:00:03. > :00:05.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's
:00:05. > :00:07.programme: Struggling to cope why staff
:00:07. > :00:12.shortages have forced some maternity units to turn away
:00:12. > :00:22.pregnant women. Why protecting this tiny sea snail
:00:22. > :00:26.
:00:26. > :00:29.is causing a stir in Pagham. law is biased against people. It
:00:29. > :00:31.does not bear scrutiny. Dorset heathland on fire, but this
:00:31. > :00:34.time firefighters say it's all in a good cause.
:00:34. > :00:43.And the gruelling three-day challenge to swim to the Isle of
:00:43. > :00:53.Wight run round it and swim back again. The next three days of going
:00:53. > :00:55.
:00:55. > :00:59.to be excruciatingly painful, but Maternity units in the South are
:00:59. > :01:03.being regularly closed, some almost once a week. It means pregnant
:01:03. > :01:06.women are being turned away from their local unit and sent elsewhere.
:01:06. > :01:09.Figures for 2010 obtained by the BBC's Panorama programme also show
:01:09. > :01:14.that midwives are having to deal with far more births than
:01:14. > :01:16.recommended because of staff shortages. Overall, they paint a
:01:16. > :01:26.picture of a service under serious pressure, particularly in this
:01:26. > :01:31.regiona. Our health correspondent, David Fenton, reports.
:01:31. > :01:35.There is a baby boom and hospitals of struggling to cope with the
:01:35. > :01:41.highest number of birds in 20 years. It is particularly acute in the
:01:41. > :01:45.south. This woman, who did not want to be identified, gave birth in
:01:45. > :01:52.Reading last year. The midwife was brilliant Iraq and she stayed with
:01:52. > :01:59.us and took care of us. -- was brilliant throughout. We were left
:01:59. > :02:03.for about four hours after that. My baby wanted to feed so that was the
:02:03. > :02:08.most traumatic thing because she was just screaming. Figures we have
:02:08. > :02:12.seen showed just how pressured some units have become.
:02:12. > :02:15.Under the Freedom of Information Act, all hospitals were asked how
:02:15. > :02:25.often they close their maternity units because of staffing or other
:02:25. > :02:28.
:02:28. > :02:33.Some hospitals did not give any figures.
:02:33. > :02:37.One patient groups says mothers were often moved to other hospitals
:02:37. > :02:42.because their local unit was full. Mothers are very anxious at that
:02:42. > :02:47.stage and when they get diverted out the last minute, it is very
:02:47. > :02:52.distressing. But the hospital right so to everyone who is affected like
:02:52. > :02:57.that and points out the reason that the maternity unit was closed. It
:02:57. > :03:02.is because they were dealing with a really urgent cases. Change in
:03:02. > :03:07.maternity services is controversial and could become more so as NHS
:03:07. > :03:12.savings begun to bite. With the cutbacks, with the recession, there
:03:12. > :03:16.will not be much more money, but knowing about the problem will help
:03:16. > :03:20.us start sorting it out and making sure we are bringing in more
:03:20. > :03:26.midwives into the service. If we know about the problem, we can deal
:03:26. > :03:30.with it. But with birthrate rising, the pressure on maternity units
:03:30. > :03:32.looks likely to continue. I'm joined now by our Health
:03:32. > :03:37.Correspondent David Fenton. These statistics reflect pretty badly on
:03:37. > :03:40.some trusts? These figures are from a Panorama programme tonight and
:03:40. > :03:43.they do suggest some hospitals are doing worse than others. What's
:03:43. > :03:45.strange is that we see some places like Reading and Bournemouth
:03:45. > :03:51.temporarily closing units - basically because they're full -
:03:52. > :03:59.other hospitals saying not closed at all throughout year. Frankly, I
:03:59. > :04:02.think that is odd, and it may not be whole picture. I should just say
:04:02. > :04:05.that the Royal Berkshire didn't want to comment on these figures
:04:05. > :04:11.today. Bournemouth came out worst for the number of closures in the
:04:11. > :04:16.South - what do they have to say? Their unit is run by midwives for
:04:16. > :04:19.low-risk pregnancies. They said they would only close the unit if
:04:19. > :04:23."all alternatives have been explored". Clearly it's not ideal
:04:23. > :04:32.for a woman about to give birth to find her local unit closed and have
:04:32. > :04:35.to go elsewhere. Thank you very much, David.
:04:35. > :04:39.Panorama is tonight at 8.30pm on BBC 1. And you can find out how
:04:39. > :04:42.your hospital fares by going to the news section of the BBC website.
:04:42. > :04:45.Click on the health tab and follow the links to the maternity story.
:04:45. > :04:47.From there, you can download all the figures including how many
:04:47. > :04:50.midwife posts are vacant and midwife to birth ratios.
:04:50. > :04:55.Southampton City Council staff are back on strike today in a long
:04:55. > :04:57.running dispute over pay cuts and changes to their conditions. Talks
:04:57. > :04:59.aimed at settling the dispute finished at lunchtime without
:04:59. > :05:04.resolution. Street cleaners, parking wardens and toll collectors
:05:04. > :05:09.on the Itchen bridge will all be off work for the next seven days.
:05:09. > :05:12.Refuse collectors are working to rule. More talks are scheduled for
:05:12. > :05:15.Wednesday. A strike by bus drivers, which
:05:15. > :05:18.looked set to take vehicles off the road in Chichester, has been called
:05:18. > :05:21.off after an agreement between unions and management. The drivers
:05:21. > :05:27.voted by a substantial majority to accept a revised pay offer, which
:05:27. > :05:29.gives them a 5% rise over two and a half years. They had planned a
:05:29. > :05:37.three-day strike, but the UNITE union negotiated the basis of a
:05:37. > :05:40.settlement with bus-operators Stagecoach.
:05:40. > :05:43.A fire, which was started quite deliberately, has destroyed an area
:05:43. > :05:46.of heathland near Dorchester this afternoon. And more such fires are
:05:46. > :05:49.expected this week. What's more, they're happening with the full
:05:49. > :05:52.approval of the authorities in Dorset. And perhaps not
:05:52. > :05:57.surprisingly, they've attracted attention far beyond the South of
:05:57. > :06:07.England. Roisin Gauson is in Dorset for us this evening to explain the
:06:07. > :06:07.
:06:07. > :06:12.method behind this apparent madness. He may well call it madness because
:06:12. > :06:18.this site is a dedicated site, a special scientific interest. It is
:06:18. > :06:22.home to a huge variety of wildlife and plants, and yet today and Ariel
:06:22. > :06:25.was destroyed by fire, a familiar problem during this time of year.
:06:25. > :06:29.But the difference with this fire is that it was monitored,
:06:29. > :06:32.controlled and is already being analysed by of researchers keen to
:06:32. > :06:36.find out more about the way in which it burned.
:06:36. > :06:43.He'd fires can decimate an environment in a matter of hours.
:06:43. > :06:48.Just last month, 140 acres was destroyed in a fire that was
:06:48. > :06:51.started day -- a deliberately. This week, scientists will be staging a
:06:51. > :06:55.number of research bones near Dorchester or to discover more
:06:55. > :07:03.about fire behaviour in the summer conditions. If we can understand
:07:03. > :07:07.the conditions in which Upton heath and burnt, we learnt a lot more and
:07:07. > :07:11.we will understand the fires a lot better this way than other burns at
:07:11. > :07:15.other times of year. It is a lot of preparation for a burnt that is
:07:15. > :07:18.only going to last for two minutes, but the key is to get everything
:07:18. > :07:21.done to perfection now because you only get one chance to collect the
:07:21. > :07:24.data. High-tech monitoring equipment
:07:24. > :07:29.provides vital information on everything from soil temperature,
:07:29. > :07:33.the effects of wind and which vegetation is most susceptible to
:07:33. > :07:38.burn. Every effort is made to ensure that wildlife is in court in
:07:38. > :07:45.the fire. We have done everything we can. Prior to the burn, there is
:07:45. > :07:48.a lot of activity from researchers everywhere preparing so they will
:07:48. > :07:54.remove all the wildlife away. But we have a final walk across the
:07:54. > :07:57.site to flush any wildlife away and do what we can to remove them.
:07:57. > :08:02.Experienced teams will be on site to manage the burns throughout the
:08:02. > :08:06.week. It is hoped that sacrificing small areas to research will lead
:08:06. > :08:10.to greater understanding of how best to tackle large-scale fires in
:08:10. > :08:15.the future. Work he continues this evening.
:08:15. > :08:19.They have four fires a planned for this week, but they will continue
:08:19. > :08:23.to monitor this area as it regenerate and turns green once
:08:23. > :08:33.more to get a complete picture of how a fire can affect an area from
:08:33. > :08:35.
:08:35. > :08:37.In the past hour, commuters at Brighton railway station have been
:08:37. > :08:39.joining in a nationwide protest about rail fare increases.
:08:39. > :08:41.Passengers and local politicians have joined a demonstration
:08:41. > :08:44.organised by the lobby group Campaign for Better Transport. Next
:08:44. > :08:48.year, a season ticket for a Brighton to London commute will go
:08:48. > :08:52.up by over �250 to more than �3,500.o may have been seen there.
:08:52. > :08:57.It will be expensive. I commute a lot, just to go up there every day,
:08:57. > :09:04.you feel it because you travel during the peak times. As long as
:09:04. > :09:09.they are investing in a decent facilities and better rail services,
:09:09. > :09:13.then I can condone the increase. They are planning to raise rail
:09:13. > :09:18.fares by 28 % over the next three years. That is difficult for people
:09:18. > :09:21.commuting every day, getting around to see family and friends. Fares of
:09:21. > :09:25.rising four times faster than wages so it is difficult for people to
:09:25. > :09:35.get to work and also not a good idea in terms of pushing people
:09:35. > :09:36.
:09:36. > :09:39.into their cars. Sporting ambition or a blatant
:09:39. > :09:41.disregard for our heritage? Opposing views of two sides in a
:09:41. > :09:44.planning row in Surrey. The National Small Bore Rifle
:09:44. > :09:47.Association wants to build a hotel for people who come to shoot at
:09:47. > :09:49.Bisley. But a living history museum on the site wants to preserve
:09:49. > :09:52.buildings there. Tom Hepworth reports.
:09:52. > :10:00.The battle lines are drawn, but this is a planning dispute with a
:10:00. > :10:03.difference: It is about a shed, or rather a heart. It is home to Eddie
:10:03. > :10:10.who runs the Trunch experience at living History Museum which
:10:10. > :10:14.commemorates those who left -- lost their homes in World War One. The
:10:14. > :10:17.heart was built in 1913 as a cookhouse when thousands of the
:10:17. > :10:22.soldiers were trained at Bisley before being deployed to the
:10:22. > :10:25.Western Front. It is owned by the National -- the National Small Bore
:10:25. > :10:30.Rifle Association which wants to knock it down and build a 75
:10:30. > :10:34.bedroom hotel exclusively for shooting parties. Secretly, I did
:10:34. > :10:37.not believe that a hotel development here would work. There
:10:37. > :10:43.is a special clause in the conditions for the use of the hotel
:10:43. > :10:47.and that is it may only be used by shooters, people who are allied to
:10:47. > :10:50.shooting. The idea of a hotel is meant to enhance the enjoyment of
:10:51. > :10:55.the people who already come to Bisley to shoot. It is not meant to
:10:55. > :11:01.attract members of the general public. If the general public, and
:11:01. > :11:04.do the gates, it will affect the unique character of this place.
:11:04. > :11:08.Nobody from the National Small Bore Rifle Association was available for
:11:08. > :11:13.an interview on camera. They did tell me that they did not think
:11:13. > :11:16.this building was of any historical significance. They say there is a
:11:17. > :11:21.severe shortage of accommodation locally with many shooters having
:11:21. > :11:25.to stay in Bracknell 9 miles away. The council granted planning
:11:25. > :11:28.permission 12 years ago, but says no evidence was presented to show
:11:28. > :11:31.the hut was of historical importance. Efforts are now
:11:31. > :11:36.underway to get a building preservation order, the first step
:11:36. > :11:46.to getting a listed. Eddie wants to stay, but has been
:11:46. > :11:53.
:11:53. > :11:56.given two weeks notice so is Dorset police made more than �1
:11:56. > :11:59.million in profit last year from its Driver Awareness Course. Its
:11:59. > :12:02.offered to some motorists as an alternative to points on their
:12:02. > :12:12.licence. Around 20,000 drivers pay �100 to take the course in Dorset
:12:12. > :12:19.
:12:19. > :12:21.every year. The force says the A cannabis factory where up to 400
:12:21. > :12:25.plants were being grown has been uncovered by police in Worthing.
:12:25. > :12:27.They were called to the warehouse in Dale Road when a burglar alarm
:12:27. > :12:30.went off over the weekend. Once inside, they found the drugs.
:12:30. > :12:33.Officers are still searching the premises, but no arrests have yet
:12:33. > :12:43.been made. They're appealing for any information about the factory
:12:43. > :12:51.
:12:51. > :12:56.or people who may have been seen Within a few weeks, he is going
:12:57. > :13:02.back to Colombia to set up a charity to help street children.
:13:02. > :13:06.A two years ago, down was working as a teacher in a Colombian city.
:13:06. > :13:11.During a holiday trip to the Amazon, he dived on to make sandbank and
:13:11. > :13:17.fractured his neck. He was flown to hospital to begin his recovery. For
:13:17. > :13:21.the last nine months, he has been living at his home. His mother
:13:21. > :13:26.lives nearby. He has spent much of the time here planning to launch a
:13:26. > :13:31.charity to help children who live on the streets. I feel a sense of
:13:31. > :13:34.connection with these children, a sense of connection with Colombia.
:13:34. > :13:40.Although I had a terrible accident there, it was something I had in
:13:40. > :13:44.mind before. It was not until arriving there and I had lived
:13:44. > :13:49.there and went into the centre of the city and travelled around that
:13:49. > :13:55.I realised the extent of poverty. The scale of need there is
:13:55. > :13:58.incredible. Down and has set up the project with a voice activated
:13:58. > :14:01.computer. He will be working with a partner charity based in Colombia
:14:01. > :14:07.and has already attracted the attention of a couple of corporate
:14:07. > :14:11.donors. He fears his physical recovery has stalled and plans to
:14:11. > :14:15.undergo intensive rehabilitation at a clinic in Colombia during his two
:14:15. > :14:19.month trip there. It will not be an easy journey, but he is getting
:14:20. > :14:23.support from friends and family. Daniel is incredibly determined. It
:14:23. > :14:29.is something he started before the accident. It is a very good for him,
:14:29. > :14:35.he really has to do this. As a family, we have to make sure he can
:14:35. > :14:41.do it. Going back to Colombia with the nostalgia and the friends that
:14:41. > :14:46.I made there, having not been there since I had my accident, it will be
:14:46. > :14:56.an extremely emotional time. Daniel is true to it before Colombia at
:14:56. > :15:07.
:15:07. > :15:10.the end of Saddam. -- due to leave Today:
:15:10. > :15:12.Work to restore a number of historic buildings in Salisbury
:15:12. > :15:15.city centre which were partially destroyed during a fire in March,
:15:15. > :15:18.is expected to take ten months. The fire began at the 18th-century
:15:18. > :15:21.Market Inn pub. Investigators haven't been able to pinpoint what
:15:21. > :15:23.caused the blaze. It's hoped the work will be completed before the
:15:23. > :15:26.Olympic torch relay visits the City next July.
:15:26. > :15:29.Dorset's Bovington Tank Museum has moved a step closer to securing
:15:29. > :15:31.�2.7 million of Lottery funding. It's been given the go ahead to
:15:31. > :15:41.draw up plans for a new conservation centre. It would house
:15:41. > :15:50.
:15:50. > :15:53.up to 120 of its historic military Glorious Goodwood gets underway
:15:53. > :16:03.tomorrow and there's the promise of an epic contest between two
:16:03. > :16:09.
:16:09. > :16:12.I love my racing! You know more about the horses than
:16:12. > :16:19.I do! I am going to read the link now,
:16:19. > :16:21.but you do not need me for that. Frankel goes up against Canford
:16:21. > :16:31.Cliffs for the first time on Wednesday, and as Mark Sanders
:16:31. > :16:36.
:16:36. > :16:42.explains it's likely to be an It was raining like Hague on
:16:42. > :16:46.Wednesday! It has always been is a fixture of the summer season has
:16:46. > :16:50.come and visit the stage is set up for what has been billed as the jaw
:16:50. > :16:57.on the Downs, a contest between two outstanding horses who have never
:16:57. > :17:01.raised -- and raced against one another. On Wednesday, there is the
:17:01. > :17:06.four year-old who won it last year. He will arrive at Goodwood at his
:17:06. > :17:10.victory at Royal Ascot. He will be up against Frankel, a year younger
:17:10. > :17:17.and unbeaten in all of his seven starts, including a brilliant
:17:17. > :17:22.display in 2000. The competition is almost a two horse race. The big
:17:22. > :17:29.two will be joined by just two other runners. Since he won last
:17:30. > :17:35.year, he is unbeaten. But Frankel adds... He has been astonishing,
:17:35. > :17:40.the weight he has won his races. He could be the best course I will
:17:40. > :17:45.ever see. Partly, Wednesday is about proving that, how good is
:17:45. > :17:49.Frankel? It promises to be the base at glorious Goodwood. The weather
:17:49. > :17:53.was smiling on the South Downs, much to the relief of the clerk of
:17:53. > :17:57.the course. Last week, I was worried because we had a lot of
:17:57. > :18:01.brain. That was up until Friday and then it settled down. I was
:18:01. > :18:05.concerned because I thought we would be racing on easier ground,
:18:05. > :18:12.but it is lovely now. There has been a vintage racing at Goodwood
:18:12. > :18:15.over the years, but Wednesday's meeting between these two basis --
:18:15. > :18:19.courses promises to be a good encounter.
:18:19. > :18:25.Lots more from Goodwood it later in the week, including the celebrity
:18:25. > :18:27.race. That is on Thursday. The big race is on Wednesday.
:18:27. > :18:30.Cricket, and Hampshire have been deducted eight County Championship
:18:30. > :18:33.points for having a poor pitch in this week's match against
:18:33. > :18:41.Nottinghamshire. They're now 36 points adrift at the bottom of
:18:41. > :18:43.Division One. In football, Reading have signed 24-year-old South
:18:43. > :18:47.African international defender Bongani Khumalo on a season-long
:18:47. > :18:50.loan from Tottenham. Meanwhile, Crawley Town fans got
:18:50. > :18:53.the chance to see the League Cup in person at the club's open training
:18:53. > :18:56.session today. Crawley face the unusual prospect of a play-off
:18:56. > :19:04.against fellow Football League new boys AFC Wimbledon on Friday for a
:19:04. > :19:07.place in the first round proper of the competition.
:19:07. > :19:11.Lots of people take on sporting challenges to raise money for good
:19:11. > :19:15.causes. But there are sporting challenges. And then there are
:19:15. > :19:19.sporting challenges. And two men from Hampshire are resting tonight
:19:19. > :19:29.after the first leg of an epic odyssey. They're calling their goal
:19:29. > :19:38.
:19:38. > :19:43.- to swim to and run round the Isle Two men, one mission. At 9:30am
:19:43. > :19:47.this morning, it began. Dave and Martin have strong motives for
:19:47. > :19:52.taking on this challenge. You would need to. A former professional
:19:52. > :20:00.triathlete, Dave was diagnosed with suspected cancer two years ago.
:20:00. > :20:04.is not uncommon... Very surreal. I could see people, I could see them
:20:04. > :20:09.moving but I could not hear them. Martin only learnt to swim two
:20:09. > :20:14.years ago. He is spurred on by the memory of his father who died
:20:14. > :20:18.recently from pancreatic cancer. was early 63, but he was in good
:20:18. > :20:21.health so that says a lot about pancreatic cancer and the fact that
:20:21. > :20:31.it is one of those things that needs to be spotted and treated
:20:31. > :20:31.
:20:31. > :20:38.early. The challenge facing the duo: Day 1's swim is followed by a
:20:38. > :20:41.15 mile run. Tomorrow will see them running more than a marathon. They
:20:41. > :20:48.will be stopping for the night in Newport. The final stage is on
:20:48. > :20:52.Wednesday, Avon from Newport back to ride, just 10 miles, before the
:20:52. > :20:56.final lung-bursting swim and another three miles back to where
:20:56. > :21:00.it started in Gosport. Some may wonder why two super-fit of men
:21:00. > :21:07.should need to push their bodies to the limit to provide equipment for
:21:07. > :21:12.the NHS. But this is about excellence in more ways than one.
:21:12. > :21:18.The NHS funding is to provide a hate -- a high level quality of
:21:18. > :21:22.care, not highly world-leading care. The efforts of these guys will
:21:22. > :21:27.allow us to elevate the standards of care. They made it safely to the
:21:27. > :21:31.end of the first day, but there is still a long way to go. This
:21:31. > :21:36.extreme challenge is extremely personal.
:21:36. > :21:40.They finished the day one about an hour ago. I rang them to find out
:21:40. > :21:45.how they got on. One of them was waiting for the other one to catch
:21:45. > :21:50.up. They are doing brilliantly. I am so pleased for them, but do
:21:50. > :21:53.take care. Chris Castle took this vibrant
:21:53. > :21:59.picture of a hoverfly basking in the sunshine and feeding on a
:21:59. > :22:03.Helenium in her garden in Fleet in Hampshire. I almost believe I know
:22:03. > :22:06.what I'm talking about there. But it does look lovely!
:22:06. > :22:16.And Roger Bishop from Thame in Oxfordshire capture a Red Kite
:22:16. > :22:21.
:22:21. > :22:25.enjoying the sunshine in a tree at Very warm day today. Let's take a
:22:25. > :22:32.look at the temperatures. We've reached a high of 24 degrees in
:22:32. > :22:36.Bournemouth and also in Southampton. Heading down the list, 21 in odium
:22:36. > :22:40.and 20 degrees in Sussex. A lovely warm day although this afternoon we
:22:40. > :22:43.saw an increase in cloud cover arriving from the north and west.
:22:43. > :22:48.The Isle of Wight, Hampshire and parts of Dorset sort evening
:22:48. > :22:54.showers, and they will continue until the morning. Patchy cloud and
:22:54. > :22:58.a few clear spells, temperatures will be mild so expect lows of 12
:22:58. > :23:01.or 14 degrees. An uncomfortable night for sleeping in towns and
:23:01. > :23:07.cities. Single figures in the countryside. 8:00am tomorrow
:23:07. > :23:10.morning, temperatures will be up to 15 degrees. The winds will be light
:23:10. > :23:15.with the risk of a couple of showers, but most areas should be
:23:15. > :23:18.dry. The showers should be few and far between and fairly light.
:23:18. > :23:26.Tomorrow afternoon, the temperatures will rise a nicely,
:23:26. > :23:32.but not as well as today. Expect a high of 21 or 22 degrees. May the
:23:32. > :23:39.23 if you are lucky. We hold on to the cloud cover tomorrow. The
:23:39. > :23:43.chance of a shower tomorrow evening, but most areas should stay dry.
:23:43. > :23:47.Lows of 14 or 15 degrees. Once again, the winds will be light.
:23:47. > :23:50.Wednesday will be a day like tomorrow: More cloud and not as
:23:50. > :23:54.sunny as today. We will see a weather front edging in from the
:23:54. > :23:59.West, but that should not affect us. It will produce more cloud
:23:59. > :24:03.throughout the day. There will be a couple of sunny spells so expect a
:24:03. > :24:06.bright start for some, increasing cloud, on Wednesday and some sunny
:24:06. > :24:13.spells on Thursday and Friday thanks to high pressure building
:24:13. > :24:23.from the Atlantic. Back to you. You lucky thing! Did a bit of
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:24:25. > :24:28.gardening and bleeding while you Are your children doing anything
:24:28. > :24:36.this summer? This is a long stretch and parents of wondering, what do
:24:36. > :24:42.we do? It is up for debate. A long debate, I would think. Do you
:24:42. > :24:45.remember Charlie? Idea. It's the first week of the school
:24:45. > :24:49.holidays for many children, but one 11-year-old from Crawley won't be
:24:49. > :24:51.spending the summer on his X-box or out with his mates in the park.
:24:51. > :24:53.Instead, Charlie Doherty's cycling from Brighton to Scotland, raising
:24:53. > :24:56.thousands of pounds for charity. You may remember we've featured
:24:56. > :25:06.Charlie before on South Today - he's the little boy who always
:25:06. > :25:12.
:25:12. > :25:17.gives his presents away. John Young His mother is also going along for
:25:17. > :25:21.the right. He wants to raise money for those less fortunate than
:25:21. > :25:26.himself. Getting ready for a bike ride with
:25:26. > :25:36.his mother, but this is no ordinary bike ride. There is a lot to carry,
:25:36. > :25:38.
:25:38. > :25:43.tents, food, clothing and fund raising kit. Charlie has got the
:25:43. > :25:49.wheels for the three-week long trip. It is really starlet, really easy
:25:49. > :25:53.to stop. If the face on the right rings a bell, that is because on --
:25:53. > :25:57.in February, we told him about his birthday party raising money for
:25:57. > :26:03.the same cause. He has been handing his birthday money to charity for
:26:03. > :26:07.as long as he remember, but why? There are starving children all
:26:07. > :26:11.across the world and sometimes I think, whenever I think about it,
:26:11. > :26:19.why do we have all of this? Wider why have days when some people have
:26:19. > :26:24.nothing? They cannot afford food or drink or anything. I just can't get
:26:24. > :26:28.it, how we live like this and they live like that. It is unfair.
:26:28. > :26:32.has persuaded his school friends it is unfair as well. What do they
:26:32. > :26:41.think of his challenge? Very good choice and extremely hard. Burke
:26:42. > :26:45.were fit. I am amazed he is doing it. It sounds really hard. What is
:26:45. > :26:50.so amazing is that he actually arranged the whole thing himself.
:26:50. > :26:54.That is incredible, for a boy of his age to do that, it is brilliant.
:26:54. > :26:59.He came up with the idea and has made it happen and that is Charlie
:26:59. > :27:03.Theron through. And his mother is not going to argue with that. You
:27:03. > :27:07.get the impression she does not like to argue with him. For months,
:27:07. > :27:11.I was saying that I would not attend this journey. I do not know
:27:11. > :27:16.how far we are going to get, but I have to give it a try. So now I am
:27:16. > :27:20.trying. So off they go, Charlie in the lead and Mahmut following
:27:20. > :27:25.behind. We have not heard the last of this fundraiser. We will let you
:27:25. > :27:29.know how he gets on. Good luck, Charlie. Good luck to