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From waste and recycling to pest control and trading standards.

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The taxes that we pay to our local councils are used to provide

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many of our most essential services.

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I like people who are keen to recycle.

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In this series, we follow the front-line staff working

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behind the walls of Tameside Town Hall in Greater Manchester.

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Like council officers across the country,

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these local heroes are waging war on those blighting our communities.

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Oi! Oi! Oi! Excuse me, love, you can't do that!

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They are protecting us from hidden dangers...

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If there is rodent activity in your kitchen,

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you won't be opening tonight, it's that simple.

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..making sure our cash is spent on those who need it most...

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I'm at a loose end. I do not know where to turn.

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..and responding to their residents when they call the council.

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Coming up in today's programme, council officers turn detective

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after a resident dies alone.

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It doesn't feel right, somehow, going through somebody's personal belongings.

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Unfortunately, it's something we have to do.

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-Hello!

-A resident calls the council after discovering

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an unwanted ingredient in her curry.

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Halfway through we discovered black beetles.

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And officers respond when shoppers and staff

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are put in danger at a cash and carry.

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-I'm losing confidence, really.

-You don't need to.

-I am.

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In the UK, over 400 local councils employing over two million people

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are charged with putting our money to the best possible use.

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Every hour of every day, these local authorities

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and local council officers work around the clock

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to keep us safe, caring for us from cradle to grave.

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Hello, Bereavement Services.

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Mike Gurney is in charge of the council's bereavement service.

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Based at Tameside's crematorium,

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it's his job to care for the deceased and their families.

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I don't think people do realise how much

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the council are involved in their lives in many ways.

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Everybody at some point has got to come to me. That sounds awful.

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People get scared when I say, "See you soon." They start worrying.

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Today Mike's dealing with a call from the police

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asking for the council's help, and for him to turn detective.

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We've just received a phone call from the coroner's office, and it's

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regarding a gentleman that has been found dead in his property locally.

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Initial enquiries haven't revealed any relatives

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whatsoever at the moment.

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What I need to do now as part of our service is to do more enquiries,

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as to whether he's got any family or not, and I need to get into

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the property now to go through his belongings and to establish

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if there's any monies available to arrange a funeral for him.

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In cases like this,

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when someone dies without any known surviving relatives,

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it becomes the council's responsibility to arrange

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what's known as a community funeral.

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A community funeral is where somebody dies in Tameside,

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and there's no known relatives

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and there's no-one to sort their funeral out.

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We have a statutory obligation to make sure we arrange a funeral in those circumstances.

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Local authorities in England and Wales carry out

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around 3,000 community funerals a year, at a cost of £2 million.

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To recoup some of these costs,

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councils are allowed access to any assets the deceased leave behind.

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We literally have to go in the house, people's houses,

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and find any bank details. If there's no actual money available,

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maybe there's anything valuable there, we can sell it,

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to pay towards the funeral.

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But in a lot of the cases, there's no money whatsoever.

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In a bid to find out

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if the deceased man has any surviving family or remaining funds,

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Mike's preparing for the difficult task of searching his home.

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OK, so we've got some disposable suits we need to take with us just as a precaution.

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A face mask, because it can be not very nice, shall we say,

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the smell, sometimes, it depends on the circumstances,

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how long the person's been there, so face masks.

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These are my shoes that I wear when I go in these properties,

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because some of them are pretty horrendous.

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These are our big socks.

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These are to go over our shoes, should it be extremely bad.

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We've been involved in lots of things, exhumations,

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and we were very much involved in the Shipman Inquiry a few years back,

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and my staff were involved in exhuming bodies.

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I do go home and off-load sometimes to my wife, and I've got a great

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family network, so I think it's talking things through

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amongst the staff, but my coping mechanism is probably a sense of humour.

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I don't know, I think I've got a good sense of humour.

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My wife would kill me if she saw this. Not ironed!

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You know, it's not being disrespectful, but it's probably just a coping mechanism.

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If Mike can alert any relatives to the man's death or find some funds,

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he can reduce the burden on Tameside's taxpayers

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and help give the man a respectful funeral.

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Coming up, the officers discover some valuable information.

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-I found a big metal box.

-Is there a key in it?

-No.

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-There's no key in it?

-No.

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But will it help them find any family for the deceased?

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Local councils nationwide do their best to help out

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whenever a resident calls about life or death.

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That would be Bereavement Services.

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If you bear with me, I shall put you through. Thank you.

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But not all queries from the bereaved are easy to resolve.

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Cheapest and legal way to dispose of a dead body...

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Yeah, and wasn't the story that,

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"Can I carry them round in my boot, of the car?"

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Yeah. I mean, that's weird, isn't it?

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I had one lady once, she requested to hire a helicopter.

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She wanted her husband's ashes spreading across Tameside.

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I were like... "No!"

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Alerted by the police,

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Mike Gurney has arrived at the home of a resident

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who's thought to have died without leaving any surviving relatives

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to help with his funeral.

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Got some steps to make it easier.

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He needs to find out more about the deceased gentleman's life

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and begins his investigation by speaking to a neighbour.

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Mrs Harrison? Hello there. Just to let you know,

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we're going in the property now to see what we can find.

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Are you the lady that reported you hadn't seen the gentleman?

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I hadn't seen him, but Jill across the road informed me that his

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curtains hadn't been opened for a few days, because we'd been away.

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-Right, OK.

-So the window cleaner was due that same day, and Duncan knocked on the door

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and said, "Would you like me to look through his bedroom window?"

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-Right, OK.

-So we said, "Yes, if you would, Duncan."

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-Could he see him through there?

-He could do.

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He went up on his ladder, Duncan, and came back round immediately and

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told me he'd found Stephen through the window collapsed on his bed.

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The man suffered a fatal heart attack.

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Now it's up to Mike to explore the house for clues

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that might confirm he died without any family.

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Shall we do a sniff test?

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HE SNIFFS

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I think it's... HE SNIFFS

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I think it's going to be all right, actually.

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What we do need is gloves. Can you get my gloves?

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They're in the black bag in the boot.

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The man's body was removed by funeral directors,

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so Mike's task shouldn't be too unpleasant.

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Most circumstances,

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these people have been dead in their house for days, weeks,

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sometimes months, and as soon as you open the door,

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the smell can be quite horrific, for obvious reasons.

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So we always have a quick check first, we do a simple sniff test.

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That sounds ridiculous, but to see if we can bear the smell in there.

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If Mike fails to find any information that identifies

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any surviving relatives, the local authority will fund the funeral.

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Let's open the curtains.

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So Mike and his colleague Andrew begin a thorough search of the flat.

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What we're looking for is any personal stuff that will tell us a lot about

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who the gentleman is, we need birth certificates,

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any bank books, any bank details,

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anything that would link us to another member of his family we can contact.

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That's what the aim, really, is today.

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And also to take out any valuable belongings of the gentleman

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that we can, well, for safety purposes,

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but we may have to sell them in order to pay towards his funeral.

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-Mike?

-Yeah.

-I've found a big metal box.

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-Is there a key in it?

-No.

-There's no key in it?

-No.

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We find all sorts when we're going through people's belongings -

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criminal records, all sorts of issues in some of them,

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but that's not for us to judge.

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We're just there to make sure the funeral is carried out

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in the right and proper way.

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He looks organised.

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Yeah, passport, everything here, bank statement, that's great.

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This helps us paint a picture of this guy,

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maybe lead to who he is and who his family are.

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What we'll do, we'll take this file back, go through that in detail.

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Having uncovered personal information,

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Mike and Andrew set about searching for any valuables.

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Just take that. Magnetic therapy,

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but I'll take it because it's classed as jewellery, isn't it?

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Doesn't feel right, somehow, going through somebody's personal belongings.

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It just feels like you're intruding a bit, but unfortunately, it's

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something we have to do, because there's nobody else to do it.

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What's that? Here we are. A picture of him.

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Ah. I always find it,

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when you see a photograph it makes it more real, doesn't it?

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You can relate to the person who lived here then.

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I think anyone who works with the council should have that enjoyment

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in making sure we are delivering services well for the public.

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And I just want to make sure things go well for people,

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particularly in the bereavement side of things.

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That last chapter of people's lives, really.

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There's Christmas cards here, so

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we could find phone numbers on Christmas cards, Andrew.

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-You know, for a family member, anything.

-Yeah, yeah.

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Here we are. What's this?

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We'll take these back and go through them in detail.

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Don't drop them. They might be in some sort of order, that lot.

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Mike and Andrew leave the property with just a small amount of cash

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and some valuables but the box they've discovered could

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provide them with vital information.

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Coming up - the officers continue their investigation.

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Here you are - birth certificate. Brilliant. That's what I'm after.

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But will they be able to find out enough to help give the man

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a fitting funeral?

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Despite having no legal duty to provide burial space,

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most local councils in the UK

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maintain and manage cemeteries for their residents.

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Estimates suggest that there are around 4,000 in the UK.

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Tameside Council looks after eight cemeteries, which means grave-digger

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Geoff Dale and his assistant Matt Smith are always busy.

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Right, Matt?

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Today, they're performing essential checks on headstones.

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Checking a big headstone like that,

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obviously you've got to stand clear of it in case it goes.

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That's passed, that.

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-Passed?

-Yeah.

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In the past, somebody's been killed by a falling monument.

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So it were brought to the attention of the HSE and that's why we do it.

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We have to do these annual checks on all the headstones

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to make sure that it's a safe place for the public to come into.

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It's passed at the front.

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Aye.

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It's failed at the back.

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They're testing the stability of every headstone, applying

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the same amount of pressure as a person leaning against them would.

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That's failed.

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A fail means they have to secure the headstone,

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ensuring no mourners are in danger.

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-That's not coming off, is it?

-No. Don't want it coming off.

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While our local authorities manage our cemeteries,

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the graves within them belong to the families who've purchased the plots.

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It's their responsibility to repair headstones like this,

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so for now, the lads make this one safe.

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The family will be contacted if they're contactable and then

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this is supposed to stay on for three months then.

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And if after three months nothing happens,

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it's supposed to be taken off and laid down.

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In this cemetery,

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there are currently around 4,000 graves to check.

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Jeff and Matt are up to 1,464.

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But finding graves with 17th-century maps is not

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a walk in the park for these 21st-century council workers.

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1,797.

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1,797.

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No, I've got 1,796.

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Not 1,797, though.

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Have you got 1,798?

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-No.

-No?

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No.

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-The one we want, 1,896, is that way.

-Right.

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We're getting somewhere now, aren't we?

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Cos it might be round the corner, you know.

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-You know, past them shrubs.

-Right. 93, 94.

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Do you reckon it's in there, then?

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-Oh, aye, yeah - it's here.

-You got it?

-Yeah.

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Yeah. You just get in. Just have a check of that one, eh?

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-You just have a check of it, mate.

-I've got, er, Aaron Townsend.

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-That's it, mate. Townsend - 1928?

-Er, 1928, yeah.

-That's it. That's 1,896.

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That's a pass.

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-Yeah, it's a pass.

-Right.

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-We're making progress.

-Yeah.

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My map skills aren't the best but they're getting better.

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Jeff's map skills - yeah, he's about as good as me!

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With one more grave ticked off, there's just 2,635 to go.

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Just one of them days.

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Across the UK, council officers are working day and night

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on our behalf, trying to keep their borough and its inhabitants safe.

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Today, after finding an unusual ingredient in a takeaway,

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a concerned resident has called on the council for help.

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A lady had purchased a curry from a restaurant in the Tameside area.

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Upon eating this takeaway, she thinks she may have stumbled

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across what might be an insect of some description.

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Worried Emma Sandbach e-mailed Bev Hursthouse

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after making the discovery.

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We brought a takeout home from the restaurant

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and halfway through,

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we discovered a black sort of beetle.

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Despite being a delicacy for over two billion people worldwide,

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some insects like cockroaches can cause illnesses like dysentery

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and gastroenteritis -

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exactly the potential risk to public health

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council heroes like Bev are fighting to stamp out.

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The restaurant where they picked the takeaway up from,

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it's got a really good reputation. It carries the five stars.

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It's had a recent routine hygiene visit.

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They've got a pest-contracting place.

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-Hiya. Is it Emma?

-It is, yeah.

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If Emma's suspicions are correct, the restaurant will be

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in for a nasty surprise, because it could be closed down.

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OK, so this is the...

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The complaint we got from you, um - you purchased a chicken masala.

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-Mhm.

-So you dined in and brought a takeaway out for husband.

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-Is that right?

-Yeah.

-Yeah, OK.

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-And this is...you think it may be an insect of some description?

-Mm-hm.

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What I'm going to do, I'm just going to have a look while we're here.

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If for any reason we do think it may be, obviously what I'll do is take

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that away and we'll do some further investigation. If it was a beetle,

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obviously nobody wants to find a beetle in their food.

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Nobody wants to find that in any food business.

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I'm going to tip that out there.

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A beetle may just be one, you know, on its travels,

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whereas a cockroach would sometimes indicate that there's a problem,

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an infestation, and then we've got a problem in a food business.

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I can identify that for you. It's not an insect. You're all right.

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-Oh, good.

-What it is, it's one of the cardamoms, called a cardamom pod.

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-Oh, right. Yeah.

-People react differently.

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I mean, if I found what I felt was an insect in a curry,

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I'd probably dissect it and investigate further.

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However, a member of the public that's not, you know, familiar

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with all the different forms of species and different forms of spices

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and you know, may just be quite alerted at the fact

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that something doesn't normally look like it should be in a takeaway

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or a curry or any food item, really,

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is obviously a bit of a problem.

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What sometimes triggers the concern off is

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-these little spikes here.

-That's what it was.

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No, rest assured, it's definitely a cardamom pod.

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I can tell that just from experience.

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-You don't need to worry.

-OK, brilliant.

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One thing I will say to you and it's the restaurant in question,

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we've just had a recent food hygiene check,

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so we know they're above board and everything's fine.

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-They've been rated the five stars, as well.

-Oh, good.

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Do you want me to leave you with that?

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Yeah, I'll throw it in the bin now.

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-I feel better now.

-Let hubby know that it was a cardamom pod,

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-rather than something nasty.

-Yeah.

-We really do appreciate your call.

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We are here to advise and the aim of our job is to prevent people

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from being harmed or becoming unwell.

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If it is something that potentially could make you poorly,

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or could cause you harm, or could cause any further harm,

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or requires a product recall

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or, you know, absolutely get in touch.

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Bye-bye now.

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I thought it's best to check because if it was a beetle,

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and we didn't do anything about it, then...

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lots of people would be eating beetles.

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I'm glad I didn't go back to the restaurant with it, anyway, asking for my money back.

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That would have been even more embarrassing.

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For the nation's unsung local heroes like Bev,

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keeping us, the public, safe is an ongoing battle.

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My job is really very varied.

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We would look at investigating any sort of food borne illnesses,

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or food outbreaks, you know, health and safety.

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You know, we prevent them accidents.

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We want to make sure people are doing a day's work

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and going home at the end of the night.

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Bev has joined forces with colleague Sian Dyer

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to check up on a business that they've visited four times

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in the last seven months.

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On her last visit to this cash and carry,

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Bev found numerous causes for concern.

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So today they're making a surprise inspection.

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The last visit there was some butchery equipment,

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band saw machines. They've got some lifting equipment.

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They're things that we need to double check on whilst we're here, as well.

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Latest estimates show that workplace injuries and ill health

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in Great Britain cost us £13.8 billion.

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But without the vital inspections and spot checks

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of council officers like Bev and Sian

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these figures might be even higher.

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Good afternoon.

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-We're just here today to do your routine food inspection.

-OK.

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Just to have a look at your butchery area, as well.

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-At the end of the visit we'll have a chat with you.

-OK.

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Great, all right, thanks very much.

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We kind of look really at procedures.

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We look at what they're doing. We look at how they're doing things.

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We look to make sure they've got things in place

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to keep things safe.

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What we're doing at the moment, we're looking to make sure that all of the walkways are all clear.

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Obviously, we look for cleanliness, we make sure there's no obstruction

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and nobody's at risk of getting hurt, or anything.

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Should illness or injury occur, the business itself could be prosecuted.

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The council's responsibility is to check that health and safety protocols are being followed.

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If they aren't, the business could be closed down.

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-Is it all just raw meat that you cut up in here?

-Yeah.

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-You don't buy any cooked-in foods, or anything?

-No, just fresh.

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It's all fresh, raw meat.

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The officers have longstanding concerns about health and safety in this cash and carry.

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Previous problems have arisen with the butcher's electric saw.

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Is this isolated?

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It's turned off?

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Safety procedures have not been followed.

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If not used with the protective guard, the saw could be lethal.

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A lot of the work that was noted last time,

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they've been actioned now,

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so we can say some improvements have already been made.

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I assume that the guards on the band saw,

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I think when Sian has gone to have a look,

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that was maybe one of the problems that was picked up last time.

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-It's good, you've got your guard in place there.

-Yeah.

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It's good news. Atif the owner has acted on the council's previous guidance.

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But Bev and Sian aren't finished yet.

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-There's a storage room upstairs.

-Storage, OK.

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As they head upstairs, more potential problems appear.

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-So this is all your dry stock up here, is it?

-Yeah.

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-I notice some of your levels are stacked quite high.

-Mm-hm.

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-Can you see?

-Yeah.

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If that tumbles, somebody's underneath that, you're in trouble.

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-Does prayer take place up here, as well?

-Yeah.

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Yeah, OK. My concern is that your prayer mat here,

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somebody's going to end up with bottles of Iru-Bru on their head.

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Again, that's just something, we need to bring them levels down. OK.

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As Bev's investigation goes on, one major issue emerges

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and it's putting the store's employees and customers in danger.

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How is the stock brought up here?

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Is that brought upstairs?

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A lift.

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Do you not have a guard that stops anybody falling over that?

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It's just...

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The balcony opens onto an unguarded 15-foot drop.

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There's nothing in place to prevent the dangerously high stock,

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or employees, falling to the floor below.

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Atif tries to solve the problem with a quick fix

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- a flimsy piece of wood.

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But it's nowhere near enough to satisfy the officers.

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Let me check.

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-Let me call the guy who will deal with it.

-That'd be great, thanks.

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An employee tries to help out and comes to his boss's aid.

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But Bev's concerns remain.

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Am I right in thinking that guard's not being used at the moment?

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Somebody is coming and using this one as well.

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-Right, so it's normally when the forklift's...

-Yeah, yeah.

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-It's used...

-The forklift's not too much used in the week, or day, sorry.

-OK.

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The makeshift barrier is simply not good enough for Bev and Sian.

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If stock was to fall from this height,

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anyone below could be seriously injured.

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If anyone falls onto here, it's going to topple over.

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If you've got customers walking below,

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you don't want that falling onto them.

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We don't encourage customers, there's one yellow line...

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You might not encourage it but as you've found yourself,

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if you're not by the till and somebody else is,

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it's going to be very difficult, isn't it?

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-So when can the, erm...

-Definitely in a few days.

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It needs to be done today.

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I will try to do it today.

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I'm short of staff, it's not easy, so...

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My suggestion would be, close the door for ten minutes and do it.

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Yeah, that's true.

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-My concern is this has been mentioned before.

-Has it?

-Mmm.

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I'm losing confidence.

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-You don't need to.

-I am.

-Trust me.

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I'm losing confidence that one, it's going to be done today...

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This shop is like, I'm running this shop from recently.

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This used to be my brother's company, I bought from him.

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And now... This is first time I have...

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So definitely I will do it.

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It is bread and butter for me, you know, I don't want to lose it.

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-If it's not, we will look at serving notice, to make sure it gets done.

-No problem.

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Coming up, Bev and Sian's inspection uncovers even more hazards

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putting lives and the future of this business at risk.

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I keep getting a smell of smoke.

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Our country's unsung council heroes are on the front line

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everyday fighting to make best use of the nation's money.

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But because we're all paying for their services,

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we've all got an opinion on their work, both good and bad.

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I think overall, the council do a good job, but I do think they've

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got to keep their priorities right and not waste money on stupid things.

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I suppose they do their job reasonably well.

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The council is very,

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very good at making sure you pay your council tax.

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They are not so good at checking up on some of their employees,

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the bin men, for example.

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They missed three streets not so very long ago

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and when their department was phoned up and asked about it,

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we were informed that all our bins had been emptied.

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But in actual fact,

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they were standing on the pavement full waiting to be emptied.

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We are under austerity times

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and there is only so much money in the pot.

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At the end of the day, I think society has been spoiled

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over the past 20 or 30 years with all

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this increase in public spending, and the reality of it is we have

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all been living beyond our means for a very, very long time.

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And sooner or later, we have got to face the music.

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We are now starting to face the music.

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Local authorities nationwide might be battling funding cuts

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but demand for their services doesn't cease,

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neither does the determination of heroic officers like Bev and Sian.

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Their inspection of a local cash and carry

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has already highlighted some potentially lethal hazards.

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-I'm losing confidence, really.

-You don't need to.

-I am.

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Now the officers are heading down into the bowels of the building.

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Does your light work in here?

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It does on this one, but that one it's not working.

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It's not working really, it needs tidying up, doesn't it?

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Is smoking taking place down here? I keep getting a smell of smoke.

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I don't smoke.

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There is no evidence but I keep getting a smell of smoke

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so you need to make sure your staff are not coming down and smoking.

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Smoking in the work place is illegal.

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I think we've found the smoke room.

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Fines of up to £2,500 can be issued,

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a huge sum for small business owners like Atif.

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OK, this is something that needs to be stopped.

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It's not the smell that's the problem, the problem is it's not

0:27:180:27:23

legal to smoke in a work business or indoors in a place like this.

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The problems continue to mount for Atif.

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And the more they investigate, the more Bev and Sian uncover.

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Is there a light down here?

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Yeah, there is a light...

0:27:390:27:41

-This one here?

-Yeah, that's the one.

0:27:410:27:44

-OK. Little bit wet, that one.

-Is it?

-Where's the moisture coming from?

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The water running down the light switch is a serious breach

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of health and safety guidelines.

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-Don't touch it.

-No, I'm going to not touch that one.

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It increases the chance of an employee suffering

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a potentially fatal electric shock.

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In one year alone in Great Britain, 350,000 people were injured,

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and 28 people killed

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by low voltage electrocutions.

0:28:110:28:14

-I need to change it, definitely.

-Who's put this on for you?

0:28:140:28:18

-This one guy.

-He's an electrician, is he?

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He's a proper electrician, qualified, yeah.

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You need to get him back out to have a look at that.

0:28:240:28:27

-Definitely, it's a bit risky.

-It's a lot risky!

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Sometimes you can see that problems have occurred that perhaps could be

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rectified quite quickly,

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and problems that are occurring that is probably not something

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they've picked up on. But on the other end of the scale,

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you have businesses that are flouting the law,

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they're cutting every corner to make...

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Money really is just what's important to them and nothing else.

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With customers and employees at serious risk of electrical shock,

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stock piled dangerously high and an unguarded drop

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of 15 feet, this business has a lot of work to do.

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I think what we'll probably do is call back a little bit later.

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As I said to you earlier, I'm not sure

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if you have got any more employees coming in tonight to do

0:29:110:29:13

an evening shift or anything, but I think it is all hands on deck

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at the moment, and even if it means closing the business for

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10 or 15 minutes and just bringing that to a reasonable level.

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But we will pop back later this afternoon and have a look at that.

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Thank you very much.

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The owners now have two hours

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to address these vital health and safety issues.

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If they don't make significant changes,

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Bev and Sian have the power to close the business until they do.

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Across the borough, at the council's crematorium, Mike Gurney is going

0:29:460:29:51

through the documents he found at the recently deceased man's home.

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Main thing we're looking for is contact with family.

0:29:560:30:00

So let's get some...

0:30:000:30:01

-Let's get that. Is that the issue paper?

-Yeah.

0:30:010:30:04

It seems that the man died without any surviving relatives.

0:30:050:30:09

In the UK, when this happens,

0:30:090:30:11

it's the council's job to arrange their funeral.

0:30:110:30:14

Mike and his team work hard to ensure that everyone is given a

0:30:140:30:17

respectful farewell, no matter what their personal circumstances are.

0:30:170:30:22

The council have a funeral director contracted to work with us,

0:30:220:30:26

so we do get a reduced price,

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and we have a funeral director that we use regularly.

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And it's about £1,300 for a basic funeral.

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Here y'are. Look. Birth certificate.

0:30:330:30:35

Brilliant. That's what I'm after.

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That'll give us more information, won't it? Look at these.

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Oh, this is good.

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This will give us... Copy of birth certificate. Born, Tameside Hospital.

0:30:440:30:49

-He had a driving licence.

-That is good.

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We found that he was a man who'd been in employment for most of his life.

0:30:530:30:56

We found he'd been a bus driver, he'd done engineering, got certificates

0:30:560:31:00

in engineering. He was very into his films. He enjoyed doing quizzes.

0:31:000:31:05

This looks like old job stuff.

0:31:050:31:07

It looks like he has been looking for work for a long time.

0:31:070:31:09

He kept a log of all the jobs he had applied for and couldn't get a job.

0:31:090:31:13

He was obviously a very organised man, that's what came across.

0:31:130:31:17

We've got his confirmed date of birth there is 31 May 1958,

0:31:170:31:21

what does that make him? 55, isn't it?

0:31:210:31:23

Mike's efforts are paying off.

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He's discovered a lot about the dead man, Stephen Jones' life.

0:31:280:31:32

Four blank cards. No addresses on any.

0:31:320:31:37

But he hasn't found anything to link him with relatives.

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It's looking like we can't find any family details.

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I'll be taking this on board now to raise a funeral

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so we can stop any further delay.

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And give him a good send off.

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With no remaining family, Mike's quest to arrange a fitting farewell

0:31:540:31:58

for Stephen is not easy.

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Still to come,

0:32:020:32:03

the day of the funeral arrives but will Mike be able to galvanise the

0:32:030:32:07

community to pay their respects to a quiet neighbour they barely knew?

0:32:070:32:11

It's been two hours since enforcement officers

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Bev and Sian told the cash and carry

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with a dangerous drop to make its premises safe.

0:32:220:32:26

I'm losing confidence that it's going to be done today.

0:32:260:32:29

If it's not, then we will look at serving a notice.

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How have we done up there? Can we have a look? Is that all right?

0:32:320:32:38

Now the officers are back.

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If the owners haven't made the business safe,

0:32:410:32:43

the store could be shut down.

0:32:430:32:44

This is better, OK. So, the pallets they'll be taken away, will they?

0:32:440:32:51

-Yeah.

-OK, so the issue we've got we need to lower these.

-Definitely.

0:32:510:32:55

With the barrier in place, the shop has taken some steps towards

0:32:550:32:58

improving safety, and Bev and Sian decide it can stay open.

0:32:580:33:02

We will monitor that business.

0:33:020:33:04

It will still come up in the programmed inspections,

0:33:040:33:06

and revisits will occur obviously to check that they are complying

0:33:060:33:10

with any contraventions that were identified at the time.

0:33:100:33:14

-Thanks very much.

-Thanks very much.

0:33:140:33:16

So I would say now that the business has become compliant.

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They are more aware, obviously, of the dangers.

0:33:210:33:23

They will continue to work with myself

0:33:230:33:25

and my colleague to put right what was wrong.

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The council will keep a close eye on this business to ensure

0:33:280:33:32

the public and employees stay safe and secure.

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Across the country our heroic local council officers share

0:33:450:33:49

a strong sense of commitment to the people they serve.

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And their dedication often extends to days

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when they're supposed to be off duty.

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This morning, the borough's annual triathlon is taking place, and

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as always, officers from the local authority are on hand to help out.

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A lot of council officers live and work in the borough

0:34:050:34:09

and it's not unusual to see them in different roles.

0:34:090:34:12

You might see them one day at work, you might see them

0:34:120:34:15

the next day leading or marshalling in the triathlon, or other events.

0:34:150:34:20

Council staff like Ian have volunteered to help out,

0:34:200:34:23

ensuring the event runs smoothly and keeping competitors safe.

0:34:230:34:27

I get involved in the triathlon because I'm involved with the local cycling club

0:34:270:34:30

and it is about the community giving something back,

0:34:300:34:33

bringing the community out and giving people a go.

0:34:330:34:35

Hiya.

0:34:350:34:36

What we wanted here was something that anybody could come and have a go at.

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There'll be different abilities in the group and you can have a go

0:34:400:34:43

and you'd be supported in a friendly environment.

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People might go away and think, "I'll take up cycling, I might join the gym.

0:34:450:34:49

"I might start running." That's only going to be a good thing.

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The triathlon starts with a 500-metre swim,

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followed by a 15-kilometre mountain bike ride.

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To finish, competitors have a 10-kilometre run to complete.

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To show how it's done, the council's chief executive,

0:35:020:35:05

Steve Pleasant, is taking part.

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I'm very nervous at the moment

0:35:070:35:09

because I have never done anything like this before in my life.

0:35:090:35:12

I don't know how I got convinced to do it.

0:35:120:35:14

It was an act of bravado but now, actually, I'm very, very anxious.

0:35:140:35:17

This is all about survival today, from me.

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If I can just get through and get round, I'll be very, very happy.

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For chief exec, Steve...

0:35:280:35:30

One down.

0:35:300:35:32

..and council officers, like Mike...

0:35:320:35:34

and Bev, giving up their time is a way to do

0:35:340:35:37

more for their residents and have a bit of fun.

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I love it. I get to tell people I'm taking part in the triathlon

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and they just think, naturally, that I'm riding,

0:35:440:35:47

swimming or running. I'm not, I'm just doing the easy bit

0:35:470:35:49

of standing here and making sure they stick by the path.

0:35:490:35:53

Yeah, it's good fun.

0:35:530:35:54

Straight right. Well done.

0:35:540:35:56

It's a wet and windy Sunday morning

0:35:560:35:58

and it's not just the competitors keeping Mike busy.

0:35:580:36:01

You're going right. Oh!

0:36:010:36:04

Come on, Dobbin.

0:36:040:36:06

OK.

0:36:070:36:09

I didn't know that was in my job description!

0:36:110:36:14

It's just a great team at work, it really is.

0:36:140:36:16

There are so many organisations relying on charitable work, these days.

0:36:160:36:20

You know, councils can't always support them like they used to.

0:36:200:36:22

So we just want to get involved with the community, the best we can.

0:36:220:36:26

It's good fun, it's keeping healthy, it's keeping fit.

0:36:260:36:28

That's what it's about.

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CHEERING

0:36:370:36:39

After a gruelling two hours,

0:36:390:36:40

the council's chief executive is coming to the end of his ordeal.

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That was hard.

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That was really hard.

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Anyway, I'm very happy now, very happy indeed.

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I need you to just leave me alone while I sit down and die somewhere.

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Thank you very much.

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Steve is one of over 100 people who took part.

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He decided to lead by example and, having done months of training

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ahead of the event, he's eager to see where he finished.

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I came 19th.

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Very respectable, I'm very pleased with that.

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This is the first time I've ever done a triathlon, so, really good.

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What a great event. What a fantastic event. All these people doing this.

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The weather was OK.

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Everyone has had a really great time.

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In first place, our champion for 2013,

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in a time of 1:47:31,

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representing the High Peaks Cycles,

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-Gregg McNally!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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The hard work of the dedicated volunteers has ensured

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the event was a huge success.

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If you're working in the public sector

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then your motivations will be very much about improving the lot of the local community.

0:37:450:37:50

It's no surprise that you'll find people who work in the Town Hall

0:37:500:37:53

actually involved with the church, involved with the food bank,

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involved with organising triathlons

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because they want to make a difference locally.

0:37:580:38:01

Ian and his colleagues will be back at the council in the morning.

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For some, the work doesn't end here.

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My work's not finished, no.

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I've got to go out and collect all the signs in now!

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It's a new day and, at the crematorium, Mike Gurney

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is making last-minute preparations ahead of the funeral

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of resident Stephen Jones, a man who died with no surviving family.

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It's Mike here from the Environmental Services. I'm dealing with a community funeral.

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It's absolutely critical to me that things go well.

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You know, all sorts can go wrong but it's for us

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to make sure the public don't know what's gone wrong

0:38:470:38:49

and to make sure their service is spot-on, really.

0:38:490:38:52

The minister taking the service thought it would be appropriate if I did a reading today.

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I don't know the gentleman but you feel like when you've been through his belongings at home

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you start to get a picture of the chap.

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I've chosen a reading which I thought was appropriate for today's funeral.

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Mike and the council team have been working hard to ensure that

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Stephen gets a good send-off.

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We've notified a lot of the neighbours near where Stephen lived

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because a lot of these funerals there's nobody there.

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This one today, I think, there will be a number of people coming which will be great.

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There seems to be a lot of community spirit in the area where

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Stephen lived and they are all wanting to pay their respects.

0:39:260:39:30

Mike's efforts have paid off.

0:39:360:39:37

Stephen's neighbours and other members of the community

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have arrived at the crematorium.

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Normally for community funerals there's nobody there except myself,

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or my staff, who always sit in on a funeral. We never let a funeral go ahead with nobody there.

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Stephen's was a different one because he lived in an area

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where neighbours looked out for each other.

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And, erm, it was a good turnout for him. I was pleased, yeah.

0:39:550:39:59

In front of the gathered mourners, it falls to Mike to give

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a reading about a man he never met but has recently come to know.

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I would like to say thank you, on behalf of Tameside Council,

0:40:090:40:12

for attending Stephen's funeral today.

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What's become clear in arranging this funeral is the community spirit

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in the Dukinfield area, where Stephen lived

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and the desire to give Stephen, your neighbour, your friend,

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your drinking partner, maybe, a proper send-off.

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Going through all his belongings in his house, you feel like you get to know somebody a little bit

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and nobody else, there was no other family.

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It just felt fitting that I should do a reading.

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"You can remember him and only that he is gone.

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"Or, you can cherish his memory and let it live on.

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"You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back,

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"or you can do what he would want,

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"smile, open your eyes, love and go on."

0:40:500:40:54

Thank you.

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In helping to galvanise the community,

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Mike has ensured that Stephen received a gracious send-off.

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He had a smile for people, as we know.

0:41:090:41:13

We would see him shopping, we'd say hello,

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pass a few words but not too many.

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We didn't know too much about him.

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I think it went very well, really.

0:41:210:41:23

It was good to see so many people there

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and it was good that community spirit, that was clearly evident.

0:41:250:41:29

A lot of them commented how lovely the service was.

0:41:290:41:31

They all said they learnt a lot about him they didn't know,

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which was from the information we found in his flat, really.

0:41:340:41:36

You know, I think it went really well and I feel we've done him justice.

0:41:360:41:40

Mike's hard work has ensured a respectful funeral for a man

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who died without any family to say farewell.

0:41:480:41:51

It's another vital role our councils perform

0:41:510:41:54

and one that most of us don't even think about.

0:41:540:41:57

There's probably lots of things in the council that people are doing that the public aren't aware of.

0:41:570:42:01

It's not something you advertise, it's something that's done quietly

0:42:010:42:05

and, you know, without too much fuss.

0:42:050:42:07

It's something that we do regularly

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and it's sad to think there are people out there, in our borough,

0:42:090:42:12

living alone, on their own, that people haven't noticed

0:42:120:42:15

they're missing, which I find quite sad in many ways.

0:42:150:42:19

That's the way society is, I suppose.

0:42:190:42:22

There's probably people in all our streets that are living alone

0:42:220:42:25

and recluse and people don't realise they've died.

0:42:250:42:28

Once again the country's dedicated council officers have been

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hard at work.

0:42:380:42:40

They have reassured worried residents.

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-It's not an insect, you're all right.

-Good.

0:42:420:42:44

-We call it a cardamom pod.

-Oh, right.

0:42:440:42:46

Ensured businesses keep their premises safe for customers

0:42:460:42:49

and employees alike.

0:42:490:42:51

Do you not have a guard there that stops, obviously, anybody falling over that?

0:42:510:42:55

And looked after their residents in life and in death.

0:42:550:42:58

I'd just like to say thank you on behalf of Tameside Council

0:42:580:43:01

for attending Stephen's funeral today.

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All this when we call the council.

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Hello, Bereavement Services.

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I don't know what will be on my gravestone but people often ask

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what's going to happen to me when I die.

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I've told them I'm going to be cremated

0:43:130:43:15

and I'm going to have my ashes scattered at Harvey Nichols in Manchester.

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That's because at least my wife will visit me twice a week!

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