:00:18. > :00:25.Hello, welcome to the One Show with Alex Jones. And Matt Baker.
:00:26. > :00:28.Tonight's guest celebrated her birthday yesterday, and one of her
:00:29. > :00:35.presence was this book. But who could it be? The book was written 16
:00:36. > :00:40.years before she was born, 43 years before she started to work in
:00:41. > :00:46.television. Everyone's favourite, the face of the BBC Winter Olympics
:00:47. > :00:57.coverage, it is Clare Balding! Yes! Thank you. Happy birthday. I love my
:00:58. > :01:01.birthday, so I had all my schoolmates and university friends
:01:02. > :01:06.around for drinks last night to celebrate the important landmark of
:01:07. > :01:10.43! You do not need a special birthday to have a party. The
:01:11. > :01:15.announcer on Radio 4 bought me that book, part of a series that was
:01:16. > :01:21.written in the 1950s about different careers for girls. It does this
:01:22. > :01:27.under election, girls looking for a different career. This one is all
:01:28. > :01:33.about Clare, who goes to work in television. You didn't want to do
:01:34. > :01:38.this when you left university. No, I didn't, Matt! I did not really know,
:01:39. > :01:46.I wanted to be a writer, actually, in that kind of junior way. You have
:01:47. > :01:50.done a few books, we know that. We will be quizzing you about the
:01:51. > :01:58.Winter Olympics very shortly. I love a quiz, a special birthday quiz? Of
:01:59. > :02:01.course! Although there is a shortage of new homes being built in the UK,
:02:02. > :02:05.there is rarely a shortage of objections to plans admitted. Lucy
:02:06. > :02:10.Siegle has been play Leicestershire village to find out how residents,
:02:11. > :02:15.when it came to a local planning issue, we given a chance to
:02:16. > :02:18.contribute, rather than complain. This is a fairly typical English
:02:19. > :02:24.village in the heart of Leicestershire, village church. A
:02:25. > :02:30.fruit and veg shop. There is a village pub. And a village
:02:31. > :02:35.referendum. A village referendum? What is that? Broughton Astley is
:02:36. > :02:40.facing a big expansion, and because of a change in the law, more than
:02:41. > :02:49.7000 villages are getting a vote. What is in the plan? Two housing
:02:50. > :02:52.areas. That is 500 new homes. The parish council wants a yes Bolt to
:02:53. > :02:59.lock developers into a 15 year blueprint. It includes a supermarket
:03:00. > :03:05.and extras like a new medical centre and more sports facilities. That is
:03:06. > :03:13.our existing Recreation Ground, that is the centre, the retail centre.
:03:14. > :03:18.But there is a big catch. Voting no will not stop the 500 houses from
:03:19. > :03:23.being built. It is not the most utopian,
:03:24. > :03:29.inspiring vote. It is trying to strike a balance. We have to strike
:03:30. > :03:32.a balance between where it would fit in with the least detrimental impact
:03:33. > :03:39.on the village, because we want to try to retain being a village.
:03:40. > :03:44.Whatever the referendum outcome, many of the open Spaces here are
:03:45. > :03:49.destined to disappear, but a no vote would throw out carefully laid
:03:50. > :03:51.long-term plans in favour of a traditional case-by-case planning
:03:52. > :03:58.system which could make the growth of the village had to predict and
:03:59. > :04:02.control. You would be forgiven for being
:04:03. > :04:09.confused about this. Vote yes and the village gets 500 new houses and
:04:10. > :04:16.extra amenities. Vote no and the village gets 500 new houses and some
:04:17. > :04:22.extra amenities. It doesn't seem to make any sense. To make matters
:04:23. > :04:27.worse, there has been an anonymous campaign giving locals the wrong
:04:28. > :04:31.idea that a no vote would stop the new houses. Bill and Dave have voted
:04:32. > :04:37.no but are puzzled about what they voted against. The wife voted yes
:04:38. > :04:43.for the same reason I voted no, which is we do not want any houses
:04:44. > :04:51.in the village. You voted no to say, I do not want the building. From the
:04:52. > :04:57.information we had, a no vote, it is not too late to stop the plans which
:04:58. > :05:02.are in place. Villager cairn has been running his own yes campaign.
:05:03. > :05:06.For him, it is a choice between gradual development that suits local
:05:07. > :05:13.people or out of control house building. It is a choice, but
:05:14. > :05:16.Hobson's choice, isn't it? Yes, if we get a yes vote, we can keep the
:05:17. > :05:24.population of the village to roughly 10,500. If we were to say no, and
:05:25. > :05:27.directing the population will go to about 16,000, with no additional
:05:28. > :05:33.facilities, which is an thinkable, really. It is clearly village is up
:05:34. > :05:36.to some tough decisions about the pace of growth. This referendum has
:05:37. > :05:47.been made possible by a change in the law, the Localism act of 2011,
:05:48. > :05:51.and it has cost ?10,000 to stage. The moment of reckoning is
:05:52. > :05:57.approaching, the ballot papers have been counted. This could be seen as
:05:58. > :06:03.a vote for the whole idea of referendums, a yes meaning, thanks
:06:04. > :06:12.for the power, a no meaning it has been a big waste of time and money.
:06:13. > :06:16.The results are about to come in. It does feel a little bit tense in here
:06:17. > :06:23.now. Total number of votes cast, 2747. I do declare that more than
:06:24. > :06:30.half of those voting have voted in favour. That is a pretty decisive
:06:31. > :06:37.victory, so thumbs up for the plan, and I guess for localism. That was a
:06:38. > :06:43.decisive result. Relief for the parish council. Fewer than 300
:06:44. > :06:46.people voted no. So a resounding victory for the yes campaign in what
:06:47. > :06:50.is only the seventh local referendum of this type. It will be interesting
:06:51. > :06:57.to see where the next referendum pops up.
:06:58. > :07:02.Thanks very much to Lucy, good luck to the residence of Broughton Astley
:07:03. > :07:05.and their village development. Joe is yet to give us more of an insight
:07:06. > :07:12.into this planning news, when will the next referendum be? In seven
:07:13. > :07:15.weeks, on the edge of Norwich, that will be a neighbourhood planning
:07:16. > :07:21.referendum. 38% turnout is not as bad as it sounds. In this country,
:07:22. > :07:26.we tend to turn out for general collections, 60% plus, local
:07:27. > :07:30.elections not so much, when they are not in general election year. 38% is
:07:31. > :07:36.pretty good, people want to have a say. We are always hearing about how
:07:37. > :07:42.much we need new housing, but how much is needed? We are probably sick
:07:43. > :07:46.of hearing it, but we badly need new housing. The bottom line is that the
:07:47. > :07:50.population is growing, we have an ageing population. Right now there
:07:51. > :07:55.are 10 million people over the age of 65. In 30 years, there will be 20
:07:56. > :07:59.million people over the age of 65, and they have all got to live
:08:00. > :08:03.somewhere. We have also got more people coming into the country and
:08:04. > :08:08.leaving, so net immigration. The population is growing, and we do not
:08:09. > :08:12.have enough houses. We are building 100,000 new houses every year, not
:08:13. > :08:23.enough, and so far off the pace that we need to 240,000 per year will
:08:24. > :08:28.stop where do they all go? And while we are not building, the cost goes
:08:29. > :08:33.up. People are feeling the pinch, people having to go into house
:08:34. > :08:37.shares and flat shares. They said they would cut red tape to make it
:08:38. > :08:41.easier to build new houses, but that comes with complications. Yeah,
:08:42. > :08:45.there are over 100 rules and regulations for new homes. David
:08:46. > :08:51.Cameron wants to cut that to about ten, so things like a minimum window
:08:52. > :08:57.sizes, Roodeye mentions, strength of front doors. -- room dimensional is.
:08:58. > :09:05.Hopefully it will save money that is passed on to people trying to buy
:09:06. > :09:08.houses. You do wonder, don't you? . We already have the smallest average
:09:09. > :09:16.size of new home in Europe, we have got a graphic, look at new homes
:09:17. > :09:21.throughout the world. In the UK, it is about 818 square feet. If you
:09:22. > :09:29.look at Ireland, 15% bigger. Netherlands, a small country, 53%
:09:30. > :09:32.bigger. In Australia or the USA... They are huge! Last night, Eric
:09:33. > :09:39.Pickles was saying he wanted every new home to have space for bins. He
:09:40. > :09:45.can forget that! Thanks very much, Joe. From March, gay couples in
:09:46. > :09:50.England and Wales will be able to get married, declaring their love in
:09:51. > :09:54.public to friends and family. But for some people it can be really
:09:55. > :10:01.daunting telling friends and family. This is my mum Irene. Things
:10:02. > :10:05.were pretty desperate at school, I was bullied quite badly. I thought
:10:06. > :10:15.like a complete outsider. People were speaking a different language.
:10:16. > :10:20.I knew he was deeply unhappy, I came home from work one night, and he was
:10:21. > :10:24.sobbing. He said, Mum, I feel like there is nothing to live for. I sort
:10:25. > :10:30.of had a feeling he might be gay, and I thought it was best to ask
:10:31. > :10:37.him. When mum asked me if I was gay, my whole world turned on its head.
:10:38. > :10:41.He said, I am 99% sure that I am. Their reaction was fantastic, 1
:10:42. > :10:47.billion times better than anything I could have hoped all dream dog,
:10:48. > :10:52.really. -- dreams of, really. I came out
:10:53. > :10:58.when I was 16. The biggest thing was coming out to my family, because I
:10:59. > :11:01.was close to both my parents. I felt that my dad never really approved of
:11:02. > :11:06.same-sex relationships, so that is why I was always nervous about
:11:07. > :11:11.coming out to them. In the end, I came out and said, look, I am
:11:12. > :11:16.enabling should ship with a girl, and it didn't go down well at all.
:11:17. > :11:22.-- I am in a relationship. He said, get out of my house. That was the
:11:23. > :11:26.last time I ever saw him. It was Christmas Day four years ago. I have
:11:27. > :11:32.not had a birthday card, I have not had a Christmas card. I was the
:11:33. > :11:35.first person in the family to graduate from university. I wanted
:11:36. > :11:46.him there. You always have that feeling when
:11:47. > :11:51.you are about to come out that one person will receive its better than
:11:52. > :11:56.others, and for me it was my mum. You just came out and said, didn't
:11:57. > :12:00.you? I am gay. And then all of a sudden I breathed a huge sigh of
:12:01. > :12:08.relief, is that it?! Is that it? Is that all? Sam is still Sam,
:12:09. > :12:13.regardless. She is still my girl. You never really appreciate how much
:12:14. > :12:17.you need your parents. When you have one that stays there for you, that
:12:18. > :12:23.is what my mum was, that is why she is awesome.
:12:24. > :12:29.By the time I was 15 and a half, I was having meetings in the careers
:12:30. > :12:34.of this with the army, and I eventually went in the army at 16
:12:35. > :12:38.and nine months. I felt as if there was something he was not telling me
:12:39. > :12:43.about. When he came in, I made coffee and said, sit, we are going
:12:44. > :12:51.to have a conversation now. What is the big secret? He looked me
:12:52. > :12:57.straight in the face and said, you are not going to like this. And he
:12:58. > :13:01.said to me, I am gay. Coming out to Mum, I found it more difficult as a
:13:02. > :13:10.challenge than coming out to the boys in the army. Them two words
:13:11. > :13:14.took life away from me, expecting to have a daughter-in-law, children,
:13:15. > :13:20.grandchildren, a whole family. It just disappeared in an instant. He
:13:21. > :13:26.obviously could see that I was very upset, and he sort of stud up and
:13:27. > :13:37.said, right, I am going now, I need to go out. Can I have a hug please.
:13:38. > :13:40.I'd put my hand up and said lead me. She took it like that, and I thought
:13:41. > :13:46.it was really bad. When she didn't give me a hug, I thought, right, OK.
:13:47. > :13:51.I was going out to meet Tom. I knew instantly that if you walked out, if
:13:52. > :13:56.he had gone just then, we were going to lose something very, very special
:13:57. > :14:00.between us. And I called him, stopped him, and I said, can you
:14:01. > :14:05.give me a hug? When she called me back, I think in the back of my mind
:14:06. > :14:10.there was light at the end of the tunnel. The reception was in the
:14:11. > :14:17.barracks, the barracks I had come out in. This is when it was illegal
:14:18. > :14:23.to be gay there. The whole regiment supported it, we have such a good
:14:24. > :14:27.day. She is going to settle down, hopefully we will have a wedding to
:14:28. > :14:33.go to. It brought us closer together, it made my life a thousand
:14:34. > :14:35.times better. I thought, if people reject Chris, then I won't be
:14:36. > :14:49.friends with them anymore either. Thank you to everybody who told
:14:50. > :14:54.their stories, and you said you knew James. You know first-hand how
:14:55. > :15:03.difficult it can be for the older members of the family. I do not know
:15:04. > :15:10.if it is generational. Alice's parents died, and the father was 92,
:15:11. > :15:17.93, and his mother was a live wire, in her mid-80s. I do not think it is
:15:18. > :15:21.an age thing. Sometimes it is an imbued sense of shame, that this is
:15:22. > :15:24.something that parents can feel embarrassed on behalf of their
:15:25. > :15:28.children because they feel ashamed. The great thing about not feeling
:15:29. > :15:32.ashamed is that you have the freedom to really enjoy love as should be
:15:33. > :15:36.enjoyed, and that is with all of your friends and family, being able
:15:37. > :15:39.to talk about it at work, or not if you don't want it, because some
:15:40. > :15:46.people don't like talking about any issues. As a society we have come a
:15:47. > :15:51.long way in accepting same-sex relationships, compared to the 1950s
:15:52. > :15:58.when people were being put in jail. Bell, ten years ago it was still
:15:59. > :16:02.illegal to be gay in the armed forces -- well. You had restrictions
:16:03. > :16:07.on what teachers could say in schools. And some teachers think
:16:08. > :16:12.they have to hide their sexuality. Do you come far enough? Mandrea
:16:13. > :16:18.equal marriage is a really exciting development, and I think that is
:16:19. > :16:23.affirmation of couples being the same as everybody else. I think that
:16:24. > :16:30.is wonderful and joyful, and there will be some good parties. Amazing
:16:31. > :16:33.parties. There has been some controversy over Russian laws which
:16:34. > :16:39.were anti-gay. Was there a point where you thought you would not go?
:16:40. > :16:43.To be honest, it's awfully easy to stay at home. I am not short of
:16:44. > :16:48.work, so I wouldn't be idle but I think it's very important. I believe
:16:49. > :16:52.in equality and freedom and I believe in the right for people to
:16:53. > :16:58.do the job they do without fear of prejudice or recrimination, on any
:16:59. > :17:00.basis, whether it is race, religion or sexuality. Save me to go to
:17:01. > :17:05.Russia, a country that doesn't believe that hasn't got their dash
:17:06. > :17:10.for me to go to Russia, a country that is believed that and hasn't got
:17:11. > :17:15.there, for me to be out, proud, I am happy, and I'm doing my job, I think
:17:16. > :17:22.that is a stronger statement made to make than to stay here. If I stay
:17:23. > :17:30.here, no one in Russia notice. It is a protest in itself. President
:17:31. > :17:34.Obama, picking people like Billie Jean King, that is in trying to make
:17:35. > :17:39.the same statement. The way we can change the world, and there are lots
:17:40. > :17:44.of ways to do it, boycotts can work, but you all need to do it, and it's
:17:45. > :17:51.not about one individual, certainly not about one gay present an
:17:52. > :17:58.ongoing. When are you going? Sunday, and I have unpacked yet. -- I have
:17:59. > :18:05.not packed yet. It's the warmest winter there ever. I am presenting
:18:06. > :18:11.from 8pm until midnight, so I think it will be quite cold them. I will
:18:12. > :18:18.be outside. You know I like to be outside. Anyway, let's get some
:18:19. > :18:23.statistics. Let's talk about team GB. I am glad you have done that,
:18:24. > :18:26.because there is a danger of getting distracted by other issues are not
:18:27. > :18:32.focusing on the sport. I love winter sport in these athletes have worked
:18:33. > :18:40.really hard and we have a chance of a record Olympic medal haul, 1929,
:18:41. > :18:45.four medals. Here is your fact of the day. Did you know, Great Britain
:18:46. > :18:54.has never won a winter Olympic medal on snow? It's all been ice-skating,
:18:55. > :19:00.curling, four-man bob. Do you think we can get one on snow? Yes, I think
:19:01. > :19:05.there are new sport is coming in, it's widely termed as slope style,
:19:06. > :19:12.but it is skis and boards and we have young athletes who are great at
:19:13. > :19:19.it. James words for example -- James Woods. Look at this, that is James.
:19:20. > :19:24.And they are good. They will have outside chances, because with
:19:25. > :19:29.particular sports it's down to the charge you have on the day, how you
:19:30. > :19:34.get the jobs. You never know, with James words, I would do that. If I
:19:35. > :19:42.was young man, I would do that James words. Matthew, it's not too late.
:19:43. > :19:48.The other thing, James and Katie did not learn on snow, they did it in an
:19:49. > :19:52.indoor village in Sheffield. They were known as the French kids,
:19:53. > :20:00.because they train in fridges as opposed to the real outside --
:20:01. > :20:05.French -- refrigerator kids. You think back to Salt Lake City when
:20:06. > :20:09.Rhona Martin won the curling medal and people stayed up till 11pm. I
:20:10. > :20:13.was doing that in the studio in London, and we won the gold medal,
:20:14. > :20:22.and I imagined everybody gabbing round doing that, and you do get
:20:23. > :20:25.really involved. The best thing for the Winter Olympics is the curling
:20:26. > :20:29.team in Norway. We were talking about this. Have you seen the
:20:30. > :20:36.outfit? It's like the Eurovision Song contest. That is brilliant. I
:20:37. > :20:45.am voting for them based on outfit. And you can see the whole thing on
:20:46. > :20:48.tablet, mobile, all the rest. BBC Two is the Winter Olympics channel,
:20:49. > :20:55.and there are highlights from 7pm until 8pm. And across the red
:20:56. > :21:01.button, online, more hours than you are awake. 650 hours of coverage.
:21:02. > :21:06.Just a quick one, the two biggest chances the gold medals would be
:21:07. > :21:08.skied -- speed skating and Lizzie yarn all in the skeleton. -- Lizzie
:21:09. > :21:17.Yarnold. Our very own action man Andy Torbet
:21:18. > :21:20.has been trying to conquer nature in a dish used quality. The one Show
:21:21. > :21:25.has found something lurking in Wales that has never climbed, a vertical
:21:26. > :21:33.rock face made a smooth, slippery slate. Snowdonia, wild, snowcapped
:21:34. > :21:39.mountains, shaped by millions of years of geological turmoil. The
:21:40. > :21:44.area is bubbly most famous for Slate, quarried here for decades --
:21:45. > :21:48.probably most. This is Vivian Quarry, a magnet for climbers, who
:21:49. > :21:54.come here to pick their skills against the new -- unique challenge
:21:55. > :22:02.of climbing on vertical slate. And I am on the very edge of my climbing
:22:03. > :22:08.abilities. I have climbed most rock types, but never on slate. Vivian
:22:09. > :22:13.Quarry is amongst the most sought-after slate climbing in the
:22:14. > :22:18.UK, characterised by vertical slabs of smooth and slippery roots.
:22:19. > :22:23.Climbers exploit the cracks that form for the hands and footholds,
:22:24. > :22:28.but with recent rain leaving the slabs wet, we expect today's climb
:22:29. > :22:33.to be a baptism of fire. Today's route rises from a lake, but sheer
:22:34. > :22:37.face. I have been nervous about leading the client, but Lucy
:22:38. > :22:45.creamer, one of the best in Britain is going up first. How is it
:22:46. > :22:49.different from other sorts of rock? It is not much friction, but it's a
:22:50. > :22:53.unique feeling to climb on a slippery Rock, so your work has to
:22:54. > :23:01.be precise. You cannot just get away with calling up your arms. That is
:23:02. > :23:06.my main form of climbing -- my main form. Immediately I can see that
:23:07. > :23:10.this is going to need concentration. Lucy has to climb the first five
:23:11. > :23:17.metres free, meaning if she falls, she will hit the ground. There is no
:23:18. > :23:25.fixed rope to catch her. Yes, this is pretty damp. Please watch me.
:23:26. > :23:31.This is pretty wet, because slight -- slate is so slippery. The other
:23:32. > :23:37.major challenges an overhang, which Lucy has reached. She makes getting
:23:38. > :23:42.past it look easy. For me, it is the part of the client that I fear the
:23:43. > :23:44.most. Well, that is Lucy at the top without much problem is -- the
:23:45. > :23:56.climb. Here we go. I am attached to Lucy's top rope and
:23:57. > :23:59.she is anchored securely. If I fall, I will be saved, but my pride would
:24:00. > :24:12.be injured. Tiny, tiny handholds. Keep looking
:24:13. > :24:19.with the little dishes for footholds. There is no friction in
:24:20. > :24:23.the climb at all. You hang on with your fingernails. The base of the
:24:24. > :24:28.slab is littered with broken sections of slate. The stability of
:24:29. > :24:37.the rock face is a concern. That is a bit loose. As the last climber,
:24:38. > :24:43.it's my job to remove the hard way that Lucy put in place to protect
:24:44. > :24:50.us. The metal wedges are jammed in and ropes will save her from a fall
:24:51. > :24:54.-- remove the hardware. Feeling the rock with your hands and feet is a
:24:55. > :25:01.technique you need, so the chilly temperature today makes climbing
:25:02. > :25:07.tougher. This rock is called, isn't it? Yes, but it does warm up.
:25:08. > :25:20.I am almost there. Just the overhang to negotiate.
:25:21. > :25:27.It is a bit more of an amateur clamber than a technical triumph,
:25:28. > :25:31.but I am over it, and I have reached the top of the climb. That was
:25:32. > :25:37.awesome. Thanks for that. That was good fun. I enjoyed it. That was
:25:38. > :25:45.hard, enough to feel an accomplishment, but not a nightmare.
:25:46. > :25:49.The first little bit was hard, but I enjoy that. Turpin places, the rock
:25:50. > :25:55.is so smooth and has no friction and the cracks are thin -- in places.
:25:56. > :25:56.The satisfaction and achievement of getting here, and just look at that
:25:57. > :26:07.view. A lovely view, but would you want to
:26:08. > :26:13.do it to get there? Oh, well, I wouldn't mind. Yes, you are like
:26:14. > :26:20.Spiderman. And on that note we will now quiz you, Claire. -- Clare. We
:26:21. > :26:29.know you pride yourself on sporting knowledge. I am suddenly thinking,
:26:30. > :26:35.somebody won a bronze and it was taken away from him, so we have won
:26:36. > :26:39.a medal on snow. Here is your belated birthday present which you
:26:40. > :26:43.can open if you get it right. But look at this, Clare. We have a set
:26:44. > :26:54.of Russian dolls and you will love this. One is quite familiar. Is that
:26:55. > :27:01.my chin? It is you, everything. That is my body? Thanks, Matt. No, you
:27:02. > :27:05.are looking great. And when you answer a question, we will open it
:27:06. > :27:11.to reveal the next one. Let's have the first one. Ready, Clare? This
:27:12. > :27:16.year 's Winter Olympics is said to have been the most expensive games
:27:17. > :27:25.ever but how much are they estimated to have cost? 31 billion, 41
:27:26. > :27:28.billion, or 51 billion? They were meant to cost 7 billion, but I don't
:27:29. > :27:35.think they have gone over as much as 41, so I think 31. Letters open up
:27:36. > :27:44.your slim and healthy body. There is Vladimir Putin. Yes, it was 31, well
:27:45. > :27:48.done. Next question. Drug testing was introduced at the Winter
:27:49. > :27:55.Olympics in 1968. But which substance did the first Olympic
:27:56. > :28:01.athlete ever to be disqualified test positive for? Was it, adrafinil,
:28:02. > :28:07.alcohol or amphetamine? What year was it? Like it will make a
:28:08. > :28:15.difference. It was probably alcohol. You've had some last night. We want
:28:16. > :28:21.to go to Sochi, and he is holding a pint of beer. It was alcohol! Third
:28:22. > :28:25.question, a Welsh figure skater is set to make his Olympic debut at
:28:26. > :28:31.Sochi, but which country will he represent? Great Britain, France, or
:28:32. > :28:36.Norway? Obviously not Great Britain because it must be more difficult
:28:37. > :28:43.than that. We will have to hurry you. France. Let's have a look.
:28:44. > :28:51.Let's have a look at those skates. It is! You can take that with you.
:28:52. > :28:56.That is it. We are done. Thank you so much. Get packing, because that's
:28:57. > :29:04.all we have time for to night. Thank you, Clare. Clare will host the
:29:05. > :29:08.opening ceremony on Friday. We will see you tomorrow when we have Peter
:29:09. > :29:12.Jones from