:00:03. > :00:10.Hello, and tonight Inside Out is at Market Harborough in Leicestershire.
:00:10. > :00:13.Losing the plot the allotment holders digging in to try to keep
:00:13. > :00:19.theirs. This is happening all over the
:00:19. > :00:26.country, how many other people are The heavy price we pay for heavy
:00:26. > :00:29.drinking. SINGING: He's a lucky man!
:00:29. > :00:39.They lose their job, lose their house, and I have many patients
:00:39. > :00:49.And Nottingham's on the musical map, so can this band hit the right
:00:49. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:08.Allotments have never been more popular. Waiting lists in some
:01:08. > :01:10.parts of the East Midlands have hundreds of green fingered
:01:10. > :01:13.gardeners desperate to get their hands dirty. With spaces few and
:01:13. > :01:17.far between, passionate allotment holders are more determined than
:01:18. > :01:27.ever not to lose the plot. I've been meeting the people who stood
:01:27. > :01:32.their ground to try to keep the It meant everything to me.
:01:32. > :01:37.Absolutely everything. It was a place I could go to. You could be
:01:37. > :01:40.anywhere, it was like a little oasis.
:01:41. > :01:46.It is not only me, you know, because I am coming towards the end
:01:47. > :01:50.of my life, I am nearly 70. But it is for the future. Allotments are
:01:50. > :01:54.people's pride and joy. They stir up strong emotions,
:01:55. > :01:58.especially when things go wrong. This is happening all over the
:01:58. > :02:01.country, how many other people are going to be put through this?
:02:01. > :02:11.They have done everything possible to get us off this site. We are
:02:11. > :02:15.
:02:15. > :02:17.Have you got all the paperwork? Jane and Gary Wells are coming back
:02:17. > :02:20.to Roper Avenue allotments at Heanor in Derbyshire a for the
:02:21. > :02:25.first time since March 2011. No cameras, thank you. You're not
:02:25. > :02:32.allowed on. Today, though, they will not be
:02:32. > :02:40.It has taken a court order for Gary to be allowed on site to clear
:02:40. > :02:49.their positions and dig up everything the crew here. -- clear
:02:49. > :02:53.The glass has been moved out of the green house, I have noticed.
:02:53. > :02:56.Under the court order, Jane is not allowed on site. She has to wait
:02:56. > :02:59.for news outside. I have not got any beds or anything to remove off
:02:59. > :03:06.the site because it has all gone. Within minutes, the police arrive,
:03:06. > :03:10.and not for the first time. looks like the members of the
:03:10. > :03:14.allotment society, when we came on, were not happy that we were here,
:03:14. > :03:22.although we have every right to be here. So you are just removing what
:03:22. > :03:28.Back in 2011, the Wells were evicted by the allotment committee
:03:28. > :03:31.they used to run after claims that other tenants had made complaints.
:03:31. > :03:33.Landlord Heanor and Lascoe Council said in their view there were no
:03:33. > :03:42.issues of real substance and hoped individual differences could be
:03:42. > :03:44.resolved. Despite that, the committee went ahead with the
:03:44. > :03:49.eviction. Insisting they had done nothing wrong, the Wells went back
:03:49. > :03:53.to the allotment. We just heard sirens. Police van sirens on a
:03:53. > :03:56.Sunday afternoon and flashing lights. Bearing in mind, they had
:03:57. > :04:02.actually locked us in the site at this point, so we could not leave
:04:02. > :04:12.anyway. The next minute, the police turned up. Which was surreal,
:04:12. > :04:14.really, we were digging carrots and It is hard to believe now, but this
:04:14. > :04:18.was an award winning allotment. This was a prestigious award?
:04:18. > :04:23.yes, it is nationwide. It was down as far as Brecon Beacons, all over
:04:23. > :04:30.the country. Jane and Gary believe their win widened the gulf between
:04:30. > :04:35.Just before we won the competition, we had had some issues with a
:04:35. > :04:45.couple. Once we had won, we did not celebrate at the site that we had
:04:45. > :04:45.
:04:45. > :04:48.won. There was nothing. It just Allotment disputes are not new, but
:04:48. > :04:58.with 100,000 people on waiting lists, tenants are now more
:04:58. > :05:00.
:05:00. > :05:03.determined than ever to keep their I was a bit surprised about the
:05:03. > :05:13.emotions on allotments, because I thought, it is just an allotment,
:05:13. > :05:14.
:05:14. > :05:16.but actually I was wrong, because Mo Cooper is an allotment historian
:05:16. > :05:26.at St Annes in Nottingham, the oldest detached Victorian gardens
:05:26. > :05:29.We talk about a house being a castle. Well, your garden is your
:05:29. > :05:31.estate, and there is almost like a deep-rooted feeling of connection
:05:32. > :05:40.with earth, connection with the land, connection with the seasons
:05:40. > :05:46.Over on the other side of Nottingham, perhaps the longest
:05:46. > :05:51.running allotment dispute in the country began back in 2000.
:05:51. > :05:55.This is the only opening we have to access our allotment.
:05:55. > :05:57.You lead the way and I will follow you down.
:05:58. > :06:06.At Blenheim Lane in Bulwell, these allotment holders have also found
:06:06. > :06:12.themselves short boat. -- short boat of. Now the only way in is
:06:12. > :06:15.through a hole in the hedge. They are no strangers to controversy.
:06:15. > :06:19.Raleigh's plans to relocate a new assembly plant were also thwarted.
:06:19. > :06:22.Allotment holders hosted a judicial review... Plot holders here were
:06:22. > :06:26.blamed for the bike maker, Raleigh, pulling out of a deal with the City
:06:26. > :06:29.Council to relocate its Nottingham factory to this site in Buwell. Now
:06:29. > :06:32.the council has plans for a multi- million pound energy park.
:06:32. > :06:37.Some people would say you were standing in the way of progress,
:06:37. > :06:40.you know. You stopped the Raleigh site coming here all those years
:06:40. > :06:43.ago and you were refusing to go, you are standing in the way of
:06:43. > :06:46.progress. Is it progress, really? If you cast
:06:46. > :06:56.your mind back to the 1960s, there was something like 25 allotment
:06:56. > :06:56.
:06:56. > :07:01.sites surrounding Bullwell. They How does it make you feel, when you
:07:01. > :07:04.come up here and see it like this? It is heartbreaking. It is land,
:07:04. > :07:10.good growing land, going to waste, when you have 400 people waiting
:07:10. > :07:15.for an allotment. They could come up here with their families and
:07:15. > :07:19.enjoy it, have a good day out, grow their own food.
:07:19. > :07:22.All the other allotment holders have moved on.
:07:22. > :07:27.You may be offered another plot, but you have invested 20 years of
:07:27. > :07:31.your life in getting the soil right. So it's not just the shed or the
:07:31. > :07:34.greenhouse, or those sort of things, it is actually what you have put
:07:34. > :07:44.into the ground that is important. So it is a real worry when gardens
:07:44. > :07:45.
:07:46. > :07:50.get taken back for development. Jack Henton was a miner for 42
:07:50. > :07:53.years. Now in his eighties, his health is not big but he is still
:07:53. > :07:58.passionate about growing his own. I have been growing my own stuff,
:07:58. > :08:06.fresh radishes, lettuces, tomatoes, beans, all nice and fresh. Cabbages,
:08:06. > :08:10.yes, lovely. They have done everything possible
:08:10. > :08:18.to get us off this site, and we are determined to stay and fight for
:08:18. > :08:21.Arthur Martin knows all about the fight. When his council at Eastwood
:08:21. > :08:27.in Nottinghamshire decided he was not fit enough to dig his plot any
:08:27. > :08:31.more, this allotment dispute made headlines around the world.
:08:31. > :08:41.It really put a lump here, really, to see that so many people were so
:08:41. > :08:43.
:08:43. > :08:49.involved in seeing I was treated The council backed down, and for
:08:49. > :08:54.Arthur standing his ground was worth it. He later left when the
:08:54. > :08:59.time was right for him. It is my decision, I have made the decision,
:08:59. > :09:08.nothing to do with the council. That is what makes me feel happy to
:09:08. > :09:11.Back at Bulwell, Trevor Rose has not been so lucky. Last year,
:09:11. > :09:17.Nottingham City Council took him to court to prove their ownership of
:09:17. > :09:26.the land. He was banned from going back and fined �3,000. Afterwards,
:09:26. > :09:33.When I went back with the Deputy City Council leader, the bulldozers
:09:33. > :09:36.had already been busy. I am delighted it has been resolved,
:09:36. > :09:41.because we are now talking to people intending to develop and put
:09:41. > :09:44.jobs on the site. That is what is needed, more than anything.
:09:44. > :09:47.Do you feel anything for the allotment holders who held out for
:09:47. > :09:50.so long? Very little, actually. I don't
:09:50. > :09:52.think they were considering the rest of the community, and when I
:09:52. > :09:55.look at the fact the other allotment holders have been
:09:55. > :10:02.extremely sensible, they have been helpful and they have better
:10:02. > :10:06.The Roper Avenue Allotment Committee declined our invitation
:10:06. > :10:11.to take part in this film. At a recent court hearing, Jane and Gary
:10:11. > :10:14.Wells were denied an appeal, but are still fighting their eviction.
:10:14. > :10:18.I wish I'd never won the competition, because I feel that
:10:18. > :10:28.was the turning-point of all the trouble. Not everyone is going to
:10:28. > :10:32.
:10:32. > :10:35.get on an allotment ever, but we Next tonight the hidden cost of
:10:35. > :10:39.alcohol, seen so publicly last week with those pictures of Paul
:10:39. > :10:43.Gascoigne. A government consultation on the damage done by
:10:43. > :10:47.excessive drinking has just finished. It is a problem few care
:10:47. > :10:51.to admit they have but it can be life changing, and not just for the
:10:51. > :11:00.drinkers. Tony Roe has been to see some of those affected who aren't
:11:00. > :11:02.This is how it starts - binge drinking on our streets has led to
:11:02. > :11:11.East Midlands Ambulance Service teaming up with the police to deal
:11:11. > :11:18.with drink casualties from a There can be a point where binge
:11:18. > :11:28.drinking leads to dependency on When people become dependent, they
:11:28. > :11:37.
:11:37. > :11:42.The simple reason that I drink is because I am lonely. And I have not
:11:42. > :11:45.got the support and help that I need. I think alcohol is the only
:11:45. > :11:50.way out. Behind every alcoholic is a reason
:11:50. > :11:55.why they started. If you walk around town, you see
:11:55. > :11:58.these people that are drunk, people look at them like they are scum.
:11:58. > :12:05.They're not, they're people that have lost their way and they need
:12:05. > :12:08.help, support and love to get back The marriage fails, which causes
:12:08. > :12:11.them to have more time on their hands, they drink more, they lose
:12:11. > :12:19.their job, they lose their house, and I have many patients that have
:12:19. > :12:22.gone from riches to rags. And then back up to riches again - it does
:12:23. > :12:31.not have to be negative. Friday night in Leicester. One paramedic
:12:31. > :12:40.and one police officer are teamed up. A punch has floored someone
:12:40. > :12:43.near the clock tower. The victim's drunk, his head is bleeding onto
:12:43. > :12:50.the pavement. Last year, they treated 500 drunks without the need
:12:50. > :12:53.to go to hospital, saving We've got the idea of young people
:12:53. > :12:56.out in the city centres falling over, collapsed, spread-eagled on
:12:56. > :12:59.the street, and we can be all disgusted about it, but actually
:12:59. > :13:09.most of the binge-drinking that happens in this country is at home
:13:09. > :13:22.
:13:22. > :13:29.$:/STARTFEED. My daughter had been drinking for four or five years. We
:13:29. > :13:34.tried everything to get help for her. She would go in and pay
:13:34. > :13:40.forehead. When she got her money on a Friday it was all going to the
:13:40. > :13:47.shop. She did not care about anything else other than in getting
:13:47. > :13:52.that drink. By the time you are 26 you are able to drink larger
:13:52. > :14:00.amounts and begin to get in tolerance to alcohol. You need more
:14:00. > :14:06.to get the same affect. I had to drink because I was so lonely.
:14:06. > :14:14.knew it was wrong, very wrong, it was just problems I had been deep
:14:14. > :14:20.area I was living, the neighbours, it just all built up. This could
:14:20. > :14:24.happen to any of us, anyone who is watching out. You are happily
:14:24. > :14:34.married and something happens to your partner, how are you going to
:14:34. > :14:35.
:14:36. > :14:42.react to that? We just do not know. Alcohol reduces the effects of
:14:42. > :14:51.anxiety and helps people to sleep. We should not be using it for that
:14:51. > :15:01.but it can help in the short term. This man is drinking nine litres of
:15:01. > :15:02.
:15:02. > :15:08.cider per day. He has done well to get off of it. It is bad news. I
:15:09. > :15:18.have lost friends. I do not want to lose any more. I need support. That
:15:18. > :15:23.is what I need. I cannot do this by myself. I was not paying macro my
:15:23. > :15:28.bells, I was not looking after myself, I was not washing. My
:15:28. > :15:37.daughter had to stay with her dad because she could not wake me up
:15:37. > :15:44.one day. She went to stay with her dad. In 2005 she died. Three days
:15:44. > :15:50.before her 33rd birthday. She left behind three gorgeous kids. One is
:15:50. > :16:00.severely disabled because of the alcohol. She cannot hear, see, walk,
:16:00. > :16:07.talk, eat. This man had been dialling 999 from phone boxes. He
:16:07. > :16:15.said he had lost his keys. They could smell alcohol. He was drunk.
:16:15. > :16:20.He did need help but not from an emergency ambulance. You do have a
:16:20. > :16:27.duty of care. You cannot let someone just walk off the ambulance
:16:27. > :16:33.if they are going to get into trouble. It is one of the coldest
:16:33. > :16:39.nights of the year. Last night I had to wrap myself up. I have got
:16:39. > :16:44.no heating. I cannot afford to put the heating on. I have got no gas
:16:44. > :16:51.or cooker. When you need alcohol you do not have money to spend on
:16:51. > :17:00.heating. I am an alcoholic. I admit it. If I do not have a drink I will
:17:00. > :17:10.have affect. Degas at his flat has been cut off. I'd turn the iron on
:17:10. > :17:13.
:17:13. > :17:18.was so cold but I cannot afford to put my gas on. Set is easy to get
:17:18. > :17:25.credit from the shops that give it out. The alcohol had rotted by
:17:25. > :17:32.stomach. They are past Kian. They do not realise they want to stop
:17:32. > :17:38.because it is just a way of life to them. The beginning of the end.
:17:38. > :17:44.end is a terrible death. You would not wish an alcoholic's death. A
:17:44. > :17:54.build-up of fluid around deliver. I have seen people crime blood, blood
:17:54. > :18:00.
:18:00. > :18:04.coming down from their eyes. -- thriving blood. -- crying. I went
:18:04. > :18:09.to get help from a doctor three years ago and he told me to get out
:18:09. > :18:15.of the surgery because there were ill people we're waiting to be seen.
:18:15. > :18:20.That just made me go home and drink more. There was nothing I could do.
:18:21. > :18:28.This woman has set up a support group providing hot food, clothes
:18:28. > :18:35.and toys for affected families. Her ambition is to have an based in
:18:35. > :18:44.Loughborough. We are trying to gain trust so that when we do find a
:18:44. > :18:54.place, and be well, maybe we can start to make a difference. One of
:18:54. > :18:55.
:18:55. > :19:05.the people Carroll has helped his and 80 who has come off the drink.
:19:05. > :19:07.
:19:07. > :19:13.-- Anita. I have been off the drink for a year now. She was helped by a
:19:13. > :19:19.letter her 12-year-old doctor wrote to her. I used to think that the
:19:19. > :19:24.alcohol was more important than me. I cried myself to sleep most nights
:19:24. > :19:30.I was so scared. When you had been drinking and I could not wake you
:19:30. > :19:36.up I was so scared, I thought you had died. I know other people who
:19:36. > :19:44.have gone through the same thing as me. I hope it would help other mums
:19:44. > :19:51.not to go back to it. This woman is determined to help others, it seems
:19:51. > :19:56.to be a way to cope with her loss. At the minute I do not feel like
:19:56. > :20:06.anything is getting done, nothing is getting changed. Something has
:20:06. > :20:07.
:20:07. > :20:14.got to change. Scott drinks less than he used to. He has hopes for
:20:14. > :20:21.the future. I am only 39. It is that young age. I would like to
:20:21. > :20:31.find a partner. Make sure that I could provide for my partner and my
:20:31. > :20:33.
:20:33. > :20:40.child. Our thanks to everyone for sharing their experiences. Finally
:20:40. > :20:44.tonight, 2012 was a great ear for music in Nottingham. A young man
:20:44. > :20:49.from here went straight into the charts at number one with his debut
:20:49. > :20:59.album. Another band have had fantastic reviews but find it is
:20:59. > :21:02.
:21:02. > :21:12.another thing getting their music The rise of Jake but it has been
:21:12. > :21:16.
:21:16. > :21:21.rapid. -- Jake Bugg. His first album entered the charts at number
:21:21. > :21:29.one last year. His record Dale came at a time we were filming with
:21:29. > :21:37.another Nottingham band. They had already released two critically
:21:37. > :21:41.acclaimed albums, here they are recording their third. In some ways
:21:41. > :21:51.it is a fantasy time to make music because the technology is so
:21:51. > :21:51.
:21:51. > :21:57.accessible. You are able to pick up recording equipment so easily.
:21:57. > :22:03.need more promotion really. The main thing is getting the music out
:22:03. > :22:11.there. Getting reviews in the press is great but it doesn't really,
:22:11. > :22:21.that is not it. You do not just get a review and you have made it. The
:22:21. > :22:25.
:22:25. > :22:32.only way you can get in is by being on a record label. Go back over 30
:22:32. > :22:41.years and the story is the same. Four lads from Mansfield. Physical
:22:41. > :22:46.success for their band did not lead to commercial riches. Today, the
:22:46. > :22:56.love of music is still there. They have reformed and still play
:22:56. > :22:58.
:22:58. > :23:08.successful gigs. We play around school holidays and Bonfire Night.
:23:08. > :23:20.
:23:20. > :23:30.It is not a living. It was never It is summer 2011, this band have
:23:30. > :23:34.
:23:34. > :23:43.been cared by Belle and Sebastian who have asked them to support them
:23:43. > :23:49.in one gig. It is so much bigger than I remembered it to be! Fine!
:23:49. > :23:54.The teaching assistant on keyboards cuts a holiday short to make it.
:23:54. > :24:02.They also picked up advice from a band to have been in the business
:24:02. > :24:10.for 15 years. Everybody has got all these different tools like Twitter
:24:10. > :24:16.and Facebook. You can do one thing and it can be everywhere. You just
:24:16. > :24:22.do not need to take a load of money off a record company and be in debt
:24:22. > :24:26.for ever to pay it back again. I think it will be good. Back in
:24:26. > :24:32.Nottingham and another recording session which eventually leads to
:24:32. > :24:40.something they put out themselves as a single. It is a measure of
:24:40. > :24:45.what the band is appreciated like when a Hollywood actor puts forward
:24:45. > :24:51.his voice. The release a limited number on white final as well as at
:24:51. > :25:01.download. In order to be a success they need to get their music heard
:25:01. > :25:05.
:25:05. > :25:14.by real people. Success seems as far away as ever. December 2012 we
:25:14. > :25:21.bring the band who supported Duran Duran in 1981 back to the venue.
:25:21. > :25:30.have been basically working, raising a family. I have stayed in
:25:30. > :25:40.music but when our band split up I hooked up with others, Dido. I
:25:40. > :25:48.wrote some singles for her. I took at different route and got into the
:25:48. > :25:54.wine business. I basically decided to settle down and get a job living
:25:54. > :26:04.a normal life. I got a job working in a music shop and now I own my
:26:04. > :26:10.own music shop. That is what I do now. We are all 51, all born within
:26:10. > :26:18.a few miles and a few months of each other. What was relevant to as
:26:18. > :26:26.30 years ago would not necessarily be relevant to us now. To actually
:26:26. > :26:31.record an album to be an album is something to do. We could do a good
:26:31. > :26:35.album now. The journalists who grew up with us are now in quite high
:26:35. > :26:45.positions so we might well get favourable reviews which would be
:26:45. > :26:49.
:26:49. > :26:59.This banned from West Retford had some commercial success last year.
:26:59. > :27:08.They toured a lot and got into the charts with their debut record.
:27:08. > :27:13.There is a structured approach. I would rather be in my position. I
:27:13. > :27:20.like to have time in the studio to make music, you cannot just go into
:27:20. > :27:29.a studio and record an album in 10 days. I like to develop and work on
:27:29. > :27:36.ideas. These bands meet, it is obvious that apart from geography,
:27:36. > :27:46.they are linked by a love of music. We just carry on making music and
:27:46. > :27:46.
:27:46. > :27:51.see what happens. You have to try to forge your own path. Have you
:27:51. > :28:00.got any advice? The thing that seems to me that you have of got in
:28:00. > :28:04.common is a love of music. What is your advice? Don't sign anything!
:28:04. > :28:13.They are still waiting and hoping to release their third album,
:28:13. > :28:19.hoping again for critical recognition. The hope for money
:28:19. > :28:25.from their labour of love, it would be deserved. I am sure we all wish
:28:25. > :28:35.them the best of luck. You can e- mail your stories and follow me on