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Commonwealth Summit in Sri Lanka. That is all from the BBC News at

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six. Hello and welcome to South Today

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from Oxford. In tonight's programme: Fighting food poverty. Help for

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children in Oxford's most deprived area as welfare cuts start to bite.

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Going electric, the drivers saying goodbye to the petrol pump to join a

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new car club. And later on, we'll join the

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preparations for Pudsey's big night of the year ` the BBC's Children In

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Need appeal. It can lead to lifelong scars, sees

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some charity, and an increasing number of children in Oxfordshire

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are suffering food poverty. Since April's welfare reforms came into

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effect, one community group in East Oxford says it's seeing more

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families struggling to afford a healthy diet. While Oxfordshire is

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generally perceived as a wealthy county, there are huge disparities.

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And as the BBC holds its annual Children In Need appeal, the city of

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Oxford has areas ranked among the most deprived in the country.

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Victoria Cook reports. Children in Rose Hill live in one of

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the poorest areas of the UK. Diets here are poor. These workshops are

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run by a local community group, and teach them healthy cooking. All the

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cooking classes take place here in Rose Hill for adults and children.

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It may come as a bit of a surprise that anyone in Oxfordshire may be

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struggling to afford even a basic healthy diet, but beggars see the

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22% of children in the County live below the poverty line. Emma Allen

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never learned to cook at school. With budgets tight, cheap and easy

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oven meals had become the norm. But that's now changing. Emma's one of

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the parents coming to the classes. They're funded by the Lottery, and

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everyone goes home with a bag full of healthy ingredients. The teacher

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encourages you to ask questions if you want guidance if you want to

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learn how to chop an onion. Organisers here at the workshops say

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for some children, this is the only healthy meal they're getting each

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week. We see what we do at the club here is really important. We fear

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that some people actually can't put together either through lack of

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skill and of money, a proper, hot meal. In the current climate, it's

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very difficult to manage. A lot of healthy options are very expensive.

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My daughter never used eight vegetables, and now for the first

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time, we use things like tomatoes. It's too early to see the health

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benefits of these classes, but it's hoped good cooking will lead to

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healthier lives. A short while ago I spoke to Imran

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Hussein, from the Child Poverty Action Group, and asked how

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deprivation here compares with the rest of the country. Oxford is

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pretty OK compared to the rest of the country, but there are still

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thousands of children growing up in the region in poverty, and that is

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too much. Any developed country where we have rarely well`developed

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support system, why are children living in poverty at all? A number

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of reasons. Firstly dented the weakness of the economy and people

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struggling to find work. Also, as you know, there have been huge cuts

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to benefits for families. Families in work and out of work. Some might

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argue that in days gone by, for example during the war, Abel had to

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make the best of what they had us do you think younger generations have

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lost the skills to court? I don't think so. We see all the time that

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people are trying to manage, and some children are struggling to eat

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without the things that other children take for granted, for

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example winter clothing and having no friends round for dinner. So

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those kinds of things happen. But we also see statistics on education and

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health. If you're from a lower income family, that has a huge

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impact on your life chances, your your ability to work. It isn't just

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about people being softer than they were in the past. The evidence is

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really strong that if you are from a low income family, that has a huge

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impact on your life chances. Thank you very much for joining us.

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Britain's first major flight carrying aid to the Philippines took

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off from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire this morning. The huge

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C`17 transport plane is carrying two JCB diggers, two Land Rovers and a

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forklift truck, along with medical supplies. It's due to touch down in

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around 12 hours' time. Many of the RAF Brize Norton staff involved in

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loading and operating the aid flight had volunteered, giving up

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a man from Swindon has been sentenced for death causing death by

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dangerous driving. He has been disqualified from driving for three

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years following a road accident in May when a 20`year`old man was

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killed. A stretch of the A34 Southbound will

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be closed from 10pm tonight, and will stay shut until 6am on Monday

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morning. The closure is between Milton and Chieveley, while

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maintenance work takes place on a bridge at Beedon. The diversion

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route for drivers will add more than 30 miles to their journeys and could

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take an extra hour at busy times. The whole of the surfacing has to be

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removed, waterproofing removed, and new waterproofing and surfacing

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put`down. We will finish the southbound this weekend, but the

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northbound has to still be done. Weather permitting, we will do that

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next weekend. It's been a quirky shopping haven

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for independent retailers for more than 200 years, but trade at

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Oxford's Covered Market has been falling. Now, the council's

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commissioned an independent report to identify what's going wrong and

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how to fix it. Retailers say the council should've done more years

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ago. Jessica Cooper reports. Putting the finishing touches to

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another birthday cake. Sally's business is one of many which have

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noticed footfall change at the Covered Market, An independent

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report has been drawn up, looking at the

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it has changed over the years. Now we won't be busy until 11 or 1130.

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And on Saturday, it is really after lunchtime that things pick up. It is

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a difference, but we all have to move with the times. We tried to

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embrace the differences and move it. Traders feel they have not been

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listened to. We need to get back to basics and do the simple things that

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should have been done, which is keeping the market clean and

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maintained. We want to put proper signage up in the avenues so people

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know where to come and what we do. The council says it's spent more

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than ?250,000 on the market over the last two years and wants to invest

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further. There has been a lack of investment on both sides, but I want

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to see goods being sold here that people want to buy, and we will do

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our best increase the footfall, but it is `` it is up on the traders to

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sell at the right place. Some shoppers told us they like the

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market the way it is. Traders and the council agree on one thing `

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changes are needed to bring business back to the Covered Market.

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They're tipped as the future, but it's fair to say electric cars are

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taking some time to break into the mainstream. That's down, at least in

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part, to their cost. Well, from today, drivers in Oxford have the

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chance to regularly drive an electric car without actually buying

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one. Charlotte Stacey explains. No emissions, noble tax, no parking

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problems. Sounds too good to be true for many drivers in Oxford, but now

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people in the north of the city can get all the benefits of an electric

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car without having to buy one. From next week, this car will be

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available to hire as part of a pilot scheme. Already, we're working with

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people including the city council to get more parking bays, and already

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using existing infrastructure to put in more cars. North Oxford E`Car

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Club see the scheme takes about 20 to 25 cars off the road. Anyone can

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join and book online or by phone and take it out for ?6.50 per hour. Evil

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here have mixed views. I'm not really that interested in electric

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cars. They don't seem to go anywhere for very long and not very powerful.

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I think it would be a good idea for people who are maybe resident in the

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area of don't have their own parking. A lot of people are wary

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about cars, `` electric cars, and how efficient they are. I think a

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car club like this is an excellent idea. Philly charge, the car only

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has a range of about 75 males and has to be picked up and dropped off

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either seen `` from the same spot, so flexibility is an issue. But this

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could be the drive towards electric motoring in Oxford. That's all from

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me for the moment. More of today's stories with Sally Taylor.

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the site. Options include leaving the market where it is, relocating

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it outside or closing it completely. Tonight is the big night for

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Children in Need. All week, you've been fundraising to improve the

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lives of thousands of children across the South. Our extravaganza

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gets underway at Beaulieu Motor Museum where we can join Tony

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Husband and our wonderful guest presenter for the night, Samantha

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Bond. Are you looking forward to a night of fun, then? Our wonderful

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crowd was so loud I missed the question! Something about having a

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good time. I we going to have a good time tonight? We certainly are.

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Children in need care. We are here to celebrate the fantastic work

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Children in Need do and encourage you to donate. Come and have a walk

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with me because we have a bit of a James Bond theme going on. Wonderful

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display. 50 vehicles used in 50 years of James Bond films. We are

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all set. You've done After Downton Abbey and the James Bond films,

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tonight is surely the pinnacle of your career, working alongside

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someone talented, suave, sophisticated, mysterious.

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I'm talking Pudsey, of course! Thrilled to be here. I've never done

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anything like this in my life! You've done a few of these before,

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so we know what to expect: Chaos, fun, fundraising. You will have a

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fabulous time. Everybody there has got one name: To raise money for

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Children in Need. Absolutely. That's the only aim we have all evening. We

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have got Caitlin and Jacob, who have come from Dorset. We've been making

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bookmarks that go on the corner of your page. They are all different

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sorts of animals. They go on the corner of your page like that. How

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much have you raised? ?44. A fantastic start! How do you? Five. I

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went round the Common on a bicycle. That took me three miles. That's a

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long way! I raised ?430. ?436. That's brilliant. Well done. We do

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all sorts of things. Gardening, making Christmas cards. And some

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cakes? A tea party for Pudsey. ?166 we've raised.

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I went to Winchester Young Carers, which supports young people who have

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a caring role in their homes. I met some very inspiring youngsters.

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I care for my brother, Liam, because he's blind. I care for my dad

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because he has got epilepsy and my sister who is partially deaf. I care

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for my mum. A lot of people don't know their carer until they are

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told. I didn't know I was until I was 12. It makes you think. The

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support they give is the most amazing you can get. They made me

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stronger. One of you was saying you suddenly feel sort of mature and you

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can give things back. If it wasn't for funding from Children in Need,

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we wouldn't be able to pay for a schools and support coordinator and

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identify the young people and support them. They are blessed to

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have this place, to be safe, to be together, to be able to share. I

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feel immensely humbled. Yes! Lovely to see the Winchester Young carers

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there, and Sam very touched by what she saw on her visit there.

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All this week, we have been following DrumA, a group of autistic

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drummers who will perform here live in a few minutes. Sarah Farmer is

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down on the stage with them. Let me introduce you to the group. These 17

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youngsters have been rehearsing since April. They come from all over

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the south, and when the group first formed, some had never played the

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drums or even been on stage. So to be in front of this lovely audience

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is a pretty big deal. But each of these youngsters has autism. For

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people on the autistic spectrum, they may find it difficult to be in

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busy situations and sensitive to loud noises and uncomfortable with

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people they don't know. And that is what makes this challenge even

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bigger. They have raised hundreds of pounds for Children in Need, and

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you, too, can donate tonight. The details are on the screen now, and

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they have worked really hard for every penny. The conductor has been

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in charge and has been guiding them through rehearsals. Are they ready

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tonight? Oh, yes! These guys are poised for the performance of a

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lifetime. But are you ready? I understand this is also a

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fundraising activity. Thank you so much. You are wonderful, guys!

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Amazing. Sensational performance. The adrenaline is running high.

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Fantastic. You must have realised that about 100 times, but how did it

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feel to be on stage tonight? It felt epic! Most of them would love to do

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it all over again. Some people absolutely bursting with pride. If

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you were moved or amazed, please donate, say thank you by giving to

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BBC Children in Need. You will be hearing about a lot more

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throughout the evening. My heart was in my mouth. I just thought they did

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so well! They were truly great. Well done. A lot of other people are

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fundraising. Who says dentists don't rock? These dentists dressed as

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punks. They raised hundreds of pounds guessing how many safety pins

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they were wearing. They even sold cakes to patients... As long as they

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brushed afterwards. Spots with the world of the day here. Now, this is

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what you call customer feedback. Managers at Morrisons put themselves

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in the firing line. Can't think why this was so popular with staff at

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the store. These managers are doing their bit, hoping to raise ?1000. I

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will be in trouble. There was a hairy moment for Marshall as he had

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his Afro shaved off. Children at this primary school dressed up as

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superheroes, and there was a superhero effort from sailors at HMS

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Sultan. They were on the pull. Where's Wally? In north Dorset, of

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course! This group walking to work wearing the same outfit. What are

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the chances of that? These two entertained people shopping in

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Romsey. It's the third year they've done it, and today, they raised just

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under ?600. Fabulous raise a fundraising! Keep it going.

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The weather has been kind to us today. If a little chilly. We had

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clear skies overhead today and it's been pretty chilly. We did

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eventually see clouds spilling in from the north`west, but in the most

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part, it has been a pretty fine day. We got clear skies overhead that

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night as well, so it's going to be a chilly one. We are expecting a

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widespread frost, and stubborn fog patches as well to content with. It

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looks like temperatures could get down to freezing in our and cities.

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A very cold night to come. Very chilly start of the day as well.

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Those temperatures still hovering around that freezing mark first

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thing. Fog around as well. That could struggle to lift. Dense fog

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could well linger late into the morning. Elsewhere, good bright and

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sunny spells. We will see the cloud spilling from the north`west as the

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day goes on, so tomorrow's temperatures: Nine or 10 degrees.

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But generally a fine day. Tomorrow night, we stick with the cloud, and

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it will be quieter and milder than tonight. Temperatures five or six

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degrees above freezing, so feeling warmer. But it looks like we have

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those cloudy conditions to take us into Sunday. Generally, quite a

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cloudy affair and maybe a little bit of dampness. On Monday, we will see

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wet conditions. Maybe a touch on the breezy side, but outbreaks of patchy

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rain coming and going. Monday is the damp day, but by Tuesday, it shows

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up but it will feel chilly for Tuesday and Wednesday.

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What a time to forget your driver 's license! Tell us about the James

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Bond films you're in. The spy that loved me. Diamonds are forever. You

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only live twice. Three of them. Not bad. Superb films, super tines. And

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that wonderful voice. Two Bond girls together. Which film are you in? On

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Her Majesty 's Secret Service, and it's great to be part of the new

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club with the Queen is our newest member. And thank you for being here

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this evening. It's been wonderful. We started well. Throughout the

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evening, Terry Wogan will be hosting the main national show, and we will

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be here. We are popping up throughout the evening in the main

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Children in Need show at approximately 7:50, 8:50 and 9:15.

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Or those details and the number you can get online and donate as well.

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Give what you can. We are going to leave you with a taste of DrummerA's

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performance.

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