:00:04. > :00:09.Hello. Tonight, Inside Out East Midlands is at the National
:00:09. > :00:12.Memorial Arboretum. Coming up in the next half hour:
:00:12. > :00:20.Playing with danger - why Derbyshire's quarries can be a
:00:20. > :00:26.deathtrap. These kids think they are invincible and it's so
:00:27. > :00:35.dangerous. Would you send your child to a
:00:36. > :00:41.faith school? There is the pretence about teaching all religions in
:00:41. > :00:48.face schools, it is a fiction. And what happened when Bomber Ted
:00:48. > :00:58.met Cabbie Paul. Chettle didn't want to know you guys at the end of
:00:58. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:13.Before the National Memorial arboretum, this land was a quarry
:01:13. > :01:17.and quarrying was a big employer here in the East Midlands. But Tess
:01:17. > :01:27.bass is a constant problem and people who ignore the warnings are
:01:27. > :01:49.
:01:49. > :01:58.Derbyshire is rich in minerals. But all those holes left in the ground
:01:58. > :02:02.from quarrying can be death traps. This is not just a local problem.
:02:02. > :02:12.Young people have been killed and injured across the country. The
:02:12. > :02:20.
:02:20. > :02:23.figures get worse as the weather get better. Our story starts at
:02:23. > :02:26.Harpur Hill - an abandoned limestone quarry on the edge of the
:02:26. > :02:29.Peak District, and known to some as the The Blue Lagoon. This quarry
:02:29. > :02:32.gained notoriety when people were posted on YouTube swimming and
:02:32. > :02:34.diving in toxic water. As summer turned to autumn, the swimmers were
:02:34. > :02:37.replaced by trespassing teenagers on dry land. It is unbelievable
:02:37. > :02:45.that people would want to go near the water. And babies being dangled
:02:45. > :02:55.into it. Luckily, nobody has been injured but every year, people die
:02:55. > :02:56.
:02:56. > :03:01.in places like this. We have got a key for this place. It is
:03:01. > :03:06.unbelievable how people can just get in. A tragic accident happened
:03:06. > :03:13.at another abandoned quarry, on the other side of the county. We have
:03:13. > :03:23.permission to enter the site. not nice, it is the first time I've
:03:23. > :03:34.
:03:34. > :03:37.been here since it happened. It's not nice thinking back.. Ryan
:03:37. > :03:42.Walker from Clay Cross was 15 when he drowned in an old quarry in
:03:42. > :03:47.Ashover. His best friend witnessed the accident. You can imagine,
:03:47. > :03:54.coming down here when it's warm, is lovely. Everyone has towels. After
:03:55. > :04:00.a while, Ryan decided to swim to the other side. Many of us have, I
:04:00. > :04:06.don't think we anyone else did that day. To he got into difficulty?
:04:06. > :04:13.he shouted help, or we understood that he was panicking. By the time
:04:13. > :04:16.he had grabbed attention, he was going under. Since Ryan's death,
:04:16. > :04:19.his family has fought to get the site made safe. When a local
:04:19. > :04:29.aggregate firm put in an application to fill the site with
:04:29. > :04:29.
:04:29. > :04:36.waste rubble, they backed the plan. I get why people come here, why
:04:36. > :04:40.children want to get away and have a bit of fun without their parents.
:04:40. > :04:47.But the kids, they don't understand the dangers. What do you want done,
:04:47. > :04:50.Tracey? Personally, I would like to see it all filled in and made a
:04:50. > :04:55.safe environment and perhaps a nature reserve where people can
:04:55. > :04:59.bring their children safely. This bit definitely needs to be filled
:04:59. > :05:02.in. Despite a death in their village, local campaigners have
:05:02. > :05:11.fought a bitter battle against the plan. They're worried about the
:05:11. > :05:15.impact of big lorries and dust along narrow country lanes. We have
:05:15. > :05:20.every sympathy as parents for everybody who loses their son in
:05:20. > :05:28.tragic circumstances. Having said that, the quarry is private
:05:28. > :05:30.property and swimming in the quarry is not without its danger.
:05:30. > :05:34.after months of deliberation, Derbyshire County Council has made
:05:34. > :05:37.their decision. And it wasn't the one Tracey was hoping for - the
:05:37. > :05:41.plans have been turned down. So if infill isn't an option, is security
:05:41. > :05:50.good enough in keeping people out? I'm meeting Nigel Jackson, who
:05:51. > :05:54.represents the quarry operators. Given that we get these terrible
:05:54. > :06:01.accidents year after year, should the industry be doing more to make
:06:01. > :06:06.these places more Secure? Well, we are making increasing efforts to
:06:06. > :06:10.engage with communities. This is a long-term commitment to have
:06:10. > :06:15.community engagement and outreach to schools and local communities. I
:06:15. > :06:20.think we are probably ahead of many other industries in recognising
:06:20. > :06:25.that there are potential risks and hazards. Ours is unlike any other
:06:25. > :06:30.because it is an outdoor industry, it has its own dynamic in terms of
:06:30. > :06:36.perimeters and the countryside. We used signs, we have regular Martin
:06:36. > :06:41.of the perimeter fences and often, these are very long distances. --
:06:41. > :06:48.we have regular marking. It is more difficult with disused quarries
:06:48. > :06:55.because when the land is sold on, to a third party, it can revert to
:06:55. > :06:57.the original landowner and control is in the hands of others. One of
:06:57. > :07:00.the most recent rescues from a secure site happened this summer.
:07:00. > :07:04.Luke Lloyd strayed off a public footpath running through a working
:07:04. > :07:13.quarry in Derbyshire. He started to sink into the mud and it took five
:07:13. > :07:19.hours to save his life. So, how did you become trap was -- trapped?
:07:19. > :07:26.was messing about, running through the mud and it looked safe. Then
:07:26. > :07:33.suddenly, I thought I would like to run across. I went straight down, I
:07:33. > :07:38.tried to move, I kept moving try to get out but I couldn't. You were in
:07:38. > :07:48.quicksand and the more you moved, the more you sank. Paddy did you
:07:48. > :07:49.
:07:49. > :07:56.go? I finish about chest height. any further...? I would have been
:07:56. > :08:03.dead. There are signs everywhere, saying keep out, you didn't. I know,
:08:03. > :08:07.I just didn't think. Are people not taking the danger seriously enough?
:08:07. > :08:12.I think there is widespread ignorance about the potential
:08:12. > :08:17.hazards that might be working -- lurking in a quarry. The water is
:08:17. > :08:24.very cold. If you seek to swim in Walker -- in water in a quarry,
:08:24. > :08:30.you're probably get shock. Some of these sides could be unstable, and
:08:30. > :08:34.it doesn't take a very big stone to cause a problem. There are any
:08:34. > :08:42.number of potential hazards but none of these are dangerous if you
:08:42. > :08:45.are there by arrangement. They are only dangerous if you trespass.
:08:45. > :08:48.story ends where it started - Harpur Hill abandoned quarry. A
:08:48. > :08:52.site where the county council and the landowner has so far failed to
:08:52. > :08:55.keep people out. Lisa Skones' teenage son was killed in a similar
:08:55. > :09:04.quarry to this after a quad bike accident. Since then, she's been
:09:04. > :09:09.involved in campaigns to try and keep kids out. He spent his 18th
:09:09. > :09:14.birthday in a coma. That's why I am having this campaign to stop kids,
:09:14. > :09:23.or young men, they are not his! To stop them taking their lives and
:09:24. > :09:31.their hands. All right? OK. Thanks for the chat. That could have been
:09:31. > :09:37.my son. It shocking. He listened, he listened to what I was saying,
:09:37. > :09:41.but he went in. These kids think they are invincible. It is so
:09:41. > :09:51.dangerous. Especially seeing that young boy who is of no more than
:09:51. > :09:51.
:09:51. > :10:01.six years old on a quad bike, he is not supervised. I was shocked. My
:10:01. > :10:01.
:10:01. > :10:04.heart is really going fast. Lisa's son Danny died after crashing a
:10:04. > :10:07.quad bike in a quarry. And like Tracey, who lost her son swimming,
:10:07. > :10:15.these mums' message couldn't be clearer. When it comes to quarries
:10:15. > :10:19.- stay out, stay safe. One in three of all publicly-funded
:10:19. > :10:29.schools are run on faith grounds. Now a Christian and Jewish schools
:10:29. > :10:33.are being joined by Moslem, Hindu and Sikh once. People say they can
:10:33. > :10:38.provide a high standard of education, but critics say they are
:10:38. > :10:48.divisive and prevent integration. They schools are mushrooming
:10:48. > :10:48.
:10:49. > :10:55.everywhere. They are divisive. argument doesn't wash. There is no
:10:55. > :10:59.argument until today that faith schools segregate. They cause
:10:59. > :11:04.friction in the community. There are people within society you want
:11:04. > :11:14.to hold on to their religion. are counter-productive and usually
:11:14. > :11:17.
:11:17. > :11:20.harmful to the fabric of our society. -- hugely harmful.
:11:20. > :11:22.Polarised views on a controversial debate - should the taxpayer fund
:11:22. > :11:25.schools based on faith? 7,000 of the nation's 21,000 schools are
:11:25. > :11:27.religious foundations, and the numbers are growing. Many parents
:11:27. > :11:37.are unhappy with their local secular schools and want an
:11:37. > :11:41.
:11:41. > :11:46.alternative. We wanted the best of both worlds. We wanted her to
:11:46. > :11:50.achieve academic lake and not to forget her religion. I come from a
:11:50. > :11:54.background of very mixed cultures. Leicester itself has a lot of mix
:11:54. > :12:01.culture. So I'm not worried that they are not mixing with people of
:12:01. > :12:05.different religions. The Leicester Islamic Academy was one of the
:12:05. > :12:08.first Muslim schools in the country. Established before the government
:12:08. > :12:14.gave the go-ahead for large numbers of free new faith schools, it
:12:14. > :12:24.charges for its education. But despite the cost, there's huge
:12:24. > :12:25.
:12:25. > :12:30.demand. For every place, there are five applications. We do better
:12:30. > :12:34.than most schools. We are high up in the league. But being an
:12:34. > :12:42.independent school, will not enter into the league tables. But we are
:12:42. > :12:49.doing better than all the schools around us.
:12:49. > :12:59.# If you're a sad and you know it, tell a friend.
:12:59. > :13:00.
:13:00. > :13:06.It is a normal education but underpinned by Our religion for's
:13:06. > :13:16.ethos. We have the five pillars of Islam over there and Jackie and the
:13:16. > :13:16.
:13:16. > :13:23.Beanstalk over there. It is more of the moral and ethical side to
:13:23. > :13:26.ensure that our children get both sides of education. Recent surveys
:13:26. > :13:29.have shown that more than 60% of the 25 top ranking state schools
:13:29. > :13:31.are based on religion. Although opponents accept that many faith
:13:31. > :13:36.schools provide a very good academic education, they say it's
:13:36. > :13:40.not balanced. They do not give you the opportunity of broadening the
:13:40. > :13:46.horizons of knowledge, the knowledge becomes limited and as
:13:46. > :13:56.they grow up, they do not grow up into rounded children, rounded
:13:56. > :13:56.
:13:56. > :13:59.citizens, who would create harmony in society. The Madani High School
:13:59. > :14:03.is linked to the Islamic Academy but the education is free, paid for
:14:03. > :14:07.by the state. Some of the children here had friends from all religious
:14:07. > :14:12.backgrounds at their old school. Now their classmates are almost all
:14:12. > :14:22.Muslim. Did they resent it when their parents sent them to an
:14:22. > :14:24.
:14:24. > :14:30.Islamic school? Through the years, I have learnt to build my confident
:14:30. > :14:35.with my religion. I can integrate into society no problems. I can go
:14:35. > :14:39.to college, or university with an identity of being a Muslim girl.
:14:40. > :14:44.thought I was going to miss out on everything else. But I see that I
:14:44. > :14:49.haven't because I have a great dedication and the teachers teach
:14:49. > :14:53.fantastically. Parents need to have that choice and that freedom. I
:14:53. > :14:56.believe this country is about freedom and opportunity and the
:14:56. > :15:05.school provides opportunity. If the demand was not there, fake schools
:15:05. > :15:10.would not flourish. Choice is an overworked word. While I nothing
:15:10. > :15:13.against -- I have nothing against people teaching religion, I do not
:15:13. > :15:23.think the state has any responsibility in providing funding
:15:23. > :15:23.
:15:24. > :15:28.for this purpose. We have clear links between these three ideas and
:15:28. > :15:31.the curriculum. Sikhs in Leicester want to open a new faith school
:15:31. > :15:40.next year. The Krishna Avanti Hindu School may provide them with a
:15:40. > :15:45.model for their plans. State schools, they're very big classroom
:15:45. > :15:49.sizes and the schools are very large as well. We want to create a
:15:49. > :15:57.school where children are brought up like a family and the education
:15:57. > :16:01.will be outstanding. Are we ready for our new day? Chris Spall is the
:16:01. > :16:10.head teacher at Krishna Avanti. He is a Christian. He says it's vital
:16:10. > :16:16.that all faith schools open their doors to all religions. It's a
:16:16. > :16:22.British school with a Hindu ethos but that ethos is inclusive. Our
:16:22. > :16:29.admission policy says that we give 50 % of our places to other faiths
:16:29. > :16:37.or no faith. The other 50 % goes to Hindus. We have improved -- we have
:16:37. > :16:41.succeeded in that and we expect to improve on that. We have our 32nd
:16:41. > :16:44.silence first. Prime Minister David Cameron says
:16:44. > :16:47.faith schools provide more choice. It's a choice which the parents of
:16:47. > :16:55.Oliver Furbear Jackson were delighted to make - at the moment
:16:55. > :17:01.he's one of only two Christian pupils at the Krishna Avanti school.
:17:01. > :17:05.We were overwhelmed by the ethos of the school. And despite being a
:17:05. > :17:12.practising Christians, we thought it would be a perfect school for
:17:12. > :17:16.Oliver. It doesn't really matter what colour our skin is, or
:17:16. > :17:21.whatever cultural beliefs are, in fact one of the parents said in the
:17:21. > :17:28.playground to my husband, Krishna or God, he made both of us, the
:17:28. > :17:34.cutters from the same class. That is the nicest thing and we feel
:17:34. > :17:37.that is how the school has interacted with us.
:17:37. > :17:40.For more than 30 years, Resham Singh Sandhu, a former High Sheriff
:17:40. > :17:44.of Leicestershire, has led a campaign to bring faiths together.
:17:44. > :17:54.He believes the new wave of free religious schools will lead to more
:17:54. > :17:58.
:17:58. > :18:06.divisions. Now the time has come for us to be operating as a
:18:06. > :18:12.mainstream, living along with others. If we are going to be
:18:12. > :18:16.exclusive operating within our own faith, with an hour own community,
:18:17. > :18:22.then our contribution to society as a hold -- as a whole will not be
:18:22. > :18:26.beneficial. Religion has played a beneficial part throughout the
:18:26. > :18:30.history of education, in this country especially. I think that is
:18:30. > :18:36.a good value and we can still hold on to that without compromising
:18:36. > :18:39.dealing with people of other faiths or people at other schools.
:18:39. > :18:41.government is keen to fund more faith schools and is hoping the
:18:41. > :18:44.expansion of academies free from local authority control will drive
:18:44. > :18:54.up standards. But opponents are asking, will this be at the expense
:18:54. > :19:01.
:19:01. > :19:06.Finally tonight, why Remembrance Day has even more meaning for a
:19:06. > :19:10.group of war veterans who have waited 67 years for recognition.
:19:10. > :19:16.There is now a memorial for those who served in Bomber Command but
:19:16. > :19:26.that is thanks to people like Ted Cachart, who made it happen. This
:19:26. > :19:46.
:19:46. > :19:56.is what happened when he got into Silhouetted against a moon, giant
:19:56. > :19:57.
:19:57. > :20:07.Lancaster's loomed darkly. 1,000 bombers are massing. Today is the
:20:07. > :20:14.
:20:14. > :20:19.big day of our lives. My old man was in the army for 36 years.
:20:19. > :20:28.turned his back on us at the end of the war. Who, Churchill? I didn't
:20:28. > :20:32.know that. We were some of the lucky ones. Many of us did not come
:20:32. > :20:39.back. They were -- there were 900 from my squadron who failed to
:20:39. > :20:43.return. These men know what they have to do. A calm moonlit night
:20:43. > :20:53.and everything waiting from planes to carrier pigeons. They know what
:20:53. > :20:58.the arts of. I decided to take a chance, falsified my age. I passed
:20:58. > :21:08.the selection board and, service number. It was just before my 16th
:21:08. > :21:12.birthday. I decided I was going to join the RAF. I didn't fancy
:21:12. > :21:20.walking anywhere and I didn't fancy swimming anywhere. I've got all the
:21:20. > :21:23.respect in the world for you, my friend. The cameraman and second
:21:23. > :21:30.pilot is ready to drop the camera and take the controls is the need
:21:30. > :21:38.arises. There is an occasional flash and the German defences are
:21:38. > :21:42.very active. The plane is taking violent evasive action. We had a
:21:42. > :21:49.collision in our Lankester with people from our squadron and they
:21:49. > :21:57.were killed. Our pilot doesn't know how he got out. He has never
:21:57. > :22:07.remembered having got out of the aircraft.
:22:07. > :22:09.
:22:09. > :22:14.Took our wing of. If only people knew. Is this all in your book?
:22:14. > :22:21.knew. Is this all in your book? knew. Is this all in your book?
:22:21. > :22:27.Victory in Europe! In the hour of triumph, let us salute those who
:22:27. > :22:32.made this moment possible. Victories such as ours are not
:22:32. > :22:36.bought without a grievous price in sorrow. On battlegrounds and every
:22:36. > :22:45.part of the world, silent memorials mark the resting place of those who
:22:45. > :22:49.will not return. Thousands more were long bear the marks of war.
:22:49. > :22:53.have our remembrance book here, which is our squadron. We will now
:22:53. > :23:03.have a memorial which will hopefully keep their memory alive
:23:03. > :23:05.
:23:05. > :23:14.for many generations to come. one of the BG's involved, rubbing
:23:14. > :23:24.it? The foundation stone at for their memorial was finally laid
:23:24. > :23:25.
:23:25. > :23:30.today. Remembering all of those who fell in the service of freedom.
:23:30. > :23:37.It's about standing up and saying we honour these men who lost their
:23:37. > :23:39.lives and went freely to their death. Little's signings are going
:23:39. > :23:43.on around the country with different veterans. This has been
:23:43. > :23:50.going on for some time now. Signatures of veterans are becoming
:23:50. > :23:57.very much sought after. Because veterans are passing away. IM Bates
:23:58. > :24:07.to be the last one and I will lock the door and turn the lights out. -
:24:08. > :24:17.
:24:17. > :24:25.- I am going to be the last one. 67 years is a long time to wait for a
:24:25. > :24:30.memorial. A true justification for those who lost their lives. The MoD
:24:30. > :24:38.did contribute one penny? No contribution from the government
:24:38. > :24:45.whatsoever? Know. And they went up keep it either. So this is from
:24:45. > :24:55.public donations? Exactly. Is this because it's not PCTs, because of
:24:55. > :24:57.
:24:57. > :25:02.the fact that there was bombing? -- because it is not PC? I have never
:25:02. > :25:08.heard that before. Churchill didn't even want to know you guys at the
:25:08. > :25:18.end of the war? He ordered the raid on Dresden to take place to pacify
:25:18. > :25:44.
:25:44. > :25:51.While he! Talk about learning something new every day. That is
:25:52. > :25:56.the phrase of the day for me today. And that is not to forget for a
:25:56. > :26:02.moment, those hundreds of men who faced other great challenges and
:26:02. > :26:06.overcame enormous odds and dangers. Evading, escaping. As Winston
:26:06. > :26:12.Churchill famously recounted, the gratitude of every home in hour
:26:12. > :26:20.Ireland, in our Empire and indeed, throughout the world, goes out to
:26:20. > :26:26.the British airmen who faced constant challenge and mortal
:26:26. > :26:36.danger and are turning the tide of the war by their price and devotion.
:26:36. > :26:40.
:26:40. > :26:47.-- by the Paris and devotion. -- bike their prowess and devotion.
:26:47. > :26:54.last, we have a memorial and a recognition which is as important,
:26:54. > :27:04.that what we did was right. The tarnished name of Bomber Command
:27:04. > :27:16.
:27:16. > :27:26.has now been cleaned. I thought Prince Charles was coming to shake
:27:26. > :27:39.
:27:39. > :27:45.The height of excitement and the Low was standing and waiting in the
:27:45. > :27:49.queue. It was all worth it in the end. Do you feel you have finally
:27:49. > :27:56.got recognition? I think the whole attitude of the country is going to
:27:56. > :28:06.change. People who perhaps didn't know the whole story will perhaps
:28:06. > :28:07.
:28:07. > :28:13.now know what it is. Sir, Thank you very much. From the bottom of my
:28:13. > :28:23.heart. From the -- in the hour of triumph, let us praise those who
:28:23. > :28:37.
:28:37. > :28:43.When can report met bomber Ted. That's it from the National