10/02/2014 Inside Out East Midlands

Tonight, what happens when taxes go wrong. `` tattoos. If I had left

that much longer, the infection could have gone into the Bourne

which could have ended in amputation.

Why it pays to think before you ink. Also tonight, we meet the people who

say they will lose their homes through high`speed rail. The HS2 is

apparently going through the lounge of the house next door.

And we explore some rather unusual tourist attractions.

At the moment, pretty much anyone can open a tattoo studio, but

recently Public Health England launched new national guidelines but

critics say they are not tough enough to protect the public. We

have been in Derby to find out what happens when cartoons go wrong. ``

when tattoos go wrong. A decade ago there were about 300

licensed tattoo parlours in Britain. Now there are more than 1500 and

many more tattooists working illegally and out of sight. Getting

inked has become fashionable. Yet there's little legislation to

protect the public from terrible artwork or, even worse, serious

infection. If I had left it much longer, the infection could have

gone to the ball and and then I would be looking at amputation,

which at 20 years old was horrifying. A tattoo can take

minutes, the regrets can last years. Sometimes you look at a tattoo and

you have to be very diplomatic, which is the hardest part: Part,

because some things, you have to say, I have seen worse. Some are

terrible. It's not easy to undo a tattoo but Bob Jolly, who runs a

tattoo laser removal service in Derby, says business has never been

brisker. I have had kids coming in who have had cartoons on the

arrest, done by tattooed artists, or they have put names on that are

misspelled. Bob's clients include people who've had bad artwork and

even practical jokes tattooed into their skin. But everyone who visits

has one thing in common, they're all unhappy with their ink. You having

done today? Having some bad writing removed from the bottom of my back.

People are not a way they are going into a bad place and can end up with

a bad job. That says my children's names but it actually says hot

lesbian. It needs to come off! Almost done. Tattooists use a device

which works in a similar way to a sewing machine. One or more needles

pierces the skin. With every puncture, the needle inserts tiny

drops of ink. And because it breaks the skin, if hygiene is poor,

tattooing carries serious health risks.

To be registered, all you need is white bubble floors, and autoclaved

to sterilise equipment. That is literally all they want to see.

Artist Kevin Paul from Derby has tattooed some big celebrity names,

people like Ed Sheeran and Harry Styles. He's convinced the current

system makes it too easy for rogue tattooists to get away with bad

practice. There is no training involved? I have had three Studios

and never have they asked to look at any work. They have never asked to

look at machines or for us to set it up so they can see how it works.

They never ask anything like that. Kevin's put me in touch with Gemma

Hardy who had a scary experience when her tattoo became infected. I

went to a local studio and I had come up with the big design. I went

in for a three`hour session which was quite painful, and it was quite

painful and it was the first time I thought, that is pretty bad. I

looked after it like a dead all my cartoons but walk up the next day

and my foot was twice the size it had been the day before. Gemma

contacted the studio which carried out the work. They dismissed her

concerns claiming her tattoo was on a sensitive area and this was a

normal reaction. Things became so painful and inflamed Gemma admitted

herself to hospital. At its worst, when I walked into the hospital they

diagnosed me there and then with septicaemia, blood poisoning. Is

this person still Tatooine? They are. Gemma asked us not to contact

the tattooing studio responsible. She's concerned about reprisals.

You can get really bad infections and it can get inflamed and not heal

properly. We see it all the time. Besides infection and poor design

there are other concerns. The law states no tattoos if you're under

18. In reality the age limit is often ignored. I was 14 at the time

and I saw this design I really liked and it was a matter of being the

first one at school to get one. I went to somebody who dared underage

and he was a cleanly and it was not the best! The ink is not black and

the lines are not very straight. You were 14 at the time, where they are

no questions asked? No. I was 15 years old and it was just a question

of paying them the money. It was pretty bad of him to do that. What's

added to the problem are the DIY tattoo guns you can buy on the

internet. Back at the laser removal service, Anna Sims knows only too

well how home tattooing can lead to long term regrets. I had them done

by an ex who did it with each kept key part of the Antoinette. `` he

bought of the intranet. What do you think looking at it now? I just

think it is a mess. A lack of professionalism and it was not a

good idea. That is why I had them removed. Some tattoos comment and it

is like somebody has just taken a Bible. `` biro. Ironically, while

current rules and regulations governing the tattoo industry are

pretty lax, using a laser to remove them isn't properly regulated

either. Derby Tattooist Kevin Paul has started his own campaign to try

to clean up the industry. He's taken his concerns to the top, and

recently went to Westminster to talk to the Health Secretary. This is

some of the problems we are getting. Today he's meeting Chris Williamson

MP who's backing his campaign and lobbying for change. The images are

absolutely horrific and it has convinced me we need proper

statutory regulation to ensure these sorts of services are stamped out. I

think if we can regulate the availability of the materials and

make sure the studios are properly regulated, that would be a step in

the right direction. It is a welcome step but unless you have statutory

backing, people will simply ignored it. The good guys will forward the

best practice but it is the rogue tattooists and people not properly

set up and doing at home, they are the real problem and that is what we

need to deal with. If you do an operation on your front room, you

will get seriously done for it and this is exactly the same thing. It

is shocking that you are loads to do it.

`` you are loads to do it. Both Chris and Kevin welcome new

guidelines, but they're not convinced they'll solve any of the

underlying problems. And until new laws are introduced to protect the

public they're certain there'll be more cases like Gemma. She says she

had a lucky escape and wants to warn others. I see it as a small form of

cosmetic surgery. It is going into your skin and something that will be

there for the rest of your life. If you were changing another part of

your body permanently you would not go to somebody not qualified or

certified. This building is the oldest

surviving railway roundhouse in the world and Derby is celebrating 175

years of links with the railway industry. High`speed rail is already

having an impact here even though the first trains are not due to

arrive for another 20 years. Supporters of HS2 talk about the

economic benefits but what about the effect of people living in the past.

Up to 225 miles an hour. London in 51 minutes. Creating it's

claimed thousands of jobs. I'm taking a trip from the north to the

south of the region to get to the heart of how HS2, costing ?50

billion and 20 years away,is affecting lives, jobs and politics

now. How do you feel about this being

wiped out by HS2? I am absolutely devastated. I think HS2 is

absolutely vital for the long`term future of the United Kingdom. The

track is apparently going through the lounge of the house next door.

This is the Hamlet of Langton, near Kirkby in Ashfield in

Nottinghamshire. Six homes, including former farming

cottages and the old Langton Lodge, 150 years old. It's going to be

wiped off the map by HS2. I have lived up here in the longest but I

do not want to move, particularly because my husband died 14 months

ago and we made a rose garden for him and my grandchildren scatter his

ashes, so I cannot leave it. It is a tragedy as far as I am concerned.

Across the road, Lynn Fairbrother told me how high speed rail would

flatten her house and next door. From here, it will go through there

and take out the first cottage on the Lane itself. Little communities

are easy to take out. I know the plan the line to make us least

disruption as they possibly can but the human decide of it is very

difficult to compensate for. At Langton Lodge, HS2 has scuppered

plans to sell the property. The owners are applying for the

exceptional hardship scheme. It means you ask the government to buy

your house. But you only get market value. And you have to cover the

cost of putting your house on the market for three months. We have got

to go through this farce of putting it on the market and nothing is

going to come of it, and possibly it could have been sold by now if we

did not have the HS2 coming through year. Here's somewhere else that

will be transformed by the economics of HS2. This is Toton sidings

between Derby and Nottingham. The rail freight company DB Schenker has

a big maintenance depot here, employing 350 people. It is a key

long`term location for us. It's the preferred site for the East Midlands

hub station. Chosen ahead of Derby because HS2 says it can generate

bigger economic benefits attract more passengers and create 1500

jobs. A choice backed by the city of Nottingham and counties of

Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. But I've learned that HS2 estimates up

to 600 jobs could be lost through the demolition of industrial and

commercial properties within a two kilometre radius of the station. HS2

claims most of them could be relocated locally.

The rail maintenance depot is in the demolition zone, but, the company

doesn't want to move away. Can you operate here alongside HS2? Can you

still be year? We believe we can and it is an 80 acre site largely

dictated by railway operations 30 years ago and we believe there's

enough space for us and HS2 to exist side side.

In Long Eaton there are fears that the cluster of jobs in the key

furniture`making industry could be at risk. This manufacturer would

have to find a new home. Many in the business community say that the town

will be cut in two by high speed rail as roads are closed. They fear

for us as it could decimate the town. Employers would not travel

further afield for jobs so we could end up finishing the business. But

is Toton the right place for the East Midlands HS2 hub? Derby is

fighting for it. A senior transport academic school told me Derby would

be the best option for the station, even for its rival Nottingham.

Existing rail links mean it would be quicker to get to Derby than to

Toton. It would be feasible to get to Nottingham from Derby by fast

rail in 15 minutes, which is quicker than you will get to Toton by road

or tram. You would probably get a smoother interchange and you will

get the option of probably more opportunities. Derby is now battling

to win the HS2 station, claiming the Department for Transport has gone

back on a promise to bring it to the city.

We were sworn to secrecy back in September 2012.

We went along to Loughborough town Hall to a meeting with Justine

Greening and were shown a slide of the maps that had the city of Derby

as the choice for the East Midlands station. We had no knowledge of that

until we turned up and said what we were about, then they showed us the

plan. It is the Transport Secretary,

Patrick McLoughlin, who will be making the final decision later this

year. The truth was, when we looked at the issues, to put it in Derby

would have meant closing the Derby station for a while while it was

being done. But this is out to consultation, we

have not said what will be the permanent route. It would be wrong

at this stage to rule out. Derby has made a submission, so has nothing

come and we will consider those in the next few months. `` so has

Nottingham. In Leicestershire, the County Council is backing the route

through Derby. No wonderful stop this factory lies

in the path of HS2. 450 people work here and maintain `` making and

painting car parts for Jaguar Land Rover and others. The company sent a

formal objection to try to save the planet. Compensation to relocate

could cost between ?50 `?100,000,000. `` ?100 million.

This would devastate the site here and force us to relocate. We expect

them to consider our objection. It comes in from that direction and

misses the service station... One of the biggest critics is this

north`west Leicestershire MP, Andrew Bridgen.

He is trying to sell his house. With the line passing so close to his

garden it will demolish the hotel next door.

He is blaming HS2 for losses on the sale of properties, including his

own. If we cannot access the hardship scheme to sell it we will

lose two thirds of the value of the house and if we do settle on the

hardship scheme, given the stamp duty we pay on it, we will lose a

quarter of the value. People cannot move because huge

swathes of land either side of the proposed route are blighted.

Property prices are depressed, they will have to take a huge loss or sit

where they are. This is stifling people's lives.

With the city of Leicester warning HS2 could undermine economic growth

if other London rail services are cut, Patrick McLoughlin has a lot to

way up. I think HS2 is vital for the

long`term future of the UK. We have seen huge growth in the railway

network, a doubling of passenger numbers come and freight is up by

60%. The thing stopping any further expansion along those lines is

capacity. Back in the hamlet of Langton, a

plea from Marjorie Goodall. They have to re`route it, if they

must have it. But that would put it in someone else's back garden.

All right, so I am being selfish, but, you know, I think we've got a

point, to be honest. Finally tonight, with all the

amazing places you can choose to visit for a holiday, a war zone

probably wouldn't be first on your list. But last summer one man was

dubbed the world's most extreme tourist when he was spotted

holidaying in Syria. This fascination with dangerous locations

is known as "dark tourism". What is it all about? Well we sent Des

Coleman to explore some places much closer to home

and a little bit safer, too, to find out.

A holiday in Syria is total madness, but there are all the Apple fields

across the world that are becoming real tourist hotspots. I have

arrived at a British battlefield close to my home. I am a little late

to see the real thing, but there are some people who love to recreate the

carnage. It is fantastic for families come it

educates you. I don't like the bloodshed, really! Spear making, I R

King, suits of armour. We have had a good day here today. I

get a real buzz out of being in the place where these events happened,

yes. Thinking back to my history,

Bosworth saw some serious action. Richard Lewis was on that hill

there, Henry Tudor charged with thousands of men and suffered head

you `` heavy casualties. Richard Lewis third's death that

Bosworth and the dramatic of `` discovery of his remains in a car

park in Leicester has made this an even more popular place to visit.

But besides battlefields, there are other destinations considered dark

tourism hotspots. I have travelled to deepest Derbyshire to a village

with a sad past, and I am here to meet Doctor Philip Stone, a leading

expert on dark tourism. Even today, Eyam calls itself the

plague village. Back in 1665 the plague was brought

in from a sack of cloth delivered from London. One year later less

than a quarter of the village survived.

What excites people about dark to us?

What fascinates people about death and disaster? We all fascinated with

our death and mortality, but when we view other people's dyeing it brings

the history and significance back into our own world.

What our more recent examples two recent examples include ground zero

of 911. All of these are horrific atrocities

but since then have become visitor sites in their own making. It is

just the devastation that must have happened here.

I have read about it, and to come and see it obviously is just as

good. It is nice to read the plaques and

see what happened in certain houses, it is interesting. What does

that say about the dark tourist themselves?

We are fascinated with death, we have an inherent fascination, and

that is part of us, that will always be there. What is fascinating is how

it is packaged up and sold within the economy today. And people are

buying it. David Bartlett's business could be

described as dark tourism. He is an expert on World War I.

You have water running down the walls here, it is wet, damp, rancid.

You can hear all the time the rumbling of the shells above you.

His company is based in the East Midlands, however he spends a great

deal of time leading tours to the western front.

I think we need to visit, but I would think that anyway. It is about

the enormity of it, people's press is taken away. I can remember first

coming here and add a dot Wotan `` know to say or do.

We have come over from Grantham. We have visited this area a number of

times. I then became interested in exploring if there was any links

with my family there because I knew there was a great uncle that was

meant to have been killed in this area.

I have seen plenty of tourists, but I have not met anyone who has made a

particular link to a particular family member. Some people say,

well, people are making a profit at bringing people to the battlefield,

that it is a cheap form of tourism. Companies provide a service. All of

these services are very personal. There are other companies that bring

people in larger cultures. It is right to bring them and it is right

that people are made to think, remember and reflect upon what has

gone on before. Back home in Blighty, I am in

Nottinghamshire. There are few macabre tourist destinations in the

county and I have come to one of them.

This austere looking building was a 19th`century workouts, where life

was harsh and miserable. Workhouses like this lasted for about 150 years

in this country and it was a place that was a last resort for destitute

families. It has a horrible history. This section here was called the

dead room, because when anyone died in the workhouse they did not bury

them here because they wanted the land for growing vegetables, so the

body was stuck here until someone came from the appropriate parish to

pick the body up and bury it in a pauper's grave. I am eating the

property manager and historian, Rachel Harrison, to discover a

little more about why people want to visit what is essentially a bleak,

empty building with a sad past. Lots of character, a strange

atmosphere, I sense a certain sadness.

There would be. You were destitute if you came to the workhouse. The

property does speak volumes. It has the echo of voices of the past

coming through. What was it actually like living here?

Very regimented, there was a harsh regime. Abuse did happen, there are

records of some of that occurring, mainly, I suspect, because of the

volume of people in here and the small numbers of people to look

after them. We do have records of inmates who perhaps had mental

health issues beaten by other inmates to keep them quiet. There

was a whole raft of difficult situations that had to be handled.

It is not enjoyment, really come visit? You don't come to enjoy it,

it is about educating yourself about the past, where you have come from,

really. I would not say we are dark to

lists, but we certainly like to, you know, understand a little bit of the

history and how people lived back in the day.

The properties we have been visiting could be called dark tourism. Would

you consider this to be one of them? I think the best way to look at it

is that this is part of history that is kept in the dark, and what the

trust is trying to do with rubber keys like this and Eyam village is

to throw light on an area of society and social history that has not been

given the full limelight and exposure it deserves.

So, is it compassion or curiosity that makes people visit lasers like

Nottinghamshire's workhouse or Leicestershire's battlefields?

Whatever the reason, destinations like these are now popular with the

public and dark to resign, if you really want to call it that, is

changing the way we spend our leisure time and how we learn about

parts of our past. `` dark tourism. Des with some different ideas for

days out. Thanks to the Roundhouse and Derby College for keeping us

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Toton Sidings. But HS2 says there'll be more jobs in the