so how important is tourism to funding services like the royal flying doctor service? 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. we have 25% of our funding as 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

royal flying doctor well, that's all we've got time for for on this week's show. but do join us next week, when henry heads to australia to meet the people behind the world—famous royal flying doctor servicersary. what a remarkable bit of kit you've got here. and we head back to china to discover a novel way of skiing which is claimed to be an 8,000 years old. that's next week. but in the meantime, don't forget you can catch up with us when we're out on the road at sea in real—time by signing up to a social media feeds, where you can also share your travel stories with the world. but now, from me and the rest of the travel show team here, somewhere in the mediterranean, it's goodbye. hello, once again. thank you very much forjoining me. well, long to oui’ much forjoining me. well, long to our latest thoughts on how the weekend will pan out. a lot of final warm weather to be had through the rest of the day. it is quite likely everywhere, even though we have got the high rasher dominance which has brought us this extraordinary spell of weather. there is no disguising that we have this weather front not a way from the registrars. there are other changes, possible as well. we have already see

us next week, when henry heads to australia to meet the people behind the world—famous royal flying doctor servicersary. what a remarkable bit of kit you've got here. and we head back to china to discover a novel way of skiing which is claimed to be an 8,000 years old. that's next week. but in the meantime, don't forget you can catch up with us when we're out on the road or at sea in real—time by signing up to our social media feeds, where you can also share your travel stories with the world. but now, from me and the rest of the travel show team here, somewhere in the mediterranean, it's goodbye. hello. we have managed to cram in quite a bit of weather over the past 12 hours or so. were not quite done yet. of really quiet start to the day over some parts of england and wales after the dramas of last night, thunder and lightning. that's not the end of the story. a weather front gradually sweet to down across england and wales over the course of the afternoon. behind it, cooler and fresher skies through the morning. for the north and west of scotland, you still have cloud and rain hanging on to the

royal flying doctor well, that's all we've got time for for on this week's show. but do join us next week, when henry heads to australia to meet the people behind the world—famous royal flying doctor servicehat a remarkable bit of kit you've got here. and we head back to china to discover a novel way of skiing which is claimed to be an 8,000 years old. that's next week. but in the meantime, don't forget you can catch up with us when we're out on the road at sea in real—time by signing up to a social media feeds, where you can also share your travel stories with the world. but now, from me and the rest of the travel show team here, somewhere in the mediterranean, it's goodbye. good morning. well, after the heat of saturday, some spectacular storms through the night across parts of england and wales. they ease out the way though to start sunday. and sunday, still a few showers through the day, particularly in the west, but fresher weather is behind this weather front, tracking from west to east throughout the day. introducing atlantic air, sweeping away the warmth we have had and dropping temperatures as that fresher air pushes its way in. some warmer air across parts of eastern england for

us next week, when henry heads to australia to meet the people behind the world—famous royal flying doctor serviceniversary. what a remarkable bit of kit you've got here. and we head back to china to discover a novel way of skiing which is claimed to be an 8,000 years old. that's next week. but in the meantime, don't forget you can catch up with us when we're out on the road or at sea in real—time by signing up to our social media feeds, where you can also share your travel stories with the world. but now, from me and the rest of the travel show team here, somewhere in the mediterranean, it's goodbye. hello, it is slowly turning cooler this weekend. we have the threat of some thunderstorms as well. at the moment, most places are still fine with warm sunshine, temperatures into the mid—20s in one or two places, but by the same token, also seeing errors of threatening clouds, not producing much rain so far, but most of those showers are in the midlands, rather than what is shown on here. many parts of the uk still dry with some sunshine as we head towards the latter part of the afternoon, with tempt

the world—famous to meet the people behind the world —famous royal flying to meet the people behind the world—famous royal flying doctor servicee. and we head back to china to discover a novel way of skiing which is claimed to be an 8000 years old. that's next week. in the meantime, don't forget you can catch up with us when we're out on the road at sea in real—time by signing up to a social media feeds, where you can also share your travel stories with the world. but now, from me and the rest of the travel show team, somewhere in the mediterranean, it's goodbye. hello again. it was another glorious day of weather yesterday, wasn't it? for most of us, we had the sunshine, and the hot spot was in kent, 27 degrees celsius recorded underneath skies like these. and just as we were getting used to all that heat, it looks like temperatures are going to come crashing down as we look at the forecast into next week. so take a look at london this weekend — about 26 celsius. we'll come down to about 17 degrees on monday, the weather turning much more unsettled as well. before we get there, a few mist patches to watch out for this morning

us next week, when henry heads to australia to meet the people behind the world—famous royal flying doctor serviceversary. what a remarkable bit of kit you've got here. and we head back to china to discover a novel way of skiing which is claimed to be an 8,000 years old. that's next week. but in the meantime, don't forget you can catch up with us when we're out on the road or at sea in real—time by signing up to our social media feeds, where you can also share your travel stories with the world. but now, from me and the rest of the travel show team here, somewhere in the mediterranean, it's goodbye. good evening. after a taste of summer, changes are third. the unusually warm weather was due to thisjet unusually warm weather was due to this jet stream helping to drag the airfrom iberia. an atlanticjet strea m airfrom iberia. an atlanticjet stream charges in and during the second half of the week we are on the northern flank into the slightly colder air. the week ahead is back to normal. spring weather, nicer bits but also hefty downpour as and when the showers come, it will feel cooler. a cooler ni

us next week, when henry heads to australia to meet the people behind the world—famous royal flying doctor serviceary. what a remarkable bit of kit you've got here. and we head back to china to discover a novel way of skiing which is claimed to be an 8,000 years old. that's next week. but in the meantime, don't forget you can catch up with us when we're out on the road at sea in real—time by signing up to a social media feeds, where you can also share your travel stories with the world. but now, from me and the rest of the travel show team here, somewhere in the mediterranean, it's goodbye. well, this week the weather's going to go pretty much back to normal. it's only compared to what we had last week, with that heatwave, and those temperatures in the high 20s for some of us. this week it's going to change a little bit more, from sunny spells to darker clouds. it will remain very fresh. in fact, the indication is that, as we head through the week, the temperatures will keep on dropping. it could turn really chilly by the weekend, and the nights will be nippy as well. now, there's a lot of cloud o

and the travel show is in alice springs to see australia's royal flying doctor service.s in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. two of britain's biggest supermarket chains are in talks about a possible merger — sainsbury‘s and asda. a combined group would comprise 2800 stores and would represent around 30% of the uk grocery market — similar to that of market leader tesco. our business correspondentjoe lynam is with me now. is itfairto is it fair to say that this is unexpected news? totally unexpected and it is a whopper of a deal. every now and then we talk about less well—known companies talking about tie—ups, this is a whopper of a deal if it gets the green light. you've already made reference to the fact that every bit as dan sainsbury‘s together they would a leap to school together they would a leap to school to ta ke together they would a leap to school to take on the 31% of the market. we have learned this afternoon that they would retain both brands, which is quite interesting, so as to brand would be attained about always by one

and the travel show is in alice springs to see australia's royal flying doctor service.s in half an hour, here on bbc news. at 10:00, good morning and welcome to bbc news. alfie evans, the terminally ill toddler who was at the centre of a legal battle over his treatment, has died. alfie had a degenerative neurological condition and had been in a semi—vegetative state for more than a year. following a series of court cases, alder hey children's hospital in liverpool removed his life support on monday, against his parent's wishes. in a facebook post, alfie's father tom evans said he was "absolutely heartbroken". at 2.30 this morning his son "lay down his shield and gained his wings." judith moritz reports. for the first weeks of alfie evans' life, he seemed healthy, happy and well, but he soon started to develop problems and he was admitted to hospital, where scans showed his brain was being destroyed. the little boy spent a year in intensive care before doctors said they felt his late support should be stopped. alfie's parents, kate and tom, strongly disagreed with the me

us next week, when henry heads to australia to meet the people behind the world—famous royal flying doctor services they celebrate an important anniversary. what a remarkable bit of kit you've got here. we head back to china to discover a novel way of skiing which is claimed to be an 8,000 years old. next week. in the meantime, you can catch up with us when we're out on the road at sea in real—time by signing up to our social media feeds, where you can also share your travel stories with the world. from me and the rest of the travel show team here, somewhere in the mediterranean, it's goodbye. hello, this is breakfast, with chris mason and rachel burden. social media giants are accused of turning a blind eye to their impact on children. the government threatens to introduce new laws and orders a review into the effects on young people's mental health. good morning, it's sunday 22nd april. also this morning: a new strategy to stop terror attacks at an early stage of planning — police will target up to 20,000 suspects. verne troyer, best known as mini—me in the austin powers movies, has died aged 49