To be honest with you. She gives her time freely. Shes a great advocate for young people. She offers them support. She offers them advice. She very much helps shape the service the way the independent visitors scheme runs. For me, before i came into care, i didnt really have a childhood. I basically raised my two young brothers. I was, sort of, given all the familys dilemmas and problems, they were put on my shoulders. Care changed my life. I did things that a normal 13 year old should do instead of staying at home and cooking meals. It was difficult, but at the same time, easy. It was just a massive relief. Have you signed in yet . I dont think i will ever stop doing what im doing, never, ever stop. For me, im going to take it further and make sure that every child in care has a voice and every child is loving being in care. Applause. Abbey is here with me now. Congratulations on your young citizen award. How do you feel . Its really, its all a whirlwind really. I never expected to wi
To be honest with you. She gives her time freely. Shes a great advocate for young people. She offers them support. She offers them advice. She very much helps shape the service the way the independent visitors scheme runs. For me, before i came into care, i didnt really have a childhood. I basically raised my two young brothers. I was, sort of, given all the familys dilemmas and problems, they were put on my shoulders. Care changed my life. I did things that a normal 13 year old should do instead of staying at home and cooking meals. It was difficult, but at the same time, easy. It was just a massive relief. Have you signed in yet . I dont think i will ever stop doing what im doing, never, ever stop. For me, im going to take it further and make sure that every child in care has a voice and every child is loving being in care. Applause. Abbey is here with me now. Congratulations on your young citizen award. How do you feel . Its really, its all a whirlwind really. I never expected to wi
The achievements of a very special group of young people. I presented the awards when they first began back in 2007. Since then, hundreds of young people have been recognised for the amazing work they do. Each year, rotary clubs across britain and ireland nominate youngsters for the awards. The eventual winners for 2017 are with me on stage, so lets find out more about them. 0urfirst award goes to teenager abbey booker. Abbey is in care but works tirelessly and selflessly to ensure other children have the best experience that they can. She spends her time volunteering, helping out with a number of schemes, and tries to change the way adults deal with young people in care. She was nominated for the award by the rotary clubs of doncaster and doncaster st leger. This is her story. Hi. May i have two cadburys cream eggs . Yeah. Have you signed in yet . My name is abbey. Im 15 and im from doncaster. Ive been in care forfour years. I remember the first few years was a major struggle for me e
This is bbc world news today. Im simon pusey. Our top stories iran has again rejected suggestions that one of its missiles brought down a ukrainian passengerjet killing 176 people. But the picture remains far from clear. New sanctions against iran, including action against eight senior officials involved in targeting us troops in iraq. We dont want war, we want iran to behave like a normal nation. A political breakthrough in Northern Ireland the main parties agree to restore a power sharing administration, after three years of deadlock. Tens of thousands of people join Climate Change protests across australia, as hot, windy weather threatens to fan new bushfires. Hello and welcome to world news today. Iran has again rejected suggestions that one of its missiles brought down a ukrainian passengerjet on wednesday killing 176 people. The the picture remains unclear but what we do know is that ani the flight took off from a tehran airportjust after 6 in the morning butjust two minutes late
Hello, darling. Good to see you. You have done it all. 2019 was the year for you. You want the greatest dancer, you won strictly, you presented the show. Which of those was the highlight . Careful of your answer. Definitely the greatest dancer. What a year, and to end it on such a high. Most people at this time of the year are looking forward. We believe this is a fair and balanced deal and we believe it has a deal that can form the basis ofan has a deal that can form the basis of an alliance. Ideal with all the difficult issues we need to deal with. The jewels are difficult issues we need to deal with. Thejewels are held in canada for some of the victims of the ukrainian plane crash that killed
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