South koreans live in the shadow of their enemy, north korea. As young people shun a life of semi captivity, its numbers are dwindling, along with the hope korea will ever be reunified. Ourjourney into the Demilitarised Zone begins at dawn. We pass checkpoint after checkpoint accompanied by commander chris mercado. Freedom main, this is freedom 6. Over. See this Kind Of Blue Archway and the white sign beyond it . Were now entering the Demilitarised Zone. This is the most militarised border in the world. Hundreds of rounds of Artillery Point in both directions, and securing this level of access is incredibly rare. To our left and to our right, we have active minefields. Theres more than two million mines inside of the dmz. Freedom main, freedom main. This is freedom 3. As we drive towards north korea, we reach a small cluster of homes. This is the village of taesung, home to 138 people, many now in their 60s and over. Kim dong rae was here long before the korean war would decide the vil
Carers, young and old, paid and unpaid, the Unsung Heroes who do such a remarkablejob unpaid, the Unsung Heroes who do such a remarkable job looking after a loved ones. Some people have criticised me for going on and on about carers. Even saying it is only because i have been a care at most of my life for my mum, for my nana, for my son. But let others tell them this. It is because of real Life Experiences like mine and the real Life Experiences of millions of people that Liberal Democrats will always be the political price of our countrys carers. Political voice of our countrys carers. Only we truly understand if you care about the nhs, you have to care about care. But like so many big challenges, Fixing Social Cable take a different kind of politics. Because it needs a long term agreement, one that will stand the test of time, and last beyond one parliament and one partys turn in government. That is why we are calling on all parties to include in their manifestos Cast Iron Commitment
Paddy oconnell and henry zeffman. Newscast. Newscast from the bbc. Hello, its laura in the studio. Its paddy in the studio. And its henry in the studio. Hooray its so nice to have you here with us. Now, you tantalised us on the saturday episode that there was a scoop in the making. The scoop in the making ended up being a defection. Yes, defection, and defections are important because they are rare and defections are important because they really spook political parties. And in this case, a Conservative Mp until yesterday was dan poulter, a part time nhs doctor, who has decided that it is time for him to go from the Conservative Party. And he didntjust sort of say, because i think ive had enough and theyve gone in the wrong direction. He accused them of not caring about public services, about not caring about the nhs and of losing their compassion. So, defections are big news stories, even if, newscasters, i will say, the person in question is not someone who necessarily is a massive p
Episode of newscast, newscast. Newscast from the bbc. Hello, its laura in the studio. Its paddy in the studio. And its henry in the studio. Hooray its so nice to have you here with us. You tantalised us on the saturday episode that there was a scoop in the making. The scoop in the making ended up being a defection. Yes, defection and defections are important because they are rare and defections are important because they really spooked Political Parties and in this case, a Conservative Mp until yesterday, was dan poulter, a part time nhs doctor. He has decided that it is time for him to go from the Conservative Party and he didntjust sort of say, because i think ive had enough and theyve gone in the wrong direction. He accused them of not caring about public services, about not caring about the nhs and of losing their compassion. So, defections are big news stories, even if newscasters, i will say the person in question is not necessarily a massive politicalfigure. A bolt out of nowher
Winds coming in around the irish sea coasts, gusting up to 70mph, but that said, many of us will have quite a quiet start to the day, sunshine for scotland, bright and breezy conditions in eastern england. It is in the middle part of that and in the afternoon that those potentially damaging gusts of wind work into irish sea coasts, could bring down some trees leading to power cuts, transport could be disrupted as well, Notjust Windy but also very wet. That wet and windy weather on wednesday night will transfer across Northern England and scotland where it also could be windy enough to cause one or two impacts, maybe one or two trees down. That system works out of the way for thursday followed by this ridge of High Pressure which means the weatherfor a this ridge of High Pressure which means the weather for a time will turn quieter on thursday with a bit more sunshine before this next system spreads rain back into western areas, the rain turning increasingly heavy in the afternoon. Temp