0:00:18 > 0:00:20Hello and welcome to The One Show with Alex Jones.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22And Matt Baker.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25This week we've all been talking about turning the tide on plastic.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Good news today.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Another big company - a coffee chain - has pledged
0:00:30 > 0:00:33to ditch plastic straws.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36We are getting there.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Tonight, we're going green in a different way -
0:00:38 > 0:00:42we've created a perfect paradise of plants in our studio.
0:00:42 > 0:00:50Very nice. Are those benches real stone?We will turn the tide is on
0:00:50 > 0:00:50them later!
0:00:50 > 0:00:52And our guest couldn't be more at home.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54It's Monty Don.
0:00:54 > 0:01:00APPLAUSE Welcome back from your travels. My
0:01:00 > 0:01:07word.You have been too exciting places.I have been all over the
0:01:07 > 0:01:13place.We are talking plastic.We are breaking up with plastic. It is
0:01:13 > 0:01:19about time and certainly this year I want to see of gardeners can reduce
0:01:19 > 0:01:25plastic, avoiding it altogether will be tough. Trays, plant pots. Bags we
0:01:25 > 0:01:30buy things in. One of the things we notice is there is plastic that
0:01:30 > 0:01:36cannot be reused, it is used and chucked away. The type of plastic
0:01:36 > 0:01:40will make a difference. If you have plastic you can use five years
0:01:40 > 0:01:48rather than once chatted away, we will be trying all kinds of things.
0:01:48 > 0:01:53Bring back hessian!
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Bring back hessian! Monty is here to talk about paradise gardens and we
0:01:56 > 0:02:02want to celebrate your Winter Gardens.How is Longmeadow? It has
0:02:02 > 0:02:06been a cold winter but the first snowdrops are coming out.It gives
0:02:06 > 0:02:18you hope. If you have a mud patch like Monty, or it is looking covered
0:02:18 > 0:02:23with snow after the bad weather, send a picture.If you have a winter
0:02:23 > 0:02:28gardening question for Monty, send that in with the picture.
0:02:28 > 0:02:36A survey released today has revealed just how overstretched our GPs are,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40with many saying they are carrying out far more consultations each day
0:02:40 > 0:02:48than is considered safe.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55Dr Michael Mosley went to beat a family inspired to invent a useful
0:02:55 > 0:03:01tool. When I was at medical school, you learned how to pull the clues
0:03:01 > 0:03:06together and decide what is wrong. Sometimes doctors get the diagnosis
0:03:06 > 0:03:10right, sometimes tragically they do not. Charlotte and Jason Maude
0:03:10 > 0:03:15discovered in 1999 when their daughter fell ill.Isabel got
0:03:15 > 0:03:23chickenpox and we took her to the GP, who was not worried.Isabel's
0:03:23 > 0:03:29condition deteriorated rapidly.The spots on her tummy went purple. She
0:03:29 > 0:03:36had green vomit and was in a mess. She was rushed to a and E. We saw
0:03:36 > 0:03:40her next on life support, struggling for her life. We could not
0:03:40 > 0:03:44understand why we had been told one minute she had chickenpox and was
0:03:44 > 0:03:50then at death's door.It was not until she was taken to a specialist
0:03:50 > 0:03:56unit the problem was diagnosed, she had a secondary infection,
0:03:56 > 0:04:01necrotising fasciitis. She needed major surgery to save her life. It
0:04:01 > 0:04:08has taken years for her to recover. I will have my last week of surgery
0:04:08 > 0:04:13in September this year. That is a lot of operations.18 years of
0:04:13 > 0:04:17operations. Do you think if they had made the diagnosis earlier it would
0:04:17 > 0:04:24have made a difference?Definitely. A lot of physical and emotional
0:04:24 > 0:04:28trauma from one stupid mistake.The family wanted to help reduce the
0:04:28 > 0:04:32risk this would happen to someone else and so Jason and Charlotte quit
0:04:32 > 0:04:38their jobs to develop an online symptom checker named Isabel after
0:04:38 > 0:04:43their daughter.I thought clinicians needed a check list so if they had a
0:04:43 > 0:04:47doubt, they could type in signs and symptoms and press a button and get
0:04:47 > 0:04:53a list of diagnoses to think about. This is not a diagnose yourself
0:04:53 > 0:04:58checker but for used by professionals. I am keen to put it
0:04:58 > 0:05:04to the test using an example from my own experience. One of my son is
0:05:04 > 0:05:10almost died when he was a young child because he developed symptoms
0:05:10 > 0:05:15of something that a casualty officer missed. Fortunately my wife is a
0:05:15 > 0:05:26doctor and did not miss it. He had abdominal pain. And he was vomiting.
0:05:26 > 0:05:35And he was also dehydrated. And here we have top of the list, the first
0:05:35 > 0:05:45thing on the list is indeed what he had. A surgical emergency
0:05:45 > 0:05:47had. A surgical emergency when the bowel is twisted and if you do not
0:05:47 > 0:05:52do something fast there is a risk of rupture and death. The system works
0:05:52 > 0:05:57by searching a database and plucking out diseases that fit the symptoms.
0:05:57 > 0:06:05I tested it with Isabel's symptoms and symptoms of another condition
0:06:05 > 0:06:12called Crohns. Impressive and very fast. There are 12,000 diseases
0:06:12 > 0:06:17recognised by the WHO but most doctors only come across a few
0:06:17 > 0:06:21hundred. This professor has researched symptom Chequers to see
0:06:21 > 0:06:26if they can help doctors.I work in surgery on my own typically and do
0:06:26 > 0:06:31not have anyone to ask them what is good I can go into it and think, I
0:06:31 > 0:06:35never thought of that.The professor looked at research comparing the 11
0:06:35 > 0:06:45symptom Chequers and found that this one performed best.It is clearly
0:06:45 > 0:06:49useful and doctors like to use it but it takes time and when you have
0:06:49 > 0:06:57a typical practice it is difficult to integrate that.More research is
0:06:57 > 0:07:02needed into how and when the NHS uses the technology but there is no
0:07:02 > 0:07:07doubt the Isabel symptomchecker is an achievement. I am impressed the
0:07:07 > 0:07:11way the family have taken this horrible event and use it to produce
0:07:11 > 0:07:15something good because their system genuinely appears to be helpful.
0:07:15 > 0:07:21Whether it takes off in the UK, I am convinced systems like it, we will
0:07:21 > 0:07:28see a lot more in the future.Thank you, Michael and Isabel's surgery
0:07:28 > 0:07:33went well and she is back at university. We have GP Sarah Jarvis
0:07:33 > 0:07:40with us. You are on the front line. How pressurised is it for GPs and
0:07:40 > 0:07:45could a symptomchecker like Isabel help?It is incredibly pressurised.
0:07:45 > 0:07:51GPs work flat out. What patiently maxi is we are there seeing patients
0:07:51 > 0:07:59but between there is paperwork, visits, clinics, meetings. For some
0:07:59 > 0:08:06cases, a symptomchecker could help. I have used Isabel many times. But
0:08:06 > 0:08:11if you are in a consultation and you do not have long, most cases I know
0:08:11 > 0:08:16what it is in my head usually so there will be times when it is
0:08:16 > 0:08:20useful and may save lives but I think that will be the weird and
0:08:20 > 0:08:24wonderful, things I might not seem more than once or twice in a
0:08:24 > 0:08:28lifetime.It is hard not to know someone who has not have this
0:08:28 > 0:08:39horrendous flu. How bad is this flu season?Figures out show it is a lot
0:08:39 > 0:08:44worse, worse than 2010-11 with three times more people in hospital than
0:08:44 > 0:08:50we had this time last year. There is good news. It looks like it might be
0:08:50 > 0:08:55peaking because the rise is tailing off and the number of people dying
0:08:55 > 0:09:03seems to be fewer by comparison than it was.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06it was.Beef flu jab has a reputation because people say I have
0:09:06 > 0:09:14had it and I still have flu. But it only vaccinate against a number of
0:09:14 > 0:09:18strains.The World Health Organisation takes an educated guess
0:09:18 > 0:09:22at the beginning of every year what strains will be most common, which
0:09:22 > 0:09:28will cause most problems. It prepares for the next year's flu
0:09:28 > 0:09:32season and most years it is pretty good but this year we have had
0:09:32 > 0:09:38Australian flu in summer in Australia and it protected against
0:09:38 > 0:09:44that book one issue is the Australian flu, the vaccine does not
0:09:44 > 0:09:51seem to work as well as others working against those strains so
0:09:51 > 0:09:58maybe 20, 30% protection rather than 40%, 60% with other strains.The age
0:09:58 > 0:10:04at which you get your first flu, you are protected better against that as
0:10:04 > 0:10:08these come out.People are worried about the Australian one because you
0:10:08 > 0:10:14tend to get the best immunity from the first time you have got flu. It
0:10:14 > 0:10:19is very different from a cold. You know about it. The problem is the
0:10:19 > 0:10:25strain did not exist before 1968 and so older people are not protected
0:10:25 > 0:10:29because it was not the first they got and as you get older, you are
0:10:29 > 0:10:34more likely to get it and when you do, more likely to have
0:10:34 > 0:10:39complications. Monty Don, did you have the flu jab? I have not had my
0:10:39 > 0:10:45flu jab. I am quite healthy generally but I take your point, if
0:10:45 > 0:10:51you get flu, they say if you can get dressed, you have not got it.It is
0:10:51 > 0:10:58the best chance, by having the flu jab.Yes. There is one virus it is
0:10:58 > 0:11:03not protecting against but the children's flu vaccine is protecting
0:11:03 > 0:11:07against it. They are super spreader is so vaccinate them and you protect
0:11:07 > 0:11:12yourself.At what point in the season is it not worth getting a flu
0:11:12 > 0:11:17jab?The season lasts from October until March and if you have a cold
0:11:17 > 0:11:22snap, if you had a mild winter and a cold snap in February, it could
0:11:22 > 0:11:27still happen, so I feel it is still worth doing.I will go to the
0:11:27 > 0:11:31doctor.Thank you.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Time now to open a window into someone else's world
0:11:34 > 0:11:40as we continue our series of films A Room With a View.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45We have been talking to Monty about paradise gardens.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Here's Nick and his jungle garden in the suburbs of Leeds.
0:11:47 > 0:11:55My name is Nick and this is my view.
0:11:56 > 0:12:02My view represents 20 years of work creating the jungle garden. The
0:12:02 > 0:12:07reason I created the jungle garden across so many years was that I am
0:12:07 > 0:12:12not over bothered about flowers and I'm not very keen on mowing grass.
0:12:12 > 0:12:17What you can see when you look out of the window is the start of a
0:12:17 > 0:12:24jungle pathway and it is leading you on, enticing you what is around the
0:12:24 > 0:12:29corner? What can I see and discover? Like an imaginary place, where games
0:12:29 > 0:12:34are played out and memories made. It almost takes you back to being a
0:12:34 > 0:12:41child, because you can think of being lost in the woods. What is
0:12:41 > 0:12:45around this corner, what is going to come next? Shall I go that way all
0:12:45 > 0:12:51this? It is creating a sense of theatre and drama. To look at our
0:12:51 > 0:12:54house from the front, most people cannot believe what is behind the
0:12:54 > 0:13:06garden gate. Some men have train sets, my train set is outside. It is
0:13:06 > 0:13:12the selection of plants, they are just enormous, preposterous, jungle
0:13:12 > 0:13:17leaves, it is smoke and mirrors, sleight of hand, with the injection
0:13:17 > 0:13:21of spots of cover every now and again, it leads you to think you are
0:13:21 > 0:13:29in the jungle. For me, the garden is not so much a spiritual place, when
0:13:29 > 0:13:36I sit in the jungle lodge, enjoying a ladybird crawling across the leaf,
0:13:36 > 0:13:41I am at one with nature. The garden is possibly a reflection of my
0:13:41 > 0:13:50personality. It is almost a stress buster. You can sometimes hear a car
0:13:50 > 0:13:55in the distance part for much of the time, you can just hear the birds
0:13:55 > 0:14:03tweeting and I am not in Leeds, I am in Bolivia or somewhere.
0:14:03 > 0:14:08Monty, what do you make of that?I love the strain of British
0:14:08 > 0:14:14eccentricity. There is a fine upstanding British eccentric.
0:14:14 > 0:14:20Glorious. He could change his name to Tarzan.You will love him even
0:14:20 > 0:14:25more because we have had this cold snap and he sent pictures. There is
0:14:25 > 0:14:31snow on the decking. That is the garden. And this is the hallway. He
0:14:31 > 0:14:35has brought the plants inside.I could not put up with that in the
0:14:35 > 0:14:42hallway.His wife has a similar opinion.How do you find your coat?
0:14:42 > 0:14:47We have done a similar thing to create a paradise garden, inspired
0:14:47 > 0:14:54by the series that starts tomorrow night on BBC Two. You visit stunning
0:14:54 > 0:15:01Islamic gardens. This is you in India.The energy of this garden
0:15:01 > 0:15:07does not detract from the facts like all paradise gardens, it was
0:15:07 > 0:15:13intended above all as a place of contemplation. To sit here and here
0:15:13 > 0:15:19the birds roosting and let my mind to be still, I think is tapping into
0:15:19 > 0:15:25the core of the paradigms garden, and to have the playfulness it means
0:15:25 > 0:15:32this garden works on lots of levels. I like it a lot.
0:15:32 > 0:15:37APPLAUSE Monty, I always imagine you're
0:15:37 > 0:15:45filming is very relaxed anyway.That was 40 degrees, and I was being
0:15:45 > 0:15:49written a lot.Real composure! LAUGHTER
0:15:49 > 0:15:57-- I was being bitten a lot.
0:15:57 > 0:16:03We went to India, Iran, Spain, Bradford...
0:16:03 > 0:16:07LAUGHTER All over. They all obviouslyshares
0:16:07 > 0:16:19the same theme. Islamic. But the original garden, it comes from
0:16:19 > 0:16:24Persia, and the word paradise, it means a walled garden.I didn't know
0:16:24 > 0:16:32that!Yes, paradise is literally a garden, the Garden of Eden. And this
0:16:32 > 0:16:38thing, if you are in the Desert and you are tribal community, nothing
0:16:38 > 0:16:42grows, it is so bleak and harsh, so if you come to an oasis and there is
0:16:42 > 0:16:47water, green and shade, it is heaven. It is the most beautiful
0:16:47 > 0:16:53thing you could imagine. And the key thing of course is
0:16:53 > 0:16:57water.You have been meeting head gardeners from all over the world,
0:16:57 > 0:17:06and they shed light on the symbolism.Yes, that is partly the
0:17:06 > 0:17:12Koran, and also, the saying, water is life, and they all have this, the
0:17:12 > 0:17:18smoothing water, and because the water moves the air is cool, and the
0:17:18 > 0:17:23other thing is it is all in heat, it is hot, very hot. No great
0:17:23 > 0:17:27splashing, it is all gentle sounds, fragrance. The other thing is they
0:17:27 > 0:17:36all have the number four, and the word used means divided up into four
0:17:36 > 0:17:42parts, and you have the cube, the perfect shape. So then four becomes
0:17:42 > 0:17:46eight, the octagons are used. You don't need to know this to enjoy it.
0:17:46 > 0:17:51But the circle being heaven, the square viewing the earth, all of
0:17:51 > 0:18:00that.Yes, you have centrepoint and these sunken beds, where the trees
0:18:00 > 0:18:06are to face height, and kept low, the fruit, the colour, and you can
0:18:06 > 0:18:11see it in the picture, they are sunk down, and this wonderful sense of
0:18:11 > 0:18:15fruit everywhere, really important. And the hide and walkways you were
0:18:15 > 0:18:25walking across. With water, mosaics, tiles, and in
0:18:25 > 0:18:30Iran for example all the waterways have turquoise tiles at the bottom,
0:18:30 > 0:18:35saw through the water you see this turquoise shimmering, and it is so
0:18:35 > 0:18:40beautiful. It is a beautiful watch. I am
0:18:40 > 0:18:43enjoying this, splashes, the pleasure!Yes, you're getting all
0:18:43 > 0:18:54that!I have some questions for you later, which will feature.Yes, and
0:18:54 > 0:18:58I bet slugs feature in some of them. Yes, but we will move onto schooling
0:18:58 > 0:19:03now. You were expelled at school? Yes, I went to boarding school when
0:19:03 > 0:19:08I was seven and I was at a private school, know.
0:19:08 > 0:19:15Then I was kicked out of that at 15, then I went to state school, so
0:19:15 > 0:19:20there was I, a little privately schooled middle-class, precious,
0:19:20 > 0:19:23middle-class bad boy, not working, went to state school and I rather
0:19:23 > 0:19:27loved it.We will meet somebody now who has basically done the reverse
0:19:27 > 0:19:31of what you have done.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33It's about a young man from Tottenham who's completely
0:19:33 > 0:19:35turned his life around, and his very proud former teacher
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Mehreen Baig has been to catch up with him.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41One of Britain's biggest boarding schools, Millfield in Somerset, has
0:19:41 > 0:19:47a new head boy, 17-year-old Yuriel Kpalobi from Tottenham has beaten
0:19:47 > 0:19:53princes and the privileged to the honour.This term is full of
0:19:53 > 0:19:56opportunities, some you should take and some you should avoid.But three
0:19:56 > 0:20:04years ago he was on the verge of being expelled.We were fighting,
0:20:04 > 0:20:07vandalising, shoplifting things, playing with dangerous weapons, just
0:20:07 > 0:20:15doing very anti-social things. Yuriel was at his local state school
0:20:15 > 0:20:19in north London when at 14 years old his behaviour became his mum Ebby's
0:20:19 > 0:20:24worst nightmare.The teachers were calling her up, "This has happened
0:20:24 > 0:20:31again. Your son is in trouble, again."I was worried. Yuriel is not
0:20:31 > 0:20:35about to ruin his life, just because he wants to impress his friends, you
0:20:35 > 0:20:42know.After a series of incidents Yuriel was suspended for two weeks.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46In contrast his sister was being made head girl at the same Ofsted
0:20:46 > 0:20:50outstanding school.I knew he was capable of doing well, saw him
0:20:50 > 0:20:55getting in trouble was disturbing for me.When I saw that I was like,
0:20:55 > 0:20:59wait, we have come from the same family, we have the same blood, so
0:20:59 > 0:21:05why are we so different? She really made me believe that I could do it
0:21:05 > 0:21:13as well, I could bring the happiness she brought to my mum.He knuckled
0:21:13 > 0:21:18down to his schoolwork and achieved ten GCSEs. When he heard that
0:21:18 > 0:21:22schools like Millfield offer less well-off students are fully funded
0:21:22 > 0:21:28bursary, he jumped at the chance.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30bursary, he jumped at the chance. I thought Yuriel GCSE English at his
0:21:30 > 0:21:37old school.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41old school. --. Today I am meeting him to find out how life is after
0:21:41 > 0:21:43switching to a private education. What was appealing about joining a
0:21:43 > 0:21:48private school?Just a boarding school environment, bonding with
0:21:48 > 0:21:54people, a lot of people from Hong Kong, Africa, America.My goodness!
0:21:54 > 0:21:59Our school is diverse, but that's... Even more diverse. Learning to bond
0:21:59 > 0:22:05with people and accept them for who they are.It cost almost £37,000 a
0:22:05 > 0:22:10year to board at Millfield but that does include a golf course,
0:22:10 > 0:22:16Equestrian centre and Olympic sized swimming pool in pool, far cry from
0:22:16 > 0:22:25his home life.I spoke to one of my friends. He said, we went shopping
0:22:25 > 0:22:28and spent £4000. On clothes, because this is a very wealthy school! I
0:22:28 > 0:22:32thought I would face snobby people, but I think the kids are very
0:22:32 > 0:22:37down-to-earth.In the common room Yuriel introduces me to some of his
0:22:37 > 0:22:42new mates. Before you met him what was your perception of a boy from
0:22:42 > 0:22:48Tottenham?I never really spent much time in the city, so the image you
0:22:48 > 0:22:52get, you only really hear about violence and crime. That is what I
0:22:52 > 0:22:57associate with it, but now we have met Yuriel.Do you think you would
0:22:57 > 0:23:01be able to go to a state school?I think it would be a good change for
0:23:01 > 0:23:05a lot of people I know, to get used to real life, because often private
0:23:05 > 0:23:11schools can tend to be big bubbles. Yuriel is among just 1% of students
0:23:11 > 0:23:18with the opportunity to get a private education for free. Back in
0:23:18 > 0:23:22Tottenham, Yuriel's friends are doing their A-levels at the local
0:23:22 > 0:23:25college. But they don't feel a lack of private education will hold them
0:23:25 > 0:23:30back. Maybe being at a boarding school or
0:23:30 > 0:23:33private school would be better for networking and stuff like that, but
0:23:33 > 0:23:37it is how bad you want it, and how much effort you are willing to
0:23:37 > 0:23:41pretend to get there. It might be easier for one person to
0:23:41 > 0:23:44get to the same destination, but you will both eventually arrive there.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49If you keep working hard and want to reach their badly enough.Today
0:23:49 > 0:23:53Yuriel is giving his first speech head boy, in front of the school and
0:23:53 > 0:23:58his mum.There is a universal law that states if you give, you will
0:23:58 > 0:24:03receive. We make a living by what we get, but make a life by what we
0:24:03 > 0:24:10give.To have my son as head boy at Millfield is a very great
0:24:10 > 0:24:14achievement, so I am so happy at the way he turned his life around and I
0:24:14 > 0:24:20hope he continues. Well done, well done. So proud!Just like his older
0:24:20 > 0:24:26sister was to him, Yuriel is an inspiration to his younger brother
0:24:26 > 0:24:32Raphael.I wake up every morning and study. I want to do the same as them
0:24:32 > 0:24:37are even better, like Eton! LAUGHTER
0:24:37 > 0:24:39There you are!
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Yuriel and Mehreen are here now - Yuriel, congratulations
0:24:42 > 0:24:45on becoming head boy.
0:24:45 > 0:24:50How is it all going?It has been a wonderful experience. I have said
0:24:50 > 0:24:54this to a lot of people. Largely it was the best year of my life.So
0:24:54 > 0:25:02far?Seriously.Do you get your own room at boarding school?Yes! That
0:25:02 > 0:25:08is thanks to my housemate, who has given me my own room since I started
0:25:08 > 0:25:14there actually.I love your flower. Is that in aid of Monty Don?He has
0:25:14 > 0:25:16no idea of the Monty Don is, quite correct!
0:25:16 > 0:25:23LAUGHTER You look very dapper.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33Isabelle, you taught him in year ten. Were you surprised to hear how
0:25:33 > 0:25:39badly behaved he
0:25:39 > 0:25:45badly behaved he was -- Mehreen, you taught Yuriel.Yes, I heard it and I
0:25:45 > 0:25:49said, I heard a little rumour, that you used to be quite naughty? And he
0:25:49 > 0:25:57said, nearly
0:25:57 > 0:26:00said, nearly excluded, Miss. The most amazing part of the story is he
0:26:00 > 0:26:04decided to make that change for himself and I know we can all be
0:26:04 > 0:26:09motivated by that, and I am.What do you plan to go on to do, Yuriel? Of
0:26:09 > 0:26:14all the subjects you study, what are you really passionate about?For
0:26:14 > 0:26:26University I am looking to study actuary science...We like it! Do
0:26:26 > 0:26:31you feel you are now in a better position. I mean, you must go back
0:26:31 > 0:26:34and speak to your friends. Do you feel you have given yourself the
0:26:34 > 0:26:40best chance you can?Definitely, because there are a lot of things I
0:26:40 > 0:26:44have experienced in just a year that I may not have experienced in
0:26:44 > 0:26:54Tottenham, if I stayed there for the rest of my life, so I have.Mehreen,
0:26:54 > 0:26:58obviously Yuriel is passionate about going on to university but there are
0:26:58 > 0:27:02statistics out there that show that as far as the top universities are
0:27:02 > 0:27:04concerned, in relation to privately educated students, State students
0:27:04 > 0:27:09face real challenge is getting into those top places?Absolutely. If you
0:27:09 > 0:27:14look at the top universities in our country, Oxford, for example, they
0:27:14 > 0:27:19have the laws proportion of state educated students, at 55.7%.
0:27:19 > 0:27:25Cambridge I think is slightly better at 62%, so there is a massive issue
0:27:25 > 0:27:29in the country right now with social mobility, but things are improving.
0:27:29 > 0:27:36Oxford University says they are working very hard to improve access
0:27:36 > 0:27:38for underrepresented groups, and universities have committed next
0:27:38 > 0:27:45year on giving £860 million to improve access to students from
0:27:45 > 0:27:50disadvantaged backgrounds, so state educated students should definitely
0:27:50 > 0:27:56apply because they are wanted, and there isn't a lack of...That is the
0:27:56 > 0:27:59problem, isn't it? State educated students are fearful of applying
0:27:59 > 0:28:02because they think they will be rejected or the people teaching them
0:28:02 > 0:28:07think they won't stand a chance. Remit yes, but there is not a lack
0:28:07 > 0:28:11of talent or ability in deprived boroughs, or state schools -- remit
0:28:11 > 0:28:15yes, but there is not a lack of talent or ability. We are trying to
0:28:15 > 0:28:21make an active change..It is up to the pupils to go for it really,
0:28:21 > 0:28:25isn't it? Well, thank you.Sit tight, and we will move on to
0:28:25 > 0:28:30questions. Nothing from your school, but for you, Monty, all about
0:28:30 > 0:28:37gardening. Is it OK to prune fruit trees and fuchsias at this time of
0:28:37 > 0:28:44year?Yes, the perfect time. Apples, pears, but whatever you cut hard
0:28:44 > 0:28:48will not grow back next year, it would be two. Perhaps wait a month
0:28:48 > 0:28:53or so. Abigail asks, my boyfriend and I have just grown and outdoor
0:28:53 > 0:28:58vegetable patch. Can we plan anything yet or is it too early?If
0:28:58 > 0:29:04the ground is not too wet and cold they could put in some onion or
0:29:04 > 0:29:08shallots, a little bit early to so any seeds. Indoors, on the
0:29:08 > 0:29:16windowsill.But enthusiasm is good! Absolutely, tomatoes and chilies.A
0:29:16 > 0:29:19eucalyptus tree has blown over and her seven-year-old son wants to
0:29:19 > 0:29:23replace it with a monkey puzzle tree. One word answer. Do you like
0:29:23 > 0:29:30them or not?No, discourage him!
0:29:30 > 0:29:31Monty, good luck with Paradise Gardens.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33It starts tomorrow at 9pm on BBC Two.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35I'll be back tomorrow with Michael Ball and star
0:29:35 > 0:29:38of Breaking Bad, actor Bryan Cranston.