:00:00. > :00:11.Food and shelter. The most basic of human needs. Wily in 2017 are so
:00:12. > :00:18.many struggling to put a roof over their heads? In Derby there is talk
:00:19. > :00:22.of a homelessness crisis, is this the result of cutbacks? The
:00:23. > :00:31.situation is getting worse and worse. I find it worrying. It's
:00:32. > :00:37.getting really bad. Also tonight, why are so many homes standing
:00:38. > :00:42.empty? Turns out it's not so easy to find owners. We aren't talking about
:00:43. > :00:46.dozens, we are talking about thousands lying empty. And what new
:00:47. > :00:52.technology can tell us about the danger of heading footballs. It's
:00:53. > :00:57.one of your former players who has died of boxer's brain. You should be
:00:58. > :01:03.screaming from the rooftops for these players. I can't... We are in
:01:04. > :01:06.Leicester to bring you the stories that matter, closer to home.
:01:07. > :01:16.This is Inside Out for the East Midlands.
:01:17. > :01:18.Rough sleeping has risen right across the East
:01:19. > :01:24.But one charity claims that in Derby it's nearly doubled.
:01:25. > :01:27.City Council cuts to homeless shelters and housing
:01:28. > :01:33.So should this be a warning to other local authorities who are struggling
:01:34. > :01:46.Terry Christian is back in the city he once called home to investigate.
:01:47. > :01:52.It's been described as 'a stain on the city .
:01:53. > :01:55.Derby has a problem and massive funding cuts have made
:01:56. > :02:08.So has the City Council gone too far?
:02:09. > :02:15.Derby had to make tough decisions about massive savings. It began a
:02:16. > :02:23.programme of cuts and support for the city's homeless was slashed. The
:02:24. > :02:27.cuts in Derby were Draconian. Among the highest anywhere and in the
:02:28. > :02:32.country. You only have to go to Derby in the evening to see the
:02:33. > :02:34.problem that exists there now. I've been spat at, kicked.
:02:35. > :02:36.So has the City Council gone too far?
:02:37. > :02:39.Is there still help out there, or is Derby the toughest place
:02:40. > :02:48.in the country to find yourself without a roof over your head?
:02:49. > :02:51.A casualty of the cuts is this place here on Hartington Street,
:02:52. > :02:54.with 28 bedrooms, kitchens and communal facilities.
:02:55. > :02:58.It provided shelter and accommodation for the homeless
:02:59. > :03:02.until it was flogged off by the city council.
:03:03. > :03:11.The term Homelessness covers all sorts of people.
:03:12. > :03:17.At least 30 of the 60 people outside the homeless shelter have noise ago
:03:18. > :03:19.today. I can't get accommodation. Under 35
:03:20. > :03:21.so I'm not eligible for help. Under 35 so I'm not
:03:22. > :03:23.eligible for help. The term Homelessness covers
:03:24. > :03:24.all sorts of people. From sofa surfers to those staying
:03:25. > :03:28.in temporary accommodation. But what s got Derby folk talking
:03:29. > :03:45.are the city s visible homeless, I get depressed. I suffer from
:03:46. > :03:49.anxiety. I drink every day. It's not a lifestyle I like.
:03:50. > :03:51.Derby's run by Labour, they blame Government cuts.
:03:52. > :03:53.But the current situation has got Conservative councillor
:03:54. > :04:03.This is an example of what's happening with the city of Derby.
:04:04. > :04:07.There's either drugs or alcohol. Or it could be a combination of both.
:04:08. > :04:09.This is what we've got to stop. The sooner we stop it the better.
:04:10. > :04:22.You've described the homelessness in Derby as a stain on the city. I've
:04:23. > :04:25.never seen anything like this in all the years I lived in Derby back in
:04:26. > :04:31.the 80s. It's been difficult. Homelessness is
:04:32. > :04:37.increasing. I would like to see you, I am a counsellor, I would like the
:04:38. > :04:39.leadership to do more to help the homeless.
:04:40. > :04:42.That's not happening at the moment. Do you think the cuts have gone to
:04:43. > :04:47.deep? I think the cuts have gone far too
:04:48. > :04:50.deep. I think this administration doesn't know where to spend the
:04:51. > :04:53.money. It spends money on the wrong places.
:04:54. > :04:57.The number of people rough sleeping here in the Midlands is way
:04:58. > :05:01.It s gone up by 72% in the last five years and one local charity
:05:02. > :05:10.for the homeless is keen to speak out.
:05:11. > :05:16.It's not surprising that homelessness is increasing in Derby,
:05:17. > :05:20.and in many cities and small towns across the East Midlands. What we've
:05:21. > :05:27.seen over the last few years is progressive, very large cuts in
:05:28. > :05:28.services. Sometimes a complete decommissioning of services,
:05:29. > :05:34.especially homelessness prevention services. After 8pm this place
:05:35. > :05:39.becomes a night shelter open during the coldest months of the year, it
:05:40. > :05:45.is literally a lifeline for those without a roof overhead. It is run
:05:46. > :05:50.goodwill. This is the fourth year we are running. We started four years
:05:51. > :05:56.ago. We did that in response to 85% cuts to funding in Derby. The
:05:57. > :06:00.biggest cut of any local authority in the country. We responded to the
:06:01. > :06:04.need because we lost a hostel and accommodation in the city. We get
:06:05. > :06:09.busier every year. We've been open five or six nights this year and we
:06:10. > :06:13.are busier than we were last year. Support services have been severely
:06:14. > :06:19.hit. There is in the support structure to have people before they
:06:20. > :06:26.end up being homeless. There isn't a support structure once someone has
:06:27. > :06:31.stopped being homeless. You've been homeless for three years, how much a
:06:32. > :06:35.have you been given? They helped us to get where we are today. If it
:06:36. > :06:41.weren't for these people I don't know what we would have ended up
:06:42. > :06:47.being, prison, trouble, they've got faith in you. They stand on your own
:06:48. > :06:52.two feet. I never dream that I would actually be homeless. It's something
:06:53. > :06:55.that when I was younger it never crossed my mind. You just don't
:06:56. > :07:01.think it. But it could happen to anybody. Is it frustrating for you
:07:02. > :07:04.knowing that there are more cuts to come? Yes, there is a consultation
:07:05. > :07:09.going on. We lost the 85% and they are looking
:07:10. > :07:15.at whether the other 15% is needed. I struggle to believe that at all.
:07:16. > :07:19.We've lost so many things already. It's just... It's just unbelievable.
:07:20. > :07:31.I don't know how things will end up here in Derby. Local businesses
:07:32. > :07:33.aren't happy either, they say street beggars are distracting local
:07:34. > :07:40.shoppers. This has been a landmark for 50 years and Robert is fed up.
:07:41. > :07:48.We are seeing street drinkers who are in various stages of drunken
:07:49. > :07:54.intoxicated condition. I am not a politician. I am not responsible for
:07:55. > :07:58.funding cuts. I'm a resident, a businessman, trying to provide a
:07:59. > :08:02.service to my customers. It's in a locality where there is a source of
:08:03. > :08:06.alcohol. These people are alcoholics and drug addicts. They should be
:08:07. > :08:12.helped in a much more effective way to overcome their problems. They
:08:13. > :08:18.should give am half a chance at rehabilitation.
:08:19. > :08:26.It's been reported that their funding may be withdrawn
:08:27. > :08:29.Riverside, the charity who runs it didn t want to take
:08:30. > :08:36.We also contacted the Padley group here in the Derby,
:08:37. > :08:38.they re another charity in Derby who offer support to the homeless
:08:39. > :08:55.Derby City Council says the cuts from central Government mean they've
:08:56. > :09:01.Over the last six years they ve had to find
:09:02. > :09:06.City Councillor Fareed Hussain who's in charge of improving housing
:09:07. > :09:22.These cuts are going to be devastating for the homeless. What
:09:23. > :09:25.about those people who live on the street, mental health issues,
:09:26. > :09:29.alcohol problems on the rest of it, are they being abandoned now?
:09:30. > :09:34.Obviously these services are slightly more basic than they used
:09:35. > :09:38.to be. The positive help we were offering people to get them out of
:09:39. > :09:45.the spiral isn't available to the same extent. I can't deny that the
:09:46. > :09:49.impact is therefore measurement, to be seen.
:09:50. > :09:50.While we were filming the counsellor was approached by a man who's been
:09:51. > :09:52.homeless for six months. He says he s been waiting four weeks
:09:53. > :10:00.for a call back from the council. The homeless situation in Derby has
:10:01. > :10:06.escalated in the last six months to a level where I didn't think it will
:10:07. > :10:09.be like that in the 21st-century. We work with people to enable them to
:10:10. > :10:13.get back on their feet and become useful citizens.
:10:14. > :10:16.Could you point me in the right direction, IBM be ever so grateful?
:10:17. > :10:20.Dean continues to sleep on a mate s sofa and for those sleeping rough,
:10:21. > :10:26.well, life in Derby has just got a whole lot tougher.
:10:27. > :10:32.Homelessness doesn't suddenly just magically appear. There are reasons
:10:33. > :10:36.why people end up homeless. What are we doing to address that?
:10:37. > :10:40.What are we doing to support people who are homeless to make sure they
:10:41. > :10:44.don't end up being homeless again? That's where we need a more
:10:45. > :10:49.strategic, coordinated approach. The situation is getting worse. The
:10:50. > :10:52.weather is getting bad. They've been a couple of suicides.
:10:53. > :11:00.I find that worrying. Is that how bad it is?
:11:01. > :11:04.Yes, it's really bad. I would like a roof over my head. Just, basically,
:11:05. > :11:06.to get on with my life. I'd like to work again. To just get myself back
:11:07. > :11:09.together, really. Well, people who want to make
:11:10. > :11:12.housing more affordable say that simply won t happen while there s
:11:13. > :11:14.a shortage of properties And yet the East Midlands has
:11:15. > :11:20.thousands of homes sitting vacant, So why do so many
:11:21. > :11:25.properties stay empty? Nisha Chopra has been
:11:26. > :11:48.investigating here in Leicester. Decaying empty houses are
:11:49. > :11:58.everywhere. We are so cramped it silly. You've got so many homes,
:11:59. > :12:02.houses that could be homes, sitting. We aren't talking about dozens of
:12:03. > :12:07.empty houses, we are talking about thousands lying there are empty.
:12:08. > :12:13.She's got a nice house here and it looks awful. You've got a home
:12:14. > :12:17.sitting there, it's doing nothing, sell it.
:12:18. > :12:28.We are just constantly climbing over one another.
:12:29. > :12:30.She s hoping to get on the council house register because she s
:12:31. > :12:34.desperate for a bigger place for her daughter and son.
:12:35. > :12:42.It's silly. This tiny little house. I've got two children, one is ten.
:12:43. > :12:47.Opposite sexes. They need separate rooms. It's not fair on her to be
:12:48. > :12:47.sharing a room with her ten-year-old brother.
:12:48. > :12:50.In the East Midlands there are more than 62,000 households
:12:51. > :12:54.And yet it s estimated there are almost 20,000 properties,
:12:55. > :12:57.many privately owned, which are standing empty
:12:58. > :13:11.I'm not saying give me a house, you know, give it to me. But why aren't
:13:12. > :13:15.they doing something with them? One of the first problem is getting an
:13:16. > :13:20.empty home back into use is tracking down the owner. It's not easy. This
:13:21. > :13:21.property has been empty for at least a decade.
:13:22. > :13:24.Paul Palmer spends his life knocking on doors.
:13:25. > :13:27.He s an empty homes consultant hired by the bigger councils
:13:28. > :13:46.I was looking for the owner of the property. Can we checked out records
:13:47. > :13:49.and give us a clue where he is? Thank you. Number one is finding out
:13:50. > :13:54.where they are and getting properties reported to us. We have a
:13:55. > :14:01.Facebook page, Leicester empty homes. People can report them to us.
:14:02. > :14:05.There are so many reasons why houses are left empty. From landlords who
:14:06. > :14:09.are renting them out to the houses being trashed and they don't have
:14:10. > :14:12.the money to do them up again. Owners left property by a relative
:14:13. > :14:17.who has passed away, they don't have the money to refurbish it. Probate
:14:18. > :14:21.issues, properties get tied up for years sometimes.
:14:22. > :14:32.for more properties to do up and rent.
:14:33. > :14:42.Anybody know anybody that's got an empty home? This is part of the
:14:43. > :14:48.problem. It's a challenge to track down owners of properties sitting
:14:49. > :14:53.there doing nothing. I was in the position when I inherited my dad's
:14:54. > :14:55.home, knowing I wanted to do something but not doing what. Not
:14:56. > :14:58.having expertise knowledge. Myself having expertise knowledge. Myself
:14:59. > :15:05.and other ethical landlords can offer ideas.
:15:06. > :15:09.If anybody does see them, try to get them to start talking to either the
:15:10. > :15:13.Council ought to a reputable landlord. No one is in it to
:15:14. > :15:18.money. We are there to make money. money. We are there to make money.
:15:19. > :15:23.We can make sure the properties are in good condition, safe, done at an
:15:24. > :15:27.affordable rate. Done at an affordable cost. I've got tens, if
:15:28. > :15:33.not hundreds of people who would love to live there, and need to live
:15:34. > :15:37.there. We tracked down three different empty property owners but
:15:38. > :15:40.none of them wanted to speak on camera. Ill-health and a family
:15:41. > :15:41.dispute were just a couple of reasons as to why they had left
:15:42. > :15:46.reasons as to why they had left their properties to decay.
:15:47. > :15:50.to find out more about this eyesore near Leicester.
:15:51. > :16:01.The owner was last seen by a neighbour 17 years ago.
:16:02. > :16:08.From what we understand the owner might have been taken ill, and maybe
:16:09. > :16:12.in a care home. We just had to balance behind every empty home
:16:13. > :16:15.there is a story. Sometimes it makes your blood boil, but sometimes you
:16:16. > :16:18.feel a bit sympathetic. However, feel a bit sympathetic. However,
:16:19. > :16:22.whatever the story, something needs to be done. How long has your
:16:23. > :16:26.mother-in-law been living next to less?
:16:27. > :16:32.30 plus years. It's awful, frightening. You get lots of people
:16:33. > :16:39.coming in. If we try to tell them anything they throw things at our
:16:40. > :16:43.car. Card is here. Does this area attract anti-social behaviour?
:16:44. > :16:46.Yes, people can do drug dealing is there.
:16:47. > :16:51.How does that make your mother-in-law feel? Scared and
:16:52. > :16:59.ashamed. She's got a nice house, and this looks very awful. Dave, you've
:17:00. > :17:02.been complaining a number of times to the Council about this property,
:17:03. > :17:09.tell me about it. Every time I complain to there is
:17:10. > :17:11.one nor the other reason. They are not able to do anything with this
:17:12. > :17:20.legal action to obtain a Compulsory Purchase Order.
:17:21. > :17:26.Mark Grant works for a homeless charity in Leicester.
:17:27. > :17:28.They've started buying empty homes to turn them
:17:29. > :17:43.The charity got a grant, this will cost ?170,000, and about 70,000 will
:17:44. > :17:44.be spent on it. and about 70,000 will be
:17:45. > :17:46.spent on it. This has been empty
:17:47. > :17:50.for over 12 months now. It did have students
:17:51. > :17:52.in they were paying ?80 a week. Many landlords are reluctant
:17:53. > :17:54.landlords they've been left properties, they think a good
:17:55. > :17:57.investment, get out of their depths. This will make a great home
:17:58. > :18:15.for us we'll accommodate We are able to rent this out at an
:18:16. > :18:18.affordable rent. They will need a deposit or rent upfront. ?1500 a
:18:19. > :18:22.week. If we could just match people week. If we could just match people
:18:23. > :18:26.with these properties we could make a real difference.
:18:27. > :18:29.So what are councils doing to tackle empty homes like this
:18:30. > :18:33.Well they can start by increasing the owner s council tax by 50%.
:18:34. > :18:35.For the growing number of empty homes officers
:18:36. > :18:37.like Carole Thompson, the last resort is a
:18:38. > :18:48.The owner of this place has just received one.
:18:49. > :18:54.It's costly. It is time consuming. And at the end of the day we really
:18:55. > :18:56.want to work with owners to help them to bring their properties back
:18:57. > :18:58.into use. The government's empty homes funding
:18:59. > :19:00.programme ended last September. It says the number of properties
:19:01. > :19:13.empty for over six months In an ideal world, if the government
:19:14. > :19:20.did have empty homes fund, would that make your job easier? It's
:19:21. > :19:24.definitely would, because then we would have resources to offer more
:19:25. > :19:29.incentives to owners to bring privately owned properties back into
:19:30. > :19:31.use. And supplements our housing stock. This year we've bought 191
:19:32. > :19:34.This year we've bought 191 properties back into use.
:19:35. > :19:36.Remember that house being done up in Leicester -
:19:37. > :19:39.well one of the five new tenants who used to be homeless
:19:40. > :19:45.has come to see how his new home is coming along.
:19:46. > :19:53.I can see the park from here as well. It's a positive step in the
:19:54. > :19:57.right direction. One step away from getting back onto my feet, getting
:19:58. > :20:03.back into the working world, after a severe injury, schemes like this are
:20:04. > :20:09.absolutely essential. Absolutely essential. I think it's the way
:20:10. > :20:14.forward. So, Andrew is one of the lucky ones. But what this charity is
:20:15. > :20:18.offering is just a drop in the ocean. The fact is we need more
:20:19. > :20:20.homes and there are thousands of properties sitting empty.
:20:21. > :20:28.For Sarah and her family they're still waiting for a bigger place.
:20:29. > :20:43.I love you. See you in the morning. My kids, they deserve a nice home.
:20:44. > :20:47.Finally tonight, just how dangerous is the beautiful game?
:20:48. > :20:50.For years the Astle family from the East Midlands have been
:20:51. > :20:54.campaigning to highlight the hazards of footballing head injuries.
:20:55. > :20:56.Footballing legend Jeff Astle died with dementia linked to heading
:20:57. > :21:03.Laura May McMullan has been investigating how gaming technology
:21:04. > :21:14.may be used to stop players putting themselves at risk.
:21:15. > :21:20.Both appear, certainly endorse's case to be out cold.
:21:21. > :21:22.Head injuries are all too common in football.
:21:23. > :21:24.But can heading the ball really cause brain damage?
:21:25. > :21:30.And can players be protected by new technology? It s subject close
:21:31. > :21:35.to the heart of the Astle family from Derbyshire.
:21:36. > :21:38.Jeff Astle, a West Bromwich Albion legend, died
:21:39. > :21:45.A coroner ruled it was brain trauma caused by heading
:21:46. > :21:52.He didn t even know he d been a footballer.
:21:53. > :22:02.Just the way he was prior to the disease.
:22:03. > :22:07.He couldn't have had anything worse, I don t think so, because it
:22:08. > :22:16.Jeff s brain was re-examined three years ago.
:22:17. > :22:21.He'd actually died from CTE, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.
:22:22. > :22:25.A small independent study recently showed that other former players had
:22:26. > :22:35.The Astle family say it's now time for the football authorities
:22:36. > :22:37.to provide definitive answers. We've been very
:22:38. > :22:45.They've let Jeff down and they ve let football down.
:22:46. > :22:54.If there's one club taking head injuries seriously it's Jeff's
:22:55. > :22:59.Today is match day, the Baggies are at home to Crystal Palace
:23:00. > :23:04.and I've been invited along to join the medical team.
:23:05. > :23:09.In two consecutive weeks, two players have had head injuries here.
:23:10. > :23:14.That's the problem and Dawson we can see has been
:23:15. > :23:17.knocked out cold I think. The Premier league has strict
:23:18. > :23:24.And it's up to the doctor to make the call.
:23:25. > :23:27.So what happens if a player suffers a head injury?
:23:28. > :23:31.Well, the first thing is the medical team have to get on to the pitch,
:23:32. > :23:36.Now if they're complaining of any signs of concussion,
:23:37. > :23:39.if they've been knocked out, if they've got a headache,
:23:40. > :23:41.feeling a bit unsteady, memory disturbance, then we need
:23:42. > :23:46.Do you feel a sense of pressure when you have to make that call?
:23:47. > :23:53.It's part of my job, but it's not always an easy part of the job.
:23:54. > :23:57.So how do you make the medic's job easier?
:23:58. > :24:03.Well, new technology may hold some of the answers.
:24:04. > :24:09.Dr Michel Grey has been trialling the virtual reality device
:24:10. > :24:15.to detect concussion at the University of Birmingham.
:24:16. > :24:21.It is being trialled in America with a surgeon pitch side. Along with
:24:22. > :24:30.clinical assessments it can detect compassion within seconds. --
:24:31. > :24:33.What we're going to ask you to do is have a look
:24:34. > :24:37.at the whiteboard up here, and there'll be some instructions.
:24:38. > :24:41.The idea of the test is getting the brain to do two
:24:42. > :24:48.With our virtual reality balance test we re having the brain do one
:24:49. > :24:52.thing and then challenge it by tilting the room and it s only
:24:53. > :24:55.by doing this we see subtle changes that might not show up
:24:56. > :25:10.Someone with concussion will be off balance and unable to concentrate.
:25:11. > :25:13.You will have players that say "No I'm fine I'm
:25:14. > :25:19.You do this test or one like it, I think those questions go away.
:25:20. > :25:22.So you ve tried it for yourself, could something like this
:25:23. > :25:27.I think we're looking for functional tests that allow us to make a quick
:25:28. > :25:33.decision and technology such as that could potentially be very helpful.
:25:34. > :25:36.In his day, Andy Gray former Villa, Wolves and West Brom striker made
:25:37. > :25:44.He too believes technology could help.
:25:45. > :25:47.What football has no excuse about is embracing modern technology.
:25:48. > :25:54.It can't say we don't have the money, it's awash with money.
:25:55. > :25:58.Paying millions and millions of pounds to footballers and then
:25:59. > :26:02.worrying very little about their health.
:26:03. > :26:05.It s too late to help former players.
:26:06. > :26:10.Growing numbers are suffering from dementia but Dawn believes many
:26:11. > :26:14.at the top of the sport are still ignoring the evidence.
:26:15. > :26:17.We're going to meet Gordon Taylor, the chief executive
:26:18. > :26:24.Dawn wants him to recognise the family have been telling
:26:25. > :26:35.Do you think football has got a problem with former players and
:26:36. > :26:38.dementia? If I look at other sports,
:26:39. > :26:41.you'd have to think for obvious reasons if you're a boxer
:26:42. > :26:46.and you see what happened You'd think that could well have
:26:47. > :26:52.been a result of boxing. Because I can give you as many
:26:53. > :27:00.former players who've had terrible problems with their hips,
:27:01. > :27:05.with their knees, with their ankles. Dawn believes the PFA has a duty
:27:06. > :27:13.of care to former players. We've got a fraction of
:27:14. > :27:17.the resources of the Premier League, the football league,
:27:18. > :27:19.the FA and Fifa. Now, I'm not passing a buck,
:27:20. > :27:23.I'm not passing a buck. It's one of your former players
:27:24. > :27:27.who's died of boxer's brain. You should be screaming
:27:28. > :27:33.from the rooftops for these players. Clearly frustrated,
:27:34. > :27:37.she leaves the room. I think if I speak to all the
:27:38. > :27:40.families who I'm representing now. I think I feel bitterly,
:27:41. > :27:45.bitterly let down. If you re asking me if I'm
:27:46. > :27:47.frustrated, and Dawn said you can be here jumping up
:27:48. > :27:50.and down and screaming. You need to be more
:27:51. > :27:52.professional than that. But anyone who knows me will know
:27:53. > :27:55.and will see the evidence that we ve been knocking on this door
:27:56. > :27:58.for a long, long time The FA declined to give us
:27:59. > :28:03.an interview, but along with other associations they're now
:28:04. > :28:06.going to fund a 'six-figure study' looking at the possible
:28:07. > :28:10.link between dementia And for current players
:28:11. > :28:18.and youngsters, just a few hunred pounds on new technology could help
:28:19. > :28:22.prevent brain injuries Here's a look ahead
:28:23. > :28:36.to next week s programme. Can politicians really
:28:37. > :28:45.make a difference? I take it incredibly seriously, it's
:28:46. > :28:53.I have got a whole. I know we've got their local MP for help?
:28:54. > :29:05.I have got a whole. I know we've got rats.
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