Episode 33 Inside Out

He was a whisker away from death,

but who shot George?

None of us could believe

it, and still now, we

are very angry and upset.

We didn't even know

if he was going to make

it.

And it was totally

heartbreaking for all of us.

Emma Britton lifts the lid

on our public toilets.

Oh, it stinks around here!

I wonder why.

And, we spend a year

on a 100-year-old cider

farm.

We are going to have a drink

tonight to celebrate.

So, cheers everybody.

Evening all, welcome to Inside Out.

Now, this may seem like a strange

question, but who'd shoot a cat?

There are people out

there who would and

We are a nation of cat lovers,

but our feline friends face a

What pleasure can anyone

possibly get from going out,

and shooting an animal?

I can't believe that someone

would actually physically do it,

attack someone else's pet.

I want to find out what compels

anyone to shoot a cat.

And what can be done to stop it.

Georgie.

People just see you as a cat, but

you are money's special baby boy.

Aren't you?

This is George the cat

at home near Gloucester,

after spending the last week

in intensive care.

George went out on Boxing Day

morning, for his usual runaround.

After about 15 minutes, he came back

in, he was crying quite a lot.

When he didn't improve, his owner,

Helen, took him to be that.

-- took him to the vet.

They gave him a shave,

and that's when they saw

that he had been injured.

They said no, it's a pellet.

So, the vet tells you

your cat's been shot.

We were just gobsmacked,

we were like, sorry?

It was just...

It was such a shock,

we just couldn't believe it.

George had a perforated gall

bladder, a hole in his diaphragm,

and a tear in his liver.

He was rushed in for

emergency surgery.

It was a very long night

waiting for that call.

It was three and a bit hours,

but it seemed like a lifetime,

just sat there waiting

for the phone to ring.

We felt sick, we were tearful,

we just didn't know

what to do with ourselves.

So, we have never got

through so many tea bags.

In one evening.

Now back home, George

is still very poorly.

His belly held together with metal

staples, and the pellets

still lodged in his side.

So, does Helen have any

idea who shot her cat?

Maybe someone got given

a new toy for Christmas,

saw him and shot him,

but the fact that the vets have said

it was close range is...

I mean it's heartbreaking enough,

but to hear that, made me

feel physically sick,

that somebody got that close to him.

Yes, it's been the worst

two weeks of my life.

It's been absolutely horrendous,

not just knowing who's

going to make it or not.

In the Forest of Dean, I've come

to meet a cat coming to terms

with life changing injuries.

Lily was shot last September,

just a few streets from home.

The pellet missed her

heart by millimetres,

but she lost her leg.

These are the pellets?

Pellets, pieces.

Where they shattered.

There is.

They are quite big chunks.

That a large piece, yes.

That was in my cat.

Can't believe that someone

would actually physically do it.

Actually locally, as well.

You know, attack someone else's pet.

Across England and Wales,

almost 2000 cats have been shot

in the last five years.

But, that is just

what gets reported.

Prosecution in relation

to airgun offences,

especially against cats,

is really, really difficult.

You more or less have to catch

the people in the act.

We can, nowadays, due to forensics,

match pellets up to air rifles, but,

because there's no certification

at the moment, we don't know

who in certain areas

actually owns those rifles.

What the RSPCA wants,

is a rifle licensing.

Like they have in Scotland.

But, maybe the answer isn't

legislation, but education.

I've come to a pub in

Somerset, to see a gun club

entirely for children.

Some, as young as eight.

Always keep the gun pointing

in a safe direction.

Number four: Never point a gun at

anything new do not wish to destroy.

So if I said to you,

you are in your garden,

shooting with an air rifle,

shootings and cans,

and then a cat walked out,

would you shoot the cat?

No.

Because that animal cruelty.

That animal cruelty.

There's no reason to shoot

an animal, is there?

Straight downrange...

Safety briefing over,

it's time to shoot.

There you go.

These kids are good!

You are teaching kids to shoot?

Is that a good idea?

Something I was always

brought up with.

Education is the key.

Kids are like a sponge.

If you educate them correctly,

they learn right from wrong

right from the start.

Because a lot of people would say

these are quite dangerous

should they not be licensed,

like they do in Scotland?

It will not work it,

it and police above.

Our firearms department as already

overwhelmed with work.

And they are on demand.

Adding this to licensing,

it would actually inhibit

the training and teaching

and the education of the children.

Would you ever shoot a cat?

No.

Why?

Because it's animal cruelty.

What do you think you would get

from learning to shoot well,

like as well as Rob does?

You can have good skills.

We can teach our children

not to kill things.

Explain to them not to shoot them,

otherwise they will face a lot

of not so nice consequences.

And they will have to suffer them.

A couple of weeks on from his

shooting, George is back at the vet.

Could you just lift up

the front leg so I can

have a look at the wound,

first of all?

Has he made the recovery Helen

so desperately wants?

Well done, that looks perfect.

Good boy.

No reason why we can't take

the staples out today.

Who is a brave boy, hey?

Number one.

The wound runs almost the full

length of his stomach.

With no less than 14 staples

holding it together.

There's multiple ways

he could have been killed

by this, and he didn't,

so, yes he is pretty

lucky to be alive.

It is such a relief,

and he was so good in there,

I just can't believe how

well he sat.

It was amazing, it was quite

tearful, because Odyssey,

he has been through so much,

and to see him well again,...

--

obviously, he has been through so

much.

I just don't know what to say.

I feel quite emotional, actually.

Glad to see George

on the road to recovery,

but tell us what you think.

E-mail us:

When you got

to go, you've got to go.

But, where?

This one is safe, but public toilets

are disappearing fast. BBC Radio

Ulster's Emma Britton is on the

case.

Come on then. We

Ulster's Emma Britton is on the

case.

Come on then. We.

My Billy can

go for a wee anywhere, but for us

humans, we need to find a loo. Ah,

this looks promising. Let's go round

the back. Oh, it stinks around here.

I wonder why! Come on, Billy. All of

Bristol's 18 retired public toilets

are due to close permanently, all at

once, and in two days' time. The

city's council does have a plan B,

though. A community toilet scheme.

Local businesses are being asked to

volunteer to open up their toilets

anyone and everyone. Well, here is a

cafe, let's see how I get on. Oh,

Billy. Sorry. We have found very

little evidence that the new scheme

is ready to take over. Come on.

You've just come out of the cafe,

what were you doing in there?

Well,

I was planning on going into the

cafe. I only wanted to go to the

ladies, but unfortunately, the good

old toilets which we relied on for

years are locked, and eggs up buying

Coffey and a cake in order to go to

the loo. Unless, you use the cafe,

where are you going to go?

Way over

on the other side, by the court, the

thousands of people who enjoy the

Downs can still visit the toilets by

the viewing point, but they too are

on the council 's list of closures.

The toiletss by the Clifton

suspension Bridge ulcer in matters

shot, even though they are used by

streams of people every year. We

visited one of the toilets to the

closure, and have so far found none

of the promised signs directing

people to the nearest community

toilet. Over at St George Park,

these toilets have already shut. We

risk other -- discover there is some

foul play coming on, and the public

are facing a health hazard. What is

the problem?

Lot of to. Lot of poo.

We have a big human who problem.

So,

what kind of areas have you found

the human poo in Keys

everywhere.

It's too far for the kids to war, so

they go wherever. People having

barbecues, they go where they can

go.

This is a destination spot, and

people don't know where the nearest

toilets are.

Giving us a map saying

that go to the nearest pub, is not

go to help.

So, can these community

schemes were? My next loo Gueye

Lucasian -- my next location is... I

am here to meet Professor Reid who

is a world-renowned expert on public

toilets. She is not impressed by the

Council's plans.

As far as I can

understand, there is no actual

financial returns on this. There is

no contribution from the council,

which has occurred in some other

local authorities. So, why would

they want to do this?

Who with his

impact the most?

It would impact

everyone, but some groups more than

others. It affects tourists coming

to the city. It affects commuters

stuck in traffic ages. People with

incontinence problems. It

particularly affects women more than

men, because women have more reasons

to use the toilets then men. Women

who are menstruating needs the

toilets more. Look at small children

and babies, they need be toilets,

they have to have it quick. Lots of

people for years have depended on

these toilets, and now they are

suddenly going to find that they

don't exist. So, this is a very real

issue, and become so has not thought

this through.

Here, I'm eating two

of the local residents, personally

affected by the toilets closures. --

I'm meeting two of the local

residents.

I have inflammatory bowel

disease, and I tend to have this

with me, but I'm lucky to have.

Lenny to do is show this card and

say, can I use or lose please, and

the only time I have used it is

because there hasn't been a public

toilet or a cafe around. I have been

lucky so far, but who knows in the

future?

Ruth, tell me about your

walking group?

We basically just

walk and set the world to rights as

a joke and go away. But, the walk

leaders have to rescue the walks,

and they always know where the

toilets are. We are all 55 plus, and

fresh air makes you want to go. You

can't expect a small cafe to expect

a dozen of people to come in and use

your toilets. They will say no.

Do

think that local businesses will

sign up to be scheme that Bristol

City Council are proposing?

There

are health and safety issues and the

security issues. A lot of the

toilets will be up the stairs, or at

the back. I think the answer will be

no. Red to find out for myself, I go

across the road to the Village cafe.

If someone came in to use job

toilets, and they went a customer,

what would you say to them?

Sorry,

you can't use it. It is a customer's

toilet.

You wouldn't want anyone to

use it?

No. What can I do? Can't do

anything.

Time to head over to City

Hall. The toilets here were

available to the public, just like

in other public buildings, like the

city Museum. By closing the toilets,

the council are saving thousands of

pounds.

We have not invested in our

toilets over many years, so a lot of

the mindset of this repair. There is

a lot of anti-social behaviour going

on in them, and the alternative is

to look at bringing in a community

toilet scheme.

It says: A smooth

transition from the existing

arrangement of the new one, is very

important. How many community

businesses have signed up to the

toilet scheme? Urn we have got 12

businesses and community

organisation signed up. We have over

20 pending. Does that include Brits

build City Council owned buildings?

It does.

If you take them out of the

equation, that doesn't sound like

many. There is no signage, a that

they are closing, and B, where the

nearest toilet is. People are quite

literally going to be called Short?

Not necessarily. We still have a

week to go.

Would it not be better

to delay the closure?

It is simpler,

but I am feeling confident that we

will have a viable community scheme,

and is one that will only grow and

grow.

Is it all right if I use your

loo? Samak yes, you can use the go

on. --

yes, you can use the loo, go

on.

The committee that looks after

the Downs, have agreed to look after

the toilets there. But, elsewhere

around the city, there are no signs

of a breeze. -- pre-. We are

drinking more of Somerset's finest

every year, but how does it get from

this to this? We have spent the last

year on the legendary cider farm

with a celebrity following. Tucked

away down a small muddy road near

Glastir three, lives a cider maker

to the stars. This year is a very

special year. The farm is 100 years

old. -- near Glastir in brief. It is

the start of a new season. Lands end

farm is in full Carla, the signs are

this year's crop will be a good one.

I have been making cider for over 50

years. I have never known two better

crops of apples. And, at the moment,

there will be another good crop with

the blossom.

But, two good harvest

mean that Roger is flooded with

cider.

I got 33,000 gallons.

Normally I only sell about 20,000 a

year, but because we have had two

bumper crops, we got the actual...

All of this is cider, here. Really,

we want a bad crop, this year. Let's

get some cider gingers in to drink

it.

Roger also has 120 head of

capital, but cider has always been

the agricultural lubricant at the

heart of the farm. Gonna we made it

since my grandfather came here in

1917. Years ago, if you didn't have

cider on the farm, you wouldn't get

any workers, because workers go

around and tried the cider, and they

would have the best cider, and that

is where they would go to work,

because they got paid virtually in

cider, and potatoes years ago. That

was the wages. By mid-July, the

blossom has turned to apples, and it

is the peak season for customs.

Roger has become a legendary figure

in the Somerset landscape, and

visitors come from all over the

world to drink his cider, and have a

good chat. And, for some, this has

been their local for decades.

Allen-mac according to Roger, 40

years, he has got a better memory

than me.

It is the same as it is

now. Except, Roger's dad was around.

He was younger than.

He has also had

if you famous faces in to buy his

cider.

There is Jamie Oliver, there.

That was about eight years ago, when

he came in. Joe Strom used to come

in here regularly, from the Clash.

Lovely man. Lily Allen.

He even had

a visit from a mysterious graffiti

artist.

The people who came in, ask

me if they can put a painting on the

wall. It is supposed to be me. I

should never take it off, anyway.

Well, we have kept the prices down,

but there is such a lot of cider at

the moment, at the end of the day

you have to be able to sell it. No

good making it and not sell it.

Years ago, proper cider, you could

sell no trouble at all, but

unfortunately, there are not good

cider drinkers. 40 years ago, all

the old boys would not have looked

at all this factory cider, sweet,

fizzy and weak, and they would have

tipped it down the drain. The Apple

season has started now, beginning of

September. I always say the good

Lord put them up there, and the good

Lord will put them down. When the

Apple stop and that is when they are

right. This is a hell of an orchard,

we have got to pick them up by hand.

I used to pick-up apples with a left

school, 18, 19 years old. Now they

are... Years ago, I used to carry

them all down on my shoulder, bloody

hard work. A lot of people walk

away, saying they don't want work

done. They say, he's out there

picking up those apples, I couldn't

do that. I would rather be up there,

then sat in an office on a bloody

computer, I said.

The harvest takes

three months, but it is not all

sunshine, as Roger will be working

away in his noisy barn.

Week tipped

them in. At the top of the elevator,

there is a high-speed crash. The

Apple pulp comes down through this

stainless steel hopper, and into

these... That is roughly... When we

have built up the 12 layers, we put

it on the trolley, put it up under

the press. The press actually

presses it three and a half thousand

pounds a square inch. It is called a

100 tonne press. About 20 minutes.

Good stuff.

This year, Roger also

sell abrasive 70th birthday, but how

many years will he keep making

cider? An I am hoping that my

grandson will keep doing it. Al keep

doing it until I die. As long as I

am fit, I will work. He is taking an

interest, and that, now. So I'm

hoping he will take over. Feed all

the apple pulp to the... It is sweet

and the cows love it.

When they all get in there and start

dancing and singing.

It is

mid-January, and the night of

Roger's big night.

Supposedly get

all the evil spirit away.

Leading

the facilities this year, is a

new...

You are not here to have fun,

you are here to make sure that we

get a good harvest next year. If the

apple trees fail, we all have no

cider next year. We'll have to burn

things and all sorts of stuff. To

repress the soil! Our Queen will

pour the cider from last year's

labours. Around the base of the

tree! Al Queen will place some toast

in the branches of the tree. -- our

Queen. To welcome back the birds and

small creatures to our orchard. I'd

back the big finale to ward off

those evil spirits. --

the big

finale toward of those evil spirits.

As the dust settles, the question

is, has this year been a success?

Record-breaker. More than we have

ever had before.

I have come from

260 miles away. It is quite long

round-trip. Whee it is quite unlike

any where you'll find in the West

Country. It is amazing.

I think

Roger is an institution in Somerset.

It is what Somerset is all about.

Well, that is it for tonight. Thank

you for watching. We will see you

next week. Cheers.