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In half an hour, EastEnders. | 0:00:00 | 0:00:00 | |
But first, tonight's edition
of Inside Out London. | 0:00:00 | 0:00:04 | |
Hello, I'm Sean Fletcher,
you're watching Inside Out London... | 0:00:04 | 0:00:06 | |
Here's what's coming
up on tonight's show. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:10 | |
Could living in loud London be
damaging your hearing? | 0:00:10 | 0:00:19 | |
This is the Victoria line towards a
stock well and it's absolutely | 0:00:19 | 0:00:21 | |
deafening. | 0:00:21 | 0:00:29 | |
Fighting to get fit. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:30 | |
How the Marshall family took
on our 'get active' challenge. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:34 | |
We need to motivate each other to go
outside and do sports. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:37 | |
And a working windmill... | 0:00:37 | 0:00:38 | |
In Brixton? | 0:00:38 | 0:00:44 | |
It's really special to be in a
building just like it was 200 years | 0:00:44 | 0:00:47 | |
ago. The mechanics at incredible.
It's incredible to see what we were | 0:00:47 | 0:00:51 | |
able to achieve 200 years ago. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:57 | |
London isn't exactly
the quietest place on earth, | 0:00:59 | 0:01:02 | |
and we all know it's so loud
here sometimes that you can barely | 0:01:02 | 0:01:05 | |
hear yourself think. | 0:01:05 | 0:01:09 | |
But could some of the noise levels -
in bars, or on the Tube, | 0:01:09 | 0:01:12 | |
for example - be getting so high
that they risk actually | 0:01:12 | 0:01:14 | |
damaging our hearing? | 0:01:14 | 0:01:16 | |
We sent Gareth Furby to investigate. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:26 | |
With millions living here, it's not
surprising London can be noisy. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:29 | |
But is it getting too loud? | 0:01:29 | 0:01:32 | |
We're going to have
a go at finding out. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:38 | |
Meet Samantha - she's bothered
about London's nightlife. | 0:01:38 | 0:01:41 | |
Definitely in bars at night. | 0:01:41 | 0:01:42 | |
How can anyone hear anything? | 0:01:42 | 0:01:46 | |
And Ian wants to know
about London's streets. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:50 | |
In many areas traffic noise
is becoming more and more prevalent. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:54 | |
So we sent both of them on mission
to measure the noise levels | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
with sound meters. | 0:01:57 | 0:01:58 | |
And I am on the underground
trying to find | 0:01:58 | 0:02:01 | |
out which tube line is the noisiest. | 0:02:01 | 0:02:04 | |
Samantha is a comedian. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:08 | |
So my name is Samantha Baines. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:09 | |
She often works
in loud environments. | 0:02:09 | 0:02:14 | |
And a few months ago she got
some devastating news. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:16 | |
I never thought | 0:02:16 | 0:02:17 | |
at 30 years of age I would be told
that I needed a hearing aid. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:23 | |
I never thought I had been exposed
to that level of noise. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:27 | |
She wants to know if London bars
and venues get so noisy they can | 0:02:27 | 0:02:31 | |
damage hearing. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:32 | |
We will be able to look
at the average sound | 0:02:32 | 0:02:35 | |
over the total duration. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:36 | |
So she's meeting an expert. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:39 | |
I am interested in whether there
are potentially harmful sounds. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:44 | |
Dr Joe Sollini works
at the UCL Ear Institute | 0:02:44 | 0:02:50 | |
and he lends Samatha a sound meter
to take into the West End. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:54 | |
So all you need to do is pick
a sound source that you | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
want to find out how loud
it is and point it towards it. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
So it's as if my ear
was receiving it. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
Good luck. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:03 | |
In the next few hours I am
going to go about a normal evening | 0:03:03 | 0:03:06 | |
in London, so I am meeting a friend
for dinner, we going to have some | 0:03:06 | 0:03:10 | |
drinks, go to a couple of bars. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
Ian has also been to the UCL
lab to get the meter | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
and now his mission is to measure
some of London's busiest streets. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:24 | |
We are on Euston Road
and we are walking westwards | 0:03:24 | 0:03:26 | |
toward Euston Station. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:29 | |
Well, the noise is relentless,
it's like a kind of grey auditory | 0:03:29 | 0:03:32 | |
fog which just covers everything. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:35 | |
With Ian focused on his task it's
time for me to go underground. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:41 | |
And it doesn't take long to find
something worth measuring. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:47 | |
OK, so this is the Victoria Line
heading towards Stockwell and it's | 0:03:47 | 0:03:50 | |
absolutely deafening. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:55 | |
And here we are on the Northern Line
and once again it's really loud | 0:03:55 | 0:03:59 | |
I mean I am having to shout,
can you actually hear me? | 0:03:59 | 0:04:02 | |
All the numbers are being recorded. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:03 | |
Back on the surface Samantha's
enjoying her evening out, moving | 0:04:03 | 0:04:05 | |
from bar to restaurant to bar. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:12 | |
It's not a Friday or Saturday night,
it's so loud in here. | 0:04:12 | 0:04:17 | |
The sounds really reverberating,
to be honest I am really shocked. | 0:04:17 | 0:04:19 | |
I am having a lovely time
and it's really loud. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:24 | |
On the streets, Ian's route
takes him from Euston Road, | 0:04:24 | 0:04:26 | |
then along Oxford Street,
and ends at Parliament Square, | 0:04:26 | 0:04:29 | |
and he's passionate about sound
recording, because he used to be | 0:04:29 | 0:04:32 | |
a sound archivist at
the British Library, | 0:04:32 | 0:04:40 | |
on the shelves there's an old record
that's worth listening to again. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:45 | |
Well, it's one of the oldest
surviving recordings | 0:04:45 | 0:04:47 | |
of street sounds in London. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:50 | |
I would be quite interested just
to make a comparison recording | 0:04:50 | 0:04:53 | |
and then we can compare
now with 1928. | 0:04:53 | 0:05:00 | |
So how to they compare? | 0:05:00 | 0:05:02 | |
It was back to the British
Library to find out. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:07 | |
2017, and
1928. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:16 | |
Modern life in Leicester Square
sounds a bit more full | 0:05:16 | 0:05:18 | |
on that it does in 1928. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
Back underground, I've already
measured several lines. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:25 | |
It's so noisy I've been advised
by our UCL expert to | 0:05:25 | 0:05:28 | |
wear ear defenders. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:35 | |
And it's not just me
taking precautions - | 0:05:35 | 0:05:40 | |
Roberta frequently uses the Tube
and always wears ear plugs. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:43 | |
It's deafening, it's definitely not
good for your hearing, | 0:05:43 | 0:05:46 | |
you are losing your ability
to hear, slowly. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:51 | |
Florian is also a Tube passenger,
but with a specialist | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
interest in acoustics,
and he's started his own | 0:05:54 | 0:05:58 | |
study asking if London
is louder than Paris. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:04 | |
I thought you know as an acoustician
it would be a very | 0:06:04 | 0:06:06 | |
interesting thing to look at. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:11 | |
Over on the Metro, I decided to join
him as he carried on with his study. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:20 | |
In Paris, we have measured about 40
to 50 stations, I would say. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:23 | |
There's far less clanging
and banging, you can't the wheels | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
banging against the rail,
so it is definitely a more | 0:06:26 | 0:06:28 | |
comfortable journey
in terms of noise levels. | 0:06:28 | 0:06:36 | |
Florian still has more stations
to measure, but Paris did | 0:06:36 | 0:06:39 | |
seem quieter. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:40 | |
While he continues his research, | 0:06:40 | 0:06:41 | |
ours is almost coming to its end. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
Samantha has an appointment
with Dr Sollini. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:50 | |
He's done the number
crunching on her night out. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:52 | |
So what we can see here
are the different sound | 0:06:52 | 0:06:54 | |
levels that we measured. | 0:06:54 | 0:06:56 | |
These two bars, bar two and three,
they are at a loudness | 0:06:56 | 0:06:59 | |
which is worrying and could
potentially impact | 0:06:59 | 0:07:01 | |
on people's hearing. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:05 | |
The sound level got up to 112
decibels, and in an environment | 0:07:05 | 0:07:09 | |
like that you wouldn't want to be
there for more than a minute. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
For Samantha it means
a rethink on how she spends | 0:07:12 | 0:07:14 | |
her evenings in London. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:15 | |
I have moderate hearing loss
at the moment and if that gets worse | 0:07:15 | 0:07:18 | |
I could deaf in one ear. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:20 | |
I could be deaf in one ear. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
I want to be extra careful,
you know, I am going to get | 0:07:23 | 0:07:26 | |
myself some earplugs. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:30 | |
But what about the streets,
how noisy are they? | 0:07:30 | 0:07:32 | |
It was time for Ian
to get his results. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:40 | |
Which two streets have
the loudest noise levels? | 0:07:40 | 0:07:43 | |
Regent Street and Leicester Square. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:48 | |
It is noisy but thankfully
it's not damaging. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:50 | |
That's equivalent to
a loud vacuum clearer. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:53 | |
I wouldn't really like to be
in the same room as a vacuum cleaner | 0:07:53 | 0:07:57 | |
being used all the time,
every hour of the day, | 0:07:57 | 0:08:02 | |
but yes, as a comparison
I guess it holds true. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:07 | |
As for me, after spending
one week underground | 0:08:07 | 0:08:13 | |
As for me, after spending
one week underground | 0:08:13 | 0:08:17 | |
measuring 10 lines in
zone one and zone two, | 0:08:18 | 0:08:20 | |
the data is complete. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:26 | |
It takes Dr Sollini a few more days
to process and then he has | 0:08:26 | 0:08:29 | |
the verdict. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:30 | |
So the Central Line has
the loudest section out | 0:08:30 | 0:08:32 | |
of all of the Tube lines,
and it basically gets as loud | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
as almost 110db, to put
that into perspective | 0:08:35 | 0:08:37 | |
that is approximately as loud
as going to a gig or rock concert. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:43 | |
Also on average, the Victoria
Line is the loudest | 0:08:43 | 0:08:46 | |
followed by the Jubilee, | 0:08:46 | 0:08:50 | |
Northern and Central Lines,
at or above 85 decibels, | 0:08:50 | 0:08:52 | |
which if this was a work environment
would be considered so loud that | 0:08:52 | 0:08:55 | |
you would have to
wear ear defenders. | 0:08:55 | 0:09:02 | |
I think what these measurement show
is that the Tube is sufficiently | 0:09:02 | 0:09:06 | |
loud to warrant further
investigation, it certainly shows | 0:09:06 | 0:09:07 | |
that it can be loud enough
to damage people's hearing. | 0:09:07 | 0:09:09 | |
So what does Transport
for London say? | 0:09:09 | 0:09:11 | |
We are confident that nobody
out there is exposed | 0:09:11 | 0:09:13 | |
to an unsafe noise level. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:14 | |
Of course, there are parts
of the network that are noisier | 0:09:14 | 0:09:17 | |
than others, but you would need
to be exposed to that noise | 0:09:17 | 0:09:20 | |
for a significant period
of time for it to cause | 0:09:20 | 0:09:22 | |
you any hearing damage. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:23 | |
One of the things we are doing
of course is look at things | 0:09:23 | 0:09:26 | |
like quieter track fastenings,
we grind the rails, | 0:09:26 | 0:09:29 | |
we replace the rails,
all of that is designed to give | 0:09:29 | 0:09:32 | |
a smoother journey,
but also a quieter journey. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:39 | |
But after our research, UCL's
Doctor's Sollini says some Tube | 0:09:39 | 0:09:42 | |
passengers regularly hearing this
could think about | 0:09:42 | 0:09:43 | |
taking precautions. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:46 | |
For people using the noisier lines
regularly and for long journey's | 0:09:46 | 0:09:49 | |
For people using the noisier lines
regularly and for long journeys, | 0:09:49 | 0:09:52 | |
then it certainly suggests that it
would be worthwhile them | 0:09:52 | 0:09:54 | |
using hearing protection. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:58 | |
Gareth Furby reporting there. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:02 | |
And if you want to check
out our online map of the 10 loudest | 0:10:02 | 0:10:06 | |
Tube journeys in zones one
and two, then just head to | 0:10:06 | 0:10:08 | |
bbc.co.uk/insideout
and click on London. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:11 | |
Now then, still to come
on tonight's show... | 0:10:11 | 0:10:19 | |
The whole idea of the windmill loaf
is that | 0:10:19 | 0:10:21 | |
The whole idea of the windmill loaf
is that when they got the windmill | 0:10:21 | 0:10:24 | |
up and running again, they could use
the flower picked up from the | 0:10:24 | 0:10:29 | |
Windmill and we are making the
Windmill loaf from the Brixton | 0:10:29 | 0:10:34 | |
Windmill. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:35 | |
When it comes to exercise,
many of us nowadays lead pretty | 0:10:35 | 0:10:41 | |
sedentary lifestyles,
which can sometimes take a big | 0:10:41 | 0:10:43 | |
toll on our physical
and mental wellbeing. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:45 | |
But getting more active doesn't
have to be a hassle, | 0:10:45 | 0:10:47 | |
it doesn't have to break the bank,
and can change lives. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:51 | |
We set one family from
southwest London a four-week | 0:10:51 | 0:10:53 | |
challenge to get moving
with a little help from doctor | 0:10:53 | 0:10:57 | |
and personal trainer Hazel Wallace. | 0:10:57 | 0:11:01 | |
Across the capital, millions of us
are failing to move, and it's not | 0:11:01 | 0:11:04 | |
only threatening our physical
wellbeing, it's also | 0:11:04 | 0:11:06 | |
costing our health and social
services a small fortune. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:11 | |
With children transfixed by screens, | 0:11:11 | 0:11:16 | |
teenagers lost in their phones | 0:11:16 | 0:11:20 | |
and adults with little time
for fitness, or healthy eating, | 0:11:20 | 0:11:22 | |
we are, as a nation, as unfit today
as we have ever been before. | 0:11:22 | 0:11:26 | |
And as a doctor, and personal
trainer, combating this plague | 0:11:26 | 0:11:28 | |
of inactivity has become
a priority of mine. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:33 | |
And today, I've come to meet
a family who want to get more | 0:11:33 | 0:11:36 | |
active, but simply don't know
where to start. | 0:11:36 | 0:11:38 | |
Meet the Marshall family -
nine-year-old Olly, 13-year-old | 0:11:38 | 0:11:41 | |
Jorja and parents Fiona and Gary,
who are both in their 40s. | 0:11:41 | 0:11:48 | |
The thing that really limits me
from getting active is being able | 0:11:48 | 0:11:50 | |
to find the time to do it. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:52 | |
I do spend a lot of time on my
phone, and I would like to change | 0:11:52 | 0:11:57 | |
that cause I do want to get active
and I used to do a lot. | 0:11:57 | 0:12:00 | |
It would be great for us
all as a family to be active again, | 0:12:00 | 0:12:03 | |
just to strengthen our relationship
both as a family and for our mental | 0:12:03 | 0:12:06 | |
and physical wellbeing. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:07 | |
I think that we need to work
as family to motivate each other | 0:12:07 | 0:12:10 | |
to go outside and do these sports. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:12 | |
Over the next four weeks,
I'm going to help guide | 0:12:12 | 0:12:16 | |
the Marshalls to living a more
active, healthier life. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:19 | |
But before we start,
I've sent the family | 0:12:19 | 0:12:21 | |
to the University of East London,
where trainers Nick and Andy | 0:12:21 | 0:12:24 | |
are going to find out
just how fit they are. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:32 | |
And whilst they do that,
I want to talk to some | 0:12:32 | 0:12:35 | |
of the experts here about how
we might get started | 0:12:35 | 0:12:37 | |
and some of the lesser know
benefits, of staying active. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:42 | |
I think just bringing in some sort
of physical activity | 0:12:42 | 0:12:45 | |
in your daily, general routine, | 0:12:45 | 0:12:47 | |
even if it means just walking
as opposed of driving. | 0:12:47 | 0:12:50 | |
Little things that can
increase your physical activity | 0:12:50 | 0:12:52 | |
levels are going to be a great way
to improve your overall physical | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
activity thought the day. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:56 | |
I know I need to lose
some weight, so yep. | 0:12:56 | 0:12:58 | |
This is the heaviest I've ever been,
so not feeling great actually. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:06 | |
There are huge psychological
benefits when we look at exercise. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:09 | |
So the first one is that we normally
have a feel good effect. | 0:13:09 | 0:13:12 | |
Exercise relates to sleep,
so we tend to sleep better. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:14 | |
Also expertise is related
to mental health, so we know | 0:13:14 | 0:13:16 | |
there is a relationship
between exercise and depression, | 0:13:16 | 0:13:18 | |
exercise and anxiety,
and exercise and more serious mental | 0:13:18 | 0:13:21 | |
health issues like schizophrenia
and personality disorder. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:25 | |
Just a bit shocked,
because I thought I was doing really | 0:13:25 | 0:13:28 | |
well, then it came on very quickly,
and I knew my limitations then. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:38 | |
In four weeks' time,
we'll return here, to find out | 0:13:44 | 0:13:46 | |
if the Marshalls have been able
to make any progress. | 0:13:46 | 0:13:50 | |
But now it's time for the family
to start their challenge. | 0:13:50 | 0:13:52 | |
I've provided Fiona with some home
workouts ideas and encouraged her | 0:13:52 | 0:13:55 | |
to walk the last part
of her commute. | 0:13:55 | 0:13:59 | |
For both parents, it's important
that they move throughout the day, | 0:13:59 | 0:14:03 | |
with new researching suggesting that
regardless of how much exercise | 0:14:03 | 0:14:05 | |
you do, prolonged periods
of inactivity can be detrimental | 0:14:05 | 0:14:07 | |
to you health. | 0:14:07 | 0:14:10 | |
For Jorja and Olly, I've
asked them to moderate | 0:14:10 | 0:14:12 | |
their screen times, and to work
on improving their nutrition. | 0:14:12 | 0:14:14 | |
It's OK to start slowly,
and to try incorporate activities | 0:14:14 | 0:14:20 | |
around your daily life. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:21 | |
And as difficult as it may be,
the consequences of not doing | 0:14:21 | 0:14:25 | |
anything, can be tragic. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:35 | |
n the front lines of the capital's
inactivity epidemic, | 0:14:35 | 0:14:37 | |
already stretched NHS staff deal
with both life and death | 0:14:37 | 0:14:39 | |
on a daily basis. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:40 | |
We can attribute one in 10
cases of coronary heart | 0:14:40 | 0:14:43 | |
disease to inactivity. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:44 | |
So it's now become clear that this
is really a priority for us | 0:14:44 | 0:14:50 | |
as clinicians in the UK,
also globally, to encourage | 0:14:50 | 0:14:53 | |
physical activity, not only
as a prevention measure, | 0:14:53 | 0:14:54 | |
but also as a treatment package
that we offer to our patients. | 0:14:54 | 0:15:00 | |
In the UK, heart disease remains
amongst the leading causes of death | 0:15:00 | 0:15:03 | |
and in England and over 70%
of people referred for | 0:15:03 | 0:15:05 | |
cardiac rehabilitation
were considered physical inactive. | 0:15:05 | 0:15:10 | |
Of all the jobs that
you wouldn't want to do, | 0:15:10 | 0:15:17 | |
informing close family
that the patient has passed away | 0:15:17 | 0:15:20 | |
due to heart attack,
and obviously that is part of my job | 0:15:20 | 0:15:22 | |
and I have to do that,
and it's always very | 0:15:22 | 0:15:25 | |
upsetting, for every one. | 0:15:25 | 0:15:26 | |
But it's also a wake-up call. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:32 | |
For the Marshall family,
heart disease is of grave | 0:15:32 | 0:15:33 | |
importance. | 0:15:33 | 0:15:35 | |
Last year Fiona's mum
underwent five heart bypasses | 0:15:35 | 0:15:37 | |
whilst her grandfather died
of a heart attack at only 40 | 0:15:37 | 0:15:42 | |
years of age. | 0:15:42 | 0:15:46 | |
If the Marshalls are successful
in their efforts to lead a more | 0:15:46 | 0:15:49 | |
active life, they can hope
to reduce their own risks of heart | 0:15:49 | 0:15:52 | |
disease by as much as 35%. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:55 | |
I've come back to the house to see
how they're getting on. | 0:15:55 | 0:15:59 | |
Yeah, I've found quite a few easy
wins, which were take | 0:15:59 | 0:16:02 | |
the stairs to get to work,
and I found a little running route | 0:16:02 | 0:16:05 | |
around the streets here. | 0:16:05 | 0:16:08 | |
I think for me, I think
the more that I do, | 0:16:08 | 0:16:11 | |
the more that I want to do. | 0:16:11 | 0:16:13 | |
I'm really pleased with the initial
progress the Marshals have | 0:16:13 | 0:16:17 | |
made, but whist Fiona,
Gary and Olly have embraced | 0:16:17 | 0:16:18 | |
the challenge, I'm slightly
concerned about Jorga. | 0:16:18 | 0:16:20 | |
So guys I know you've
been tracking your steps | 0:16:20 | 0:16:22 | |
since we started this challenge. | 0:16:22 | 0:16:24 | |
For children of all ages,
building positive habits early | 0:16:24 | 0:16:28 | |
on in life is crucial. | 0:16:28 | 0:16:29 | |
When she was younger, Jorja,
like her brother now, | 0:16:29 | 0:16:33 | |
was very active, but,
according to her mum, | 0:16:33 | 0:16:38 | |
she is spending more
and more time on her phone. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:41 | |
So Jorja just looking at yours,
it doesn't look like you've | 0:16:41 | 0:16:43 | |
increased your activity that much,
it looks about the same as last | 0:16:43 | 0:16:46 | |
month, so I definitely think
there is room for improvement, | 0:16:46 | 0:16:49 | |
do you agree?" | 0:16:49 | 0:16:50 | |
She is hardly alone - in an era
of smartphones and tablets, | 0:16:50 | 0:16:54 | |
research suggests that today's
school children are the first | 0:16:54 | 0:16:56 | |
generation since the Second World
War who are less fit | 0:16:56 | 0:16:58 | |
than their parents. | 0:16:58 | 0:17:02 | |
In extreme cases, private clinics
across the capital are treating | 0:17:02 | 0:17:05 | |
young people for phone addiction. | 0:17:05 | 0:17:08 | |
I think, for a minority of people,
using your mobile phone, | 0:17:08 | 0:17:10 | |
when you're a teenager,
can become a real | 0:17:10 | 0:17:12 | |
problem, a big problem. | 0:17:12 | 0:17:16 | |
I think there is potential
an addict in everyone, | 0:17:16 | 0:17:19 | |
and a mobile phone can possible
makes it easier to | 0:17:19 | 0:17:22 | |
get to that addict. | 0:17:22 | 0:17:23 | |
In terms of staying active,
this sort of addiction can increase | 0:17:23 | 0:17:26 | |
the chance of prolonged sedentary
behaviour, and forge unhealthy | 0:17:26 | 0:17:28 | |
habits in young people. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:30 | |
If I asked someone to sit
still for 25 minutes, | 0:17:30 | 0:17:32 | |
they would find it incredibly hard. | 0:17:33 | 0:17:37 | |
If I gave someone a mobile phone
and they got engrossed | 0:17:37 | 0:17:40 | |
in talking to someone,
doing whatever they do on a mobile | 0:17:40 | 0:17:42 | |
phone, you might see them very
still for a long period of time. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:45 | |
They wouldn't notice it. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:46 | |
So I suppose what I'm saying is,
the less aware of yourself you are, | 0:17:46 | 0:17:50 | |
the bigger the problem. | 0:17:50 | 0:17:56 | |
Despite the challenges,
the Marshalls have continued | 0:17:56 | 0:17:58 | |
to make positive change
to their lives. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:00 | |
In the final two weeks,
I'm really pleased to see the family | 0:18:00 | 0:18:03 | |
supporting each other
to reach their fitness goals. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:06 | |
They've also started to build
in weekly family activities, | 0:18:06 | 0:18:10 | |
a great way not only to stay active,
but to help strengthen | 0:18:10 | 0:18:13 | |
family relationships,
a key goal of Fiona's | 0:18:13 | 0:18:14 | |
from the start. | 0:18:14 | 0:18:18 | |
With the four-week challenge over,
we're back at the University | 0:18:18 | 0:18:21 | |
of East London, to see if there have
been any changes to | 0:18:21 | 0:18:27 | |
the family's overall fitness. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:33 | |
So regardless of the results
that we get here today, I'm really | 0:18:33 | 0:18:40 | |
pleased with what the family have
achieved in the past four weeks, | 0:18:40 | 0:18:43 | |
in particular Fiona. | 0:18:43 | 0:18:46 | |
It just goes to show that the little
changes that they've made | 0:18:46 | 0:18:48 | |
to their lifestyles,
has already shown improvement | 0:18:48 | 0:18:50 | |
in their health and wellbeing. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:51 | |
Well, thanks a lot for coming back
in, and doing the tests, | 0:18:51 | 0:18:54 | |
I hope you've enjoyed it. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:55 | |
Fiona and Gary, you both
went for further today, | 0:18:55 | 0:18:58 | |
a good indication from the work that
you've been doing that | 0:18:58 | 0:19:00 | |
that's working well. | 0:19:00 | 0:19:01 | |
It's great to see any changes
in such a short amount of time, | 0:19:01 | 0:19:04 | |
and I'm really proud
of the whole family. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:06 | |
Do you think these habits
that you've picked up | 0:19:06 | 0:19:08 | |
in the last couple of weeks,
you'll continue to use? | 0:19:08 | 0:19:16 | |
Yes, I think we'll continue our good
eating habits, and exercise more, | 0:19:16 | 0:19:18 | |
and hopefully spending more time
getting the four of | 0:19:18 | 0:19:20 | |
us out of the house. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:21 | |
Dr Hazel Wallace there. | 0:19:21 | 0:19:22 | |
And you can find lots of fun,
free and easy to use activities | 0:19:22 | 0:19:25 | |
and resources to get
you and your family more active | 0:19:25 | 0:19:28 | |
at www.bbc.co.uk/supermovers. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:34 | |
Mention windmills and what probably
springs to mind is a picturesque | 0:19:38 | 0:19:41 | |
country scene from
Holland or France. | 0:19:41 | 0:19:44 | |
One of the last places you'd expect
to stumble across one would be | 0:19:44 | 0:19:48 | |
a crowded inner-city
neighbourhood like Brixton. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:49 | |
But as ever, the capital
is full of surprises... | 0:19:49 | 0:19:59 | |
If I say Brixton you probably
think of vibrant streets, | 0:20:00 | 0:20:02 | |
lively, hectic, noisy
and full of life. | 0:20:02 | 0:20:09 | |
But like everywhere in London
it was once totally rural. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:12 | |
It was mainly fields. | 0:20:12 | 0:20:16 | |
I know it's hard to believe,
but it even had a windmill | 0:20:16 | 0:20:19 | |
that was built in 1816 and produced
flour right up until 1934. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:23 | |
And it's incredible to think that
just over 200 years later that | 0:20:23 | 0:20:26 | |
windmill is still here. | 0:20:26 | 0:20:36 | |
The Ashby family who owned
and operated the mill right | 0:20:41 | 0:20:43 | |
throughout its working life
were able to grow the wheat | 0:20:43 | 0:20:46 | |
and everything locally. | 0:20:46 | 0:20:47 | |
The mill carried on milling flour
right up until 1934 when the last | 0:20:47 | 0:20:50 | |
Ashby family milling member closed
down the business because of | 0:20:50 | 0:20:54 | |
the industrial production of bread
was in full flow by then. | 0:20:54 | 0:21:01 | |
After the Ashby family stopped
making flour here Lambeth | 0:21:01 | 0:21:06 | |
council took it over. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:11 | |
They turned the surrounding area
into a park but made sure | 0:21:11 | 0:21:14 | |
the old windmill remained intact. | 0:21:14 | 0:21:17 | |
But through vandalism
and neglect, it | 0:21:17 | 0:21:24 | |
had become a bit of a sad sight
so much so that in 2002 English | 0:21:24 | 0:21:27 | |
Heritage placed it on their
buildings at risk register. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:30 | |
That was until a few local
residents got involved. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:33 | |
People used to come to the park,
it was used by drug users | 0:21:33 | 0:21:36 | |
and prostitutes and it was really
sad to see the state | 0:21:36 | 0:21:39 | |
that the windmill had sunk to. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:48 | |
So we formed a group called
the Friends of Windmill Gardens | 0:21:48 | 0:21:51 | |
to campaign for the restoration
of the windmill. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:53 | |
They worked hard to get
the people of Brixton involved | 0:21:53 | 0:21:55 | |
in trying to restore this
beautiful old windmill. | 0:21:55 | 0:21:57 | |
One local bakery was very keen
to help and raised awareness | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
by selling a windmill loaf. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:08 | |
Brockwell Bake which is into
heritage wheats into planting wheat, | 0:22:08 | 0:22:15 | |
old forms of wheat and keeping them
going, and he said to me, why don't | 0:22:15 | 0:22:19 | |
you and me come up with a loaf
and we can launch it | 0:22:19 | 0:22:22 | |
at one of their festivals and we can
donate money towards you know | 0:22:22 | 0:22:25 | |
the windmill project with the loaf? | 0:22:25 | 0:22:26 | |
So a certain amount per loaf goes
towards the project? | 0:22:26 | 0:22:30 | |
Exactly, yes, 50 pence per loaf. | 0:22:30 | 0:22:34 | |
Every loaf we sell, every few months
we send them a cheque for the money. | 0:22:34 | 0:22:39 | |
The major funding they got
was from lottery, you know, things | 0:22:39 | 0:22:42 | |
like that but every little bit helps
especially in the early days | 0:22:42 | 0:22:45 | |
because they really didn't have much
funding and it properly was a real | 0:22:45 | 0:22:48 | |
community organisation. | 0:22:48 | 0:22:56 | |
The people of Brixton pulled
together and brought | 0:22:56 | 0:22:57 | |
the old windmill back to life. | 0:22:58 | 0:22:59 | |
The wheels are turning
once more and they are | 0:22:59 | 0:23:01 | |
milling flour here again. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:05 | |
There's a floor above us
where the grain comes down this | 0:23:05 | 0:23:08 | |
shoot into this hopper and this
hopper feeds into the vat | 0:23:08 | 0:23:11 | |
and in this vat there are two large
stones you got a bed stone | 0:23:11 | 0:23:14 | |
at the bottom and a running stone
at the top, and this mill is powered | 0:23:14 | 0:23:18 | |
by electricity. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:20 | |
The top stone rotates
and grinds the the the wheat | 0:23:20 | 0:23:22 | |
which comes out of a shoot
here at the side. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:26 | |
which comes out of a chute
here at the side. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:29 | |
So this is the flour that's coming
from the millstones at the moment | 0:23:29 | 0:23:32 | |
and what we do is check it
between our fingers and thumbs | 0:23:32 | 0:23:35 | |
to measure the consistency. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:36 | |
It's quite coarse and
varied at the moment. | 0:23:36 | 0:23:42 | |
It is, yes, not yet fine
enough for us to bag. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:45 | |
This is where the phrase rule | 0:23:45 | 0:23:46 | |
of thumb comes from. | 0:23:46 | 0:23:47 | |
From millers checking
the quality of the flour. | 0:23:47 | 0:23:49 | |
So you'd want this a lot finer,
you'd want the stones | 0:23:49 | 0:23:52 | |
to be grinding this | 0:23:52 | 0:23:53 | |
much more? | 0:23:53 | 0:23:55 | |
So were going to have
to lower the running stone. | 0:23:55 | 0:23:59 | |
We're going to turn the tendering
arm ever so slightly. | 0:23:59 | 0:24:08 | |
Shall I have a go? | 0:24:09 | 0:24:10 | |
Yes. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:18 | |
It's obviously an old windmill. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:28 | |
It feels like you're
back in the days | 0:24:28 | 0:24:30 | |
when it was built. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:35 | |
It's really special to be
in a building that's as much | 0:24:35 | 0:24:38 | |
as it was 200 years ago. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:39 | |
It uses these heavy iron mechanics. | 0:24:39 | 0:24:41 | |
It's incredible to see | 0:24:41 | 0:24:42 | |
what we were able to achieve
200 years ago. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:45 | |
Well, I grew up in the countryside
overlooking a windmill for most | 0:24:45 | 0:24:48 | |
of my childhood and when I moved
into London Brixton about 10 years | 0:24:48 | 0:24:51 | |
ago, I was amazed to walk around
the corner and find this windmill | 0:24:51 | 0:24:55 | |
here right in the heart of the city
and they had a programme | 0:24:55 | 0:24:57 | |
where you could learn and become
a miller, so I signed up. | 0:24:57 | 0:25:03 | |
OK, we can take it over to weigh it. | 0:25:03 | 0:25:11 | |
We're going to stir up the flour | 0:25:11 | 0:25:14 | |
to make sure any bran is mixed
in then we put in a scoop and we | 0:25:14 | 0:25:18 | |
keep going until the bag is full. | 0:25:18 | 0:25:19 | |
Would you like to have a go? | 0:25:19 | 0:25:21 | |
Yes, I'd love to. | 0:25:21 | 0:25:25 | |
So you're often busy
down here working. | 0:25:25 | 0:25:27 | |
How much flour do you produce? | 0:25:27 | 0:25:30 | |
At the moment, we're producing
about a 100 kilograms a month, | 0:25:30 | 0:25:35 | |
so every time we mill,
we're producing between 40 to 50 | 0:25:35 | 0:25:38 | |
500g bags of flour and they're
being taken up by about six | 0:25:38 | 0:25:41 | |
different bakeries and
pizzerias in Brixton. | 0:25:41 | 0:25:44 | |
One of the shops they are supplying
is the Old Post Office | 0:25:44 | 0:25:47 | |
bakery who helped them get
where they are today, | 0:25:47 | 0:25:49 | |
and this means that the windmill can
now help produce its very | 0:25:49 | 0:25:52 | |
own windmill loaf. | 0:25:52 | 0:25:57 | |
The whole idea of the windmill loaf
was that once they got the mill up | 0:25:57 | 0:26:03 | |
and running again we would use
the flour that they were milling | 0:26:03 | 0:26:06 | |
there in the windmill loaf,
originally because they weren't | 0:26:06 | 0:26:08 | |
producing enough for us
we had to use other flour, | 0:26:08 | 0:26:12 | |
but in the last few months it's got
to the really exciting stage | 0:26:12 | 0:26:18 | |
where they are actually getting
to the point where they can mill | 0:26:18 | 0:26:21 | |
enough for us so for instance,
last week I picked up 25 kilos | 0:26:21 | 0:26:24 | |
of flour from the windmill
and we are actually making | 0:26:24 | 0:26:26 | |
the windmill loaf from flour
that has been milled | 0:26:26 | 0:26:28 | |
in the Brixton windmill. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:29 | |
So circulating it round like that. | 0:26:29 | 0:26:31 | |
It's sticking to my hands. | 0:26:31 | 0:26:32 | |
Yeah, annoying, isn't it? | 0:26:32 | 0:26:37 | |
Get in there or I tell you what,
what you can do is one at a time, | 0:26:37 | 0:26:41 | |
you can do it like this. | 0:26:41 | 0:26:46 | |
It feels like the circle's come
round and we've really got | 0:26:57 | 0:26:59 | |
to the point we wanted to with it. | 0:26:59 | 0:27:01 | |
And the whole circle in terms of 200
years of the history | 0:27:01 | 0:27:04 | |
of the windmill, it's doing
what it was meant to do. | 0:27:04 | 0:27:07 | |
It's doing what it was meant to do
and sited right in quite | 0:27:07 | 0:27:10 | |
a poor bit of Brixton,
right in the middle of an estate, | 0:27:10 | 0:27:13 | |
and they get the kids to come
in and actually teach them | 0:27:13 | 0:27:16 | |
about stuff that they really
wouldn't know, otherwise they go | 0:27:16 | 0:27:18 | |
into local schools, they plant
wheat, they mill it. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:20 | |
There's an amazing opportunity
for local people to learn about food | 0:27:20 | 0:27:23 | |
production. | 0:27:23 | 0:27:24 | |
There are a number of small
growers locally in Lambeth | 0:27:24 | 0:27:27 | |
who are growing wheat that is then
being bought here to be milled | 0:27:27 | 0:27:30 | |
and it's a wonderful way
of recreating how windmills | 0:27:30 | 0:27:32 | |
traditionally operate. | 0:27:32 | 0:27:36 | |
Well, this is exciting, isn't it? | 0:27:36 | 0:27:41 | |
This loaf of bread, this wonderful
windmill and its millers, are proof | 0:27:41 | 0:27:44 | |
that history doesn't have to be
a distant memory, but something | 0:27:44 | 0:27:46 | |
we can all still enjoy
on our very own doorstep. | 0:27:46 | 0:27:51 | |
And I can confirm that that bread
was just as tasty as it looked! | 0:27:53 | 0:27:57 | |
Well, that's about all
for tonight's Inside Out. | 0:27:57 | 0:27:59 | |
Before we go though,
let's have a quick look at what's | 0:27:59 | 0:28:02 | |
coming up on next week's show. | 0:28:02 | 0:28:04 | |
We go undercover to expose the rogue
beauticians offering illegal | 0:28:04 | 0:28:06 | |
teeth-whitening treatments. | 0:28:07 | 0:28:12 | |
It's disgusting. It's putting a
patient's life at risk, doing dental | 0:28:12 | 0:28:17 | |
procedures outside of the dental
surgery. | 0:28:17 | 0:28:19 | |
Disfigured in battle -
how cosmetic surgeons, | 0:28:19 | 0:28:23 | |
more used to tummy tucks and botox
are helping our soldiers. | 0:28:23 | 0:28:27 | |
The movement is fantastic. Before, I
struggled to move it a tiny bit but | 0:28:27 | 0:28:31 | |
now I have full movement in it and | 0:28:31 | 0:28:35 | |
And would you be brave
enough to eat this? | 0:28:35 | 0:28:43 | |
And that's it for this
week's Inside Out. | 0:28:43 | 0:28:44 | |
Tonight's programme will be
available on the iPlayer - | 0:28:44 | 0:28:47 | |
just head to our website
bbc.co.uk/insideout | 0:28:47 | 0:28:48 | |
and click on London. | 0:28:48 | 0:28:50 | |
Thanks very much for watching. | 0:28:50 | 0:28:51 | |
I'll see you again soon. | 0:28:51 | 0:28:55 |