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In tonight's programme. That's all from the BBC News at Six, | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
The island with more dementia patients than anywhere else | :00:00. | :00:07. | |
in the country, startling new figures on one | :00:08. | :00:09. | |
The social media campaign to encourage mums to be | :00:10. | :00:17. | |
If you are happy to flaunt it then go ahead and do it. | :00:18. | :00:27. | |
Victory smiles for Reading's Chris Mears as he claims Glasgow Gold! | :00:28. | :00:33. | |
The teenagers with learning disabilities who are taking to | :00:34. | :00:36. | |
Hopefully there is not going to be a crosswind, but if there is, | :00:37. | :00:42. | |
The full extent of the south's dementia problems has | :00:43. | :01:00. | |
become worryingly clear, with new figures showing that the region tops | :01:01. | :01:03. | |
the table for the number of people diagnosed with the condition. | :01:04. | :01:07. | |
Figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre shows | :01:08. | :01:10. | |
the largest prevalence of diagnosed dementia cases | :01:11. | :01:11. | |
With its Clinical Commissioning Group or CCG | :01:12. | :01:19. | |
saying more than one per cent of the population, registered with a GP, | :01:20. | :01:22. | |
Not far behind is "Coastal West Sussex" and Dorset, both with | :01:23. | :01:30. | |
South Reading CCG was among the lowest nationally with | :01:31. | :01:36. | |
0.34%, although it's not clear how much is to do with the age | :01:37. | :01:39. | |
of population or the effectiveness in diagnosing the condition. | :01:40. | :01:44. | |
Sean Killick has been to Ryde, on the Isle of Wight, | :01:45. | :01:47. | |
a self`proclaimed "Dementia Friendly Town", where shopkeepers, | :01:48. | :01:49. | |
bus drivers, and even firemen are given dementia awareness training. | :01:50. | :02:08. | |
Shopkeepers here or on help and support people with dementia and | :02:09. | :02:14. | |
their designated safe havens for people to be taken if they are | :02:15. | :02:19. | |
feeling lost or confused. There is so much more. | :02:20. | :02:21. | |
The Alzheimer's cafe here in All Saints Church Hall is already | :02:22. | :02:25. | |
filling up here today, and they have got a talk as well coming shortly. | :02:26. | :02:28. | |
Over here, we have got Dudley and Suzanne, they | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
`` what did you like about coming here? It seems very friendly. Yes, | :02:32. | :02:39. | |
it is very friendly. This is where they can meet up with other people | :02:40. | :02:42. | |
and know that you are not on your own. We get a lot of support. It is | :02:43. | :02:49. | |
brilliant. There are six of cafes on the island, groups meeting regularly | :02:50. | :03:02. | |
at church halls. The bus company is making special cards for people to | :03:03. | :03:05. | |
explain their circumstances, the libraries have waved people delete | :03:06. | :03:10. | |
frames and generally all of us working together. At this fire | :03:11. | :03:20. | |
station today there was a demonstration by new recruits at a | :03:21. | :03:25. | |
passing out parade. The A1's Fire Service is also trained officers in | :03:26. | :03:28. | |
dementia awareness to give extra help with call`outs and it has | :03:29. | :03:34. | |
already proved successful. We learn through feedback from other | :03:35. | :03:38. | |
agencies, there have been incidences of potential fire risks which have | :03:39. | :03:44. | |
been identified early either through other agencies or our own community | :03:45. | :03:48. | |
safety teams that have prevented what could have been a worse | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
situation. The island is clearly showing its support but why does it | :03:54. | :03:57. | |
have the largest prevalence of diagnosing dementia cases in | :03:58. | :04:01. | |
England? We have an ageing population, 25% are over the age of | :04:02. | :04:06. | |
65 but we also have quite an increased rate in our diagnosis so I | :04:07. | :04:11. | |
think that contributes to the increase in rates of dementia. Other | :04:12. | :04:15. | |
parts of the country are following what is going on here to make the | :04:16. | :04:17. | |
area is just as dementia friendly. Earlier I spoke to George McNamara, | :04:18. | :04:23. | |
who's Head of Policy And I asked him what he made of | :04:24. | :04:25. | |
the figures showing the very high There are some real positive | :04:26. | :04:37. | |
outcomes and progress that has been made but the stark reality is we | :04:38. | :04:40. | |
need to go further and faster for the many people who are living with | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
dementia who still do not have access to a diagnosis and | :04:46. | :04:48. | |
importantly the support that they need. As far as the support is | :04:49. | :04:53. | |
concerned, what can be done to help those with dementia within | :04:54. | :04:58. | |
communities? Getting that diagnosis enables, for example, there are | :04:59. | :05:02. | |
treatments available but as well it enables that support particularly in | :05:03. | :05:05. | |
the community for social care and social services and that enables | :05:06. | :05:09. | |
people to work well with the condition. But too often that is not | :05:10. | :05:12. | |
available without a formal diagnosis. People within the | :05:13. | :05:17. | |
committee of the do not understand those with dementia, that can be a | :05:18. | :05:22. | |
problem? Yes, challenging that stigma, you will awareness across | :05:23. | :05:26. | |
the community is a real barrier for people living with dementia. Many | :05:27. | :05:29. | |
are socially isolated and lonely. But we know that a small | :05:30. | :05:35. | |
understanding, a small change in a community can make a huge difference | :05:36. | :05:38. | |
in quality of life and enable them to live well in your own home and | :05:39. | :05:41. | |
with their families as well. Surely that is what they want in later | :05:42. | :05:46. | |
life. It is interesting to go back to those figures because there are | :05:47. | :05:49. | |
big differences with the figures in different parts of the South. Is | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
this down to demographic or is it because some areas are less | :05:55. | :05:59. | |
effective in detecting dementia? There are a variety of factors but | :06:00. | :06:03. | |
we say that everyone should be entitled to the best quality care | :06:04. | :06:07. | |
and support that they need. We want those at the bottom end to strive to | :06:08. | :06:10. | |
be the best and that must be something that needs to continue, we | :06:11. | :06:15. | |
need investment but also a reform in the way that services are provided | :06:16. | :06:20. | |
to people dementia. Challenging stigma. We also ensure that services | :06:21. | :06:24. | |
are there to challenge and support diagnosis. | :06:25. | :06:26. | |
It's been revealed that five Thames Valley police officers, involved | :06:27. | :06:29. | |
in the search for murdered teenager Jayden Parkinson, are being | :06:30. | :06:31. | |
Misconduct notices have been issued by the Independent | :06:32. | :06:34. | |
It comes a week after Ben Blakeley, from Reading, was jailed | :06:35. | :06:38. | |
for life for strangling Jayden, and burying her in his uncle's grave | :06:39. | :06:41. | |
Did Thames Valley Police do all the good to protect the murdered | :06:42. | :07:01. | |
teenager Jayden Parkinson? Did they take it seriously enough? Just two | :07:02. | :07:04. | |
of the questions the police watchdog want answers to as part of their | :07:05. | :07:08. | |
investigation into the force. After being strangled to death, Jayden | :07:09. | :07:13. | |
Parkinson was buried by her former boyfriend in his uncle 's grave at | :07:14. | :07:17. | |
this church. The Independent Police Complaints Commission has placed the | :07:18. | :07:24. | |
five officers from the force under investigation. They are keen to | :07:25. | :07:27. | |
understand why Jayden Parkinson was only placed under medium risk when | :07:28. | :07:30. | |
she was reported as missing on the 4th of December last year. After | :07:31. | :07:34. | |
all, her former boyfriend had a violent past. Crucially, officers | :07:35. | :07:40. | |
interviewed him on the day that Jade and vanished. They were talking to | :07:41. | :07:44. | |
him about indecent images of Jayden Parkinson found on his phone. Did | :07:45. | :07:47. | |
they know at that time that she was missing, or worse still, perhaps | :07:48. | :07:52. | |
they realised she was missing and chose not to ask any questions. In a | :07:53. | :07:56. | |
statement, Thames Valley Police said, UDI PCC's ongoing | :07:57. | :08:01. | |
investigation, it would be inappropriate for Thames Valley | :08:02. | :08:06. | |
Police to comment at this time. Elsewhere today, the brother of Ben | :08:07. | :08:11. | |
Blakeley, Jake, who was accused of preventing a waffle burial, was told | :08:12. | :08:15. | |
he will face a retrial after immediately feels to a verdict. He | :08:16. | :08:18. | |
is likely to appear in appear in court in the New Year. | :08:19. | :08:21. | |
A driver who killed two teenage girls while high on drugs, | :08:22. | :08:24. | |
has had an appeal against his nine year prison sentence refused. | :08:25. | :08:27. | |
14`year`old Jasmine Allsop and 16`year`old Olivia Lewry died | :08:28. | :08:29. | |
last November in Gosport, when Samuel Etherington drove into them. | :08:30. | :08:33. | |
The 21 year old, who's been described as a | :08:34. | :08:35. | |
"menace behind the wheel", denied manslaughter, but admitted | :08:36. | :08:37. | |
Now his appeal has been turned down, Gosport MP Caroline Dinenage says | :08:38. | :08:42. | |
This was a man driving a double the speed limit on the wrong side of the | :08:43. | :08:58. | |
road, on a cocktail of drugs and alcohol that caused these deaths. | :08:59. | :09:02. | |
There must be something of flexibility in the sentencing to | :09:03. | :09:05. | |
allow for that serious form of crime. | :09:06. | :09:07. | |
A mum and her six`year old son from Basingstoke have had | :09:08. | :09:09. | |
a narrow escape from the large gas explosion in Taiwan overnight. | :09:10. | :09:12. | |
They were visiting family in the region, | :09:13. | :09:14. | |
and were due to stay in a hotel that was hit by one of the blasts. | :09:15. | :09:18. | |
25 people have been killed in the explosions. | :09:19. | :09:19. | |
Paul Bensilum's wife messaged him on Facebook to let him | :09:20. | :09:22. | |
know what happened and to tell him they were safe. | :09:23. | :09:28. | |
Southampton Airport has been put up for sale. | :09:29. | :09:29. | |
It is currently owned by Heathrow Airport Holdings, | :09:30. | :09:31. | |
which used to be known as BAA in the days when it also owned Gatwick. | :09:32. | :09:35. | |
It's hoped the sale will be completed by the end of the year. | :09:36. | :09:38. | |
The Spanish company Ferrovial is a likely bidder. | :09:39. | :09:46. | |
In elderly women is fighting for her life in hospital after being hit by | :09:47. | :09:57. | |
a car in Sussex. She was airlifted to hospital in Southampton. She had | :09:58. | :10:00. | |
what police describe as a serious life`threatening injuries. Are | :10:01. | :10:01. | |
appealing for witnesses. Still to come in this evening's | :10:02. | :10:04. | |
South Today, weekend weather coming up with Sarah Farmer and | :10:05. | :10:06. | |
Tony Husband is at Thruxton. This is the fastest racing track in | :10:07. | :10:18. | |
the country and this weekend some of the best Superbike riders from all | :10:19. | :10:21. | |
over the world will be racing machines like this one in the | :10:22. | :10:23. | |
British Superbike championship. A social media campaign, | :10:24. | :10:28. | |
launched by hospitals in the south, to encourage women to breastfeed | :10:29. | :10:31. | |
in public places ` and let people It comes as part of | :10:32. | :10:34. | |
World Breast Feeding Week, which begins today, and also as | :10:35. | :10:39. | |
a fightback after recent cases of mothers being filmed, while nursing, | :10:40. | :10:42. | |
and then insulted on the internet. Four years ago a new law gave women | :10:43. | :11:02. | |
the right to breast`feed in public, in parks, cafes, shops, buses, any | :11:03. | :11:07. | |
public place. The law is one thing but attitudes are another. This | :11:08. | :11:11. | |
group of mothers in Gosport are supporting a new campaign to | :11:12. | :11:15. | |
encourage breast`feeding in public. Just to make more people aware that | :11:16. | :11:20. | |
it is acceptable to breast`feed, there are still far too many places | :11:21. | :11:26. | |
out and about with you perhaps feel uncomfortable and it is known that | :11:27. | :11:31. | |
you are not welcome from people. It is important to get breast`feeding | :11:32. | :11:34. | |
more out there, more known to the wider population and more normal. | :11:35. | :11:38. | |
The campaign is using social media, including twitter, where mothers are | :11:39. | :11:43. | |
encouraged to post pictures of themselves breast`feeding in public. | :11:44. | :11:48. | |
I think some people are perhaps against breast`feeding and the arm | :11:49. | :11:51. | |
more against being embarrassed. I they do not know where to look or | :11:52. | :11:58. | |
something, I don't know. I do not think there is any stigma against | :11:59. | :12:01. | |
the actual doing of it but people do not want to see it. The campaign has | :12:02. | :12:05. | |
because the big reaction on social media, that is by the support but | :12:06. | :12:11. | |
some debate about how discreet mothers can be. You can be very | :12:12. | :12:14. | |
discreet and even if you do not use a scarf or an apron then there is a | :12:15. | :12:21. | |
lot of flesh onshore and I think you see more on a beach than you do when | :12:22. | :12:27. | |
you walk past a breast`feeding mum. Health organisations are clear about | :12:28. | :12:30. | |
the benefits of breast`feeding but fewer than half of British mothers | :12:31. | :12:35. | |
stick with it. The hope is that as feeding becomes more normal, | :12:36. | :12:39. | |
breast`feeding will become more popular. It shows mums to be that if | :12:40. | :12:44. | |
they are uneasy about whether or not they have to go back to the dark | :12:45. | :12:47. | |
ages of rushing back home or feeding in the car or going into the | :12:48. | :12:52. | |
toilets, that it means that they are aware that they have the right to be | :12:53. | :12:53. | |
feeding out and about. We asked for your opinions on this | :12:54. | :12:55. | |
and hundreds of you have been in touch, the overwhelming majority | :12:56. | :12:58. | |
strongly supporting the NHS campaign and mums who breastfeed in public. | :12:59. | :13:01. | |
On Facebook, Lucy Jewell says: "It absolutely horrifies me that people | :13:02. | :13:05. | |
have a problem with this. Especially women! What planet do they live on?? | :13:06. | :13:13. | |
Not everyone was of the same view. With one saying: "Its wrong in a | :13:14. | :13:16. | |
public place, should not happen. "Its wrong in a public place, | :13:17. | :13:19. | |
should not happen. With Government funding | :13:20. | :13:26. | |
for students falling, colleges here in the South are looking | :13:27. | :13:29. | |
at new ways to bring in money. The teaching | :13:30. | :13:31. | |
of foreign students is a lucrative business and is increasingly making | :13:32. | :13:33. | |
up the shortfall. As well as teaching here, | :13:34. | :13:35. | |
Highbury College in Portsmouth has colleges as far | :13:36. | :13:37. | |
afield as Nigeria and Saudi Arabia. It's now looking to a new emerging | :13:38. | :13:40. | |
market in Eastern Europe. Our Business Correspondent, | :13:41. | :13:43. | |
Alastair Fee, has been to Romania to Romania's youth have never had it | :13:44. | :13:45. | |
so good. Their economy is growing, | :13:46. | :13:57. | |
and that brings opportunity. We can learn from you how you teach | :13:58. | :14:02. | |
your specialisation and you can learn from our students, | :14:03. | :14:04. | |
we have good students. Highbury college has come to | :14:05. | :14:11. | |
this southern town to see how it can support a previously | :14:12. | :14:15. | |
untapped student market. Our business is educating young | :14:16. | :14:17. | |
people and we are always looking We currently work in places such | :14:18. | :14:22. | |
as India and Africa and with the growing economy in Romania we | :14:23. | :14:29. | |
are hoping to be one of the first That is because teaching can be | :14:30. | :14:33. | |
a lucrative business. In Portsmouth more than 600 foreign | :14:34. | :14:37. | |
students attended classes at The education market is attractive | :14:38. | :14:40. | |
because there is work to be done. The average age of a skilled | :14:41. | :14:46. | |
worker is between 40 and 50. Employers have told me that young | :14:47. | :14:49. | |
people are not leaving college ready to start work because of some | :14:50. | :14:52. | |
facilities in education have not That has led to an education | :14:53. | :14:57. | |
advisor comin here to help out. From the students that we have | :14:58. | :15:05. | |
spoken to there is certainly a skills shortage that we can support, | :15:06. | :15:09. | |
their mindset is very much on the academic and what we would like | :15:10. | :15:12. | |
to do is support and change that mindset of both parents | :15:13. | :15:15. | |
and students to encourage them to go into more vocational aspects | :15:16. | :15:18. | |
which is much needed Romania has a skilled workforce | :15:19. | :15:21. | |
but it is ageing. At this factory everything is made | :15:22. | :15:28. | |
on site but the future relies It is compulsory to have more | :15:29. | :15:31. | |
skills, it is compulsory. Without very well trained personnel | :15:32. | :15:38. | |
it is not possible to do something at the level of quality to compete | :15:39. | :15:41. | |
with other Western European Everywhere building | :15:42. | :15:44. | |
work is going on. At this new exhibition centre | :15:45. | :15:57. | |
businesses of all kinds are being offered space | :15:58. | :16:01. | |
to win lucrative new contracts. The contracts are good | :16:02. | :16:09. | |
because contracts mean opportunity. If Romania would be | :16:10. | :16:11. | |
so well developed why would you come One could take advantage | :16:12. | :16:13. | |
of these opportunities and make very good money while | :16:14. | :16:18. | |
actually bringing opportunities and going not only the market but | :16:19. | :16:22. | |
the society in a very healthy way. From this fact`finding trip it is | :16:23. | :16:28. | |
clear there is opportunity here. The skills shortage coupled with | :16:29. | :16:30. | |
the interest from young people make Romania | :16:31. | :16:32. | |
a new frontier to do business. Onto sport and Tony is once again | :16:33. | :16:41. | |
out and about and tonight it's all about speed, because he's | :16:42. | :16:44. | |
at Thruxton for the superbikes. It should be. Up to 50,000 people | :16:45. | :17:06. | |
here this weekend on this circuit, they will hit speeds of around 200 | :17:07. | :17:12. | |
mph this weekend, the latest round of the British Superbike | :17:13. | :17:14. | |
championship this year. Take a look at this action from earlier today. | :17:15. | :17:22. | |
45 or 50,000 fans watched the base reach these speeds very, very fast | :17:23. | :17:29. | |
in seven classes. Among the racers was Tommy Bridewell is with me now. | :17:30. | :17:33. | |
The local driver. How was it for you? Very good today, I am from only | :17:34. | :17:40. | |
30 minutes down the road but unfortunately this has not been my | :17:41. | :17:43. | |
favourite track or best track but today we were second and then we | :17:44. | :17:50. | |
ended up fastest in free practice so I am over the moon with that. You | :17:51. | :17:54. | |
will hope for a good position, Sunday? The boys are working well | :17:55. | :18:01. | |
and so is the Yamaha. I will keep my head down and feet on the floor and | :18:02. | :18:05. | |
hopefully we will fight for the win come Sunday. There could be rain, | :18:06. | :18:11. | |
and that affect things? It can but luckily this track is good with | :18:12. | :18:16. | |
great in the wet and so is the bike. We will take it as it comes. Wet or | :18:17. | :18:21. | |
dry we can be strong. We wish you the best of luck. That was Tommy | :18:22. | :18:24. | |
Bridewell. At the Commonwealth Games the south | :18:25. | :18:28. | |
secured another gold medal with Chris Mears winning in the 3 metre | :18:29. | :18:31. | |
syncro alongside Jack Laugher. The pair produced a stunning set | :18:32. | :18:34. | |
of dives to seal top spot on the Mears just missed out on a medal | :18:35. | :18:37. | |
in the individual event so this was reward for him, while Farnborough's | :18:38. | :18:42. | |
Nick Robinson Baker and partner It needs absolutely everything, we | :18:43. | :18:58. | |
spend so much time together at home professionally and socially as well | :18:59. | :19:00. | |
so we are such close friends, to come out here and smashed it today | :19:01. | :19:04. | |
like we really wanted to and dream of it was amazing. Especially a | :19:05. | :19:08. | |
couple of days ago when I was so close to the bronze and missed out | :19:09. | :19:12. | |
by five or six points that was gassing funny so to come here and | :19:13. | :19:16. | |
get a cold and do what I knew I could that was fantastic. | :19:17. | :19:19. | |
In the Men's Fours Lawn Bowls England lost their gold medal match, | :19:20. | :19:22. | |
Berkshires Andrew Knapper led the side against Scotland, | :19:23. | :19:24. | |
It's his second medal of the games after securing bronze in | :19:25. | :19:28. | |
We are chuffed, the start of this preparation we went out there | :19:29. | :19:41. | |
looking to try and win the gold but for everyone in the team to win a | :19:42. | :19:47. | |
medal is a fantastic achievement, it is believable. Do not forget the | :19:48. | :19:54. | |
athletics and eight on BBC One. As for the hockey, the women guaranteed | :19:55. | :20:00. | |
a gold or silver medal after a very tense match against New Zealand this | :20:01. | :20:04. | |
afternoon. The match was decided on penalties after it finished one long | :20:05. | :20:08. | |
regulations, England went ahead and went on to secure a dramatic win in | :20:09. | :20:13. | |
the shoot out in the face Australia for gold. That'll be tomorrow. | :20:14. | :20:16. | |
Glorious Goodwood saw a photo finish in the Bet Fred mile this afternoon. | :20:17. | :20:19. | |
Red Avenger and Heavy Metal, the joint favourite couldn't be | :20:20. | :20:22. | |
separated on the line in front of another bumper crowd on the downs. | :20:23. | :20:26. | |
Jimmy Fortune and Red Avenger were eventually declared the winner, the | :20:27. | :20:29. | |
Preperations are almost complete as thousands of sailors descend on | :20:30. | :20:42. | |
the Isle of Wight for a week long festival of sailing and socialising. | :20:43. | :20:45. | |
In the course of the next week Cowes will mark the Great War at Sea, | :20:46. | :20:50. | |
while many stars from the world of sport will be there to sail. | :20:51. | :20:53. | |
We'll be there during the course of the week. | :20:54. | :21:03. | |
So, usually quite out here at the moment. Just wait until tomorrow. | :21:04. | :21:10. | |
50,000 fans over the weekend and some very fast bikes. | :21:11. | :21:15. | |
I would have paid money to see you on the back of one of those based! | :21:16. | :21:21. | |
No chance! Make sure you have your sea legs for | :21:22. | :21:25. | |
next week. Let's get on to the weather because | :21:26. | :21:26. | |
there is some rain on the way. Saturday will be the wet day but we | :21:27. | :21:36. | |
have had some lovely weather pictures as always. A busy time for | :21:37. | :21:41. | |
farmers, the harvest was captured by James Cook. And the water droplets | :21:42. | :21:49. | |
on the geraniums from Nick Lucas. Today has not been too bad, we have | :21:50. | :21:52. | |
had some decent plate and sunny spells, especially the father used | :21:53. | :21:57. | |
to have been. It is the West we have seen some wet weather, especially | :21:58. | :22:03. | |
from parts of Salisbury. The show was all spread out over the region | :22:04. | :22:08. | |
in the overnight period. We will have some showers, not all of us | :22:09. | :22:12. | |
seeing the wet weather but it will be very much a hit and miss study. | :22:13. | :22:17. | |
The temperatures will be fixed in our 16 degrees. The shower is how | :22:18. | :22:23. | |
that might be showers tend to come and go. For Saturday, certainly | :22:24. | :22:27. | |
looking to be the wet day of the weekend, looks like into the middle | :22:28. | :22:33. | |
part of the morning is when we will see the showers and a rumble of | :22:34. | :22:38. | |
thunder. This will go north eastwards during the day. Enter the | :22:39. | :22:41. | |
afternoon there will be a few more dry and bright intervals working | :22:42. | :22:44. | |
their way in, and if you see that sunshine it is not doing too badly, | :22:45. | :22:49. | |
temperatures 22 or 23 degrees. Into tomorrow evening the showers will | :22:50. | :22:52. | |
fade away, so becoming dry through the overnight period and people | :22:53. | :22:56. | |
start to see a fresher feel to things, 12 or 13 degrees. We have | :22:57. | :23:02. | |
not seen whether like that for a while so a slightly cooler nights to | :23:03. | :23:05. | |
come as we head into Sunday. This is the weather system with us on | :23:06. | :23:10. | |
Saturday, working its way into the North as we go into the weekend and | :23:11. | :23:13. | |
by Sunday a try in great condition to come, but it will feel on the | :23:14. | :23:19. | |
easy side. The wind is really quite noticeable. Not for long though, as | :23:20. | :23:23. | |
we start next week we see the wings start to take a step away and it is | :23:24. | :23:28. | |
a case of some summer showers but good sunny spells as well. | :23:29. | :23:32. | |
Plenty going on this weekend and for the battle prongs there may be one | :23:33. | :23:38. | |
or two showers early in the evening but it looks like an improving | :23:39. | :23:44. | |
picture. And the rugby grounds could see a brighter day on Sunday. Lots | :23:45. | :23:52. | |
of family fun. This is your summary for the coming days. Saturday one or | :23:53. | :23:56. | |
two heavy showers in the morning and improving later, Sunday a try and | :23:57. | :24:01. | |
bright datacom, breezy, and then scattered showers for next week. | :24:02. | :24:02. | |
Looking good. They're four young lads with mild | :24:03. | :24:05. | |
to moderate learning disabilities. But they've been given | :24:06. | :24:07. | |
a challenge which they've risen to The teenagers have been learning | :24:08. | :24:10. | |
about all things aviation in a project funded by BBC Children | :24:11. | :24:12. | |
in Need. One of the students is even hoping | :24:13. | :24:14. | |
to train for his pilot's licence. Their hard work was recently | :24:15. | :24:18. | |
rewarded with a very memorable It's graduation day for four | :24:19. | :24:20. | |
disabled youngsters who had a course Over the year the students were put | :24:21. | :24:51. | |
through fire drills, they learned about aircraft control and in`flight | :24:52. | :24:56. | |
privilege that not many people get privilege that not many people get | :24:57. | :25:00. | |
to enjoy and it is fantastic to be able to share that privilege. | :25:01. | :25:05. | |
The charity has the backing of the organisation that oversee air | :25:06. | :25:09. | |
traffic control in the UK. Young kids who are not even able to drive | :25:10. | :25:15. | |
a car but in an aircraft the belief, live and have been flying solo | :25:16. | :25:18. | |
around the airfield here which is just a fantastic experience for | :25:19. | :25:23. | |
them. It gives them a huge amount of confidence and a huge opening into a | :25:24. | :25:26. | |
really exciting area that was not available to them before. | :25:27. | :25:39. | |
With extra funding from the charity, the students are doing great. I will | :25:40. | :25:47. | |
get a beleaguered fly today, because it is so lovely and nice. Everyone | :25:48. | :25:54. | |
here loves aviation. Not nervous? Now. Hopefully there will not be a | :25:55. | :26:00. | |
crosswind but if there is the more interesting it becomes! Every year | :26:01. | :26:10. | |
the charity works with more than 500 people with a range of | :26:11. | :26:15. | |
disabilities, physical, mental, learning, even people who are blind | :26:16. | :26:19. | |
and visually impaired are able to take to the skies. Back on the | :26:20. | :26:27. | |
ground, proud parents were gone. We definitely did not think we could do | :26:28. | :26:31. | |
anything like this, did we? If Andrew can do it so can everyone | :26:32. | :26:37. | |
else. When they are little you see what he wants to be in they see a | :26:38. | :26:43. | |
pilot. It might not be possible but this makes it possible. When he | :26:44. | :26:55. | |
comes back he is absolutely beaming. The boys are flying high in more | :26:56. | :27:05. | |
ways than one! James, you saw in the blue hornets there is hoping to get | :27:06. | :27:11. | |
his pilot 's licence. We will mark the entry of the First | :27:12. | :27:15. | |
World War on her next programme. Good night. | :27:16. | :27:17. |