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Matt Davison sits in for Julia George asking, what is wrong with our schools? One-in-five of our children are leaving primary school with poor English and literacy skills. Their reading and writing falls below the basic standard set by the government.

Additionally, around a third of children who do well at primary school fail to gain a good GCSE in English aged 16. So what is going wrong in our schools? Are they failing our children?

Are parents to blame or is it the teachers or the government?

Also, can you imagine being trapped inside your own body? Able to see and hear everything going on around you but unable to move or speak - blinking your eyes your only way of trying to communicate.

Locked-in syndrome came to the attention of the courts and the wider public earlier this week, when a man originally from Kent and suffering from the rare condition, asked for his doctor to be able to legally end his life.

The story of former Goudhurst resident Tony Nicklinson, who is completely paralysed but has a fully functioning mind, is all too familiar to mother-of-three Kate Allatt.

After a stroke doctors said she would never walk or talk again. But stunned everyone by recovering. She chats to Matt just after 10am.