:00:00. > :00:08.In the next half an hour. Unprofessional and inexcusable, the
:00:09. > :00:10.verdict of one of Britain's top detectives on a flawed
:00:11. > :00:20.investigation. Is Cleveland Police Force a spent
:00:21. > :00:23.force? I have stopped the rot. I've done
:00:24. > :00:26.everything I can to make sure that things that were Could the north
:00:27. > :00:28.east's prize winning cattle fall prey to TB thanks to a few rogue
:00:29. > :00:35.farmers? Not right have been changed. They're
:00:36. > :00:39.moving them from a dirty area into a clean area, they're trying to make
:00:40. > :00:42.the cattle worth more money. And from Crook to Calcutta, the
:00:43. > :00:44.footy team that found itself in a different league.
:00:45. > :00:47.If anybody had said to me beforehand, "You'd go and referee a
:00:48. > :00:51.game of amateur players from NE England in front of 100,000 people,"
:00:52. > :00:54.I would have said no way. Stories from the heart of the
:00:55. > :01:10.north`east and Cumbria. This is Inside Out.
:01:11. > :01:14.A botched investigation cost Cleveland Police half a million
:01:15. > :01:21.pounds in damages after it admitted acting illegally. But that's only
:01:22. > :01:25.half the story. We've obtained a leaked report that says the mistakes
:01:26. > :01:30.stretch back a decade. So far, no`one's been held to account. It's
:01:31. > :01:41.not the first time the force has faced scandal. Now some are asking
:01:42. > :01:44.is Cleveland Police's time up? ?25,000 ransom money being handed
:01:45. > :01:56.over in exchange for kidnap victim Tony Pattison, all caught on camera
:01:57. > :02:00.by a police surveillance team. The kidnapping began a saga of missed
:02:01. > :02:04.opportunities and fraud detective work that would end up costing
:02:05. > :02:09.Cleveland Police half ?1 million in damages. It's all set out in this
:02:10. > :02:15.confidential report commissioned by the Police Watchdog. I've shown it
:02:16. > :02:20.to one of Britain's top detectives. I have to say it was just
:02:21. > :02:26.neglectful. That is the only way to describe it. The only winners are
:02:27. > :02:31.the bad guys. So, how did it all begin? Back in 2004, detectives were
:02:32. > :02:42.convinced that the man behind the kidnap was this man, Tyers. But he
:02:43. > :02:45.walked free. The report by the Independent Police Complaints
:02:46. > :02:49.Commission lists how the police might have missed opportunities to
:02:50. > :02:52.strengthen the case against Tyers. The first was just five months after
:02:53. > :02:56.the crime A phone linked to the kidnapping was discovered by the
:02:57. > :03:00.police in a top of the range BMW. They needed to identify the owner of
:03:01. > :03:04.the car, and the phone. The car was bought for cash but whom by? It took
:03:05. > :03:07.detectives five years to interview the seller, but by which time he
:03:08. > :03:12.couldn't identify the man who bought the car. Next, the car was involved
:03:13. > :03:15.in a road rage incident in Stockton. Although the BMW's number was
:03:16. > :03:22.logged, the team investigating Tyers never interviewed the aggrieved
:03:23. > :03:26.driver. Two more road rage incidents in the BMW were missed including one
:03:27. > :03:35.occasion when a motorists had a kebab hurled at him. When you look
:03:36. > :03:38.at the catalogue of missed opportunities, it probably would
:03:39. > :03:44.have resulted in a successful prosecution. I think some of them
:03:45. > :03:48.are just in it `` inexplicable as to why they were missed. Albert Kirby
:03:49. > :03:51.led the case against the killers of Liverpool toddler, James Bulger. He
:03:52. > :03:57.pulled no punches in assessing the work of detective, Tony Riordhan.
:03:58. > :04:02.The enquiry was conducted in a most unprofessional manner. I think it is
:04:03. > :04:07.totally inexcusable, really, for a senior investigating officer to be
:04:08. > :04:13.as lax as he would appear to have been, and as has been highlighted in
:04:14. > :04:27.the review. The report is scathing about the work of the police team.
:04:28. > :04:33.When people see the report, they will see there were mistakes made,
:04:34. > :04:38.lines of enquiry that promised. There were other things that could
:04:39. > :04:41.have been done. An expectation is that the person in charge thinks
:04:42. > :04:46.widely and tries to make sure they cover all of those angles. The IPCC
:04:47. > :04:48.report suggests they didn't. So the bungled investigation may have
:04:49. > :04:51.allowed the prime suspect to walk free. But instead of questioning
:04:52. > :04:54.their detective skills, the police sought another answer. They were
:04:55. > :04:59.convinced that witnesses had been nobbled, or persuaded to change
:05:00. > :05:04.their story. The police now had a new target, Bronson Tyers' lawyer.
:05:05. > :05:13.James Watson had built a reputation as the go`to guy if you are in a jam
:05:14. > :05:20.with the law. For 20 years before these events, I'd received lots of
:05:21. > :05:23.threats from very senior officers, investigations are under way, that
:05:24. > :05:30.I'd been targeted in one way or another. So, although the events of
:05:31. > :05:35.June the 3rd very unpleasant, it turned my life upside down for me, I
:05:36. > :05:39.wasn't surprised. On June 3rd, Mr Watson was arrested at his home on
:05:40. > :05:42.suspicion of perverting the course of justice. The raid had the backing
:05:43. > :05:52.of now disgraced Chief Constable Sean Price. Seeing your husband
:05:53. > :05:57.being taken out by police officers and arrested, it's something that
:05:58. > :06:00.nothing prepares you for. There were about 20 police officers going
:06:01. > :06:04.through personal items in the house, searching through drawers. The whole
:06:05. > :06:08.place looked as if we had been burgled at the end of it. Mr Watson
:06:09. > :06:11.was held in custody for 30 hours, but there's no record of his
:06:12. > :06:15.interrogation as the police tape recordings, and their back`ups
:06:16. > :06:19.mysteriously malfunctioned. A year later, the case against him was
:06:20. > :06:22.dropped. Admitting they'd abused their power and their actions were
:06:23. > :06:26.indefensible, Cleveland Police paid out half a million pounds in damages
:06:27. > :06:36.and agreed to remove any vestige of suspicion against him from police
:06:37. > :06:41.records. The money side feels a bit tawdry. It wasn't about money. It
:06:42. > :06:47.was about reputation, fairness, and getting to the truth. I have
:06:48. > :06:52.absolutely no faith whatsoever in the police force now. People should
:06:53. > :06:59.understand how vindictive and dangerous Cleveland Police can be.
:07:00. > :07:02.That's not fair. The officers attended the address with the
:07:03. > :07:03.correct warrants, and with information that allowed them to
:07:04. > :07:15.make that arrest. Tonight, Newsnight can reveal that
:07:16. > :07:18.Cleveland Police force has agreed to pay damages of more than half ?1
:07:19. > :07:21.million. News of Mr Watson's huge pay`out hit the headlines earlier
:07:22. > :07:26.this year, and the spotlight fell again on Detective Chief Inspector
:07:27. > :07:28.Tony Riordan. The report says he botched the kidnapping inquiry and
:07:29. > :07:50.the subsequent investigation into Mr Watson and was described as being...
:07:51. > :07:59.That comment, a thorn in their side, shows the culture of Cleveland
:08:00. > :08:02.Police is indefensible. They didn't understand what function a defence
:08:03. > :08:05.lawyer is in our Constitution. Although the report called for the
:08:06. > :08:08.suspension of Tony Riordan, Cleveland Police allowed him to
:08:09. > :08:10.retire on a full pension. He told us he'd made a formal complaint about
:08:11. > :08:37.the IPCC investigation. When the police searched the office,
:08:38. > :08:40.they took a clone of the entire hard drive of my computer and all the
:08:41. > :08:43.files on it. The illegal way the police handled the investigation
:08:44. > :08:45.into Mr Watson has already cost millions. But because they seized
:08:46. > :08:48.and examined other unrelated files, other cases may now need to be
:08:49. > :09:03.revisited, potentially adding yet more cost. About 100 people in 2009
:09:04. > :09:11.were represented by my firm, work admitted `` or committed for their
:09:12. > :09:16.charge, but they must now think about whether the Cleveland Police
:09:17. > :09:22.used my computer to access their files. I cannot comment on that. Mr
:09:23. > :09:30.Tyers, the original complainant, has submitted another set of complaints,
:09:31. > :09:34.which are being investigated by the IPCC. If a whole host of trials has
:09:35. > :09:39.been compromised, who pays for that? Is no evidence any of those
:09:40. > :09:44.trials have been compromised. Millions and millions of public
:09:45. > :09:51.pounds was spent and wasted in what is a dirt poor town in a town of
:09:52. > :09:55.austerity `` in a time of austerity. That money was wasted by
:09:56. > :10:00.identifiable public officials, and not yet one of them has been
:10:01. > :10:06.publicly identified or publicly held to account. On behalf of those
:10:07. > :10:11.people we've let down, and Mr Watson has been recompensed for what we
:10:12. > :10:14.did, I say sorry. And apologise for that. What I will promise people is
:10:15. > :10:21.that we've learnt lessons, we've moved on. Cleveland Police is in the
:10:22. > :10:27.last chance saloon. We had operation Lancet a few years ago, we had
:10:28. > :10:32.another operation still running now. What happened with Mr Watson was
:10:33. > :10:38.unacceptable. If we find ourselves again he in this place, it might be
:10:39. > :10:49.time to look at whether Cleveland Police have future. Have you stopped
:10:50. > :10:55.the rot? This started in 2004, and there are many things we are looking
:10:56. > :11:02.at. The rock was a blot of rock. It was a tiny piece of rock. This force
:11:03. > :11:06.is a very good force. On behalf of them and for them I've done
:11:07. > :11:13.everything I can to make sure that things that were not right have been
:11:14. > :11:16.changed. Supposedly, the commission is supposed to hold the commissioner
:11:17. > :11:21.to account `` the constable to account. But he is little more than
:11:22. > :11:26.a lackey for the police seeking pathetically to justify waters
:11:27. > :11:31.plainly unjustifiable. I am sorry he feels that way. I would say that
:11:32. > :11:39.action has been taken to address all of his concerns. I'm waiting to hear
:11:40. > :11:44.from you to describe what went on. The police were at fault. I will not
:11:45. > :11:49.defend the indefensible. I'm not going to defend ad practice in
:11:50. > :11:58.Cleveland Police. Everything I've done since I've been elected... You
:11:59. > :12:01.haven't even condemned it. I won't support bad practice and I've
:12:02. > :12:07.apologised to the person who suffered in terms of his arrest, and
:12:08. > :12:13.I think that's appropriate. What happened in 2004`2010 is important,
:12:14. > :12:17.and we will learn from it but I'm particularly interested in what
:12:18. > :12:26.happened in 2013 and beyond. That's what matters to people now.
:12:27. > :12:29.Now, the issue of TB in cattle is rarely out of the headlines. So
:12:30. > :12:33.you'd think preventing the disease from spreading was a top priority.
:12:34. > :12:36.But we've uncovered alarming evidence that suggests the region's
:12:37. > :12:38.farms may face an increased risk, thanks to illegal movements of
:12:39. > :12:50.livestock. Abbie Jones has been investigating.
:12:51. > :12:57.From a few isolated cases in the 1980s, bovine tuberculosis now
:12:58. > :13:03.affects large areas of England. And it's been steadily moving north and
:13:04. > :13:09.east. The number of herds affected by the disease almost doubled in
:13:10. > :13:12.Cheshire in the year to this June. In Cumbria, it increased fourfold.
:13:13. > :13:16.How to tackle the disease is controversial. But what is agreed is
:13:17. > :13:19.it must be stamped out in an area known as the Edge. An area between
:13:20. > :13:23.high`risk counties where there's an epidemic and low`risk counties where
:13:24. > :13:29.cases are rare. An area where the disease is steadily spreading. DEFRA
:13:30. > :13:32.is so concerned about the Edge, it introduced measures like tougher
:13:33. > :13:38.cattle tests here this month. But is that enough? Phil Latham farms on
:13:39. > :13:43.the Edge and in a high`risk TB area in Cheshire. Until a year and a half
:13:44. > :13:52.ago, he'd never had a case of bovine TB. This year, 89 cows were
:13:53. > :13:57.slaughtered. Emotionally and financially, pretty tough. We still
:13:58. > :14:04.haven't adapted the business and we've decided to go to 300 cows,
:14:05. > :14:08.which makes people redundant, a chap leaving today, who's worked for me
:14:09. > :14:11.for 25 years. Phil hasn't bought in a cow in 16 years. He's certain
:14:12. > :14:15.badgers infected his cattle and welcomes the cull. But he believes
:14:16. > :14:23.farmers are also at risk because of problems with the AHVLA, the body
:14:24. > :14:30.which manages cattle testing. It took 174 days between getting the
:14:31. > :14:35.first incident of TB lasted and my neighbours having to be tested. That
:14:36. > :14:40.is a ridiculous timescale. In terms of their paper systems, they are out
:14:41. > :14:44.of control. We were told to get our cattle tested before they were
:14:45. > :14:52.shot. One neighbour hadn't actually been tested for 20 years because he
:14:53. > :14:56.had been forgotten. It took over 40 visits to get him tested. That is a
:14:57. > :15:27.ridiculous waste of resources, and I think that's a ridiculous way to
:15:28. > :15:30.control the disease. This man was prosecuted for nearly 200 offences.
:15:31. > :15:35.We asked him to explain to us why he has repeatedly broken the rules but
:15:36. > :15:40.he hasn't replied. He still has a license to transport cattle across
:15:41. > :15:48.the country, issued by the organisation. The same body that
:15:49. > :15:50.shut down the other farm. It doesn't refuse a licence for breaking TB
:15:51. > :15:55.rules. It wants to make sure transported animals are well
:15:56. > :16:04.treated. For Richard Gardner, that's not good enough. For the last year,
:16:05. > :16:08.he's been vaccinating badgers against TB. That work could be being
:16:09. > :16:14.undermined. Or trying to find solutions to tackle bovine TB and we
:16:15. > :16:18.are trying to vaccinate badgers, but we could be wasting our time because
:16:19. > :16:25.people out there are still moving disease around. Illegally moving
:16:26. > :16:30.animals is for some an even bigger worry. I've come to Cumbria, a
:16:31. > :16:36.low`risk area, to meet a farmer who claims the law's been broken for
:16:37. > :16:42.profit and we have protected his identity. You often see wagons from
:16:43. > :16:48.down south pole up, they unload cows in the morning `` at night, and then
:16:49. > :16:56.they are taken to auctions. On paper, it never happened. How do you
:16:57. > :17:00.feel about that? It's not fair on us. It is a hard thing to sort it
:17:01. > :17:05.out. They are trying but they need to be more ruthless to stop it. Of
:17:06. > :17:09.course, the vast majority of farmers stick to the rules. Are those rules
:17:10. > :17:32.strict enough to control TB? Tens of thousands of animals are
:17:33. > :17:39.bought and sold at auctions. I've come to a new auction in Kendall
:17:40. > :17:43.used by farmers across the North. On the screens here, limited
:17:44. > :17:47.information about the animals for sale. Auctions don't have room and
:17:48. > :17:54.aren't forced to provide more. How confident can a farmer be in what
:17:55. > :18:00.he's buying? The cow could have moved from anywhere. The government
:18:01. > :18:06.wants to give more information. But it is not mandatory. We've played
:18:07. > :18:10.around for too long. We've got to do something about it and we've got to
:18:11. > :18:17.make it mandatory and the government have got to get ahold. That's not
:18:18. > :18:21.the only bit of legislation Trevor wants to see changed. In low`risk
:18:22. > :18:25.areas, the neighbour of a farmer who comes downwards TB has a 28 day
:18:26. > :18:32.window before he has to shut down his own farm. After that 28 days,
:18:33. > :18:38.they can move and sell livestock. All the rules around TB have to be
:18:39. > :18:41.tidied up. Will that happen? The government is reviewing how to
:18:42. > :18:46.tackle TB to stop it travelling north but it doesn't believe it
:18:47. > :18:50.should be compulsory for farmers to provide TB information at places
:18:51. > :18:55.like auctions. At this moment in time, we don't think it should. We
:18:56. > :19:00.need people to think about what they're doing. This doesn't apply to
:19:01. > :19:06.TB but to all diseases. It is very much in the mind of the buyer as
:19:07. > :19:12.well as providing information. And the 28 day window Trevor wants to
:19:13. > :19:15.see removed? A low risk area has low incident of TB therefore it is
:19:16. > :19:24.deemed the risk is minimal. However, it is something we are looking at
:19:25. > :19:29.and have decided to review. We asked the AHVLA about the problems we have
:19:30. > :19:35.exposed. It seems Phil Latham's neighbour wasn't tested. It denies
:19:36. > :19:40.funds had to wait six months for testing once the disease was
:19:41. > :19:44.confirmed. It also insists testing is strictly managed and that cattle
:19:45. > :19:48.are registered on a national database and their movements
:19:49. > :19:53.recorded to make sure they are tested and that it imposes movement
:19:54. > :19:57.restrictions when testing is overdue and report serious breaches to local
:19:58. > :20:07.authorities. And that farmers who don't identify and record cattle
:20:08. > :20:11.correctly risk losing a subsidy. Back in Cheshire, this man hopes
:20:12. > :20:20.enough will be done to halt the spread in bovine TB. The inevitable
:20:21. > :20:29.slide will continue unless a better policy is implemented. I'd battle
:20:30. > :20:36.there is no denying our region's passion for sport. `` there is no
:20:37. > :20:42.denying. Sometimes we have to delve into the history books to relive the
:20:43. > :20:48.glory days. Let us do that right now but for a Northern league club that
:20:49. > :20:59.despite being low down in the league, find themselves with an
:21:00. > :21:04.international fixture list. Crook town training on a cold October
:21:05. > :21:14.evening. It was not always like this. If anybody had said to me
:21:15. > :21:17.beforehand you would referee a game of amateur players from the
:21:18. > :21:24.north`east of England in front of 100,000 people I would have said,
:21:25. > :21:32.Norway. I felt like Sir Alex Ferguson, like it was Manchester
:21:33. > :21:39.United. Now way. So how did they end up playing in front of 100,000 fans
:21:40. > :21:46.in India? It all began with a conversation with the team doctor.
:21:47. > :21:51.He asked if we could go to India to play football and I immediately said
:21:52. > :22:03.yes. With the promise of an India trip, they needed a new manager. I
:22:04. > :22:09.said I would accept the job, I did not know what I had let myself in
:22:10. > :22:18.for. In return for the trip, the Indian posts had a shopping list.
:22:19. > :22:29.They wanted a 1966 world player and a World Cup referee. I said yes, Pat
:22:30. > :22:37.Partridge lives nearby. I said yes, if you are offering me, I will go,
:22:38. > :22:43.it would be a pleasure. Bobby Charlton would be the World Cup
:22:44. > :22:51.hero. Bobby Charlton said he would go. Bobby Charlton is a legend. That
:22:52. > :22:57.made the trip, we said we must be going to win if we are getting Bobby
:22:58. > :23:03.Charlton, I could not sleep for thinking about it. But just two days
:23:04. > :23:10.before flying out, they received a letter. I am unable to come due to
:23:11. > :23:18.injury. I thought, we have to get somebody and we got Terry Payne by
:23:19. > :23:22.the end of the day. He was a one`time team`mate of Gordon Jones,
:23:23. > :23:28.he saved the day and agreed to take the seat left by Bobby Charlton.
:23:29. > :23:35.Crook town set of from Heathrow on the trip of a lifetime. Then Michael
:23:36. > :23:45.I always think of that scene, when the Beatles first went to America.
:23:46. > :23:51.`` all these people were on the roof of the airport, they had come to see
:23:52. > :23:57.us. It then began to dawn on me how special this trip was going to be. I
:23:58. > :24:02.was amazed that all these people were there at the airport, they were
:24:03. > :24:06.putting garlands around our necks and asking when they would be a
:24:07. > :24:13.press conference. I wondered what was going on. Just two days to get
:24:14. > :24:20.used to the heat and it was time for the first match. We went out in
:24:21. > :24:30.taxis to drive towards the stadium. I kept seeing all these people. We
:24:31. > :24:36.came out in front of 80,000. When it did kick off, it was tremendous. We
:24:37. > :24:41.were presented with flowers and garlands and we were asked to
:24:42. > :24:50.distribute them to the codes. They were all fighting for them. It was
:24:51. > :24:56.unbelievable. `` to the crowds. When we walked out onto the pitch in
:24:57. > :25:05.front of 100 thousand people, it was so special. I will never forget.
:25:06. > :25:12.When we took a few end the crowd all in unison shouted. We all for that
:25:13. > :25:27.second floors, what was that? Every time they took the throw in after
:25:28. > :25:38.that it was comical. `` we rose. We used every sum in every game. 18
:25:39. > :25:43.players. `` every substitute. Conditions were so fierce. We
:25:44. > :25:48.brought them on and off. This heat was immense, it was like when you
:25:49. > :25:59.open the door of an often and the heat hits you. They have a trip up
:26:00. > :26:04.to Darjeeling high in the Himalayas. We set off up this mountain and
:26:05. > :26:11.thought how will this court get up there? When we got to Darjeeling the
:26:12. > :26:16.people from Nepal had travelled for three days. If it had been
:26:17. > :26:31.Manchester United I could understand it, but who Town? We went to one
:26:32. > :26:41.game and looked down into this pitch. It was a sand pitch. How
:26:42. > :26:49.would they play football here? There were trees behind the goals. We've
:26:50. > :26:54.looked down on the pitch. The center circle was our team logo and the
:26:55. > :26:56.opponents local in colours. That is a sight I will never forget. It was
:26:57. > :27:25.incredible. The match also finished 1`1 with the
:27:26. > :27:35.finest hour of ceilidh. It was a good cross. I headed it down and
:27:36. > :27:43.gave the keeper no chance. That is all I remember was the sound of it
:27:44. > :27:51.hitting the net. The sandy pitch had its own issues. How many referees
:27:52. > :27:58.can say they could not start the game because of a steam roller on
:27:59. > :28:08.the pitch? They had on when, four draws, and one defeat. I was not
:28:09. > :28:14.expecting the crowds, the greetings we got from the Indian people, the
:28:15. > :28:20.way they treated us. I just was not expecting it at all. The fact they
:28:21. > :28:27.played in front of 100,000 people, the beautiful trip up to Darjeeling,
:28:28. > :28:36.it was the trip of a lifetime. I feel incredibly proud. I am so glad
:28:37. > :28:47.I took this football team to Calcutta. That is it for another
:28:48. > :28:55.week. , is it the end of the road for this man? It terrifies me they
:28:56. > :29:09.thought I cannot run for a bit. See you next Monday. Good night.
:29:10. > :29:13.Hello, I'm Ellie Crisell with your 90 second update. The UK is getting
:29:14. > :29:16.its first nuclear power plant for 20 years. Hinkley Point C in Somerset
:29:17. > :29:19.got the go-ahead today. Ministers say it will help lower energy bills
:29:20. > :29:22.but critics argue investment in renewable sources would be better.
:29:23. > :29:25.Meanwhile, N-power has become the third energy supplier to raise its
:29:26. > :29:31.gusts. Dual-fuel bills will go up by over ?100 a year from December.
:29:32. > :29:35.82-year old Mohammed Saleem was stabbed on his way home from a
:29:36. > :29:38.Birmingham Mosque. Today a Ukrainian student pleaded guilty to his
:29:39. > :29:45.murder. He also admitted plotting explosions. Fears of a mega fire in
:29:46. > :29:49.Australia. Experts say three bushfires in New South Wales could
:29:50. > :29:55.merge into one. A state of emergency's been declared. 30,0 0
:29:56. > :29:56.tonnes in six months. That's how much food waste Tesco says it
:29:57. > :30:00.tonnes in six months. That's how generates. It estimates just under
:30:01. > :30:01.half of all bakery items end up in the bin -