Episode 4 The Scheme

This programme contains very strong language

One large scheme in northwest Kilmarnock

is home to over 1,000 families.

A few of those families agreed to be filmed over a year.

The Scheme follows six of the most colourful,

and sometimes chaotic, households, charting the ups...

..and downs of life.

"So, so, sorry, and I'll love you forever and a day."

The series follows people fighting for the scheme.

That amount of money, you're just going to be hitting your heid aff the wall.

And fighting just to keep their families from falling apart.

He could die or anything in my house, then we all get roped into a murder.

No, it's not happening.

Header.

Previously on The Scheme,

former hell-raisers Gordon and Annie were desperate

to keep their family on the straight and narrow.

Don't start shouting at me, you're not staying out.

Aye, awright.

Their eldest son Brian served a spell in jail

after a long list of charges finally caught up with him.

They gied him the full whack.

That man had says he called him all the Bin Laden bastards and all that.

If that wasn't bad enough, they heard rumours

that their youngest son, 20-year-old Chris, was taking heroin.

We've just telt him that we want to help him,

just to admit the truth that he is taking it.

Chris, though, is denying everything.

Chris had also got his 16-year-old girlfriend Candice pregnant.

We were talking about having a wean and that, then it just happened.

Candice's mum, Kay,

was dead against Candice having a baby with Chris.

What are you going to do if you've got a tenner, right,

and you're needing nappies and milk, and Chrissy needs a bag of smack? Who's going to win?

Candice was determined to stay with Chris

and convinced he would be there for her.

He wants to come aff it, but every...

He just fucks it up, every time.

Two months on, Chris has managed to get a house from a charity

that supports the homeless, and Candice has moved in with him.

Chris is still denying taking heroin.

-So, definitely you're not using?

-No.

What's the time, Candice?

Five to two.

Chris may be denying things,

but Candice is still worrying about what she's seeing

and whether he will be there for her during the pregnancy.

Chris's parents, Gordon and Annie,

are devastated about the changes they're seeing in Chris.

He's...fucked up with that junk.

Tried my best wi' him, but just nae help for him.

Annie is on the phone to Candice's mum, Kay,

as Annie thinks she has some information

about a Wii that was stolen from Kay.

Kay's wee lassie's Wii got stolen out her house,

and it's supposed to be a certain boy's got it, bought it for £60.

I was telling her a Wii got selt two weeks ago,

that's when the wean's got stolen out the house,

and I telt her the boy's name who selt it and who he selt it to,

because, I've got a feeling it could be that, it could be the wean's.

Annie's call means Kay now knows the person in the scheme

who has bought her daughter Kendal's stolen Wii,

and she already knows his number.

Kendal's Wii and Wii Fit

-and her games and all that got stolen two weeks ago.

-Shh.

RINGING TONE

-Who's that?

-'Hello?'

Hello.

First it was a laptop, two phones, the wean's Nintendo DS,

and now her Wii and Wii Fit and all that, so I'm getting him charged.

The new owner of the Wii is saying that he bought it from Chris.

It was Chrissy that stole the wean's Wii.

Kay thinks Candice must have helped Chris steal the Wii,

and is furious with her.

Last time on The Scheme,

one family, the Crees, were leading the fight

to re-open the old community centre, which their mum and dad had started

and their family had been running as volunteers for two generations.

Once we get inside, do you think we'll come back out?

It's a sit-in!

They had a huge emotional attachment to the centre,

and were fund-raising round the clock to get the doors open.

But after their mum got diagnosed with cancer and then passed away,

it looked as if their loss might stop them in their tracks.

I just thought, she was my mam, but I feel she was a special friend.

But as their mum had wanted, the family rallied together again.

So we're more determined now for the centre,

cos that's what my mum wanted.

They had a crucial meeting with two councillors, where tempers flared.

SHOUTING

They were frustrated about several unexpected costs

eating into their hard-earned funds.

I asked you one thing!

We're doing this fund-raising and you feel as if you're just hitting your heid aff a wall.

Including having to pay for a survey on the building

before they took it on.

How do you think it went? A waste of fuckin' time.

A month on, with the survey now booked in and paid for,

Anne and Janet Cree decide to check out the state

of the old community centre for themselves.

See there's a big crack right up the middle of the building

going right up to the roof.

I actually seen another one and all round here.

See that bit there, going right down.

Just need to wait until the surveyor comes and see what he says about it.

The council have offered the rent for the old community centre for just £1,

but the residents' committee will have to prove

that they can pay for any maintenance and repairs

before they get the keys, including fixing any cracks.

There's another big bit, Janet.

Twa great big cracks right up to the window ledge and all,

actually right through the window ledge.

Hopefully it's no' anything serious, but if it is, it'll cost,

really cost to get it done.

Last time on The Scheme,

Libby was desperate for her eldest son James to kick his heroin habit.

There used to be a couple of hours of normality, there's none now.

With the family in turmoil, her second son, 15-year-old Steven,

had gone off the rails, and had been excluded,

first from mainstream school, and then a charity-run support unit.

He'd also picked up a charge

for allegedly breaking into the local post office.

Steven, though, had realised he didn't want

to follow his brother into a future of crime and drugs,

and was determined to turn his life around.

I don't want to be having to go to court, not at this age anyway,

not for things like that, it's just my daftness.

Today is the first part of the court hearing,

and Steven could get locked up for a year.

His sister Kerry is there to lend her support,

as she has done several jail sentences herself.

I'm a bit nervous, but it should be all right, man.

He's my wee brother, so hopefully he should be all right.

It's his trial we're more worrying about.

Obviously we're still worrying today, cos it's my wee brother at court.

I've been through it and I know what it's like.

He'll probably be a bit paranoid, but he should be all right. Hopefully, anyway.

A wee bit nervous, just because I'm going in to see the judge and that.

Me and the judge are best pals!

At Chris's house, he is denying stealing the Wii from Kay,

and although Candice is expecting,

her Mum is refusing to have any more contact with her.

And he was with me all weekend and all.

Told him he better get aff it soon,

or I'm not going to be with him any more.

It's just, I cannae take any more of it.

It's pure stressing me out,

cos he goes in bad moods and that, if he cannae get any,

and it's me that gets it, but...

He better get aff it soon.

Candice is expecting a little girl in three months' time.

Back at court, Steven's case is still going on, and centred

around the CCTV from the post office on the night of the break-in.

They just went through the statements from the lawyer

and telt us more or less what might happen,

but they're not releasing the CCTV.

Just need to wait and see if the judge will push it on for us,

cos there's not much we can do till we get it.

Steven's court case is finally adjourned so that his defence team

have a chance to assess the CCTV evidence for themselves.

Last time on The Scheme,

compulsive cleaner Betty...

I'll maybe do it then I'll go back over it later on.

-..and garden-mad Harry...

-I like to see everything flourishing,

then I know it's going to be all right.

..entered the Central East Ayrshire Gardening Competition.

I'm excited for Harry.

It'd be a shame for anything to go wrong now.

Today's the big day, and the judges are expected at any minute.

They'll probably have a clipboard or something with them.

Marks for this and marks for that, whatever.

But they know what they're talking about,

because they know all the different flowers,

and the begonias and everything, cos one of them is a begonia man,

he likes begonias, far as I know.

I see somebody driving up here.

I better let Harry out, because he's the man.

Put that fag away.

After week's of planting, crimping and preening,

the moment of truth has arrived for Harry.

Hello, how you keeping?

The first thing we look for is quality of the plant material,

It doesn't matter if it's flowers, vegetables or grass,

we must have the quality.

And then, after that, it's actually the setup,

the design, and also the blending-in of colour, which is good.

Last year, Harry came runner-up in the competition,

to a lady whose garden has already won 14 years in a row.

See Betty, she's desperate to win.

She's no' like me, Betty, Betty likes to be number one.

She was delighted last year when I got runner-up.

I don't know what she'll be like this year if I win it.

Initially, the judges seem impressed,

however, one judge has a few improvements regarding Harry's begonias.

It's what they call laurentia, or isotoma, as it's called now,

and it would be nice and it's not so overpowering as this,

and you could put that actually through that.

You can't see your begonia there.

But I'm impressed with that, that is actually nice

blend of colour.

-Well done.

-Thank you.

Is this you on a Saturday night here?

After half an hour, the judging is over.

I think it went quite well.

But as he says, there are a lot of gardens to cover.

We're under the private garden section.

So, here's hoping.

But I think, all in all, they were pleased with it.

They says it was very, very good,

and he was taking into consideration the weather conditions up here.

-But then again, Harry enjoys it.

-That's it.

It's nothing to do with prizes.

Prizes is a wee...

Last time on The Scheme,

James was trying to get off heroin with Libby buying him methadone

every day from local dealers to try and help his cravings.

I think about it all the time.

That should pass, hopefully.

James was struggling to stay clean of heroin but doing well,

and looked as if he might have finally kicked his habit.

He's doing all right.

Taking it a day at a time.

A month later, though, he's back from town

and has just got away from the police.

You cannae take them anywhere.

He seems fed up with it all and all.

That's all he's seen most of his adult life.

Drugs.

DANCE MUSIC PLAYS

Surveyors have arrived to assess the community centre.

The question is how bad have the cracks got,

and are there even more problems lurking?

The Ardbeg Centre, 13 Ardbeg Avenue, date of inspection.

Nothing happens in the scheme without people knowing about it,

and after a few minutes the Crees turn up

to check on the surveyors' progress.

Hiya.

I only had a cursory walk round, but on first viewing there's nothing...

-It's not as if the walls are falling down...

-No, there's a few cracks, but...

-Bit of plaster.

I think it's going to be a lot more money need spent on it than that, in fairness.

The windows aren't in the best of order, either.

It's quite expensive to buy these windows.

It is a sizeable document we're going to give you, not like two pages.

The guy's saying there will be money to be spent, we all knew that,

and if the weans would leave the...place alone -

going to swear there but I thought I'd better not -

then... I don't know, we'll just need to wait and see what happens.

The Crees are desperate to re-open the centre for the community.

That is, if they can afford any repairs that the survey throws up.

Even though he's been excluded from mainstream school,

Libby is still desperate to get her youngest son Steven

back into some sort of education, and has come in to the charity

that asked him to take time out for bad behaviour

to see if they will take him back onto their education programme.

Steven was involved in a bit of homophobic bullying.

Steven decided that it would be OK to give him some abuse.

How come it's always me, but?

There was other folk doing it and all, nae cunt else got pulled to the side.

-Here!

-Well, man, nae wonder.

We have to get to a point where we can get you back in,

-and to support you moving on, how do we do that?

-Aye.

-You have to want to come in, Steven...

-I do.

And you have to want to be in here buying into the programme.

I know, and we've been here before and you sit there and you "yes, no..."

Well, nae wonder, man.

We're here to support you, right?

And the behaviour you did that day is not acceptable,

and we can't have you in here when you do that.

How did it get to the point that day

where it was like totally, really aggressive?

I think at that point Steven was starting to show off

in front of other young people, that's what it was.

Probably, aye.

That what it sounds like.

Is there anything you want to say?

No.

No?

Back at the house, James has had a close call after overdosing.

His cousin Brian saved his life by calling in paramedics.

He was just lying there on the bed with his eyes shut,

not moving, not talking, I was shouting on him, no reply,

and I knew straightaway there was something wrong with that, know what I mean?

The paramedics have brought James round this time.

And Steven has charmed his way to another chance on the course.

I'm back in, sorted,

instead of sitting on my arse all day in the house.

You've got to listen to these folk,

because that's what rules and regulations are for.

Steven has another chance,

but James has blown his opportunity to come clean,

and is back, heavily addicted.

Fuckin' idiot, man.

I could fuckin' kick myself, so I could.

But it's done now, I cannae fuckin' change it.

Cannae turn the clock back.

But I can only try and make things better.

I was fuckin' that determined to do it, too,

and then just... I don't know, man, I just fucked up.

After months looking for a job,

Gordon is now working in a local food processing plant.

Aye, it's a job, obviously.

Gordon has been promoted to supervisor

and has managed to get his 21-year-old son, David, on to the books.

Well, where's the supervisor?

Just jealousy with him.

Gordon has got David a job, and his daughter,

16-year-old Kimberley, has also started at the local hairdressers.

20-year-old Chris may be about to become a dad,

but his behaviour is getting the whole family down.

It's all you hear in this house.

Drugs this, drugs that, drugs this...

Christopher that, smack this...

now it's like, "Kimberley got first yesterday?

"Oh, it's the only good wean in the family."

A month later, round at Libby's,

James is showing no signs that he can change.

James may be stuck in a rut,

but with the help of the charity that have allowed him back,

Steven has applied for a college course in joinery

and he's managed to get his first ever interview.

He's off to Kilmarnock for some last-minute coaching.

A very common question, what are your weaknesses?

If someone said to you, "What are your weaknesses?", what would you say?

I wouldn't tell them what my weaknesses are, anyway.

But everybody's got weaknesses...

Aye, I'd say... I'm scared of spiders.

What if you said,

when other people don't do what they say they will,

-you become frustrated?

-Aye.

Over the past six months to nine months he's grew up an awful lot.

He's not the wee silly boy he used to be,

and from when he got into this last bit of bother,

he's grew up, really grew up.

A lot wiser in the head, and he takes what you say to him

on board a lot more, instead of just shrugging it.

He takes time to think before he acts now.

The now, you've never taken your eyes off me because I'm not asking you questions.

But the minute I ask you a question you look away, you look down...

I know, I'm trying to think what to say.

Whereas if you prepare tonight... And it only takes an hour.

Cos, at the end of the day, this is your future.

So an hour tonight for your future tomorrow.

-OK, Stephen?

-See you later.

I hope he'll be a lot wiser than his older brother, for a starter.

And stay away from the drugs... and make something of his life.

Cos he's young enough and clever enough to do it,

if he stays away from the drugs.

Which I think he will.

I think he's seen too much of it with James and other one's round about us.

Because it's a day-to-day basis about here.

After a week's wait,

the mail finally arrives at Harry and Betty's, with the result of the gardening competition.

Oh, there we go.

-The moment of truth, eh?

-Quite excited for Harry.

-Same as last year.

-Runner up?

-Runner up.

It'll be that same one that won it last year, I suppose, she seems to be awful good.

But I'm pleased with that. She must be good, this woman!

Eh? She must be.

You're there to enjoy it.

A lot of people are just in it for the prizes.

I think, really, if you don't enjoy it and it's all stress,

you're better no' daein' it.

-It's the same as last year, it's something, isn't it?

-Aye.

Yet again, pipped to the post by the now 15-year champion, Mrs Ross.

Harry has decided to size up the competition by attending the prize giving this year.

A month after her mum cut contact with her, Candice has been

trying to help Chris and has been lending him money.

She's just given him the money she'd been saving for baby clothes.

I think he is going to get aff it. I believe him.

But... He better hurry up.

Today, Chris gets his giro and Candice is expecting him

to repay her, once he's cashed it in at the post office.

But baby clothes aren't Chris's top priority.

At Libby's, desperate for drugs,

James has just stolen all his mum's money.

My wordly goods, £2.11. Ha!

Oh, Christ. I feel like running away and daein' it right this time.

If he asked my mum, she would have given to him, she always does.

I've just started building my stuff up and he's stole at my house.

So that's how he doesn't even get in my door now.

He's my brother, I love him, I'll always love him,

I can say what I want about him, but naebody else can. He's a fucking arsehole, man.

Hope something bad happens to him out there, and I don't mean die.

Hope he gets battered fuck out of. He deserves it.

With no money, Libby has to ask for a crisis loan to put food on the table.

Chris is back from the bookies, with some bad news for Candice.

-I did.

-No, you didn't.

-Yeah, I did!

-Talk shite.

I swear on that unborn wean's life, I lost £150 in the bookies.

Chris may be telling Candice that he's lost the cash,

but in fact, he's actually won over £300.

'He'll need to gie me the money to go down and buy stuff.'

He'll be going out getting it somehow - I don't care how he gets it.

I'm not kidding on. I will batter him, I swear to God.

It's nine in the morning and Stephen is getting ready to impress at his big interview.

-What are my strengths? Nae idea.

-He's awful nervous this morning.

And it's not like him.

I think it's because he really wants to go through with it and get it.

It's just meeting new folk and going in and cunts asking you questions and all that.

If they were asking me, "Do you get on well with folk?" I don't, really.

Obviously I'm going to lie and say I'm really good with folk, I'm a loving, caring young man.

He went from a wee, silly boy to a young man.

He thinks a lot more about his future. He's gonnae do all right.

He's got the gift of the gab.

That's me. Time to go.

-Are you off?

-Aye.

-Good luck.

See you later, Ma.

Following two weeks' wait,

the Crees finally have the survey of the community centre in their hands.

They've raised over £4,000,

and are hoping it might be enough to get the building open.

Shocked. Really shocked.

We thought inside, a lick of paint and everything.

But when you see these prices! £880. That's to do the roof slating.

Replace rainwater gutters and downpipes, £2,500.

And to do the windows, £3,540.

It's broken down so the most important things will get done first.

But the first year we'd need £30,000. I feel it's a bit much.

We'll need to get a meeting with the council and see if they can come and go with us,

and then we'll need to take it from there.

After stealing his mum's money,

James hasn't been seen in the scheme for two weeks.

He's ended up in a Glasgow hostel with the stolen cash spent,

and with no drugs, he's suffering from serious withdrawals.

Back at Libby's, she's just received James's letter.

"Dear my wee ma...

"it's your stupid fucked-up arse of a son here..."

"..writing with a heavy heart.

"Ma, I've done you real wrong again.

"Ma, I'm so sorry. I wanted out of it.

"Ma, please don't send the polis for me. This is my real chance.

"Once I get my giro sorted I'll send you 20 to 25 every time

"till I've paid back the £100. I promise.

"My rent here is £32.50 per two weeks.

"I get breakfast, dinner, a wee roll at night and a shower in my shitty room.

"No bad, Ma, eh? So, so, sorry and I love you for ever and a day.

"You're my best pal in the world. You know that. Bye for now, Ma.

"Love and hugs and kisses, your son James.

"Please write back ASAP, Ma. I love you.

"Love you to bits."

I think one thing, I'm angry wi' him.

Then I think of him there on his own,

I feel sorry for him, and I want to go get him, bring him home.

I suppose he's a big boy now, I'll just need to learn to cope with it.

Candice has decided that she doesn't want to have her baby

in Chris' house, and, as she's due in five weeks, has managed to

get her own flat at the top of a block five miles from the scheme.

My face is all black with that gloss. This is going to be the nursery.

Just need to tidy up the lines in here, then that's that done.

And a second coat.

I've not even started anything in the hall.

That's the bathroom. That's a tip.

I'm getting a new bathroom the morrow, but,

so nae point doing that up.

This is the living room. We've just put new sockets everywhere.

Just need it wallpapered and carpeted, and furniture.

Just got new windows and all.

Obviously, there's nothing here,

cos I'm getting a new kitchen the morrow.

It's all right. It's a bit high up, but I needed to take it.

If I didn't take it, basically it'd be another couple of months

until I got a viewing, so... it's better than nothing.

Candice has realised she can't rely on Chris.

'You don't care about anything else.'

The minute he has got a tenner, that's where it goes to.

Know what I mean? If he's sitting with nae electricity, it doesn't matter.

And it pure changes you, and changes your voice and all that.

It's pure horrible.

I wouldn't bring myself down to that life.

Kay and Candice have made up.

-She phoned me and begged me to come and see her!

-I didn't!

-I honestly didn't.

-She did!

She started talking to me cos she wanted to come in for her dinner.

And a hot shower! Kidding on. BOTH LAUGH

Candice is still seeing Chris,

though the rest of the family won't see him,

and certainly haven't forgiven him.

I don't like him, and I don't like why he stole my Wii.

Because he was just taking drugs.

And he still takes them.

I don't think it's really good, but I think it's sad.

She feels like she's sad,

and she is sad.

The future I want is just for Chrissy to get off it,

and have the wean, and...

keep my wee house going. Just have a life,

instead of...

scadging money off everybody for things for him.

I don't think there will be a future with them, honestly.

I think she will change once she's had the wean.

Because he's got a habit.

He'll not be doing that when my grandwean's here.

Do you know what I mean? Nuh-uh.

No.

Having just split up with a girlfriend,

Kerry has been drinking, and has dropped round to her mum's.

I'm a young, free and single searching motherfucker now!

# I'm just living my life

# There's nothing crazy about me! #

Steven's not in the mood for a party,

as his ideas of a fresh start at college may be over.

He's due back in court tomorrow.

He's going for a fucking lifer, the daftie. I'm kidding on - is he fuck.

I'll be there, all the way, to support my wee fucking bro.

-Till death do we fucking part, me and my bro, man.

-Boy!

-If he gets to jail, I'll just get myself into jail. Paranoid, son?

-No.

I would be a bit, man, so I would. I would be.

I'm fuck all to do with it. I'm just here to support my bro.

All day, every day, I'm there all the time for him. Any time.

Harry and Betty are at the gardening awards to pick up second place,

after coming runner-up again to the champion, Mrs Ross,

who has won the trophy 15 times in a row.

-I've never met her.

-I don't know who she is. I haven't seen her yet.

Is it 15 years she's won it for?

Well, good on her.

I've only been in it for three.

And the next award,

for runner-up to the best private garden in the central area, is to...

APPLAUSE

Thank you.

APPLAUSE

The next award for the best private garden in the central area

goes to Mrs Ross.

APPLAUSE

Harry can finally size up the competition in person.

'You can only get better, you'll no get worse.'

That's a certainty. I'll be knocking at the door next year.

It's the first day of Steven's court case for allegedly breaking in to the local post office

and he's beginning to get worried.

I think it's just cos that's where cunts get sent to the jail,

know what I mean? Not me... But cos, like, it's a court,

you're not meant to be happy about it when you're in it, so...

They try to make it as uncomfortable as possible for you in there.

-Need to go to the shops for fags, Mam.

-I know, son, I know.

Steven is facing a year in prison and Libby now fears the worst.

In the past four year, I've turned to him for everything.

He's been my rock.

He puts on such a brave face.

I feel sick walking in, so God only knows how he feels.

I'm only there just to be there for him.

Libby's efforts to keep her family together are being tested again.

The final estimate to re-open the old community centre is over £50,000 -

far more than the residents' committee have raised.

They have a plan, though, and have earmarked a local shop

which is disused but has potential.

This is an old shop.

It used to be a Spar shop and it belongs to Ali next door

and we're thinking of leasing it from him.

I think this is the answer, aye.

Well, if we're not going to get the Ardbeg Centre,

it's going to cost a fortune... Then, aye, this is the answer.

I think this has been a storeroom or something

and there's been a kitchen and a toilet through this way.

We need to get a couple of quotes

to see how much it's going to cost to get the full place done

and the committee and some of the other folks

are going to be willing to come in and help whoever comes in to dae it.

But it's not a bad size.

That's what the shop looks like just now

and that's what it's going to, hopefully, look like.

The kitchen's going to come from the back to nearer the front,

it's more hygienic, and we're going to have three toilets,

a gents, a ladies and a disabled.

Looking at it the now you think, "Woah, never,"

but once all this rubbish is cleared out, we'll get there.

Despite setbacks,

the Crees are still raising money

and determined to achieve their goal.

Hopefully we'll get the funding to get it up and going.

We're not giving up. Nope.

We will survive...

..somehow.

Back at court, there are smiles all round.

With the Timbys on.

It's been a year o'worry right off my shoulders.

I feel about 16 now.

The CCTV from the post office break-in doesn't show Steven after all.

-It's no even me.

-What did I say?

It's a wee dude with long hair and al' that.

-A wee guy that size.

-Aye. Well wee-er than me, man.

I've been that size, not this size, man.

Libby is over the moon.

There's also been a surprise round at Gordon and Annie's,

as their son David has been in the Sun newspaper.

David and Kimberley are determined to make something of their lives.

# J-U-N-K

# Junkie Chris...

# Catch you later I'm going to the shop. #

Back at Libby's, there's been an unexpected twist.

James has come home.

Libby has taken James back,

but knows that good intentions have a habit of slipping away.

Libby's not the only parent trying to keep drugs from destroying their family.

Gordon and Annie have tried everything they can to help Chris.

I think the future for Chris is...

to be in and out of detox units all the time.

But I think he'll keep going back to it. It just the way it seems to me.

All he cares about is his next tenner, he's chasing it all day long,

and he's a different person altogether.

Chris is no longer denying to his family

that he's taking heroin, but he thinks he's OK.

Fuck them, man. They can say what they want, know what I mean?

Doesn't bother me.

They're leaving somebody else alone, talking about me.

Gordon knows how hard an addiction can be to conquer.

I need the help for drink

and you've got to want help to get help.

You're the one that can only do it. I don't know about Christopher's future.

I don't see him having a future if he keeps taking that stuff.

The amount he's taking - he's just going to go down the hill rapidly and rapidly and rapidly.

And there's no much I can dae about it.

So his future... I don't think he's got a future the now.

As I've said and I'll say it again, he needs to want to help himself.

A month later, Libby's efforts to keep Steven

on the straight and narrow are finally paying off,

as he has a place at college.

-We're so proud of him.

-I'm fucking pure proud of him, man.

Cos he's the only one out of us all that's done something,

then trying to do something decent with his life at his age, 16.

I feel great knowing he's doing something with his life,

he's turning his life around and he's going to have a good go at it. He'll have a good go at it.

The best McMurray ever that boy's going to be, man.

He's going to put all the McMurrays to shame, every single one.

I can't wait for it to start because then at least I'll have something to do.

The guy says there was hundreds of folk. I just went hoping for the best, man.

Obviously this is the best it could have turned out.

So far, this is my biggest achievement.

That's good, so it is.

Brilliant. I didn't see it. Can I see it?

Good show, man.

'I made the first step

'and hopefully that'll get me on my way.'

I'm saying "hopefully".

James and his cousin Brian

have slipped back to using heroin

after yet another failed attempt to go clean.

I just went and got a pair there, aye.

It's just boredom, man, just for a charge. Just boredom.

-I'll try and make this just a one-off.

-Do you have them in your mouth? You did.

-This is just a one-off.

-So it is. Tell lies.

-You're a junky bastard.

-Aye.

-I'm only kidding.

Later in the year,

Steven's grant money was late arriving

and he decided not to take up his place at college.

James and his sister Kerry were accused of stealing from a neighbour,

and Libby was forced to leave the scheme for good.

On 17th April,

the number of people living on the scheme increased by one

as Candice successfully gave birth to a healthy baby girl.

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