tv Inside Out BBC News April 2, 2017 10:30am-11:01am BST
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hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: six people have been arrested after what's been called a brutal attack on a 17—year—old kurdish iranian boy in south london. police are treating the incident as a hate crime. more than 250 people have been killed, many more are missing, after mudslides in colombia. the president has declared a state of emergency in the region. at least 20 people have been murdered at a sufi shrine in pakistan's punjab province. the university boat race is expected to go ahead, after a suspected world war two bomb was discovered on the banks of the thames. now come on bbc news, it is time for inside out. hello, what happens when one of the south's busiest roads meets one of the world's most important and skates. i can see a worse place for
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a road, ifeel very upset. skates. i can see a worse place for a road, i feelvery upset. also coming up, why people with dementia are using music to help cope with their condition. they are not worried whether you play the wrong note. that happened quite a bit anyway! laughter and, butterfly expert and induces matthew oates takes us on a tour of the south. no less than 46 of the 59 species in the uk have been found here. that is mega! plans to dig a tunnel to re—route the a303 at stonehenge have seen serious opposition, not least by the woman who farmed the land where the tunnel will go. so far, she has refused to speak out publicly, until
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now, and we have the story. voiceover: stonehenge is one of the top tourist attractions in britain. that noise is the main route from cornwall to london, the a303. 24,000 vehicles a day on this road, going up vehicles a day on this road, going up to 30,000 in the summer. that is not good for road users, not good for the local residents, not good for the local residents, not good for the local residents, not good for the setting of this world heritage site. now, the £1.4 billion scheme to re—route the road through a tunnel and make it a dual carriageway has been given the go—ahead. you would think that is the perfect solution, right?m go—ahead. you would think that is the perfect solution, right? it is a total catastrophe, the plans recommended by highways england and the government are an eight high flyover, just about 300 metres from where we are standing. it is a
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modern scar on an ancient landscape. it breaks my heart, breaks my heart... why are they so against this scheme? i have come to this museum in wiltshire, these artefacts are more than 4000 years old. this dagger is astounding, difficult to see but the original had 140,000 tiny gold studs. each of them as thin as a human hair. they were found buried with a bronze age chieftain in a grave and known as a barrow, half a mile south of stonehenge.
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he has become known as bush barrow man. the west end of the tunnel as plans to pass close to his grave. these images give us an idea of what is proposed but what does it look like in real life? this is rachel, and bush barrow was on her farm. it is one of many barrows she looks after. we could grass on a proportion of the far end of the farm because they were significant archaeology under the ground to protect it. bush barrow is a burial symmetry amongst 40 others here. this is it, bush barrow. yes this is bush barrow, the key monument in this symmetry. underneath here is still bush barrow man? yes, they left him in there and took all the pots and gold and all the exciting bits and pieces so yes it is quite exciting to think that bush barrow man is still under our feet. where is the road going to go? stonehenge is over there, it will come in a tunnel south of stonehenge, so the tunnel underneath will come out in the field we see opposite is pretty scars are on the field. how big a road are we talking about?
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massive, four carriageways. how do you feel? very upset. how can and this fantastic landscape when i have put so much work into recreating the interplay with the monuments and then it is ok to go and put a road right through the landscape. people are going to say that you just don't want this on your land. i know a lot of people say that but ijust think it is so important that enough consideration is given as to sensitively putting this road and the environment. it has to be sensitive. not in front of bush barrow man. the high—value of gold found in this barrow make it britain's richest stone age burial. but there's another place close to the east end of the tunnel that expects say will also be damaged by the plan. until recently this area of woodland two miles from stonehenge had largely been ignored by archaeologists. its true significance is only now being revealed. we have discovered with the communities who are living here but the first monuments
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at stonehenge on the stonehenge knoll. we know they are living here around 3000 bc and these communities come back and again and again, all the way through to 4000 bc. this site is thought to be britain's longest continually habited place in the uk. david led a team of archaeologists here in 2014. they sound around 32 pieces of flint and more than 1000 pieces of animal bone. the secret of this place is in the water. it is warmed by a natural spring meaning it didn't freeze during the ice age and that brought people to settle here. this is it, this is where we have been digging over the last ten years, the basin behind us has shed loads of this hunter gatherer archaeology. what percentage of this have you actually excavated? it's a tiny percentage and we have dug in total 23 square metres
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and everywhere we dig here we are finding really important archaeology, almost certainly a much bigger complex. there will be a flyover about 300 metres from where we are standing which will be eight metres high and if that wasn't bad enough, the road here is going to be banked up another seven metres. all of that logistical work will drain the spring and take down the water table which is preserving all of these objects which are thousands of years old. the road is going to go somewhere. it has got to go somewhere, but why here? this is one of the most precious landscapes in the world. so what does the man in charge of the road scheme have to say about david's and rachel's fears? my team have visited the site with david to listen to what he is saying. across the road we have bush barrow,
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the owner of which says having the tunnel will impact on the world heritage site. i have met rachel hosier and we are listening to what she is saying and all the other 9000 bits of correspondence we have had to consultation. would you change your plans if it doesn't work? we are still an consultation, analysing those consultations and taking a view on the best way forward. earlier this month more than 20 eminent archaeologists and historians registered their objections to the scheme. they echoed those of rachel and the professor but they are also concerned that the tunnel entrance near to bush barrow will destroy the views of the winter sunset, now thought to be fundamental to the stones' positioning. the final plan for the proposed tunnel is expected in the autumn. building work is scheduled to start in 2020.
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next, the power of music really can be quite remarkable. one group of people in dorset have been finding out. margaret star plays the violin with the bournemouth university dementia institute orchestra, we dropped in on rehearsals. —— margaret starr. welcome to my orchestra, some of us have dementia, some of us are supporting those with dementia. it is all a bit emotional at the moment. i'm sorry, i lost max a year ago tomorrow, but he loved it, absolutely loved it. that is why i still come. my wife came up until the end of the
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year, she is now too ill to come, she spent every session smiling... lifted by the whole thing. great to see her enjoying it. i have become a number of the family, now, idon‘t i have become a number of the family, now, i don't want to give it up. it is astonishing how it brings us up. it is astonishing how it brings us all together. there is me and my husband, mike, can you guess which of us has dementia. that is one of the best things about the orchestra, when we are playing, all of that melts away. you see, dementia is difficult, but it doesn't mean that you can't have fun, ortake on it doesn't mean that you can't have fun, or take on new challenges, even the violin. one lady this week, it was lovely, she really enjoyed
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herself. we are able to chat together and swap notes, reassure each other, how is your husband, mine did that... reassure each other that we are not alone. it is part of the problem that we have, we are not imagining it. it is so nice, and a lot of them are in the same boat as what i am. luckily, i have only got it slight. at the moment. just keeping my fingers crossed it does not get any worse. it can be very annoying, because you try to rememberthings, and annoying, because you try to remember things, and unfortunately, unless it stands out, i'm afraid it goes to the back of your mind. it
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can be quite annoying, i can assure you! laughter it makes you feel good to play it, they are not worried whether you play a wrong note. which happens quite a bit, anyway! voiceover: hillary has the early stages of dementia. she does not let it get her down. i was talking to the co nsulta nt her down. i was talking to the consultant and i said, i keep losing memory, i can't remember people's names. it's not that bad, i was borderline... and, they said, i said, can! borderline... and, they said, i said, can i have a scam? do you want a scam? i said, yes, said, can i have a scam? do you want a scam? isaid, yes, i said, can i have a scam? do you want a scam? i said, yes, i want to know what is going on. they found that the brain was... shrinking, they
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said. i'm fortunate in some ways, because when i see the poor folks, at the university, i think, how sad for them. some of them cannot speak but they can smile a little bit. they don't have a lot of conversation. you can't realise how they think about it, what they feel, just something that is there. several times through the week, people... they start chanting "oooh, ah, cantona!" laughter it doesn'tjust ah, cantona!" laughter it doesn't just happen ah, cantona!" laughter it doesn'tjust happen in the day, we think about itjeering the week as well. we have some fun! todayis today is a big day, we are putting ona today is a big day, we are putting on a concert for a live audience. we
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perform regularly to prove to others what people with dementia are capable of. learning, performing, drawing crowds. we might not be the greatest musicians, but with the professionals alongside us, we do make a good sound. sometimes it goes wrong and it sounds better. we want to keep that big in. inevitably it will go wrong. “ we big in. inevitably it will go wrong. —— we want to keep that bit in. big in. inevitably it will go wrong. —— we want to keep that bit inm it's important that i don't withdraw, i want to go on as long as ican. withdraw, i want to go on as long as i can. you can't tell when your strumming his ukelele, but richard is the player with the most advanced dementia. the days he is not out, if
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we're not doing anything, hejust sits ina we're not doing anything, hejust sits in a chair, head on chest, and nods, it's just so awful. sits in a chair, head on chest, and nods, it'sjust so awful. it sits in a chair, head on chest, and nods, it's just so awful. it can be tough, it can be tough. i get quite emotional at times. not strong, mentally. it isn't me, it is the situation we're in, it is not one you expect. it is a very debilitating illness, wipes out everything, wipes out nice times, holidays, memories, all gone. he is a lovely man. it isa it is a bit worrying for both of us if we see one who is really further on. very difficult to surmise that you are going to be like that one
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day. i try not to think about that. finally, just over 250 years since the famous naturalist, gilbert white, recorded the first butterfly in hampshire. that is a good enough excuse in hampshire. that is a good enough excuse to ask expert matthew oates to tell us more about these colourful wonders of nature. —— gilbert white. butterflies captivated me as a child, and that fascination blossomed, and became my life ‘s work. they have been admired,
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collected, and recorded, in southern england, for 250 years. each summer, i try to visit as many of the special places where butterflies occui’. special places where butterflies occur. today, selbourne is a place of pilgrimage for naturalists. they are attracted here by the living memory of the reverend gilbert white, the forefather of natural history. this is where it all started, the first record for a butterfly in hampshire was of aim mail brimstone, seen on the 8th of march, 1766, by the reverend, gilbert white, here, in selbourne, in hampshire. —— male brimstone butterfly. he regarded the brimstone of being a harbinger of spring, and even today, butterfly people diligently look out for it on the first warm days of spring. there is
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otherfamiliar first warm days of spring. there is other familiar butterflies, we first warm days of spring. there is otherfamiliar butterflies, we may not know all their names, but we know them for what they are, the sol‘s summer hours. talking about garden butterflies, like the tortoiseshell, the red admiral. there is other less well—known butterflies, many of whom are specialists to central southern england. —— soul's summers hours. they have dazzling names, belonging to strange names families, like the skippers, fiery darts, whizzing around at great speed. this one, rather elusive stop on the downs, is this exquisite adonis blues, beautiful blue butterflies. and in the woods, the big bold and brassy fertility is. many of these
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butterflies are really quite rare, and restricted to certain places because of their specific needs, and some of them have become our nature reserves. just outside of this village, nor hill nature reserve, which is one of the richest and best loved butterfly localities in the british isles, no less than 46 of the 59 species that are recorded regularly in the uk have been found here within the last 40 years. —— fritillaries. that is mega. butterflies love hot sunny weather, in spring and summer. 40 years ago, the long hot summer of 1976, briefly we experienced a mediterranean climate, butterflies that year abounded. they are creatures of the
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sun. one particular sun loving speciality, found here at noar hill during the spring, his grace, the duke of burgundy. i spent many years studying this little butterfly, he isa studying this little butterfly, he is a thug and a bully boy! but one of my favourites. if you spend time searching the vegetation carefully you may find the duke and the duchess together. as soon as she is ready to fly, her grace, the duchess of burgundy, gravitates into male territory, there are, she will be a rdently territory, there are, she will be ardently and territory, there are, she will be a rdently a nd insta ntly territory, there are, she will be ardently and instantly mated. there is no courtship in this species whatsoever. crucially, each species of butterfly needs a certain plant species on which to lay its aches, her grace needs cowslips and primroses. —— which to lay its eggs. here in the new forest, the duke of
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burgundy became extinct three or four decades ago. but for about 150 yea rs, four decades ago. but for about 150 years, the new forest was the premier locality in britain for butterfly collecting. the old collectors, during the victorian and edwardian eras in particular, into the 1950s and 1960s, used to come here in droves. particularly in july. here in droves. particularly in july- -- here in droves. particularly in july. —— new forest. they were especially interested in the silver washed fritillary and they collected draw. cabinet falls. —— fulls. reside in museums today. and they reside still
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in museums today. servicing the collecting obsession was a major local industry in the forest for about 150 years in terms of providing board and lodging, food and drink, transport and guides and also dealers and breeders who sold unusual specimens dead or alive too often rather gullible collectors. in bygone days, many of the new forest woods looked like this. butterfly paradise. after the first world war, many of the new forest oak woods were felled and be placed with fast—growing non—native conifers in their glorious cultural experiment of which have butterflies were unscheduled victims. —— clearfelled and replaced. the coroner for woods are too shady and otherwise unsuitable
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for most butterflies. national policy has now changed, gloriously. the policy to restore broad leave woodland long—term and also to remove altogether some conifer plantations and restore the land to open heathland. the open heaves of the new forest are renowned for their specialist flora and fauna which includes the exquisite minuscule silver studded blue a south parkjewel of a little butterfly. there is much we can do to help our so—called garden butterflies. these are highly mobile creatures that drift around the countryside and the towns constantly seeking new places in which to breed and it is really important to give them feeding stations along their way. and there is no better way of doing
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it than by grabbing but he is. growing this type of flower. there are even tiny patio varieties and they work. they attract butterflies and at night, moths. mobility is everything to butterflies and wildlife friendly gardening really does help that. butterfly populations boom and bust and ebb and flow according to the weather. but if we have learned anything about butterflies, if the last 250 years, it is that we love them, we care deeply about them. we value them for their beauty, for the special places they take us to and as symbols of freedom. butterflies need us and we need them. feels like spring is finally here.
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yesterday, some of us had to run for cover, dodge the heavy showers, thunder and lightning as well, in one 01’ thunder and lightning as well, in one or two places, they view fairweather clouds today. sky is pretty clear, across most of the uk right now. that is how it will they threw the rest of the morning and into the afternoon. looking at the afternoon, first of all, across the south of the country, along the channel coast, the weather is looking beautiful. lunchtime temperatures peaking later on in the afternoon. at this stage, 13, 14. wind very light, very little cloud in the sky, sun is strong as well, about as strong as it is in september. just the chance of one or two showers september. just the chance of one or two s howe i’s a cross september. just the chance of one or two showers across the east midlands and lincolnshire. we are talking about a fuse spots of rain and that is pretty much it. that will be the exception. the weather for the is pretty much it. that will be the exception. the weatherfor the boat race, at this stage, 16 degrees, with a few clouds. the temperatures
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peaking around the middle second half of the afternoon, 17 in london, for most of us, 12, 13, 14 degrees. this evening, clear, whether downhill across western areas, later on into the night, into the early hours, weather fronts approaching, introducing fresh air on monday afternoon. for most of us, monday sta rts afternoon. for most of us, monday starts on a clear note, mist and fog inafew starts on a clear note, mist and fog in a few places, bear that in mind if you are an early—morning traveller, particularly in the countryside. weather fronts coming in and reaching all the island through the morning, but a part of the morning in belfast. —— latter pa rt the morning in belfast. —— latter part of the morning. look at that, across central and eastern areas, another fine day, skies will turn a little bit crazy. you can see the weather front, slow—moving only just approaching the north—west of england. that weather front is out
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of the way on tuesday, high pressure builds once again. the outlook for the week ahead, very difficult, rain on the way, i pressure in charge, settled conditions, then temperatures around 12 to 14. this is bbc news, the headlines at eleven: place in croydon are treating a brutal attack on a 17—year—old kurdish iranian boy as a hate crime. six people have been arrested. the young person was asked where they were from and when they said they were an asylum seeker that is when that frenzied attack took place. more than 250 people have been killed, many more are missing, after mudslides in colombia. a state of emergency has been declared. a state of emergency has been declared. at least 20 people have been murdered at a sufi shrine in pakistan's punjab province. johanna konta sets her sights on becoming world number one, after winning the biggest title of her career in the miami open. it's an incredible accomplishment, not just for myself, but also for my team and my family back home.
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