possible £10 billion merger — sainsbury‘s and asda confirm they're in advanced discussions to try and reach a deal. alfie evans, the little boy who was at the centre of a legal battle about his hospital treatment, has died. his father said on social media, my gladiator lay down his

shield and gained his wings. cabinet backing for amber rudd, who says she didn't see a memo detailing home office deportation targets. the home secretary has apologised, saying that of course she should have seen it, but she can't be held accountable or responsible for a document that she didn't see and for decisions that she didn't take. also, the race to the premier league goes down to the wire. relegation—threatened stoke hold liverpool to a 0—0 draw,