for much of the country this weekend is looking try with good spells of sunshine but also the potential for some heavy and thundery showers, particularly across the channel islands, western scotland and northern ireland. there could be a lot of rain in a short amount of time. showers in northern england, cumbria and yorkshire. through parts of wales, south—west england and the odd shower later in the afternoon across east anglia and south—east england. through this evening, most of the showers will fade away. cloud tending to fill back in as the night wears on, the further east you are. temperatures on a par with last night, between nine and 14. for sunday, many places having a largely dry day. more sunshine across england and wales but still some showers around, transferring eastwards. in the sunshine, temperatures up to 2a degrees. this is bbc news, our latest headlines:

the queen's birthday honours are announced. amongst the names on this year's list are former liverpool manager kenny dalglish, who is knighted, and actress emma thompson, who is made a dame. but there's anger too as the chief executive of network rail, mark carne — is made a cbe — despite the recent chaos on the railways. the second and final day of the g7 summit begins — after negotiations failed to resolve divisions over us trade tariffs yesterday. theresa may says the government's white paper on its brexit position won't be published until after the eu summit at the end of this month. this is the scene at whitehall as the trooping the colour ceremony begins. live coverage on bbc one. if you want to travel a little

further afield... now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show. hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from the symphony of the seas, the world's largest—ever cruise ship. in april, i was aboard for the ship's maiden voyage. so what better place to look back at some of our favourite recent stories on the programme? here's a taste of what's to come. wow! well, let's kick off with a trip ade

took back in march to egypt where he got his first ever glimpse of the pyramids at gyza. he also went to a new museum that's due to open later this year that houses the world's largest archaeological collection. so here's 5,000 years of history condensed into five minutes. here in the shadow of the pyramids, a new ambitious project is entering the final stages of construction. the grand egyptian museum will be equipped to take the country's ancient treasures way into the future. this place is absolutely enormous. the footprint is half a million square meters. there are over 3,000 labourers working 21w. and it cost over a billion us dollars to construct.

now this is the main atrium. it's the entrance. and when you arrive, you'll be greeted by this imposing statue of ramses ii, one of the greatest egyptian pharaohs and i think even he would have been impressed by the scale of this place. it's fit for a king. now this state—of—the—art monument will be the new home for tutankhamun‘s treasures. and for the first time, over 5,000 objects discovered in the boy king's tomb will be on display to the public. but now, they'll be better protected by modern security, shedding new light on the lives of the ancient egyptians. so, tell me about this piece, here. this is one of my favourite pieces. it's one of the chariots of king tutankhamun. so, we are pretty much looking at a 3,500—year—old artefact, but in perfect condition intact as it was?

if we consider the 3,500 years, it's in perfect condition. restorers in these specially—built labs are using the most advanced technology in the world to prepare the artefacts for display. it is very convenient now, that we can use modern x—raying. we can determine the composition of the materials that were used. the original colours, the nature of the gilding, all of these new valuable information is being disclosed to us in a non—destructive way. more than two thirds of the objects from tutankhamun‘s tomb have been hidden away in boxes since the discovery by howard carter almost 100 years ago. they're unrestored and have never been seen by the public.

tourism here has really suffered over recent years, notjust because of political unrest, but also through acts of terrorism. with assurances of increased security, it's hoped that this new centre dedicated to egypt's unique history will finally help encourage tourists to come back. that was cairo back in march and that spectacular new museum is set to open later this year. to australia, next, where henry visited the iconic outback town of alice springs, which has begun to slide off the tourist map in recent years with low—cost airlines pulling out and several backpacker hostels closing down. but could pedal power be the answer? alice springs has launched a plan

to turn itself into a world class mountain biking hub. the combination of beautiful landscapes and fantastic weather has made the trails around alice springs a local favourite for years, but the town wants to attract more international visitors. the territory hopes to bring in nearly 17 million a year through biking tourism. clark patrick from 0utback cycling leads tours throughout the trails here. today's a particularly hot day, a0 degrees in the middle of the boat. why would anyone want to come out and try and mountain biking? well, in the winter the weather is absolutely perfect so we don't have the storms, the rain, the cold — it'sjust beautiful 25 degrees days, really consistent weather means that riding never gets ran out. the trails can be quite interesting and they don't get washed away. so, the environment is really cool for natural style mountain bike trails.

and then in summer when it's hot, you get amazing experience of riding at night, with the lights, see wildlife, beautiful temperatures. it's a unique experience for australia. and helping tourists understand more about the unique outback environment is another way the town is shaking up its image. the earth sanctuary was set up by former neighbours star dan falzon, and with his family he teaches visitors about the outback. what are we up to, what are we doing? ijoined dan to make some damper, a traditional aboriginal bush recipe for bread that's made with their newly created beer — the red centre devil. the recipe for making damper is incredibly simple. pour your beer in there... bit of beer in first. self—raising flour and some raisins. that looks good. that's perfect. as long as there's enough flour, it will save it getting burnt in there. that's lovely, mate.

well done. after 45 minutes in the fire, the damper was ready to eat, and dan and his team prepared a feast of bush tucker for me to enjoy including camel, kangaroo and croc. dip it in beautiful virgin olive oil and some wattle seed, outback wattle seed. this is amazing. it's fantastic. this is really good. it's lovely to be in a place like central australia, a very ancient environment, that can draw upon the beautiful, rare and exotic foods that come from here. they can help you along the way, and add to a wonderfuljourney around this great country. for sure. cheers. good on you. great effort. henry in alice springs earlier this year on the travel show. now we are off to thailand, next, a country known for its fantastic food and its idyllic beaches. now, for many of us, taking selfies in exotic locations and posting them online has taken the place of

writing postcards and sending them home whilst on holiday. but if you're ever tempted to grab a selfie with some of the local wildlife, you could be helping to fund a sinister trade in animal exploitation. as carmen found out when she headed to thailand in may. infant animals are particularly vulnerable to the photo prop trade. here in the wildlife hospital, babies that have been rescued or abandoned are cared for in the nursery. the vet takes me behind the scenes to meet them. 0h, he's hungry! hi, little guy. can you tell me a bit about langurs? why are they so popular in the photo prop industry? because when they were born their fur is completely full of orange and pinky face, they're so, so cute. they are quite popular to be appealing people to want to take a photo. it's still cute now. and how old is vincent now?

for now he's around six months old. looking after animals like vincent is painstaking work. some have complex needs like slow loris, chin. he was previously kept as a pet. the vets here say a poor diet and lack of sunlight caused him to develop bone disease. hi! sorry to wake you. loris squeaks so, the loris is on the endangered list, isn't it? yes, poachers hunt them in the forest because they are quite cute. they are quite popular to bring them for the photos, for the tourists, people pay money for that. you poor little guy. now let's give you some exercise, then. 0n gives chin daily physiotherapy and let him get used to the sunlight again.

slowly, his condition is improving. in the wild, these animals would hold onto their mothers throughout infancy so they instinctively cling onto each other to try and recreate the warmth and security they would normally get from their parents. this is our baby macaque. boonma and pearl. 0ne male and one female. hi boonma, hi pearl! have i got boonma? this one is boonma. why does he want that one?! don't try and steal pearl's! so the owner brought her from, like, market. which means her mother was killed by a poacher. so sad. yeah, so sad. it's nice that they have got each other now. they know they have each other, it's a good thing for them. here at the foundation, tourists are encouraged to roll up their sleeves, get dirty and help care for the rescued animals. and that's far more rewarding than taking a selfie

to share with your friends. the skin is quite tough, actually. i think she's enjoying it. i might be getting a bath, too! now it's time to take a look back at a trip rajan took to mauritius earlier this year. it's a country well—known as a beach destination but it's also home to some amazing wildlife, and rajan met a man who is doing his best to protect one particular species. this is the mauritian fruit bat. it is unique to mauritius. it can travel for 15 kilometres, 20 kilometres, 40 kilometres in one night. it's like man has got hands. these hands here have been modified amazingly to become a wing. it's an animal that can see very very well

despite what a lot of people think. they need to rest during the day to save their energy and because it gets hot in the tropics. at night, as it's getting dark, they leave their daytime roofs as they are called and they go out and they look for food. they will first of all eat fruits to keep themselves alive. but also they'll be dispersing fruits and they maintain their own survival by maintaining the forests. the larger project here is hugely ambitious and earning international acclaim. we actually recreate the whole ecosystems. it's one of the few places on earth where we're not just trying to save a few odd plants and a few animals, we're actually piecing together as best as we can. it will never be perfect, but as best as we can the whole ecosystem

as it existed prior to the arrival of man. should we be frightened of this animal and being this close to this animal now? i'm not frightened of an animal, i don't know why anybody should be. there are bats in some countries where bats are carriers of diseases but in mauritius it's not the case. of course where they're carriers of diseases, there are some precautions to be taken. of course that's not the case here. would you like to hold it? are you serious? it will probably enable you a little bit. its claws can be quite sharp. i can't believe it. this is weird. i can say this is a magic moment.

i never thought i'd actually find a bat or an animal like this even cute. but you know what? it is. kind of. and luckily not disease ridden as it bites my finger. laughter do you want to fly off? let's get you to fly off. rajan with some pretty gorgeous bats there. now we're off to the philippines where we recently sent a newbie. for decades people have got around in these old us army vehicles called jeepneys but now locals are looking for a cleaner, greener alternative. one of the first things you realise when you land in manila is, the traffic is awful! with no metro and a very limited bus

and train service, the backbone of its public transport is currently this. it's a jeepney. designs modelled on the usjeeps that were abandoned here and repurposed from the second world war. to this day they're still the best way to get around. the problem is, the system's quite tricky for a newcomer to get to grips with. we're taking this journey on a weekend when the roads are quieter. during the week, the jams go for miles. and i soon discovered that if you sit right behind the driver you're expected to help him out. how the system seems to work is, as the people come on, the money starts to flow and it all comes through me. because you don't want a distracted driver, especially in manila. the traffic here is a little bit crazy.

and as if this wasn't complicated enough, these old work horses are currently being phased out. around 200,000 of the most polluting vehicles are being replaced by cleaner models. and those plans have sparked protests and strikes from the drivers, who worry that despite schemes designed to help them, many won't be able to afford to replace their current vehicle. some are concerned for theirjob. i am a long—term driver, since my father started. it's going to be like christmas in springtime for you. so i take nell to meet the source of his worries face to face. are you ready? thejeepney! this, we're told, is the future of public transport in manila. this is the ejeepney.

it's the modern one. so it's all electric. so that's why it's quiet. it has no emissions and no pollution, no smoke. so, no noise, no smoke, no problem. but there's really only one way to convince nell once and for all. we're taking this baby for a spin. here we go! yeah! you're smiling. why are you smiling? are you happy? happy? no sounds. no engine sounds, very quiet. you can focus on driving and listening to your music. 0k! that was close! well, to finish off this week's look back at the past few months on the travel show, this enormous cruise ship,

the world's largest, had its maiden voyage at the end of march and i got the chance tojump on board for a sneak preview. the scale of this ship is truly vast. she can carry close to 9,000 passengers and crew. she's longer than four football pitches laid end to end, weighs over 220,000 tonnes. and she has a staggering 18 decks and 23 swimming pools. constructed at shipyards in france, at a cost of over $1.5 billion, symphony of the seas is the biggest passenger cruise ship ever built. i'm jumping on board a special two—night cruise between the spanish ports of malaga and barcelona, along with a big group of travel journalists and industry experts to explore the ship before she welcomes her first paying passengers. this is mine, i think. 592.

most rooms here on the ship are a pretty standard size. you'll pay extra for a balcony and a sea view and if you really want to push the boat out, there's a whole range of upscale suites with a suitably enormous price tag to match. but it's the seemingly endless array of dining options, entertainment and attractions on board that really set this ship apart. i'm at the bionic bar, where there's no human bartending staff but we do have two robots. rockham and shockem. who will make my drinks for me. i've found a lovely sounding drink which is the bionic bahamama mama. all i need to do is press this button. the robots will go to work. there we go. a little bit of spillage. a bit messy, this robot bartender.

there we go, the finished product. my drink! thank you, shockem. the following morning, it's up early to try some of those onboard attractions aimed at making this ship as family friendly as possible. first stop — the abyss. at 100 feet, it's the longest tubular slide at sea and sends you plummeting a full ten decks in as many seconds. ahhhhh! and if all that activity builds up your appetite, then there's 22 restaurants cafes and bars on board. some of them open around the clock all operated under the watch of gary thomas. i guess you have to provide a really wide array of food for people

who are going to have very different tastes. absolutely. of course, that's where my knowledge comes in. we do have fixed restaurants. we have mexican themes and seafood but everything i do is about the guest demographic. i can adjust a lot of what we do based on our demographics. what are some of the challenges that you face when you're out at sea? well if you run out of food, that's bad! you have to get it right all the time. if i miss a particular item, a popular item, i go from the most popular man on here very quickly to the most unpopular man. well, that's all we have time for on this week's show. coming up next week... carmen heads back to thailand to join a beach clean—up with the help of a rubbish—collecting robot. we pay a visit to an island off the coast of colombia. where not getting on with your neighbours really isn't an option.

so dojoin us then if you can. and in the meantime, don't forget you can keep up with us on the road in real time by signing up to our social media feeds, where you can also share your travel stories with the world. but for now from me and all of the travel show team, it's good bye. for a weekend in june, fora weekend injune, many for a weekend injune, many of us will not fair too badly. some spells

of sunshine, most places largely dry. the fly in the ointment is there are still some heavy and potentially thundery showers in the forecast. a quick look at today's pollen levels. very high except for the far north—east of england. — northern ireland and generally low for most of scotland. here is how the rest of scotland. —— hi for northern ireland. it is scotland and northern ireland. it is scotland and northern ireland. it is scotland and northern ireland that we are likely to see the heaviest showers, potentially thundery. don't take the blue and green too literally, this just gives an idea of where could be affected. some will stay dry and keep the sunshine. the met office warning also extends to northern ireland, showers into cumbria and north yorkshire, wales, and maybe one 01’ north yorkshire, wales, and maybe one or two later in the day across parts of the midlands and east

anglia. most places largely dry and in the sunshine, getting up to 22 or 23. still heavy showers for the channel islands, they should fade overnight as well most of the showers elsewhere. many places dry, clear spells, cloud creeping in as the night goes on. temperatures on a par with last night, coolest across scotla nd par with last night, coolest across scotland and the far north of england. high pressure in charge of the weather through the weekend, little features generating showers, particularly this one was france. the channel islands in the firing line for heavy showers. still the chance of showers across scotland, this time further east. heavy and thundery if you catch one. a better day for northern ireland, few showers around, otherwise most places dry. spells of sunshine, perhaps allowing for showers through the far north of england. feeling warm and the sunshine, perhaps up to 25. we start the new week on a

mainly dry notes, lots of sunshine across much of the country. dry for northern ireland, more cloud here and across scotland where we have the greatest chance of showers. still warm and that sunshine, temperatures up to 18 and 2a degrees. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: the queen's birthday honours are announced. among the names on this year's list are former liverpool manager kenny dalglish, who is knighted, and actress emma thompson, who is made a dame. to get this far and to get the accolade i have been awarded is very humbling. but there's anger too as the chief executive of network rail, mark carne, is made a cbe despite the recent chaos on the railways. the second and final day of the g7 summit begins after negotiations failed to resolve divisions over us trade tariffs yesterday. theresa may says the government's white paper on its brexit position won't be published until after the eu summit

at the end of this month. also in the next hour... the trooping the colour parade in central london gets under way...