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Chris Packham and Hypnobirthing

Chris Packham discusses the new series of Autumnwatch and his Asperger's and Me documentary. Plus, Chris speaks to Hypnobirthing practitioner and teacher Sam Rose.

Chris catches up with Autumnwatch's Chris Packham live from the Cotswolds to talk about the brand new series and how his Asperger's inspired his love of nature. We discover the hype around Hypnobirthing with practitioner and teacher Sam Rose who holds the secrets for a calm, serene and comfortable child birth! Chris asks if Berkshire counts as being "in the sticks"? Vassos is back from scaling Snowdonia for an inspirational chat with paraplegic Claire Lomas who completed the Great South Run on Monday and Rabbi Julia Neuberger provides the daily Pause for Thought.

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Tue 24 Oct 2017 06:30
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Pause for thought: 'Who will speak for ordinary people?'

From Julia Neuberger, Senior Rabbi at the West London Synagogue:

It’s been beyond distressing to read of the experiences of the people of Raqqa in northern Syria during the last days and weeks of ISIS rule, now finally overthrown just a week ago. But this is not the end of the story. The infrastructure of the city is blown to pieces- virtually no hospitals, schools, plumbing, electricity- nothing works.

It’s almost unimaginable, yet it’s not so long ago that we had no infrastructure in Britain. I’ve been reading a wonderful book called ‘One hot summer’, about the so called Great Stink of 1858. For it was only then that MPs finally decided to deal with London’s foul sewage properly, taking it by mains sewers east of the city, and pumping it out into the Thames where it would not pollute the river and, more importantly, the drinking water.

But MPs only agreed because of the Great Stink. Being anywhere near the river was unbearable. Disraeli got the legalisation through Parliament by making MPs continue to go debate it until early August. They were so desperate to get out of the foul atmosphere they voted it through despite all the opposition. Londoners got their sewage removed, and the public health dangers of untreated sewage were finally recognised. 

But I wonder whether that will be the case in Raqqa. Celebrations over ISIS being defeated are one thing, but rebuilding the infrastructure so ordinary people can live ordinary lives with clean water and sanitation is another. We only got our sewers, many of which are still in use 150 and more years later, because the stench became unbearable where the legislators were working. Who will speak for the ordinary people of Raqqa now?

Perhaps Londoners and other city dwellers should take a lead, reinterpreting those old Biblical codes about hospitality. The people of Raqqa are not strangers in their city, but ISIS was and the armies that liberated them were. So maybe the next stage is providing hospitality to war weary exhausted people, water and food, a rebuilt infrastructure, til the proud people of Raqqa can stand independent again. And maybe that’s not only common sense, but an extension of those old Biblical duties about water and food for the stranger.

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