0:00:01 > 0:00:04It failed spectacularly, so what went so wrong
0:00:04 > 0:00:10with a contract to deliver health care older people in Cambridgeshire?
0:00:10 > 0:00:13So how could such a high profile and expense of contract go so wrong?
0:00:13 > 0:00:18Tom Barton has been finding out.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21I have been finding out why this hugely important contract collapsed
0:00:21 > 0:00:27and what it means for the future of the health service in Cambridge.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29A Norfolk dog trainer takes us to Africa, using the latest
0:00:29 > 0:00:39weapon against poachers.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46And how this 23-year-old turned his passion into Special Olympic
0:00:46 > 0:00:48standard figure skating, despite having severe autism.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Revealing the stories that matter closer to home,
0:00:50 > 0:00:59that is tonight's Inside Out.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03This week- in Norwich, welcome to the programme.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06When the NHS in Cambridgeshire signed a contract for older people's
0:01:06 > 0:01:09health care two years ago it was the most expensive in
0:01:09 > 0:01:12the history of the health service.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15But it failed, Tom Barton investigates why it went so wrong
0:01:15 > 0:01:25and what harm has been done to the health service as a result.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29This is Jack, do you remember he came yesterday to see yes.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32He is just going to check you over again to see how
0:01:32 > 0:01:34you are doing today.
0:01:34 > 0:01:3776-year-old Jim Noble has a high fever, and this
0:01:37 > 0:01:40morning also had a fall.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Normally, someone his age in his condition would be taken
0:01:43 > 0:01:46to hospital but instead today Jim is being seen at home by Jack,
0:01:46 > 0:01:47a trained paramedic from Cambridgeshire's
0:01:47 > 0:01:54joint emergency teams.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Turn and face me, that's it.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Pushing the hearing aid into your head, aren't I?
0:01:59 > 0:02:03These teans saving all the patients from unnecessary hospital stays
0:02:03 > 0:02:06are a real success story.
0:02:06 > 0:02:12Despite the fact that the project is set them up has now collapsed.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15The joint emergency teams are one of the few things to have survived
0:02:15 > 0:02:19from the Uniting Care partnership, a massive contracts to provide
0:02:19 > 0:02:23health service for older people in Cambridgeshire.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28It was worth ?800 million and was supposed to last for five years.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31In the end it collapsed after just eight months in a project
0:02:31 > 0:02:37which should have saved the NHS money ended up wasting millions.
0:02:37 > 0:02:42I have been looking at why this hugely important contract collapsed
0:02:42 > 0:02:47and what it means for the future of the health service in Cambridge.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50This video was produced to promote the project
0:02:50 > 0:02:53and it was a pretty good idea, bringing together the different
0:02:53 > 0:02:56parts of the system that looked after older
0:02:56 > 0:02:58people in Cambridgeshire.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00That should have made it better for patients
0:03:00 > 0:03:03and also cheaper to run.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08And according to this Cambridge University health expert,
0:03:08 > 0:03:11the area's health service desperately needed to save money.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13In about 2-3 years they had to increase their costs
0:03:13 > 0:03:18by about 250 million pounds so when you think about that much
0:03:18 > 0:03:21pressure that you have on the system, we had to do
0:03:21 > 0:03:23something really very creative and they had
0:03:23 > 0:03:27to do something very big.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28That creative solutions sought to NHS trusts,
0:03:28 > 0:03:35the one which runs Addenbrooke's and Cambridge's a mental health
0:03:35 > 0:03:38trust joining forces to form a company called
0:03:38 > 0:03:43Uniting Care Partnership. That company was then given this
0:03:43 > 0:03:46massive contract to look after the health of the county's
0:03:46 > 0:03:48elderly population.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51But very quickly problems started to emerge,
0:03:51 > 0:03:52within a month Uniting Care
0:03:52 > 0:03:56had gone back to commissioners to ask for more money.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00A lot more money.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03The contract was supposed to be worth ?160 million in the first
0:04:03 > 0:04:05year, but Uniting Care asked for an extra ?20 million,
0:04:05 > 0:04:08that over the course of the contract would have taken it from almost
0:04:08 > 0:04:18?800 million to nearly ?1 billion.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26Dr Erhun helped write one of the reports into what went wrong.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Given that the contract was signed without having some idea
0:04:28 > 0:04:30of what the total value was going to be,
0:04:30 > 0:04:37that is absolutely mad.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40But commissioners did not agree to the extra money
0:04:40 > 0:04:42and the at the start of December 2015 after just eight
0:04:42 > 0:04:44months Uniting Care
0:04:44 > 0:04:48said it was close to going bust and could not afford to carry
0:04:48 > 0:04:52on doing the work.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54A few days later the contract collapsed.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56So how could such a high-profile and expensive contract be allowed
0:04:57 > 0:05:02to fail so spectacularly?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Well big expensive contracts are extremely complicated to put
0:05:04 > 0:05:07together and whether you are in business or with the NHS they often
0:05:07 > 0:05:13rely on expert advisers.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16The problem is that some of the advice that the NHS received
0:05:16 > 0:05:19on this contract contains some pretty big mistakes.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Key to ensuring that the NHS commissioners had all
0:05:23 > 0:05:28the expert advice they needed was the strategic projects team.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31It had been relied on to help put together some of the biggest
0:05:31 > 0:05:34contract in the health service and it did have success
0:05:34 > 0:05:37is like setting up the friends and family test to monitor patient
0:05:37 > 0:05:41satisfaction.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44But when it came to the Uniting Care contract key details were missed.
0:05:44 > 0:05:49Like VAT.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51If you or I buy something from a business, a coffee
0:05:51 > 0:05:56for example, we pay VAT, so this coffee would cost ?2.40
0:05:56 > 0:06:02of that 40p goes straight to the government in tax.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05One part of the NHS I is something from another part of the NHS,
0:06:05 > 0:06:09they don't pay VAT.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13But if the NHS by something from a business then they do.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17Although Uniting Care was owned by two NHS trusts,
0:06:17 > 0:06:20legally it was a private company and that meant VAT was due.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23But the problem is that no one took account of that when commissioners
0:06:23 > 0:06:30and Uniting Care agreed a price and that added ?5 million
0:06:30 > 0:06:33to the bill in the first year alone.
0:06:33 > 0:06:38These top advisers also fails to pass on some key legal advice
0:06:38 > 0:06:39that would have protected the commissioners if
0:06:39 > 0:06:44Uniting Care went bust.
0:06:44 > 0:06:49On top of all that, the strategic projects team failed to check
0:06:49 > 0:06:53whether Uniting Care could deliver everything it had promised
0:06:53 > 0:06:56for the price which had been agreed.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01As it turned out they couldn't.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03As a result of the Uniting Care disaster NHS England close
0:07:03 > 0:07:08the strategic projects team down last year.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Look East can reveal that the consultant team
0:07:10 > 0:07:14at the heart of those plans is being scrapped.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17The team's most senior adviser on the Uniting Care
0:07:17 > 0:07:18contract was this man, the commercial
0:07:18 > 0:07:23director, Martin Pete.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25I can reveal that when Martin Pete was working for the strategic
0:07:25 > 0:07:31projects team back in 2012 his own business went bust.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34That company, Martin Pete consulting Ltd, was wound up by this High Court
0:07:34 > 0:07:41order which declared it insolvent and unable to pay its debts.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43The reason the company was the taxman, HM Revenue
0:07:43 > 0:07:48and Customs, more than ?40,000.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51So the man overseeing the process of awarding the biggest contract
0:07:51 > 0:07:56in the history of the NHS was someone who it seems was unable
0:07:56 > 0:08:00to stop his own company from going bust, leaving
0:08:00 > 0:08:01the taxpayer thousands of pounds out of pocket.
0:08:01 > 0:08:07We put these points to Martin Pete and he said that he had
0:08:07 > 0:08:11no statement to make.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13NHS England told us that the strategic projects team's
0:08:13 > 0:08:16role in the contract was restricted to procurement and that the clinical
0:08:16 > 0:08:22commissioning group led the contract and made decisions based on advice
0:08:22 > 0:08:26from auditors and lawyers. The doctor again is happy that we're
0:08:26 > 0:08:30going to come back tomorrow.
0:08:30 > 0:08:31So am I.
0:08:31 > 0:08:32More than happy.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Today, Jim has been told he can stay at home.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39This is better for him and better for the health service.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42One of the biggest impact of the collapse of Uniting Care has
0:08:42 > 0:08:44been the lack of money to invest in similar teams working
0:08:44 > 0:08:48in the community.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52To find out how this has had an impact on patients I sat down
0:08:52 > 0:08:55with the women whose job it is to manage the
0:08:55 > 0:08:57area health budget.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00If United kit hadn't fallen apart what more would you be able to do
0:09:01 > 0:09:04today that you are not doing?
0:09:04 > 0:09:07I do think that the pace of us developing things like specialist
0:09:07 > 0:09:10diabetes and respiratory teams in the community has been slower
0:09:10 > 0:09:14than it would have been.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17We have not moved as quickly as I think we would have done
0:09:17 > 0:09:20if the Uniting Care contract had been successful.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23And so there has been part of the health system
0:09:23 > 0:09:28in Cambridgeshire where what patients would have expected
0:09:28 > 0:09:31has not come to fruition because you just have not had
0:09:31 > 0:09:32the money to do it?
0:09:32 > 0:09:35I think it has not come to fruition as quickly
0:09:35 > 0:09:39as we would like it to have done.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42As Jack heads off to see his next patient there is already evidence
0:09:42 > 0:09:48that this team is a success.
0:09:48 > 0:09:53But how much more could have been achieved if the project which set
0:09:53 > 0:09:55up the joint emergency teams haven't failed?
0:09:55 > 0:09:58And what would that have meant for patients across Cambridge?
0:10:02 > 0:10:04If you think there is something we should be looking
0:10:04 > 0:10:08into in the programme then get in touch with me on Twitter.
0:10:08 > 0:10:13Or e-mail.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16This is Inside Out in the east of England here on BBC One.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Later on, the ice-skating superstar from Peterborough you probably
0:10:19 > 0:10:22have never heard of.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29It is a sad fact that this far into the 21st-century
0:10:29 > 0:10:33there is still a demand for rhino horns.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Poaching is still a massive problem in parts of Africa.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Debbie Tubbie has spent the last year following the dogs
0:10:39 > 0:10:41being trained here in Norfolk to protect the rhino
0:10:41 > 0:10:44and other animals.
0:10:44 > 0:10:52These are the latest weapon in the fight
0:10:52 > 0:10:57against poachers in Africa.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59They are being trained by Darryl Pleasant from Norfolk.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02He has dedicated his life to saving endangered animals that
0:11:02 > 0:11:07could otherwise be extinct in less than a decade.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09We're losing in Africa about 100 elephant a day,
0:11:09 > 0:11:12three rhino per day, we're losing a ranger a day
0:11:12 > 0:11:13a lion a day, to poaching.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16So it is an epidemic.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Rhino or fetching up to 60,000 per kilo, one horn can be worth up
0:11:19 > 0:11:21to a third of a million.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23We wanted to train a dog to British police standards,
0:11:23 > 0:11:26because effectively poaching is a crime scene.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30For the first time, the dogs will be trained in Norfolk so he can
0:11:30 > 0:11:31monitor their progress.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34But will his latest recruits make the grade at Will
0:11:34 > 0:11:37they stop the poachers?
0:11:37 > 0:11:40It is animals saving animals.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44Humans have been trying to do it and we have failed so let's put
0:11:44 > 0:11:49the animals out and have animals helping animals.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52A former keeper at a local zoo, Darryl has always lived in Norfolk
0:11:52 > 0:11:56and four years he was a militarily dog trainer and instructor.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00I think it is an irresponsible attitude to say I want
0:12:00 > 0:12:03to save the world and make a difference because no
0:12:03 > 0:12:05one person can do it.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09As a team across the broad spectrum of conservation we can do our part.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12In August 2015 Darryl selects brothers Bo and Rogue and Polaris
0:12:12 > 0:12:16from the same litter.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19They are Belgian and chosen for a privileged role.
0:12:19 > 0:12:24From just 12 weeks, rogue and his brothers have been learning
0:12:24 > 0:12:29to track so they can sniff out weapons and even Ivory on a person.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32It is hoped they will follow on the footsteps of Darryl 's other
0:12:32 > 0:12:34dogs, some are protecting these, the planet last three remaining
0:12:34 > 0:12:40northern white rhino.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44It is six months since we last saw Bo and Roque and they are no longer
0:12:44 > 0:12:46puppies, and are checking into Norwich Airport
0:12:46 > 0:12:48for the next stage of training.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51They need to learn to acclimatise to an EC 120 helicopter,
0:12:51 > 0:12:57similar to the one they will use while working in the African bush.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00We're going to rehearse in and out here now, we going outside,
0:13:00 > 0:13:03we will start the engine up and do the same thing with
0:13:03 > 0:13:05the rotors running.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08And then if that goes well we will call for a quick circuit
0:13:08 > 0:13:15of the aircraft and prove the point that they are ever the animals.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Darren Riddle, a dog trainer who is helping Darryl uses a tennis
0:13:18 > 0:13:22ball has an incentive to get Bo on board.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25But it is unnerving when it is the first time
0:13:25 > 0:13:28he has seen helicopter.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32Eventually they face the aircraft with the rotors turning
0:13:32 > 0:13:36and the downdraught.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38This Norfolk helicopter company is doing this for free,
0:13:38 > 0:13:44but it still costs of ?5,000 to train each dog.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46I have no doubt whatsoever that both of these dogs
0:13:46 > 0:13:52would now into a helicopter or a plane quite happily.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59That these are only nine months old but they have been trained
0:13:59 > 0:14:01to be like a family pet.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06If I stand back they can change very quickly.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09And you would not want to meet Deigo on a bad day, either.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14He is one of 17 dogs Darryl has already trained in Africa.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18He wants his latest recruits to be up to this standard.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22Diego faces poachers armed with AK-47 assault rifles
0:14:22 > 0:14:27with speeds of 30 mph and a bite like a hydraulic press.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30There is no chance of escape.
0:14:30 > 0:14:35And because he is so fast he is unlikely to be shot.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37They are wearing armour and where there human
0:14:37 > 0:14:40as he is moving through the ground you have a front profile,
0:14:40 > 0:14:44with a dog you only have a side profile and with the armour as well
0:14:44 > 0:14:47we have never had a problem, we have never had a dog who has even
0:14:47 > 0:14:49been injured operationally in the call of duty.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Maria wasn't so lucky, shot 70 times by poachers,
0:14:52 > 0:14:56her horn hacked off while she was still alive.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Her baby was less than one-week-old.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Maria died in Zimbabwe two years before Darryl's dogs arrived
0:15:02 > 0:15:04here but the clock is ticking.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08It takes months to train the dogs and Darryl is desperate that no more
0:15:08 > 0:15:13animals lose their lives.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Three months on and we have come to Wales to see the dogs being put
0:15:16 > 0:15:17through some extreme training.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22We will also see if they have what it takes.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Joshua is stepping into the shoes of a poacher.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28He is volunteering to be chased and bitten by the dogs
0:15:28 > 0:15:30while wearing a bite suit.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Do you train the dog to bite or do you train it to just hold?
0:15:34 > 0:15:37We teach the dogs to bite obviously, all of the dogs targeted arms shall
0:15:37 > 0:15:41we do inside bite and outside lights and what we try and teach the dog
0:15:41 > 0:15:46to do is target what they are after.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49If you look behind you the dog is the way and another glance
0:15:49 > 0:15:51and he is right on you.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55At 30 mph the momentum lifts the dog off the ground.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58What we drain the dogs to do is actually give an indication
0:15:58 > 0:16:01of the direction of fire and they will actually lead
0:16:01 > 0:16:04the handler in that direction so we can then give chase and get
0:16:04 > 0:16:09an apprehension like what you're seeing here.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12It is the hottest day of the summer, rogue and Polaris are now getting
0:16:12 > 0:16:15a day trip to the zoo.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17It is a chance to meet animals they will see in Africa,
0:16:17 > 0:16:21but hopefully they will not be this close.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24These dogs have got to find out exactly where the position
0:16:24 > 0:16:27is within that environment, they must know because dogs
0:16:27 > 0:16:30will generally react with either fight or flight and what we want
0:16:30 > 0:16:33the dogs to do is remain stable under pressure.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35We don't want a dog that will suddenly run off
0:16:35 > 0:16:40and start chasing wildlife.
0:16:40 > 0:16:48What's that?
0:16:48 > 0:16:51This training is taking place before the public are allowed into the zoo.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53We have seen the rhinos, let's see how they get
0:16:54 > 0:16:55on with the giraffes.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58What we try and do is make the dogs realised that lions, elephants,
0:16:58 > 0:17:01rhinos are obviously things to be a little bit wary of but obviously
0:17:01 > 0:17:06just as much part of the environment as the trees and the rest
0:17:06 > 0:17:13of the environment itself.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15After months of hard work, rogue and Polaris finally
0:17:15 > 0:17:17step onto African soil.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20It is August 2016.
0:17:20 > 0:17:25Darryl will leave them here while they continue their training.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29This is the first time they have been paired with the new handlers,
0:17:29 > 0:17:33this is the first walk-out.
0:17:33 > 0:17:34Your new home is this Valley Conservancy,
0:17:35 > 0:17:373000 square kilometres.
0:17:37 > 0:17:43It is also home to 200 rhinos and 2000 elephants.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Polaris is sitting on the back of this truck being chased by one
0:17:46 > 0:17:50of the animals he has been trained to protect.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Perhaps not quite the welcome he was expecting.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57Meanwhile his brother, Bo, has been safely been deployed
0:17:57 > 0:18:01to a national park in Tanzania.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05But because of restrictions the we have not been allowed to film.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09Polaris, speak.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12DOG BARKS Five months later, Darryl has returned to Zimbabwe
0:18:12 > 0:18:19to see how they're getting on.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Darryl 's dogs continue training even though
0:18:22 > 0:18:26they are now fully operational.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29They are the only anti-poaching dogs in Africa not on a lead
0:18:29 > 0:18:30and tracking 8km at a time.
0:18:30 > 0:18:37So how successful have your dogs been so far in Africa?
0:18:37 > 0:18:39We have seen a definite downward turn in poaching
0:18:39 > 0:18:43because there is an inherent fear of dogs in Africa.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45We have sent out a very clear message to everyone else that
0:18:45 > 0:18:48if you come onto the Conservancy and intent to poach then
0:18:48 > 0:18:52you will not leave.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Man and dog working together to save animals that otherwise
0:18:54 > 0:18:58could soon become extinct.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Within seven years we will not have rhino and elephants.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02That is the simple message.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05That is why I do what I do.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07That is the whole purpose of what we do.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09It is making a difference for future generations, isn't it?
0:19:09 > 0:19:10It has to be said.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15I don't want my grandchildren to look at animals in a picture book.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Our last story is about a chap called Callum.
0:19:20 > 0:19:21At three years old, Callum from Peterborough
0:19:21 > 0:19:25was diagnosed with severe autism.
0:19:25 > 0:19:26But now he is a top athlete.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28In fact he is an ice skater representing Britain
0:19:29 > 0:19:32in the Special Olympics.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38The skaters at this ring in Peterborough might not pay much
0:19:38 > 0:19:40attention to this young man but if they knew his story
0:19:40 > 0:19:44they would certainly be impressed.
0:19:44 > 0:19:4623-year-old Callum Titmus is severely autistic.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50The condition affects his learning and communication skills.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52I have watched him as he has developed into Britain's top
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Special Olympics skater.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58While Callum is at ease on the ice, daily life
0:19:58 > 0:20:03is not so straightforward.
0:20:03 > 0:20:11Yeah.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Three.
0:20:13 > 0:20:18One.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23You have found a leaf?
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Thank you!
0:20:28 > 0:20:31As a parent you want...
0:20:31 > 0:20:35I remember vividly, obviously the diagnosis and doing research,
0:20:35 > 0:20:40I was upset and had just said to me, he is still Callum.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42And it is so true.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43He is still Callum.
0:20:43 > 0:20:57But we just deal with the challenges that turn up with each day.
0:20:57 > 0:20:58Touch. that turn up with each day.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Do you want to play on your huddle for a bit?
0:21:01 > 0:21:02Huddle?
0:21:02 > 0:21:03Yes?
0:21:03 > 0:21:06You can show them how good you are at Kandy Krush.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Or one of those games.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Callum who comes from Peterborough was three years old when he was
0:21:11 > 0:21:13diagnosed with autism.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16The condition affects about one in 100 people in the UK.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19It has an impact on the way a person communicates and how they experience
0:21:19 > 0:21:24the world around them.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Over a period of time you realise there is an issue
0:21:26 > 0:21:29and there is the whole guilt thing, could I have done
0:21:29 > 0:21:30something different?
0:21:30 > 0:21:36Have I done something wrong?
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Why have we bred an autistic child?
0:21:38 > 0:21:39All of those sorts of...
0:21:39 > 0:21:40It is stupid.
0:21:40 > 0:21:41You can't but you do.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44And all those points, you have to get all of those?
0:21:44 > 0:21:48And can you see the forest at the back?
0:21:48 > 0:21:52The forest!
0:21:52 > 0:21:53Look at the forest.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Trees and bushes, oh, wow.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Although Callum find it difficult to communicate he has a remarkable
0:21:59 > 0:22:01memory for certain facts.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05They tend to be about things he is a big fan of which includes
0:22:05 > 0:22:09pretty much every single Disney movie ever made.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Frozen in 2013.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Is that your favourite, is it?
0:22:14 > 0:22:15Yes.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17I did not know that.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20So Mary Poppins?
0:22:20 > 0:22:251964.
0:22:25 > 0:22:26Jungle Book?
0:22:26 > 0:22:271967.
0:22:27 > 0:22:28Snow-white.
0:22:28 > 0:22:291937.
0:22:29 > 0:22:30Pinocchio.
0:22:30 > 0:22:311940!
0:22:31 > 0:22:35Cinderella two.
0:22:35 > 0:22:362001.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Excellent!
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Callum is also a big sports fan and loves taking part
0:22:41 > 0:22:44in different activities.
0:22:44 > 0:22:53But it is ice skating which is his favourite.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59To say he gets excited about coming to Peterborough ice rink
0:22:59 > 0:23:04is something of an understatement.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Do the jump, skate round and do the jump here for us.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Do you understand?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Keep the body still, Callum.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41Strong.
0:23:41 > 0:23:42Push!
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Good man.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Callum is so good that he is a member of the British
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Special Olympics team, he has won more than 30
0:23:50 > 0:23:55medals for his skating and he is only getting better.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Good job, Callum.
0:23:58 > 0:23:59OK.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03Good job.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05What are the challenges of teaching someone like him who suffers
0:24:05 > 0:24:08with the condition like autism?
0:24:08 > 0:24:10You just have to be patient with him.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14There is nothing that he can't do that and able-bodied person can do
0:24:14 > 0:24:15and it just takes time.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Time and patience.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21And keeping things simple.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24To give it context, how much of an achievement is this?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Massive.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Absolutely massive.
0:24:28 > 0:24:33There are no words that can describe how big an achievement this is.
0:24:33 > 0:24:34How good is he?
0:24:34 > 0:24:35Callum is good.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36He is good.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39For the difficulties he has to face he is doing an amazing job.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41The stuff he's doing, the technical stuff,
0:24:41 > 0:24:44the jumps and spins, there are people who don't
0:24:44 > 0:24:50have his difficulties and they can't do them so he is doing fantastic.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54Karen what is it about ice-skating which brings out a different Callum?
0:24:54 > 0:24:57I don't know.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01He quite clearly enjoys it, he loves being on the ice,
0:25:01 > 0:25:11and you see that in his reactions.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13In his face and the noises he makes.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15And he works physically and emotionally to be enjoying it.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17What does it do for you and Adam watching?
0:25:17 > 0:25:22I am just happy that he's happy.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Can you cut it into pieces about so long all the way through?
0:25:25 > 0:25:29Wonderful.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Looking after Callum and making sure he gets the proper care
0:25:32 > 0:25:34does not come cheap, the family estimate they spend
0:25:34 > 0:25:42around ?20,000 every year organising care and activities for him.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44I am never going to retire.
0:25:44 > 0:25:45I will never retire.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46We have no savings.
0:25:46 > 0:25:47I am not kidding.
0:25:47 > 0:25:52We haven't savings.
0:25:52 > 0:25:57We find it, self-funded a lot of Callum 's things.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59And what if you didn't?
0:25:59 > 0:26:02He wouldn't do them.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06He would be stuck in a room watching a screen 24 seven.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09He would be watching Disney movies all the time.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12On children's television programmes.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14I don't think that is life for anybody.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17And also getting bored and frustrated and breaking things.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Yes.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22What do you want?
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Pudding.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29What pudding do you want?
0:26:29 > 0:26:37I think ice cream.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40You get these life affirming moments.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42You have to keep reminding yourself sometimes because there
0:26:42 > 0:26:45are difficult times obviously.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48But you don't think in terms of all we will do this
0:26:48 > 0:26:50because we get something back, we get lots back.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53But you do it for Callum.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Callum is not an angel but then you get the other side
0:26:56 > 0:27:02when you see him standing in front of the union Jack singing
0:27:02 > 0:27:07the national anthem and I am a very proud parent.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11The things he has achieved phenomenal.
0:27:11 > 0:27:12Gosh.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16Gosh what?
0:27:16 > 0:27:17Would you like to see a photo?
0:27:17 > 0:27:22Or view representing Great Britain.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24And what other flags out there?
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Canada and America.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29The United States of America, Great Britain.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33Three podiums.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35And you beat all of them, Callum.
0:27:35 > 0:27:45That is very good.
0:27:46 > 0:27:51Callum is currently in Austria for the special Winter Olympics,
0:27:51 > 0:27:56hoping his training here in Peterborough pays off.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01And the very best of luck to Callum.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Next week on the programme we spent some time with Lauri Love
0:28:04 > 0:28:07who is trying to prevent his extradition to the United States
0:28:07 > 0:28:10on hacking charges.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13It is just absurd that someone should be sent to foreign prison
0:28:13 > 0:28:16system which leaves a lot to be desired.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20But in the meantime if you want to get in touch about any stories
0:28:20 > 0:28:26you think we should be doing then I am on Twitter or e-mail.
0:28:27 > 0:28:28They all get passed on to the team.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30That's it from this week.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34Goodbye.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Also next week Richard Daniel investigates how often raw sewage
0:28:37 > 0:28:40is being pumped into our rivers and estuaries And it is the 350th
0:28:40 > 0:28:44anniversary of the first ever land battle of the predecessors
0:28:44 > 0:28:46of the Royal Marines against an invading army.
0:28:46 > 0:28:47It took place in Suffolk.
0:28:47 > 0:28:57That is Inside Out next Monday, 7:30pm on BBC One.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13Hello, I'm Riz Lateef with your 90-second update.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15Did some of President Trump's team collude with Russia
0:29:15 > 0:29:16during his election campaign?
0:29:16 > 0:29:18The head of the FBI says they are investigating the claims,
0:29:18 > 0:29:21but says there's no evidence President Obama bugged Trump Tower.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24The Prime Minister will give the formal go-ahead for Brexit
0:29:24 > 0:29:25in nine days' time.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27Theresa May will trigger what's known as Article 50,
0:29:27 > 0:29:30kicking off two years of divorce negotiations with
0:29:30 > 0:29:32the European Union.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Google has apologised for letting adverts appear next
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0:29:37 > 0:29:39A number of big British companies like Marks and Spencer
0:29:39 > 0:29:42have pulled their ads as a result.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45She was known as "The Forces Sweetheart" in World War Two.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48So where better to project a huge image of Dame Vera Lynn to celebrate
0:29:48 > 0:29:50the singer's 100th birthday?
0:29:50 > 0:29:53The White Cliffs of Dover, of course.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55And the world's biggest flawless pink diamond has gone
0:29:55 > 0:29:57on display in London, before it's sold in
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