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in the intensive care unit, it was terrifying. it's something that very few people get to see, i would imagine. she was absolutely tiny, she had wires coming out of everywhere. she did actually have a twin brother, but sadly he didn't survive. she's given us something positive to focus on, i don't know how we'd have coped if it wasn't for her. but as soon as she left intensive care, mum anna took over from the nurses. one of the jobs we have to do is take her temperature, maybe every three or four hours, a simple procedure, really, just the thermometer on the wall, then just a case of going in under herarm. st james‘s hospital was the first in the uk to introduce what's called family integrated care. family integrated care aims to get the parent at the very centre of the team caring for the baby. parents are taught to pass nasogastric tubes and to feed their babies. they‘ re taught temperatu re—taking. basically, everything but the most
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complex medical treatments. and do you know what you're looking for here? yeah, it's got to be within a certain range. but the idea is not new. family integrated care was introduced in the former soviet union in the 1970s. then, it was a solution to a shortage of nurses. here in leeds, they say it's not. and be honest, were you concerned that it was a cost—cutting measure or that there was an element of that? no. never? no, because i think, initially, it isn't really a cost—cutting measure, because it takes a lot more time to get the parents competent. the problems of having a premature baby are well—known — the bonding process is much harder to establish, breast—feeding rates are much lower. and there is also a financial impact — with car parking, meals and loss of earnings, an average stay in a neonatal unit costs families well over £2000. and then there's the psychological impact — parents of premature babies are twice as likely to suffer from postnatal depression. from postnatal depression
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it's not rocket science, it's such a straightforward thing to do, to allow parents to look after their babies. the fact is is that families are going home more confident and more able to care for their babies, and that means a lot. for anna, it meant bringing her baby home weeks earlier than expected. i love her, she's perfect, absolutely amazing. yeah, she's my little miracle. you are, aren't you? this weekend, some extraordinary acts by young people are being celebrated at the rotary young citizen awards in manchester. there are seven winners from across great britain and the republic of ireland, one of whom is a mohamed khalil from leeds. mohamed grew up in syria. he was forced to flee the country
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with his family when he was ten having been shot during an attack on his school. he watched his friends die and had to play dead to survive. having moved to england, mohamed started going to leeds city academy. ian bucknell has been to meet him. mohamed khalil is a 16—year—old growing up in leeds, getting ready for his gcse in food technology. nothing remarkable about that. but how he got here, well, that's another story. mohamed was growing up in syria when his school was attacked. he saw his friends being killed and was himself shot in the leg. to survive, he pretended to be dead until the attackers had gone. i cry when i sleep, because i can remember my friends. it's not going from my head. i close the room i sit in. i cry, when i sit in, because every time i think about the bad thing that happened to me. mohamed's family fled syria and he eventually made a home in leeds.
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his mum has had surgery for cancer and his dad injured his back at work. so, mohamed looks after them both and helps support the family with money that he makes from working a restaurant. his teachers are astonished at the progress mohamed has made. in school, as at home, he's made it hisjob to help others. his story is what pushes him. his story is what makes him want to change things. seeing the war, at such a young age, he speaks about helping people that have been through that, that aren't managing as well as him. mohamed plans to dedicate the rest of his life to helping other people. sometimes, ifeel like if i get a lot of money, i want to help the charity. like, if i have money, i want to give it to the charities. if you help people and each other, you feel happy. all this week, the bbc news channel will be featuring the stories of past and present award winners.
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and on saturday, we'll be broadcasting the ten—year anniversary ceremony live from manchester. that's at 10.30 this saturday morning. the prime minister has criticised a decision to drop the word easter from the title of an annual hunt for chocolate eggs organised by the confectioner cadbury and the national trust. theresa may said the omission was absolutely ridiculous. and the church of england went on to accuse the marketing campaign of airbrushing faith. the national trust said it was nonsense to suggest the significance of easter was being downplayed. ben godfrey reports from the historic home of cadbury in birmingham. this easter, cadbury is bringing joy to the whole nation. inside 2a hours, the search for chocolate eggs has turned into a national debate over the way society references religion. even the prime minister's got involved. well, i'm notjust a vicar‘s daughter. i'm a member of the national trust as well. i think the stance they taken is
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absolutely ridiculous. national trust properties are hosting the cadbury‘s great british egg hunt. in previous years, they've had easter egg rather than marking traditional church festivals, quakers see everyday is a new beginning, hence the egg, chocolate or otherwise. whatever your stance, this has people talking. i think people are getting too politically correct. it is just easter, isn't it? getting too politically correct. it isjust easter, isn't it? it is important to remember the religious side. we live in a christian country and they are supposed to be christian people. the nationaltrust say suggestions they are downplaying easter is nonsense. cadbury gave a statement in which they said it is simply not true that they removed the word easter from their
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marketing. they are added each year there is to campaigns carry a different name and they have been doing it for over 100 years. they could say on this occasion we forgot to put it in there. i think it would be better to say something like that than this wishy—washy response. be better to say something like that than this wishy-washy response. are you being overly sensitive about what is essentially a grouping of words describing a search for chocolate? chocolate is important, easter is more important. this has given a great opportunity to talk about easter. tonight business leaders in birmingham claim so—called eastern gate has been blown out of all proportion. prince harry is supporting a bid to rid the world of landmines by 2025, following in the footsteps of his mother diana, princess of wales. priti patel made an announcement at an event hosted to mark the 20th
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anniversary of princess diana's visit to angola. the short time ago prince harry welcomed the news. visit to angola. the short time ago prince harry welcomed the newsm would take just an additional £100 million each year until 2025, the cost of a star dining for some professional football team, to clear the worlds most affected countries of landmines. countries such as afghanistan and cambodia where landmines to nine men and women the ability to cultivate their land, feed their children and rebuild their lives. i applaud the secretary of state and our government for their bold commitment to supporting this vital work with additional funding. i hope this example will be seen by the international community asa seen by the international community as a reminder of the commitments made in 1997 and that other countries will redouble their efforts. newcomers are encouraged
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and welcome to join this movement. the sooner we are able to clear all remaining landmines, the less chance there risk of lives being lost or changed for ever. our royal correspondent is at kensington palace now. those with reasonably long memories will associate this business of trying to rid the world of landmines with the prince's mother. yes, and those with long memories will also remember that when she tried that in 1997 it wasn't universally popular, in fact she was attacked by a conservative junior minister at the time who said it was wrong for her to do this campaign, and prince harry 20 years on after her death made references to that, the fact it wasn't that popular, but said in another bit of that speech that she was motivated bya that speech that she was motivated by a desire to help people and talked about how she used her popularity to shine a light on
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people others had forgotten, ignored, or were too afraid to support. it was a powerful speech and he seemed emotional towards the end. he is trying to finish the work his mother started, and talked about people helping him to finish the work by 2025. thank you very much indeed. just bring you some news we arejust indeed. just bring you some news we are just receiving here, indeed. just bring you some news we arejust receiving here, it indeed. just bring you some news we are just receiving here, it has come from the police in kent. they say the child is in hospital with what they describe as life—threatening injuries after being bitten by a dog in chatham. we will bring you more on that as soon as we get further information on it. in the meantime let's ta ke information on it. in the meantime let's take a look at the prospects for the weather. things are settling down nicely over the next few days. we will get rid of this week weather
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front in the south—eastern corner, high pressure will be building and that will bring settled weather to most parts of the uk. some places today saw some lovely sunshine, this is the view from one of our weather watchers in cumbria. the skies have been great, not a great deal of rain but there has been some across the south—east. then we run into a bit more cloud for northern ireland and scotland, and showers will be affecting the north of scotland. gusts of wind could reach 70 mph here and showers will be rattling through on that wind, but elsewhere the drive picture. in the south—west in particular in moral sports, going to the bottom end of single figures. still pretty windy into the morning across scotland and there's still some showers coming through on that wind. not too many, in fact very few across the eastern side. in northern ireland, the odd light shower but
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most ireland, the odd light shower but m ost pla ces ireland, the odd light shower but most places will be dry. to the east of the pennines we might see something brighter through the morning. east anglia and the south—east should a bright start of the day with some sunshine. again we have got some sunshine towards the south—west. cloud will be slowly increasing, drifting down from the north, but i think we will keep it dry and bright in the south—west of england and the eastern side of scotland. most places will be fine and dry into the afternoon. through the evening, some spots of rain in eastern england and the north—west of scotla nd eastern england and the north—west of scotland but most places stay fine and dry. thursday and friday look like similar days, it might be chilly first thing, and cloud around but breaks as well and temperatures reaching 15 degrees. the high pressure is in charge of our weather for a couple of days, then it slips away and we start to draw in this
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southerly breeze which will bring fairly warm weather with it. we can expect temperatures to get back up into the high teens, maybe even the low 20s for some. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. at least 58 people are dead, after a suspected chemical attack in rebel—held syria. what we understood it was a chemical attack and it came from the air. as urgent medical help is summoned, the government here says the attack bears the hallmarks of the syrian regime. we condemn the use of chemical weapons in all circumstances. if proven, this will be further evidence of the barbarism of the syrian regime. russian investigators say the explosion on the st petersburg metro, was the result of a suicide bombing. contingency plans are in place at a kent hospital, where agency doctors are threatening to not work — over changes that could cut pay by a fifth.
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