Episode 5 Street Patrol UK

Our lives are blighted by antisocial behaviour,

whether it's nuisance neighbours...

Will you let us in, please?

..graffiti on the streets or too much booze.

You need to make your way away from here right now.

This is the story of the police officers...

This is the police, are you in here?

You have been drinking a bit today, haven't you?

..council wardens...

This is antisocial behaviour because it affects everybody.

..and local volunteers whose job it is to keep it off our streets.

Let's go do some good.

Welcome to Street Patrol UK.

Today.

How two Exeter residents fight back against a deluge of youthful

antisocial behaviour.

They can party, just give the people that live here permanently a break.

The planning officers of Newham who've found a unique way

to beat brothels operating on their patch.

And we hope this will stop quite quickly.

Hopefully, within 24 or maybe 48 hours, it won't be here any more.

And on patrol with North Lanarkshire's Antisocial Behaviour

Response Team, as they tackle the scourge of noisy neighbours.

You can't sleep if it's constant noise.

Our first story is about a problem that is as old as the hills -

prostitution.

Now, it might not be something you've come across before but,

if you lived in a house that was next door to a brothel,

you wouldn't want to have to put up with all the comings and goings on

at different times of the day and night.

But now, it's not the police but the council who are cracking down.

Newham, the heart of East London and host to the 2012 Olympic Games.

At the council offices on Dockside, they are dealing with

a wholly different kind of attraction.

Christine Lyons is a Planning Enforcement Manager

and today she is leading raids on unlawful brothels.

Brothels across London are an increasing problem.

Within Newham, we've taken a very different approach

to dealing with those.

In normal incidences, brothels are dealt with by the police

or by other agencies.

The use of a property as a brothel requires planning permission

and therefore we've used the planning process to go out

on site, enter premises we know may be used as brothels

and take the relevant action to get rid of those brothels.

It's a very good approach, it's a very quick approach

and it makes enforcement in Newham very, very successful.

We're off to five sites tonight.

Using planning laws to close down brothels operating

out of residential houses and flats is an innovative approach.

We should be finished by about 12 o'clock.

And it seems to be getting results.

The police will be going out with us, we'll have four police officers,

and they'll assist us in both getting into the premises

and also assist us in ensuring that

we're safe while in the premises but also that

the people we deal with are safe.

For council enforcement officers like Paul Singleton,

moving in on a suspect property is a step into the unknown.

You don't know how many people will be in the premises, you don't know if they are wanted for other offences

and, if we get issues with antisocial behaviour where there is

a volatile element to it, then we can call in for back up as well,

so it works really well having an enforcement police team with us.

Their first visit is to a known brothel in a residential house.

Last week, Christine and the team visited and issued

a warning to the occupants to stop their unlawful business activities.

Hi, ladies, you look very nice, you had many men in here today?

Today, she wants to search for any evidence to check

whether the residents are not complying.

-Do you live here all the time?

-Eh?

-Do you live here?

Do you live here?

Yeah, I live here.

Is this your house? You don't have many belongings though, have you?

-I've only lived here for four months.

-You've lived here for four months?

Christine knows the signs of a working brothel all too well.

I'll show you what makes it a brothel.

When you know it is not being used for somebody to purely live in,

is the fact that there is no bedding on the bed, if you look

at the bed, the bed has no bedding on it, it just has like a sheet.

How many people just have that?

This room only me and my husband.

Yeah, you and your husband. Brilliant.

The working girls also know the drill,

they've been told to say they have husbands and it's a family home.

Where is he working?

-This country, not working.

-Not working.

You can't run this sort of business in a property.

-No business. This is family house.

-Yes.

But Christine and the team aren't fooled.

We've come in today to issue a notice against the use

of the property as a brothel, obviously now the landlord

will know what is going on and hopefully the landlord will

suggest they either stop what they are doing or they move out.

That's obviously our best option.

Our best option is that they do move on.

We will be back next week to see you again.

You coming next week?

-Yes, every week we will be here.

-No problem.

-Yep, that's great.

While they didn't catch them doing business today,

Newham Council will make a further inspection.

If the landlord doesn't comply, he will be taken to court.

Using planning laws to shut down immoral businesses also

throws up other activities operating on the margins.

This property is designated in public records as a warehouse

but it is apparently being used for something else.

The team knows that the ground floor has been used as a brothel

in the past but there are no signs of activity here today.

KNOCKING

Christine issues a stop notice, which tells the owners

and occupiers they have to stop the unlawful use of the premises.

Basically, even though the downstairs was a brothel,

both properties shouldn't be here either because this should be

a warehouse, so what they have done is converted what was a warehouse

into flats. So, as we are here, we might as well have a look round.

This place should be a warehouse.

Can we have a look in?

This officer is from Newham Council.

I am from Newham Council.

-She has a right of entry.

-Yeah.

It becomes evident when they get upstairs that the

premises are being used for rough accommodation.

But if you are working then why are you living in such horror?

I am still looking for accommodation, you know?

And who lives in here?

So this is your bed here?

-You sleep on this?

-Yes.

And all these belongings belong to you as well?

Yes, some papers, yeah.

Do you work for the man in the shop?

No, no, I wanted to find a place and I didn't find so...

So he offered you a desk to sleep on?

No, I am an asylum applicant.

The police will want to speak to you on this one.

There are no signs of a brothel here,

but it looks like someone is making a few bob putting up asylum seekers.

From having a look, there are three rooms which have all been vaguely

changed into habitable bedrooms,

if you can call that...that in there a bed, and then down here we have

got a very basic kitchen, microwave, some sort of hob.

Basic bathroom, it's all a bit grubby and not very nicely kept.

This is what Newham is trying to get rid of, is all this disgusting

sort of accidental housing which this is, isn't it?

Just somebody trying to make some money out of some people that

you've seen that are a bit vulnerable.

We will be back next week to see you again, I think.

It's very typical of the addresses we go to,

the standards are very poor

but they often accept it because they don't feel they can change it

because they're not here legally and can't raise their heads above the parapet.

Unfortunately, we do find a lot of properties like this

do result in an arrest for immigration.

About 300 in the last year.

The man will be handed over to the immigration authorities

and the landlord of the property will be informed that a stop notice

has been issued.

Later, Newham's antisocial enforcement team catch one unlucky

punter in a very embarrassing situation.

Can I ask you a stupid question, what were you doing here?

Sorry, I was just...

-Just what?

-Sorry about that.

Many towns in the UK are home to places of further education

which means a swell in youthful population

at certain times of the year.

And where you get lots of young people,

you are also going to get lots of partying.

But sometimes those high spirits can get out of hand.

And there are some young people who aren't just burning the candle

at both ends, but indulging in truly antisocial behaviour.

Exeter is one of the UK's quality red brick university towns.

People love living here.

This place is absolutely gorgeous.

It's a nice area, it's quiet, there's parking.

It's pleasant.

And, with over 19,000 students, the city can be a lively place.

They seem to have parties every other night

and they go on for quite a long time.

While plenty of hard work goes on here,

there are sometimes tensions between the residents.

There is a definite separation between the locals and the students.

The other day a man came out of his house yelling,

"You're all evil scum, you're all students."

You do come here to get a degree but you have got to enjoy yourself

while you are here.

The last two years I have done some stuff that I am not proud of and,

if I told my mum, she would definitely not be proud of me.

And not everyone is enjoying the student lifestyle.

When I've got to get up at six o'clock every weekday

and they're playing music until 3am, on a week day, it's quite annoying.

For local residents John and Sherree,

their quiet street can often feel like it's overrun with youngsters.

And they seem to be surrounded on all sides.

Private, student, student, I think that is private.

But a lot of this up and through here is students.

That's private, that's private, that's students,

that's students.

STUDENTS SHOUT

-Wonderful.

-That's without drink.

Did you hear that, "How many beers have you had?"

So, we are surrounded.

These people are our future lawyers, doctors, police officers.

People that are supposed to hold respect.

John suffers from debilitating back problems and is in constant pain.

And living under stressful conditions day and night

can only make it worse.

How do we get in?

This poor car has had so much done to it.

It's been peed on,

it's been puked on, it's had a motorbike pushed onto it,

it's had eggs, but I think they bounced off it and hit the car.

It had a traffic cone on it. A wing mirror smashed off it.

You've got noise, you've got rubbish, you've got beer cans.

We have come out in the mornings sometimes

and there has been a row of beer cans on the wall.

We have an alley going up the side of the property.

We get them running down through there drunk. Banging on the wall,

trying to get the dogs to bark.

Or having sex just on the corner there or peeing in the corner

because they can't be assed to go back indoors

and use the toilet properly.

We have done nothing to warrant any of this.

Fed up with night-time antics,

John and Sherree decided to start gathering evidence.

So, they set up their own hi tech surveillance system.

We have one camera that is just up here, this one here

points at the footpath and we have a small camera just inside there.

We also have a camera up there and that points down,

it covers the left side of the parking bay.

Their Big Brother network is monitored with care.

-All right?

-All right? All right.

They're always ready to scrutinise the streets 24/7

and capture whatever young partygoers are getting up to.

-That's it, you have got the back of the car and the bikes.

-Right.

You coming down? See you in a mo, bye.

Camera one points up the road, camera two points down the road,

camera three does the garden which covers the bikes

and camera four covers the back garden down to the alley.

And the things they see in their control room often beggar belief.

A taxi has pulled up just down the road from where we live,

to drop off some young ladies that live up the road.

There she is pulling up her

skirt and pulling down her knickers, her friend here will be getting

out her phone in a minute, taking photos of it, but the taxi is still

there and she pulls up her skirt and goes for a pee on the car and

then when she's finished she walks up the path.

Up she comes and gives us the finger, there we go.

They're inebriated, I don't think they even know what they're doing.

I think it's just a case of we've annoyed them

because we want to live by a standard that they don't want to live by.

It's not just weekends that we have the parties going on.

It's every day of the week.

It seems that these youngsters are trying their hardest to be creative,

coming up with ever more extreme behaviour to upset the neighbours.

-This one here...

-Oh, that's the poopy one.

-..that's the pooper.

There's a group of people coming down the road, it's raining as well.

I kept watching out the window thinking

they're going to go in a minute.

And one of the lads goes up the driveway across the road

and I'm thinking he's going to go for a pee, but he doesn't,

he turns around and drops his trousers and, yeah,

and he's like holding his hand out to his mate to give him some tissue.

And he goes up there and I'm like...

I can't believe you are doing that, it's somebody's garden.

And that's not the only revolting behaviour

involving bodily functions.

This is when John got up in the morning to take our son to work and

he noticed stuff all down the side, vomit all down the side of the car.

That was the night when they were having a party.

I went down to ask them to turn it down and take it in.

That was about 11 o'clock.

Because they was keeping us all awake

and our son had to get up for work in the morning, so he went in.

It's amazing the quantity of vomit in that bin, actually.

To get it all up the side of the car

and he's so drunk he can't even walk straight.

You notice he doesn't spray anyone else's car.

So, it is a personal thing.

It was payback for me asking them to turn it down and take it in.

Here, darling.

Over a long period of time, it's like everything, it grinds you down.

There's been times I've come downstairs in tears.

John and Sherree contacted the university and sent them

their video evidence.

Mr Hatch supplied us with some CCTV footage and also informed us

that some students who'd engaged in a particular kind of behaviour

had made their way into a neighbouring property.

The cameras turn around and say this happening.

Right, we're not lying, it's happening.

After a police investigation, it was concluded that not all

the incidents could be proven against students,

and that local youths could also be responsible for some of them.

However, the university took action against some students

for throwing vomit and mooning.

We made contact with those students to put the accusations to them,

and they admitted to them

and we took action from there in partnership with local police.

I'm quite happy that when they get caught they get fined

and they get academic probation,

because it means they are paying for it one way or another.

For John and Sherree, it's the result they wanted.

And they discovered that their cameras also have a hidden benefit.

Since we moved in with the dogs and the cameras,

the amount of burglaries in people's back gardens have dropped.

We've been told about that.

The police knock on our door if there is ever an incident near here

because they know we've got cameras.

It is said the UK is the most camera-d up place on the planet,

but if CCTV means that noisy youngsters

are forced to respect those around them, that can only be a good thing.

Later, North Lanarkshire's noise prevention team

get tough at four in the morning.

You realise it's 4 o'clock in the morning? People are sleeping.

We asked you not to do this,

you didn't listen, it's in the hands of the police now.

I've been out on a street patrol of my own to find out what bothers

you about Britain today.

Simon, what do you witness that you would class as antisocial?

These young'uns, more than anything, the teenagers.

There are playgrounds around here,

but they are of an age where they don't need playgrounds.

But they still go in there drinking and whatever else.

And then you say something when you have got your kids on board

and they just turn around and give you a load of abuse.

And you witnessed this?

Not so much up the High Street, I think,

because of the cameras, but they go to where the cameras aren't.

How does that make you feel when you're with your children?

I am assuming they are quite young.

Two-year-old. My boy and his little mate want to walk over to them

because that is where the playground is, but then you see them smoking

and you don't want them breathing that in

and the mess they make afterwards with the litter and that,

then you are thinking, well, is there broken beer bottles, is there drugs or whatever?

You don't know what the kids are going to come up to you and say,

"Here, Dad, look what I just found."

It just makes you stay away really, it's a lot easier

to go somewhere else or get on a bus and go to another town.

You are making it sound like you have never seen an adult

behaving badly in public?

You get the odd drunkards, quite a few to be honest with you,

I nickname them river rats, they only come out in the night time

create a load of havoc and then are gone by the morning.

But the mess that they leave behind.

The urine and the smell of it down alleys and park areas

where children are going to be playing the next day.

I want to hear about the antisocial changes you might witness.

Oh, you're nodding, you have something to say here, haven't you?

I just think where we used to walk along and people would say hello

and people would be calling out

-to each other, there is no community any more.

-No atmosphere.

There is no atmosphere any more. There is just no social connection.

Tell me about the things which you find might upset you or

disgust you that people are doing.

The worst one for me is smoking and spitting in public.

They spit and then they throw their rubbish down in public.

Do you know the worst thing for me?

They have a cigarette and straight to the floor.

It makes me feel quite sick to the stomach.

Do either of you feel intimidated walking down the street?

Yes, as I am walking along here today,

I am like this with my handbag.

Right, have either of you actually ever crossed a road or changed

your route as a result of feeling uncomfortable in a certain area?

I have, I often do.

If my sister wasn't with me or my niece wasn't with me

I wouldn't walk through this market.

When thieves steal from our historical monuments,

the damage caused goes much, much deeper than what they've just taken.

You see, the mindless actions of these people is actually

ruining everyone's entitlement to a piece of our history.

And I am not just talking about our past,

I am also talking about the present and our future.

The South Downs, in Sussex, is a national park,

an area of outstanding beauty, stretching for more than 70 miles.

Dating back to the 1820s, the historic Jill windmill

is at the heart of it all, nestled above the village of Clayton.

It's a popular tourist destination, supported by a group

of enthusiasts, whose efforts keep the mill in working condition.

I'm part of the maintenance team and we try to spend every

Saturday up here throughout the year carrying out milling and maintenance.

When the weather is permitting, we have the sweeps turning and milling,

when the weather is not so good, we have to work inside.

The windmill for me is a way of life,

it's become a way of life, it's a passion,

and just looking up at the hill, it's an enchanting place to be.

But when Simon came up to the mill one weekend in February,

he quickly realised something was very wrong.

Five millstones, spares should the present millstones break

and part of the mill's attraction,

had mysteriously disappeared from the garden area.

Millstones are used to grind corn and without them,

mills can't operate.

We thought we were seeing things,

who would take two and a half tonnes of stone from a windmill?

Simon immediately called the police

and Community Special Officer Jade Harrison, who deals with local

issues of antisocial behaviour, began making enquiries.

PCSOs, myself included, got tasked to do house to house

in the local area.

It was a small, tight-knit community and the hope was that

such an unusual incident might have attracted someone's attention.

When we do house to house, we visit all the houses that are local,

and in this case some of the farms as well as there is quite

a lot of farmland around there,

speak to the owners, see if they have seen or heard anything.

They might have seen a vehicle, people acting suspiciously

and could call it in.

In this case, no-one saw anything.

Although nobody has come forward with information,

Simon believes the crime would have taken a great deal of planning.

They probably realised they couldn't get their large vehicle onto our site

so the guys would have carried the stones as far as they could

to the edge of the site, made a hole in the fence and rolled the stones

though the fence straight onto their lorry.

We believe it must have been at least five people to carry

each of the millstones because they're half a tonne to a tonne each.

As to timings, we think it might have been during the day because at

night-time it is quite difficult to get in and dangerous because

they are heavy objects, moving them in the dark, but other than that,

that's all we have got at the moment.

The police believe the thieves must have visited

the mill as tourists at some point.

Chances are they would have scoped it out beforehand,

so come as a visitor before because they wouldn't have known they

were here, so they've definitely been to the site several times.

Here is where we had three of the millstones,

two of the lighter ones were either side on the floor

and the dark grey one was vertical in the middle and, as you can see,

over there is where the fence was cut and they were transported

out into the back where there was a vehicle parked in the car park.

There was no evidence left here such as cigarette butts to show

that anyone had ever been here.

And then over here where the fifth and final one was stolen,

they had to physically remove this plate to take the millstone off and

they left the plate behind and again it is quite a distance to the hedge

so it would have taken quite a few people to

actually lift it and move it.

These stones are easily identifiable, so someone may yet spot them.

And Simon and Jade think they know why they were taken.

I'm quite sure they were not stolen for another windmill,

they were stolen to make some twee garden ornament in someone's garden.

It took time and effort to organise the men and the lorry and equipment.

If they hadn't got a buyer, they wouldn't have made the effort.

The millstones are invaluable really, they are unusual looking and

they make fantastic garden ornaments so they were probably stolen

to order and they are worth quite a bit of money, about £5,000, but as

I said, I don't think they would have been stolen for financial worth.

They must have had somebody out there who for some reason

decided that some traditional millstones would look

lovely in their back garden, not realising the great loss to us.

The theft has had a profound impact on fellow windmill enthusiast Janet.

Devastated, angry.

I'm hurt that all the work we've put in here that people think

they can just come up onto the site and take the stones away.

It's a loss of heritage.

Jill is a historic building just like Stonehenge

and every other important, historic building across the world, and

when people come up and desecrate a site, whether with a spray can

or by stealing something, we've lost part of our heritage, for ever.

As well as the anguish the loss has caused these windmill lovers,

they believe that the theft has greater consequences that will

reach far into the future.

To us they're priceless because they can't be replaced,

that's the important thing.

People don't make modern millstones now

and if our millstone was to break or fail, we'd need a replacement

and we haven't got that facility now,

so heaven knows what we'd do if one of our millstones ever breaks.

In 30 or 40 years down the line,

there's one less millstone for future millers,

for the next generation to enjoy.

And, if we all keep an eye out for those millstones, with any

luck they'll be spotted soon.

Antisocial behaviour is all about a lack of human decency

and disrespecting those people who live around you.

And if your way of life makes other people's a misery,

that's about as antisocial as it gets.

We're on the front line with the highly skilled

teams of council workers, police officers

and volunteers who are committed to keeping our streets safe and

clean and taking on our antisocial battles, on a daily basis, to make

sure that our lives are not blighted by other people's bad behaviour.

This is Street Patrol UK.

We live on a small island, which means, for most of us,

we live near door to other people.

But if you live next door to a noisy neighbour,

that could really mess up your life.

So, it's good to know that there are antisocial behaviour teams

who are working around the clock to give peace a chance.

Noise Action Week is a busy

time for North Lanarkshire's Antisocial Behaviour Response Team.

It's an opportunity to talk directly to residents about keeping down

the noise or about how to complain if it's not kept under control.

It's a real concern

for those whose lives are blighted by noisy neighbours.

We're from North Lanarkshire Council. I'm looking for...

Noise can be very bad, I had an occasion where the antisocial

task force were out, the noise was so loud that the

people concerned didn't hear the police at the door.

You can be demented with it, you can't sleep

if it's constant noise and then you're irritable the next day.

Puts you into depression, and it can be really bad.

Councils across the UK

handled around 190,000 noise complaints last year,

it's a big problem.

It's North Lanarkshire Council, can you let us in, please?

Response officers Lesley Morrison

and Gerry McCann from the council antisocial behaviour team

are out in North Lanarkshire tackling noise complaints every day.

They're both dedicated to the job of keeping the noise down.

Sorry to bother you, is your mum or dad there?

We're from North Lanarkshire Council.

Lesley and Gerry have worked together for around five years,

supporting each other through the ups and downs of the job.

I like my job and enjoy it because I don't know what each day entails

and you don't know... Every scenario you go into you,

whether it be a complainer or an offender,

you don't know what kind of reaction you are going to get.

We are used to dealing with situations like that,

they get quite hostile.

We rely on our communication skills to calm the situation down.

They always need to tread carefully when dealing with allegations.

KNOCKING

It's Gerry McCann from the council.

We are not taking any formal action against you,

you are not getting a warning or anything like that but we are coming

up here and there's been allegations made and you need to be careful.

He did listen,

although to be fair,

he did deny completely the allegations against him.

There's not much more we can do right now,

in order to do any more we need evidence.

We can also use other neighbours as witnesses,

but they don't want to get involved which you can understand,

but that does give us big issues, it's a challenge.

Lesley and Gerry often need to visit more than once. They're off to see

a couple who are facing a final warning after repeated complaints.

It's really quite important. We've had a lot of complaints in about the property again.

-Remember we were here before?

-Complaints?

Uh-huh. I need to come in and speak to you.

Please listen, right.

The complaints have come in about you partying next door,

12a and 12b party, right?

And this is complaints coming in and why I have come to see you today.

Saying you were outside partying in the garden,

saying it is causing disruption and it's not just one complaint,

if it was one complaint, I wouldn't be out seeing you just now

but there's quite a few complaints in.

It is not us, I swear that it is not us.

What you are forgetting about as well is that

you are on your final warning right now.

What you need to do is take it on board and if you've not been

doing any of these things you've got nothing to worry about.

As day turns into night,

they hand over to the late team, Louis Kohn

and John Irving - and night-time is when the noise really starts.

We were called to a noisy party, however when we approached,

we were seen by someone on a balcony so we suspect

they passed the information on to the people at the party that there

was council people outside and that was enough for the music to stop.

So, we're just going to hang around a little bit longer

and just see what happens.

Just as they predicted, the noise starts up again.

So, Luis and John go back in, this time with police back up.

Hi there, it's Lanarkshire Council,

can we just have a wee word with you?

Basically, we have witnessed a party, OK?

We have had complaints about the noise levels, far too

excessive for this time of night, OK?

That is the advice we want to give you,

the party needs to stop because if we get further complaints

-you'll get served with a warning notice, OK?

-That's fine.

All right. It needs to end, OK?

We thought it was loud so we kept turning it down and back up again.

I didn't think it was that bad for the police to turn up.

Dealing with noisy people at night can be unpredictable.

You try and work out in your mind before you go what it might

be like you just... It's never the way you think it's going to be.

If it's not safe, we will just back off and, if need be, get the police.

KNOCKING

Good evening. My name is Louis

and I am from the antisocial team of North Lanarkshire Council

and I've got the police with me as well, OK, can we come in?

Right, we have had a complaint that the noise is too loud.

Too many people, music too loud, OK?

So I'm going to issue you with a warning.

It's just so that you keep it quiet, at least for the next six months.

So when you go out enjoy your night, and when you come back

-make sure it's quiet, OK?

-No problem.

It was a young boy and his friends, they were watching the football.

They were very reasonable young boys, so I think everything should be fine.

2.40am and residents have complained that a noisy party

is keeping them awake.

-Hello.

-Good morning, my name is Louis

and I am from the antisocial team of North Lanarkshire Council.

The occupant doesn't want to let them in.

It's in your best interests to let us in. We've heard the disturbance.

People are sleeping. Guitar playing, singing, music. It's too loud.

Once inside, Louis gives a clear warning that they need to

stop making noise and suggests it's time to break up the party.

I am issuing you a warning, if there are no more incidents,

after six months, it just goes away, there is nothing criminal.

It is because of the time of the morning,

you are going to have to ask your friends to go.

Thank you, all the best. Cheers, all the best, my man.

But things don't stay peaceful for very long.

4am and they're called back to the same house.

We went back to the office, as soon as we got back, we received a call

that apparently everyone that left the house just went back in,

I don't know if they took a walk around the block or whatever.

Apparently all of them are back in.

What I did this time, I just phoned the police

and if they are all back in and the complainer says the noise

is worse than before,

then this time the police have the power to confiscate any equipment.

Why did everyone come back and make noise again?

Instead of dying down, the party seems to have got worse.

Sitting playing guitar again.

There's actually more people than there was before.

You realise it is four o'clock in the morning?

People are sleeping.

What is going to happen is the housing office will be in

contact with you, they are going to get you in for an ASBO interview

because that's a final warning.

We asked you not to do this.

So what I did this time, I actually issued him with a fixed

penalty for £40 and they also confiscated the guitar.

With the resident given a fine and the guitar taken away,

the party is well and truly over.

The neighbours can hopefully get some sleep at last.

25 past 4 in the morning, could get one or two more calls,

because sometimes we do.

People live different lives and sometimes they, you know,

they turn night into day, so we'll just wait and see what happens.

I've been out on a street patrol of my own to find out what bothers

you about Britain today.

What's your name, my lovely?

-Heather.

-Hello, Heather.

-Hello.

Tell me, what have you seen out

and about on the streets which you think is antisocial?

Spitting, I don't like spitting.

Oh, nobody likes spitting. What else?

-Drinking outside.

-OK. That annoys you?

-Yes.

-Why?

Because I think they are going to fall into the children or something.

Have you ever gone up to somebody

and told them off for something they're doing?

-I told someone off down the prom last week.

-For doing what?

For swaying all over the place.

-Why were they swaying?

-They were drunk.

There is always a chance they might have been ill.

They wasn't because they had a beer can.

Fair enough, you've got me on that one.

-Lindsay, this is your shop, isn't it?

-It is indeed. I've been here since December.

-And how have you found it working here?

-We get the odd theft happen,

we get the odd person steal something and run away,

but other than that it is not too bad in this part of town.

What else have you witnessed outside here?

There's been quite a few fights,

you get a lot of men brawling out on the street.

We have had the odd bit of that since we have been here.

What about anything that disgusts you?

Just people's complete lack of respect

and disregard for other people's property.

-Do you have children?

-I do, I have two children.

-What sort of age?

-The oldest is ten and the youngest is six.

Do you ever feel worried when you are out in public...

You are nodding already and I haven't finished. Tell me when.

Yes, just use of swearing in front of children.

It is not appropriate, there is a time and place

if you want to use that sort of language.

People have no regard for children,

no regard for passers-by, they just generally swear whenever

they like and, if you were to say anything, you are more than

likely to get a mouthful of abuse rather than an apology.

-Nice to meet you, Susanna.

-You too.

Let me ask you what you see or witness in the street,

at home, anywhere, that you find offensive, antisocial behaviour.

People spitting and leaving rubbish out on the streets.

-Spitting is number one, you know, everyone says that.

-Yeah.

-And rubbish is probably number two.

-And rubbish just left everywhere.

-What else?

-People who are drunk, quite often you see them rowdy

on the streets and bumping into things, breaking things and stuff.

Earlier, we met with Christine Lyons,

Lead Planning Enforcement Manager for Newham Council.

She's on the trail of some antisocial

and quite seedy activities.

She's trying to stop brothels being run out of residential properties.

Tonight, they stumble in on what looks like some prospective

punters waiting, as well as the girls.

Do you live here? Do you live here?

Do you live here as well?

Is it your turn next?

-Do you live here?

-No speak English.

Upstairs, Christine almost catches out a couple.

Can I just ask you a stupid question, what are you doing here?

I am sorry. I'm just...

-Just what?

-Sorry about that.

How did you hear about the venue?

-Somebody gave me a card.

-A card.

-Yeah.

What, did you phone ahead?

-Yeah.

-In the car?

Do you have any ID on you?

Yeah, sorry about this.

Come downstairs.

So, let's have a look at this property.

We've just come in on the ground floor and we were met by a room

with three gentlemen in it and then you go into a room that would

have been dining room/front room and there were three young girls

in there, we come upstairs and we found a gentleman and a lady.

Are you married?

Obviously for him it's a bit embarrassing,

we have caught him in the act but nothing will happen to him,

he'll get an antisocial behaviour notice from the gentlemen downstairs,

from the law enforcement team.

The young girl, who is a very young girl, will get a pack from the

law enforcement guys to hopefully take them away from this but as

you saw, all the girls downstairs, they are not very old, and have

very low English as well, you wonder how long they have been in this

country and you wonder if this is what they have been brought here to do.

I think we have a lot of questions to ask ourselves about this property.

Outside the fact that it is being used unlawfully as a brothel.

And downstairs, there's more evidence this is no family house.

This is obviously the cards that they hand out,

the gentleman obviously got hold of one of these cards.

Obviously this is all the other bits and pieces we tend to find.

The police need to check the ages

and ID of all the girls before they go.

Obviously that shows you what we're trying to get

rid of in our borough and again this is a normal,

residential street, lovely houses either side.

I mean, look at that. That's a lovely family home, isn't it?

Exactly the properties we've got a lack of and that we want to see

being brought back into being a lovely family home for the future.

With the raid confirming that this is a brothel, the council

will be one step closer to turning this house back into a home.

The girls all get antisocial behaviour notices and are offered

help to get them out of prostitution and hopefully into a better life.

If you want to engage in these activities in a completely

irregular place like this then you take a chance of being caught.

And the embarrassed punter is also served with a notice.

Newham is making it clear - no brothels here.

Well, that's your lot for today. Thanks for watching.