30/01/2017 Inside Out North West

Hello and welcome to Inside Out with me, Diana Hawkesbury. This week,

it's no longer just one for the road. We investigate a growing

number of people driving under the influence of drugs. About going to

lose their jobs, their license. They don't think about this before they

go on the road. We report on Cumbrian farmers left out in the

cold by The National Trust. What would Beatrix Potter make of it all?

She would be horrified. How much has gone into tourism and every thing

else, I don't think the higher management have any interest in

agriculture. And we meet the Singh twins who are bringing their art to

life with augmented reality, just like the recent Pokemon craze. It

literally comes to life! New figures show that there

are a growing number of people on our roads driving under

the influence of drugs. Jacey Normand has been out

with the Cheshire police These videos show people driving

recklessly as they try The drivers' actions show a complete

disregard for other road users whilst speeding excessively

on our roads. They all felt they had a reason

to try to avoid capture. They were all found to be driving

under the influence of drugs. The latest video from the road

safety campaign THINK Those most likely to use drugs

and get behind the wheel of a car. In order to effectively police this,

the government changed the drug driving law in March 2015 which gave

Cheshire Police and Inspector Steve Griffiths additional powers

to combat offenders. In the past we couldn't test

on the roadside and since then We were finding there was an issue

with people using drugs before driving and this has given us a good

way of testing and taking them off But certainly what it's found

is there are people out there who do take those risks daily

and the amount of arrests we've had We're going to talk a little bit

now about Section 5a. It was introduced in March

2015 and includes... At this training centre,

these Cheshire police officers are learning how to use

the new equipment. And it will give us an indication

if it tests positive for either They're also being walked

through the FIT test, an American-style sobriety test,

which is useful in finding out if a driver's ability

is impaired through drugs. Officers have a power to do

a breath test for alcohol. A roadside test for drugs

and also one of these FIT. The only issue we have

is that they only detect cannabis If an officer suspects

there is impairment caused by any other type of drug,

the driver can be taken back There are a considerable amount

of drugs as regards to illegal drugs and prescription drugs which can be

misused and have an The drug driving law sets strict

limits for 17 different drugs. Police can now test for illegal

drugs like cannabis, cocaine and ecstasy,

but also prescription drugs like Temazepam or Diazepam,

used for anxiety and sleeping problems and also,

morphine-based pain killers. And these new powers

have produced results. In 2016, Cheshire Police arrested

over 966 people for failing a roadside drugs test,

and so far over 500 of those have been charged

with drug driving offences. One of the officers on the front

line is Chris Buckley. He's been patrolling the streets

of Cheshire for 12 years. Chris took me out on an evening

shift and he told me You kind of get used to not

sort of stereotyping, but what sort of cars/vehicles get

used by people who may use It is a bit of the bobby's nose

and it does literally become the bobby's nose as sometimes you're

following a vehcle and, believe it or not, you can

actually smell it coming You do have your own little ways,

all the places where you might go where you think there's a good

chance you might get somebody. What was the speed it down that road

you just came down? Do you know you have got a light out at the front?

Do you know you have got a light out at the front?

A broken tail-light and some questionable driving means Chris

has stopped quite a few cars this evening.

The majority of people wouldn't dream of drink driving.

In fairness, you can can never go by the two-pint rule because you've

got a legal limit of 35 for drink driving and that could be

two pints for you, it could be three pints for me.

With the law being so new, I wondered how anyone

using recreational drugs could know the limits for driving.

It can't be measured in the same way that people do with alcohol.

I can't imagine someone would sit there on a Friday night

with their mates and think, "You know what, if I have

two spliffs tonight, I'm gonna be fine tomorrow,

but I won't drive tonight" and that's the trouble.

A lot of the times they'll say, "Well, I've not had any today.

I had some yesterday or the day before.

I wouldn't dream of drink or drug driving" but unfortunately you are.

And then, on a routine check, his copper's nose pays off.

Is it your vehicle? Are you insured and it? Really? You are not, are

Have you got cannabis in there by any chance?

I can smell it. Haven't got a driving licence? That would explain

That would explain your driving, then.

No insurance and a provisional licence.

I need you to put your tongue in the mouth like that.

Right, this takes eight minutes but we have paperwork.

You know cannabis can stay in your system for some time, don't you?

Right, that has indicated you've got cannabis in your system so I need

to tell you you're under arrest for driving with the drugs over

And also no insurer and is. -- no insurer and is. All right? It's a

good result for us. No insurer and. For him, his car has been towed

away. We've got a drug driver and

an unlicenced driver off the road. But for him, his car's been towed

away, or his girlfriend's car has been towed away,

so he's gonna get He's going to get

a disqualification. Been stopped dring

a motor vehicle... He smelt of cannabis

and failed a drugs test. At the station the driver

is processed and blood is taken by a nurse to find out what drugs

he has in his system. The results take about

a month to come back. He's just ruined his

life through stupidity. Throughout December,

156 people were arrested for drink driving with the drug driver arrest

figure at a total of 111. Both Merseyside and Greater

Manchester Police also reported an increase in drug driving arrests

in December, compared It's perhaps surprising that

in the space of two years under new laws that the figures for both

are creeping ever closer together. I've been to numerous

collisions where alcohol Also, being a family liaison

officer, you get to deal with the families and having to be

the one who goes and knocks It has a devastating effect on,

not only the vitim and the victim's It has a devastating effect on,

not only the victim and the victim's They can lose their licence

and they just don't think about this before they go out

on the road and it's selfish. coming up, I'm finding out how the

art of the Singh twins has been brought to life using the augmented

reality technology. Farming has sustained

the Lake District for centuries. But now one of the country's biggest

charities and landowners stands accused of being out of touch

with the challenges of working The peace and tranquility

of the lakes is being disturbed by mounting tension

between the National Trust The Lake District, loved

and revered by millions. But the inspiring landscape

conceals mounting fury. They are not believing

in the people who have been I don't think the higher management

have any interest in agriculture. The charity the National Trust owns

about a fifth of this dramatic It's always been a challenge to make

a living for the generations of But now those who work the land

say their landlord is out of touch and is making their

lives even harder. This is us - the landscape

is our identity. We've committed ourselves

as a family - three His landlord the National Trust has

given him a 15 year farm tenancy You feel you need

to speak out on this? In order for me to carry out

what we have done for generations they need to give me a platform

to do it, a secure platform, Isaac's concerns for his future

are just one of the things As you know this is a particular

landscape and to make any kind of committments to it,

it's a hard living and not Surely they deserve a bit more

commitment from you to them? I always see tenancies

as a marriage between two people, an organisation represented

by a person and the And it needs to make sure that

marriage works so you have break clauses during that period to make

sure it is working for them and it's The ones where it's

working really well, where they are delivering

on the tenancy that they have signed, and it is working for them

financially and viably, The negative headlines

for the National Trust began here - at Thorneythwaite Farm in Borrowdale

near Keswick. Last summer the farmhouse

and the land were up for sale. The Trust bid nearly

?1 million just for the land - and that was ?200,000 over

the asking price. And the price was going down

at the time, anyway? Yes, the auctioneer was bringing

the price down and this National Trust person just made

an absurd bid of ?950,000. Peter lives next door

to Thorneythwaite farm and thought he was in with a chance of buying

both the farmhouse and the land. He's also a National Trust tenant

and was left fuming. Six generations of Edmondsons

here and we were going to continue to conserve the land

at Thorneythwaite as a farm for one It's ruined now - it'll

never be a farm again. Do you still stand by the decision

to buy the land but not the farm? We stand by the decision

to buy the land, yeah. We bought that land because we felt

it was of international significance, along with the other

land in Borrowdale, for the rich mosaic of farm farmland,

woodland and the fell. Thorneythwaite -

bit of a PR disaster. Yes, we regret we didn't manage

the communications the best we could and we were taken

by surprise by the scale of negative feelings towards purchase

because we imagined that people would think it was a good thing

that we were buying the land on behalf of the nation,

securing it. You go this way and

I'll go the other. Since the sale, Peter's locked

horns with the Trust. Relations are at an all time

low as he discovered the Director General

of the trust came to the valley Why did they not come and ask

for me to meet her there? Let's have it ironed out,

let's smooth things over. She hadn't the guts

to come and speak to me. We chose not to go and see

Mr Edmondson because we felt the relationships were not in such

a great place. But that was the time

to make it up, wasn't it? Yes, we could have done that

but we chose not to. It feels like, talking

to the tenants, the Trust has lost its way over

the last few years. There is a new Chief Executive,

new strategies and it all feels very Viv represents many of

the National Trust tenants and says her members believe farming

is no longer a priority. They have come up with

new strategies and conservation and biodiversity certainly seems

to be, you know, what they They will talk about farming

but it is lower down the list and as we look around here it's

the farming systems that have delivered this landscape

and are maintaining It's environment and farming,

not environment or farming. We are not after

significant change here. We are after an adaptation,

place by place, and the joy of the Lake District is is that

every valley, every one of the 13 You walk into Wasdale, it has a very

different feel to Ennerdale, and so the plans we talked

about earlier, the 10 year plans. We really do want to develop

more than 10 year plans, long term plans shared

with our tenants and the community, that set out the valley,

what is special about that valley and how we want to work together,

to develop it for the future. At the moment we don't have that

shared vision and shared plan that would maybe overcome some

of these problems that we've This farm in Great Langdale was one

of the properties given to the National Trust by it's most

famous benefactor - Beatrix Potter, I think she would be

absolutely horrified at how much they have gone into tourism

and everything else. Eric's devoted over

30 years to farming. He says the Trust now

has other priorities. I don't think the higher management

have any interest in agriculture. What's the one thing you'd

like the Trust to do? I would like to see them out

on these farms and showing an active interest in what our problems

are and what we need It's great coming on a nice sunny

day but you know what it's like. We are hanging onto a post

here because the wind Are you more interested

in tourism than farming? No, we are not more

interested in tourism. Tourism has a fundamental role

to play here and a lot of the economy in the Lake District

in particular comes from tourism. A lot of our farms have diversified

over the years based on the back of the tourism industry,

and the Trust as a whole, Glad to speak to you,

of course, Mike. We would also have liked to have

spoken to the Director General Can you give us any guarantee

that we will be able to get an interview with your her

here in Cumbria and get But that is a question for Helen

herself to answer, not me. The day after we met Mike,

his boss, Director General of the National Trust,

Dame Helen Ghosh, came to Cumbria and told a conference of farmers

and conservationists suggestions the Trust was losing its commitment

to upland farming "could not be The past few months have been

a bruising experience for both the National Trust and some

of its hill farmers. If this landscape is to be more

than just a beautiful backdrop then some sort of lasting peace needs

to be brokered which will allow it to continue to be a vibrant

environment for both Liveable artists -- Liverpool

artists the Singh Twins have never been afraid to tackle difficult

issues and their Indian heritage with their artwork, now they are

embracing the latest digital technology to bring their art to

life, as I've been finding out. There is more to the Singh

twins than meets the eye. And the same can certainly be

said for their artwork. It reflects who they are -

proud Scousers who love But who are also in touch

with their Indian heritage. They are currently working

toward a major exhibition Their work is intricate

and painstaking. There's a lot of pleasure that comes

from creating something that is so technically

skilled and decorative. You feel a sense of achievement so,

although your neck and your back is aching and you feel you are never

going to get through this I think the end result makes it

worthwhile and that challenging yourself to progress and become

better and better at They were awarded MBEs by the Queen

for their artwork in 2011, and made Honorary Citizens

of Liverpool two years earlier. But, amazingly, they didn't

originally plan on becoming artists. We had no intention

of becoming artists actually. We were thinking of going

into academia and teaching Fate has a funny way of pushing

you in the direction that you actually had no idea that

you were going to end up taking. In 1980, aged just 13,

they embarked on a journey to India that would change the course

of their lives. My father and his uncle built this

homemade motor-home. A Bedford van, which they cut

the back off and they revamped it so it had living quarters

and a kitchen and a shower and, quite spontaneously,

we just jumped in this vehicle one day and trundled across to India

through Europe and the Middle East, right the way through

the Iran-Iraq War, I have to say, and then spent a month in Pakistan

trying to get into India. And then eventually got

across the border and travelled for eight months around

India itself. Well, it started off as a one-man

trip and so we told our school we were going away for a month

and then a year later we came back. It really opened our eyes

to the whole diversity of Indian culture, not just the arts,

but the history as well and I think it was a real turning point

in our lives and having an influence on, having a real pride

in our Indian heritage. And it was during this first visit

to India the twins fell in love with Indian Miniature,

a traditional Indian art form that We were just bowled

over by this style. But it was something

that was so exquisite in the detail and the draughtsmanship

and the vibrant colours So the works were literally

illuminated, almost jewel-like. But the seed was planted and,

when they went to university, the twins decided to pursue

their interest in Indian Miniature Painting, something that

would ultimately bring them into direct conflict

with the university. The tutors felt that it was backward

and outdated and really couldn't see any place for it within contemporary

art for this particular style. So unfortunately we had

a battle on our hands. And it took several years

to confront the university and get the grade of our final degree

upgraded and to get these And it eventually did

happen after many years but there was an independent panel

that was set up to look at our case The university had to increase

the grade that they originally given but not to the extent

that we had wanted. Do you ever look back and think,

"Wasn't that a ridiculous period Yes, it was actually a very

depressing and upsetting time But I think it's also strengthened

us as artists and given us a sense of purpose and meaning

within the work that we do. The twins have never been scared

to tackle controversial With the Iraq War for

example it was something, a painting that we did,

which was called Partners in Crime: Deception and Lies,

which was about the whole debate That was an art work that actually

happened a couple of years We've always learnt as artists that

it's sometimes not always the best thing to jump in and be current

because as these arguments It gives you more food for thought

and a balanced view to then Similarly with another political

painting called 1984, which actually depicts

the Indian Government's storming attack on the Golden Temple in 1984,

which is the centre of the Sikh Again, that painting didn't actually

occur until at least... Yeah, 1999, the major piece

that came out of that. Their latest work of art

Indigo will form part of their next exhibition,

examining the relationship between India's ancient blue dye

and the history of global trade, The focus is a 17th century queen

called Mumtaz Mahal. So she's dressed in a traditional

17th century dress for the top half, but for the bottom half

she is wearing a pair Most people think that blue jeans

was invented by Levis, you know, But actually if you dig deep

enough you will find these indigo dyed jeans,

or denim fabric trousers, were worn by sailors way back

in the 17th century in Indian ports, you know, in a place called Dungri

in India where the people were producing this sturdy clothe

and dying it blue. Which is where the word dungaree

comes from, of course. Do you love bringing that knowledge

to a wider audience? Because many of us, some people

will, but many of us had no idea. Yeah, that hidden history

is something that really fascinates us and you know we take so much

for granted and there are so many surprises that pop up and you really

delve into a particular subject that you think you know all about but

actually you know very little about. In a ground-breaking venture,

the twins have teamed up with a creative design technology

company from Liverpool to literally bring their art work

to life with an app. Well, Andy, here we have

the artwork of Indigo, I can get that but what I don't

understand is what you guys have done with the app

to enhance this artwork. So you hold the iPad or iPhone up

to the artwork and it comes to life. It literally comes

to life, doesn't it? So you can hold it up to any aspect

of the artwork and click on. You can click on this bit

there and it brings out some information about that character

in the artwork. So you've got a text

box that explains all All the time it's moving

and growing and developing. The flowers are blooming,

the religious icons You've got serpents

swimming in the sea. I mean, it really does enhance

the work and this is sometimes the challenge between technology

and art to make them We were really interested in how

we could do something subtle and inspiring and continue the Twins

artwork and do something that was The twins are planning to use

augmented reality with as much of the artwork in the exhibition

as they can. For us as artists to have our work

interpreted this way The audiences are going

to have a real fun time It's so much more enjoyable

than reading reams of text The Singh twins have come a long way

since that first trip to India. But, as they have always done

in the past, they aren't afraid The ideal would be to have

all of the works augmented I think this would be a real

showcase for the exhibition. But to have all the works

with the ability to be experienced in the same degree and magical

experience would be fantastic. The possibilities are endless

because once you have done one series of work you can apply that

same technology to another series of work and it can just go

on forever really. Honestly, it's amazing how that

artwork comes to life. Inside Out is back next Monday. Goodbye.

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