:00:00. > :00:13.Hello. Tonight, we are New Walk Museum in Leicester. Coming up in
:00:14. > :00:16.the next half`hour. Ripping up roads and ruining lives, landslides can be
:00:17. > :00:22.lethal. A lot of people are telling us to get back. They were telling us
:00:23. > :00:26.not to go that was the big as my daughter under there, I was going.
:00:27. > :00:32.We are with the world experts trying to predict the future.
:00:33. > :00:35.Also tonight, the planning round in leafy Leicestershire as locals
:00:36. > :00:40.accuse the National Trust of putting profit before preservation. They
:00:41. > :00:47.don't need to behave like a money grabbing large corporation.
:00:48. > :00:53.And the thrills and spills of junior drag racing. When you launch, you
:00:54. > :01:01.are like that down the track and you can see your wheels vibrating. It is
:01:02. > :01:10.really cool. I am Marie Ashby and this is Inside Out East Midlands.
:01:11. > :01:15.Landslides, we call them an act of God. Nothing we can do. New
:01:16. > :01:17.technology means we might not be able to stop landslides from
:01:18. > :01:22.happening but we can do more to protect ourselves. I have been with
:01:23. > :01:27.the East Midlands experts trying to lead the way in forecasting the
:01:28. > :01:32.future. In one go, thousands of tonnes of rock have fallen onto the
:01:33. > :01:40.beach below. In fact, you cannot see the beach any more because it is
:01:41. > :01:47.covered in rubble. Suddenly, the whole rock slipped down about seven
:01:48. > :01:51.feet at one go. Landslides make the news and recently they have made the
:01:52. > :02:00.news more often than ever before. This is what is left of our garden.
:02:01. > :02:05.Staggering! They close roads, terrible pipelines, buckle
:02:06. > :02:09.railways. It started when I train driver felt a bump in the line. It
:02:10. > :02:15.has grown to this. The land is still moving.
:02:16. > :02:21.And landslides can kill. I looked up, he said, and saw half the entire
:02:22. > :02:26.cliff face collapse. A lot of people were telling us to get back, not to
:02:27. > :02:36.go there. It was my daughter under there, I was going.
:02:37. > :02:46.It is exactly one year since the Blackman family from Heanor came to
:02:47. > :02:52.Dorset on holiday. 22`year`old Charlotte had just graduated with a
:02:53. > :02:58.first class honours degree. She was planning a career in teaching.
:02:59. > :03:06.She was away is a very happy, jolly person. She was everybody's friend.
:03:07. > :03:11.So that was her motto. Life is too short to be anything but happy. It
:03:12. > :03:24.was a hot day. Charlotte wanted to explore the rock balls. The family
:03:25. > :03:27.say `` rock pools. The first I knew that there was a
:03:28. > :03:32.landslide was a fisherman on the beach. He said that there had been a
:03:33. > :03:41.big landslide. All I could see was planes of smoke. Through the clouds
:03:42. > :03:45.of smoke or dust, it was then running towards me to say that
:03:46. > :03:55.Charlotte was under the rocks. When that came down, I jumped. My dad
:03:56. > :04:05.told me to run so I ran. The rocks nearly got my leg. I was lucky. It
:04:06. > :04:14.doesn't seem that far away, does it? When you try and run down there, it
:04:15. > :04:19.is quite a run. I last saw Charlotte trying to run. She had her head down
:04:20. > :04:27.like that. My feet were bleeding by the time I ran down there and back.
:04:28. > :04:28.It was horrible. Just a few days after we filmed, another section of
:04:29. > :04:43.this cliff collapsed. So what is going on with our
:04:44. > :04:49.changing landscape? I have come to Nottinghamshire. Here at the British
:04:50. > :04:52.Geological Survey, experts have been measuring landslides for nearly 30
:04:53. > :04:58.years and this year their grass are telling them something odd is going
:04:59. > :05:03.on. For the last 12 months, we have seen an unusual year. If we go back
:05:04. > :05:09.to last summer, 2012, we saw a fourfold increased. In December, we
:05:10. > :05:12.saw a six fold increase. In March, we saw another fourfold increase in
:05:13. > :05:14.events. When we look at it compare to our average, over the last six
:05:15. > :05:21.years, to our average, over the last six
:05:22. > :05:25.difference? You can see the blue lines. It is partly to do with the
:05:26. > :05:30.rainfall. We have seen significant rainfall both in summer and winter.
:05:31. > :05:35.These are contributing to the landslide events we have seen. So
:05:36. > :05:42.changing weather patterns don't just affect crops, they are shaping the
:05:43. > :05:48.ground under our feet. It was a wet year 47 years ago as well.
:05:49. > :05:57.A generation perished in Aberfan. In a few minutes, nearly 200 children,
:05:58. > :06:03.happy because they were too start a holiday that afternoon, were
:06:04. > :06:08.engulfed. 1966 was the year that written by Gupta the dangers of
:06:09. > :06:15.landslides. Before Aberfan, it was nobody's responsibility to monitor
:06:16. > :06:20.sites like these. The enquiry heard that there were plenty of warning
:06:21. > :06:24.signs and the National coal board were to blame. It was a disaster
:06:25. > :06:30.that should never have happened. The school lay in the direct path of the
:06:31. > :06:33.disintegrating man`made mountain. After Aberfan, we began monitoring
:06:34. > :06:37.landslide, not just nick coalfields but across the country. This year,
:06:38. > :06:43.when the spoil tip in South Yorkshire began to move, engineers
:06:44. > :06:50.moved quickly to close the nearby railway line. Roe whalers were
:06:51. > :06:55.twisted unbroken by a seismic shift. Heavy rainfall over the
:06:56. > :07:02.winter is almost certainly played a part. The cost of repairing the line
:07:03. > :07:09.has run into tens of millions. Damages to roads and rail lines do
:07:10. > :07:14.not just cost money, they can disrupt peoples lives for years.
:07:15. > :07:18.This is progressing all the time. Sean and his family have big plans
:07:19. > :07:23.when they bought Crag End farm two years ago. On Boxing Day, the road
:07:24. > :07:29.running past the front door began to disappear. Helen and her landslide
:07:30. > :07:36.response team want to find out why. We can't get the guest a school that
:07:37. > :07:43.easily these days. It is six miles around. We were renovating the farm
:07:44. > :07:46.to work on a sustainable basis, so we have some woodland down there and
:07:47. > :07:50.we are cut off from that. The road runs alongside a hill alongside a
:07:51. > :07:54.river. There have been landslides here before but never as bad as
:07:55. > :07:59.this. This is the line of the road here at my feet. Six months ago, the
:08:00. > :08:07.line of the road was up here. The council has dug 24 boreholes to find
:08:08. > :08:11.out what is going on under ground. We have only just opened this. One
:08:12. > :08:15.of the things we are working towards is constructing landslide
:08:16. > :08:18.susceptibility maps, which help people know when they planning
:08:19. > :08:24.future developers where landslides might happen, so the information we
:08:25. > :08:30.collect on a site like this can help us refine our maps as to where
:08:31. > :08:34.landslides might occur in future. Predicting landslides is not easy.
:08:35. > :08:37.Particularly along Britain's crumbling coast. A member of the
:08:38. > :08:51.public has reported a cliff fall 40 miles away at Tynemouth. The team go
:08:52. > :08:59.to investigate, armed with a gadget called a temp three detector. `` ten
:09:00. > :09:16.three macro detector. It is hoped that in the future they
:09:17. > :09:23.will be able to do more to protect landslides `` predict landslides. We
:09:24. > :09:28.hope to be derived daily hazard reports to the public and the
:09:29. > :09:35.media, to help them plan so that the landslides can be avoided. Back in
:09:36. > :09:39.Dorset, Charlotte's family now plan to move her bench closer to home.
:09:40. > :09:47.There are too many unhappy memories here. The coastal path at Burton
:09:48. > :09:51.Bradstock is now closed but people still walk along the beach. It is
:09:52. > :09:57.not the first thing they think about. They think they will have a
:09:58. > :10:01.nice lie down on the beach. You don't think you need to stay away
:10:02. > :10:07.from the cliffs because it is dangerous. It is something you take
:10:08. > :10:11.for granted, that you will be safe. But you should always be very aware,
:10:12. > :10:18.definitely. I don't think I will ever go on holiday where there is
:10:19. > :10:27.any cliffs ever again. You need to be aware that it could happen.
:10:28. > :10:32.Here at New Walk Museum, they will be a permanent gallery showcasing
:10:33. > :10:37.the arts and crafts movement. Ernest Gimson from the family was one of
:10:38. > :10:41.the top international designers at the turn of the 20th century and his
:10:42. > :10:44.work still has influenced the day. So, when the National Trust decided
:10:45. > :10:50.to buy the house that he built in Charnwood Forest, they plan to open
:10:51. > :10:57.it to the public for the pit has run into local opposition.
:10:58. > :11:05.Entering the hidden world of this house. You get this sense of a very
:11:06. > :11:09.simple but beautiful life. That has great relevance for us today. It is
:11:10. > :11:16.set in rural Leicestershire, down lanes few venture. Not for long if
:11:17. > :11:22.the National Trust get their way. They want to make a car park for 60
:11:23. > :11:33.cars in a medal at the Crossroads was up they want a tearoom cos they
:11:34. > :11:37.want to open the house to visitors. Pod these are the people who will
:11:38. > :11:47.decide if the National Trust get their way. Charnwood's planning
:11:48. > :11:51.committee. It was last winter when the plans were submitted. People
:11:52. > :11:57.living around Ulverscroft Parish were quick to mobilise in this room.
:11:58. > :12:07.Can we concentrate on the highways aspect. They were all against the
:12:08. > :12:14.Trust. They would experience up to 160 visitors a day. Our principal
:12:15. > :12:18.concern is one of highway safety. No one has said they are in support of
:12:19. > :12:21.this. Another Gimson designed house is next door to the Trust's
:12:22. > :12:32.property, but by the road, not hidden down a drive. Its owner fears
:12:33. > :12:36.an invasion of her privacy. You look around the area and it is extremely
:12:37. > :12:44.quiet. Some of the walls between the two properties are now more than
:12:45. > :12:52.three foot high. I am very concerned about the security issues of people
:12:53. > :12:57.wandering off into the gardens. This pumphouse is owned by both
:12:58. > :13:11.properties? It used to supply water to both forms. Those stories are
:13:12. > :13:14.unlocked. It is a listed building. People will walk down here, through
:13:15. > :13:18.the pumphouse and onto your property. And through the door you
:13:19. > :13:25.can see the National Trust's new aquisition. Work has started on
:13:26. > :13:31.restoring the house. It is a work of national importance. It was a
:13:32. > :13:38.movement that came from the UK. The fact that Leicestershire had this
:13:39. > :13:56.rule and it, particularly in the shape of Ernest Gimson, it is
:13:57. > :13:59.tremendously important. And volunteers, the lifeblood of the
:14:00. > :14:11.Trust, are coming in to keep the gardens in good order.
:14:12. > :14:20.You can see from the lanes in the area that they are not designed to
:14:21. > :14:24.take traffic. The National Trust estimate something like 70%
:14:25. > :14:29.escalation in traffic numbers. Clearly, there is not the
:14:30. > :14:32.infrastructure to support that. To avoid traffic parking by the
:14:33. > :14:35.entrance to Stoneywell, just there on the right, the National Trust
:14:36. > :14:40.wants to take people by minubus from the car park it wants to create.
:14:41. > :14:44.Visitors will only be admitted if they book in advance and take the
:14:45. > :14:50.bus from the car park. This is the route from the house to the car
:14:51. > :14:57.park. Locals believe the increase in traffic will be a danger. Especially
:14:58. > :14:58.as there is no speed limit and you only notice the junction ahead when
:14:59. > :15:13.you come over a brow on the hill. There is specific viewing distances
:15:14. > :15:19.required at junctions in conjunction with any development opportunity.
:15:20. > :15:25.This is woefully inadequate. If they refer to it from a legal principle
:15:26. > :15:32.Paul, it doesn't work. It's September. Decision day. The
:15:33. > :15:36.planning committee are visiting sites they will have to form an
:15:37. > :15:46.opinion on. And Stoneywell is by far the most controversial. Planning
:15:47. > :15:49.officers have prepared the paperwork and are recommending approval. But
:15:50. > :15:55.councillors make their own minds up. They see the field which they have
:15:56. > :16:08.the power to turn into a car park. The road curves very slightly over.
:16:09. > :16:11.They look at the crossroads which objectors claim will lead to someone
:16:12. > :16:16.dying here because of increased traffic. At the house itself, a tour
:16:17. > :16:29.of the barn which will be a tea room and then the house itself. There is
:16:30. > :16:33.a driveway that runs around... The National Trust gives us permission
:16:34. > :16:46.to come into the ground with the councillors. Job done. Next stop,
:16:47. > :16:53.the council meeting. And a full public gallery is expected. We hope
:16:54. > :17:06.that common sense will prevail. The council lets cameras in too. That is
:17:07. > :17:14.a dangerous junction. The protesters get their voice heard first. The
:17:15. > :17:19.only organisation to benefit financially is the National Trust.
:17:20. > :17:29.They do not need to behave like a money grabbing large corporation.
:17:30. > :17:33.The acquisition of Stoneywell gives a great opportunity to address the
:17:34. > :17:38.imbalance. If we are able to gain planning approval, we can give
:17:39. > :17:44.sensitive access to Stoneywell and lead to a sustainable financial
:17:45. > :17:48.future. We have modified our proposals to address concerns. We
:17:49. > :17:53.have revised visitor numbers downwards, and designed the car park
:17:54. > :17:58.to be as far away as possible from the nearest resident. We want
:17:59. > :18:10.Stoneywell to be there for future generations. We have to look after.
:18:11. > :18:17.It is what is in the application that is the basis for our decision.
:18:18. > :18:23.Now it is down for the councillors to debate and decide. " our inner
:18:24. > :18:29.field is not protecting the environment. I had not realised how
:18:30. > :18:39.provided an influence he has had on designers. The vote goes 8`5. The
:18:40. > :18:51.National Trust wins the day. But the vanquished have not given up.
:18:52. > :18:56.Ironically, had councillors that were members of the National Trust
:18:57. > :19:01.not been allowed to vote, we would have edged that. They plan to appeal
:19:02. > :19:11.while the National Trust prepares to open what has been a hidden gem.
:19:12. > :19:15.Now, when you think motor racing, you think money, big money, and in
:19:16. > :19:16.the case of Formula One you'd be right.
:19:17. > :19:20.But there is a more affordable, family friendly motorsport which has
:19:21. > :19:23.its roots here in The East Midlands. Stuart Woodman hit the road with
:19:24. > :19:27.some of the fastest young drivers in Britain. Hold onto your hats and ear
:19:28. > :19:33.plugs at the ready, these cars go with a bang!
:19:34. > :19:36.They're mean, they're lean. Some say they are the ultimate driving
:19:37. > :19:40.machine. Junior dragsters are the scaled down version of the top
:19:41. > :19:43.fuelled racing cars. They first appeared on the racing scene 25
:19:44. > :19:46.years ago and now Santa Pod Raceway has become home to this high
:19:47. > :19:49.adrenaline motor sport. We'll be heading there shortly for the
:19:50. > :20:04.European Finals. But before that, let's meet two young drivers. I am a
:20:05. > :20:15.little nervous. How does your cart differ from your sister's? Her car
:20:16. > :20:18.goes not to 60 in under two seconds. Sisters Belle and Paige live in
:20:19. > :20:34.Wellingborough and they're already international drag racers, recently
:20:35. > :20:39.returning from America. We're joining them at Shakespeare County
:20:40. > :20:45.Raceway in the Midlands. This is the first round of the elimination. This
:20:46. > :20:53.is the most difficult one, it always feels harder anyway. How are you
:20:54. > :21:02.feeling? I am feeling quite confident. Hopefully, I will
:21:03. > :21:12.qualify. I will do my best. We are very competitive. We both want to
:21:13. > :21:17.win. I torment her before the race. She is pretty good, yes. But I don't
:21:18. > :21:23.like telling her that. She gets pig`headed. This is a fast moving
:21:24. > :21:27.sport and, to the untrained eye, it may look like first car over the
:21:28. > :21:39.finish line wins, but it's not that simple. What happened? I read of two
:21:40. > :21:48.early and he came up my blind spot and overtook me. During a race, a
:21:49. > :21:52.staggered start allows different sized cars to compete. Each team
:21:53. > :21:56.also chooses a dial in, which is a predicted finish time. They have to
:21:57. > :22:01.get as close as possible to this finish time, but not to go under it.
:22:02. > :22:04.Starting on a red light is also not allowed. Sisters Paige and Belle
:22:05. > :22:08.occasionally race against each other. But their main rival is Joe
:22:09. > :22:17.Kellet. A talented drummer and one of Europe's hottest young drivers.
:22:18. > :22:22.It just comes naturally. My drums help a lot. I can get off the start
:22:23. > :22:31.line in rhythm and time it perfectly. It seems to me that Joe
:22:32. > :22:48.does the glamorous stuff, and you do the hard work. Yes! That was a good
:22:49. > :22:55.result for him? Definitely. Does the drumming help? Yes, and he was
:22:56. > :22:59.drumming last night with the band. Every driver's dream is to get into
:23:00. > :23:08.the big league, and cars don't come bigger than this. They're called Top
:23:09. > :23:14.Fuel. These cars have top speeds of over 300 miles per hour. They
:23:15. > :23:18.accelerate zero to 100 in under a second and burn 15 gallons of fuel
:23:19. > :23:24.in one race which lasts under five seconds. Laura Turboville from
:23:25. > :23:27.Nottingham has just made the move up from Junior Dragsters. This year,
:23:28. > :23:32.she's racing a league below Top Fuel in Super Pro ET. It's a family team
:23:33. > :23:41.and her dad is her coach and chief mechanic. Ditching do some good
:23:42. > :23:46.there? That was my fault because I got her off to one side a little bit
:23:47. > :23:53.and she lost traction. But she handled it great as usual. The run
:23:54. > :23:58.may only be eight seconds long, it is the build`up to that run, riding
:23:59. > :24:08.up with the other racers, turning round into a crowd of around 30,000
:24:09. > :24:14.people. Sometimes, I am shipping with `` I am shaking with
:24:15. > :24:18.adrenaline. Joe Kellet has had a good year so far, winning races in
:24:19. > :24:22.Germany and coming top of his class in smaller events in the Midlands.
:24:23. > :24:30.But the big challenge remains for all our young drivers. The European
:24:31. > :24:38.finals in Northamptonshire. It is the best event of the whole lot.
:24:39. > :24:47.Just the best. The cars and the noise. And everything. Just the
:24:48. > :24:52.ultimate motor sport, really. I love it, absolutely love it. Santa Pod
:24:53. > :25:01.has earned the reputation as the home of European drag racing. First
:25:02. > :25:05.up, it's Laura from Nottingham. We are going out for our first
:25:06. > :25:13.elimination run. You either win or you lose, no second place. It is a
:25:14. > :25:16.lot of pressure, but a lot of fun. You are Laura's competitor this
:25:17. > :25:25.morning, what is going through your head? A lot of adrenaline flowing. I
:25:26. > :25:40.am new to the sport, so it's a big step up. May the best man or woman
:25:41. > :25:44.when `` when. ``win. It's a bad start. Laura has come in under her
:25:45. > :25:50.dial in time, which isn't allowed. She's raced quicker than her team
:25:51. > :25:54.anticipated so she's out. Belle is also unlucky. She's had some great
:25:55. > :26:02.races but she's been knocked out by an older driver. Well, I lost. I was
:26:03. > :26:11.really disappointed. I thought I was going to beat him. But it can change
:26:12. > :26:16.in a matter of seconds. Not very good. Things are looking hopeful for
:26:17. > :26:23.Paige and Joe and they're now racing each other in a head`to`head
:26:24. > :26:30.semifinal. I have got Joe next. Very excited. What will be will be. It
:26:31. > :26:38.will be an interesting race, a tough one and whoever wins will go to the
:26:39. > :26:45.final. A lot of people do not believe that I am driving. They want
:26:46. > :26:52.proof of it. Is it safe? Absolutely. I have no fear of Joe getting in the
:26:53. > :26:59.car. They are fast cars, but it is a very safe sport. The crew are
:27:00. > :27:03.fabulous. Joe makes it to the final, but then a fatal error ` he starts
:27:04. > :27:23.his race too soon, incredibly 4000th of a second too early.
:27:24. > :27:36.It was very close and Joel one. Very disappointed. `` Joel one. A red
:27:37. > :27:43.light is a bitter blow for this previous European winner. That is
:27:44. > :27:47.drag racing. A red light means you are out. There's no doubt this is a
:27:48. > :27:51.family motorsport. With mums and dads becoming race mechanics, team
:27:52. > :27:57.coaches and a source of finance for these young drivers. I could not
:27:58. > :28:03.have been more pleased that my daughter joined me in my passion.
:28:04. > :28:06.That was one of the best moments of my life. And while winning is
:28:07. > :28:10.important, it's the fun and thrill of the race which makes junior drag
:28:11. > :28:20.racing so popular in the East Midlands. It is like... Once you
:28:21. > :28:23.lots, you are going down the track and you can see your wheels
:28:24. > :28:32.vibrating. Really cool. Well, since making that film, our
:28:33. > :28:36.girl racer from Nottingham has decided to sell her dragster to help
:28:37. > :28:42.fund her studies at university. Good luck, Laura!
:28:43. > :28:45.Next week, the number of young cannabis users being referred for
:28:46. > :28:55.mental health problems has doubled in the East Midlands. The people who
:28:56. > :28:57.smoke skunk tell us it's easy to get hold of and they're not ashamed to
:28:58. > :29:10.use it. Hello, I'm Ellie Crisell with your
:29:11. > :29:13.90 second update. The UK is getting its first nuclear power plant for 20
:29:14. > :29:16.years. Hinkley Point C in Somerset got the go-ahead today. Ministers
:29:17. > :29:18.say it will help lower energy bills but critics argue investment in
:29:19. > :29:21.renewable sources would be better. Meanwhile, N-power has become the
:29:22. > :29:28.third energy supplier to raise its gusts. Dual-fuel bills will go up by
:29:29. > :29:31.over ?100 a year from December. 82-year old Mohammed Saleem was
:29:32. > :29:34.stabbed on his way home from a Birmingham Mosque. Today a Ukrainian
:29:35. > :29:40.student pleaded guilty to his murder. He also admitted plotting
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:29:46. > :29:51.bushfires in New South Wales could merge into one. A state of
:29:52. > :29:54.emergency's been declared. 30,000 tonnes in six months. That's how
:29:55. > :29:59.much food waste Tesco says it generates. It estimates just under
:30:00. > :30:00.half of all bakery items end up in the bin - it's promised to do