ukraine, so it s. it s hard to get our head around, as well. and they live just down the road from us. heather found someone to host them in a house nearby in rugby. in a house nearby in rugby. but she has been shocked by how hard it has been to get vita simple things like a bank account and national insurance number. just trying to help her set up a life has been much harder than i thought. ithought, ok, i know what to do, roughly. i ve seen things on tv, on the internet, of steps to take. but actually, the reality is systems are not set up. everything is two steps forward, one step back. for everything. vita says that however well looked after she is here, her desire to go home get stronger by the day. translation: i am very grateful i to mark and heather for their help, for them helping us. my husband is also very grateful.
eight days and cooked bacon to encourage it to come out because of the smell. you may remember that a few weeks ago we told you the story of mark and heather, who had a baby daughter, sophie, who was born through a surrogate in ukraine. they managed to bring her to the uk just weeks before the war started. they ve since been trying to do the same for their surrogate family. now, after weeks of wrangling, they ve finally arrived in rugby. zoe conway has been to meet them. vita lesenko and heather easton have a very special friendship born of adversity. vita is the surrogate who saved heather from the grief of infertility. heather rescued vita from the war in ukraine. she means a lot to us and we just couldn t imagine anything bad happening to her,
we didn t expect that such people exist that can help so much. we value the help very much. we are very grateful. heather and mark have already started talking to sophie about her extraordinary beginning and her remarkable family. it s a unique family, i d say. but somehow it works, it just works. so everybody is happy. i think sophie is very happy, too. aren t you, sophie? zoe conway, bbc news. wonderful and so nice for them to be together. we have had a couple of nice stories this week about people coming out of ukraine. nice news to tell you about for once. music can be a comfort for those living with dementia, and now a new report suggests melody can actually improve the lives of those with the illness in some cases, even reducing the need for medication. breakfast viewers might remember how the power of music changed the lives of those involved