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Hello. Welcome to the one one show. We are back in the warm staued yo

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after a great day out in Sheffield. It was raining all day but still

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crowds came out to see us and we were grateful to everyone who

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turned out. The crowd was a highlight, singing away. That

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moment when the confetti came down. We are joined by a man who is used

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to huge crowds, he has starred in It's Alfie Boe.

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That sent shivers down my spine. You were just saying, We were stood

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on the royal balcony over looking the Mall. It's been a busy summer

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because you recorded the anthem for the GB team and Olympics and

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Paralympics. We did one vision. From a performers point of view,

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what did you make of the opening ceremony last night? It was amazing

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to see such a spectacular. The lighting was fantastic. It is

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wonderful to be able to celebrate such wonderful Olympians. People

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have been pouring into the Olympic Park for the first day of

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Paralympic action, many without a full idea of what they were about

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to see. Lucy has been to Stratford to see what the public were looking

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forward to on day one. Welcome to the Paralympics. It's

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day one of what promises to be one of the most popular Paralympics

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ever and the first wave of an anticipated 2.5 million ticket

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holders is making its way into the Olympic Park here. We wanted to

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come and absorb the atmosphere. We watched the Olympics and wanted to

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experience it. It's the dream come true for those

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people who can't run like me or you. They can run faster. They can run

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faster. It's beautiful. With these tickets we can get into the copper

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box, which is the goal ball. What do you know about that sport?

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much, we want to see what the rules are. I have been in a wheelchair

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for three years so it helps me feel like if they can do it, I can try

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to do it. We are going to see wheelchair

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basketball. We don't know anything about it. It looks like a fast game.

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It can be quite violent, I am intrigued how it works. I have

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track cycling. I can just almost take those from you. You are not

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having them. It is the first time we have been to a big thing like

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this. I want to see Olympic records broken. I like to see people

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competing at the highest level. I think this is what we are going to

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see today. With 21 different sports for us all to enjoy over the next

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two weeks and the possibility of 103 Team GB medals it looks like we

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will be celebrating a whole new batch of sporting heroes. Team GB!

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It's been a busy first day of action with 28 gold medals

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available over five sports. Tanni Grey Thompson has been following it

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for Radio 5 Live. What have been the highlights? It's been a

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fantastic day for cycling. Sarah Storey won the first gold of the

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Games in the 4 K pursuit. She was amazing. Mark Col borne won a

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Silver Medal, a good start to day one. Judging by the number of

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tickets sold, it is the biggest Paralympics ever, does it feel like

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that at the Olympic Park?. It feels really exciting. I have the

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Aquatics Centre behind me, and we can hear the cheers. There is an

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amazing atmosphere. I met people today who had tickets just to the

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park and they were just soaking up the atmosphere. What does it

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compare to the Olympics you have competed it? Barcelona was a good

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games but the rest didn't have a great turn out. Beijing, all the

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tickets went but in reality a lot were given away. There is a

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difference when people have paid money to come and watch. There is a

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different type of support and what the British athletes are going to

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get, same as the Olympics, there will be massive massive support

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which will push them on to perform at a higher level. The word

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reclassification has hit the headlines for one swimmer who

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wasn't eligible for the games but now is back in, can you clear it up

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for us? It is confusing. She swims as an S 6 with Ellie Simmons and

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there was a feeling she might get moved but generally you get moved

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up or down one group and she was actually completely declassified.

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They said she wasn't disabled enough to compete and she's come

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back in as an S 6. I don't think we are going to hear the end of it.

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The Paralympic team will be protesting. It might take a couple

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of days to sort it out. What are you looking forward to tomorrow?

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Athletics starts tomorrow. I will be at the track from 10.00 and that

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is where I will be for the next few days. Get some rest. We are going

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to be celebrating Team GB's success during the Games on our special

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medal boards which are over here. Alfie is going to be doing the

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honours for us. You have faces we are going to pin on. Sarah Storey

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was our first gold, the 34-year-old won the first gold in the C5

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pursuit. She has her eye on another three gold medals. Mark Col born,

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silver Silver Medal winner, time trial.

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Silver Medal winner Hannah Russell, 16-years-old. It's been a busy day.

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Bronze Medal, Ben Quilter. That was for judo. With the target of 103

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medals, hopefully these medals will be overflowing with faces.

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From our heroes of the Paralympics to our flying heroes of World War I.

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The pilots of the Royal Flying Corps were the first Brits ever to

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fly into battle. Joe Crowley visits the airfield in Wiltshire where

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these brave men first took off 100 If anyone with the slightest sense

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of history, this is an awesome sight. That gent is 89-year-old

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Doug, a World War II pilot, he is doing pre-flight checks. Today his

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plane is taking off from an airfield near Salisbury and flying

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around eight miles north-west to a special place called Larkhill to

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salute the centenary of the Royal Flying Corps. Larkhill became a

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centre for the development of aviation.

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We are surround by what was then office land but was made available

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to the early air noughts to use for their experimentation. A pilot

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built a hangar to set up a small aviation company. In those days, no

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trees, no buildings, so nobody to to complain about the noise. Here

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in Britain the government was slow to see how these new flying

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machines could be of benefit. 1909 the war office issued an

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announcement which said they weren't prepared to invest any more

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money in experiments with planes because they considered it a

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useless and expensive fad. About that time Germany had invested

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�400,000 in aeroplane research alone. Clearly they could see it

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had a future. But the enthusiastic lobbying helped to move aviation

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forward. When the Royal Flying Corps was founded in 1912, this was

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an obvious location for the first squadron with military aeroplanes.

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The lack of both machines and men was a problem. Not helped by the

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fact the first recruits had to pay for their own flying lessons. They

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did get a refund but only once they had joined up. The Royal Flying

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Corps had an army wing and naval wing which split apart but both had

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a Hoch poch much second hand planes mostly French built. What we needed

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was a good British aircraft. So one of the first events at Larkhill was

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a competition, to find an outstanding machine for the corps

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to fly. Anybody in Europe who was interested in aviation would have

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wanted to be here and most of them were. All the famous French,

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Italian pilots were here and they had the public, they were allowed

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to come as well. The man who won it was Samuel - Samuel F cody and

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produced an impractical aircraft, with a massive engine so he could

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outperform anybody else. The aircraft was made of bamboo and

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with fabric. Although he won it wasn't a very practical aeroplane.

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Cody's winning machine never actually made it into service, but

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when the First World War broke out British aircraft developed rapidly.

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One of the most successful was the SE 5 A, a a much stronger and more

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stable biplane. This one is a fully accurate replica, flown by the

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World War II pilot Doug Gregory. You thought in the Second World War

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and you have an incredible amount of experience, what do you make of

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the early pioneers in the in the World War I pilots I take my hat

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off to them. Wonderful bunch. Going off into the unknown and generally

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wondering if the jolly thing is going to stay together. I think

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these chaps, keen to find out, keen to explore, wonderful, I wish I had

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met some of them. The Royal Flying Corps was our first air service but

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lasts just six years. Then on 1st April 1918 a single service was

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formed. The royal air forms. Where the Royal Flying Corps began with

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so little, by the end of the First World War the RAF was the most

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powerful air force in the world with more than 20,000 aircraft and

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nearly 300,000 personalel -- personnel. Larkhill is where it all

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began 100 years ago. Doug deserves some respect going up

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with that plane. Brilliant. We were saying your brother used to be in

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the RAF. He wasn't a pilot, he was in the Royal Air Force police, so

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spent more time in the pub than in a plane. But he was a in there for

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30 years and we used to visit him on the RAF camps and get to see a

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lot of those sort of planes. Speaking of your brother, there

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were nine of you all together, you have written about your family in

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your new book My Story and it tells the story of how you became the

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singer in the Boe household. My mum and dad were into music in a big

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way. My father was into lots of different types of music, not just

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the classical tenors, there he is, not just the classical singers, he

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was into country singers, folk singers, Glen miller stuff and so

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his taste passed down to me and I have that sort of same feeling

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towards music, I don't see any boundaries, it is one big world.

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is a fascinating story, your life. You weren't like a stage school kid.

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You were a mechanic in a garage. Yes. How did you make the

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transition from the garage to the stage? When you are a kid, you get

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told to get a trade behind you and then you have something to fall

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back on. That was what I was told and I started looking around my

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local area and got a job working for a car factory as a body

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mechanic. It was one particular day I was working on a car and this

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customer whose car I was working on said you have a good voice, you

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should do something with it. Why don't you go down to London, there

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is an opera company auditions for people. I took the day off work,

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went down, sang to them, got taken on, came Back To Black pool and

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handed in my notice and went on tour as an opera singer. I wonder

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if that customer knows? I don't know. If you are out there, e-mail

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us, it would be lovely to hear from you. I hope he has bought my

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albums! And my book! In the book, it is obvious you

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suffer with quite a lot of self- doubt, there are lots of ups and

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downs. Was there a point when you thought I can make a living from

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singing. I think when my bank balance started to get better.

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Inevitably in this industry, you never know how it is going to be.

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You don't know what is going to happen. There were times that were

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really struggles for me and you just have to try and believe that

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you are doing the right thing, that it is going to happen, get better.

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But sometimes you weaken and start looking for other options. I did, I

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looked for other careers and a couple of people offered me a job

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as a trainer, as a physical trainer. I got advised about going and

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developing my cookery, because I love to cook. It is a hobby. I

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would have been useless at it professionally. But I knew singing

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was something I couldn't give up. We are glad you didn't give up on

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it. There are endless stories, it is a fascinating read. My Story is

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out now. Most children in England are still on hol day, 65,000 pupils

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are back at the government's summer schools. The extra lessons are for

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kids who are predicted to struggle from going to primary to secondary

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school. 11-year-old twins as tonne and tar

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rin are enjoying the last few minutes of their summer holidays.

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They start classes at their new high school today. I am eager to

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find out what they think about having their summer holidays cut

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short by a fortnight. Is it nice having new kit, getting ready for

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school? Yes. Why do you think it will be good to have these extra

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lessons? We will get used to the work. The boys are part of a new

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�50 million summer scheme targeted to help children who are more

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likely to struggle academically. Their Mum thinks it's great. Have

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you been worried about their development at school? Yes, more

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maths than English. They need that constant extra help. Do you think

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the summer holidays are the right length of time?. They are too long.

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There are so many places you can do and if the weather is not nice then

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you can't. Does it put financial pressure on you? Yes, because extra

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food shopping, extra money for days out. We are getting to the point

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where it is right, we are ready now, ready for school now. Almost 2,000

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state summer schools are running across the UK and here at westly

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high school 32 pupils are coming to school two weeks earlier than their

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classmates. The scheme is totally voluntary. Pupils don't have to

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attend. It is offered to children qualifying for free school meals

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because research shows it is these pupils who regularly fall behind

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and would benefit most from a shorter holiday. What are the main

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reasons you have chosen? 11-year- old cody has chosen to come to

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summer school. At home she helps care for her younger brother John

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who has special needs. I play with him, I look after him, I stop my

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brothers getting in arguments. you annoyed your summer holiday is

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going to be cut short?. No, because at the end you start getting really

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bored. Why do you get bored?. There's nothing to do. Cody's

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father is John's full-time carer. He's keen for cody to attend to

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take advantage of the extra support. I thought it was a great idea, a

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bit of academic learning before she starts full-time. Hopefully it will

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give her a bit of a boost and she will be ahead of the others when

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they start in September. Do you think it will help going to summer

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school? Yes. Why do you think it will help? When you are at the

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summer school, it can help you with your learning. Teachers always

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focus on you, not having to focus on lots of children. The school

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runs six hours a day, with the main focus on numeracy and literacy.

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Headteacher John Banks believes a shorter holiday will make a big

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difference to the children. Can two weeks really make a difference?

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think so. Some of the students do tend to under perform. We have a

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dip in performance when you get children coming from primary school

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to secondary school. To start them off early will help them because

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after they finish the two weeks summer school they start high

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school straightaway. Would you like to see summer holidays shortened?

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Yes. Why? It is a long time to engage students and particularly

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when they have just finished primary school, to reengage into

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learning it is a long break. There is a lively debate about whether or

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not the school holidays are too long. In some areas of the UK

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education authorities are even considering cutting the break to

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four weeks. The kid in me feels sorry for the kids having their

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holidays cut short but six weeks is a really long time and I can see

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from today, they are really engaged and they have loads of activities

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and for those children who need more support this can only be a

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good thing. One man who is looking forward to

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the start of term is the one one shows's favourite teacher Mr Drew.

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Since Meatloaf gave him interview tips in the studio, you have gone

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on to become a headteacher. You only turn up when you have singers

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here. Absolutely. Did they mention Meatloaf in the interview at all?

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No, it was like the elephant in the room. What do you make of summer

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schools?. Generally summer schools have got to be a great idea, young

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people from primary to secondary school, they can get used to how

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things are going to be different. The big fish in the little pond to

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being the little fish in the big pond. It's got to be a good thing.

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It is a big move for those children. But what about other pupils that

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aren't switching schools, those summer holidays are long for all

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children. They are long, but you are only young once and there is a

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mixed bag of research on whether having so much time off means you

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have to start all over again or whether young people need that time

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for a chance to be a child. We also forget we have two weeks ago, it

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takes us a while to get going when we come back. You spent most of

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your summer holidays working. I got a job when I was 11 and I

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always worked during the summer holidays to fill up my time. Would

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you think about putting opera into your classes? I would hope any

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secondary school would be including the study of opera. If you are

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studying music you have to study the full range of things. The skill

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involved in an opera singer's voice is something all young people can

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learn about. There are a lot of young kids and adults who are

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intimidated by classical music, think they have to be educated, but

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it is for everybody to listen to. Putting music into schools, it

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shouldn't just be classical music t should be lotss of different music.

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Walking past music classrooms, you hear everything from African music

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to opera, to rock, to everything, children are learning a wide range

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of skills. Good luck with the new job and the new term.

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We would like to hear your stories of your first day at school. Were

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you scared, were you happy, what scrapes did you get into. Send them

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in to us. The tiny village of Ratcliffe-on-

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Soar doesn't get many tourists but it has a loyalist group of visitors

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who come every summer. Throughout the year millions of

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birds migrate to the UK. Choosing ideal locations like estuaries and

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river banks to nest. But one species has turned its back on

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traditional sites and prefers a more industrial landscape. Here at

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Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in Nottinghamshire. This power plant

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produces electricity for around two million homes. By burning around

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four million tonnes of coal a year. One of the biproducts is tonnes of

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ash and for the last three decades these mountains of ash have become

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the ideal nesting sight for sand Martins. Keith marshal is the

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logistics engineer. Isn't that wonderful.

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You can see all the holes in lines across the top. Between 100 and 150

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pairs. They are beautiful birds. You have been working here for

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decades. How are they doing this year. They were very late arriving.

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Normally 1st April they arrive. This year we didn't see any until

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5th May. We were concerned they weren't going to turn up at all.

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You would never expect that, such a wildlife friendly habitat in the

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middle of this. It is stunning to find. Just so unusual. Sand

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Martin's are the smallest member of the swallow family. They are one of

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the first spring migrants to appear in the UK. For a small bird, it

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makes a massive journey every year of over 3,000 miles, crossing both

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Sahara desert and Mediterranean sea. They usually nest in Sandbanks

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along rivers but here in Britain, those can be at risk of flooding.

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So this ash pile is a perfect high and dry alternative. The birds will

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dig back creating a tunnel of about 35 centimetres and right at the

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back will be their nesting chamber. They will line it with grass and

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feathers and lay the eggs there. The amazing thing about this ash is

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it is a really similar consistency to sand. It is soft enough to be

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able to dig out, but hard enough so it won't collapse on their heads.

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With the female laying around four to five eggs, both parents help

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with incubation and feeding the chicks. It is about a month before

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the chicks are independent. Keith and his team ensure there is an ash

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pile for the birds each year, but it does take a bit of housekeeping.

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What we found in the past is, where the birds have been here for two or

:27:28.:27:32.

three years on the trot, we had a major collapse of the face. So we

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now form the face every year for them. The birds come back year

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after year. They do, they are back here this year in sim wlar numbers

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to what we have seen. It's such a lovely sight. They are enchanting

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birds. They will stay here until late summer. Why do they bother

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coming at all, when they could stay in sunny Africa all year round.

:28:03.:28:13.
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That is down to the abundance of insects we get in spring and summer.

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Eventually the chicks will fledge and with their parents they will

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then fly all the way back to Africa. I hope he's recovered from the

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cutlery game yesterday. You have migrated back and forth

:28:33.:28:36.

between the States and UK for the last two decades because your wife

:28:36.:28:41.

is American. Yes. Where do you call home now? I was hoping I could kip

:28:41.:28:48.

down here for the night. It's crazy, I think England is definitely where

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I will always have a home, I do a lot of work here, there is a lot

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