:00:00. > :00:00.Cracking down on people who take drugs and then take to the road.
:00:07. > :00:10.I'm on patrol with Essex Police, who are catching 40 drivers a month
:00:11. > :00:17.This gentleman does have cocaine in his system.
:00:18. > :00:20.You are under arrest on suspicion of driving with a drug level over
:00:21. > :00:26.Stepping in to take over running a daycare centre.
:00:27. > :00:33.From Thursday, the weekend seems endless until I can come
:00:34. > :00:41.And its 80 years since the invention of ground-breaking technology that
:00:42. > :00:44.helped change the course of the Second World War.
:00:45. > :00:47.People talk a lot about Bletchley Park, which is great,
:00:48. > :00:49.big secret place where computers were born.
:00:50. > :00:54.This place is as important and was a secret and probably has
:00:55. > :00:59.Revealing the stories that matter closer to home.
:01:00. > :01:20.And we'll have that story in about 20 minutes' time.
:01:21. > :01:22.But first the RAC reckons that one in 20 people have
:01:23. > :01:29.Well, I've been on patrol with the police in Essex
:01:30. > :01:35.as they crack down on these motorists who are breaking the law.
:01:36. > :01:42.It's 9:30am on a Thursday morning and I'm out
:01:43. > :01:48.Six separate police forces are taking part in a joint exercise
:01:49. > :01:52.They're going to keep a special lookout for people driving
:01:53. > :01:57.I've only been in the police car for a few minutes
:01:58. > :02:02.Yeah, they look like they've got two detained and it's
:02:03. > :02:09.The police also suspect the driver has used drugs.
:02:10. > :02:14.Officers are now able to do instant roadside tests to check.
:02:15. > :02:16.As a result they're catching and prosecuting more
:02:17. > :02:21.The RAC reckons more than one in 20 drivers have
:02:22. > :02:28.Even though the traffic is at a halt here because of the road works,
:02:29. > :02:30.PC Sharpe has negotiated through with his siren and lights.
:02:31. > :02:36.Colleagues have stopped a stolen car.
:02:37. > :02:40.In the past to prosecute the police had to show that your driving
:02:41. > :02:43.was impaired by drugs, but now it's an offence to drive
:02:44. > :02:46.if you've taken certain drugs whether or not it has any effect
:02:47. > :02:55.Over the past year on average we would suggest 40 drivers
:02:56. > :02:59.a month are being arrested for positive samples.
:03:00. > :03:15.A lot of people would be horrified to hear that.
:03:16. > :03:24.It doesn't matter how much advertising there is. People will
:03:25. > :03:28.always choose to take illicit substances would not think before
:03:29. > :03:30.taking other substances that may affect their ability to control a
:03:31. > :03:41.vehicle. Driving while under the influence
:03:42. > :03:43.of drugs can sometimes have very Just over two years ago a drug
:03:44. > :03:47.driver killed two young friends on this road
:03:48. > :03:49.near Braintree in Essex. Jill and Mike Simmons' son James
:03:50. > :03:52.was one of the young men who died. He loved his home, he loved
:03:53. > :03:59.family get together, he was so funny, he was like his dad
:04:00. > :04:04.he was very funny. He was planning a career
:04:05. > :04:23.in the music industry. This car came towards the, switched
:04:24. > :04:26.carriageways without warning, James injuries were
:04:27. > :04:38.catastrophic to say the least. And he would have been
:04:39. > :04:59.rendered unconscious It is unbelievable. You can't
:05:00. > :05:07.believe what they are telling you. I just stared at the policewoman and I
:05:08. > :05:20.didn't know what to say. I just went numb. It just killed everything. It
:05:21. > :05:27.has killed everything ever since. Because although we are very close,
:05:28. > :05:30.our lives have changed completely. The joy has gone.
:05:31. > :05:33.Mike Simmons doesn't want other people to have to experience
:05:34. > :05:41.While the penalties for drug driving have increased,
:05:42. > :05:43.Mike thinks the police could do more.
:05:44. > :05:49.The police have the tools and the authority.
:05:50. > :05:56.But I don't feel I have resources to actually enforce the law.
:05:57. > :05:59.It's all very well having strong laws, but if you can't enforce them
:06:00. > :06:02.Essex Police say they're very pro-active.
:06:03. > :06:06.If they suspect anyone of drug driving they carry out a roadside
:06:07. > :06:10.salvia test which shows the presence of illegal substances.
:06:11. > :06:22.This particular motorist was clear, there were no drugs in his system.
:06:23. > :06:25.But Essex Police say they are currently arresting around
:06:26. > :06:28.500 drivers a year who have been using drugs.
:06:29. > :06:30.But it's not just illegal drugs that can affect your
:06:31. > :06:34.ability behind the wheel - some prescription medicines can also
:06:35. > :06:41.As we saw earlier in the film, the patrol car I was in was called
:06:42. > :06:45.to help with the arrest of a driver in a stolen car.
:06:46. > :06:47.Officers believe he's also taken illegal drugs.
:06:48. > :06:52.As PC Sharpe's colleagues have made the stop and the arrest,
:06:53. > :06:57.they are going to be the ones that carry out the drugs test to see
:06:58. > :07:00.if there is any drugs in the system of the driver.
:07:01. > :07:02.I'm making a formal requirement now at 11 minutes past
:07:03. > :07:05.ten for a drug wipe, just to see if there is any
:07:06. > :07:07.drugs in your system while you are driving.
:07:08. > :07:15.The saliva test will show whether the driver has taken any
:07:16. > :07:25.This very faint pink mark is coming up just to the left of the control
:07:26. > :07:27.line on the bottom row next to the cocaine line,
:07:28. > :07:30.which shows that this gentleman does have cocaine in his system.
:07:31. > :07:33.So at the moment, I am going to tell you now,
:07:34. > :07:37.you are under arrest further under the suspicion of driving with a drug
:07:38. > :07:41.Under section 5A of the Road Traffic Act,
:07:42. > :07:43.you are committing an offence if you have cocaine in your
:07:44. > :07:47.I just spoke to the man who has been arrested who is in
:07:48. > :07:51.I asked him if he had been taking drugs.
:07:52. > :07:54.But as you saw on the indicator it quite clearly shows
:07:55. > :07:59.So the next stage is to take him to the police station
:08:00. > :08:03.The police are still waiting the results of that blood test.
:08:04. > :08:07.Now, if are you are caught driving with drugs in your system,
:08:08. > :08:10.above a certain limit, there's an automatic
:08:11. > :08:13.one year driving ban, there's also an unlimited fine
:08:14. > :08:16.and the possibility of up to six months in prison.
:08:17. > :08:20.At moment the roadside test only covers two illegal drugs.
:08:21. > :08:25.But you can still be prosecuted for taking other banned substances.
:08:26. > :08:28.The kits that we have got at the moment are testing
:08:29. > :08:31.That's quite limiting, though, isn't it, the cos I suppose
:08:32. > :08:34.they could have any other Class A drug in their system,
:08:35. > :08:44.However, should you suspect somebody is impaired,
:08:45. > :08:53.and they provide a negative sample, you have still got your suspicions
:08:54. > :08:56.that they are unfit through drink or drugs and you can still arrest
:08:57. > :08:58.and then go through the normal doctor procedure.
:08:59. > :09:05.The drug driver who killed James Simmons and his friend
:09:06. > :09:08.Corran Powell also died in the crash.
:09:09. > :09:11.Tests on his body revealed he'd had taken a cocktail
:09:12. > :09:21.His system contained cocaine, diazepam, amphetamines and cannabis
:09:22. > :09:33.He was absolutely aware of what he was doing.
:09:34. > :09:37.You can't be under the influence of anything like that and then deem
:09:38. > :09:43.You get behind the wheel of a car, you have a weapon and it's your
:09:44. > :09:58.I don't care what people do in the comfort of their own home.
:09:59. > :10:03.But the minute they get behind the wheel of a car
:10:04. > :10:11.If there is something you think we should be looking
:10:12. > :10:16.into here on the programme you can get in touch with me on Twitter.
:10:17. > :10:23.All the e-mails get passed on to the team.
:10:24. > :10:26.You are watching Inside Out in the east of England here on BBC One.
:10:27. > :10:31.Trying to save a secret installation here in Bawdsey in Suffolk that
:10:32. > :10:36.Are you proud of what your mother and father did?
:10:37. > :10:40.I actually know very little about what they did.
:10:41. > :10:48.After the war they never ever spoke about their actual work.
:10:49. > :10:50.Now, some daycare centres are under threat of closure
:10:51. > :10:55.One in Northamptonshire was going to be shut down.
:10:56. > :10:58.That is until the people that use that thought, hey, hang on,
:10:59. > :11:00.we can step in here ourselves and run it.
:11:01. > :11:10.Well, Jo Taylor has been to see how they have been getting on.
:11:11. > :11:16.Years ago he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease,
:11:17. > :11:23.but in the last six months it's got considerably worse.
:11:24. > :11:25.Since then life at home has been a challenge for him
:11:26. > :11:36.She's on demand 24-7 and I can understand she hasn't got
:11:37. > :11:46.There's very little Frank can do at the moment.
:11:47. > :11:51.I'm being exhausted and although I love him dearly
:11:52. > :12:06.We have these big rows and it ain't that we don't love each other,
:12:07. > :12:08.it's because how frustrated, how - suffocating
:12:09. > :12:20.But two days a week, Frank gives Anita a much needed break.
:12:21. > :12:23.He goes to a place where he's safe ? and entertained.
:12:24. > :12:30.This is Glamis Hall, a daycare centre for
:12:31. > :12:37.Frank is one of 130 people who visit the centre regularly.
:12:38. > :12:52.Volunteers are on hand to pass around the teas and coffees -
:12:53. > :13:03.and ready to make up a hand for cards or play Scrabble.
:13:04. > :13:06.Oh dear, I haven't got any vowels are told.
:13:07. > :13:08.But Glamis Hall had to fight for its survival.
:13:09. > :13:10.Previously run by the Borough Council of Wellingborough,
:13:11. > :13:12.when the councillors threatened to withdraw funding,
:13:13. > :13:17.The Centre is no longer funded out of the public purse, but,
:13:18. > :13:28.to the relief of centre users, the service it provides continues.
:13:29. > :13:37.Instead of looking for a wooden box, I've got somewhere to go.
:13:38. > :13:44.Betty can be found at Glamis Hall every Tuesday and Thursday.
:13:45. > :13:46.It's a lifesaver. And I hate it, from Thursday,
:13:47. > :13:54.the weekend seems endless until I can come back here on a Tuesday.
:13:55. > :13:59.I think it stimulates your brain, because you chat together instead
:14:00. > :14:10.of sitting at home either talking to yourself or no-one at all.
:14:11. > :14:18.Glamis Hall dishes up lunch for more than 40 people every weekday.
:14:19. > :14:25.Afterwards, it's time to sit back and enjoy the entertainment.
:14:26. > :14:40.This afternoon there's a bit of a party atmosphere.
:14:41. > :14:44.Glamis provides a vital service ? but what happened
:14:45. > :14:52.In June 2014, the borough council decided it could not afford
:14:53. > :15:00.A campaign to keep the Centre open was mounted by users and relatives.
:15:01. > :15:10.A petition attracted 10,000 signatures.
:15:11. > :15:13.What was your message to the Council?
:15:14. > :15:17.To stop - because we've got friends here and all I've got at home
:15:18. > :15:29.Whereas we've got something here to do ? and they was only
:15:30. > :15:39.When money got really tight something had to give.
:15:40. > :15:45.We had to concentrate on the things that we were directly responsible
:15:46. > :15:51.for statutory duties that we had to carry out.
:15:52. > :15:55.The decision came as a terrible blow ? but the campaigners remained
:15:56. > :16:00.They formed a trust, and persuaded the council to give
:16:01. > :16:06.The group was given the keys in January 2015 on condition
:16:07. > :16:13.they paid for it and organise the running of the hall.
:16:14. > :16:16.It was a big responsibility, particularly for Heather Saunders,
:16:17. > :16:23.How did you persuade the council to let you run the hall?
:16:24. > :16:26.We presented a business plan to them which was costed
:16:27. > :16:30.going forward for five years ? with our staff and volunteering.
:16:31. > :16:35.We employ staff ? we have seven members of staff and the people
:16:36. > :16:39.who come pay to come ? and with the volunteer and staffing
:16:40. > :16:41.model that we've got we keep our costs low
:16:42. > :16:51.Services on offer include a therapeutic massage ? or more
:16:52. > :16:57.Some people haven't had a bath for years.
:16:58. > :17:05.And the sheer pleasure they have, the enjoyment of having a bath,
:17:06. > :17:13.Not everybody, even with family members,
:17:14. > :17:18.you'd be surprised how many people, they see us more than they see
:17:19. > :17:23.the centre raises additional money by renting out space for other
:17:24. > :17:26.From youth clubs to Zumba classes - and more.
:17:27. > :17:29.But two years on, the daytime remains reserved for people
:17:30. > :17:40.Across the UK, daycare centres are under threat.
:17:41. > :17:42.But when it comes to public funding, like many district and borough
:17:43. > :17:48.councils, Wellingborough argues the buck stops elsewhere.
:17:49. > :17:53.Of course we can't look beyond the truth ? that daycare
:17:54. > :17:55.facilities for the elderly should be the responsibility
:17:56. > :18:05.But Northamptonshire County Council says it's struggling
:18:06. > :18:09.because of the Government's nationwide cuts to social care
:18:10. > :18:16.It argues more funding should be provided by central government ?
:18:17. > :18:20.basis, as variable council tax receipts means social care
:18:21. > :18:26.Meanwhile it claims squeezed budgets leave it with no option
:18:27. > :18:32.Only recently it withdrew funding from two daycare centres to make
:18:33. > :18:40.If cuts to council funding continue, what would Heather Saunders advice
:18:41. > :18:46.be to others who attend daycare centres faced with closure?
:18:47. > :18:51.Elderly people are the same as everybody.
:18:52. > :18:57.We need to be with people, with friends ? we need
:18:58. > :19:06.to have a laugh and that's why it works, because it's fun.
:19:07. > :19:12.Back at home, Frank and Anita reflect on the day.
:19:13. > :19:15.Glamis is the top row of things I want to do every week.
:19:16. > :19:19.If I don't have it once a week, I don't know how
:19:20. > :19:28.It's given Frank a new lease of life.
:19:29. > :19:40.Not only is this place, Bawdsey on the Suffolk coast,
:19:41. > :19:43.a beautiful village it also has a really significant place
:19:44. > :19:48.In fact the science that was going on here 80 years ago has given us
:19:49. > :20:16.all kinds of things today that we take for granted.
:20:17. > :20:25.All of that technology that we take for granted.
:20:26. > :20:28.But we wouldn't have any of it, if it wasn't for the scientific
:20:29. > :20:37.work that was done here, 80 years ago.
:20:38. > :20:41.These ghostly buildings are the remnants of once
:20:42. > :20:49.on the Suffolk coast, their walls hold secrets
:20:50. > :21:02.What they were working on was to prove invaluable
:21:03. > :21:19.in the fight against the Nazis in the Second World War.
:21:20. > :21:21.The grey outbuildings and that stunning place behind me,
:21:22. > :21:24.Bawdsey Manor, were home to the world's first ever radar
:21:25. > :21:26.station, 80 years ago. After the First World War,
:21:27. > :21:28.protecting the UK from attack was a big priority.
:21:29. > :21:30.The Air Ministry looked into creating radio death
:21:31. > :21:32.rays which would blow up or disable enemy aircraft.
:21:33. > :21:33.A Scottish scientist, Robert Watson-Watt,
:21:34. > :21:38.He dismissed the idea of death rays, but said that radio beams could be
:21:39. > :21:40.bounced off enemy aircraft to detect them.
:21:41. > :21:45.And what he and his team developed was vital in the Battle of Britain.
:21:46. > :21:48.Tests were carried out which would lead to the development of radar.
:21:49. > :21:55.David Heath and Tony Meacock are scientists and they're
:21:56. > :21:57.going to show me how it all came about.
:21:58. > :22:00.Radar works by sending out a pulse of energy and picking up
:22:01. > :22:16.You can see the outgoing pulse that goes from the transmitter. It is
:22:17. > :22:22.reflected back and how far as the pulses is a distance of the range of
:22:23. > :22:34.the prospect. That looks like fun. I want to do that.
:22:35. > :22:40.This is a model of the system but in reality the first operational radar
:22:41. > :22:41.of the system can detect enemy aircraft long before they could be
:22:42. > :22:46.seen or heard over Britain. Just as when you clap with an echo,
:22:47. > :22:49.you get the echo back, with Watson-Watt's case
:22:50. > :22:51.it was giving a pulse of electro-magnetic radiation
:22:52. > :22:53.and picking that up, measuring how long it took to come
:22:54. > :23:08.back and that gave the distance, The radar tests were very successful
:23:09. > :23:18.and huge amounts of money were thrown at the scientists
:23:19. > :23:20.to develop radar further. The Bawdsey Manor estate
:23:21. > :23:22.was bought for ?24,000, And massive towers were built
:23:23. > :23:25.here to send and receive In 1937 it became the world's
:23:26. > :23:28.first radar station. It was vital in defending Britain
:23:29. > :23:31.during the Second World War. But now, this once hugely
:23:32. > :23:33.significant building Mary Wain's mother and father met
:23:34. > :23:38.here while working as radar My parents met at Bawdsey
:23:39. > :23:46.and I always put my origins, If it wasn't for radar
:23:47. > :23:49.I wouldn't be here. So they met while working
:23:50. > :23:51.as radar operators? Yes, here at Bawdsey,
:23:52. > :23:53.but I actually know very little about what they did,
:23:54. > :23:55.because, though they talked about Bawdsey and I was born
:23:56. > :23:58.in Bawdsey, after the war, they never never spoke about their
:23:59. > :24:03.actual work, what they did. Are you proud of what your
:24:04. > :24:06.mother and father did? Oh, yes, I am also not just proud
:24:07. > :24:20.of my mother but I'm actually I think it was a really really
:24:21. > :24:23.important part of her life. But the bleak crumbling concrete
:24:24. > :24:26.blocks of the old radar station are in stark contrast to the opulent
:24:27. > :24:28.Bawdsey Manor itself. To think this is where some
:24:29. > :24:36.of the most important scientific work of the early 20th century
:24:37. > :24:40.was done, is mind blowing. The manor is just a short distance
:24:41. > :24:42.from the old radar block. And the whole site was used
:24:43. > :24:45.by scientists developing radar, who were originally based a few
:24:46. > :24:48.miles down the coast at Orfordness. Ann Toettcher and her husband have
:24:49. > :24:51.owned Bawdsey Manor for 20 years and are always discovering
:24:52. > :24:55.new things about what happened of course all the other scientific
:24:56. > :25:03.developments that took place Starting with the beginning
:25:04. > :25:10.of the story of the development of radar in the 20th
:25:11. > :25:12.century at Orfordness. And the poor boffins were living
:25:13. > :25:15.and working on that desolate spit and having to row across to the pub
:25:16. > :25:19.every night, so they were looking for somewhere comfortable
:25:20. > :25:22.and useful to live in, but also somewhere where they could
:25:23. > :25:25.continue their scientific developments and this place was just
:25:26. > :25:29.the perfect place, because it's one of the highest places in Suffolk,
:25:30. > :25:38.you know, this great big towered These two huge towers,
:25:39. > :25:49.the tower over there and the red tower were the perfect place
:25:50. > :25:51.for practicing transmissions. This turret here was where they did
:25:52. > :25:55.one of the first land to radar transmissions,
:25:56. > :25:57.the planes could fly very easily across the sea
:25:58. > :26:11.in front of the manor. This was Robert
:26:12. > :26:12.Watson-Watt's office. The room he would've
:26:13. > :26:14.burned the midnight oil, working on his calculations.
:26:15. > :26:16.Just imagine the conversations Up until recently, Bawdsey Manor
:26:17. > :26:20.was run as a private school. But it's in a far better condition
:26:21. > :26:33.than the old radar block. Well, as you can see, David,
:26:34. > :26:36.this wall is in a very bad The metal work's exposed,
:26:37. > :26:42.the concrete's coming off the wall and something needs to be done now
:26:43. > :26:49.if we're going to save it. Miriam Stead is hoping
:26:50. > :26:56.to save the historic buildings. Although it's not the most beautiful
:26:57. > :26:58.building on the planet, It's a development that helped us
:26:59. > :27:02.win the Battle of Britain, helped us, probably to win the war
:27:03. > :27:05.and the technology that evolved out of that has given us
:27:06. > :27:08.so much that is important Obviously air traffic control,
:27:09. > :27:21.weather mapping, satellites, GPS, People talk about Bletchley Park
:27:22. > :27:24.which is a great big secret place, This place is as important
:27:25. > :27:28.and was as secret and probably has Now is its day to come into the sun
:27:29. > :27:32.so that people in Suffolk, in the region, in the country
:27:33. > :27:35.and even worldwide, because the story is that important,
:27:36. > :27:38.can learn about Bawdsey And the original radar
:27:39. > :27:46.block will be saved, The science that was developed
:27:47. > :27:51.here led to microwaves, speed guns, anything that uses
:27:52. > :27:54.reflected radio waves. But back then their only concern
:27:55. > :27:59.was to use the technology to win And they are really getting
:28:00. > :28:08.on with the job as well. In fact, when I mentioned this
:28:09. > :28:11.at the end of last week's programme, the firm is doing the refurbishment
:28:12. > :28:14.got in touch and sent So it shouldn't be long
:28:15. > :28:19.before it is all done. Well, they got in touch
:28:20. > :28:22.with me by e-mail. Next week on the programme,
:28:23. > :28:37.as 70 families are evicted in Peterborough, we ask
:28:38. > :28:42.who is to blame. We reveal how one leading
:28:43. > :28:45.supermarket's special offers aren't And how this little tractor
:28:46. > :28:52.transformed farming for good. That's Inside Out next
:28:53. > :29:04.Monday, 7:30pm on BBC One. Hello, I'm Riz Lateef
:29:05. > :29:07.with your 90-second update. Overcrowded - the number of patients
:29:08. > :29:11.on wards in England have been