09/10/2013

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:00:10. > :00:14.Afternoon, guys. Coming up: Sir Chris Hoy and the Queen join forces

:00:14. > :00:20.to get the Commonwealth Games ball The passenger forced to land a plane

:00:20. > :00:27.after the pilot collapsed. Stay First, deciding when to leave home

:00:27. > :00:33.might seem like a long way off but imagine being told you had to go

:00:33. > :00:36.Thousands of foster children in England are currently given no

:00:36. > :00:40.option but to go it alone once they reach 18. Leading charities say

:00:40. > :00:43.option but to go it alone once they age should be raised to 21 to give

:00:43. > :00:47.them a better chance in life. And today that change in the law is

:00:47. > :00:51.being debated in the House of Lords. There are many challenges to life as

:00:51. > :00:53.a foster kid. And one of the biggest is knowing you might have to fend

:00:53. > :00:56.for yourself as soon as you're is knowing you might have to fend

:00:56. > :01:00.That's when the money foster parents get for looking after young people

:01:00. > :01:08.runs out. Charities say changing the law so that age is 21 would make a

:01:08. > :01:10.their foster parents after 18 were twice as likely to stay in education

:01:10. > :01:23.voluntary changes with many councils twice as likely to stay in education

:01:23. > :01:47.extra £2.7 million a year. The doing that officially would cost an

:01:47. > :01:49.extra £2.7 million a year. The two. You were forced to leave your

:01:49. > :01:56.extra £2.7 million a year. The foster parents at 18. What was that

:01:56. > :02:01.like? It was tough. I had just got into university and I was excited

:02:01. > :02:06.about it, but there was an element of family missing. Some people do

:02:06. > :02:12.not have the opportunity to go to university, 18 is young. Most people

:02:12. > :02:16.are not able to live by themselves that such a young age. Do you think

:02:16. > :02:22.the law should be changed to make sure foster kids can stay with their

:02:22. > :02:26.parents until they're 21? Yes. It would have made life at university a

:02:26. > :02:30.lot easier. I would have had people that I could have spoken to, which

:02:30. > :02:35.is what most people that age are looking for. You have obviously

:02:35. > :02:44.is what most people that age are well for yourself, are you hoping

:02:44. > :02:50.light-stick and Her Majesty The together to mark the start of the

:02:50. > :03:00.2014 Commonwealth Games Baton Relay today, and Leah was right in the

:03:01. > :03:03.The moment Her Majesty kicked off the countdown to the 2014 Glasgow

:03:03. > :03:06.Commonwealth Games. Inside the baton, a handwritten note officially

:03:06. > :03:09.inviting athletes from across the Commonwealth to take part. The baton

:03:09. > :03:25.has a big journey ahead. Nearly 120,000 miles to be precise. So

:03:25. > :03:26.has a big journey ahead. Nearly is taken on its incredible journey

:03:26. > :03:30.Oceania, North and South America, around the world. It first heads to

:03:30. > :03:31.Oceania, North and South America, Africa and the Caribbean, arriving

:03:31. > :03:39.back in the UK in May, wrapping Africa and the Caribbean, arriving

:03:39. > :03:47.with a 40 day tour of Scotland. It is going to inspire a whole new

:03:47. > :04:04.improving the lives of children special because it only happens

:04:04. > :04:14.to our home country. The baton is on Palace, roll on the 23rd of July

:04:14. > :04:22.24, 2014. Next to the passenger Palace, roll on the 23rd of July

:04:22. > :04:26.had to land a plane after the pilot With no previous flying experience,

:04:26. > :04:28.it needed two flying instructors to guide him in into Humberside Airport

:04:28. > :04:34.via radio. The pilot sadly died guide him in into Humberside Airport

:04:34. > :04:39.passenger back is something he'll never forget. It is a fantastic

:04:40. > :04:48.feeling that I have saved somebody's pictures of a lorry driver brushing

:04:48. > :04:53.his teeth at 60 miles an hour. They crackdown in Hampshire. They also

:04:53. > :04:54.caught a woman putting makeup on mid-motorway and another driver