:00:09. > :00:11.Welcome to South East Today. I'm Polly Evans. And I'm Rob Smith.
:00:11. > :00:14.Tonight's top stories: under fire on two fronts - Ashford
:00:14. > :00:21.MP Damian Green is under pressure over who knew what about relaxing
:00:21. > :00:25.immigration passport checks. Everything that Ministers in this
:00:25. > :00:28.Government have been authorised has been done to strengthen our border.
:00:28. > :00:31.And he's facing accusations that he twisted Home Office figures on
:00:31. > :00:34.drugs seizures to try to create good news. We'll be reporting live
:00:34. > :00:37.from Newhaven and Westminster. Also on tonight's programme:
:00:37. > :00:39.Stolen on Remembrance weekend - the charity collection in memory of a
:00:39. > :00:41.Kent soldier who died in Afghanistan.
:00:41. > :00:51.Left disfigured by an emergency operation - the woman refused
:00:51. > :00:52.
:00:52. > :01:02.reconstructive surgery on the NHS. And the healing power of song - how
:01:02. > :01:12.
:01:12. > :01:15.a Canterbury choir is proving Good evening. The Government is
:01:15. > :01:17.under fire on two fronts tonight, putting severe pressure on the
:01:17. > :01:20.Immigration Minister and Kent MP Damian Green. He's faced tough
:01:20. > :01:22.questions in the House of Commons over allegations that Ministers
:01:22. > :01:25.weakened border security by relaxing passport checks at our
:01:25. > :01:28.ports and airports. He's also been accused of twisting
:01:28. > :01:32.Home Office figures on cocaine and heroin seizures to try to generate
:01:32. > :01:35.positive news coverage. In a moment we'll hear more on that from
:01:35. > :01:37.Claudia Sermbezis in Newhaven and cross live to Westminster for
:01:37. > :01:47.analysis from our political editor Louise Stewart. But first, here's
:01:47. > :01:52.her report on today's developments in the row over border checks.
:01:52. > :01:57.The Government says a pilot scheme to reduce passport checks on some
:01:57. > :02:01.citizens from EU countries was trialled at 28 ports and airports,
:02:01. > :02:05.including Gatwick, Newhaven and Calais, where passport checks were
:02:05. > :02:08.undertaken for passengers travelling to Dover. Earlier, the
:02:08. > :02:11.Immigration Minister, Damian Green, who was called to the Commons to
:02:11. > :02:16.answer questions, insisted border controls have been strengthened.
:02:16. > :02:22.Everything that Ministers in this Government have authorised has been
:02:22. > :02:28.done to strengthen our border. It focuses on high-risk passengers and
:02:28. > :02:30.journeys, a new National Crime Agency with a border policing
:02:30. > :02:35.command, E-borders to check passengers in and out of the
:02:35. > :02:45.country. At the same time the former Senior Civil Servant who
:02:45. > :02:45.
:02:45. > :02:52.resigned over the row, Brodie Clark, was giving evidence to MPs. He
:02:52. > :03:01.denied passing checks beyond the passport scheme. I never went rogue,
:03:01. > :03:08.and I never it was the Home Secretary who clearly at request
:03:09. > :03:14.and on advice from me agreed that the trial could continue.
:03:14. > :03:18.The director at the border force south at Dover has also been
:03:18. > :03:22.suspended. Unions warn the pilot was brought in to deal with cuts in
:03:22. > :03:25.agency staff and will only get worse. Brodie Clark said today a
:03:25. > :03:29.one of the reasons for the trial that the Home Secretary agreed to
:03:29. > :03:33.go through with was to get more with less, and what he was saying
:03:33. > :03:37.is he was hopeful that that sort of system would help the Border Agency
:03:37. > :03:42.cope with the staff cuts. I believe that being hopeful is not good
:03:42. > :03:45.enough as far as the security of our borders is concerned. Three
:03:45. > :03:49.inquiries are now under way at what happened at the UK Border Agency,
:03:49. > :03:52.and the row is set to continue with the Immigration Minister due to
:03:52. > :03:55.give evidence about what he knew next week.
:03:55. > :03:57.In addition to the passports row, the pressure on Damian Green
:03:57. > :04:00.increased further with another row erupting over a press release
:04:00. > :04:03.claiming drug seizures by the UK Border Agency had dramatically
:04:03. > :04:06.increased. The chairman of the UK Statistics
:04:06. > :04:09.Authority has sent the MP a letter accusing him of "highly selective"
:04:09. > :04:11.use of statistics to show the agency in a good light. Claudia
:04:11. > :04:21.Sermbezis is live in Newhaven. Claudia, what does the letter
:04:21. > :04:25.
:04:25. > :04:28.actually say? Polly, Sir Michael is basically
:04:28. > :04:32.asking Damian Green did, you massage the figures so that the UK
:04:33. > :04:36.Border Agency looks as though it's doing a better job? One of the
:04:36. > :04:40.reasons why they've got such fantastic figures is they have
:04:40. > :04:44.included drug seizures which take place out to sea instead of just
:04:44. > :04:49.sticking to the ones on land in England and Wales and at ports such
:04:49. > :04:54.as this one here in Newhaven. all about drugs, drug seizures, to
:04:54. > :04:59.be precise. On the 4th of November Damian Green and the Home Office
:04:59. > :05:01.set out a press release saying more heroin and cocaine was found
:05:01. > :05:06.between April and September than the whole of last year. It was on
:05:06. > :05:09.course to be the highest annual total for over a decade - not so
:05:09. > :05:14.according to the head of Britain's statistics watchdog Sir Michael
:05:14. > :05:18.Scholar. In a letter to Damian Green he said the figures were
:05:18. > :05:21.highly selective, irregular and inconsistent with the code of
:05:21. > :05:26.practising. It was highly corrosive and damaging to public confidence
:05:26. > :05:29.in official statistics and was distributed only to a select group
:05:29. > :05:33.of journalists. I am astonished that politicians are still being
:05:33. > :05:37.caught out trying to spin statistics for their own political
:05:37. > :05:41.ends because the organisation that's written to the Minister, the
:05:41. > :05:46.UK Statistics Authority was set up specifically to catch politicians
:05:46. > :05:50.out if they did that. The previous Government set it up. Gordon Brown
:05:50. > :05:54.got caught doing it. Now the opponents don't seem to have
:05:54. > :05:58.learned the lesson. Sir Michael said the press release was done
:05:59. > :06:02.without involvement of the department's statisticians. Today
:06:02. > :06:05.Yvette Cooper has called for an urgent investigation. A
:06:05. > :06:09.spokesperson for the UK Border Agency said that they regularly use
:06:09. > :06:13.what they called "management information" to highlight their
:06:13. > :06:16.operational work, but they added that they do take the code of
:06:16. > :06:20.practising seriously, and they will be replying to Sir Michael's letter
:06:20. > :06:25.in due course. Thank you.
:06:25. > :06:29.We can now cross live to Westminster and our political
:06:29. > :06:36.editor Louise Stuart. How has Damian Green been responding to the
:06:36. > :06:41.pressure? We were folk -- focusing today on Brodie Clark. I think it's
:06:41. > :06:46.fair to say Damian Green also put in a bullish performance in the
:06:46. > :06:49.Commons. He was called there to answer an urgent question from
:06:49. > :06:53.Yvette Cooper of he was there in place of Theresa May, who was
:06:53. > :06:57.otherwise engaged. He didn't look to me like a man particularly
:06:57. > :07:02.worried about his job over either the immigration or the drugs row,
:07:02. > :07:06.but it's definitely not over for him yet. Next Tuesday, he'll face
:07:07. > :07:15.tough questions from MPs on the Home Affairs Committee about what
:07:15. > :07:17.he knew and when. In a moment, Seafrance suspends all
:07:17. > :07:20.sailings between Dover and Calais as the company faces liquidation.
:07:20. > :07:23.The father of a teenage Kent soldier killed in Afghanistan says
:07:23. > :07:27.the theft of a charity box collecting money in his memory was
:07:27. > :07:33."despicable". The Dannyboy Trust was set up last year after the
:07:33. > :07:35.death of 19-year-old Daniel Holkham from the Isle of Sheppey.
:07:35. > :07:41.Thieves struck during Remembrance weekend, taking a collection box
:07:41. > :07:47.bearing his picture from a pub on the island. Peter Whittlesea has
:07:47. > :07:52.the details. Daniel Holkham was killed in Afghanistan in March last
:07:52. > :07:58.year. His family wanted something positive to come from his death.
:07:58. > :08:03.They set up the Dannyboy Trust. This Remembrance weekend one of
:08:03. > :08:09.their collection tins was stolen from a pub on the Isle of Sheppey.
:08:09. > :08:12.His father has described the theft as an act of desecration. This
:08:12. > :08:15.weekend is one I don't have dry eyes for long anyway. This was just
:08:15. > :08:19.another one of those things that pushes you over the edge. I don't
:08:19. > :08:23.understand it. I really don't. I couldn't believe anybody would do
:08:23. > :08:31.it, especially this weekend, knowing that the money is being
:08:31. > :08:37.given in the name of one of these fallen soldiers. Sue and Peter run
:08:37. > :08:42.the Hopps Inn at Minster. They make a point of supporting local
:08:42. > :08:46.charities. They estimated there was more than �100 in the Dannyboy
:08:46. > :08:51.Trust collection tin. Now they want the thieve to be caught. I can't
:08:51. > :08:56.describe what I think, to be honest. It's not the words. You couldn't
:08:56. > :08:59.repay it. I think it's awful, absolutely awful. On Remembrance
:08:59. > :09:03.weekend, I just can't believe someone would stoop that low.
:09:03. > :09:08.They're probably out there laughing about it. That's what's sickening.
:09:08. > :09:18.Daniel's family believes someone knows who stole the tin and urges
:09:18. > :09:18.
:09:18. > :09:21.anyone with information to contact the police immediately.
:09:21. > :09:24.A van driver has suffered serious leg injuries in a collision with a
:09:24. > :09:27.bus carrying schoolchildren in East Sussex. It happened this morning at
:09:27. > :09:29.Mark Cross near Wadhurst. None of the children were badly hurt.
:09:29. > :09:33.Detectives in Brighton have dropped their investigation into an alleged
:09:33. > :09:35.rape in the St James Road area of the city last Wednesday night. A
:09:35. > :09:38.24-year-old woman from Brighton has been arrested on suspicion of
:09:38. > :09:42.perverting the course of justice. She's been bailed until the 8th of
:09:42. > :09:45.December. Seafrance has suspended all
:09:45. > :09:47.sailings between Dover and Calais to safeguard its ships and
:09:47. > :09:50.passengers. There are fears of an angry
:09:50. > :09:58.reaction from the French unions if the courts decide this week to
:09:58. > :10:04.liquidate the ailing cross-Channel company. Simon Jones is in Dover.
:10:04. > :10:07.This is an extraordinary move by SeaFrance. I don't think Dover's
:10:07. > :10:10.ever seen anything quite like this before. The management of Seafrance
:10:10. > :10:13.are so concerned about what the French unions and workers might do
:10:13. > :10:20.if they're not happy with the court decision, they have decided it's
:10:20. > :10:24.Safir not to sail at all -- safer not to sail at all, and tomorrow is
:10:24. > :10:27.decision day. Going no-where - Seafrance's sailing suspended as
:10:27. > :10:31.the fate of the company and a thousand workers hangs in the
:10:31. > :10:35.balance. It's very important we have a competitive environment in
:10:35. > :10:40.the port of Dover and also Seafrance's Council has nearly 200
:10:40. > :10:43.jobs in and around Dover. I think it's really important we have a
:10:43. > :10:48.stable future for those livelihoods. Managers in Calais took charge of
:10:48. > :10:52.the ships. The police are out in force after the company said it
:10:52. > :10:57.feared trouble to the astonishment of the workers kept away.
:10:57. > :11:00.TRANSLATION: My first reaction is, it's sabotage. They're continuing
:11:00. > :11:07.to sabotage the business, like they have been doing for the past three
:11:07. > :11:12.years. It's the management who have stopped the ships. Angry protests
:11:12. > :11:17.by workers in France last month as the courts first considered the
:11:17. > :11:21.company's future. They'll decide tomorrow whether to sell it to one
:11:21. > :11:24.of two bidders or to liquidate Seafrance. Very sadly, I think this
:11:24. > :11:29.could be the end for Seafrance - awful news, of course, for the
:11:30. > :11:35.people who have been working on the ships for so long, but ultimately,
:11:35. > :11:38.I think it is simply inevitable. The short sea Channel crossings
:11:38. > :11:42.could not sustain the kind of competition we have been seeing.
:11:42. > :11:48.But for passengers if Seafrance does go under, it's likely to lead
:11:48. > :11:52.to higher ticket prices to get across the Channel.
:11:52. > :11:56.Seafrance's rival, P&O, is urging a complaint with the European
:11:56. > :12:02.Competition Court. It says at the moment the highest bid on the table
:12:02. > :12:06.for Seafrance is just �5 million euros, when Seafrance says the
:12:06. > :12:08.ships are worth 160 million, and if they're sold off cheaply, that
:12:08. > :12:11.would break rules. Thank you.
:12:11. > :12:14.A Kent woman says she "feels like a freak" after being left disfigured
:12:14. > :12:16.by an operation to refit her pacemaker. Sue Parnell from Strood
:12:16. > :12:19.suffers from a rare genetic condition which could make her
:12:19. > :12:22.heart stop at any time. She was given breast implants to
:12:22. > :12:25.hide the lump created by her pacemaker, but has been left with
:12:25. > :12:27.an uneven chest after it was removed during emergency surgery.
:12:27. > :12:37.Local NHS managers say they won't fund a corrective operation. Lynda
:12:37. > :12:39.
:12:39. > :12:44.Sue Parnell has struggled for years with a heart condition that claimed
:12:44. > :12:48.the lives of her two brothers, but now he's fighting another battle
:12:48. > :12:53.for funding from the local Primary Care Trust to rebuild her breast
:12:53. > :12:57.after it was left concave when her pacemaker had to be moved after
:12:57. > :13:03.complications. This is not about having a boob job on the NHS. This
:13:03. > :13:08.is about reconstructing a deformity that has arisen through the
:13:08. > :13:12.procedures I had to have to keep me alive. The pace maker that keeps
:13:12. > :13:16.her heart beating was fitted. She was then given two breast implants,
:13:16. > :13:20.on one side to hide the pacemaker, on the other, to even out her
:13:20. > :13:25.appearance, but she had to have the device and implant taken out after
:13:25. > :13:29.it caused her breast to rupture. It was moved across her chest, leaving
:13:29. > :13:34.her with one full breast, but nothing on the other side. I feel
:13:34. > :13:44.like a freak. I don't feel like a proper woman. When I do get to
:13:44. > :14:06.
:14:06. > :14:11.sleep, some days I just wish I People are affecting a life who
:14:11. > :14:15.don't know her, who have no idea of her background or history and just
:14:15. > :14:19.see a case on paper and dismiss it out of hand.
:14:19. > :14:23.The couple say their only option now is to take out a loan to pay
:14:23. > :14:33.for the treatment privately, the only way Sue says she'll be able to
:14:33. > :14:36.
:14:36. > :14:43.This is our top story tonight. The Ashford MP Damian Green is
:14:43. > :14:52.under, reure on two fronts, first over who knew what about the
:14:52. > :14:55.suspension of passport checks and secondly, the UK Statistics
:14:55. > :15:02.Authority is accusing him of highly selective figures.
:15:02. > :15:05.Also in tonight's programme: How the money you helped raise for
:15:05. > :15:06.Children in Need is helping troubled teenagers before it's too
:15:06. > :15:13.late. The Canterbury Choir proving that
:15:13. > :15:16.singing really is good for your health.
:15:16. > :15:25.The Unemployment figures come out tomorrow, and its anticipated that
:15:25. > :15:28.the number of young people without a job will top one million. Last
:15:28. > :15:32.month there were 991,000 16 to 24- year-olds in the UK classed as
:15:32. > :15:36.NEETS. That means not in education, employment or training. That's
:15:36. > :15:39.around one in six of all young people. But in some deprived parts
:15:39. > :15:42.of Kent and Sussex, like Margate and Hastings, it's as many as one
:15:42. > :15:45.in five. Our business correspondent Mark Norman is live in Hastings.
:15:45. > :15:55.You've been finding a real sense of frustration from young people who
:15:55. > :15:55.
:15:55. > :15:58.can't find work. That's right, Rob, a sense of frustration, maybe
:15:58. > :16:02.helplessness I think even despite the help the Government has been
:16:02. > :16:05.trying to give them in terms of education or apprenticeship places.
:16:05. > :16:09.I have spoken to three youngsters who seem to have done everything
:16:09. > :16:17.right in terms of their education, but still can't find that elusive
:16:17. > :16:21.first paid job. I worked at Pizza Hut for a little while, but I sort
:16:21. > :16:25.of left that because it was quite a lot of work for not much money. I
:16:25. > :16:30.knew it would be tough because music is one of the harder
:16:30. > :16:35.industries to get into, or as I understand it, but yeah, I didn't
:16:35. > :16:41.really know it would be this hard. There is literally nothing. Mum and
:16:41. > :16:50.dad are always saying, "Oh, you could apply for this, this, this."
:16:50. > :16:52.Yeah, lack of money - that's not much fun.
:16:52. > :16:57.The motivation you had at university - they kind of set you
:16:57. > :17:00.up with all of these skills to go into some kind of job, and then
:17:00. > :17:05.you're just kind of left by yourself because everyone is in the
:17:05. > :17:08.same boat. It's very difficult. I'm actually applying for jobs which I
:17:08. > :17:13.am technically qualified for. When you have 300 applicants, you're
:17:13. > :17:18.going to have someone amongst the 300 that's done the exact same job
:17:18. > :17:24.two months before very likely, and I am already set up to be rejected.
:17:24. > :17:28.If I got an interview for something, let alone an actual job, I would be
:17:28. > :17:32.really surprised. I think it's awful. I really do think it's awful
:17:32. > :17:38.because they say they're looking for people with this qualification
:17:38. > :17:44.or that extra-curricular thing, but they're still not accepting, even
:17:44. > :17:49.if you do believe yourself that you fulfil the requirements. I apply so
:17:49. > :17:53.much. I really, really do. It probably sounds a bit cliche
:17:53. > :17:58.because everyone says the same thing, but that is the honest truth
:17:58. > :18:02.- just normal jobs working in a shop, like The Body Shop or Tesco's
:18:03. > :18:09.or Sainsbury, simple things, nothing, like, too outrageous. You
:18:09. > :18:13.know what I mean? I am just like, for goodness sake! At the end of
:18:13. > :18:17.the month the Chancellor will produce his pre-Budget report and
:18:17. > :18:21.try to find wives growing the economy so that the private sector
:18:21. > :18:31.can create jobs these youngsters can take and they can actually
:18:31. > :18:35.
:18:35. > :18:39.start to begin they're careers. You may have noticed this Friday,
:18:39. > :18:44.the BBC's Children in Need appeal takes place. One of the
:18:44. > :18:54.organisations that benefits from your donations in Sussex helps to
:18:54. > :18:55.
:18:56. > :18:58.get young people back on track.. It's called Catch 22 and provides a
:18:58. > :19:05.mentoring service for troubled youngsters. This is one 16-year-
:19:05. > :19:10.old's story. Catch 22 changed my life.
:19:10. > :19:14.I was getting into a lot of trouble when I was in secondary school. I
:19:14. > :19:19.was getting into trouble with the police a lot for different reasons.
:19:19. > :19:23.I was drinking a lot. I barely ever went to school, and if I did, I
:19:24. > :19:27.would probably walk out halfway through the day. I was constantly
:19:27. > :19:33.being arrested or chased by the police for different reasons, and
:19:33. > :19:38.in the end, the school just got so worried about me and my behaviour,
:19:38. > :19:42.they did refer me to Catch 22. I was on such a destructive path. I
:19:42. > :19:46.couldn't help myself. I was being so selfish, really. If there was
:19:46. > :19:51.something I wanted to do, I would do it, and usually that would end
:19:51. > :19:55.with me in trouble with the police. I am Kevin, and I am a volunteer
:19:55. > :19:59.for Catch 22. As a mentor, my role is to listen to these people, to
:19:59. > :20:04.sit down with them on a one-to-one basis and try to understand exactly
:20:04. > :20:09.what their problems are and to try and help them find solutions to
:20:09. > :20:13.resolving those problems so they can move forward in a very positive
:20:13. > :20:18.manner. I thought it was going to be the same as all the other
:20:18. > :20:23.organisations I had worked with, but it turned out to be very
:20:23. > :20:27.different. Just before I started with - working with Catch 22, I
:20:27. > :20:32.actually went missing for six or seven weeks, and I didn't actually
:20:32. > :20:37.plan on coming back until I had that first meeting with Catch 22,
:20:37. > :20:40.and just it changed my view on everything. To be able to talk to
:20:40. > :20:45.somebody they don't know I think gives them a certain amount of
:20:45. > :20:51.freedom that enables them to express themselves in a way they
:20:51. > :20:54.possibly couldn't do otherwise. am now at college doing A-levels.
:20:54. > :20:59.Things at home are so much better. I am not arguing with my parents
:20:59. > :21:03.like I used to. I am not running away anymore. All of these people I
:21:03. > :21:07.hung around with were much older than me. It sounds horrible, but I
:21:07. > :21:11.just looked at them and thought, I don't want to be like them when I
:21:11. > :21:15.am their age. I want to be doing something. I have come so far, and
:21:15. > :21:19.I'm not going to let myself sink that low again. It's not going to
:21:19. > :21:28.happen. I'm proud of myself for what I have done, and I plan to go
:21:28. > :21:31.a lot further. She should be proud. And on
:21:31. > :21:34.Children in Need night on Friday we'll be live at Bluewater in Kent.
:21:34. > :21:38.Our colleagues will be outside Marks & Spencer ready to direct you
:21:38. > :21:40.to where we are. Or you can watch it live on South East Today at 6.30
:21:40. > :21:43.and throughout the evening. Two years ago today, Brighton
:21:43. > :21:46.manager Gus Poyet took charge of his first match, an away victory
:21:46. > :21:49.over Southampton. Since then the Uruguayan, who also
:21:49. > :21:52.celebrates his 44th birthday today, has guided the Seagulls to
:21:52. > :21:59.promotion and seen them into their new stadium. But he's told Neil
:21:59. > :22:04.Bell he's determined to take the club even further.
:22:04. > :22:09.A lot has happened in the two years since Gus Poyet, to the surprise to
:22:09. > :22:13.many at the time, took over at Brighton and Hove. Victory was
:22:13. > :22:17.followed 18 months later with the League One title, but he believes
:22:17. > :22:26.that's just the start. I want to manage the top. The top means the
:22:26. > :22:32.Premiere League, and then for me is without going crazy, without, you
:22:32. > :22:36.know, without - I need it to happen now, but within the next two years,
:22:36. > :22:40.I want to get to the Premiership. If it happens at the right time, I
:22:40. > :22:43.am sure we'll have a sol, great possibility to stay up for a few
:22:43. > :22:48.years. Even promotion to the Premiere League will not be enough.
:22:48. > :22:53.His mission is to change the way football is played in this country.
:22:53. > :22:57.Being honest, I am fed up with people talking about the technical
:22:58. > :23:05.ability of the average player. I think I heard that for the first
:23:05. > :23:09.time in 1997 when I got to England. It's 2011. If we stop talking,
:23:09. > :23:13.maybe in two years' time, we'll have a hundred better players and
:23:13. > :23:17.be playing in the Premiere League. There can be fewer committed,
:23:17. > :23:22.passionate people than Gus Poyet. His problem now is finding ways to
:23:22. > :23:27.forget about the game. Some people say, golf - you going to play golf.
:23:27. > :23:33.After two holes, somebody ask you about the team, what you're going
:23:33. > :23:37.to do in training? Can I still finish 18 holes talking about
:23:37. > :23:42.football? That's not the idea. So if something knows about a way I
:23:42. > :23:45.can switch off, please is enme a letter or call me. It would be much
:23:45. > :23:53.appreciated. That was Gus Poyet making that appeal to help him
:23:53. > :23:57.relax. Happy birthday, Gus.
:23:57. > :23:59.They say that laughter is the best medicine - but it would seem a good
:23:59. > :24:02.old sing song has some real benefits too.
:24:02. > :24:04.Experts say singing in a choir can ease conditions such as depression
:24:04. > :24:10.and lung disease. And Graham Satchell's been to Canterbury to
:24:10. > :24:16.see the Skylarks, whose members all have Parkinson's Disease.
:24:16. > :24:22.Canterbury and some fairly strange noises.
:24:22. > :24:26.# Top of the teeth # The Skylarks are warming up, a
:24:26. > :24:28.choir made up exclusively of patients suffering from Parkinson's
:24:28. > :24:33.disease. # Somewhere over the rainbow
:24:33. > :24:37.# Way up high # The choir started 18 months ago to
:24:37. > :24:43.see if singing can improve health. It's certainly had an impact on the
:24:43. > :24:53.patients' quality of life. It's the only reason I have for getting up
:24:53. > :24:59.
:24:59. > :25:03.some weeks. It's nice to have Parkinson's is a disorder of the
:25:03. > :25:08.central nervous system. It leads to difficulty controlling movement and
:25:08. > :25:12.can have a dramatic impact on the strength of the voice. I think it's
:25:12. > :25:16.wonderful, the fact we can all get in this room and sing our hearts
:25:16. > :25:23.out and laugh and joke and really enjoy ourselves.
:25:23. > :25:29.# Oh, my old man's a dust man # He wears a dust man's hat #
:25:29. > :25:32.We want to be able to get singing prescribed, so if a GP realises
:25:32. > :25:36.that maybe their patient could benefit from coming together to
:25:36. > :25:45.sing with other people, then that's a very, very easy way of starting
:25:45. > :25:49.to get into a cycle of improvement. # I would like to build a - #
:25:49. > :25:54.So for a range of conditions, in the future, it could be that
:25:54. > :26:00.singing in a choir could be a part of the treatment.
:26:00. > :26:02.# For peace throughout the land # There is nothing like a good old
:26:02. > :26:08.sing-song. There's not. It was lovely and
:26:08. > :26:11.sunny this morning. Rachel is here The cloud cover has been thickening
:26:11. > :26:14.through the last part of this afternoon and the early part of
:26:14. > :26:18.this evening. It continues to do that tonight. Tomorrow, then, a
:26:18. > :26:22.dull start to the day, but brightening up nicely. Again, we've
:26:22. > :26:26.got some blue skies around, light south-easterly breezes, so today
:26:26. > :26:29.high pressure still in control of things. We have had light easterly
:26:29. > :26:34.winds, and they've brought a little bit more cloud cover in throughout
:26:34. > :26:40.the afternoon and added a cooler feel to the day. Temperatures in
:26:40. > :26:43.single figures. Highs nudging up to 11C. That's 52 in Fahrenheit. As we
:26:43. > :26:48.move into tonight, that cloud cover continues to thicken. We're going
:26:48. > :26:50.to see hill fog over higher ground. Despite that cloud cover, still a
:26:50. > :26:54.cool-feeling night. Overnight temperatures dropping down to 5
:26:54. > :26:57.Celsius. Tomorrow, again, a dull start to the day. It will be
:26:57. > :27:01.brightening up as we move into the afternoon. Some unsettled weather
:27:01. > :27:05.staying well to the west of us. We have light south-easterly breezes.
:27:05. > :27:10.Temperatures are a little bit warmer than today, getting into
:27:10. > :27:13.highs of 12 Celsius, double figures for many. More in the way of hazy
:27:13. > :27:16.sunshine, particularly in the afternoon. Again, we're holding on
:27:16. > :27:20.to that mixture of cloud and clearer skies tomorrow night.
:27:20. > :27:23.Temperatures similar to tonight, lows in single figures, around 6
:27:23. > :27:28.degrees. As we move through the week, it is going to be staying
:27:28. > :27:32.mostly dry on Thursday. There would be some outbreaks of light rain
:27:32. > :27:37.through the morning. Temperatures getting up to highs of 13-14