:00:00. > :00:08.That's all from the BBC News at Six. It's goodbye from me.
:00:09. > :00:10.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Polly Evans.
:00:11. > :00:16.Jail for the violent burglars, tracked by their 80`year`old
:00:17. > :00:35.I cannot explain it. I cannot explain why I reacted how I did.
:00:36. > :00:38.Radical plans put forward to cut obesity in Medway, officially one
:00:39. > :00:44.A former detective who murdered his former partner in front of their
:00:45. > :00:47.children, killed himself in his prison cell, an inquest jury finds.
:00:48. > :00:49.We're in Eastbourne with the details.
:00:50. > :00:52.Reviving an old favourite. All Creatures Great and Small
:00:53. > :00:59.And marital bliss. The Kent couple celebrating their 75th wedding
:01:00. > :01:11.anniversary claim they have never argued.
:01:12. > :01:16.An 80`year`old man from Kent has been describing how he took on gang
:01:17. > :01:20.violent robbers and helped police to find them with a tracking device
:01:21. > :01:24.William Meadows caught the men leaving his home in Wrotham
:01:25. > :01:28.They battered his car with a sledge hammer whilst he was still
:01:29. > :01:31.in it, and then drove off in it but they didn't know
:01:32. > :01:39.Here's our Home Affairs reporter, Rebecca Williams.
:01:40. > :01:47.Jailed for a total of 11 years, they violently attacked a pensioner last
:01:48. > :01:51.year. When eight`year`old Bill tried to block their escape route with his
:01:52. > :01:56.car, they made off on it. It was as mobile phone's tracking device that
:01:57. > :02:01.enabled police to catch them. I cannot explain it. It's difficult to
:02:02. > :02:06.say why, why I reacted the way I did. People ask me if I was scared
:02:07. > :02:13.and I can only say that don't recall feeling frightened. I don't recall
:02:14. > :02:16.feeling angry. I was very indignant. When I first heard, Bill said I
:02:17. > :02:21.first heard, Bill said are you sitting down? My stomach immediately
:02:22. > :02:26.went upside down. Yes, it was awe`inspiring to come here and see
:02:27. > :02:31.the police cars at the front. I was pretty round`up. The men caused
:02:32. > :02:35.considerable damage to the house, breaking in through both the front
:02:36. > :02:39.and patio doors. Mr Meadows returned home just as the burglars were
:02:40. > :02:41.trying to escape. He and his gardener plot this driveway with
:02:42. > :02:46.their cars to stop them getting away. As he did so, one of the men
:02:47. > :02:51.started to smashes windscreen with a sledgehammer. I was worried. We'll
:02:52. > :02:56.is 80 years old and he was in the car. I saw the sledgehammer hit the
:02:57. > :03:00.car and just panicked. I thought the sledgehammer was going to go
:03:01. > :03:04.straight through the car. Mr Meadows can see that his mobile phone had
:03:05. > :03:10.gone from the village towards Dartford. The men drove the car to
:03:11. > :03:16.Dartford Heath where is was abandoned. We would encourage any
:03:17. > :03:19.member of the public to owns a smartphone to download this kind of
:03:20. > :03:24.application to their product. It gives up as an opportunity to track
:03:25. > :03:28.it, bring the offender to justice and of course return the property to
:03:29. > :03:32.its rightful owner. Bill says since the incident, he is more concerned
:03:33. > :03:37.than ever before about his own security. But he is urging people to
:03:38. > :03:41.use technology to protect themselves from similar incidents.
:03:42. > :03:44.Compulsory walking to school and a ban on fast food restaurants
:03:45. > :03:49.They're just two of the radical proposals put forward
:03:50. > :03:53.for debate at the first ever obesity summit held in Medway today.
:03:54. > :03:56.The Medway Towns has the second highest obesity rate in England,
:03:57. > :03:59.with one third of adults classed as obese, and a fifth of children
:04:00. > :04:14.Medway has an obesity problem, so how should it be tackled? That job
:04:15. > :04:22.got underway today and there were some radical ideas. Stopping parking
:04:23. > :04:27.within half a mile of school, for example. These sort of... They might
:04:28. > :04:33.not be popular but what we have to ensure it is our youngsters have a
:04:34. > :04:39.good start in life. Another idea was restricted Wi`Fi so children cannot
:04:40. > :04:45.sit for hours on end playing with gadgets, and bans on fast food shops
:04:46. > :04:49.near schools and out right ban on Sunday trading altogether. I
:04:50. > :04:53.wouldn't ban Sunday trading because we often like to go out to the pub
:04:54. > :04:58.or something. That is a social thing, getting together and going
:04:59. > :05:04.out. I don't think it. People going too fast food chains. It comes down
:05:05. > :05:08.to eating habits. Tackling obesity can only be a successive
:05:09. > :05:19.supermarkets get on board. Tesco one of the first to remove sweets
:05:20. > :05:30.from... It's a lack of education. It is not the supermarkets. There is no
:05:31. > :05:33.quick fix. Whatever ideas are put into action, they need to be
:05:34. > :05:39.realistic and achievable. Well, we're joined by Adam Lawrence
:05:40. > :05:51.from Gillingham Football Club which Thank you for joining us. The club
:05:52. > :05:55.must recognise that obesity is a serious problem in Medway, to be
:05:56. > :06:02.involved in this way. Yes, absolutely. It was a great event
:06:03. > :06:09.organised by the council. A lot of what came out today was a surprise.
:06:10. > :06:14.Some of the statistics were 20% of year six students being obese to,
:06:15. > :06:17.which surprised me. We have a huge role in our local community to do
:06:18. > :06:21.what we can to make a difference and try and reduce those numbers. We do
:06:22. > :06:26.an awful lot of work with local primary schools and some secondary
:06:27. > :06:33.schools, as well as further education establishments. What are
:06:34. > :06:39.the specific ideas that would help to solve this problem? Lots of ideas
:06:40. > :06:44.were aired today. Some were radical and some were less so. As a club, we
:06:45. > :06:50.can do a lot of things. We need to look at physical activity rates in
:06:51. > :06:56.young kids but education is key. We do do things. We have an education
:06:57. > :07:02.programme about easing healthily and being able to cook healthy meals.
:07:03. > :07:08.There is only so much that sporting institutions can do to change
:07:09. > :07:13.people's lifestyles. Even with the London Olympics with promises of
:07:14. > :07:21.funding and legacy, that is thought to be faltering, isn't it? Possibly
:07:22. > :07:27.so. There are some lasting effects from that, positive ones. We work
:07:28. > :07:30.with a lot of kids where they have taken up a lot of activities. They
:07:31. > :07:35.may not have known about that previously. But I think it is about
:07:36. > :07:38.changing lifestyles and how people view exercise and eating healthily.
:07:39. > :07:45.That comes with education for younger people. Also working with
:07:46. > :07:48.young families. The more we can do to invite people into our club and
:07:49. > :07:50.get out to sea as many people as we can locally, that was definitely
:07:51. > :07:56.help. a woman badly trampled
:07:57. > :08:01.by a cow calls for greater safety A former detective who was jailed
:08:02. > :08:09.for murdering his partner in front of their two young children
:08:10. > :08:12.did commit suicide in his prison Peter Foster was found hanging
:08:13. > :08:17.at Lewes Prison in July 2012. He had been jailed for life, a month
:08:18. > :08:21.earlier for stabbing Detective Constable Heather Cooper and beating
:08:22. > :08:39.her with a baseball bat. He hanged himself with a bed sheet
:08:40. > :08:43.just after a month... Although he was considered a suicide link, staff
:08:44. > :08:47.at the prison had reduced the level of supervision he was under in the
:08:48. > :08:53.weeks before his death. However, today, as the inquest jury returned
:08:54. > :08:56.its verdict of suicide, it attributed no blame. Simply
:08:57. > :09:02.stating, that Peter Foster had been moved to a set with reduced
:09:03. > :09:15.supervision to improve his quality of life, and there, he killed
:09:16. > :09:22.himself. `` cell. He tried to take his own life three times whilst in
:09:23. > :09:26.custody. Staff at the prison said he had seemed more positive in the days
:09:27. > :09:29.before his death. The decision to move him from around the clock
:09:30. > :09:35.scrutiny had been a calculated risk. Forensic psychiatrist Doctor
:09:36. > :09:40.Caroline Arden told the inquest, I cannot see it as being humane in,
:09:41. > :09:45.keeping someone in a cell in those conditions for a period of 17 plus
:09:46. > :09:47.years. We have to give people some responsibility for moving forward,
:09:48. > :09:53.keeping them safe and improving their quality of life. Peter Foster
:09:54. > :09:56.stabbed his partner and fellow detective, Heather Cooper, to death
:09:57. > :10:00.at their home in Surrey, leaving their two children without a mother
:10:01. > :10:05.and with a father facing a minimum of 17 years in prison. A former
:10:06. > :10:09.colleague told the inquest his children were his reason for living
:10:10. > :10:16.and his sentencing may have pushed him over the edge.
:10:17. > :10:21.He is outside the coroner 's Court for us now. In many ways, this
:10:22. > :10:27.verdict seemed inevitable. Yes, I think that is right. This
:10:28. > :10:31.inquest was more about scrutinising that decision to allow a man who was
:10:32. > :10:38.a known suicide risk to be moved into a cell, where he was only
:10:39. > :10:43.supervised once an hour. The staff maintained it was a decision that
:10:44. > :10:47.was made to help his mental health and to improve his quality of life.
:10:48. > :10:52.They said they couldn't conceive of a situation where a man would be
:10:53. > :10:53.under constant supervision, a round`the`clock, for the entirety of
:10:54. > :10:56.his sentence. Gatwick should be allowed to build
:10:57. > :10:59.another terminal and a second runway south of the existing one, according
:11:00. > :11:02.to East Sussex County Council. The authority has this afternoon
:11:03. > :11:04.endorsed the airport's preferred option, which would see
:11:05. > :11:07.a new runway created just over a kilometre south of the existing one,
:11:08. > :11:11.and the creation of a new terminal. The number of firefighters in
:11:12. > :11:14.West Sussex could be cut under plans The County Council says
:11:15. > :11:18.the plans would save ?1.6 million They also say staff shift
:11:19. > :11:35.patterns could be altered, but all They brighten woman who was left
:11:36. > :11:38.with a punctured lung and six broken ribs after she was attacked by a cow
:11:39. > :11:43.on the South Downs says that more needs to be done to protect people
:11:44. > :11:46.who are walking in the countryside. She was on a footpath two weeks ago
:11:47. > :11:50.when she was trampled and butted by the animal. Their injuries were so
:11:51. > :11:57.severe, she had to be airlifted to hospital.
:11:58. > :12:04.They appear placid, tranquil, just chewing the cud. But appearances can
:12:05. > :12:08.be deceptive. They can charge to her once and was coming for her a second
:12:09. > :12:14.time. She says she thought she was going to die. It returned and it
:12:15. > :12:21.started head`butting me, putting its weight on me. It was absolutely
:12:22. > :12:26.terrifying. Cows do present a risk. Latest figures show 32 people were
:12:27. > :12:33.killed by cattle between 2001 and 2011. 15 of those deaths were caused
:12:34. > :12:36.by balls in that same period, 439 people suffered major injuries. One
:12:37. > :12:43.of those was a present of question Time, David Dimbleby, briefly
:12:44. > :12:46.knocked out in a few years ago. Before you enter the field, if you
:12:47. > :12:51.notice there are cattle in the field, take a look and see if you
:12:52. > :12:54.can't avoid walking through the cattle, especially if there is a cow
:12:55. > :13:00.and their car. Walk slowly, don't run. Don't get too scared. Local
:13:01. > :13:04.farmers, who understand their animals, also have some simple
:13:05. > :13:09.advice for walkers. The ones that have calves running with them are a
:13:10. > :13:19.little bit more dangerous. If they do come to you, look at them, stand
:13:20. > :13:24.still and they will mostly go away. The terror of being crushed to the
:13:25. > :13:30.point where I couldn't breathe. I was managing screens which is why
:13:31. > :13:33.the couple returned to help me. In between the screens, I couldn't
:13:34. > :13:38.breathe at all. It was very frightening. Tonight, the local
:13:39. > :13:44.authority have published a reminder that the East Sussex countryside is
:13:45. > :13:57.working farmland with all the associated risk that implies.
:13:58. > :14:00.Two violent burglars have been jailed, after they were caught
:14:01. > :14:03.by the tracking soft ware on their 80 year old victims smartphone.
:14:04. > :14:06.William Meadows caught the men leaving his home in Wrotham
:14:07. > :14:10.They battered his car with a sledge hammer whilst he was still
:14:11. > :14:13.in it, and then drove off in it but they didn't know
:14:14. > :14:19.One man's effor to raise a battalion to fight in World War I
:14:20. > :14:22.and the devastating impact it had on a corner of Sussex.
:14:23. > :14:26.We have rain on the way from tomorrow. By the end of the week,
:14:27. > :14:30.some fairly lively showers. Join me later for the forecast.
:14:31. > :14:33.Sammy Morgan from Rye is one of those extraordinary characters
:14:34. > :14:36.who suffered a lifechanging injury but has used it as the opportunity
:14:37. > :14:44.The former army medic was in a terrible car crash four years
:14:45. > :14:50.But during her seven months in hospital she came up with a plan to
:14:51. > :14:57.create handmade, uniformed teddy bears to raise money for injured
:14:58. > :15:03.She nearly lost her life now Sammy Morgan is using the time
:15:04. > :15:13.She does it by making commemorative bears in military costume.
:15:14. > :15:31.Being an ex`soldier myself, I have studied the military for years and I
:15:32. > :15:36.know what them uniforms look like. I was left with the inability to eat,
:15:37. > :15:41.drink some of them. I cannot eat solid food now. I eat what a
:15:42. > :15:47.three`month`old baby eats. I didn't realise until a few months ago that
:15:48. > :15:52.my mental injuries were far worse. I have been diagnosed with
:15:53. > :15:58.post`traumatic stress disorder. The 48`year`old makes history bears for
:15:59. > :16:01.charity. The money she raises helped by military families respite
:16:02. > :16:06.holidays after the death of a loved one she couldn't do it without the
:16:07. > :16:10.help of six voluntary workers. It's a brilliant idea. People can keep
:16:11. > :16:14.them and pass on, rather than by and chuck away. They can pass them to
:16:15. > :16:20.the family and it is all for a good cause as well. And as an additional
:16:21. > :16:24.point of detail, Sam uses the original regimental material for all
:16:25. > :16:30.the teddy bears uniforms. Just have a look. Customers buy the toys from
:16:31. > :16:33.the military heroes trading website with the former soldier making
:16:34. > :16:36.around 500 bears a week. More teddies are on the way, including
:16:37. > :16:38.eight Winston Churchill bear. The aim is to raise enough money to fund
:16:39. > :17:04.a military museum in Eastbourne. In the 1970's the bucolic tales of
:17:05. > :17:08.country vets James Herriot, Tristan Farnon and his irascible brother
:17:09. > :17:10.Siegfried gripped the nation, as they battled with cows and cats and
:17:11. > :17:14.a pekingese dog called tricky`woo. Now All Creatures Great and
:17:15. > :17:17.Small has been adapted for the stage for the first time and its at the
:17:18. > :17:22.Theatre Royal in Brighton this week Jane Witherspoon is there now.
:17:23. > :17:32.Jane it was hugely popular in its In the 1970s, it was pulling in
:17:33. > :17:36.around 20 million viewers. I've just been inside the Theatre Royal,
:17:37. > :17:45.catching up with a cast of the new production. We managed to fill them
:17:46. > :18:03.in their rehearsals. `` film them.
:18:04. > :18:08.All my tie have been a pothole has all times. It may be summer but it
:18:09. > :18:19.is bitter up there at four in the morning. An all`star ensemble cast
:18:20. > :18:23.including Lee Latchford Evans. This is the first stroke play that I have
:18:24. > :18:28.ever done. The musicals and have toured with the band. Touring is not
:18:29. > :18:32.a shock. Being on a stage with a live audience that is there, where I
:18:33. > :18:41.can see their eyes, that is different. And this is the band he
:18:42. > :18:46.is talking about. He is best known for being one fifth of the 90s pop
:18:47. > :18:52.group, Steps. I guess you get a lot of fans coming to see you. I have
:18:53. > :18:55.had if you already which is great. Respect to them, because they put
:18:56. > :19:00.their hand in their pocket, turn up and I really do appreciate that. The
:19:01. > :19:05.play also stars Susan Penhaligon. For over 40 years, she's graced the
:19:06. > :19:10.stage and screen, working with acting royalty like Judi Dench.
:19:11. > :19:16.Being an actor is a job. You have your moment in the sun, which I hope
:19:17. > :19:22.everyone does. Every aspiring actor, I hope they have their moment, and
:19:23. > :19:27.after that, I think you work. They will be donning the vets's white
:19:28. > :19:29.coats from Saturday. It is great to see a bit of the
:19:30. > :19:44.North on the south`east coast. They were farm workers, railwaymen
:19:45. > :19:47.even footballers but when the call came they all answered it. In 1914
:19:48. > :19:51.Colonel Lowther, the owner of Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex,
:19:52. > :19:54.decided to raise his own battalion and fight together. But their
:19:55. > :20:00.bravery and comradeship would have a devastating affect on the towns and
:20:01. > :20:14.villages they left behind as Sara This castle walls rebuilt by Colonel
:20:15. > :20:19.Crowther, who hosted fabulous society parties here. Come 1914, his
:20:20. > :20:24.attention turned to war. He had fought in the Boer War. He was put
:20:25. > :20:28.up for a Victoria Cross. He was a kernel so he had a military
:20:29. > :20:33.background. He joined parliament in 1900 and didn't do a lot. But it
:20:34. > :20:39.seems as though in 1914, when war breaks out, he becomes very active.
:20:40. > :20:43.And this would be his legacy. With permission from the War office, he
:20:44. > :20:46.called on the men of Sussex to sign up for a South Downs Battalion.
:20:47. > :20:52.Within two days, more than 1000 had volunteered. Farm workers,
:20:53. > :20:57.railwaymen, sports teams all joined together. Peter the sheep was
:20:58. > :21:06.allowed to roam around the castle and became fair basket. ` became
:21:07. > :21:10.their mascot. The general feeling was, it's a jolly. It's going to be
:21:11. > :21:16.over by Christmas so let's get in before it finishes. That was the
:21:17. > :21:26.general feeling. 3000 Sussex man joined, and that for three
:21:27. > :21:32.battalions. One of them, William, another, Frank Richards. People were
:21:33. > :21:35.a lot more community minded and of course, the interest in joining up
:21:36. > :21:39.to go to fight with your pals, the people that you knew, your
:21:40. > :21:44.workmates, made it a lot more secure for many of them. For two years,
:21:45. > :21:48.they trained here but as plans were put in place for what would become
:21:49. > :21:54.the war's most infamous slaughter, they were sent to France. They were
:21:55. > :21:59.to be given fair own mission, meant as a diversionary tactic for what
:22:00. > :22:04.was to come. They were sent over the top at Riche Bork, the day before
:22:05. > :22:09.the Battle of the song was due to begin. The tactic did not work. All
:22:10. > :22:14.these men climbed out of their trenches. They have to go through
:22:15. > :22:17.these designated lanes to get to the German trenches. Because of the
:22:18. > :22:22.shellfire, it was all jumbled up and down they couldn't get through the
:22:23. > :22:30.wire. The German machine gunners were just saying thank you very
:22:31. > :22:33.much, bang, bang, bang. 365 men were killed or reported missing. 1000
:22:34. > :22:40.more were injured. Nelson Carter was more were injured. Nelson Carter was
:22:41. > :22:43.shot dead after time and again going into no man's land to rescue injured
:22:44. > :22:50.comrades. He was awarded the Victoria Cross. This footballer,
:22:51. > :22:55.William, lost a leg. Frank Richards went missing, his body never find.
:22:56. > :23:02.It became known as the day Sussex died. It was complete slaughter and
:23:03. > :23:08.a very hard day, particularly for the towns and villages across the
:23:09. > :23:12.south coast to Sussex, where there was not hardly a town or village
:23:13. > :23:16.where a family didn't lose somebody. It's one of the greatest things and
:23:17. > :23:19.one of the worst things of the war, the fact you could join up with your
:23:20. > :23:25.friends, with family members but it meant they all died together. The
:23:26. > :23:30.impact on villages, communities, was absolutely atrocious. The survivors
:23:31. > :23:41.would go on to the Somme and then Passchendaele. Only a handful would
:23:42. > :23:45.overcome. ` would ever come home. There is more on the centenary of
:23:46. > :24:04.World War I and the enduring impact of the conflict on our website.
:24:05. > :24:07.A couple from Gillingham were today thrown a surprise party by their
:24:08. > :24:10.family to celebrate their 75th Wedding anniversary. Jack and Hilda
:24:11. > :24:13.Graham married in 1939, after they met outside of Woolworths in Chatham
:24:14. > :24:20.have a wedding cake at their small event, so today they were treated to
:24:21. > :24:25.a cake and lunch as part of the celebrations. Lucinda Adam reports.
:24:26. > :24:31.75 years of marriage and never a crossword, they claim. What is the
:24:32. > :24:42.secret to long lasting love? We don't argue. I give her a cuddle
:24:43. > :24:46.every night. She enjoys it. They met outside this were worse in Chatham
:24:47. > :24:51.high Street, when 15`year`old Hilda was shopping. It wasn't quite love
:24:52. > :25:01.at first sight. I went out with your cousin first, didn't I? She was the
:25:02. > :25:06.best one. Three years later, they married, with their two fathers as
:25:07. > :25:11.witnesses, no photos and not even a cake. During their marriage, they've
:25:12. > :25:16.seen 14 different prime ministers. Back in 1936, the average house in
:25:17. > :25:22.the UK cost just ?550. Jack and Hilda have lived in the same home
:25:23. > :25:27.the whole marriage. When they met, a pick and mix from Woolworths cost
:25:28. > :25:32.just 2p. Today, there was cake, as they celebrated with their two
:25:33. > :25:34.daughters and just some of their seven grandchildren, 14
:25:35. > :25:39.great`grandchildren and for great`great`grandchildren. Mum is
:25:40. > :25:43.shy but my father will make friends with everybody. They are a very
:25:44. > :25:50.happy`go`lucky couple. They gave us a holiday every year. We had two
:25:51. > :25:53.weeks down the country. No matter how hard times were, they gave us a
:25:54. > :25:59.holiday and that is what we remember most. On their wedding day, did they
:26:00. > :26:05.ever imagined they would be celebrating their 75th anniversary
:26:06. > :26:13.surrounded by family? Not with this lot! Not with so many, anyway. If it
:26:14. > :26:24.wasn't for us, they wouldn't be any of them.
:26:25. > :26:25.Congratulations. Not so much reason to celebrate with the weather
:26:26. > :26:34.though. Lots of rain for tomorrow, I'm
:26:35. > :26:39.afraid. Today, some sunshine but also some scattered showers. Fairly
:26:40. > :26:44.sharp way we saw them. Highs of 18 or 19 degrees. As we go into
:26:45. > :26:49.tonight, we are going to be a missionary drive but we could see
:26:50. > :26:56.this band of rain arrived by two o'clock tomorrow morning. All of us
:26:57. > :27:01.will be seeing it. It would be a wet start to the day tomorrow. I'm
:27:02. > :27:07.afraid it's days like that. Ten to 20 million litres of rainfall
:27:08. > :27:13.expected. By the afternoon, highs of 13 or 14 degrees. It will not feel
:27:14. > :27:19.particularly warm. Through tomorrow evening, eventually that rain will
:27:20. > :27:21.clear its way eastwards. Behind it, some clearer skies will develop and
:27:22. > :27:29.temperatures will drop to single figures. For Thursday, it's going to
:27:30. > :27:33.be quite dry and pride. Feeling warm as well. Picking up a southerly
:27:34. > :27:40.flow. Temperatures rising to 18 or 19 degrees. As we go into Friday, we
:27:41. > :27:43.are actually going to see temperatures continue to climb,
:27:44. > :27:47.because we are pulling up warm air. There is an area of low pressure
:27:48. > :27:53.here which means particularly as we go into Saturday, we will see some
:27:54. > :27:59.really heavy and thundery downpours. For Saturday, we have warnings out
:28:00. > :28:02.about heavy and persistent rain. Over the next couple of days,
:28:03. > :28:08.particularly tomorrow, lots of rain. Thursday will be dry and bright.
:28:09. > :28:14.Friday, the chance of heavy showers. Really unsettled into Saturday.
:28:15. > :28:25.I am looking forward to Thursday! Goodbye. Goodbye.
:28:26. > :28:28.Did I die? Not yet. But it can be arranged.
:28:29. > :28:31.All the lies. Does that just cost you nothing?
:28:32. > :28:36.Because I'm trying to put things right.
:28:37. > :28:40.Every one of us has lied. Every single one of us.