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Hello and welcome to a special anniversary programme. Tonight

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we're at the BBC in Leicester, celebrating ten years of Inside Out

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East Midlands. So do you remember this? My family and my friends

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thought I might die but I know I would get better. 9-year-old Abbey

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was the star of our first programme - 10 years on we find out how she

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is now, and we will be digging out How long are you going to spend

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trying to evade justice, Mr Roberts? What the BLEEP's it got to

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do with you? You have been found guilty before, haven't you, of

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conning people? Nice car you've got, you have a nice villa up the road.

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Are you prepared for a winter's night on the town? Not really!

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are going out with no shoes on? should have some in the boot in

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case I break down. You're having a Before we look back at the last 10

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years of Inside Out, it's also the 50th anniversary of Jamaican

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independence. Like thousands of others, Des Coleman's parents

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joined the wave of migrants who came here after the war to fill

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Britain's chronic labour shortage. But the welcome they got wasn't

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always a warm one. Tonight Des tells the story of the people who

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came here to settle in the East Derby is my home town. It is where

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I grew up and a place that holds so many childhood memories. In fact

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most of my family still live here. It is now a multicultural

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metropolis, somewhere I feel safe, And like thousands of others of

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Jamaican descent, I celebrate my family's heritage in style. However,

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when my mum first arrived in Derby, it was a very different place. This

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road in Derby was the inner-city neighbourhood that became known as

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Little Kingston for a while. In fact, Mum, you'll remember this.

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This is where we used to live and this is where I was born.

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remember it well, these were houses those days. We have come along to

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meet an old friend who arrived in this gritty industrialised town

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It was 20 years after the first wave of Jamaican immigrants arrived

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on the Empire Windrush and the colour of communities in Derby was

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changing. But many white natives were still nervous of the so-called

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"newcomers". George! Good to see My mum's mate George Mighty arrived

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in Derby 50 years ago. Since then his commitment to the city's

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Caribbean community has been unrivalled. He's even been honoured

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for his contribution to racial harmony, but in those early days,

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times were tough. I had relatives here, living all along this area,

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but it wasn't easy because where you worked, it wasn't an easy place.

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You worked at a gas forge. That's right, one of my first jobs.

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did they treat you? The workers were terrible, some of them. They

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made comments that was totally uncalled for. You had a similar

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reception to other Jamaicans that came over. Yeah, I'm sure I did.

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It's just that I was able to probably manage it better than

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other people. It was sold to the Jamaican people that it was a land

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of opportunity. There was an advert going around in the early days, to

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say, come to England, England is your Mother country and it needs

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you. And I for one came on that advert, as soon as I'm old enough

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I'll go to England. So it was a real slap in the face when you got

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here? Yeah, you see the reception wasn't there. And the cold! It was

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so cold! Good thing my husband bought me a coat but it still

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George and my mum's story were similar. When they arrived jobs

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were plentiful in Britain and Derby was their promised land. People

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were settling down and starting families, but racism was everywhere.

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Difficult to get work, and I had some difficulty in getting

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accommodation also, which I attribute to colour prejudice,

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I want to understand the hostility and the mindset of the native

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Midlanders back then so I'm having lunch with author and historian

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Kerry Young. She is of Chinese- Jamaican descent and now lives in

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Leicestershire. Her latest book is set in a Jamaica under British rule.

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So it seemed as though your parents and mine both arrived in the UK at

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the same time, but the welcome they received wasn't as warm as they had

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expected. No, because by that point, we are talking the Sixties, there

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was so many Caribbean settlers in Britain that there was already

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racial tension. So you have got new neighbours, growing, increasing in

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number, often increasing in poorer communities, who you feel are

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putting a drain on employment and welfare services. So was it fair to

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say the government wanted us over here but the people didn't?

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government wanted the workers. But the people didn't necessarily want

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to live with those people once we Word was getting back to Jamaica

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that although things weren't easy in the UK, there were still

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opportunities, so people arrived in their thousands and headed for the

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country's manufacturing heartland, So what was it like for families

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like mine, torn in two and living thousands of miles apart, and what

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was happening in Jamaica to push these people to leave? I have

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arrived in my mum's homeland, days after Hurricane Sandy ripped across

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Jamaica. Many people were still mopping up the mess. My first port

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of call is the small village of Bamboo, the place my mum was born

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and where she grew up. It's been a ten-hour flight and a long drive,

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but finally I have arrived in the village of Bamboo, and this is the

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house where my mum grew up. It is a long way from a James Bond beach

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and bikini-clad girls. This is what I call the real Jamaica. And guess

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what, it's raining! Joining me is my mum's cousin Val, who decided to

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stay and make his living from farming. While many of his

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relatives left, even his daughter emigrated to Japan, Val vowed to

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stay. I want to know what it was like for people left behind. This

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is you when you was a baby. This is when my mum went to England. So

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when people were leaving to go to England, was there any jealousy?

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Well, some husband might feel that them wife not going to come back to

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them, wife feel their husband not coming back to them, so there was a

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jealousy in between. Did it split marriages up? Of course it did,

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because people go to the UK and them find a better life, so don't

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remember them immediate family, them start a new relationship and

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carry on with their life while some in Jamaica have to wait, so them

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have to move on. People still leaving to search for a better life

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right now. So many educated people leave and never come back. It was a

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I am one of an estimated 2.5 million Jamaicans and their

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descendants who now live abroad. Despite its political stability,

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Jamaica is still a poor country. So was it poverty that made Jamaicans

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want to leave their homeland for places like Derby or something

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else? To find out, I am meeting Khitanya Petgrave, a lecturer in

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the University of West Indies and an expert on migration during the

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Forties, Fifties and Sixties. Until 1962, Jamaica was under British

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rule and prejudice wasn't just confined to UK shores. What was

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going on in Jamaica in the Sixties that made people want to leave?

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Locally, there were some social problems, a lot of people who left

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were black, of urban working-class background, and they were the

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target of anti-black discrimination. A lot of opportunities were not

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available for them. That coincided with the pull factor, you have to

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understand that Jamaica in this period was nearly 300 years under

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British rule. These people had been socialised to believe themselves to

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be subject of the British Empire and belonging to it, very much so.

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So they were inundated with the idea of the veneration of British

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monarchy, British heroes, they read books, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace,

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all these things were things they believed were theirs. So it seemed

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to me that they were going home, in many ways, almost like a mother

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country. So the dream was to go to England, make life yourself and

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then come back to Jamaica. Did many people aspire to that?

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So the black working-class is being held back in this British colony

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and the only way to better your prospects is to leave and try your

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luck in the motherland. To end my journey, I have tracked down a

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former Derby postman. Caleb and his wife, now in their eighties, loved

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their life in the UK, despite its challenges. But after 40 years, it

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was their dream to retire back home. I have tracked Caleb Brown to his

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new home in Tolgate, Jamaica. Before you went to England you

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classed yourself as Jamaican. Then you stayed in in England for 40

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years, what did you class yourself as? Jamaican. So that never changed.

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When you came back to Jamaica, did the Jamaicans treat you

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differently? People would rip you off. Coming from abroad, so it is

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almost like a reverse prejudice. In So you moved over to England to

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make better prospects for yourself, you did that and come back to

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Jamaica. Would you say you have lived the dream of most Jamaicans?

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I would say so, yes. I went there, I made a living and I came back

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It is 50 years since Jamaica got its independence, but everywhere

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there are places that emphasise its bond with Britain, Grantham,

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Spalding, and not Derbyshire's Peak District, but the Derby peak, out

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there somewhere. A mountain of some It's time now to leave my family

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and friends in Jamaica. Back home I am reminded that Derby has come a

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long way since the day my mum arrived. While is clear that

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prejudice can be a problem wherever you go, my city has become more

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tolerant, more accepting. It now celebrates its Caribbean culture.

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But as Derby and the UK became stronger, Jamaica paid the price,

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with the loss of labour, talent and the breaking up of families. What a

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Des Coleman, one of our familiar faces here on Inside Out Midlands,

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and there have been a fair few of them. We have met some amazing

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people and told some remarkable stories right across the East

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Midlands. Tonight we are looking back at 10 years on air, and it all

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began in September 2002, with a brand new look and a different face.

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This is the first inside Out, a programme which brings you

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surprising stories from the East Midlands. We've made nearly 600

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films since then. Used our journalism to get you answers.

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long are you going to evade justice? You been found guilty

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before of conning people? Nice car you have got there. Not shied away

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from difficult subjects. Why are you here? I'm from Leicester, yeah,

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and I was born in the place and it is now run by Islamic BLEEP.

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England went to war with Jamaica which army would you be in?

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British Army. You are British them. Would you then allow me into your

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party? No. Taken you behind the scenes to ask the big questions.

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you know who owns the club? I know one of them. He seems to be very

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real. Been right there as the big Well, over the last decade we have

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never been short of stories. From the rolling hills of the Derbyshire

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Dales to the heart of our inner cities, it's the people and places

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who make Inside Out East Midlands what it is. What do you like about

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the programme? I like the variety. I think it is good for people to

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find out the true stories. We have done our best to hold people to

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account and find out what is really going on. We have worked under

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Exposed the car clockers turning back the mileage to make a profit.

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It changes it straight away. told you about the serial fraudster

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who claimed he had big connections in TV so he could fleece people out

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of thousands. A visit to our Nottingham studios could very soon

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put you in the picture. In 2007 we went on the trail of this man.

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Peter Roberts, or Maggot Pete, as he became known. He thought he had

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got away with a multi-million pound food scam turning diseased chicken

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into pre-packed meat for supermarkets and care homes. That

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was until we caught up with him in Northern Cyprus. Do you think you

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can stay here forever? Are you proud of what you did, Mr Roberts?

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Are you using the money to run this business? I told you BEEP off. I'll

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knock you spark out in a minute. told the Foreign and Commonwealth

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Office where Roberts was and within weeks he was extradited back to the

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UK, handcuffed and ready to start a Last year we enlisted the help of

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veteran journalist Roger Cook for a special investigation. We followed

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the trail of a paedophile. Derek Slade, a former headmaster from

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Mickleover in Derbyshire. A man who had managed to con a Leicester

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charity out of thousands of pounds so he could set up a school in

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India, where he abused children. How many of you were beaten by

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Slade? All of you? The pupils we found in India are now suing for

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There are plenty of places here in the East Midlands that most of us

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would never get to see. Inside Out has opened the doors to some of

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them. We do not knowingly admit atheists or agnostics. We've delved

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into the secret world of the Masons. This is the bench where people are

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initiated. The kneeling stool. Filmed inside the most secure

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hospital in the country. We're not full of monsters. People like to

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think it's full of monsters. followed one hospital's fight to

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keep their children's heart surgery unit in Leicester. Without cardiac

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surgery here, this intensive care unit would close. In 2006 we went

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undercover at the largest security firm in the world, G4S. We wanted

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to find the truth about how it monitored tagged offenders in the

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East Midlands. Tagged offenders wear an electronic device around

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their ankles that's monitored by a box where they live. It is an

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alternative to prison designed to keep them off our streets. But what

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we found was shocking. Equipment Staff believed dangerous offenders

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Really? Jesus. And we caught some managers prepared to lie to meet

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G4S sacked five employees following our programme and said it would

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make changes to its procedures. Anti-social behaviour has been a

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problem we have tackled many times. And we have been there as it has

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happened, including one eventful Christmas night out. In Mansfield.

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A recent report highlighted this town has a drinking problem. The

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highest numbers of alcohol-related hospital admissions. And the

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highest levels of alcohol related crime in Nottinghamshire. So we're

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out with the boys and girls in blue on one of the busiest nights of the

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year. And we are in for a rough ride. I've told you once, I will

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not tell you again. In 2008 we were contacted by residents who told us

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they had enough of living in the student neighbourhood and students

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complaining about poor accommodation. Mattresses left

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outside. It looks like bits of carpet. The kitchen cupboards.

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Everything piled up. This is a classic example. Having said that,

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it's not the only example. Basically, when we first heard

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about the property and saw the house, the landlord told us the

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whole thing would be redone and it was to be painted and decorated the

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way we chose. None of that was done. Since our programme, Nottingham

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City Council has tightened up planning rules for houses with

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multiple occupancy to try to clean We East Midlanders love a good moan

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about the weather and over the last ten years it's been pretty wild at

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times. But it was the big freeze that got you all watching. While

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you were all toasty at home, we were in the thick of it! In 2010 we

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had the heaviest snowfall for a generation in the East Midlands.

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The last time we had weather like this was 1981. We spent the day and

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night finding out how it was affecting you. You're going out

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with the shoes on? You are having a laugh. Are you really prepared for

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a winter's night out in Nottingham? Not really. Where's your coat?

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Those tiny little straps will not keep you warm. And these pictures

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are becoming disturbingly familiar. When rivers flood, we want to know

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what's being done to protect us. 10 years after the worst floods, we

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wanted to find out what the authorities had done to prevent the

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damage and destruction from happening all over again. What we

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found was a postcode lottery. do some places get better

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protection than others? If you've got a lot of properties at risk,

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protecting those, there's more value in doing that than some of

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the others. It sounds quite harsh but if we've got public money to

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spend we need to target it as It's not just the weather that

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grabs the headlines. When the East Midlands finds itself at the centre

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of a story, we've been there to dig a little bit deeper. In 2009 the

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strangest tale began to emerge at Notts County. Our cameras were

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behind the scenes from the start. It started as a dream. Untold

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riches, big name signings, plans for the Premiere League in five

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years' time. The target is also to make the name Notts County bigger

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outside England. I have already been on one trip to Asia. Talking

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about Notts County and things like that. But the money they spent

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didn't exist and they had to fight for their survival. Selling the

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club for a pound. They were talking about getting Beckham, Roberto

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Carlos, fantasy land. Notts County was in a serious financial position.

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The new owners said they would call the police and after uncovering �7

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million in debt and unpaid bills. The likelihood of 25 to �50 million

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investment, which has been bandied about, was never likely to happen.

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Earlier this year the English Defence League came to Leicester.

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And we were there. It's hard to tell how many have turned out for

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this demonstration today. Early estimates were saying 300 to 400.

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But when you look down on it like this, it looks much more like maybe

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1000. We were in the thick of it, gauging your reactions. And

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investigating what impact it would have on the image of a city with

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such a diverse population. I don't know what they stand for and I

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don't care what they stand for, but they don't belong in Leicester.

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are here at the Devil's Cars. Before I joined seven years ago, a

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familiar face in the East Midlands fronted Inside Out for around 50

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shows. What have we got in store tonight? Excuse me, we're from the

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BBC. Can I ask you what you think about congestion charges? It's a

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bad idea. Over the last few months I have spent a little bit of time

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with some of the band members as they prepare for this amazing

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From Mansfield to Market Harborough, the places where we live really are

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something to celebrate. Over the last ten years we've pretty much

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been everywhere in the East Midlands and that's what you say

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makes Inside Out so special. get to know what's going on in your

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own region. But it's nice to highlight the local issues because

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the national issues always overlook the local issues. And local

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traditions as well. Seeing they're being carried on. In 2005 we

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recorded the rich differences in dialects across our region. And met

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the people trying to keep traditions alive. Aye up me duck.

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Aye up me duck. Aye up me duck, how're you doing? Aye up me duck is

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our most famous phrase here in the East Midlands but it's not the only

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one is it? You've got plenty if you listen out, you'll probably here

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someone say it's going a bit black The Marmaris villages were

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flooded... -- numerous villages. 2003 we told you of the communities

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that have been lost to make way for reservoirs. During the creation of

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these huge water reserves, many families across the East Midlands

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paid the ultimate price. They lost her ancestral homes and businesses

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beneath the surface of these new man-made lakes. People come around

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and say isn't it beautiful now but it's nothing to what it was before.

:24:46.:24:50.

It's all man-made now isn't it? was such a lovely place down there,

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everybody, all the locals used to come and visit us and cups of tea,

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laughing and happy times. We had a wonderful life. We got everything

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anybody could have ever wished for down that valley. Some of the

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stories we've told have certainly made us think differently about

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where we live. In 2003 we first came across something that, if true,

:25:10.:25:13.

would change the tourist map for people in one part of

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Leicestershire. King Richard III was the last English monarch to die

:25:22.:25:26.

in battle. He lost his life trying to save his crown. It's always been

:25:26.:25:28.

thought that this happened at Bosworth in Leicesterhire but in

:25:28.:25:33.

2003 this was challenged. This is the official site where Richard met

:25:33.:25:36.

his end and called, a horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse.

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That's if you believe Shakespeare. But one historian said he died in

:25:42.:25:50.

what is now a lay bay with a burger van. -- layby. Two years ago, after

:25:50.:25:53.

an intense search, they came up with a third site 2.5 miles south

:25:53.:25:56.

west of where the history books had previously put it. And conclusive

:25:56.:25:59.

evidence that Richard actually died here. It's a badge given by Richard

:25:59.:26:06.

III to one of his retinue. And because it's silver gilt, that has

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to be a knight or someone of higher status. That person would have

:26:10.:26:16.

ridden with Richard to his death in the battle. What do you

:26:16.:26:19.

particularly enjoy? I think it's important to get across the amazing

:26:19.:26:22.

work that people do because otherwise it's unknown and people

:26:22.:26:27.

wouldn't know or recognise the achievements. I think the people,

:26:27.:26:32.

finding out about people's lives and how people live. Over the years

:26:32.:26:35.

we've met some remarkable people living immensely challenging lives.

:26:35.:26:39.

In 2009 we told you the story of Liam Smith, a primordial dwarf and

:26:39.:26:44.

one of the rarest children in the world. We met his family and took

:26:44.:26:48.

them to America to a very special convention. It was a once-in-a-

:26:48.:26:51.

lifetime chance for them to meet other people like their son to

:26:51.:26:55.

realise that they're not alone. Seeing him with other children was

:26:56.:27:03.

priceless. I feel more confident about bringing him up and more

:27:03.:27:13.
:27:13.:27:14.

privileged. Ten years gone in a flash. But before we go, let's go

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back to that very first programme. A young girl was making the news

:27:21.:27:26.

not just here in the East Midlands but across the country. Abbey was

:27:26.:27:30.

only nine when her heart stopped working because of blood poisoning.

:27:30.:27:34.

She desperately needed a heart transplant. For 18 dark days,

:27:34.:27:37.

doctors kept her alive in intensive care at Great Ormond Street in

:27:37.:27:44.

London. Then a suitable heart donor was found and Abbey was saved.

:27:44.:27:47.

family and friends thought I was going to die but I knew I would get

:27:47.:27:52.

better. We followed Abbey's recovery and she was the star of

:27:52.:27:58.

our first programme. It'll never be back to normal normal as I've got

:27:58.:28:01.

to take drugs for the rest of my life. It's amazing what the doctors

:28:01.:28:06.

at Great Ormond Street can do. it really is amazing because this

:28:06.:28:10.

is Abbey now. Do you remember us filming you all those years ago?

:28:10.:28:17.

remember little bits. We went to a theme park. I went to a teddy bear

:28:17.:28:21.

factory and made my own teddy bear. You're a student now. I'm at

:28:21.:28:24.

Coventry University in my second year. You look really well.

:28:24.:28:34.

medical problems. I take my medication twice a day and apart

:28:34.:28:35.

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