tv Inside Out West Midlands BBC News October 27, 2019 12:30am-1:01am GMT
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stay with us on bbc news. now, are train enthusiasts putting themselves and passengers at risk by crossing the line and straying onto the tracks in search of the very best video or photo? here's inside out west midlands. in the next 30 minutes, risking their lives those cases of trespassing on the tracks double. we have had two children heading out of the tunnel towards me, as soon as i present, standing to the side of the jacket that it was no big deal, really, just a lie. also, junior doctors being ground down by the stress of doing the job. we are doing something to the minds of these young people, we are treating them as if they don't matter. and, on the critical list, endangered crafts was only a couple of people still know how to do. it's an important part of the local economy for 400 years and i'd like someone
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to carry on. how are you doing? i'm here for another episode of inside—out west midlands. for a lot of children across the country, let's face it, you can't be sure exactly what they are up to. over the last few years the number of children and young people caught trespassing on ra i lwa ys people caught trespassing on railways has almost doubled. charles gibson has been fined up —— finding out what is being done to keep them off the tracks. when you were a kid, did you have a change that? i did. it wasn't as good as this one, mind you. and they are just as popular with kids today. andy a fair few kids at heart. what is it about modern railways? perhaps a bit of
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escapism —— model. but for kids playing with trains, for some of them it means dicing with death. these girls are playing chicken. 0ne slip or miss and they will be dicing with death. i spoke to the network control. the british transport police deals with about 250 just passes a week. they have a message for all of them. you are committing a criminal act. you are putting yourself in unnecessary danger and ultimately it could kill you. don't do it. just last week in the community of bootleg, they were left devastated by the death of a 12—year—old boy who died after being electrocuted on the railways. but sadly, kids taking risks is nothing new. these children are taking a shortcut on the way home from school. and even more kids trespassed in the holidays. alex and edward were for british transport police and do extra patrols around
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the midlands when the kids are off school. what we're looking at today is to make sure there are no access points onto the railway by looking at the fences. the vegetation doesn't look like it has been disturbed at all. so there has been no a ccess disturbed at all. so there has been no access attempt in this instance. the line on the top here is one of the busiest in britain, it is also electrified, which adds to the risk. that is 25,000 volts in there. that is not something you want to be messing about with at all. no, no. that's one hell of a shock. it certainly was for tom. he was 16 and almost died trespassing on the ra i lwa ys almost died trespassing on the railways when electricity from the overhead lines ripped through his body. i suffered third-degree burns, 5796. body. i suffered third-degree burns, 57%. older nerve endings, sweat glands, just destroyed. you will be scarred for the of his life. —— all of the nerve endings. you hope what
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happens at some would serve as a warning but in the five years since he suffered a catastrophic electric shock of the number of children and young people caught trespassing on the railways has actually gone up every year. the most recent figures published so there were 202 rail trespassing incidents involving children and young people across the west midlands. almost double the number in 2014. under pies at risk, in its matter. i'm back with alex and edwin when an emergency call comes in. one of the train has seen a couple of 16—17 —year—olds taking their feet off the age. 0ne wrong move and they could fall off —— edge. anyone causing trespassing on the railway could cause massive disruptions along the network. there is one coming inwards. that is why british transport police sergeant matt payne is based in the west
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midlands signalling centre. he works with railway staff to provide up—to—date information to colleagues on the ground. but it can be a cut and mouse game, by the time we reach the bridge, they have left. the driver cannot know what is going to happen so my someone might not, they could just be sitting there observing the scenery. but we can't ta ke observing the scenery. but we can't take that risk. when you work on britain's railways, it's an ever present danger. perhaps best experienced from one particular seat. any fans and drives virgin trains between london and the west midlands. eddie, how much of a problem address passes on the truck? a list a couple of times a month you will see people taking shortcuts across the track, people walking on the west midlands. i have seen some
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ramblers who thought it was a walking route, obviously it's not. if you spot someone, it is going to ta ke if you spot someone, it is going to take you a lot longer to stop than to get to them. and especially on a band, you might not see them.“ to get to them. and especially on a band, you might not see them. if you are on the trucks, the odds are against you —— on the tracks. are on the trucks, the odds are against you —— on the trackslj are on the trucks, the odds are against you -- on the tracks. i had two children running out of a tunnel towards me, right in front of me. i thought they were about my daughter's age, eight or nine years old, so matter of fact about it. as soon as old, so matter of fact about it. as soon as i approached, theyjust stood to the side of the truck is that it was no big deal, really. just a laugh. you know? 0r that it was no big deal, really. just a laugh. you know? or a dour, if you like. but when trespassers are on the truck, there are so many dangers. when this 14—year—old boy missed his train, he unbelievably left in front of it. we did stop,
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but to tell him off, not let him on it. and if you had too much to drink, don't pass out here. no wonder kids get the wrong idea. drink, don't pass out here. no wonder kids get the wrong ideam you are aware of the dangers, you would stay away. and it's getting that message out to form at trespassers like tom that the rail industry is determined to cut trespassed numbers. some's story is now part of a hard—hitting campaign highlighting the dangers of trespassing on the railways. that involves going into our schools and other areas, boxing clubs, involves going into our schools and otherareas, boxing clubs, local sporting places where a lot of young people go. we are targeting everybody from primary school age, thomas the tank engine, right up to you versus train, which uses case material and have had those life changing injuries. nobody wins when they play on the railway. there is
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tom and his family, who know all too well. it's not like breaking a leg oran well. it's not like breaking a leg or an arm. well. it's not like breaking a leg oran arm. it well. it's not like breaking a leg or an arm. it is life. this is folau. you will never recover from this. a message backed up by those forced to deal with the consequences. just don't play on the tracks. don't play out, on or near the tracks. find something more interesting than being within the proximity of the railway. and if you still want to play on the, just make sure it isn't with the real thing. what those kids are doing is really, really dangerous. right, next, a really sad story because in 2017, junior doctor lauren phillips disappeared off the coast of devon. dudley, her body was never found. her family called for action to halt
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the crisis affecting junior doctors. and then once i've done that enough, i just feel such a sense of peace being here. it's a peaceful place. woolacombe bay in devon, the last place junior dr lauren phillips was ever seen. lauren was a talented musician. her car was found abandoned on the coast. i think she felt it was a privilege to be a doctor and she really wanted to do a job that could make a difference and that she could help people. for former nhs manager andrea graham, the pain of losing her daughter is ever—present. and nowhere more so than here, where she was last seen. of losing her daughter is ever—present. and nowhere more so than here, where she was last seen. but andrea is not alone in her grief. 0ne doctor every three weeks takes
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their own life in this country. in 2016, the year before lauren phillips disappeared, junior doctors went on strike in protest at government changes to their working hours and pay. lauren joined the picket lines and posted about her fears for the nhs. she felt that the new contract was just unfair and wrong and ill—founded and was going to badly affect patient care. so i wasn't surprised to see it. i was proud of her actually being willing to stand up and be counted, to speak up for junior doctors. i know that lauren worked, sometimes when she was supposed to be working a 12—hour shift, it would be more like 14 hours. she struggled to sometimes know when to eat, especially on a night shift. having somewhere to rest is quite difficult. as the strike continued, the disappearance of a junior doctor
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from cambridgeshire was also making national headlines. 25—year—old rose polge walked into the sea off dorset. the inquest was told she'd been afraid of working the weekend after five days of an 11—day stretch. her family called for action to halt the crisis affecting junior doctors. hi, everyone. in london, specialists at the nhs practitioner health programme meet to discuss their case load. again the guilt, the ruminations, the fear... for the last 11 years, this confidential service has helped thousands of doctors struggling with mental health issues and the pressure of theirjob. its medical director
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is a government adviser. every year we compare it with the last year, we've had 100% more patients. so this year we've had a double of what we had last year. we're completely confidential, nhs—funded service. this doctor support service is now available across england, there's so much demand. we have forgotten that we need to provide these doctors with the space and the time and the opportunity to talk about the emotional impact of their work. we're doing something to these wonderful young people, and i think what we're doing to them is not showing them kindness and compassion. and we're treating them as if they don't matter. inside out contacted medical schools in england to find out what support they offer their students. all who replied said the well—being of their trainees was paramount. in april this year, the british medical association, which represents medical students and doctors across the country,
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published its own survey on pressures in the profession. one in four of the doctors and medical students who responded admitted to having mental health issues. those that are the mostjunior in the nhs, we're the most likely to experience burn—out, for example, because we work the longest hours, so we're there the longest. we experience and endure the most. pressures are being put on us in the nhs. lauren was in her third year as a junior doctor. her mum knew that she was worried about starting a new rotation in bristol southmead a&e. she did seek support and was advised to sign up with the gp. the health service is short of 10,000 doctors. the bma says that pressure means many junior doctors are moving abroad or not finishing their training. those that experience the highest levels of stress are the most likely to leave the nhs. and, at this current moment,
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with the strains that the nhs is going through, we can't afford to let that happen. she did seek support and was advised to sign up with a gp. it's very difficult as a junior doctor, you move from onejob in cornwall — lauren was in cornwall at the time — to anotherjob in bristol and the changeover‘s very quick. lauren went missing in february 2017. a month later, 32—year—old rebecca 0venden from grantham in lincolnshire was found dead in plymouth. dr 0venden had written a facebook post about the pressure of working in a&e. it went viral and was shared 38,000 times. the coroner recorded that rebecca had a history of mental health issues and had attempted to take her life before. then in october, junior dr sophie spooner took her own life, two months after a complaint was made against her. a complaint which was dismissed. her family told us she tried but failed to get support and was afraid her colleagues in west sussex would find out about her depression. she was 26. at the launch of a report into the mental well being of nhs staff
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february, the health secretary chose to highlight what had happened to lauren. in a speech, matt hancock apologised and said the nhs didn't do enough to help. it was just heartbreaking, really, for me to realise lauren has become a case history for things ever wrong in the nhs. andrea has come to london to meet the secretary of state for health. injune, changes to the 2016 junior medical contracts, including rest facilities and rostering, were finally agreed. how serious are you taking the suicide of doctors like my daughter lauren? i take the mental health of doctors incredibly seriously. the story of lauren really motivated me to do something about this. do you accept that understaffing has put more pressure onjunior doctors? yes, and i see it in hospitals.
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we're hiring more doctors, partly because of the pressures on them and i want to make sure that everybody who goes in to work as a doctor gets the support they need. also, people when they sign up to be a medical in the first place, they're signing up to work and give their working life to the care of others, and we need to care for them. i don't have anywhere to go to grieve for lauren, i cannot make a set beside a grave. but this house to be a beautiful place to be to think about lauren. sometimes when i'm here, i am looking at the beach and watching people surf, and someone beautiful comes out of the sea, and i think, is that lauren? and it is hard. finally tonight, we've heard of animals and wildlife being put on an endangered list, well, now the same is happening for craft skills,
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which are disappearing at an alarming rate, as rebecca wood's been finding out. these days, we've never been busier, and we have all the tools we need to stay connected. sometimes, too connected. and that's great — i think — but sometimes a simpler life can seem very, very appealing. and that simpler life's the attraction for many stallholders round the corner at this heritage fair in newcastle—under—lyme, opting out of high—pressure jobs to opt into making a living with their hands. there's a lot of interest, and julie crenshaw of the heritage craft association thinks she knows why. making things for a living is a very
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creative and satisfying thing to do. it's good for your well being, it's a great way to live. we've moved far too far away from that. but while some crafts are thriving, she's worried about those we're losing. that's why she's created the first register of endangered crafts. lots of people might not be aware that some crafts could be endangered, how does one get onto that list? we have the list of endangered crafts, which is our standard assessment of where a craft sits in the viability stakes, if you like. there are a lot of crafts on our critically endangered list which have only one practitioner left in the entire country, and many of them are quite elderly. we need to make sure that those people can pass on their skills before they stop practising. more than 100 crafts are on that endangered list, from making musical instruments to turning out traditional clay pipes, once smoked
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in their millions. but giving up a regular income to make a living working with your hands is a huge decision. mike taylor made that choice, even buying a wood to grow the timber he needs to turn into things he can sell. it's been a really life—changing experience for us. we spend a lot of time in the woodland. it's been really pleasurable. you had a very different lifestyle before? yes, i worked in the steel industry for 30 years in the black country. a relatively elevated position, company car and everything, but became very disenchanted with that side of life, so decided six years ago to make a change. and this is the change i decided to make. this is the best thing i've decided to do, and i would encourage anybody to follow and do what i've done. to get usable timber can involve a lot of work. mike showed me some coppicing, chopping trees close to the ground into what's called a stool to encourage new growth. there's history behind every tree in the woodland, really. some look quite spindly
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and small, but actually it is still significantly old and has its own heritage and life story. you are continuing to work this woodland in the way it has been for hundreds of years? yes we are, it has been worked this way for hundreds of years. we hope to continue this way for many years to come. sustainability is important to mike, and so is supporting other traditional crafts, like horse logging, using horse power to get timber out of the forest. i'm beginning to understand why horse power is so important here. if a tractor came through, it would tear up the ground. when these guys work the ground, there is very little damage — it'll be back to normal in no time. it's hard work, but barbara haddrill is certain it's worth it. this is molly, she's six years old, so she's learning the ropes. the other horse is 18, she's experienced. they are just the right type — laid—back, really hard—working, ideal for the job.
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by using barbara, it allows her business to carry on going, so she keeps the horse is going, which supports saddle makers, the local farrier, the local blacksmith, to enable the continuation of heritage crafts and environmentally sustainable crafts and ways of working to continue. so, back to that list of endangered crafts, and right at the top is clay pipe making. and the west midlands is where most clay pipes were made. archive: we've brought you to shropshire, where vera is moulding clay pipes. believe it or not, these pipes were made here four years before raleigh brought home the weed. what elizabethans smoked is beyond belief. today, just one person here is making pipes the traditional way. i'm told this is where i can find the man who made this,
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and knows more about clay pipes and anyone else in the world. yes, i moved to this village, broseley, just over 30 years ago. started to dig my garden as a newlywed, i found some broken bits of pipe, and some had patterns and designs on them, and i realise that broseley had a history of clay pipe making, dating back nearly 400 years. 1630 was the earliest recorded pipe maker in the village. they were making them here up until 1957. now i've been able to carry on this tradition. and clay pipes have become a huge part of his life. how many clay pipes do you have? at the last count, about 14,000 clay pipes, originalantiques, that don't include the ones that i make. at one point in the 19th century,
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more than 6 million pipes were being made every year in this small shropshire town. when the pipe works were operating in the village, it was nearly all women, working from about the age of 12, and each lady was expected to make between 700 and 800 pipes a day. how would you feel if this craft died out? very sad. it's been an important part of the local economy for 400 years, and i would like someone to carry on. but despite years of searching, rex hasn't found anyone to follow in his footsteps. another craft in danger of disappearing. and that's whyjulie crenshaw thinks this part of our heritage needs urgent protection. the government has not signed the unesco convention for intensive cultural heritage, which is a really key part of policy that's been taken out across the world, but not in our country. and it is a key mechanism
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to protect our crafts. over at mike's stall, he's giving demonstrations. but to make even a fraction of his old salary, he needs every sale he can get. wood, selling wood! going once! how much is this? that one's £8. so, how did you find that, did you to enjoy it? it was actually fun! i would never get bored of it, i'd love to use the different tools, i'd love to do it. do you think you are going to be a wood whittler? maybe! wood by name, but wood by nature? hmm, let's see. is mike still positive about his lifestyle choice? whether i'm working on the woodland or at events making
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and demonstrating, it's lovely, it's a lovely thing to do. when you enjoy something as much as i enjoye doing what i do, i've never once wanted to go back to my previous life. what we want is people to learn the skill from the practitioner, so they really understand the practices, and can then adapt the final product to suit modern requirements, perhaps. but that knowledge, that critical knowledge that's part of our heritage is then transferred to the next generation and won't be lost at that point. i'm not selling this one, it's coming home with me. you know what, i never touched a clay pipe in my life before. i'll have to knock on rex's door! thats it for tonight. remember, you can find us on the iplayer.
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it looks as though sunday is offering a complete change of weather fortunes further parts of england and wales. it starts dry and sunny and cold and crisp in the same sort of regime there as well for the southern half of scotland, northern ireland will. when even the word go across the north of scotland, gusts of 50 miles per hour and plenty of showers as well. one for the north of northern ireland as well. there the typical profile, eight or nine on the north of scotland what i've only 12 or 13, a real contrast what we experienced in the south during the course of saturday. 0n through the course of saturday. 0n through the course of the night, the skies they relatively clear, the winds drop out and it will be a cold
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