29/06/2011 The One Show

Welcome to the show. Tonight's guest can be summed up by the title

of her most iconic song. I'll give you a clue. Girls just want to...

Seymour of the legs of that bloke that Andy Murray has just played.

It's good but it's not right. him drown his sorrows? That would

also be lovely, but it's this... Girls just want to have fun. It's

Tell us, are you a fan of the tennis? Everybody watches it. I'm

not big on sports but I like to watch Serena Williams. Huge

congratulations to Andy Murray. was just watching it. Andy's mother,

Judy Murray, has been embarrassing debate by saying she really fancies

Feliciano Lopez. Do you think he's worth a wolf whistle? Yeah, come on,

he's working out hard. If you have an embarrassing mum, or if you are

an embarrassing mum yourself, send us a photo. Do tell us why. Have

you been an embarrassing mum, you have a son who is 13, Declyn?

is the age. I went to picking up one time from work. He was playing

lacrosse. I picked him up from practice. He said, you are so

embarrassing! You came, you looked just like Cyndi Lauper! I am! But

he's a great kid. I was just telling them how many mothers the

lessons - match how many lessons the mother probably drove her son

took through his life. If there's one thing a journalist loves, it's

telling the people juicy secrets. But our very own journalist, John

Sergeant, has a story of why a loose tongue could land you in jail.

The key thing when you're talking about the Official Secrets Act is

to have a good disguise. The Act is designed to prevent foreign powers

stealing away secrets... Or is it? No, everyone is covered by this Act.

None of us is meant to have official secret information. When I

joined the BBC years ago, I was officially told that I must abide

by the Act. So what is the thinking behind this legislation? Professor

Keith Jeffries is the only outsider to be giving unrestricted access to

the early files of MI6, when the Official Secrets Act started in

1911. This is a moment of national paranoia. They are really afraid of

German spies swarming across the country. Did they know much about

what spies would be like? They didn't have a clue. They thought

that any German was potentially a spy. They were worried about German

waiters and hairdressers. There were people who believed you could

tell spies and Germans by the shape of their head. What did the act

changed? For the first time, it established that all government

information was secret. And that all government servants had to keep

everything secret. If they revealed any information in the purpose of

their employment, that they could be prosecuted under the Act.

years ago, the short-lived News on Sunday revealed that if you read

this you could be sent to prison but two years. And what was this?

It was the menu from the Ministry of Defence. Which revealed for the

first time that spaghetti bolognese cost 75p. It's �5.85 now. It's easy

to poke fun at the Official Secrets Act. But break it, and you could

face jail, an unlimited fine or both. Catherine Dunne was a GCHQ

translator who leaked secrets of the preparations for the Iraq war.

She could have been jailed for two years. She has moved to Turkey but,

thanks to the internet, we've been able to contact her and she is keen

to explain why she decided to break the law and ruin her career. At the

time I just wanted to get the information out and try and make a

difference. I felt what I did was to prevent an imminent war that

would cost the lives of thousands. As it happened, it didn't work.

her surprise the case was dropped at the start of her trial. For her

supporters, the climbdown exposed the irrelevance of the Act.

acted out of conscience. She wasn't a spy or anything of that kind. The

idea that you should use the big stick of the Official Secrets Act

against a conscience stricken whistleblower is wrong and out of

date. The Official Secrets Act is a hangover from wartime.

governments are bound to want to keep their secrets secret. That's

the problem. Politicians don't want to have their grubby little secrets

exposed. So Whitehall and Westminster have every incentive to

retain the Act. And therefore, the only way you will get it stopped or

reform despite pressure from outside. One of the biggest threats

to government secrets comes from the internet. Thousands of

confidential documents have been published by WikiLeaks. So has the

Official Secrets Act had its day? It still embodies the notion that

all government information is secret unless the Government

chooses to release it. And that means as well as hiding genuine

national secrets, there's the potential and sometimes the

suspicion that governments might hide things for embarrassment

reasons. That's not good enough. The government has become more open

in recent years. We know that is the headquarters of MI6. But within

that building there are still plenty of secrets. And so there

should be. Lovely hat, John. He looked smart. Talking of the Act,

you got to be careful what you say to hairdressers. Yet, but he

doesn't look like you say it's a long time in the chair. You don't

know what's going on and do that hat. That's true. George Bernard

Shaw once famously said that as Brits and you Americans were two

countries separated by a common language. It's true. Talking of

languages, I'm not so great. Alex speaks Welsh and Inglis form --.

But now there are a number of mobile phone apps that translator

at the touch of a button. When we Brits go abroad and of faced with

the language barrier, things can get a little bit embarrassing.

Thank you for speaking English. not any more. Technology has come

to the rescue. I've hopped off the Eurostar and arrived in Paris. I'm

going to spend all day speaking French using only this to help the.

My phone is armed with an application which can translate my

voice into French and from French back into English. And I don't have

to write a message or look up the words. I want to do some

sightseeing. I'm going to see it can translate, where is the Louvre.

Where is the Louvre? It's working. Where is Billy's? Minor teething

problems. Where is the museum? I'm going to put in the Louvre. One

Merci. Nitro wheels are Hayes. That's confusing in any language!

Let's help the app out by speaking slower. It is far and take the

Metro. We have figured out that I need to get to a Metro. Merci, au

revoir. We are underground. I want to find out how to buy a ticket.

One ticket, please. What do you think? It's good? Very good.

Success! It worked, I got my ticket. I made it. The first part of my

Time to reward myself with an ice cream. What fragrance? I'm guessing

that means flavour. This is working a treat. Off to the Eiffel Tower.

I wonder what my cab driver thinks Another Parisian landmark, and I

can't leave here without having my It's been a bit hit and miss. So do

the apps make us recognise it's not perfect? It is dependent on the

noise around you and whatever else is going on and the connection you

have. Let's not forget this was an element of almost science-fiction

10 years ago, now it's a reality. We are breaking barriers. We are

enabling people from different cultures to embrace and communicate

with each other. The final and most important test is the language of

I think this is going to be worth understanding! Could you repeat it

It makes me very happy to see you. Did you notice that was the only

phrase that she didn't actually Query? All he was trying to say was

Nitro wheels are Haye. Cyndi, you are quoted as saying I'd do speak

the Queen's English, just the wrong Queens, it's over be 59th Bridge in

New York. Do people struggle sometimes to understand you? No, I

think it's really great when I come here because you all have an accent.

It's a really thick accent to me. I feel comfortable because I have an

accent, too. Especially if I go to Australia, they we have an accent.

I don't mind your accent because it makes me... I like accents. What

about County Durham, here? It's nice. I think it's great to have an

accent. You know where people are from, it's the flavour of the world.

You are back on tour, touring Europe. I am. With music in a

different style to what people might accept -- expect. Edit a

Blues CD. -- idea Day Blues CD. It's been quite extraordinary for

me. I feel so lucky. To be singing this, it's Blues but we mix it up.

It's kind of a fabulous gift to be able to go back, because when I

started singing I was in a Janis Joplin cover band. I kind of went

back and started again. You are sounding great. We've got a clip of

# Early this morning. # All that's left arm my shattered

dreams... You do sound incredible. Have you completely ditched the old

songs? No, that's what I was trying to tell you. We do them with a

blues flavour. It's kind of fun. It's hilarious to me. I have a

blast. I do goals -- Girls Just Want To Have Fun. I meant that song

to empower women. Being part of a song like that which gives

empowerment to women all over the world is fantastic. It's become an

anthem. It's always been. On we go. Many things have been used to heal

wounds over the years that leave a nasty taste in your mouth. Leeches,

maggots, even intestinal parasites. Enough - people are eating their

tea! The latest from Birmingham is far from sour. It's quite sweet.

Its sugar. A bats better. -- that is better. When it comes to

treating wounds, infection is the number one enemy. It can even be

life threatening. Here at the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital in

Birmingham, a pioneering study is looking at a sweet solution to

wound healing. Ordinary sugar, the stuff we put in our tea. It's

proving an effective solution. This nursing lecturer is the man who's

convinced the NHS to take this treatment seriously. He grew up in

Zimbabwe. With no money for medicine, his father treated his

wounds with sugar. UCATT yourself and you turn to sugar. He was

pouring sugar on to the wound? The tie the sugar around it.

would rip off a bit of his shirt, When Moses first arrived in the UK,

he was surprised to see that we were not using sugar in our

hospitals. He has fought to win approval to test it on patients.

Malcolm Day had a skin graft on his elbow in 2009 after an insect bite

became infected. But the skin covering his joined refuses to heal.

He started sugar treatment 24 hours ago. Malcolm, it is about the size

of a 10 pence piece on the edge of your elbow. It looks very sore.

is not so red as it was yesterday. Sugar Greece poured on to cause,

then carefully rolled onto the wind. Depending on size and severity of

the wind, the sugar dressing can be replaced as often as twice a day.

This is not the first time sweet stuff has been used by the NHS.

Clinical trials have shown that honey has anti-bacterial properties

and can promote wound healing. But Moses' research centres on sugar,

as it is readily available, and perhaps more importantly to the NHS,

it is cheap. So what other properties of sugar that enable it

to fight infection in wounds? It all centres on sugar's ability to

absorb moisture. The bacteria that cause the infection need water to

survive. As you pour sugar run to the wind, it sucks up the water,

dehydrating and killing any bacteria. Moses has won support for

his sugar treatment from a hospital consultant, who is backing the

project. He himself used sugar to treat gunshot wounds in Kenya.

dressings for wounds need to be absorbent, nonadherent and capable

of suppressing infection. Sugar ticks the boxes. And it is widely

available, cheap and well tolerated. They have now started a full

clinical trial of the sugar treatment that will take up to 18

months to complete. For patients like Malcolm Day, sugar treatment

is already proving effective. After 48 hours, his wind has improved

significantly. Sugar treatments cost just �1.50 on average per

patient. So if the trial proves successful, there could save the

NHS a fortune and be available on wards like this within two years.

Something to think about next time you asked one lump or two?

Had is definitely a cheap alternative. He said you are

desperately trying to give up sugar. Yes, it is very hard, because it is

in everything. And it promotes yeast all the time. I guess it

works great on wounds. It is quite surprising. It is surprising,

because they always say Sugar is bad for you. Cyndi, in 1984, you

won the first ever MTV award for Best Female Video for Girls Just

Want to Have Fun. And it is still following you around. This is

brilliant. This was you belting it out when you and other passengers

were delayed at Buenos Aires airport. That was obviously very

any Prom queue. You see that lady next to me? She was the person

making the announcements, and suddenly she turned into a DJ.

There was a bachelor rent party going on. And when the flight was

delayed, they started the party. They were dressed in Carnival

because it was carnival time, and the poor bride had a thing on her

head. They blindfolded her and they were singing over the microphone.

And then there was a rugby team, and they were chanting. And then

suddenly they were like Cyndi is here, and she is going to sing. I

thought, this is just like the movie. They are so funny, too.

1984, when you won the award, that must have been an amazing feeling.

Well, I was nominated for seven and I was so glad to win one, because

my mom was there. And I wore the tiara and wanted to be Queen of

something. Did you realise at the time that you were going to plays

this trail for women in pop? Well, I would have loved to have done

that anyway so, because I think sisterhood is powerful. We have a

lovely picture of you with Lady Gaga. You are certainly have a role

model. You know, she does her own thing. She is very much into art

and sculpture. It was really enjoyable to do that campaign with

her. I never felt like a freak. I could just relax. We raised a lot

of money for AIDS awareness. have played Glastonbury and spent a

lot of -- you have played Glasgow and you seem to have Scotland?

I have friends there. My friend Angela is also a singer. She is

from there, and they held a party for me. All the musicians got

together and they played fiddle music. It was wonderful. As a treat,

we have made you or Lady Lauper of Lochaber. We have sorted you're a

bit of land in the Highlands. We planted an oak tree there for you.

There is the proof. Thank you. That is so sweet! Earlier, we asked for

pictures of your embarrassing mums. We have had loads. Here is Hannah

with Herr embarrassing mum no Greece. -- Louise. What have you

got? Lauren says, my mom does all she can to embarrass me, but I love

her dearly. This is Kirsten and Jess. This is their mum. They say

she asks for random things and stars ram conversations in shops.

am sure Billy's mum, when he is older, will thank him for that.

went out of her way. My son would be embarrassed of the shot with me

holding my MTV award. The Memphis Blues tour continues at London hums