:00:08. > :00:12.Welcome to North West Tonight. Our top story. Wicked beyond belief the
:00:12. > :00:18.father whose son was killed in the 7/7 bombings, challenges Rupert
:00:18. > :00:21.Murdoch to meet him over the telephone hacking scandal. If News
:00:21. > :00:28.International really want to meet the family, they should be brave
:00:28. > :00:32.enough to field their top man. the eve of the anniversary of these
:00:32. > :00:36.killings Graham Foulkes tells us what the effect has had on his
:00:36. > :00:43.family. Also tonight. Could do better. Head teachers say SATs
:00:43. > :00:48.results are being badly marked. A menace to the medics. The pensioner
:00:48. > :00:52.given an ASBO for being a nuisance patient is accused of breaking
:00:52. > :01:02.conditions. How to your children get to school? I bet it is not the
:01:02. > :01:06.
:01:06. > :01:10.same way these three do. Join me Tomorrow, is the sixth anniversary
:01:10. > :01:14.of the 7/7 bombings when 52 people were killed in the morning rush
:01:14. > :01:19.hour in London. One of the was a 22-year-old from Oldham, about to
:01:19. > :01:24.start a new job in London. For the family of 22-year-old David Foulkes,
:01:24. > :01:29.those six years have been harrowing. This year's anniversary will be all
:01:29. > :01:33.the harder to bear because Graham Foulkes has been told his phone may
:01:33. > :01:37.have been hacked by a private detector. We will hear from him how
:01:37. > :01:41.shocking that news has been, first we have the background. Life was
:01:41. > :01:47.good for David Foulkes when he board add tube bound for Edgware
:01:47. > :01:51.Road on the seventh July 2005. The 22-year-old from Oldham had a new
:01:51. > :01:56.job, was planning to move in his girlfriend and had travelled to the
:01:57. > :01:59.capital to meet a colleague. That wasn't btofpblt David was one of 52
:01:59. > :02:05.people who lost their lives to terrorism in London that day. For
:02:05. > :02:12.more than six months David's father and other families sat through an
:02:12. > :02:22.inquest that gave the harrowing details of their deaths. Last
:02:22. > :02:26.
:02:26. > :02:30.Glenn Mulcaire was imprisoned in 2007 for phone hacking but returned
:02:30. > :02:35.to dominate the headlines this week, over allegations that he
:02:35. > :02:39.intercepted and deleted messages left on the phone of murdered
:02:39. > :02:47.schoolgirl Milly Dowler. On the've of the anniversary of the bomb, the
:02:47. > :02:51.latest revelation will add to public outrage of phone hacking.
:02:51. > :02:56.Well earlier I asked David Foulkes' father Graham how he reacted after
:02:56. > :02:59.learning his phone might well have been hacked into by the News of the
:02:59. > :03:03.World. There was a couple of seconds when I didn't comprehend
:03:04. > :03:06.what I was being told, because we listened to the hacking stories
:03:06. > :03:12.about celebrity, and frankly thought that was entertaining, and
:03:12. > :03:18.a bit of, you know light humour, and then, Janet and I had been
:03:18. > :03:24.chatting about the Milly Dowler case when we heard they had been
:03:24. > :03:26.about that because we had been in a dark place, we couldn't understand
:03:26. > :03:33.what the family must have been going through, we thought about
:03:33. > :03:38.them a great deal. Then, really just moved on. Then last night,
:03:38. > :03:46.when the police phoned me up, and said that they had a file with my
:03:46. > :03:49.name on it, and my contact details, going back to 2005, as part of the
:03:49. > :03:53.hacking investigation, and they were phoning me up to tell me that
:03:53. > :03:58.this story buzz r was going in the press the next day. There was a
:03:58. > :04:03.pause when I thought, "Why is that..." then I realised he was
:04:03. > :04:08.telling me we may have been involved as well. How does it make
:04:08. > :04:12.you feel to know that somebody has actually hacked into your telephone,
:04:12. > :04:16.your messages? You know in 2005, that was a very difficult, very
:04:17. > :04:21.dark time for us. The phone conversations we had were desperate
:04:21. > :04:26.pleas to find out information about where David was b and if he was
:04:26. > :04:30.still alive. And talking to friends and family, in confidence, very
:04:30. > :04:38.intimate and personal information. The thought that somebody may have
:04:38. > :04:43.been listening to that, just, it is wicked beyond wicked. It is... It
:04:43. > :04:46.is indescribely horrible. I think these people really do need to be
:04:46. > :04:49.brought to book for this. It must be more difficult coming at this
:04:49. > :04:53.tiepblgs which is just the day before the anniversary of the
:04:53. > :04:58.bombings and David's death Absolutely. In fact, we spent the
:04:58. > :05:05.last six years, on the anniversary, and we just about kind of get into
:05:05. > :05:12.grips with our emotions on the day, and each year we are a bit more in
:05:12. > :05:17.control, and now, completely destabilised again, and, it is very
:05:17. > :05:20.difficult. That is all I can say about that, I'm sorry. What action,
:05:20. > :05:25.if any, can you plan to take because, as I understand it, you
:05:25. > :05:30.want to go right to the top of News International and see them face to
:05:30. > :05:33.face? Maybe even Rupert Murdoch? Well, earlier on today, there was a
:05:33. > :05:38.suggestion that the News International might call a meeting
:05:38. > :05:43.for those families involved. My comment was no, I'm not prepared to
:05:43. > :05:46.meet junior official, this is such a big story, that if News
:05:46. > :05:51.International really want to meet the family, they should be brave
:05:51. > :05:56.enough to field their top man. But I don't believe he has the courage
:05:56. > :06:01.to do that. Graham, I know how difficult this has been,
:06:01. > :06:04.particularly with tomorrow looming. Thank you. Thank you. It is an
:06:04. > :06:08.important story and I believe it needs to be told, and I am prepared
:06:08. > :06:17.to tell us because they cannot be allowed to get away with it. Thank
:06:18. > :06:22.you. Incredible dignity. Next tonight. In one of the hottest
:06:22. > :06:24.springs for years thousands of children sat the end of year exams,
:06:24. > :06:30.the so-called SATs which are as important to the pupils and their
:06:30. > :06:33.parents as they are to the schools. However, tonight we can reveal that
:06:33. > :06:40.there are widespread concerns among teachers here in the north-west
:06:40. > :06:43.about how those papers were marked. 117 of 121 schools have reported
:06:43. > :06:51.serious problems. Many head teachers are demanding whole scale
:06:51. > :06:54.remarking. They were honing their tennis skills outside today but in
:06:54. > :06:59.May these Preston school-children were inside a class room, taking
:06:59. > :07:02.tests. Their head teacher says the results are hit-and-miss. This
:07:02. > :07:06.child in particular should have got a level five from the marks we have
:07:06. > :07:13.been tracking through the year and only got a level four, and he is
:07:13. > :07:16.several marks out. Of the 54 children who took the tests he
:07:16. > :07:20.believes 45% got the wrong grade feel angry because these marks go
:07:20. > :07:23.with the children to high school, the high schools use them for
:07:23. > :07:27.setting and putting the children in groups, the parents obviously want
:07:27. > :07:31.their children to do the best, and also for school, these marks are
:07:31. > :07:38.used by Ofsted to judge our schools. Standard Assessment Tests are given
:07:38. > :07:42.at the end of year two and six to show a pupil's progress. Year six
:07:42. > :07:46.SATs are sent away to be marked. It is these that heads are worried
:07:46. > :07:51.about. Results from the writing parts of the English test are
:07:51. > :07:57.causing more concern. Children are graded in levels. Heads say some
:07:57. > :08:01.graded at 3 are coming out at level five in the test and vice versa
:08:01. > :08:07.parents are worried We put a lot of work in. If it is wrong it should
:08:07. > :08:17.be short -- sorted out. We expect the marks the kids have been given
:08:17. > :08:21.
:08:21. > :08:25.would mark the effort put in. e-mailed all the schools. 117
:08:25. > :08:28.reported problems. That will be replicated up and down the country,
:08:29. > :08:35.therefore for something like 15, 16,000 schools it could be a huge
:08:35. > :08:38.number of children who are getting, who have their Wrights not marked
:08:38. > :08:45.qatly. The Department of Education said test markers have thorough
:08:45. > :08:50.training and undergo quality checks. It says schools can request a
:08:50. > :08:54.review. The head teacher here says he will be sending the tests back.
:08:54. > :08:58.Pensioner Shaun Gillhooley was given an ASBO for abusing health
:08:58. > :09:02.worker, today he was back in court again, accused of breaching that
:09:02. > :09:06.order. The 64-year-old wasn't banned from receiving medical
:09:06. > :09:11.treatment but he was told to behave respectfully. He denies breaching
:09:11. > :09:16.his ASBO, from Bolton here is our chief reporter. Shaun Gillhooley
:09:16. > :09:21.wasn't keen to show his face today. But his is a familiar face to many
:09:21. > :09:25.health professionals in Bolton. He is said to have a history of
:09:25. > :09:29.abusive and aggressive behaviour towards them. In September 2008
:09:29. > :09:34.Shaun Gillhooley was issued with this anti-social behaviour. Now
:09:34. > :09:40.among other things it forbided him from entering NHS premises without
:09:40. > :09:44.making an appointment. It forbids him from using abusive language or
:09:44. > :09:49.behaviour. Here at court it was said the order didn't forbid him
:09:49. > :09:51.from receiving medical treatment. He is a poorly man. But it did
:09:51. > :09:56.expect him to behave while receiving the treatment. He failed
:09:56. > :10:01.to do so it said on several occasions. Fife breachs are alleged
:10:01. > :10:04.in all. The first is said to have happened last year when he used the
:10:04. > :10:08.word idiot during a conversation. It is a word he is banned from
:10:08. > :10:11.using. The next came in July, when he was said to be aggressive
:10:12. > :10:15.towards a hospital receptionist. The following month he was accused
:10:15. > :10:22.of being offensive to a security guard at a health centre. In
:10:22. > :10:26.September, he was said to have used the word "Bloody", again it son his
:10:26. > :10:30.list of banned words. In October he refused to leave a health centre
:10:30. > :10:40.when asked to do so. Shaun Gillhooley denies breaching his
:10:40. > :10:42.
:10:42. > :10:45.ASBO. His trial continues tomorrow. Like most Town Halls Bolton is
:10:45. > :10:49.facing serious budget problems. This evening a full council is
:10:49. > :10:53.meeting to discuss plans to close libraries. Meanwhile the council
:10:54. > :10:58.has started auctioning off some unwanted paintings to raise cash
:10:58. > :11:04.for a new storage facility. Our political editor joins u now from
:11:04. > :11:08.outside Bolton on the hall. -- us now. You can see behind me, that
:11:09. > :11:13.those protestors have gathered for this meeting of the council,
:11:13. > :11:18.libraries is one of those emotive issues which causes people a lot of
:11:18. > :11:22.concern. Let us talk about Art Gallery first, Bolton council
:11:22. > :11:26.wanted to build a new storage facility. Because of budget
:11:26. > :11:31.pressures they couldn't afford it so they came one a plan of selling
:11:31. > :11:37.off unwanted pain -- paintings to help out. As we have been finding
:11:37. > :11:41.out some people oppose that too. Bolton's been clearing out the
:11:42. > :11:45.attic. �30twhouz raised in today's action. They have a sizeable
:11:46. > :11:50.collection of great big massive oils and water colours, and I know
:11:50. > :11:53.that the people on Bolton council took a long time making the
:11:53. > :11:57.selection of what they thought might be suitable. The council
:11:57. > :12:03.insists they are not selling off the family silver Ass you can see
:12:03. > :12:08.we have got paintings in here. best pieces remain in the museum
:12:08. > :12:13.The store we have got needed quite a bit of money spending on it. We
:12:13. > :12:18.felt we needed to have a new store that was more user-friendly, but
:12:18. > :12:24.not only that, was protecting what we had got make sure that it was
:12:24. > :12:29.there for posterity. But the museums association has raised
:12:29. > :12:33.concerns about how this has been handled We said they should do more
:12:33. > :12:36.to explore other sources of funding, rather than choose the sale as an
:12:36. > :12:41.early option. We don't think they took long enough or put enough work
:12:41. > :12:44.in to looking at other sources. We said they needed to do proper
:12:44. > :12:49.consultation, saying to people saying this is what we think of
:12:49. > :12:54.selling. So will people miss their paintings? It is shame but there is
:12:54. > :12:58.nothing else they could have done. People and councils are just too
:12:58. > :13:03.willing to give the past away. think it's a good thing, because
:13:03. > :13:07.the council have got a lot of cuts at the moment, and you know, it is
:13:07. > :13:10.money for the people. I don't think it is a good idea. Once you sell a
:13:10. > :13:16.painting, it is gone. Collectors still have a chance to buy another
:13:16. > :13:21.20 of the unwanted pain -- paintings. And that is of course
:13:21. > :13:24.because Bolton council has those budget pressures. Now they need to
:13:24. > :13:29.save �60 million over two years and that is why they are look at
:13:29. > :13:32.libraries and why we have protestors here, trying to convince
:13:32. > :13:37.councillors as they come in to the meeting not to close them down.
:13:37. > :13:44.There are 15, nine are under threat. If they went ahead, it could save
:13:44. > :13:47.500,000, not a huge amount in the overall scheme but even then the
:13:47. > :13:51.protestors have a 15,000 signature petition op poesing it. We are
:13:51. > :13:55.trying to say there is reasons people value their local library,
:13:55. > :13:58.once they are gone they are gone. So we are urging councillors to
:13:58. > :14:04.have some second thoughts about whether there is other ways of
:14:04. > :14:07.doing things to keep them open. Well the latest I am told is that
:14:07. > :14:11.councillors aren't going to debate the library closures tonight, but
:14:11. > :14:15.the protestors will have five minutes to go in, to try to make
:14:16. > :14:21.their case. It is a reminder of the really stark difficult decisions
:14:21. > :14:24.that councils have to make as they try to balance their books. The
:14:24. > :14:26.Homeform Group, the company that owns Moben kitchens, has gone into
:14:26. > :14:29.administration, making 557 staff redundant. The group which also
:14:29. > :14:31.owns Kitchens Direct, Dolphin and Sharps announced it was planning to
:14:32. > :14:34.call in administrators late last month. As we reported yesterday,
:14:34. > :14:36.former workers from Moben Kitchens demonstrated outside the collapsed
:14:37. > :14:46.firm's headquarters in Trafford Park over claims they have not been
:14:47. > :14:48.
:14:48. > :14:51.paid. A man from Lancashire whose two
:14:51. > :14:57.Pitbull dogs mauled his friend which led to police being involved
:14:57. > :15:00.in a 60 hour siege has been handed a suspended prison sentence. Mark
:15:00. > :15:05.Rowland from Baxenden left his dogs in Rishton when they attacked his
:15:05. > :15:08.friend in a brutal way. A lion expert from a zoo was brought in to
:15:08. > :15:18.tranquilise the animals. Rowland pleaded guilty to two charges of
:15:18. > :15:19.
:15:19. > :15:23.possessing fighting dogs and given a 12 week suspended sentence.
:15:23. > :15:28.Staying with pets but of a much more nicer nature. Occasionally we
:15:28. > :15:35.like to bring you stories because they feature cute animals. Lost
:15:35. > :15:40.cats some time, that kind of thing. But it is not cute. Here is a story
:15:40. > :15:45.about an animal that is far from cute. Plug ugly even. Poor thing!
:15:45. > :15:50.The naked mole rat has no fur, has tiny eyes and big front teeth. But
:15:50. > :15:58.it lives longer than most rodents and is resistant to cancer. Our
:15:58. > :16:03.scientists have worked out its genetic blueprint. Meet the naked
:16:03. > :16:07.mole rat. Not much of a looker. But what it lacks in beauty it makes up
:16:07. > :16:12.for in staying power. It doesn't get cancer, it can live for more
:16:12. > :16:18.than 30 years. Which is impressive for an animal just a bit bigger
:16:18. > :16:23.than a moufplts Mice and rats live up to four years normally. So, the
:16:23. > :16:30.naked mole rat we are talking about a massive difference. Over five
:16:30. > :16:34.fold. They live under ground in hot parts of east Africa. Now, for the
:16:34. > :16:39.first time, scientists at Liverpool University have worked out the
:16:39. > :16:44.complete sequence o of DNA that makes it a mole rat. But having its
:16:44. > :16:48.genetic blueprint is just the start. What the scientists here have ended
:16:48. > :16:52.up with is billions of pieces of information about the genetic make
:16:53. > :16:57.up of naked mole rats. They and other scientists round the world
:16:57. > :17:01.will use computers to analyse that data, and they hope to pick out the
:17:01. > :17:06.bits of the information that give the naked mole rats their
:17:06. > :17:10.resistance to cancer and make them live longer. Research suggests that
:17:10. > :17:15.mole rats cells have anti-tumour traits and because they are similar
:17:15. > :17:21.to mice, scientists should be able to put their jeans into mice to see
:17:21. > :17:26.if they -- genes into mice to see if they live longer I believe by
:17:26. > :17:30.studying them we will be able to develop human applications and
:17:30. > :17:38.therapies against cancer and age- related diseases. Theening long run
:17:38. > :17:42.this creature could help us live longer too. -- in the long run. It
:17:42. > :17:48.is sport now. We will start off with cycling. The Tour De France
:17:48. > :17:52.and it has taken five days until we have had something to shout about.
:17:52. > :17:59.Mark Cavendish has won his first stage. It is his 16th overall over
:17:59. > :18:04.the past three tours. This is him doing what he does best. It was at
:18:04. > :18:09.Cap Frehel and he held off Philippe Gilbert. He said after "It was
:18:09. > :18:14.proper hard. My legs were going at the end." He sounds like a proper
:18:14. > :18:16.northerner. Success of another kind for Liverpool. They got their man.
:18:16. > :18:23.They have another man. Kenny Dalglish has been spending the
:18:23. > :18:27.money. They have spent six months chasing this guy. They finally have
:18:27. > :18:33.done a deal for Charlie Adam. He is on his way to ab field for a
:18:33. > :18:39.medical. Here he is with his new shirt. This was taken in his days
:18:39. > :18:43.at Rangers to promote a friendly. He cost Blackpool just �500
:18:43. > :18:46.thousand from Rangers but Sir Alex Ferguson says his corners are worth
:18:46. > :18:51.�10 million alone. Now, there have been moving tributes to today at
:18:51. > :18:57.the funeral of a player described as the soul of Manchester City.
:18:57. > :19:02.Mike Doyle starred in city's trophy winning sides of the '60s and 70s
:19:02. > :19:06.and was renowned for his love to club. He died last week from liver
:19:06. > :19:16.failure. Our reporter was at his service if his home town of Ashton-
:19:16. > :19:20.
:19:20. > :19:24.under-Lyne. Waving goodbye to the ultimate Blue. Mike Doyle with the
:19:24. > :19:30.header. Blue through and through. All his family were Blue. He was
:19:30. > :19:34.just so passionate about the club. A one eyed commitment to the cause
:19:34. > :19:39.that made City fans see him as one of them. And today supporters
:19:39. > :19:46.gathered at his local church, and at City's ground rnt put his hard
:19:46. > :19:53.and soul into the game. He was a ledge end. May he rest in peace and
:19:53. > :19:57.thanks for the memories. There was plenty of them. Mike Doyle won the
:19:57. > :20:04.league Championship, FA Cup, League Cup, and European Cup winners cup.
:20:04. > :20:10.As well as five caps for England. He was just an 100% player. He was
:20:10. > :20:15.a lead e everything he did. On the field and off the field. He was a
:20:15. > :20:18.great character. And family man as well, and as his grandson Tommy in
:20:18. > :20:23.a moving tribute made clear, there is still only one colour allowed.
:20:23. > :20:28.If you are a Doyle. I very much like you grandad. I love Manchester
:20:28. > :20:33.City just like you when I play for the academy I am so proud to put on
:20:33. > :20:36.a blue shirt. Doyle and the crowd celebrating as much as the players
:20:36. > :20:41.will be. Describing someone as living and breathing a football
:20:41. > :20:45.club can be an overused phrase, but not in Mike Doyle's case. His
:20:45. > :20:49.family and friends have reflected that today. He was clearly
:20:49. > :20:59.extremely proud of every single one of his more than 500 appearances
:20:59. > :21:00.
:21:00. > :21:06.for his beloved Blues. Well, legend is over used but he was one of then.
:21:06. > :21:11.He was a great captain. I watched him many times. Now, there is
:21:11. > :21:13.another world premier in Manchester tonight as part of the
:21:13. > :21:18.international festival. Victoria Wood's that day we sang is a
:21:18. > :21:22.musical based on a recording by the former Manchester Children's Choir,
:21:22. > :21:31.more than 80 years ago. The VIPs include some of the original choir
:21:31. > :21:36.members, and they have been sharing their memories with us. P 1929. 250
:21:36. > :21:40.working class children coming together, to sing purr cell. 82
:21:40. > :21:44.years on the stage where they sang ot what was the Free Trade Hall is
:21:44. > :21:51.long gone. But the songs still live on in the heart of those who took
:21:51. > :21:56.part. # Come away, come away #
:21:56. > :22:00.When you were chosen to be in something like this, you swell with
:22:00. > :22:10.pride. We were told what to do and we did it. And they told us to go
:22:10. > :22:10.
:22:10. > :22:17.to rehearsals and we did. Every Friday. The thrill it was, the
:22:17. > :22:21.nerves. It is testimonies like this that inspired this. But as well as
:22:21. > :22:26.looking back to the original recording, that day we sang also
:22:26. > :22:30.reflects how the lives of the children may have panned out.
:22:31. > :22:36.dreading December mylyisation. story became about the people who
:22:36. > :22:44.were then adults in 1969, who sang on that record and what it meant to
:22:44. > :22:47.them when they hear it again, after a very long time. You were a dark
:22:47. > :22:53.haired girl. The record these ladies made as children sold one
:22:53. > :22:57.million copies. The cast has big boots to fill. What on a honour. We
:22:57. > :23:02.have had a lovely time. It is so exciting to work with the youth
:23:02. > :23:05.orchestra, they are brilliant and these kids that have been brought
:23:05. > :23:09.together together to re-create the choir. I hope they do them proud.
:23:09. > :23:19.The girls will be tat premier tonight. They can't wait. I am very
:23:19. > :23:21.
:23:21. > :23:25.excited. But I am trying to keep it down! Should be good. And BBC Radio
:23:25. > :23:34.Manchester continuing their coverage of the festival from 10.00
:23:34. > :23:37.tonight. Now I know many of you have noticed that Kay has a passion
:23:37. > :23:40.for all things weather related. She has been jumping up and down
:23:40. > :23:44.because we have exciting cloud because we have exciting cloud
:23:44. > :23:49.action coming up. Don't say I never spoil you, because I have a treat.
:23:49. > :23:53.To my favourite topic which is clouds. Pay attention! Have you
:23:53. > :23:59.heard of noctilucent clouds? Well, you have now, and this is what they
:23:59. > :24:06.look like. They are beautiful. Stuart waited for days and days to
:24:06. > :24:11.take these beautiful shots from Kendal castle hill. The clouds form
:24:11. > :24:14.a whopping 50 miles above the earth's surface and are usually
:24:14. > :24:19.invisible but they usually become visible during the summer months,
:24:19. > :24:22.in clear condition, when the sunlight below the horizon shines
:24:22. > :24:26.on ice crystals in the atmosphere. They are beautiful. There is mot
:24:26. > :24:30.much chance of seeing them tonight, because shortly after those were
:24:30. > :24:35.taken, the clouds increased and the rain returned and we have had a
:24:35. > :24:38.typical mix of sunshine and showers today. We better get used to it
:24:38. > :24:42.because there is more to come. I thought I would show you the
:24:42. > :24:46.satellite and radar image. This is just as beautiful. You can see
:24:46. > :24:50.where the area of low pressure is. And the rain and cloud wrapped
:24:50. > :24:55.round. It looks pretty but it is heading our way, and it is moving
:24:55. > :24:58.in quickly now. The showers will give way to a band of more
:24:58. > :25:01.persistent rain. There will be drier bits as there has been from
:25:01. > :25:05.time to time over the past couple of days. What there hasn't been is
:25:05. > :25:11.a strong wind, and those winds will be picking up through the night.
:25:11. > :25:17.They will become strong and gusty. Gale force gusts, not much to talk
:25:17. > :25:21.about with the temperatures though, 11 or 12 degrees the lowest but
:25:21. > :25:27.tomorrow morning, heavy thundery showers moving through and feeling
:25:27. > :25:31.very cool when they come along. very cool when they come along.
:25:31. > :25:36.Highs of round 17 or 18. Now how do you children or grandchildren get
:25:36. > :25:40.to sool? Maybe in a car, a bike, maybe they even walk. The Wakefield
:25:40. > :25:45.family from Stockport do something different. They do. Edward William
:25:45. > :25:55.and Sam undertake their half mile journey from home to Gatley Primary
:25:55. > :25:57.
:25:57. > :26:00.School in an unusual way. Looking forward to the school day. Time for
:26:00. > :26:10.school. It is the school run, rather than their lessons that have
:26:10. > :26:16.
:26:16. > :26:20.got this lot so excited. And you Ten-year-old Edward is the leader
:26:20. > :26:24.of this pack. He learned at the same time as his eight-year-old
:26:24. > :26:28.brother William but the faster is young Sam. He was riding to school
:26:28. > :26:33.before he was five. Do you get funny looks from people as you go
:26:33. > :26:43.along is this Yes. It turns a few heads. It was quite difficult. Just
:26:43. > :26:49.as hard as riding a bike. started in the kitchen, with chairs.
:26:49. > :26:57.And each time we ride, we... Safely through the school gates and dad's
:26:57. > :27:02.work is done The unicycle doesn't have any brakes. We have done a lot
:27:02. > :27:07.of work. We have a safe way of coming to school. We are cautious
:27:07. > :27:12.about that. A bike would be faster, but unicycle is more fun. While the
:27:12. > :27:22.school run may be fun for the boy, spare a thought for their mum, who
:27:22. > :27:25.