:00:00. > :00:00.Could plutonium become a powerful positive for Cumbria
:00:07. > :00:12.Everything you think of has gone wrong with the plant,
:00:13. > :00:37.The Newcastle sporting giant who has taken everything in his strhde.
:00:38. > :00:40.I have lost family members, I have been poor, been in shelters.
:00:41. > :00:42.Those are the things that absolutely make you or break you.
:00:43. > :00:45.Going up a gear in Northumbdrland, the bike race that gave
:00:46. > :00:51.the Tour de France a run for its money back in the 60s.
:00:52. > :00:58.Muddy awful, to put it mildly. Some people seem to like this sqtelching.
:00:59. > :01:10.This is Inside Out and I'm Chris Jackson.
:01:11. > :01:17.We have a problem with plutonium. We have 100 tonnes of radioacthve
:01:18. > :01:22.waste. Instead of stockpiling, the government wants to convert it into
:01:23. > :01:23.fuel to power homes. I have been to America and some are warning that
:01:24. > :01:31.could be a very expensive g`mble. That's what you will have whth
:01:32. > :01:38.plutonium for as long as yot own it. It is a handful of billions
:01:39. > :01:42.of pounds for any of the options. This is what I call
:01:43. > :01:44.a massive boondongle. Today I'm
:01:45. > :01:54.off to see a chemical element that we spend ?80 million on every year
:01:55. > :01:57.just to keep it out of the environment
:01:58. > :02:11.and out of the wrong hands. I'm just one of a handful
:02:12. > :02:15.of people in the UK who has been allowed in here to the laboratory
:02:16. > :02:18.here to see the work going on to And if you have ever wonderdd what
:02:19. > :02:27.plutonium looks like, it is in here It looks harmless,
:02:28. > :02:32.but this highly radioactive plutonium is the by`product of years
:02:33. > :02:34.of reprocessing at Sellafield. By 2020 we will have 140 tonnes
:02:35. > :02:36.of it, the biggest civilian stock
:02:37. > :02:41.pile in the world. This is where we do all our current
:02:42. > :02:44.plutonium research and development So you are still learning
:02:45. > :02:50.about this material? Yes,
:02:51. > :02:52.it is a unique element and there is still a lot to learn about plutonium
:02:53. > :02:55.and how it behaves in the processes that we have at Sellafield `nd
:02:56. > :03:03.the new processes that are planned. The plutonium has been colldcted
:03:04. > :03:05.here from spent fuel from It is now time to work out how
:03:06. > :03:12.to deal with this deadly legacy Or do we decide that we
:03:13. > :03:19.should continue to store it? The government preference is to
:03:20. > :03:22.reuse the material and then we have a number of options to reusd, one of
:03:23. > :03:26.which is of course the mox option. The government wants to turn
:03:27. > :03:34.it into a mox fuel. This would be burnt
:03:35. > :03:36.in new power stations, generating electricity and at the same time
:03:37. > :03:41.using up our plutonium. Of course we had
:03:42. > :03:43.a mox plant plant at Sellafheld that And that new plant would most likely
:03:44. > :03:58.be built here at Sellafield, So, the workers are keeping
:03:59. > :04:18.their fingers crossed. We want West Cumbria to be
:04:19. > :04:20.the centre of excellence But before taking
:04:21. > :04:27.a decision that will cost bhllions of pounds, is there a lesson to be
:04:28. > :04:30.learned from what has been going It is not quite the Fells
:04:31. > :06:14.of Cumbria. It brings in a lot of revente
:06:15. > :06:16.and income. All the other industries have packed
:06:17. > :06:19.up and left town, so yes, the river site is pretty much the
:06:20. > :06:22.lifeline to keep this town running. I have worked there
:06:23. > :06:24.about 30 years now. And if you were not doing that,
:06:25. > :06:28.is there any other work for you So the workers are all for ht,
:06:29. > :06:43.but in the state capital Colombia, I realise how controversial this
:06:44. > :06:45.project is. It has hit delays
:06:46. > :06:47.and costs have spiralled And questions are now hanging
:06:48. > :06:54.over plant. Everything you can think
:06:55. > :06:57.of has gone wrong with the plant, overspending, mismanagement
:06:58. > :06:59.of the schedule, lack of qu`lity control, lack of trained workers
:07:00. > :07:03.in handling nuclear projects. And you have your own phrasd
:07:04. > :07:11.for what went wrong here. How has this been handled
:07:12. > :07:13.by the government? This is what I call
:07:14. > :07:16.a massive boondongle. By that I mean a debacle, as far
:07:17. > :07:24.as the funding and schedule goes. Here the term boondongle is applied
:07:25. > :07:26.to projects that are a total travesty and that is what
:07:27. > :07:34.the project has become. In fact it has been so expensive
:07:35. > :07:37.and controversial, President Obama ordered a h`lt to
:07:38. > :07:42.the construction of the plant. I think if we can get polithcs out
:07:43. > :07:49.of this and just look at technically how we can accomplish the mhssion,
:07:50. > :07:55.the project is still the wax to go. The UK government seems to be
:07:56. > :07:57.looking at this as a possibhlity. Do you have no more faith that
:07:58. > :08:00.in Cumbria, at Sellafield, I kind of chuckle because it seems
:08:01. > :08:07.they are not following what is going on in the States with the plant that
:08:08. > :08:10.is being built here, and it is almost as if they are not aware of
:08:11. > :08:14.the mass of problems and thd It is very clear going
:08:15. > :08:21.down this route that it has been Even if we chose to ignore
:08:22. > :08:25.the American experience back home there are harsh lessons to learn
:08:26. > :08:28.from it and at the very least alarm Remember the original Sellafield
:08:29. > :08:33.plant I mentioned? The construction of that also went
:08:34. > :08:38.millions of pounds over budget. When work stopped three years ago it
:08:39. > :08:41.was described as one of the most embarrassing fahlures
:08:42. > :08:47.in British industry history. As you can imagine,
:08:48. > :08:52.I want to speak to the government minister, Baroness Verma about this
:08:53. > :09:02.crucial decision that will `ffect the community here the generations
:09:03. > :09:05.and cost billions of pounds. For the last three months I have
:09:06. > :09:08.tried to have a word with somebody from the Department of Energy
:09:09. > :09:10.and Climate Change. And in all that time nobody has been
:09:11. > :09:13.available to answer my questions The government has left it to
:09:14. > :09:16.the agency responsible Spent 1.3 billion pounds
:09:17. > :09:21.and it all went horribly wrong? I'm not going to stand here and
:09:22. > :09:25.say that the plant was a success. We need to learn the lesson
:09:26. > :09:33.from that project. We went to the States and a critic
:09:34. > :09:37.described it as a boon dongle. He said, look, whatever you do, look
:09:38. > :09:44.at what is going on in the States. Yes,
:09:45. > :09:45.we work very close with colleagues We talk regularly and
:09:46. > :09:50.so we are learning a lot from them. Recent history suggests building
:09:51. > :09:53.the plant can be challenging. We need to fully understand
:09:54. > :09:59.that before we embark on it. The Fukushima nuclear disaster was
:10:00. > :10:01.the final nail in the coffin The Japanese were the main
:10:02. > :10:06.customers for the original fuel That all came to an end aftdr
:10:07. > :10:09.the tsunami wiped out the plant So far nobody else seems
:10:10. > :10:16.keen to buy this fuel. The other thing is if you m`ke
:10:17. > :10:20.the fuel, who on earth is going to The reactors that are being
:10:21. > :10:28.built in the UK are capable Whether the operators will want to
:10:29. > :10:33.take that fuel remains to bd seen. With the history of cost ovdrruns,
:10:34. > :10:36.can you stand here today and say that you think you know what
:10:37. > :10:40.it will cost and not a pennx more? Would that be an unrealistic
:10:41. > :10:43.expectation of the public? I cannot give you
:10:44. > :10:46.the price tag right now. It seems wrong to use the expression
:10:47. > :10:49.handful, handful of billion pounds One thing is certain,
:10:50. > :10:54.dealing with this radioactive legacy The government said it would make
:10:55. > :10:59.a decision Meanwhile, the Sellafield
:11:00. > :11:17.plutonium pile continues to grow. Which road would you go down?
:11:18. > :11:36.Comment on twitter. He has helped basketball become one
:11:37. > :11:40.of the most popular sports hn our school. We have had access to the
:11:41. > :11:59.man whose story is nothing short of fab.
:12:00. > :12:01.Fabulous fab Flournoy is Brhtain's most successful basketball coach.
:12:02. > :12:05.He has launched the Newcastle Eagles to win record hauls
:12:06. > :12:07.of silverware and caused an explosion in grassroots basketball.
:12:08. > :12:09.He has become the Alex Fergtson of British basketball.
:12:10. > :12:22.Those are the things that absolutely make you or break you.
:12:23. > :12:29.He won his first championshhp two years after being made the Dagles
:12:30. > :12:34.Now in his 40s and seven championships latdr,
:12:35. > :12:36.he has delivered unparalleldd success to a region desperate
:12:37. > :12:44.There are four trophies in the season.
:12:45. > :12:46.He has won those four trophies more than once.
:12:47. > :13:00.When he came, trophies had never been one and he has turned them into
:13:01. > :13:05.a machine. His time in Newcastle is
:13:06. > :13:07.a very distant cry from Just a 15 minute ride outside
:13:08. > :13:34.of Manhattan, the Bronx is My mother struggled, raising for
:13:35. > :13:41.kids. No farther. No role model As you would say. It was hard for me,
:13:42. > :13:47.coming home. I did not want to be another mouth to feed. I wanted to
:13:48. > :13:50.prove to my mother that I could take care of myself. And I would be able
:13:51. > :13:59.to take care of the family. This is the first time
:14:00. > :14:12.in years that he has been b`ck to I started playing basketball for a
:14:13. > :14:19.pair of sneakers. You get them by playing basketball. I wanted to get
:14:20. > :14:26.a basketball, I had some spdakers on, I and I wanted to fit in. So I
:14:27. > :14:30.came here. I came here. He went to school and did everything rhght and
:14:31. > :14:35.never got in trouble, or usdd drugs. You come outside three in the
:14:36. > :14:45.morning and he's playing basketball all day.
:14:46. > :14:53.I took it more serious. I w`nted to go to school and get great. That's
:14:54. > :14:57.where I met my coach. And with just his heart
:14:58. > :15:01.and strength and just the ability to listen and learn, I knew th`t he was
:15:02. > :15:04.going to be very special. You really have to survive
:15:05. > :15:06.in the Bronx. A lot of kids use basketball
:15:07. > :15:09.as a tool to get away. And then once I met Bingo,
:15:10. > :15:12.he was coaching me Sometimes you don't know whdn you
:15:13. > :15:28.speak if the kids are getting it Obviously,
:15:29. > :15:33.he got it well because from what I You're not paying attention
:15:34. > :15:36.to where you at! That was one good stop,
:15:37. > :15:47.and y'all was happy with th`t? Back in Newcastle,
:15:48. > :15:56.this is one of the last trahning sessions before Fab and
:15:57. > :15:59.his team start their new se`son You've got to find
:16:00. > :16:00.your own goddam motor! And he is credited with furthering
:16:01. > :16:28.the careers of a new generation Playing England captain and Great
:16:29. > :16:33.Britain was probably one of the well still is one of the proudest
:16:34. > :16:39.things I have ever achieved. Without Fab, I don't think
:16:40. > :16:41.I would have got here. He influenced me and showed me
:16:42. > :16:50.how to become an elite athldte. There's a killing every two,
:16:51. > :16:59.three days. The young generation on this block
:17:00. > :17:11.got into it, with so many pdople With every other block, it would
:17:12. > :17:15.be gun play out here, you know. Calvin was shot in the chest
:17:16. > :17:30.and injured on this very corner And their oldest brother, Jhmmy was
:17:31. > :17:35.killed in a shooting at a nhghtclub. I've had hardships,
:17:36. > :17:40.just like anyone else has. One of the biggest things w`s
:17:41. > :17:43.losing my oldest brother. ..difficult because I didn't want
:17:44. > :17:58.to play basketball any more. Most young men would have
:17:59. > :18:11.buckled under that. They would have become nothhng but
:18:12. > :18:14.a bum or they would have run with He has pulled himself from that
:18:15. > :18:19.not only to be something hilself, To lead the Newcastle Eagles
:18:20. > :18:22.as a club. To sell the idea
:18:23. > :18:24.of basketball to the schools. To give the Eagles some sort
:18:25. > :18:27.of depth, which should go on My name is Fab line with
:18:28. > :18:39.the Newcastle Eagles are not here Fab and the Eagles are regular
:18:40. > :18:46.visitors to schools across the North East, promoting healthy
:18:47. > :18:50.lifestyles and basketball. As a sports person, I'm truly
:18:51. > :18:58.privileged and humbled by the fact To me, sportsmen and women `t times
:18:59. > :19:10.don't utilise the impact th`t they have, especially on youngstdrs
:19:11. > :19:21.at an impressionable age. So, with
:19:22. > :19:22.his playing days surely numbered, and having one almost every cup
:19:23. > :19:26.worth winning, what's next for Fab? We want to have our own grassroots
:19:27. > :19:32.with players coming through, the senior team playing for the national
:19:33. > :19:36.team, there's so much impacting We want to build up young pdople
:19:37. > :19:45.so they can grow up to be good It's much more than just winning
:19:46. > :19:58.and losing. Here's to another successful
:19:59. > :20:01.season for the Eagles. Next,
:20:02. > :20:05.we continue our sporting thdme. . When the Tour de France tord through
:20:06. > :20:09.the North earlier this year we saw just how gruelling professional
:20:10. > :20:12.cycling can be ` but back in the '60s there was a racd that
:20:13. > :20:15.was tougher ` much tougher. Victoria Cook has been to
:20:16. > :20:17.Northumberland to uncover a tale And a race that took cycling to
:20:18. > :20:30.places it never dared go ag`in. This is the sport of cyclocross `
:20:31. > :20:41.Northern style. Like cross`country running,
:20:42. > :20:44.on wheels. That race took place 54 years ago
:20:45. > :20:49.over these fields Part cycle race,
:20:50. > :20:57.part obstacle course ` There that day, three men still
:20:58. > :21:07.in love with cycling as much now It's something we've always done,
:21:08. > :21:21.all our lives. There's a lot of people nevdr
:21:22. > :21:24.thought this, but we are fit blokes. One is 80, one is nearly 80
:21:25. > :21:28.and I am the youngest! Back in 1960, Willy was tryhng
:21:29. > :21:41.to find his feet in the sport. And I won quite a few cycle crosses
:21:42. > :21:49.when it was exceptionally h`rd. Bill Wright was 25 year old
:21:50. > :22:00.when he came third in the r`ce. You've got to want a bit
:22:01. > :22:02.of adventure, that's the thhng. You're driven
:22:03. > :22:11.by the need to get a result. Spectating that day was one of the
:22:12. > :22:15.country's top cyclists of the time. Bill Baty was twice British
:22:16. > :22:17.road racing champion. This is him winning the title
:22:18. > :22:19.in 1959. Many years later,
:22:20. > :22:22.he was to find a role that was to We had 8mm silent film
:22:23. > :22:31.and we were transferring onto DVDs. Within the silent,
:22:32. > :22:35.I had to do a talk`over. COMMENTARY: "This muddy patch takes
:22:36. > :22:40.a bit of riding, you know. "Through that. Oh! He's the driver
:22:41. > :22:43.for the breweries. "I think he needs a pint or
:22:44. > :22:48.two to get him out of there " More or less 30 years
:22:49. > :22:52.after the race. It was hard to recognise people
:22:53. > :22:55.you haven't seen for 30 years. What was it
:22:56. > :22:59.like watching the footage b`ck? When I was seeing it the first time,
:23:00. > :23:05.I said things that were maybe COMMENTARY: He's actually a referee,
:23:06. > :23:09.that last one. When he goes out training, he runs backwards down the
:23:10. > :25:27.road. He's been run over twhce! These are all local riders. We've
:25:28. > :25:35.got another video here with no commentary. I'd love it if xou would
:25:36. > :25:46.do some classic commentary today. If I recognise who they are... Now he
:25:47. > :25:50.went into a field of cards `nd trying three or four before he got
:25:51. > :25:56.one to fit. What does bring back to you? These videos are great because
:25:57. > :26:02.when I see them I look back at all then years that have gone bx and the
:26:03. > :26:06.cyclists in the north`east haven't got any recognition and is great
:26:07. > :26:10.that you have all these followers on you Tube. Great to get recognition.
:26:11. > :26:26.Yes. Cyclo`cross has changed so luch over
:26:27. > :26:29.the last 50 years. It now h`s its own league in the North East. Most
:26:30. > :26:38.events take place in autumn and winter. It is a lot more regulated.
:26:39. > :26:43.I wonder what the boys think. There are bikes are really liked. They
:26:44. > :26:54.have heart monitors, extra food .. We had ration books! Cyclo`cross in
:26:55. > :27:01.the North East was relaunchdd and today we have veterans, junhors and
:27:02. > :27:12.youths. In each category, the sport is booming. I get an adrenaline
:27:13. > :27:20.rush. I put myself through pain to say that I have done really well in
:27:21. > :27:26.the race. My advice is to use the cutting edge of technology. A carbon
:27:27. > :27:37.frame but most cyclo`cross bikes run at a low pressure. Well dond, some!
:27:38. > :27:46.It is fascinating when you think there is only us left in thd world
:27:47. > :27:50.riding bikes. But you come here and I have seen children this shze with
:27:51. > :27:58.their faces alight with exchtement riding around these tracks. I wish I
:27:59. > :28:06.was ten or 11 again! Does it get the blood pumping? Absolutely! Ht is
:28:07. > :28:13.absolutely thrilling to see cycling in such good spirits. The bhg
:28:14. > :28:30.question is, cyclo`cross now or then? Which is better? Bettdr now.
:28:31. > :28:41.Definitely. Someone just told me to get on my bike, so I will. Xou can
:28:42. > :28:48.e`mail me. You can use Twitter. That is all for tonight. Next wedk, a
:28:49. > :28:52.whodunnit with real`life consequences. The law that can turn
:28:53. > :28:55.anyone at the scene of a murder into a potential killer. Until then, from
:28:56. > :29:10.Carlisle, good night. Hello, I'm Sophie Long with
:29:11. > :29:12.your 90 second update. A freeze on working-age benefits
:29:13. > :29:14.for two years. That's among the Chancellor's plans
:29:15. > :29:16.to cut welfare and the nation's debt if the Tories
:29:17. > :29:19.win next year's general election. Pensions,
:29:20. > :29:21.disability and maternity pay wouldn't be affected but Jobseekers
:29:22. > :29:25.Allowance and child benefit would. Ann Maguire was stabbed to death
:29:26. > :29:29.at a Leeds school in April. Today thousands attended
:29:30. > :29:32.a memorial service for the teacher. Her family say they've been
:29:33. > :29:34.comforted by the community. Jailed for sending
:29:35. > :29:37.abusive tweets to an MP.