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he re—iterated many of his pledges on the economy and security and promised to build a wall on the mexico border. the us vice president mike pence has used his first major foreign policy speech to reassure allies that donald trump does support nato. president trump had called the military alliance obsolete. time for inside out. good evening. tonight on inside out, we go undercover in britain's bigger supermarket tesco and we go in search of gold in one of the most unlikeliest places. welcome to inside out. tonight, we are investigating tesco, britain's biggest supermarket, where some special offers aren't always that
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special offers aren't always that special after all. also tonight: the artist hiding real treasure in the unlikeliest places. look at that! solid gold. i wonder who will find it? and later in the programme, top archaeological finds here in the yorkshire wolds. you can see he has quite a wide wound, that's probably something like an axe. now, how often do you check your receipt when you shop at tesco? we all take for granted that the price we see on the shelf is what we pay at the till, but what if it's not? jonathan gibson has been investigating the not so special offers at britain's against supermarket. who is up for a good deal? i am! i'm
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a suckerfor a special who is up for a good deal? i am! i'm a sucker for a special offer. most of us are and tesco knows it too. that's why the shelves at the supermarket are full of special offers. money off this, by u2 for that, you get the drift. and we all ta ke that, you get the drift. and we all take it for granted that the price we see on the shelf is the price we pay at the till, right? but what if things don't quite add up when you get home and on pack your shopping? ijust bought get home and on pack your shopping? i just bought a few get home and on pack your shopping? ijust bought a few bits at get home and on pack your shopping? i just bought a few bits at tesco and i'm sure these products were on special offer. that's why i've bought two of each. but according to my receipt, i've paid full price. and that's the point. i've paid 60% more than the deal on the shelf. that's £3 30 in hard cash. at another tesco store, i spot two fought to pounce on ice cream, but at the till it is the full price. so what's going on? ice cream, martin?
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martin works for trading standards and says the law on pricing is simple. they must put a price on goods so you know what you are going to pay and that price must be accurate to see you don't get charged more than you thought you we re charged more than you thought you were going to pay. sounds simple enough and with more than 3500 stores nationwide, tesco should be getting it right. but is it? that's what i want to find out. so armed with my phone and secret cameras, i wa nt to with my phone and secret cameras, i want to find out how many offers on the shelves don't go through the checkout and here in leeds on funding problems. after checking the price on the shelf, he asks his colleague to refu nd shelf, he asks his colleague to refund the difference. but neither of the staff remove the
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out of date legal, so when my colleague returns a few hours later we are overcharged again and that's the problem. multi— buy deals are being left on the shelves after the tills have been told they have ended. this offer is almost one month out of date and it is not the only out of date legal. —— legal —— label. at this tesco superstore, the worker checks the label but doesn't see that it is out of date. it should have been removed five days ago. and on we go. i've started making a list of how many offers are wrong in how many places. and i want to know if what is happening in yorkshire is also happening across the country. because if it is, it's not just a the country. because if it is, it's notjust a problem for tesco, it's a problem for tesco customers.
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at this tesco store in liverpool, source marked £i on the shelf is almost double at the checkout. it says on the shelf £i almost double at the checkout. it says on the shelf £1 and it is coming out... and at another store nearby i'm left com pletely and at another store nearby i'm left completely confused by the offers on the shelves and what i am charged at the shelves and what i am charged at the checkout. in fact, they're so much difference between the shelf price and the receipt price are not even going to go back and try to get what i know. —— what i'm owed returned. competent ridiculous.“ there are too many offers changing too frequently, so that store staff can't really be expected to understand them and comply with the changes, then that something tesco
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head office needs to think about. and there's plenty to think about when i head back to leeds. they should have done this hours, days or weeks ago. that's a serious message, but is everyone taking it seriously? and as a head across the country the same thing keeps happening time and time again. so what's going on?
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it doesn't seem terribly difficult oi’ it doesn't seem terribly difficult or perhaps that long a job just to walk around the store, assuming everybody knows what day it is, you just have to go around and tear off anything that has had its day. you would think so, yeah. maybe not bend. and it's notjust shoppers left confused, as older and
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new promotions and up side—by—side. the longer the offer has been wronged the bigger the failure of diligence and the more worried i am. in that case, he is not going to like what's coming up next. at the store, the cashier cheques be out of date label but doesn't remove it and when i returned the next day celtic to someone else. one week later i go back and it is still on display. when i return one month later, yes, still on the shelf. the fourth worker finally removes it. still on the shelf. the fourth workerfinally removes it. that still on the shelf. the fourth worker finally removes it. that is very bad. it is pretty basic that if one customer has shown something wrong then it is put right after another customer has been misled. but of 33 of the stores went to the
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till price was more than the shelf price. that's a whopping 66%. if customer age comes back and complained and has been refunded, that doesn't mean they weren't 20 other customers who didn't spot and didn't complain. so alarm bells would be bringing? very much so. there were obviously major problems with their control of the special offers and it is the special offers that bring customers in and make people reach for more and perhaps spend a little more than and perhaps spend a little more than a mentor when they came into the store. so that is very, very worrying. but what does tesco say? the company wouldn't provide anyone for interview, but after reviewing oui’ for interview, but after reviewing our evidence told this but that's just the start. following
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oui’ but that's just the start. following our investigation britain's biggest supermarket says it will be doublechecking the accuracy of every price in every store. that's more than 3500 stores across britain. and don't forget, if you got any comments about tonight's programme oi’ comments about tonight's programme or if you have a story you we might like to cover, get in touch on facebook or twitter. coming up on inside out, the archaeological treasures hidden in the yorkshire walls. it's not easy to find you a peer! now there's a chance to find some modern—day treasure in scunthorpe this weekend. and i take sedition is opening an account. the paintings will contain clues to a very special treasure hunt. anyone can take part and the prize is real
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gold. i kid you not. it is winter in scunthorpe. not the most promising place to be looking for treasure. but people here will have a golden opportunity. quite literally. we've got five golden artefacts that have been created and will be hidden in and around scu nthorpe. been created and will be hidden in and around scunthorpe. but to find them you will need a proper code. some of them are really difficult. one of them is supposed to be ridiculously easy. each gold object is worth £1000. if you find it, you keep it. simple as that. confused, let me explain. all in the name of artand luke let me explain. all in the name of art and luke is the artist behind the slightly crazy scheme. art and luke is the artist behind the slightly crazy schemelj art and luke is the artist behind the slightly crazy scheme. i have this idea to think about celebrating the history of scunthorpe by taking five objects from the museum and
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creating replicas i suppose in solid gold. tell me about the statues themselves. they range from a jurassic ammonite which will be millions of years old, all the way through to a train which is taken from the steel industry. there's a viking brooch, we've also got a roman ram and this beautiful tudor figurine. but finding these solid gold objects will not be that easy. treasure hunters will have to crack at code which is hidden in paintings, to be displayed at the 2021 gallery in scunthorpe. and the paintings are being created at this not so secret location in bristol. each artefact as a painting that goes with it and the painting contains clues as to where to find this cold artefact. there are five paintings and five objects. luke has asked artist vivien baker to make five paintings. today he has come to
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see how things are progressing. not surprisingly all the clues will be in gold. exciting. it's like christmas. yeah, it looks nice. the paintings are like backgrounds, like something solid, like stone or metal surfaces. what are you doing now? what's this? i'm spray-painting the clues on. have you cracked any other clues ? clues on. have you cracked any other clues? no. not even easy on? i don't start a child's! —— started a chance. even luke doesn't seem sure. there is no doubt i could crack the most difficult one. i could probably crack two or three of the paintings. you say that now that you know the a nswe i’s. you say that now that you know the answers. yes, i do. i've been working with a guy from an unnamed government agency to work out all the coding and the ciphers for these
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paintings. i know you aren't giving a lot way. you don't want us to suss out the clues yet. what can we speak to the man? let me see what i can do. so i've managed to persuade luke to give me the details for his quotemac and now i am heading back up north to meet him. —— code man. i am at sheffield university to meet a mathematician and code set. how does a mathematician get involved in an art project like this? it is quite a surprise. one day there was an e—mail going around for a puzzle/ code breaker required and i tried to resist the temptation to open it but it failed. how many people know the a nswe i’s it failed. how many people know the a nswers to it failed. how many people know the answers to the codes? just me and luke. how difficult the ciphers you have set? some of them are really
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difficult. there are five in total and one of them is supposed to be ridiculously easy. the final two in particular are much harder. so we are expecting at least one of them might go unsolved for quite a while. to give me a fighting chance he shows me how to solve a relatively easy puzzle. what i've used is something called a caesar shift. a very old cypher. all i've done is i've taken the alphabet and shifted it on one place. the case. -- 0k. that would be an i. yes. i know what you've done! very clever! i don't think they will recruit me for m15 i don't think they will recruit me formis any time i don't think they will recruit me for m15 any time soon. we take the file, we print it... meanwhile in a secret location some very talented people are working to finish the
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golden objects, ready for them to be hidden in five locations around scunthorpe. originally it was a viking brooch found by somebody with a metal detector. i like the shape. it reminds me of the vines around scunthorpe. it it reminds me of the vines around scu nthorpe. it is it reminds me of the vines around scunthorpe. it is called lost wax casting. we put macs into the mould, melt the wax out of it and then through the tube we will feed the metal to make the peace. through the tube we will feed the metalto make the peace. look through the tube we will feed the metal to make the peace. look at that. it is oiling. —— boiling. there is a lovely moment of alchemy where you are transforming gold into another form. there is where you are transforming gold into anotherform. there is something magical about that. quite hard to describe. we have gone from a 3-d object to scanning to wax into
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plaster and now we are in 18 carat gold. look at that. solid gold. that is worth £1000. i wonder who will find it. not me, at this rate. i am off to meet the man whose job it is to organise the exhibition. maybe he will give me some clues. we are reading scunthorpe will give me some clues. we are reading scu nthorpe centre. will give me some clues. we are reading scunthorpe centre. are we close to where any of the figures will be hidden? i cannot say. there are some in urban locations. some further out of town, some in parkland. oh, spreadout? yes. are you worried that somebody will go out and you worried that somebody will go outand dig you worried that somebody will go out and dig these up? yes. we did not vary any objects. they will be under the noses of people. it will be difficult to hide them. we were
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wondering if we should go out in bala clavas wondering if we should go out in balaclavas in the middle of the night like the sas or bank c. you may have to shave your beard. yes. where a different hat. if someone finds an object they get to keep it and then they then decide whether to melt it down and turn it into hard cash or they can keep the artefact for artistic reasons. the exhibition sta rts for artistic reasons. the exhibition starts here in scunthorpe on the weekend. get yourself there. happy hunting. now most people know the yorkshire for its rolling hills and stunning views. it does have another claim to fame, as one of the richest archaeological sites in britain. we sentin archaeological sites in britain. we sent ina archaeological sites in britain. we sent in a trip that explorer to investigate. —— in an intrepid explorer. with thousands of acres of
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lush farmland you could be forgiven for thinking that all you will find an the world this week and potato. but just a few feet below the soil there are epic stories of the black death, extreme violence and heroic journeys. they are all very few dig deep and off. i would take a journey backin deep and off. i would take a journey back in time through this place. this place which has provided some of the most significant archaeological finds. it is a productive landscape. one that was productive landscape. one that was productive in prehistoric times as it is today. that activity has left its mark on almost every single generation. the most famous of the wolds archaeological sites is the deserted mediaeval village near malton. and here there is still a lot to see. four 700 years there was
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an active community here and this is what remains of saint martin's, the church and what would have been the hub of the village. a combination of the black death and the way the land was farmed mend by the early 1500 village was abandoned. archaeologists have had a field day trying to understand what happened here. in the 1950s researchers moved in and they stayed for a0 years cataloguing every aspect of life. we are not just looking at cataloguing every aspect of life. we are notjust looking at a building 01’ are notjust looking at a building ora are notjust looking at a building or a castle. we are actually looking at the every day. how they hit, how they produce is viewed, how they live in many places. i think that makes this place standout because it gives all that context to the daily lives of ordinary people. the dig is
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110w lives of ordinary people. the dig is now over but nearby on the wolds, archaeologists are still hard at work. the new rx matt it is not easy to find you out here. this woman and her team are working on an extraordinary cold case. it has taken me even further back in time to the iron age. i'm on the trail of a burial was found when it was snowing in 1980 under less than ideal conditions. originally discovered by members of the army who were clearing ordinance. they excavated what they thought was an unexploded shell and it turned out to bea unexploded shell and it turned out to be a sword bent in half. beside the sword were human remains. it was an amazing find. the lost burial site of what appeared to be a significant figure. it is a dramatic burial with a sword bent into. it was ina burial with a sword bent into. it was in a scabbard when that happened
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so we can was in a scabbard when that happened so we can imagine the wood of this guarded shattering around the blade. so this man had a high place in society. i think it was important. as an archaeologist i want to understand his life as well as his dead. mellon team are looking for more clues near the burial site. what is clear is that this warrior met a violent end. first i will show you this goal. it is very fragile. his remains have made a short journey to hull. he has three injuries at the back of his head. here, here and another one on top of the head there. a deep one. he may have died by the sword but new data shows that this man was less than fighting fit. these are some of his rib bones. can you see the discolouration on the rib? and there, particularly. can you see how bumpy it is? and again on this one.
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it almost looks like dirt. it should not be there. it is his body reacting to severe infection. the warrior had tuberculosis, a debilitating chest infection which would have weakened him. scientists believe it is the second earliest case of tv to have been found in britain. whether it is a conflict and he is so ill he is unable to defend himself, whether members of his own community dispatched in because they did not want the disease to spread. they may have thought he was cursed by the gods. another possibility is that he may have wa nted another possibility is that he may have wanted to grab death by the throat and go out gloriously in a fabulous end. and he knows that his comrades will promise in this fitting sendoff. while some stories ta ke fitting sendoff. while some stories take ages to piece together, others are uncovered by mother nature.
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close to one of the world ‘s great superstructures is the site of one of the wolds most remarkable discoveries. in 1937, two brothers found planks sticking out of the might of the river. —— mouth of the river. the age of the boat came as a com plete river. the age of the boat came as a complete surprise. the shape of the boat led the brothers to believe that it was a viking craft. the reality was far more exciting. it turns out that this boat was over a000 years old. these planks were situated in the blue pierced horrible brown silty mud. how they did it... twice a day the tide is coming in and covering over everything they were excavating. what a nightmare. the mud acted as a preservative, playing a key part to
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the survival of what remained. over the survival of what remained. over the course of several decades, three boats were discovered. their designers let historians to believe that they were capable of crossing the open sea. these boats showed is that they did not look inward and outward as well. our beyond the horizon. these days we enjoyed the yorkshire wolds for its natural beauty and big sky views. but beneath our feet there are thousands of secret stories. one thing is for certain. what has been found so far has only scratched the surface of the hidden history of this corner of england. and you can see more of that in a new 2—part series on bbc two this spring. we're not here next monday because of the football but inside out is back in two weeks
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time. join us then. cloudy for some, sunny for others, wet for a few, but mild. that is the theme at the moment, isn't it, and that mild theme continues through sunday as well. once more, temperatures widely above where you would normally expect them at this time of year. but a lot of regional variation around the uk, so i will try and pick out some detail. it looks as if most places will start the day on a dry note. quite a cloudy one in some places. some areas of fog, particularly across some central and southern areas, but it should not be too extensive, and it should lift with time. we will keep a lot of cloud across the west cost of wales with an odd spot of drizzle here. quite a murky misty start, a misty start, across northern ireland as well. and the odd spot of drizzly rain from the word go, actually, across the western highlands and islands of scotland. but to the east of the hills, already some brightness out there, and temperatures already quite well up. eight or nine degrees in a good few places.
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again, to the east of the pennines, some sunshine. probably grey further west towards cumbria. across the midlands, east anglia, much of southern england, it is going to be a reasonable start to the day. a lot of dry weather. there could be some areas of mist, thicker patches of fog up over the high ground in particular, perhaps around some coastal fringes as well. but it don't think it'll be too widespread, and there is a good chance that where you are we will see brightness developing as we go through the day. something of a west—east split emerging. that is to say, western areas keeping a lot of cloud, particularly towards coastal areas, some dampness and some more persistent and perhaps heavy rain, eventually, for the west of scotland, on an increasingly blustery wind. always the further east you are, the better the chance of holding onto some brightness, and temperatures responding. up into double figures, and one or two places could get as high as 13 or 1a degrees through sunday afternoon. if anything, we are going to import some even warmer air, sub—tropical air coming in off the atlantic, and toppling down across the uk as we head into monday. the catch is it is going to be moist air, carrying a lot of cloud, in between these two weather fronts,
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so perhaps not much in the way of brightness, and this front will generate some wetter weather for scotland and northern ireland. it will be heading its way into parts of northern england and north wales eventually, as well, brightening up behind, though there will be a very gusty wind. now, mid—teens potentially, especially if you see some brightness to the south of that front across some central and eastern parts of england. now, the fronts continue to come across the uk as we go through the rest of the coming week, so a disturbed spell. there will be some wet and windy weather at times, particularly across the more northern parts of the uk. potentially it could get quite stormy later on in the week. one thing you will notice is that it turns chillier compared to this current time, and feeling colder in those blustery winds as well. staffing levels, but only in london and the south—east. hello, this is breakfast, with rachel burden and christian fraser. an instant pay rise for prison officers in some of england's most violentjails. officers will get up to £5,000 extra to try and ease the dangerously low
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staffing levels, but only in london and the south—east. good morning. it is sunday 19 february. also ahead: donald trump defends his first month in office, claiming there is a new spirit of optimism sweeping the us. you see what we've accomplished in a very short period of time. the white house is running so smoothly. the row over business rates rumbles on. now, the boss of sainsbury‘s demands fundamental reform. sinkholes, mudslides and deadly winds — the powerful storms hitting california are now sweeping north. in sport: a non—league team will play in the fa cup quarter—finals for the first time in over a century.
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