:00:06. > :00:17.One year in the life of the new Police And Crime Commissioner for
:00:17. > :00:21.Sussex. What, exactly, do you do? Are you happy with policing locally?
:00:21. > :00:28.Are there issues you want to raise with me? The homes being destroyed
:00:28. > :00:35.by Japanese knotweed. We are told we needed to have our house torn down.
:00:35. > :00:48.You do not expect that. And you go, but not with a straight face. ——
:00:48. > :01:07.yoga. I'm here with untold stories closer to home from all around the
:01:07. > :01:10.south—east. This is Inside Out. We are in Egerton, just outside Ashford
:01:10. > :01:16.in Kent. We're back here later but first, one year ago, for the first
:01:16. > :01:21.time, both Kent and Sussex held elections for the new American—style
:01:21. > :01:26.police and crime commissioners. What exactly have they achieved? In the
:01:26. > :01:41.first of two mag reports, we focus on Sussex. —— first of two reports.
:01:41. > :01:53.Sussex police officers are at work in Brighton. For one year, they have
:01:53. > :01:57.been operating under a new regime. Katy Vaughan is duly elected as
:01:57. > :02:03.Police And Crime Commissioner for the Sussex police area. For the
:02:03. > :02:09.first time, and American—style police Commissioner was elected. Mid
:02:09. > :02:14.Sussex district council and businesswoman, Katie Burnett. But
:02:14. > :02:18.the turnout was only 15.8%, tiny compared with other elections. The
:02:18. > :02:23.problem was that people did not really know what it police
:02:23. > :02:29.Commissioner was. No one year has gone by. We clear? Lets look back at
:02:29. > :02:39.the last 12 months and find out what Katie did. —— are we clearer?
:02:39. > :02:54.I'm here with the police because it is important that they are out in
:02:54. > :02:59.the community. What do you do for a living? You know that election last
:02:59. > :03:03.year? The one and no one voted for. They did, because I'd got elected.
:03:03. > :03:05.I'm trying to get to all the towns and villages to meet people and have
:03:05. > :03:12.a chat and make sure they're happy with policing. Hello, what is your
:03:12. > :03:18.name? Abigail. That is a beautiful name. You want the police and the
:03:18. > :03:20.for Sussex. What do you do? —— you are the Police And Crime
:03:20. > :03:22.Commissioner for Sussex. I'm here to represent the public and make sure
:03:22. > :03:28.they get the priorities for policing they get the priorities for policing
:03:28. > :03:30.that they want. She spends a lot of time in her office or out on the
:03:30. > :03:36.street meeting people to talk about policing. In the old days, until one
:03:36. > :03:39.year ago, Sussex police were overseen by the Sussex police
:03:39. > :03:44.authority on a group of fairly anonymous, unelected representatives
:03:44. > :03:50.of the community. Now they have gone. They have been replaced by a
:03:50. > :03:58.single elected Police And Crime Commissioner. Now what is unchanged
:03:58. > :04:00.is that Sussex police are independently assessed as normal by
:04:00. > :04:08.Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, so that is unchanged,
:04:08. > :04:11.and Katie Burnett is herself scrutinised by something called the
:04:11. > :04:20.police and panel, a group of mainly district and county councillors. ——
:04:20. > :04:25.Katie Bourne. Every month, Katie meets with the Chief Constable of
:04:25. > :04:30.Sussex to hold him to account. She has the power to sack him if
:04:30. > :04:39.necessary. What is on the agenda? Bolcom. The protests against test
:04:39. > :04:44.drilling for fracking were by far the biggest challenge that Sussex
:04:44. > :04:48.police faced this year. —— Balcombe. The number one story is that you are
:04:48. > :04:54.getting the grilling on your handling of the Balcombe situation.
:04:54. > :04:59.And would like to think that she is checking we are policing Balcombe
:04:59. > :05:04.efficiently as possible. Some could describe it as a drilling ——
:05:04. > :05:07.grilling. Can you explain the use of force in the protests and in
:05:07. > :05:16.particular, the use of pressure points as a tactic?
:05:16. > :05:29.Out of order! Out of order! The use of force can look dramatic and
:05:29. > :05:34.alarming. # We shall not, we shall not be moved. In the televised
:05:34. > :05:46.incidents, we were negotiating with the individuals concerned. For over
:05:46. > :05:50.two hours. The communication level continued to no avail. After that,
:05:50. > :06:03.we carried out this pressure points technique. I thought that was
:06:03. > :06:09.disproportionate. It hurts. I do not know why. Why was no protest in, but
:06:09. > :06:13.just to get a sense of what looks, watching it on the television,
:06:13. > :06:20.alarming. It does hurt. It does not cause any injury, and it is
:06:20. > :06:24.disabling. It allows us to remove the person from that unlawful
:06:24. > :06:41.possession to a lawful place. And then business can carry on.
:06:41. > :06:49.Do you remember the election last November? People said, what was the
:06:49. > :06:52.point? It was somebody to hold the police to account and it was me that
:06:52. > :06:58.God voted in. I'm here to speak to members of the public and
:06:58. > :07:01.organisations, and I said the priorities for policing in Sussex.
:07:01. > :07:12.—— got voted in. I am in conservative. That is how God voted
:07:12. > :07:17.in. Lovely to meet you. By. —— bye. Katie writes a police and the plan,
:07:17. > :07:21.setting out priorities. In response, the chief constable comes up with an
:07:21. > :07:31.operational delivery plan, setting out how Sussex police deliver what
:07:31. > :07:37.it wants. The person who came second in the election is Godfrey Daniel
:07:37. > :07:41.from Labour. He says that the old system of the police authority was
:07:41. > :07:46.better. Now there is too much power in the hands of one person, and
:07:46. > :07:50.things happen behind closed doors. It is a shame to hear him sing
:07:50. > :07:53.about. Maybe he would not be saying that he was sitting here instead of
:07:53. > :08:01.me. We are more transparent, I assure you. But Godfrey races the
:08:01. > :08:07.subject of Steve Waite. Katie wanted to make him her deputy commissioner.
:08:07. > :08:11.The police and the panel opposed the idea, because they said he would not
:08:11. > :08:16.have enough time because of other commitments. Katie appointed him
:08:16. > :08:21.anyway. Six months later, he resigned for personal reasons. The
:08:21. > :08:28.appointment and the disappearance of Steve Waite raises real concerns. He
:08:28. > :08:34.was appointed under some controversy. He was enormously
:08:34. > :08:38.experienced. He had run the police authority for a number of years and
:08:38. > :08:43.it is unclear why he suddenly felt that this was not the role for him.
:08:43. > :08:46.After six months, I was sorry to see him go but he felt that he wanted to
:08:46. > :08:53.move on. In that respect his decision. The panel advised against
:08:53. > :08:57.him being employed, because he would be too busy. And sure enough, he
:08:57. > :09:03.resigned. —— by respected his decision. It was not because he was
:09:03. > :09:08.too busy, it was personal reasons. At the credibility meeting, they are
:09:08. > :09:13.still talking about Balcombe. I will raise my own concern because they
:09:13. > :09:18.did not rush to the site on day one. But did go down on day three it
:09:18. > :09:25.became apparent that no member of the senior command team have visited
:09:25. > :09:32.the site. Can you put a figure on the cost? I cannot. Our recent
:09:32. > :09:37.operation... It became a regular occurrence, which I was pleased to
:09:37. > :09:42.see. Why was happy to step back. It is a pity that that was not raised
:09:42. > :09:48.at the time. I was aware that my deputies attended the scene. I was
:09:48. > :09:54.not aware that that only happened after the your visit. Perhaps you
:09:54. > :10:00.could reassure me outside of this meeting that that was the case. That
:10:00. > :10:07.would be good. I will need to reassure myself as well. Today, the
:10:07. > :10:23.Police And Crime Commissioner for Sussex has materialised in Hastings.
:10:23. > :10:28.It really takes off. It does. You arrived in your own TARDIS. That or
:10:28. > :10:33.a broomstick. This is a great focal point for the young. It is better
:10:33. > :10:40.than having a police car parked here. Have a look. Are you happy
:10:40. > :10:45.with policing locally? Are there issues that you want to raise? Is
:10:45. > :10:50.not a problem that you have no experience in policing. —— is it
:10:50. > :10:57.not. I see that as a bonus, having no experiencing —— experience,
:10:57. > :11:03.because I am asking the right questions, the questions the public
:11:03. > :11:08.want asked. Some of the Balcombe residents have raised a question
:11:08. > :11:15.around the arrests. I wonder, can you explain the snatch a rest
:11:15. > :11:19.tactic. —— arrest. If you make an arrest, you want to make it quickly
:11:19. > :11:32.in these environments. We have teams are moving very quickly and make a
:11:32. > :11:36.quick arrest, and move out again. You are under arrest for failing to
:11:36. > :11:40.observe section 44. The message coming through to me around this
:11:40. > :11:45.technique was that it did not necessarily occur at a time when
:11:45. > :11:48.people could see the reason why that particular person was being
:11:48. > :11:53.arrested. It would perhaps happen 24 hours later. I understand that point
:11:53. > :11:57.and I'm glad you have made it but that is a consequence of careful
:11:57. > :12:01.planning. It can be further evidence gathering in between times. To
:12:01. > :12:09.someone who sees that on YouTube or as they passed by, for no obvious
:12:09. > :12:11.reason, the officers should be explaining to the person they are
:12:11. > :12:15.arresting why they are being arrested. But they do not have the
:12:15. > :12:25.same obligation to explain to every member of the public why a single
:12:25. > :12:32.individual is being arrested. And so Katie carries on meeting the
:12:32. > :12:35.public. Why can the police not do something about the travellers? And
:12:35. > :12:39.Sussex police go about daily business. But the fundamental
:12:39. > :12:43.difference is that the police Commissioner is now a political
:12:43. > :12:45.post. The voters will have the final say. The next election could be held
:12:45. > :13:16.in May 2016. it is an aerobic work—out, and they
:13:16. > :13:20.liken it to 20 minutes on the rowing machine.
:13:20. > :13:24.It is absolutely fantastic, a nice way to start the morning.
:13:24. > :13:28.Well, it's got mortgage lenders running scared, the government
:13:28. > :13:33.estimates it could cost £1.5 billion to eradicate, and it could even land
:13:33. > :13:36.you in prison. It is Japanese knotweed ,and it is one more reason
:13:36. > :13:40.for sleepless nights over the property market. Here is Mark
:13:40. > :13:44.Jordan. Our neighbourhoods are being
:13:44. > :13:54.invaded. house torn down.
:13:54. > :13:57.You don't expect that when you have just brought a brand—new home. A
:13:57. > :14:00.destructive force deep below your home.
:14:00. > :14:03.I was in floods of tears. That is our money gone.
:14:03. > :14:09.Be very afraid if Japanese knotweed if growing in your garden.
:14:09. > :14:13.It can push into foundations, it can push into drainage pipes, blocking
:14:13. > :14:17.drains. How strong is it? It can push
:14:17. > :14:21.through tarmac and concrete. How deep can it go? Three metres deep
:14:21. > :14:25.quite easily, as it does in Japan. And how dormant? There are reports
:14:25. > :14:26.of it being as long as 20 years if it is buried deep enough and
:14:26. > :14:29.resurges. of it
:14:29. > :14:36.This plant is strong enough to undermine foundations. Matt and
:14:36. > :14:40.Susie had no idea thei £300,000 house was built on top of knotweed.
:14:40. > :14:44.I wanted a brand—new build and no problems. We first spotted it coming
:14:44. > :14:46.up through the garden, a bit like asparagus tips. Never seen it
:14:46. > :14:50.before, so I had to get some advice in.
:14:50. > :14:53.The worst moment was finding it growing in the house, that was just
:14:53. > :14:58.shocking. Forcing its way up through the floor, yet their home survey had
:14:58. > :15:04.not even spotted it outside. And insurers now refuse to pay out.
:15:04. > :15:11.The house cost in excess of £300,000 and if we didn't treat the problem
:15:11. > :15:15.we were told it would be a value of £150—160,000. The first contractor
:15:15. > :15:20.said we would have to literally knock the house down and rebuild it.
:15:20. > :15:22.It was cheaper to do that than actually remove the knotweed, from
:15:22. > :15:28.what they were saying. So, how has Japanese knotweed made
:15:28. > :15:32.such an audacious attack across Britain?
:15:32. > :15:36.This story begins over 150 years ago, when Victorian plant collectors
:15:36. > :15:39.gathered just one sample of the tough but seemingly beautiful plant
:15:39. > :15:46.on a volcanic range in Nagasaki Japan.
:15:46. > :15:51.It comes from the volcanic fumaroles of Japan where it is inundated with
:15:51. > :15:58.hideous gases and soil and moisture, so it is an incredibly strong
:15:58. > :16:01.plant, it is well—equipped. It was an undiscovered country, so it was a
:16:01. > :16:04.place where amazing new exotic things came from.
:16:04. > :16:10.Around 1850, just one plant was shipped to Kew Gardens. Cuttings
:16:10. > :16:13.were sold on. The RHS stores the innocent ads.
:16:13. > :16:16.Here is a picture of it, the great Japan knotweed, fine plants in deep
:16:16. > :16:22.soils and certainly can take care of themselves. The invasion had begun.
:16:22. > :16:28.Well, it soon escaped the garden through natural means, bits of
:16:28. > :16:32.rhizome spreading. It doesn't spread by seed, so everything we see in
:16:32. > :16:34.Britain in the main is one big female cloned from one plant, and it
:16:34. > :16:38.Britain in the main is one big has been called the largest female
:16:38. > :16:42.on Earth. So when you dig it up and you chop it up and you dump it, a
:16:42. > :16:44.piece could be as small as this? Much smaller than that. Smaller than
:16:44. > :16:52.the size of a pea will still grow. Roads, rivers, railways, fly—tippers
:16:52. > :17:00.and gardeners have spread the mother plant's brood. I'm on patrol with a
:17:00. > :17:04.knotweed exterminator. How has it got into your garden?
:17:04. > :17:07.There is a wall there, we are in a terraced road, how did it get here?
:17:07. > :17:11.I have no idea. Claire is one of thousands no having
:17:11. > :17:14.to call in the professionals. There is no instant fix. Anybody
:17:14. > :17:18.that tells you they can kill Japanese knotweed instantly is
:17:18. > :17:22.lying. It is one tough mother. This firm offers five—year
:17:22. > :17:27.guaranteed eradication plans. Plants are regularly injected with poison.
:17:27. > :17:30.Treatments can cost up to £25,000. You would ignore knotweed at your
:17:30. > :17:36.peril. Certainly it will flag up if you try and sell your property. If
:17:36. > :17:40.Japanese knotweed grows from your property into an adjacent property,
:17:40. > :17:43.given it can grow up to seven metres in all directions per season, if it
:17:43. > :17:46.grows into an adjacent property you could be sued for damages under
:17:46. > :17:51.private nuisance. We have a lot of cowboy contractors
:17:51. > :17:54.coming into the industry. Somebody had spent £15,000 on a contractor
:17:54. > :17:58.and actually had the situation made worse. We quoted £25,000 to resolve
:17:58. > :18:04.We've had cases where the situation.
:18:04. > :18:08.We've had cases where people have come in and killed and destroyed an
:18:08. > :18:10.entire garden trying to target what they consider to be Japanese
:18:10. > :18:12.knotweed and it wasn't Japanese knotweed in the first place. Killed
:18:12. > :18:21.everything. The plant's also taking its toll on
:18:21. > :18:23.home—buyers. We are living out of boxes now as a consequence of
:18:23. > :18:27.knotweed. A cautious first—time buyer, Natalie
:18:27. > :18:29.paid for a full survey on her new dream home, but it failed to spot
:18:29. > :18:33.the knotweed. She discovered it herself.
:18:33. > :18:36.It was only a few days before exchange, but the bank was made
:18:36. > :18:41.aware of the knotweed in the garden, and that is when they decided that
:18:41. > :18:44.the mortgage was off. With all the furniture for the new
:18:44. > :18:48.home arriving, they found a second lender.
:18:48. > :18:52.The knotweed was at the end of the garden, about 90 feet away from the
:18:52. > :18:56.house, but in just a few weeks it advanced roughly 60 feet to a point
:18:56. > :18:58.where it was only about 30 feet away from the house.
:18:59. > :19:00.That was now too close for the second lender, and
:19:00. > :19:05.withdrew. I wouldn't try to buy a property
:19:05. > :19:12.that has Japanese knotweed. It is... It's doomed to fail, basically.
:19:12. > :19:15.Do you feel that it's a bit of a mess at the moment?
:19:15. > :19:18.I don't think there is a mess, I think it is an evolving situation.
:19:19. > :19:22.It has gained so much awareness that it can make a property unpopular
:19:22. > :19:27.among potential buyers. A lender has to consider all of those things.
:19:27. > :19:30.Worried they will never be able to sell, these owners are having 20
:19:30. > :19:31.tonnes of knotweed—infested garden dug up and removed. It will cost
:19:32. > :19:42.£5,000. It is a meticulous process. If you cut this off, a tiny piece
:19:42. > :19:47.like that, the size of my fingernail, if we leave that on site
:19:47. > :19:52.that will regrow. And that is just one garden. The
:19:52. > :19:53.Canal and River Trust has had to spend £500,000 helping keep knotweed
:19:54. > :19:56.from thousands of neighbouring homes.
:19:57. > :20:01.from thousands of neighbouring Just here, there is a pathway and
:20:01. > :20:04.there is a housing development. And in order to protect this from the
:20:04. > :20:10.roots of knotweed, which can penetrate through concrete and
:20:10. > :20:14.tarmac, we need this dead zone. They have to continually poison this
:20:14. > :20:17.two metre front line. There is no money for the rest.
:20:17. > :20:22.Right behind me we have got a virtually impenetrable woodland of
:20:22. > :20:25.knotweed. At this location, we really can't win the war against
:20:25. > :20:30.Japanese knotweed, but we are fighting a continuous battle.
:20:31. > :20:38.On this bank, knotweed has been poisoned, cut, cleared and burnt.
:20:38. > :20:40.But it is already back. Homes wrecked, neighbour turned
:20:40. > :20:45.against neighbour, banks running scared and fortunes spent on an
:20:45. > :20:47.alien that has no natural predator. You know what happens in the movies
:20:47. > :20:55.— they call the scientists. There are 186 species feeding on the
:20:55. > :20:58.plant in Japan, and our job is to try and find the things that only
:20:58. > :21:01.attack Japanese knotweed and don't pose a threat to the rest of the
:21:01. > :21:05.environment. We ended up with a thing called the
:21:05. > :21:07.psyllid. The psyllid sucks the sap out of the plant.
:21:07. > :21:14.The bio—scientists at CABI had found a bug that only eats knotweed.
:21:14. > :21:17.These are the critters in action, so tell me about these.
:21:17. > :21:20.This is healthy knotweed, just had the psyllids put in. This is a month
:21:21. > :21:23.later, starting to show some action, and then two months later, with real
:21:23. > :21:26.damage showing. So they are really suffering?
:21:27. > :21:30.Yes, these plants won't grow from this point. The psyllids have been
:21:31. > :21:34.released in eight secret UK test sites.
:21:34. > :21:37.How long will it be before knotweed is falling like this?
:21:37. > :21:40.We normally say between five and ten years to know whether you are
:21:40. > :21:44.getting a success, and we're nowhere near that yet, but we are still very
:21:44. > :21:48.hopeful. A few good summers and we could have a really good run at it.
:21:49. > :21:54.As those psyllids muster for battle, Suzie and Matt fired the cowboys
:21:54. > :21:58.that wanted to buldoze their home. So this is the front line, really?
:21:58. > :22:03.Four years and £30,000 worse off, they no whave an eradication plan
:22:03. > :22:06.that is working. The battle goes on, but I think
:22:06. > :22:10.we're winning the war. So, now you know what knotweed looks
:22:10. > :22:21.like. The leaves will die for winter, but they be back. Mark
:22:21. > :22:24.Jordan reporting. Now, they say laughter is the best medicine, but
:22:24. > :22:29.one group of people is taking laughter therapy very seriously
:22:29. > :22:34.indeed. Trying to keep a straight face, it's Laura Ansell.
:22:34. > :22:45.MUSIC: 'Monday Morning Blues' by Mississippi John Hurt
:22:45. > :22:50.A weekday morning and it's almost 7pm. And for most of us that's no
:22:50. > :22:53.laughing matter. In Egerton near Ashford, Cathy Hill is waking up.
:22:53. > :22:55.But before getting ready for work or even having breakfast, Cathy is
:22:55. > :23:10.expecting a very important call. I've just been laughing with my
:23:10. > :23:13.friend Theresa, and she lives 500 or 600 miles away in France.
:23:14. > :23:20.We've been laughing together on the phone in the morning for two or
:23:20. > :23:24.three years. We laugh on a weekday morning before we go to work. It
:23:24. > :23:26.just gets the day off to a really good start.
:23:26. > :23:34.Cathy isn't the only one who starts the day like this. Meet Heidi from
:23:34. > :23:37.Hythe near Southampton, and Jo, who is 60—odd miles away in Dorchester.
:23:37. > :23:46.They're dialling into a conference call, but with a difference.
:23:46. > :23:52.You just dial up and laugh, and hang up ten minutes later. And that's it.
:23:52. > :23:55.Some of the laughs are so distinct, and there's one particular lady who
:23:55. > :24:01.has got such a giggle, and that just sets me off. It is an aerobic
:24:01. > :24:05.work—out, and they liken it to 20 minutes on the rowing machine. It's
:24:05. > :24:11.absolutely fantastic. It's a nice way to start the
:24:11. > :24:14.morning, I think. The telephone laughter club has been
:24:14. > :24:18.running for five years and has around 40 members. Bye!
:24:18. > :24:19.What starts with a slightly forced chuckle soon turns into a genuine
:24:19. > :24:29.belly laugh. For Cathy, the chuckling doesn't end
:24:29. > :24:33.with the phone call. After laughing on the telephone in the morning, I
:24:33. > :24:37.laugh on my way to work. I practically bounce into work if I
:24:37. > :24:40.laugh all the way in the car. So, what do her colleagues at
:24:40. > :24:44.Egerton Primary School think of the cheery disposition?
:24:44. > :24:46.It is great to know that she is going to be there, bouncing around
:24:46. > :24:49.with humour and going to be there, bouncing around
:24:49. > :24:53.you feel good about yourself and it is good for us because we pass it
:24:53. > :24:59.onto the children. It's infectious. OK, off we go.
:24:59. > :25:06.We like to do a range of things THEY LAUGH
:25:06. > :25:09.We like to do a range of things for our children to get them wide awake
:25:09. > :25:13.and ready for learning in the morning. Laughter is one of them
:25:13. > :25:16.which we do sometimes. We have yoga, a breakfast club which has different
:25:16. > :25:17.is physical activities we do fencing before school. Anything that gets
:25:18. > :25:22.children awake and ready to learn is good for us.
:25:22. > :25:23.And the effects are spreading all the way to this pub garden
:25:23. > :25:32.# I love to laugh. New Forest.
:25:32. > :25:40.# I love to laugh. # Loud and long and clear.
:25:40. > :25:44.# I love to laugh. # It's getting worse every year... #
:25:44. > :25:50.Free classes like this originally started in the mid—90s with just
:25:50. > :25:55.five people in a park in India. It has been growing ever since. Now
:25:55. > :25:57.it's a worldwide craze, with more than 6,000 laughter clubs in over 60
:25:57. > :26:03.countries. Today is Brett's first time at
:26:03. > :26:07.Laughter Club and it's made quite an impression on him.
:26:07. > :26:10.About ten years ago I was put away in prison, I was addicted to crack,
:26:11. > :26:16.so I've tried every drug under the sun. But when you start to laugh
:26:16. > :26:19.it's a natural, pure drug, and now I pass it on, so it becomes
:26:19. > :26:23.contagious. When you help other people laugh it
:26:23. > :26:25.ripples out into the world. It's definitely the best drug I have ever
:26:25. > :26:35.tried — it's free, My name is Tony. I am here because
:26:35. > :26:40.my wife asked me to come. I thought I can go to one, say I've been,
:26:40. > :26:44.don't like it, won't come again. But 12 months later I'm still here.
:26:44. > :26:47.Laughter is certainly the best medicine, and I think if more people
:26:47. > :26:51.laughed in the world it would be a much happier place.
:26:51. > :26:55.If you laugh, others will laugh with you but people don't all want to
:26:55. > :27:02.come to what they call... This is like a session, isn't it? It is a
:27:02. > :27:08.shame they don't, but there we are. The British, I think, are like that.
:27:08. > :27:09.We are very reserved, aren't we? We don't like to just let go, and I
:27:10. > :27:20.think it's good to let go. I'm losing it! I'm laughing, and I
:27:20. > :27:24.don't know if I'm laughing with them or at them, or maybe this really is
:27:24. > :27:26.working! I don't know what's funny!
:27:26. > :27:34.I can't breathe! It's thought that the average
:27:35. > :27:41.four—year—old laughs 300 times a day, whilst a 40—year—old only four
:27:41. > :27:45.times. I'm not saying this is the only way to be happy, this is the
:27:45. > :27:48.only way to be healthy, but I am saying it is a really
:27:48. > :27:50.only way to be healthy, but I am be both of those things, and it's
:27:51. > :27:54.really enjoyable. Just to watch other people in that
:27:54. > :27:58.joy and that kind of excitement, it just sets you off. I can feel it
:27:58. > :28:00.now, I want to start laughing. Are you coming back?
:28:00. > :28:04.100%, I've been thinking about it, when's my next fix?!
:28:05. > :28:09.No matter where you are, laughter therapy is spreading, so perhaps we
:28:10. > :28:18.will all feel a bit better if we just keep smiling.
:28:18. > :28:23.If you want any more information about tonight's show, then you can
:28:23. > :28:25.go to our Kent or Sussex websites. You can also watch the whole show
:28:25. > :28:36.again on iPlayer. Coming up next week...
:28:36. > :28:40.A foodie special. How confident can we be that the food we eat is what
:28:40. > :28:46.we think it is? Join me, Jay Rayner, for the truth behind food fraud.
:28:46. > :28:49.And we follow the winners and losers of this year's harvest. If we could
:28:49. > :28:53.get the answer to the weather and predict the weather better, it would
:28:53. > :28:56.make our job so much easier. That's all from us for tonight from
:28:56. > :28:57.Egerton. Thank you for watching. See you next week.