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tv   Inside Out  BBC News  November 3, 2018 1:30pm-2:01pm GMT

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because of the way it handled unfounded historical sex abuse allegations made against him. unfounded historical sex abuse mr gambaccini, was arrested in 2013 but was never charged. an elaborate funeral process is under way in thailand for the billionaire owner of leicester city football club vichai srivaddhanaprabha. members of the team are expected to fly out after their game against cardiff this afternoon. the head of the organisation that represents children in care says the success of ivf has caused a drop in the number of children being adopted. anthony douglas also said the process was far too slow. a man eating tiger that claimed more than a dozen victims in two years has been shot dead in india, sparking controversy over the legality of its killing. now time for inside out west midlands, which asks would a simple change in the law stop the practise of car—jacking? welcome to this week ‘s programme.
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tonight, the moment that violent car thieves broke —— drove off with a baby on the back—seat. i remember being run over and then i realised that they had taken my baby and the carand realised that they had taken my baby and the car and i screamed. batting the tide of illegal prescription drugs ordered online for doorstep delivery. it is a legal product entering the uk. you don't really know what product it is in reality. and not all plain sailing in their seaside home for the new arrivals from the midlands. she does not appear to necessarily understand this one is not a threat because she never grew up this one is not a threat because she never grew up with any little ones around. inside out west midlands. tonight, we are in birmingham, where
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there has been a rise of terrifying type of car crime. in one case of ca rjacking, type of car crime. in one case of carjacking, the thieves did not even ca re carjacking, the thieves did not even care that there was a baby on the back—seat. eliza was not harmed but in herfirst interview, her mother claire tells us something must be done. ca rs done. cars are more secure than ever before but there remains one simple way for thieves to get in. with your keys. and it seems they will do almost anything to get them. ina will do almost anything to get them. in a series of violent carjackings across the west midlands, drivers have been attacked with knives, iron bars and baseball bats. why are criminals going to such extreme lengths and could a simple change in the law help solve the problem? to find out, we will hear from the victim of one of the most frightening attacks. from the victim of one of the most frightening attacksli from the victim of one of the most frightening attacks. i remember being run over and then i realised they had ta ken being run over and then i realised they had taken my baby out of the
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car “ they had taken my baby out of the car —— and the car. they had taken my baby out of the car -- and the car. and ijoin the police as they try to tackle the problem. can raids like this really prevent carjacking? yes, definitely. these cctv images showjust how determined car thieves in the west midlands have become. in this brutal attack, thieves punched and kicked a man in an attempt to steal the keys to his car. masked thieves in solihull attack this driver with metal poles, as they tried to take his bmw. a stunned motorist in castle bromwich ‘s hit with an iron bar before thieves drive off in his algae. and this video in walsall ‘s shows a car thief tried to grab the thieves were macro keys from an off—duty policeman. the officer is stabbed in the chess. but one recent
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carjacking made national headlines. it happened on the afternoon ofjuly the 19th. clare o'neill left this supermarket in birmingham and drove home with her four—week—old baby daughter eliza asleep in the car seat. what happened next so traumatised claire that she still feels unable to do a television interview. but she has agreed for us to use her voice and photos taken agreed for us to use her voice and photos ta ken after agreed for us to use her voice and photos taken after the attack. we have used an actress to reconstruct what happened. i parked the car in the shared parking area of our cul—de—sac and had taken the baby bag out of the boot of the car and was taking eliza ‘s car seat out of the back of the car. suddenly, i realised there were two, maybe three men running towards me. at that point, i started to scream. because i felt like they were going to kidnap the baby, that was my gut
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reaction. he looked inside the car and he saw my baby in the car and he ran away. to the car, they came in, he was told to finish the job and i said, you've got my baby. you are not taking my car. i threw myself over her and the car seat as the car started reversing. and ifell to the floor outside of the car. and i remember being run over, the front tyre, driving over my right elbow, andi tyre, driving over my right elbow, and i realised they had taken my baby and the car. and i screamed. i am told it was about 45 minutes that she was missing for. it felt like a lifetime. the carjackers lifetime. the ca rjackers dumped lifetime. the carjackers dumped eliza outside a local health centre, remarkably she was found safe and well. a local health centre, remarkably she was found safe and wellm a local health centre, remarkably she was found safe and well. it was
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probably the best thing i have seen in my life. knowing that she was safe again and my husband and i, we are very pleased to see her say. her attackers have not been caught. police are still hoping someone will come forward to help identify them. my come forward to help identify them. my injuries were quite severe initially, sofa two to three weeks, just even holding my four—week—old was painful. i am now anxious with her in the car. they have taken so much more from me than a piece of metal. what an ordeal. and right across the west midlands, there has been a sharp increase in the number of car thefts. in 2014, just over 5000 vehicles were stolen. last year, that figure had doubled to more than 10,000. and west midlands police believe the increases linked to this, the
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legitimate trade in the cars that had been written off. they are called salvage vehicles. you have an accident, if it is cheaper to replace your car than fix it, your insurer will write it off. if it is a wreck, it will then be sold for parts. but the insurance company can recoup more of its losses by selling the car at auction asa losses by selling the car at auction as a repairable vehicle. and insurers make six times as many write—offs available for a pair as they do for parts. west midlands police say that has created a big demand for second—hand parts, with so demand for second—hand parts, with so few available to fix all those damaged vehicles. and criminals are taking advantage. typically, criminals by a legitimate right off and then order thieves to steal the exact same make, model and even colour of vehicle to use for parts. the repairs are then done in a dodgy garage or chop shop. under
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vehicle, which appears legitimate, is then sold for profit. but why has it become such a problem so but why has it become such a problem so quickly? west midlands police noticed that the sharp increase in car thefts coincided with a change in the law. in october 2015, the government stopped doing mandatory checks on the salvage vehicles before they are allowed back on the road. this carjacking took place just four months later. the government decided the checks we re the government decided the checks were unnecessary because they identify such a small number of illegal vehicles. but police believe they were an important deterrent. we think that the removal of that certification process has contributed to the problem and made it easy for criminals to exploit this market. now, both the police and insurers want the government to bring back those mandatory checks. when a bring back those mandatory checks. whena car bring back those mandatory checks. when a car is written off, it can nonetheless end up back on the road
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without any fresh identity or safety check. that seems a really obvious loophole, putting in some sort of test procedure would be a big deterrent to criminals and would give consumers a lachman reassurance. but in response, the department for truck and bus transport told us... a warrant being —— undertaken today under the scrap metal act... but while the authorities continue to debate the situation, the criminals are targeting those responsible, raiding suspected chop shops. this morning i am in coventry with officers tipped off about a small industrial unit. the company is known for selling lots of vehicles on well—known auction websites. police.
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when we arrived, there is no one around but the officers to find a high—end car that appears to be under repair. police have found quite a lot of car parts, mainly mercedes, airbags, gear sticks, all sorts of things, they have to verify now whether these parts are stolen. in fact officers find that some parts from a car stolen during a burglary in birmingham injuly. and the parts apparently destined to repair the mercedes come from a matching vehicle stolen in yorkshire in august. it isa in august. it is a decent haul for the in august. it is a decent haulfor the regional organised crime disruption team. is this your typical chop shop? this is your typical chop shop. can raids like this really prevent carjackings? yes, definitely. it stops the market being available for the people who steal the car is to bring the car is too for them to be stripped down. of course, no one but the criminals
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themselves are to blame for the rise in car thefts but it is clear something needs to be done. and we should all be vigilant. that day has changed my life forever. i am scarred, physically and mentally, for the rest of my life. because they wanted my car. something needs to be done about this. next night, a different type of crime now because drug dealing has become a bit more sophisticated these days. increasingly, dealers are taking orders for prescription drugs online from an overseas address. jonathan gibson has been following one of the teams whose job it is to stop this. i have spent a lot of time investigating the illegal trade in medicines. take this website sending steroids to britain from china. worried odd customs, it says? well, we can get past them.
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i sometimes feel this global trade is out of control. but the fightback is out of control. but the fightback is under way. iamon is under way. iam on my is under way. i am on my way to is under way. iam on mywaytoa is under way. i am on my way to a secret location to find out how the authorities are stopping illegal and counterfeit medicines from getting into the midlands. this international postal hub near coventry deals with thousands of parcels every day. this is where the parcels every day. this is where the parcels come in. but it is notjust postal workers sorting through them. maggie is part of the customs team person —— permanently based here. what are you looking for? anything that might be prohibited or restricted. this is the first point of co nta ct. restricted. this is the first point of contact. these have come off the boat, come off the plane. of contact. these have come off the boat, come off the planelj of contact. these have come off the boat, come off the plane. i have been invited here as part of an operation to crack down around the globe to seize unlicensed and counterfeit medicines. we are
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looking for any prescription medicines. we have a look to see what is coming in, get a lie of the land. the border force team based here works with the medicines regular —— regulator intercepting medicines arriving in the midlands. we are the first line of defence. we ta ke we are the first line of defence. we take these things out of the system asa take these things out of the system as a public health and devendra bishoo. you get to know the dog of parcels and the shape and the nature of parcels. we can't go into too many details because we don't like to give away our in—house secrets. the company that runs this depot has asked to remain anonymous but i am still hoping to persuade maggie to share a few secrets of her own. these are parcels that have been placed for customs, it could be for duty, it could be for further checks because it is from a country we have
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an interest in. there is one down here that i think it merits some further checks. why has your attention been drawn specifically for that one? it is the country of interest, a country where we have found things before, that we know sends certain products out. we look at certain features of the parcel and that to me immediately says, let's give it another look. the nhra, the medicines regulator, has the power to seize any unlicensed or counterfeit medicines but will her hunch be right? up but will her hunch be right? up to 30,000 parcels come through this depot every day. which makes looking for something suspicious rather like looking for a needle in a haystack. this is five—year—old poppy, she has been specially trained to look for
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class a drugs and cash and she seems to like what she is doing. instinct often helps manky. kate mcmahon works for the medicines regulator. we are about to put her hunch to the test. i guess you test. i guess you never test. i guess you never quite know what you're going to find. it is part of the excitement really, i suppose. what am i going to see? it is always handy to have a sharp knife. clearly labelled, diazepam tablets, ten mg. the ten mg versions are the strong as you can get. this is a good find. it is also prescription only medication. this particular product, you could say this is substandard, unlicensed, it is not licensed for the uk market. in terms of quantity, it is certainly not for personal use. highly likely this will be sold on the website. social media platforms as well. it might have diazepam on
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the label but in reality, you don't really know what product it is. while kate and i had been unpacking one illegal shipment, her colleague charlie is dealing with another. these claimed to be a treatment for erectile dysfunction but who knows? that's the danger of buying drugs illegally. border force has its own on—site lab. i didn't expect to see that had a parcels depot. what are we going to do now? we have found these tablets and want to establish what the actual content of the ta blet what the actual content of the tablet is, whether it is what it says on the label or it might be substituted with another substance. this is an erectile dysfunction medicine. this type of tablet is amongst the most frequent fines. people prefer to self medicate online than speak to the family doctor. it is now scanning. the machine compares the sample with thousands of records on its database. within a minute, a positive result. that is confirmation that is what it
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says on the box. as well as seizing illegal and counterfeit medicines in coventry, 21 other depots have also been targeted nationwide. and in relation to those medicines that you have intercepted today, what happens next? that will most likely become a full investigation. we will be looking at different angles. we will also be working very closely with local law enforcement. more than £2 million worth of suspect medicines and medical devices have been seized across the uk as part of this week—long campaign. 0peration pangaea have battled one but the war goes on. how big a problem is this to get on top of? it is a huge problem. i won't lie about that. but we have got dedicated resources, staffing, we work with other law enforcement, so we work very closely with border
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force and other law enforcement agencies, we do a lot of international collaboration, we have other health regulators across the globe. what will kate think about the website i have found openly selling steroids? we have a number of different tactics we can use to identify those who are operating those websites. we have a dedicated resource within the agency who will look at taking his website down essentially. and also removing the payment mechanism, so they can no longer receive any payments for their goods. but actions speak louder than words and action is happening. since the start of this year ‘s operation pangaea, 123 websites have been taken down already. finally tonight, we head to blackpool for some sun, sea and elephants. earlier this year, a herd of elephants started moving from the midlands to then new home by the seaside.
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backin seaside. back in january, when seaside. back injanuary, when i first visited blackpool zoo, there was just one elephant here. but now, it is home to a herd. for elephants have moved in. i was lucky enough to join them and their keepers along the way. i'm about three meters away from an asian elephant in a container on the baccalaureate am about to go to blackpool. and it was quite a journey. —— back ofa and it was quite a journey. —— back of a lorry. and they all needed to learn to get along. let's turn back the clock to the start of the year. elephant creek was home to this all female herd. but things were about to change for these girls. they did not know it but they were going to be packing their trunks to move to a new state—of—the—art home. their trunks to move to a new state-of-the-art home. we know it is
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the right decision. we want them to be able to enjoy this brand—new facility that they have got at blackpool zoo and also have a male elephant there. and continue to live out their lives in a more natural herd. wild asian elephants live in family groups and those who wanted their releva nt to groups and those who wanted their relevant to live in a more natural setup with a bull elephant to breed with. but the enclosure year was not strong enough. the decision was taken to send the girls to blackpool. elephants are sensitive creatures that have been known to die in transit. they weren't going to be sedated and forced into transport crates. instead the trainers trained them with practice, patience and persuasion. ultimately it was up to the elephants to decide whether or not they got into those crates on move day. we can do all we can do with them but at the end of the day, if the elephants don't want to go in there, they don't want to go in there. move day was going to be a
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nervous one for everyone. but over at blackpool, they were concentrating on getting everything ready for the new arrivals. that is a massive door! it certainly is. it is. this new facility was built to house a herd with the needs and welfare in mind. in the wild, it would not be the same every day. there if i in the wild, it would not be the same every day. there if! and in the wild, it would not be the same every day. there if i and would be endlessly variable. within a captive environment, we cannot put the wild in their everyday. but we can change the habitat, so it is different for them every day. there was just one elephant at blackpool back then and she had lived at the zoo most of her life. she is an incredible animal. she is 49 years old. she is in her geriatric years, if you will. when you are younger, you go to the park
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and play around. but when you are older, you have a sit on the bench and she is at that stage.|j older, you have a sit on the bench and she is at that stage. i can relate to that! ta ra relate to that! tara was first moved back in and after a few initial nerves, she took the journey in after a few initial nerves, she took thejourney in her after a few initial nerves, she took the journey in her stride. she arrived safely in her new seaside home and settled in quickly. matriarch jointer next with a move in march. but it wasn't till the end of the summer that the final two were ready to move and the herd were all together in their new home. it is great to be back up in blackpool. this time with all four of the girlsjoining blackpool. this time with all four of the girls joining kate. blackpool. this time with all four of the girlsjoining kate. i cannot wait to see how they are getting on. adam, you have five elephants. and
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don't we know it! let's go back to one! only don't we know it! let's go back to one! 0nlyjoking. don't we know it! let's go back to one! only joking. five times the work. there is so much work. behavioural changes. more individuals, more characters, more dynamic. and those dynamics to pay bit of working. elephant herds have complex social structures and need to settle on a pecking order when they meet. it is all natural behaviour but huge animals like this can cause a lot of damage if it is not managed carefully. this is tara and kate ‘s first full on meeting. she is swinging her trunk. kate wanted to show her new housemate she was the boss lady in blackpool. tara was happy to give way immediately but it was a different story with another standing her ground but eventually had to submit to kate. you can also see it in her eyes that she made the wrong decision. she did not back down straightaway. but slowly, kate turned her around and got the
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submissive behaviour from her. but it was the arrival over the summer of the youngest elephant that has had the biggest impact on this herd. kate at the moment is separate from the rest. yes, she has been introduced. kate actually grew up without a family. all those social skills of a tight—knit family, she has not redeveloped. from her position, everybody is nice, she is the centre of attention. and everybody knows that. but kate had different ideas, as this mobile phone footage shows. as boss of the herd, she expects submission from the others. they show this by turning their back when she approaches but the naivete meant she approaches but the naivete meant she faced up to kate, which didn't goalwards down well. -- which didn't goalwards down well. -- which didn't go down well. she didn't grow up
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with any little ones around her. unfortunately. none of the other elephants intervened as kate continued to pursue her. and although she is a tough little animal and can take some discipline, her age meant they had to be separated. she could be susceptible to elephant herpesvirus, which is a virus that can lead to disease whereby the blood vessels can rupture and ultimately, it could be favourable for the animal. the virus is present in all asian animals but is politically dullane —— dangerous for those aged under ten yea rs —— dangerous for those aged under ten years old. for now, they are getting used to each other through the bars. all the elephants still have access to every area but just at elephants still have access to every area butjust at different times. and the search for the right mail to
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breed with them is under way. and the search for the right mail to breed with them is under waym and the search for the right mail to breed with them is under way. it is kia we get the right individual, who is wise and has a lot of sort of experience in dealing with females and even if they have not met a mail before. if all goes to plan, he will before. if all goes to plan, he will be here next year and the bit about their baby elephant feet will following 2021. —— the pitter patter. you can also contact us on twitter. see you next week. have a good one. goodbye. it is noticeably milder today. we
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have wins coming in from the south—west, quite strong. we have got ex—hurricane helene 0scar passing between the uk and oscar. iceland. 0n the plus side, it will be bringing usa 0n the plus side, it will be bringing us a mild airfrom the south—west. it will remain on the mild side as we go into next week. pretty wet across parts of scotland into northern england, wales, the south—west of england, as we head on into this evening. some dry weather into this evening. some dry weather into the very far north—west of the country. very windy across the board. if you are heading out to any bonfire evening events this evening, it could be quite wet and windy. a better chance of seeing dry weather tomorrow evening. it will be mild both evenings. as we head on into tonight, that rain band moves south eastwards. it is not really reach
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the south—east. 0nce eastwards. it is not really reach the south—east. once again, drive. dry into scotland and northern ireland. continuing very windy and mild. hurricane 0scar pushes off into sunday. but we have this weather front which will bring more cloud outbreaks and rain in parts of the midlands and wales. elsewhere, the midlands and wales. elsewhere, the south—east, dry with sunshine. and a dry story across scotland and northern ireland. strong winds and also showers across the northern ireland ‘s. at least we will have the sunshine to compensate and it will be very mild again. the degree across the north—east corner of scotland. as we had further south, it will be cloudy. a mild day again with lots of sunshine. monday, western areas will see the thicker cloud with outbreaks of rain.
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central portions should stay dry. very breezy once again but plenty of sunshine. double figures further north and west. mild for this upcoming week for most of us. rain at times across western areas and that will push its way eastwards. for the best of the sunshine, eastern areas. very mild nights. this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 2pm. six days of funeral ceremonies have begun in thailand for the billionaire businessman and owner of leicester city football club, vichai srivaddhanaprabha. there will be a minute ‘s silence at 3pm. broadcaster paul gambaccini receives a payout from the crown prosecution service over its handling
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of unfounded sexual assault allegations against him. new fears for a christian woman in pakistan, whose acquittal for blasphemy sparked days of violent protests across the country. a man—eating tiger that claimed more than a dozen victims in two years has been shot dead in india, sparking controversy over the legality of its killing.

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