-- a mild flow of into the teens. —— a mild flow of air. hello again. seven children have been discharged from hospital after the collapse of an inflatable slide at a fireworks event in surrey. another child remains under observation after the incident former cabinet secretary and head of the civil service sir jeremy heywood dies from cancer aged 56 more than seventy business leaders call for a referendum on the terms of the brexit deal the family of a christian woman at the centre of mass protests in pakistan has asked for asylum in britain. now, inside out west midlands asks would a simple change in the law help tackle carjacking? welcome to this week's inside out tonight. the moment that violent car thieves drove off with a baby on the back seat. we're taking the car! i remember being run over and i realised

that they'd taken my baby in the car. and i screamed. battling the tide of illegal prescription drugs ordered online for doorstep delivery. it's illegal product entering the uk. it might have diazepam on the label, but in reality you don't know what product is is. and not all plain sailing in their seaside home for the new arrivals from the midlands. she doesn't appear to necessarily understand that this little one isn't a threat because she never grew up with any little ones around her. this is inside out west midlands. tonight we are in birmingham where there's been a rise of a terrifying type of car crime. in one case of carjacking, the thieves didn't even care that there was a baby on the back seat. eliza o'neil wasn't harmed,

but in her first interview, her mother clare tells us that something must be 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'll 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. so why are criminals going to such extreme levels? and could a simple change in the law helps solve the problem? to find out, we'll hear from the victim of one of the most frightening attacks. i remember being run over and i realised that they'd taken my baby and the car. and i'lljoin the police as they try to tackle the problem. can raids like this really prevent car jackings? yes, definitely. these cctv images showjust how

determined car thieves in the west midlands have become. in this brutal attack in kings heath, thieves punched and kicked a man in attempt to steal the keys to his audi. masked thieves in solihull attacked this driver with metal poles as they tried to take his bmw. here, a stunned motorist in castle bromwich is hit with an iron bar before thieves drive off in his audi. and this video in walsall shows a car thief trying to grab the keys to a mini from an off—duty policeman. the officer is stabbed in the chest. but one recent carjacking made national headlines. it happened on the afternoon ofjuly the 19th. new mum clare o'neil left this supermarket in birmingham and drove home with herfour—week—old baby daughter eliza asleep in her car seat. what happened next so traumatised clare that she still feels unable to do a television interview.

but she has agreed for us to use her voice and photos taken after the attack. we've used an actress to reconstruct what happened. i parked the car in the shared parking area of our culdesac and had taken the baby bag out of the boot of the car and was taking eliza's car seat out the back of the car, when suddenly i realised there were two, maybe three men running towards me. so at that point, i started to scream because i felt like they were going to kidnap the baby, was my gut reaction. he looked inside the car and he saw my baby in the car and he ran away to the car they came in and he was told to finish the job. we're taking the car!

and i said, "you've got my baby. "you are not taking my car." so i threw myself over her in the car seat and the car started reversing. and i fell to the floor outside of the car. and i remember being run over the front tyre, driving over my right elbow and i realised that they'd taken my baby and the car. i screamed. i'm told it was about 45 minutes that she was missing for. it felt like a lifetime. the carjackers dumped eliza outside a local health centre. remarkably, she was found safe and well. it was probably the best thing i've seen in my life. knowing that she was safe again, and my husband and i were very pleased to see her safe. clare's attackers haven't been caught. the police are still hoping

someone will come forward to help identify them. my injuries were quite severe initially. so, for two to three weeks, just even holding my four—week—old baby was painful. i'm now anxious with her in the car. they've taken so much more from me than a piece of metal. what an ordeal. and right across the west midlands, there's been a sharp increase in the number of car thefts. in 2014, just over 5,000 vehicles were stolen. last year, that figure had doubled to more than 10,000. and west midlands police believe the increase is linked to this — the legitimate trade in cars that have been written off. they're called salvage vehicles. say you have an accident, if it's cheaper to replace your car than fix it, your insurer will write it off. if it's 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 as a repairable vehicle. and insurers make six times as many write—offs available for repair as they do for parts. west midlands police say that's created a big demand for second—hand parts with so few available to fix all those damaged vehicles. and criminals are taking advantage. typically, criminals buy a legitimate write—off and then order thieves to steal the exact same make model and even colour a vehicle to use for parts. the repairs are then done in a dodgy garage or chop shop. and the vehicle, which appears legitimate, is then sold for profit. and it's big business. but why has it become such a problem

so but why has it become such a problem so quickly? west midlands police recently discovered around 250 salvage vehicles at a business run by one criminal gang. but why has it become such a problem so quickly? well, 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 salvage vehicles before they're allowed back on the road. this carjacking took place just four months later. the government decided the checks were unnecessary because they identified 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. so now both the police and insurers want the government to bring back those mandatory checks. when a car is written off, it can nonetheless end up back on the road without any fresh identity or safety check. that seems to us a really obvious loophole, putting in some sort of test or procedure would be a big deterrent to criminals and would give consumers a lot more reassurance.

but in response, the department for transport told us there is no evidence to suggest that reintroducing the vehicle identity check would be a proportionate method of addressing vehicle crime or improving vehicle safety. the scheme was closed following a full public consultation. a warrant is being executed today into the scrap metal act. but while the authorities continue to debate the possible long—term solutions, the police are targeting the criminals responsible, raiding suspected chop shops. this morning i'm in coventry with officers who've been tipped off about a small industrial unit. the company is known for selling lots of vehicles on well—known auction websites. when we arrive, there's no—one around, but the officers do find a high—end car that appears to be under repair. well, police have found quite a lot of car parts here, mainly mercedes, they found air bags, gear sticks, all sorts of things.

they've just got to verify now when these cars are stolen. in fact, officers find that some parts are 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's a decent haulfor the regional organised crime disruption team, led by detective constable shona frensham. 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 cars to bring the cars for them to be stripped down. meanwhile, the advice for second—hand car buyers is always to do a vehicle history check. they're available online for a few pounds and will show if the car's ever been written off and an inspection

from an independent mechanic should reveal any major defects. that day has changed my life forever. i'm scarred physically and mentally for the rest of my life because they wanted my car. something needs to be done about this. next tonight 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. johnathan gibson's been following one of the teams whose job it is to stop this. i've spent a lot of time investigating the illegal trade in medicines. take this website sending steroids to britain from china. "worried about customs? " it says. "well, we can get past them." i sometimes feel this global trade is out of control, but the fight—back is underway. i'm 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 come in. but it's notjust postal workers sorting through them. maggie carr is part of the customs team permanently based here. today she's showing me around here. what are you looking for? we're looking for anything that might be prohibited or restricted. so this is the first point of contact? this comes out the back of the wagon. these have come off the boat, they've come off the plane. i've been invited here as part of operation panjir. it's a week—long crackdown coordinated by interpol around the globe to seize unlicensed and counterfeit medicines. we're looking for any prescription medicines. we stand here, we have a look, get a lie of the land of what's coming in, how much from the rest of the world. the border force team based

here works with a medicines regulator, the mhra, on a regular basis, intercepting illegal medicines arriving here in the midlands. but we are the frontline, we're the first line of defence. we take these things out of the system as a public health issue. you get to know the look 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 inner secrets and our ways of doing things. the company that runs this depot has asked to remain anonymous, but i'm still hoping to persuade maggie to share a few secrets of her own. these are cages of parcels that have been placed for customs‘ attention in one form or another. it could be for duty, it could be for further checks because they're from countries we have an interest in. there's one down here that i think could merit some further checks. so why has your attention been drawn specifically to that one? it's from a country of interest. it's a country where we've found things before that we know send

certain products out. we look at certain features of the parcel and that, to me, immediately says — let's give it another look. we'll pass it to the mhra and they'll go and have a look in it and see whether it's worth their while or not. the mhra, the medicines regulator, has the power to seize any unlicensed or counterfeit medicines. but will maggie's 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. but some border force officers are made for thejob. this is five—year—old poppy. she's specially trained to look for class a drugs and cash. and she seems to like what she's doing. while poppy relies on her nose, instinct often helps maggie. kate mcmahon works for the medicines regulator. we're about to put maggie's hunch to the test. i guess when you go in, you never quite know what you are going to find.

that's part of the excitement. you think, what am i going to see? what am i going to come across? it's always handy to have a sharp knife. absolutely. what have we got there? clearly labelled, diazepam tablets, 10mg. the 10mg version is the strongest you can get. for us, this is a good find. but it's also prescription only medication. this particular product, we'd say this is substandard unlicensed, so it's not licensed for the uk market. essentially, it's an illegal product entering the uk. in terms of quantity, it's certainly not for personal use. it's highly likely to be sold on websites, social media platforms. it might have diazepam on the label, but in reality you don't really know what the product is. while kate and i have been unpacking one illegal shipment, her colleague, charlie, is dealing with another. these claim to be a treatment for erectile dysfunction, but who knows?

that's the danger of buying drugs illegally. border force has its own onsite lab. i didn't expect to see that at the parcels depot. so what are we going to do now? we found these tablets. we want to establish what the actual content of the tablets is, whether it's genuinely what it says on the label or it might be substituted with another form of substance. these are an erectile dysfunction medicine. this type of tablet is among the most frequent finds as people still prefer to self—medicate online than speak to the family doctor. this machine uses a laser to compare the sample with thousands of records on its data base. within a minute, a positive result. that is confirmation of what it says on the box is what's in the box. good result. as well is seizing illegal and counterfeit medicines here in coventry, 21 other depots are also being targeted nationwide. and in relation to those medicines that you've intercepted today, what happens next? so that will most likely become

a full investigation. we'll be looking at several 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 panjir, a battle won. but the war goes on. how big a problem is this to get on top of it? it's a huge problem. i won't lie about that. but we've got dedicated resources and staffing. we work with other law enforcement, so we work very close with border force, other law enforcement agencies. we do a lot of national and international collaboration with other health regulators across the globe. so what will kate think about the website i find openly selling steroids? we have a number of different

tactics to identify those who are operating these websites. we have a dedicated resource within the agency. he will look at taking the website down, essentially, and also removing the payment mechanism, so that 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 0peration panjir, 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 their new home by the seaside. we've been to see how they're getting on. back in january, when i first visited blackpool zoo, there was just one elephant here but now it's home to a herd. four elephants from twycross zoo have moved in. i was lucky enough to join them

and their keepers along the way. i'm about three metres away from an asian elephant in a container, on the back of a lorry, about to go up to blackpool. and it was quite a journey. and even once they'd arrived, they all needed to learn to get along. let's turn back the clock to the start of the year. elephant creek at twycross zoo was home to this all—female herd. leader of the gang, minbu, teenager tara and mother and daughter norjahan and baby esha. but things were about to change for these girls. they didn't know it but they were going to be packing their trunks to move to a new state of the art home. we as keepers, we know it's the right decision. we want them to be able to enjoy this brand—new facility that they've 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 the zoo wanted their elephants to live

in a more natural set—up with a bull elephant to breed with. but the enclosure wasn't big or strong enough to house a bull. so the decision was taken to send the girls to blackpool. but how do you move, not one, but four of the world's largest [and animals well over 100 miles away? 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 keepers 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 what we can do with them, but at the end of the day if the elephants don't want to go in, they don't want to go in there. so move day was going to be a nervous one for everyone at twycross. but over at blackpool, they were concentrating on getting everything ready for the new arrivals. that is a massive door! it certainly is.

that's what it needs for animals or three, four, upwards of four tonnes. this new £5 million facility was built to house the herd with the elephants‘ needs and welfare in mind. we can change the habitat on a daily basis naturally in the wild and it wouldn't be the same every day. their environment would be endlessly variable. and obviously within a captive environment. we can't put the wild in there every day, but we can change the habitat so it's different for them every day. there was just one elephant at blackpool back then — kate — and she lived at the zoo most of her life. she's an absolutely incredible animal and she's 49 years old, so she's quite in her geriatric years, if you will. when you're younger, you go to the park and you play around. if you go when you're older, you have a sit on the bench with a coffee and a paper. i think she's at the coffee and paper stage. i can relate to that. tara was first to move back

in january, and after a few initial nerves... try and get as much of that fluid into her as possible. ..she took the 140 mile journey in her stride. she arrived safely in her new seaside home and settled in quickly. matriarch minbu joined her next, with a move off up the motorway in march. but it wasn‘t until the end of the summer that baby esha and her mum norjahan were ready to move, and the twycross herd were altogether in their new home. well, it‘s great to be back in blackpool, this time with all four twycross girls joining kate, and i for one can‘t wait to see how the herd is getting on. you‘ve got five elephants. don't we know it! congratulations. let's go back to one. 0nlyjoking. five times the work! yeah, definitely. 0h, there's so much work, so much behavioral changes. obviously there's more individuals, more characters, more dynamics. and those dynamics took

a bit of working out. elephant herds have complex social structures and need to settle on a pecking order when they meet. it‘s all natural behaviour, but huge animals like this can cause a lot of damage if it‘s not managed carefully. this is tara and kate‘s first full—on meeting. she‘s swinging her trunk at tara. kate wanted to show her new housemates that she was the boss lady in blackpool. tara was happy to give way immediately, but it was a different story with minbu who tried to stand her ground but eventually had to submit to kate. you could almost see in her eyes that she made the wrong decision. and then she didn't back down straightaway. slowly, kate turned her around and got the submissive sort of behaviour from minbu. 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 four twycross girls. yes, yes. so the reason being, she has been introduced, they've been introduced together. kate's background, she actually grew up without a family and so all those social skills of a tight knit family she's not really developed like esha. esha is kind of the opposite side of the coin. from her position, everybody is nice, she's 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 esha‘s naivete meant she faced up to kate, which didn‘t go down well with. kate doesn't appear to necessarily understand that this little one isn't a threat because she never grew up with any little ones around unfortunately. none of the other elephants intervened as kate continued to pursue esha.

and although she‘s a tough little animal, and could take some discipline, her age meant they had to be separated. she could be susceptible to what's called elephant herpes virus which is a virus that can lead to a hemorrhagic disease whereby the blood vessels can rupture and ultimately it could be fatal for her. the virus is present in all asian elephants but it‘s particularly dangerous to youngsters up to ten years old. stress can lead to an outbreak. so esha needs careful monitoring and is being kept apart from kate for now while they get used to each other through the bars. the facility‘s design means all the elephants still have access to every area. but just at different times, and the search for the white male to breed with them is underway. so it key that we get the right individual who is a successful breeder and who is wise and has a lot of experience in dealing with females and even if they had not met

a male before. if all goes to plan the bull will be here next year. the pitter patter of baby elephant feet will follow in 2020. that‘s a lot for tonight. don‘t forget you can also contact us on twitter. we will see you next week. hello. a very good morning to you. we have got a bit of wet weather around today but for some much better than yesterday, northern ireland and secular. we will show you the satellite picture, swirls of

note, this one bringing a low pressure to italy. this is the re m na nts of pressure to italy. this is the remnants of hurricane 0scar driving in warm airfrom nice hour tapping into this area of low cloud. the low pressure system throwing up two fingers of rain and the moment, one going from dorset to oxygen and the other into west wales with a view showers into north—west england and the far south—east of scotland, to stop inside that, something dry and brighterfrom stop inside that, something dry and brighter from any of you and this is a better day across scotland and northern ireland will light winds by and large today with winds gusting around 50 mph. they view showers just about into the western isles but much of scotland and much of northern ireland this afternoon will stay dry and sunny. temperatures in the low teens. if you gamble in and around cumbria, and england and wales in general. devon and cornwall stay pretty wet. drying a jealous of its three counties can build what you got today. in the anglia and the

south—east, should be fine with clear skies and sunny spells. if you‘re off to any organised firework display tonight, a bit cooler than last night, not as windy, greatest jazz of the brain is in wales and some in northern england. tomorrow is looking a bit better forjust about all. for much of tonight, rain across part of the west spreading into northern ireland and south—west scotla nd into northern ireland and south—west scotland later with some that train being very heavy indeed. the advance will see some clearer skies and temperatures down into single figures. not a temperatures down into single figures. nota mile temperatures down into single figures. not a mile at recent night but frost free to start monday morning and the area of low pressure still there into monday with the weather front pushing from the northern heading across north—west scotla nd northern heading across north—west scotland to bring a wet start writing up, if used by his brain, while two showers elsewhere and an isolated one cannot be ruled out in eastern counties of england but most places dry with sunny spells, the best of which across central and eastern areas temperatures up a few on today‘s. sticking with a mile

then, winds are wetter and bigger. we‘ll see that through cornwall. 0ne of two showers elsewhere about sunshine in between and temperatures could peak around 17 celsius. 63 fahrenheit. that allows for the week, mild weather dominates by and large wet and windy weather at times and in between those wetter spells, and in between those wetter spells, a bit of sunshine to enjoy, too. my belt. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11... eight children are injured, as an inflatable slide collapses at a fireworks event in woking. seven of the children have now been discharged from hospital but one remains under observation. while walking passed the slide i noticed that there were a lot of children lying on the floor next to it on the right—hand side and about nine or ten ambulances. former cabinet secretary and head of the civil service sir jeremy heywood dies from cancer, aged 56. more than 70 business leaders

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