:00:11. > :00:15.Tonight, he is one of Britain's biggest sportsmen. He went from
:00:15. > :00:22.child refugee to President Obama's favourite basketball player. Yes,
:00:22. > :00:32.he is 6'9". Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it's Luol Deng.
:00:32. > :00:37.
:00:37. > :00:46.Hello and welcome to The One Show. As we were saying our guest tonight
:00:46. > :00:53.is big, he is the south London boy who became the �71 million face of
:00:53. > :00:58.the Chicago Bulls. He is hoping to lead Team GB to Olympic basketball
:00:58. > :01:04.gold. Luol Deng. What was it like for you to be home, it's a
:01:04. > :01:08.different lifestyle to Chicago? It's very relaxing, I enjoy it.
:01:08. > :01:14.Chicago is a big basketball city so everywhere you go people recognise
:01:14. > :01:20.you. Is it right you can't leave the house without a disguise? If so,
:01:20. > :01:25.what is your disguise? It's hard for me to disguise because I am
:01:25. > :01:31.6'8". The height gives it away. always wear a hat. And I kind of
:01:31. > :01:40.always pick a spot, the same spots that I go to. OK. It's nice to have
:01:40. > :01:48.you home. Thank you. We have a studio full of little basketball
:01:48. > :01:54.players, keen to ask you questions later. First it's to the
:01:54. > :01:59.countryside. There are views on both sides in the debate about
:01:59. > :02:05.controlling badger populations. Badgers, a conservation success
:02:05. > :02:10.story, since gaining protects by law their numbers have increased
:02:10. > :02:16.dramatically from a low point. Unfortunately, as badgers have
:02:16. > :02:26.become more common, so have the incidents of disease, one that can
:02:26. > :02:32.be spread between badgers and cattle. Bovine tuberclosis. Every
:02:32. > :02:35.year thousands of cattle are slaughtered, costing compensation
:02:35. > :02:40.payments. This is controversial and has pitted those who love badgers
:02:40. > :02:43.against farmers who want to protect their lifestyle. For farmers like
:02:43. > :02:47.myself the conflict between badgers and cattle is not just financial,
:02:47. > :02:52.it's emotional too. If our animals have to be slaughtered following a
:02:52. > :02:56.positive TB test, then the loss to the business can be astronomical.
:02:56. > :03:00.In an attempt to control this disease, the Government has
:03:00. > :03:05.recently announced plans to cull badgers in TB hot spots across
:03:05. > :03:09.England. But the wild trust in Gloucestershire believes there's an
:03:09. > :03:14.alternative to culling, one that will protect the badgers and the
:03:14. > :03:18.livestock on their reserves. Gordon, this is your beautiful wildlife
:03:18. > :03:22.reserve here. You have cattle grazing on it, what's the reason
:03:22. > :03:26.for that? We need cattle if we are going to maintain the richness of
:03:26. > :03:29.the site. It's very very rich in wild flowers, rich in insects and
:03:29. > :03:33.in order to maintain it as a grassland it needs to be grazed and
:03:33. > :03:38.cattle are the best animals to do that for us. Are badgers a problem
:03:38. > :03:43.for you? Well, this is an area where there is a high population of
:03:43. > :03:46.badgers, probably highest population probably anywhere in
:03:46. > :03:50.England, in Gloucestershire. must be a difficult position for
:03:50. > :03:57.you, because you want to preserve wildlife and protect your cattle?
:03:57. > :04:01.We have had bovineTB. It is a problem. We are a wildlife trust.
:04:01. > :04:06.Therefore, we have a responsibility to try and contribute to finding an
:04:06. > :04:10.answer. Gloucestershire wildlife trust is one of the first
:04:10. > :04:15.organisations in the country to vaccinate badgers against TB. But
:04:15. > :04:21.in order to do this, first they have to catch them. Pete Bradshaw
:04:21. > :04:31.has been priming the badgers to come to these humane traps. Last
:04:31. > :04:36.
:04:36. > :04:39.Looks like a fair will you young adult, I think. Doesn't look very
:04:39. > :04:45.old. I suppose one of the problems is that looking at the badger now
:04:45. > :04:49.we can't actually test whether or not it's got TB. No, that's right.
:04:49. > :04:55.You would have to go to a lengthy procedure to do that. So what we
:04:55. > :05:03.will do is give it the vaccine and hope it's a healthy badger and let
:05:03. > :05:06.him go. There we go. That's right it.
:05:06. > :05:10.lad. Well done. To make sure it doesn't get
:05:10. > :05:18.vaccinated if caught again Pete marks the badger before releasing
:05:18. > :05:25.it. Just open the door here. There you go mate. Hopefully he will come
:05:25. > :05:30.out. There you go. Good boy. Which way are you going
:05:30. > :05:34.to go? There he goes. At the moment Pete is only one of a handful of
:05:34. > :05:40.people in the country trained to administer the vaccine. For farmers
:05:40. > :05:43.it's an expensive process. With estimates of �4,000 per square
:05:43. > :05:48.kilometre to vaccinate all the badgers on their land the National
:05:49. > :05:52.Farmers' Union fear the costs would just be too great. So, for them
:05:52. > :05:55.culling currently remains the best solution. For Gordon and the
:05:55. > :06:00.wildlife trust, however, their position is firmly on the side of
:06:00. > :06:03.vaccination. If it's a volume Torrey cull we
:06:03. > :06:07.wouldn't be part of that but by vaccinating we are actually taking
:06:07. > :06:13.a positive action. We are doing something, rather than just
:06:13. > :06:17.standing in the background and saying no badger cull. Although the
:06:17. > :06:21.vaccination programme is in its early stages these trials are for
:06:21. > :06:30.hope for farmers like myself who would like livestock and badgers to
:06:30. > :06:33.co-exist without the fear of TB. Defra say they are currently
:06:33. > :06:39.consulting on their proposals and a final decision about culling is
:06:39. > :06:44.expected in the autumn. We haven't time to talk about the ins and outs
:06:44. > :06:48.of a complicated situation but we are going to be investigating it on
:06:48. > :06:52.Country File in the next couple of weeks. Back to you, how did you get
:06:52. > :06:59.from the mean streets of south London to being a basketball
:06:59. > :07:03.superstar, one of the best players in the world? I appreciate that. I
:07:03. > :07:07.started here playing for Brixton and the way I got to the US was my
:07:07. > :07:14.sister, who is two years older than me, she's very good at basketball,
:07:14. > :07:24.and she got a scholarship. I was too young for my parents to let me
:07:24. > :07:25.
:07:25. > :07:33.go to the US so the oepl way -- only way my dad let me go was to my
:07:33. > :07:39.sister. I played high school basketball and started in varsity,
:07:40. > :07:45.doesn't happen that often when you are young. My coach had no idea
:07:45. > :07:50.that I could really play basketball, you know, he just took me in to
:07:50. > :07:56.look after my sister. But it worked out well. After four years in high
:07:56. > :08:01.school in New iersy I -- Jersey I got recruited by Duke University
:08:01. > :08:05.and it's a powerhouse when it comes to basketball, one of the best
:08:05. > :08:10.schools of basketball and I was there for one year and I was
:08:10. > :08:14.drafted as a 7th pick by Chicago Bulls. Dream come true. Before that
:08:14. > :08:17.and even before Britain you escaped Sudan in the civil war and ended up
:08:17. > :08:22.in Egypt as well and over to Britain. What do you think would
:08:22. > :08:27.have happened to you if you stayed? I am very blessed and very very
:08:27. > :08:32.lucky. There's been a civil war in Sudan for over 25 years and
:08:32. > :08:37.actually this year South Sudan got their independence so it's been a
:08:38. > :08:43.long - and this is the flag that I have on my wrist. It's been an
:08:43. > :08:47.amazing year. But we left Sudan when I was five years old and like
:08:47. > :08:54.you said, because of the war we left as refugees and we fled to
:08:54. > :08:58.Egypt. I was in Egypt for five years with my family and we were
:08:58. > :09:03.given political asylum to come here to London since I was ten. When is
:09:03. > :09:07.the movie coming out of your life! It's an increddily story. You have
:09:07. > :09:11.done an awful lot. You have even set up a foundation to help young
:09:11. > :09:17.people and you have set them up in places close to your heart, I guess,
:09:17. > :09:21.Chicago, Sudan and here in the UK. Obama even awarded you an
:09:21. > :09:25.humanitarian award for it, what does the foundation do?
:09:25. > :09:32.foundation, being a refugee myself I know how lucky I am for what I
:09:32. > :09:38.have now so I try to give back so we really focus on sports,
:09:38. > :09:43.education, and we also do a lot of things where we provide refugees
:09:43. > :09:46.with food and shelter and things likes that. The foundation has been
:09:46. > :09:51.picking up, when I first started the foundation I did a lot of
:09:51. > :09:55.things for other organisations to get going, but now we have the idea
:09:55. > :10:02.we could really focus on things that we want to aim towards.
:10:02. > :10:12.are an incredible inspiration. We have footage of you out in in Sudan.
:10:12. > :10:24.
:10:24. > :10:27.As we said you are leading the British basketball team in the
:10:27. > :10:32.Olympics next year. Now you might be one of the thousands who missed
:10:32. > :10:37.out on tickets but... Never mind, watching the the Games there's
:10:38. > :10:41.still time to believe it or not, compete in them, we will let Matt
:10:41. > :10:46.explain all. I suppose you are thinking that
:10:47. > :10:52.it's too late to win gold for Britain at 2012, well you are wrong.
:10:52. > :10:58.There is a Team GB that needs you right now. The requirements, well
:10:58. > :11:01.you have to be tall, you got to be athletic and you got to be a girl.
:11:01. > :11:08.It's played by over 30 million people around the world so why do
:11:08. > :11:13.we know nothing about handball? OK, well it's like five aside football
:11:13. > :11:17.but you can't use your feet or basketball without the basket.
:11:17. > :11:24.Handball first appeared at the Olympics in 1936 and as we are
:11:24. > :11:30.hosting 2012, we have automatically qualified. Because it's so popular
:11:30. > :11:35.throughout the world we have built a fancy stadium to host it, so the
:11:35. > :11:40.least we can do is get our money's worth. You get to dribble, pass,
:11:40. > :11:45.and score. But you have to do it all with your hands. I am not a
:11:45. > :11:54.girl, but I am tall, I have lightning feet and great hands. So
:11:54. > :11:59.the girls said I can have a go. Wasn't ready.
:11:59. > :12:04.What's the lifestyle like? I think it's the greatest job in the world.
:12:04. > :12:08.I get to get up, go to training. It keeps me fit, I have seen the world
:12:08. > :12:11.doing something I love. You get so let off so much aggression on the
:12:11. > :12:16.court and it's so fast. Describe your perfect team member, what are
:12:16. > :12:19.you looking for? We are looking for a squad that will train with us,
:12:19. > :12:22.work really hard towards the Olympics and we are looking for the
:12:22. > :12:26.best people for handball and best people to put forward for the
:12:26. > :12:32.Olympics. If you are tall, you have good hands, and you like
:12:32. > :12:40.international travel and Norwegian men, handball. It could be you.
:12:40. > :12:46.Yes, see, a girl, tall, athletic. Girl, tall-ish, not so athletic.
:12:46. > :12:51.Could be in the Olympics! should log on to the website, all
:12:51. > :12:55.the details are on there. Now, I was watching last night the
:12:55. > :13:00.basketball, absolutely incredible finish. It's so exciting as a
:13:00. > :13:06.spectator sport. There you are 80- 80 with Australia, one seconds to
:13:06. > :13:15.go until the end of the match and this is what happened.
:13:15. > :13:18.Deng, he gets it away and misses. How you got that shot away was
:13:18. > :13:28.unbelievable but you can really do it. Look at this. This is
:13:28. > :13:34.
:13:34. > :13:39.Brilliant. First-class. Is it frustrating for you to come back
:13:39. > :13:45.from playing with the Chicago Bulls and playing with a team 56th in the
:13:45. > :13:51.world at the minute? The ranking is wrong. Good answer. How wrong?
:13:51. > :13:57.think it's really wrong. I think in the past I understand the ranking,
:13:57. > :14:03.but where we are now GB basketball, I think we are way beyond, way
:14:03. > :14:07.better than 56. I think only time will tell. Medal hopes then? We are
:14:07. > :14:12.preparing for it. We are working very hard but we have the guys that
:14:12. > :14:15.can do it. Brilliant. We are joined by some young players from the
:14:15. > :14:21.Lewisham Thunder basketball club and we have questions for you here.
:14:21. > :14:26.You are their hero, goes without saying. What is your question?
:14:26. > :14:33.do you owe your success to for why you are here today? I mean, always
:14:33. > :14:38.the first thing is always God, you know, just a blessing from God, but
:14:38. > :14:44.I just my family, of course, my parents, being very positive, us
:14:44. > :14:53.sticking together. If that didn't happen I wouldn't be here. Next,
:14:53. > :14:58.Scarlett. What would you give to players like us that want to follow
:14:59. > :15:03.in your footsteps? You guys are capable of anything, hard work and
:15:03. > :15:08.believe in yourself, keep pushing yourself and you will get there.
:15:08. > :15:16.question from Josh. In your career what is your greatest achievement
:15:16. > :15:23.and why? My greatest achievement would be getting drafted. I think
:15:23. > :15:27.it's always been a dream of mine when I was growing up and that day
:15:27. > :15:37.hearing Commissioner say my name was an unbelievable feeling, it's
:15:37. > :15:44.
:15:44. > :15:51.For why do you think basketball is not as popular over here? Maybe we
:15:51. > :15:55.don't have the facilities. But the talent is here. What happens is, at
:15:55. > :15:59.a young age, kids are really into it but as they get older there
:15:59. > :16:04.isn't really much attention and there isn't enough facilities for
:16:04. > :16:12.them. So it's a case of getting over the age of about 15. If you
:16:12. > :16:16.can push through that and get on... If you are giving kids attention,
:16:16. > :16:20.and there is attention towards what they are doing, they stick with it,
:16:20. > :16:29.but otherwise they look for things to do.
:16:29. > :16:32.Thanks to the Lewisham Fonda basketball club.
:16:32. > :16:37.Our street doctors have a medical mission to travel the country and
:16:37. > :16:44.spread some free advice. Tonight they are hitting Edinburgh in
:16:44. > :16:49.search of some infections. I set up surgery on an open-top bus
:16:49. > :16:59.in the city centre. Alastair fell on the ice last winter and has had
:16:59. > :17:00.
:17:00. > :17:05.a painful knee ever since. starts getting paying for when I
:17:05. > :17:09.left it after about three minutes. There is a bit of crackling, which
:17:09. > :17:13.suggests you have a bit of arthritis. Arthritis is
:17:13. > :17:19.surprisingly common, it affects around 10 million of us in the UK.
:17:19. > :17:25.It can develop at any age, but it is most common in the over 50s.
:17:25. > :17:28.Stanley helped me explain. When you have arthritis, have
:17:28. > :17:33.roughening of this bone so they crunch against each other like
:17:33. > :17:39.sandpaper. An injury will flare up some arthritis you have already got,
:17:39. > :17:43.and once it has already flared up, it can take a while to settle down.
:17:44. > :17:53.400 milligrams a Viagra profession three times a day and tried to
:17:54. > :18:01.
:18:01. > :18:06.wrest it at the same time. -- fibre profession. -- ibuprofen. Daily
:18:06. > :18:15.exercise can help prevent your joint becoming stiff and painful.
:18:15. > :18:20.I have been down to the bingo. is feeling lucky today? I won
:18:20. > :18:28.�1,000! In side, I meet Gina. She has some symptoms that are ringing
:18:28. > :18:32.alarm bells. I have had pains in my chest the last couple of months.
:18:32. > :18:39.you have any history of heart trouble? Yes, my mother died of a
:18:39. > :18:44.heart attack. Have you been scared by it? Yes, I have been scared.
:18:44. > :18:50.Chest pain made worse by exercise suggests you have narrowing of the
:18:50. > :18:55.pipes, and it is angina. It is a warning sign, and if you don't do
:18:55. > :19:01.anything about it, it can lead to heart attack. It is urgent. Do you
:19:01. > :19:05.ever feel unwell? I have passed out a few times. You need to be seen as
:19:05. > :19:10.a matter of priority. Gina has avoided going to her GP because she
:19:10. > :19:15.is worried about potentially bad news of this is not uncommon for,
:19:15. > :19:23.but her symptoms need to be investigated as soon as possible. I
:19:23. > :19:29.hope I persuaded her to take action. In the afternoon, we set up surgery
:19:29. > :19:33.in the square, in the heart of the city. You have a patchy area you
:19:33. > :19:43.have lost. Squeeze my fingers really hard.
:19:43. > :19:47.My next patient's baby is due in one week's time. I have a lot of
:19:47. > :19:57.movement so I want to make sure it is in the right position. What is
:19:57. > :19:58.
:19:58. > :20:02.in mummy's tummy? A baby! No, it is a cow. Many women have less
:20:02. > :20:08.movement towards the end of their pregnancy. If you are concerned,
:20:08. > :20:15.contact your GP or midwife. Can you feel something hard between your
:20:15. > :20:20.fingers? I can, yes. That is the baby's head so I can reassure you
:20:20. > :20:24.it is down. Go home and enjoy the rest of your day. As the day draws
:20:24. > :20:31.to a close, there is just enough time to squeeze in some more
:20:31. > :20:41.patients. Within days of seeing me, Gina was undergoing tests at
:20:41. > :20:42.
:20:42. > :20:47.hospital and is waiting for results. This lady gave birth to a baby boy.
:20:47. > :20:51.Mother and baby are happy. Now it is time to pack our bags until the
:20:51. > :20:58.next time we hit the street with some no-nonsense advice. Dr Sarah
:20:58. > :21:04.Jarvis is here, but some news today that the NHS trusts are restricting
:21:04. > :21:08.Caesarean births, aren't they? but it does not mean if you need
:21:08. > :21:18.one he will have problems getting one. This is about women who make a
:21:18. > :21:19.
:21:19. > :21:27.choice, they say they want to have a Caesarean and the nice institute
:21:27. > :21:36.says it has to be on health grounds. In our country, 25% of people have
:21:36. > :21:41.Caesareans and they can't all need them. There have to be some yummy
:21:41. > :21:46.mummies, too posh to push. Do you think that is pushing up the
:21:46. > :21:51.percentage? I don't think it is all to do with that, but people forget,
:21:51. > :21:55.because you think of Caesareans, having a baby, but actually this is
:21:55. > :22:01.a major surgery. If it was any other operation, you weren't having
:22:01. > :22:05.a baby, you would take to your bed for a couple of weeks. It is big
:22:05. > :22:12.stuff, don't take it lightly. He would never take it lightly, would
:22:12. > :22:16.you? Luol, you need to get warmed up because in a moment we will be
:22:16. > :22:22.shooting some hoops. At the start of the week, revealing the beauty
:22:22. > :22:29.of Britain's canals, here is Marty Jopson with a remarkable story
:22:30. > :22:35.about termination, doomed love, and cheese. -- determination.
:22:35. > :22:40.We see canals as places to walk, relax, wildlife corridors, and
:22:40. > :22:45.waterways, but they are all part of the leisure industry. In their
:22:45. > :22:51.heyday, canals were only about industry and this one is the daddy
:22:51. > :22:55.of them all. Without canals, we would not have come a country we
:22:55. > :22:57.did. We would not have been the first off the mark in the
:22:57. > :23:03.industrial revolution and the British Empire would not have
:23:03. > :23:10.survived for two centuries. On the road to these triumphs, the
:23:10. > :23:14.Bridgewater Canal was the M won a bit staid. It opened in 1761. This
:23:14. > :23:21.engineering marvel was the brainchild of Francis Edgington,
:23:21. > :23:26.the third Duke of Bridgewater. He dreamt it up at his home after his
:23:26. > :23:32.love life went down the pan. He had a turbulent love life and he fell
:23:32. > :23:37.for a lady called Elizabeth. She was a very beautiful woman and the
:23:37. > :23:41.Duke courted her and proposed. Scandal-hit, and the Duke called
:23:41. > :23:45.off the engagement. So he transferred his energies from
:23:45. > :23:50.romance to building canals? Yes, he decided he wanted nothing to do
:23:50. > :23:54.with women again. When he returned to his estate, he sacked all his
:23:54. > :24:01.female staff and focused on how to solve the financial problems of his
:24:01. > :24:06.estate. The Duke turned to his next passion, making money. His timing
:24:06. > :24:12.was perfect. Britain was on the verge of the Industrial Revolution,
:24:12. > :24:17.and the fuel to power it was cold. He had a pit full of the stuff
:24:17. > :24:22.right here in Worsley. Up the road in Manchester, they could not earn
:24:22. > :24:32.enough of the stuff. His bright idea was to turn coal into boat
:24:32. > :24:33.
:24:33. > :24:41.loads. He had the money, and two of Britain's top engineers. They put
:24:41. > :24:45.the canal to good use. They did things the Roman way. The canal
:24:45. > :24:50.would be built entirely on one level, both above ground and
:24:50. > :24:55.underground. They began by building the underground section, here at
:24:55. > :25:01.Worsley Delf, where the coal was mined. 46 miles of underground
:25:01. > :25:05.canal later, barges of coal were heading into Manchester. Transport
:25:05. > :25:13.on an industrial scale. A horse could carry out the ton of coal, a
:25:13. > :25:19.barge could now carry 50. In every sense, the Duke would make a pile.
:25:19. > :25:23.Cole was cold. The need for coal was like needing food. Every
:25:23. > :25:29.factory needed it. The really clever thing about canals is that
:25:30. > :25:34.they are flat. If one end is lower than the other, all of the water
:25:34. > :25:38.goes out that end. There was another problem - this river was in
:25:38. > :25:44.the way, blocking the canal at Barton, but nothing was allowed to
:25:44. > :25:50.get in the way of by his ambition. They had gone through hills, they
:25:50. > :25:55.would get over rivers. They got over it with an aqueduct, a bridge
:25:55. > :26:01.to carry the canal over the river. For this larger than life solution,
:26:01. > :26:07.they needed some larger than life propaganda to convince the
:26:07. > :26:13.government of this castle in the air idea. So they made a model.
:26:13. > :26:18.They made it out of cheese. Here is how it worked - three arches
:26:18. > :26:23.spanning the river nearly 40 ft below, and running along the top
:26:23. > :26:29.was the Barton aqueduct with a towpath for horses to pull the
:26:29. > :26:36.narrowboats. Fast forward more than a century, vessels were too big to
:26:36. > :26:43.pass under the aqueduct. It would have to come down. Swain was the
:26:43. > :26:48.answer. The one and only Swing aqueduct in the world. That is
:26:48. > :26:55.clever. Canals would be the making of us. The Bridgewater was the
:26:55. > :27:05.start of 2000 mile waterway system. Towns that mind and made things
:27:05. > :27:06.
:27:06. > :27:14.could join up and at low oil -- a global empire was in reach.
:27:14. > :27:24.Alex is doing really well. I will tickle him! She has got the ball.
:27:24. > :27:30.That is the way. Winner! What is happening? We know you can shoot
:27:30. > :27:34.basketball's, but we have got some random items here. A coconut, a
:27:34. > :27:41.frisbee, a chicken, so we want to see how many you can get through
:27:41. > :27:49.the hoop in 30 seconds. From anywhere? Ideally from the spot but
:27:49. > :27:59.to be honest that is too far. You can have one step forward. 30
:27:59. > :28:04.
:28:04. > :28:14.This is a bag of flour, self- raising. Here we go, a honeydew
:28:14. > :28:22.melon. It is heavier than you think. Get the chicken. I think that
:28:22. > :28:32.chicken. One of my favourites, chicken in a basket. Here we go.
:28:32. > :28:33.
:28:33. > :28:43.How long have I got left? That is it? Have a go with the qualifier, -
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