:00:00. > :00:00.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to News at Six so it's
:00:00. > :00:16.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today.
:00:17. > :00:22.In tonight's programme. Don't go to court ` take a course.
:00:23. > :00:25.Newbury is at the centre of a public health investigation after two
:00:26. > :00:27.people develop TB following contact with cats.
:00:28. > :00:33.It is not just an usual, it is unique.
:00:34. > :00:37.Beating the drop ` Pompey's latest manager steps up to the plate with
:00:38. > :00:40.this message. If there is a better person out there than me that can do
:00:41. > :00:43.it, go and get him. And a Billy Elliot moment for one
:00:44. > :00:49.teenager as steps on stage with other youngsters and the cast of
:00:50. > :00:50.Swan Lake. I am quite nervous, but quite excited because I am going to
:00:51. > :01:08.prove myself. It will be fantastic. Punishment or education, which is
:01:09. > :01:21.the best way to stop people committing crime? Hampshire has just
:01:22. > :01:25.become the first place in the country to offer some offenders the
:01:26. > :01:28.option of going on a new course to change their behaviour, instead of
:01:29. > :01:30.going to court. It's been developed by Hampshire's Police and Crime
:01:31. > :01:33.Commissioner and Victim Support. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Emma
:01:34. > :01:35.Vardy has this exclusive report. I heard a bang on my back fence,
:01:36. > :01:38.then another one. One night stranger who had been drinking broke into
:01:39. > :01:42.Karen's back garden, tearing down her fence. I was a bit scared, I
:01:43. > :01:46.didn't know if he had a weapon. The verbal abuse we were getting was
:01:47. > :01:50.disgusting. Police arrested the man who could have been sent to appear
:01:51. > :01:54.in a magistrates court all been punished with a fine. But officers
:01:55. > :01:59.told Karen, his identity we have changed, he could instead be sent on
:02:00. > :02:03.the new victims awareness course. If you were robbed in a street in my be
:02:04. > :02:07.that you avoid going in that area again. Offenders are taken through
:02:08. > :02:11.scenarios involving crimes like criminal damage, theft or
:02:12. > :02:15.anti`social behaviour, and asked to discuss the fact they have on
:02:16. > :02:18.identified but spoke to me we filmed didn't want
:02:19. > :02:24.identified but spoke to me afterwards. It was eye opening. He
:02:25. > :02:28.found out different things about how it affects others and people with
:02:29. > :02:32.you. At the moment Hampshire is the only place in the country to be
:02:33. > :02:36.putting offenders through these courses, but over the coming months
:02:37. > :02:40.they will be rolled out across other counties in the South as well.
:02:41. > :02:45.But there are warnings this new approach mustn't become Miss used.
:02:46. > :02:49.It is so important to look at who this is aimed at, for what type of
:02:50. > :02:53.offences, what is appropriate so identifying very clearly the
:02:54. > :02:56.criteria as to who should be offered this programme, what the
:02:57. > :03:02.circumstances should be, and to keep to that, not for it to slip. That is
:03:03. > :03:07.where continuous monitoring and evaluation is important to ensure it
:03:08. > :03:10.doesn't just become an easy option. Using education over punishment for
:03:11. > :03:18.those we spoke to has considerable public support. Forward`looking,
:03:19. > :03:21.moves away from the kind of state we were moving back towards in this
:03:22. > :03:27.country. I like it. Give them a bit of direction, instead of going to
:03:28. > :03:32.the magistrates. If you just downright perished somebody, I guess
:03:33. > :03:35.they are not learning anything `` punish somebody. You are not get to
:03:36. > :03:40.the root of the problem worries if you educate them you are likely to
:03:41. > :03:44.solve the problem. When you come home and you have got a massive
:03:45. > :03:47.black eye and facial injuries, how will your children react?
:03:48. > :03:51.Authorities will be watching to see how successful the approach of
:03:52. > :03:56.educating offenders about their effect on victims proves to be.
:03:57. > :04:00.Britain's only Green MP Caroline Lucas was in court this afternoon to
:04:01. > :04:03.defend her decision to take part in anti`fracking protests in the West
:04:04. > :04:06.Sussex village of Balcombe. The Brighton Pavilion MP was arrested
:04:07. > :04:11.outside the energy firm Cuadrilla's drilling site in August. But she
:04:12. > :04:13.denies two public order offences, maintaining her actions were
:04:14. > :04:23."legitimate and appropriate", as Piers Hopkirk reports.
:04:24. > :04:27.From the Commons to the courthouse, Brighton Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas
:04:28. > :04:28.arriving to give evidence to date in her trial before Brighton
:04:29. > :04:41.magistrates. This was the moment she was arrested
:04:42. > :04:46.last August. She was charged with breach of the Public Order Act and
:04:47. > :04:52.wilful obstruction of the highway. Charges the UK's only Green MP has
:04:53. > :04:57.denied throughout her trial. Earlier that day she explained why she had
:04:58. > :05:02.chosen to join the five`hour sitting at the gates of the quarterly
:05:03. > :05:05.testing site. There comes a point where you feel as if the democratic
:05:06. > :05:09.channels are not working and it is legitimate to take non`violent,
:05:10. > :05:12.peaceful direct action which is what people are doing here today because
:05:13. > :05:20.the stakes are so high, nobody is doing this likely.
:05:21. > :05:21.David evidence she said I was exercising my right to peaceful
:05:22. > :05:48.protest. Caroline Lucas is on trial with four
:05:49. > :05:51.other defendants. Speaking on the court's steps this afternoon she
:05:52. > :05:55.thanked her supporters. The support has been amazing for all of us,
:05:56. > :05:59.absolutely fantastic, constituents writing to me, I know they wanted me
:06:00. > :06:04.to be here to make the case and I'm glad to be able to do that. All five
:06:05. > :06:16.defendants deny the charges against them, the case continues.
:06:17. > :06:24.Gay and lesbian couples in the South will be able to legally marry from
:06:25. > :06:27.tomorrow. But as last minute preparations are
:06:28. > :06:30.being made for the first ceremonies, the decision to legalise same sex
:06:31. > :06:33.marriage is still attracting some criticism. The change in the law has
:06:34. > :06:37.been fought by churches and other religious groups who say it will
:06:38. > :06:38.weaken the family as a building block of society. Rob Powell
:06:39. > :06:42.reports. Being able to call it a marriage
:06:43. > :06:50.rather than a civil partnership will stop. A very public run up to what
:06:51. > :06:54.this Dorset couple had once thought would be a quiet wedding. Kersten
:06:55. > :06:58.and Sue met last year. Next week they will become one of the first
:06:59. > :07:00.same sex couples in the South to legally marry. It is acceptance to
:07:01. > :07:03.finally be able to do what every body else can do. The change is
:07:04. > :07:06.especially important for Kersten, she is ordained as a priest in an
:07:07. > :07:09.independent fellowship. The whole gospel message was about acceptance
:07:10. > :07:15.and love. The Christians of this country could do with accepting
:07:16. > :07:25.those people. But many churches and religious groups fought the change.
:07:26. > :07:33.The concept of marriage as a place for procreation is lost. The family
:07:34. > :07:40.in its normally sends predating the state and as our base community of
:07:41. > :07:44.society is weakened. The Church of England now says it
:07:45. > :07:47.will mount no further resistance to same sex marriage. But gay couples
:07:48. > :07:51.will still find it difficult to marry in a church. Which is why
:07:52. > :07:53.registrars, like this one in Winchester, are getting busy. They
:07:54. > :07:56.will be using the same wording as a traditional marriage ceremony, we
:07:57. > :07:59.are talking civil marriage, not religious, so the same ceremony for
:08:00. > :08:03.all couples. Same sex couples already in a civil partnership will
:08:04. > :08:09.not yet be able to convert straight to a marriage. But legally, little
:08:10. > :08:13.is different between the two. The purpose of introducing the civil
:08:14. > :08:17.partnership in 2005 was to provide same`sex couples with those same
:08:18. > :08:20.legal rights. The difference that is being introduced now is more of a
:08:21. > :08:24.public perception, so that same`sex couples can say we are married,
:08:25. > :08:27.rather than we are civil partners. The South's first same sex marriage
:08:28. > :08:41.will take place in Bournemouth, tomorrow morning when a couple will
:08:42. > :08:45.be pronounced husband, and husband. One of the South's MPs is calling on
:08:46. > :08:47.the government to provide better compensation to fishermen badly
:08:48. > :08:51.affected by the winter storms. Funding has been made available to
:08:52. > :08:54.them for loss of earnings as well as money to replace any equipment that
:08:55. > :08:57.might have been damaged. The government backed bursaries will
:08:58. > :09:01.cover costs of up to five thousand pounds. But the Dorset MP Richard
:09:02. > :09:03.Drax says too much bureaucracy is making it difficult for fishermen to
:09:04. > :09:05.claim the compensation. The problem is they are having huge
:09:06. > :09:08.difficulty wading through all the bureaucracy to get the money for
:09:09. > :09:11.their lost kit in a recent storms. The MMO are getting work from the EU
:09:12. > :09:13.fisheries fund, but the paperwork and the time it takes, they will not
:09:14. > :09:17.necessarily get all the money they need anyway is putting the fishermen
:09:18. > :09:27.at a huge disadvantage. They feel they are up against this wall of
:09:28. > :09:29.bureaucracy. Dorset's Police and Crime
:09:30. > :09:32.Commissioner Martyn Underhill says more urgent action needs to be taken
:09:33. > :09:35.on where to place temporary traveller sites. It's costing more
:09:36. > :09:39.than a quarter of a million pounds but so far after three years of
:09:40. > :09:41.Dorset County Councils Gypsy and Traveller Strategy, only one
:09:42. > :09:44.temporary stopping site has been adopted, from a list of 300
:09:45. > :09:47.potential locations. And there'll be more on travellers in our current
:09:48. > :09:50.affairs show the Sunday Politics at 11.15 this Sunday morning here on
:09:51. > :09:56.BBC One. Still to come, modern royal visitors
:09:57. > :10:08.drop into the ultimate Victorian Royal Playhouse.
:10:09. > :10:12.Newbury is at the centre of a public health investigation after two
:10:13. > :10:15.people caught tuberculosis from their pet cats. They're the first
:10:16. > :10:18.ever recorded cases of cat`to`human transmission. The outbreak, which
:10:19. > :10:21.happened last year, saw 24 people screened who were linked to the same
:10:22. > :10:23.veterinary practice. Public Health England says the risk of
:10:24. > :10:35.transmission remains "very low". Nikki Mitchell reports. The alarm
:10:36. > :10:38.was first raised at this veterinary practice. This is fit and healthy
:10:39. > :10:41.but just over a year ago some people collect at with an abscess that
:10:42. > :10:46.would not heal. The vets took swabs and for the next few weeks nine cats
:10:47. > :10:53.in total tested positive, even the vet's and. Unfortunately my was on
:10:54. > :10:56.my lap and I felt a lump on his leg, was suspicious because we were in
:10:57. > :11:02.the middle of a blunt chair of cases, but it and he turned out to
:11:03. > :11:06.have TB as well for the tab and? We treated him and he was responding
:11:07. > :11:09.very well, x`rayed his chest again and all the lesions had cleared up.
:11:10. > :11:15.The lump had been removed. While he was still on treatment he
:11:16. > :11:19.unfortunately went missing. As this is the first documented case of
:11:20. > :11:24.people catching bovine TB from cats the testing has been progress. The
:11:25. > :11:28.results and conclusions had to be checked, double`checked and checked
:11:29. > :11:31.again by scientists for various different organisations, and that is
:11:32. > :11:35.while we are only hearing about this now. More than a year after the
:11:36. > :11:41.first infected cat was brought in here. The strain of the disease
:11:42. > :11:47.found in caps and people here was the same as the one found in our
:11:48. > :11:55.rates `` in cattle on Greenham Common. Cattle in the area have been
:11:56. > :11:59.tested and TB reactors were found amongst cattle on the common land
:12:00. > :12:05.and certainly at least one of them had the disease. Some of this man's
:12:06. > :12:13.cattle were among those slaughtered. Public health officials
:12:14. > :12:20.and he believe wildlife have been to blame. Neither badger nor do have
:12:21. > :12:25.got a top predators are the numbers are increasing and it is spreading
:12:26. > :12:29.across the country. We don't want to panic people but we would like
:12:30. > :12:33.people to be aware that if they have a cat with a lesion, is chronically
:12:34. > :12:40.ill, they really should seek some help. People shouldn't be worried.
:12:41. > :12:44.TB is curable, best to get it early, so the onus doesn't get too bad. It
:12:45. > :12:49.also stops letting it on to other people for top the symptoms people
:12:50. > :12:53.see can be a cough which lasts for several weeks, night sweats, loss of
:12:54. > :12:57.appetite. Officials are keen to stress there have been no new cases
:12:58. > :13:05.of bovine TB in pets or people here for one year . It was the ultimate
:13:06. > :13:08.Victorian playhouse, a Swiss chalet in the grounds of Queen Victoria's
:13:09. > :13:11.Isle of Wight home, Osborne House. The Swiss Cottage was built by
:13:12. > :13:15.Victoria and her husband Prince Albert for their children to play in
:13:16. > :13:19.and learn about ordinary life. It's just been renovated by English
:13:20. > :13:22.Heritage. Today, another Royal couple, Prince Edward and the
:13:23. > :13:29.Countess of Wessex, paid a visit to see the work. We sent James Ingham
:13:30. > :13:34.along too. A royal visit to a royal
:13:35. > :13:37.playground, in a royal house. The Earl and Countess of Wessex were
:13:38. > :13:42.guests of honour as English Heritage unveiled a major piece of
:13:43. > :13:46.conservation. The Swiss Cottage at Osborne house played a big part in
:13:47. > :13:50.the childhoods of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's children. Today
:13:51. > :13:56.restored and exhibited for a new generation. On their visit to the
:13:57. > :14:00.main house they paid particular attention to photograph albums of
:14:01. > :14:04.the royal ancestors here at the Swiss Cottage Prince Edward will be
:14:05. > :14:09.able to see where his great, great grandfather once played with his
:14:10. > :14:12.brothers and sisters. Victoria and Albert wanted to create a miniature
:14:13. > :14:17.world for their children where they could have a haven to themselves.
:14:18. > :14:23.And space to express themselves be children. We have some fantastic
:14:24. > :14:28.anecdotes about what the children were doing, often from their own
:14:29. > :14:33.letters. Dear Prince Albert, Osborne, June three, 1858. Alice
:14:34. > :14:40.made a pancake yesterday as Swiss Cottage, I have none of it. I was
:14:41. > :14:48.out driving with mother. I called a butterfly at the Swiss Cottage. I
:14:49. > :14:56.got very wet. My next letter will be in French. Offer. Letters as well as
:14:57. > :14:59.diaries and paintings have revealed intimate stories which historians
:15:00. > :15:04.have tried to bring to life. It was all done for a purpose, there was
:15:05. > :15:08.always this educational element, all the activities, cooking, gardening,
:15:09. > :15:10.with the gardening the children all grew the same produce, the same
:15:11. > :15:17.vegetables and fruit in their garden plot, Albert wanted to make it into
:15:18. > :15:21.a competition, he bought the produce and market price said they are
:15:22. > :15:25.learning things as they are getting involved in activities. So a view
:15:26. > :15:32.into a prince's pass, one visitors will see as well now this pain
:15:33. > :15:43.staking project is complete. It looks stunning. Onto sport.
:15:44. > :15:46.Pompey sat their manager. It is only four years since
:15:47. > :15:50.Portsmouth were a Premier league side, playing in the FA Cup final,
:15:51. > :15:55.look about it is now. Here's the table. Portsmouth hover just above
:15:56. > :15:57.the bottom two as they start life after Richie Barker, who was fired
:15:58. > :16:01.yesterday. Tomorrow they're at Newport in another critical League
:16:02. > :16:04.Two fixture. I've been to chat to Caretaker boss Andy Awford who's
:16:05. > :16:10.issued a passionate rallying cry to the Pompey faithful.
:16:11. > :16:15.He is Portsmouth ruler through with more than 300 appearances for the
:16:16. > :16:19.club, he knows what this season boils down to. We have to stay in
:16:20. > :16:23.the football league, it is as simple as that and we will be going all out
:16:24. > :16:26.to try and do that and unite everybody together to give us the
:16:27. > :16:32.best possible chance. He was on the training ground with Paul Hardiman
:16:33. > :16:37.and Alan McLaughlin this morning. How big a challenge is this? The
:16:38. > :16:43.biggest. Simple. The hardest and biggest challenge, if we do achieve
:16:44. > :16:46.it as a group. It will not be a parade around the time because we
:16:47. > :16:51.shouldn't be here anyway. We should be a lot higher up the league than
:16:52. > :16:55.we are. He can draw on experience. He was a member of Alan Ball's side
:16:56. > :17:02.which afforded almost certain relegation in 1998. 16 years ago he
:17:03. > :17:11.was speaking about the late Pompey's favourite's impact. We have
:17:12. > :17:18.produced goods. The main thing is the fans have been fantastic. I said
:17:19. > :17:24.to the board, I haven't told anybody this, I said if there is a better
:17:25. > :17:27.person out there than me that can do it, go and get him, because it is
:17:28. > :17:31.not about me, it is about this football club surviving for top I'd
:17:32. > :17:35.used Allen as an example, I said if he were still alive I would be
:17:36. > :17:39.getting him in here myself because he is the type we need. He takes the
:17:40. > :17:42.team to Newport which has stood at a crucial time. They have lost three
:17:43. > :17:47.in a row and scored one goal in 540 minutes. They need to be allowed to
:17:48. > :17:51.express themselves a bit more, especially in the final third, be
:17:52. > :17:55.allowed to take a few more risks on the pitch. Danny Hollins has arrived
:17:56. > :18:00.on loan from Charlton while Ryan Bird has returned from a stint at
:18:01. > :18:04.Cambridge. It is all hands on deck now to prevent Portsmouth sinking to
:18:05. > :18:10.a all`time low. The full interview is on the BBC website and actually
:18:11. > :18:12.it is getting a lot of attention and social media.
:18:13. > :18:15.Meanwhile Southampton host Newcastle tomorrow in the Premier League.
:18:16. > :18:19.Former boss Alan Pardew returns to St Mary's but must stay in the
:18:20. > :18:21.stands due to a touchline ban. In the Championship Bournemouth's
:18:22. > :18:25.unlikely play off push takes them to Birmingham. Eddie Howe's side have
:18:26. > :18:27.lost only one in seven. Reading must hope their dreadful home form
:18:28. > :18:29.improves when they host Huddersfield. Brighton host
:18:30. > :18:32.Middlesbrough. In League One leaders Wolves are at MK Dons. Swindon host
:18:33. > :18:36.cup semi`finalists Sheffield United. Gary Waddock is looking for his
:18:37. > :18:39.first win as Oxford head coach on the road at Dagenham and Redbridge.
:18:40. > :18:42.BBC Local radio has commentary of all those games.
:18:43. > :18:44.On this week's Late Kick Off former Bournemouth midfielder Wade Elliott
:18:45. > :18:54.is our special guest alongside Reading legend Ady Williams. We'll
:18:55. > :18:57.have the latest twists and turns of the Football League campaign and a
:18:58. > :19:00.focus on grassroots football after this week's announcement of a cut in
:19:01. > :19:04.funding for the game from Sport England. Late Kick off this Monday
:19:05. > :19:07.at 11.20 here on BBC One. Last week we had the story of
:19:08. > :19:10.Gosport Borough playing at Wembley in the FA Trophy final. Tomorrow
:19:11. > :19:14.Sholing will hope to emulate them in the FA Vase. They play the first leg
:19:15. > :19:17.of their semi final against Eastbourne tomorrow. Kick off is
:19:18. > :19:19.three o'clock, BBC Radio Solent has reports.
:19:20. > :19:21.Reading Rockets will hope to seal the English Basketball League title
:19:22. > :19:28.tomorrow when they travel to Worthing Thunder.
:19:29. > :19:31.Do you remember what you wanted to be when you were ten years old?
:19:32. > :19:34.Maybe a fireman, a doctor? A pop star or even a TV presenter? Maybe a
:19:35. > :19:37.sports presenter? But what a life as an international
:19:38. > :19:40.snowboarder? Because that's exactly what Ethan Smith wants. And he's
:19:41. > :19:43.already well on the way to fulfilling his dreams. Ed Sherry
:19:44. > :19:49.went to meet him. Ten years old, and pulling off
:19:50. > :19:52.tricks like this. Ethan's been riding since he was seven,
:19:53. > :19:57.converting from skiing while on holiday with his parents. And he's
:19:58. > :20:05.never looked back. It's fun, I like being in the air. I can spin up to a
:20:06. > :20:12.540. I can backflip and front flip. I can nearly rodeo. He trains at
:20:13. > :20:15.least four times a week, here on the slope at Matchams in Dorset and at
:20:16. > :20:18.other venues around the country to gain more experience.
:20:19. > :20:21.And it's hard work that's paying off. Last week he won the Scottish
:20:22. > :20:24.National under 12 freestyle championships, and regularly
:20:25. > :20:28.competes in under`16 competition. He's very young at the minute so
:20:29. > :20:31.another couple of years, let his tricks developed, gain some core
:20:32. > :20:34.strength, there is a good chance he can make it.
:20:35. > :20:39.His hero, Southampton's Billy Morgan. He also honed his skills in
:20:40. > :20:42.on the South's dry slopes, and now competes on the international
:20:43. > :20:46.circuit earlier this year reaching the Olympic final in Sochi.
:20:47. > :20:54.He is a really good snowboarder, and I have met him. He was the first to
:20:55. > :20:58.triple rodeo. That is a long way off for Ethan and his family are making
:20:59. > :21:01.sure despite his love of big air he is keeping his feet firmly on the
:21:02. > :21:05.ground. There is always the potential for
:21:06. > :21:08.injury so he knows he has to do well in school because this may not be
:21:09. > :21:12.his career path should anything happen. Let's go and have a look. We
:21:13. > :21:15.have never asked or applied for any financial funding, it's all been
:21:16. > :21:19.backed by ourselves. Keeping it that way, there is no pressure on him to
:21:20. > :21:25.perform to a high`level, or try something more advanced than he is
:21:26. > :21:29.ready for. But it doesn't hurt to dream. My goals are to either get to
:21:30. > :21:35.the Olympics or X Games or get filmed for snowboarding movies.
:21:36. > :21:38.We are looking at at least eight years in the future. If he
:21:39. > :21:40.progresses the way he is going there is no reason he can't and we will
:21:41. > :21:59.support him all What looks like a perfect early
:22:00. > :22:01.spring day at Blandford Forum here captured by Mark Steele. Thanks,
:22:02. > :22:04.Mark! Plenty of water around there, and
:22:05. > :22:10.here in Petworth for the ducks. Thanks to Dan Smith for that. It is
:22:11. > :22:21.looking like a gorgeous weekend. After all the cold weather and heavy
:22:22. > :22:24.showers of the last couple of days there is some good news this
:22:25. > :22:30.weekend. The Centre will come out and it will feel like spring. We
:22:31. > :22:35.should see temperatures 16, 17. `` the sunshine will come out. A lot of
:22:36. > :22:37.dry weather to look forward to. At the moment it may not feel like
:22:38. > :22:47.that, there are plenty of showers around, pretty cold. Showers we have
:22:48. > :22:51.had in the last couple of hours have been pretty heavy, still some lively
:22:52. > :22:54.showers overnight, they will gradually move their weight
:22:55. > :23:02.westwards through the night, just a few left behind. Most of those dying
:23:03. > :23:09.away by dawn tomorrow morning. We should have a lovely start to the
:23:10. > :23:13.day, some patchy high`level cloud. For most of the day it is lovely,
:23:14. > :23:29.spring, temperatures getting up to 16, 17. The cold breeze. It is a
:23:30. > :23:37.southeasterly breeze, and here are the times of high water. The weather
:23:38. > :23:41.front's stay to the west of us, this is Saturday, a similar picture on
:23:42. > :23:50.Sunday. Mum are coming up from the south. On Sunday we made the warm
:23:51. > :23:54.weather map. A little more in a way of cloud around making the sunshine
:23:55. > :23:57.hazy. Then it changes as we move into Monday and choose a. A little
:23:58. > :24:09.bit colder, and the risk of some showers. The weekend ahead is fine
:24:10. > :24:14.and dry. Overnight Saturday night into Sunday, the clocks go forward
:24:15. > :24:18.one hour. I don't know whether that means we get more sleep policy.
:24:19. > :24:25.`` more sleep or less sleep. Now, how often do a group of
:24:26. > :24:27.aspiring young dancers get the chance to share the same stage as a
:24:28. > :24:31.critically`acclaimed professional company? My guess is that it's
:24:32. > :24:34.pretty rare. But a group of very lucky teenagers from Southampton
:24:35. > :24:37.will do just that tonight. For the last four days, they've been hard at
:24:38. > :24:40.work training with one of the country's top companies.
:24:41. > :24:43.And tonight they're performing the curtain raiser to a performance of
:24:44. > :24:45.Swan Lake at Southampton's Mayflower Theatre.
:24:46. > :24:53.Ena Miller went to see them in rehearsal.
:24:54. > :24:57.Joe's parents have never seen him dance like this before. I'm quite
:24:58. > :25:01.nervous but excited because they have only really see me perform in
:25:02. > :25:07.street dance competitions. I'm going to prove myself to my parents,
:25:08. > :25:17.angering to be fantastic. Remember what we spoke about, I is up, clear
:25:18. > :25:22.arms. During students `` students have been revelling in what it is
:25:23. > :25:30.like to be part of the dance company. Being with members of this
:25:31. > :25:34.group has developed my dance technique in the way it is not as
:25:35. > :25:40.me, it is everybody else. We are all I could do so puzzle. `` we are all
:25:41. > :25:46.like a jigsaw puzzle. People have misconceptions about dance,
:25:47. > :25:48.especially for boys, so it is about breaking barriers, reaching out to a
:25:49. > :25:54.new generation of people, inspiring them. Everything they have learned
:25:55. > :26:01.will be performed at the Mayflower in Southampton tonight. There will
:26:02. > :26:06.be the so`called curtain raising act before Matthew Bourne's production
:26:07. > :26:09.of Swan Lake begins where some of the female cast has been replaced by
:26:10. > :26:15.powerful man. The production has been widely acclaimed since it
:26:16. > :26:20.opened in 1995 and it was a charity from the south that made it all
:26:21. > :26:25.happen. We are very proud to bring this opportunity to local students
:26:26. > :26:29.in the area. I saw a curtain raiser just every year ago, and in my
:26:30. > :26:33.position supporting teachers to actually bring the best into the
:26:34. > :26:37.classroom and out of the classroom for the more able, gifted and
:26:38. > :26:43.talented students, we had to get involved. Thousands will be waiting
:26:44. > :26:46.in anticipation to see this version of the classic ballet, and among
:26:47. > :26:51.them to very proud parents watching every move their son makes. I have
:26:52. > :27:01.got butterflies but it is not scary, I'm nervous but excited.
:27:02. > :27:04.That is an amazing production. They will be waiting in the wings, if not
:27:05. > :27:09.on stage now, so good luck. Have a great weekend.