:00:00. > :00:00.Cumbria ? for this week s inside Out Chris
:00:00. > :00:00.In the next half hour, we expose the Tyneside nurse whose
:00:07. > :00:09.cosmetic treatments left a trail of misery.
:00:10. > :00:11.This is possibly one of the worst cases we've ever
:00:12. > :00:17.To have this number of complications at the hands of one
:00:18. > :00:30.Just what is lurking beneath the green of
:00:31. > :00:34.Concerns in the north we could be playing a
:00:35. > :00:36.dangerous game with the future of our children.
:00:37. > :00:38.Everywhere now, people playing rugby, it is every week
:00:39. > :00:41.around us and they should look at where they are letting their
:00:42. > :00:44.children play because the guilt I feel for my son unbelievable.
:00:45. > :00:52.Family planning for squirrels, a novel way
:00:53. > :00:55.to keep numbers of the bushy tailed creatures down in North Yorkshire.
:00:56. > :01:03.The beauty is the grey squirrel would have to eat
:01:04. > :01:17.I'm Chris Jackson and this is Inside Out.
:01:18. > :01:27.What if someone gave you a short cut to looking a bit younger?
:01:28. > :01:32.But we ve been investigating one operator on Tyneside,
:01:33. > :01:34.whose patients say they were left in pain and unhappy.
:01:35. > :01:36.What s more she s been helped by one
:01:37. > :01:41.of our region s leading transplant surgeons.
:01:42. > :02:01.My boots are quite big ? I might have them reduced.
:02:02. > :02:08.More and more of us are turning to face-lifts and fillers
:02:09. > :02:11.It s now a celebrity endorsed industry - worth
:02:12. > :02:15.Wrinkle-busting injections designed to smooth the years away
:02:16. > :02:23.Well, that s what Robyn Hassan thought.
:02:24. > :02:28.When I think about it now, I think how na ve and stupid!
:02:29. > :02:32.When she put it in this side of me top lip she went ooh,
:02:33. > :02:36.you re a bleeder and like loads of blood starting coming out.
:02:37. > :02:41.And then when the swelling went down I was left disfigured and I have
:02:42. > :02:44.been left with like a constant lump on me lip underneath there.
:02:45. > :02:51.A year on, she still bears the scares
:02:52. > :02:57.Like I can constantly feel it on me tooth when I talk.
:02:58. > :03:00.And the lumps sometimes go white and I can t wear lipstick now either
:03:01. > :03:04.because it looks like I ve got a cold sore.
:03:05. > :03:11.Claire Wilde from South Shields ? also practiced under
:03:12. > :03:16.She s been operating across the North East for seven years
:03:17. > :03:19.She s even made her very own appearance on reality TV.
:03:20. > :03:22.Holly, would you really get that done?
:03:23. > :03:28.But sometimes her brush with the stars has had
:03:29. > :03:33.Claire Wilde s insurance firm forked out more than ?8,000
:03:34. > :03:43.So far, Ms Wilde dissolved six businesses and two years ago
:03:44. > :03:55.We ve gathered a file of cases - of women who went to Claire Wilde
:03:56. > :04:07.And got a whole load more than they bargained for.
:04:08. > :04:14.Linda Mather says she s been left to clear up the mess in many cases.
:04:15. > :04:20.I first became aware of her seven years ago - when people
:04:21. > :04:22.came to me and said they d had toxin treatments before
:04:23. > :04:30.And then as time went on I became aware of people who had gone
:04:31. > :04:35.for lip-filler who had been left in extreme pain.
:04:36. > :04:39.And lately there has been some nasty infections that
:04:40. > :04:42.I have had to deal with - really big swellings and abscesses
:04:43. > :04:47.What do you think of the way she operates?
:04:48. > :04:52.I can t even think of words to sum up how I feel.
:04:53. > :04:56.It is completely unethical and I can t understand how someone
:04:57. > :05:04.can know they ve harmed somebody and not put that right.
:05:05. > :05:07.Ashton Collins has set up a government approved company that
:05:08. > :05:17.This is possibly one of the worst cases we ve seen.
:05:18. > :05:20.To have this number of complications at the hands of one practitioner
:05:21. > :05:33.So, Claire Wilde, she's made a load of people unhappy because they say
:05:34. > :05:36.she's not only botched the job - but in some cases left them
:05:37. > :05:39.And she's been difficult or impossible to track
:05:40. > :05:44.So she must be operating outside the low - right?
:05:45. > :05:52.Three years ago an independent review criticized the absence
:05:53. > :05:54.of regulation for some cosmetic work.
:05:55. > :05:57.non-surgical cosmetic procedures regardless of their training,
:05:58. > :06:10.professional background or qualifications.
:06:11. > :06:12.But we ve discovered something about Claire Wilde s
:06:13. > :06:16.Whilst dermal fillers don t require a prescription ? Botulinum toxin ?
:06:17. > :06:21.And although Claire Wilde s a registered nurse - she needs
:06:22. > :06:23.a doctor to prescribe on behalf of her clients
:06:24. > :06:33.It s a prescription for the drug under its brand name AZZALURE -
:06:34. > :06:43.It's clear this prescription has been tampered with.
:06:44. > :06:47.You'd think these were two different prescriptions but are they really?
:06:48. > :06:53.Put a little light on the subject - unless it's a complete
:06:54. > :07:02.Put a bit of correcting fluid on and change that to a "5".
:07:03. > :07:08.We ve found more examples of tampering
:07:09. > :07:10.The fraudulent prescriptions were faxed off to a pharmacy.
:07:11. > :07:15.There was nothing to stop Claire Wilde using the same
:07:16. > :07:21.Caroline Phipps, the doctor who issued these prescriptions, told us:
:07:22. > :07:24.'I was distressed to discover that prescriptions written in good faith
:07:25. > :07:30.On being informed of this very serious situation I have contacted
:07:31. > :07:35.the Police and the Nursing and Midwifery Council.'
:07:36. > :07:40.Dr Phipps stopped working with Claire Wilde in March 2013.
:07:41. > :07:44.So she found herself a new big name doctor set up
:07:45. > :07:54.Tanveer Butt is a cardiothoracic transplant surgeon at
:07:55. > :07:59.For a fee, this eminent doctor was happy to meet Claire s
:08:00. > :08:07.The question is: when prescribing cosmetic drugs, did Mr Butt adhere
:08:08. > :08:10.to the standards set by the doctors regulating body - the
:08:11. > :08:15.The GMC s guidelines say doctors must carry out a physical
:08:16. > :08:21.But we ve spoken to several people who say that he did
:08:22. > :08:26.He came round my friend s house with Claire.
:08:27. > :08:28.He was introduced to me as an observer.
:08:29. > :08:52.Let s have a look at some of the prescriptions
:08:53. > :08:55.that Mr Butt signed, which by law should have addresses
:08:56. > :09:04.There s no hint of an address for the patient and there s
:09:05. > :09:09.certainly isn t one for the person doing the prescribing.
:09:10. > :09:19.And we ve discovered that Mr Butt just like this.
:09:20. > :09:25.to eight times the dose needed for one treatment.
:09:26. > :09:29.Save Face says that amounts to over a year s supply.
:09:30. > :09:32.The industry watchdog Save Face says that level of prescribing is very
:09:33. > :09:36.Only Mr Butt will know ? but it meant that often
:09:37. > :09:43.People like Yvette from South Shields.
:09:44. > :09:46.She booked Claire Wilde to come to her house for a Botox treatment.
:09:47. > :09:49.I had it on the forehead, like your crows feet
:09:50. > :09:54.It was like tingly and I felt like I had a really bad
:09:55. > :09:59.She says she didn t see a doctor and there was no prescription
:10:00. > :10:08.So when you tried to get in touch with her, what happened?
:10:09. > :10:12.Then I tried to ring her and her phone number was just dead.
:10:13. > :10:15.Like my face was burning for two weeks and I couldn t
:10:16. > :10:24.AUTOMATIC MESSAGE: This person s phone is switched off.
:10:25. > :10:26.She didn t want to talk to us either.
:10:27. > :10:29.We have made several attempts to ask her to explain herself
:10:30. > :10:30.but she s steadfastly refused to comment.
:10:31. > :10:38.Now we know where she is - she is just outside.
:10:39. > :10:42.but it s just a quick run to her car so when the moment comes
:10:43. > :10:46.But Claire went straight back indoors as soon
:10:47. > :10:49.We just wanted to ask you some questions, Claire.
:10:50. > :10:53.Well that was a very quick in and out of the house.
:10:54. > :10:57.She is very happy to talk to people about how she can improve their look
:10:58. > :10:59.but it looks like she doesn t want to talk to me
:11:00. > :11:08.You could say she is being rather tight-lipped!
:11:09. > :11:17.But his lawyer wrote to say that Mr Butt was introduced to clients
:11:18. > :11:20.as a doctor at every appointment and his role explained.
:11:21. > :11:23.He says he carried out visual examinations in line with GMC
:11:24. > :11:24.Guidelines and considered detailed medical questionnaires
:11:25. > :11:32.Mr Butt s lawyer admitted addresses were left off prescriptions,
:11:33. > :11:34.but says that was quickly rectified even though none of
:11:35. > :11:37.the many we ve seen - issued over six months -
:11:38. > :11:44.As for over-prescribing, Mr Butt admits he sometimes
:11:45. > :11:50.prescribed eight vials, which he says were usually to treat
:11:51. > :11:52.young men for excessive sweating, when a higher dose would be needed.
:11:53. > :11:55.Yet all the prescriptions we ve seen were for clients
:11:56. > :12:02.Mr Butt denies any knowledge of medication being passed
:12:03. > :12:07.We ll be sending a copy of tonight s programme
:12:08. > :12:21.It can be a bit grim this time of year.
:12:22. > :12:23.And wet playing fields could be putting you
:12:24. > :12:26.Increasingly they are being replaced by
:12:27. > :12:37.But are these third-generation pitches as they are
:12:38. > :12:44.Blyth Town under-14 girls are local league champions.
:12:45. > :12:47.But is what s under their feet - and in the air around them
:12:48. > :13:03.We've had smoking, asbestosis, thalidomide.
:13:04. > :13:05.Let us make sure that rubber artificial
:13:06. > :13:07.pictures are not the next big health scandal.
:13:08. > :13:10.My mother died of cancer at 41 and I've got a child that I've
:13:11. > :13:12.had to watch suffered through it, it is horrible.
:13:13. > :13:16.On nearly 3,000 pitches around the country, real grass has been
:13:17. > :13:30.On nearly every one of these new pitches, thousands of ground-up
:13:31. > :13:33.tyres are used to provide a soft base beneath the fibre.
:13:34. > :13:35.It s bouncy, weatherproof, good for running on and gets rid
:13:36. > :13:53.Lewis Maguire has been mad on football since he was eight.
:13:54. > :13:56.For most of that time he s been playing as a goalkeeper
:13:57. > :14:06.Three years ago he was told he had cancer.
:14:07. > :14:09.Now 19, Lewis has been treated twice - for Hodgkins Lymphoma,
:14:10. > :14:16.His family believes it could have been caused by his long
:14:17. > :14:27.All these pellets, in your face diving for a ball.
:14:28. > :14:43.He even began playing football again.
:14:44. > :14:52.Lewis s dad was the boss of a health authority in Cumbria.
:14:53. > :14:54.He left his job - determined to investigate
:14:55. > :15:02.Nigel discovered that American soccer coach Amy Griffin has been
:15:03. > :15:05.compiling a list of US athletes who ve used 3G pitches and been
:15:06. > :15:10.My list has now grown to 237, all over the
:15:11. > :15:21.The most concerning thing is 186 are soccer players.
:15:22. > :15:25.You have a son who is a goalkeeper who has been
:15:26. > :15:39.I have not been affected in the way you have.
:15:40. > :15:41.When Lewis was on the ward, earlier in
:15:42. > :15:43.the year three people who were regular players on 3G
:15:44. > :15:46.pictures, two of them are goalkeepers and the
:15:47. > :15:52.It is anecdotal but it makes you sit up and think,
:15:53. > :15:57.that is interesting, what is that all about?
:15:58. > :16:00.There s no doubt that tyre rubber contains toxic materials.
:16:01. > :16:12.Now that doesn t prove that 3G pitches cause cancer.
:16:13. > :16:13.There have been a number of international studies
:16:14. > :16:17.And none of them says there s a likely link
:16:18. > :16:19.between exposure to artificial pitches, and illness.
:16:20. > :16:26.It says there are too many gaps in the recent research and that more
:16:27. > :16:37.We've come to Holland, where they already have 2,000 3G pitches.
:16:38. > :16:40.Here too, the government says there's not enough evidence that
:16:41. > :16:43.But in Amsterdam, it hasn t stopped them taking action.
:16:44. > :16:45.It was a recent Dutch TV documentary which prompted
:16:46. > :16:49.A number of clubs immediately decided to stop using -
:16:50. > :17:10.People did not know children were playing on crushed tyres so
:17:11. > :17:11.clubs decided to close their pitches.
:17:12. > :17:14.We got the news on the Wednesday and on the Saturday 30
:17:15. > :17:17.Within weeks, the Institute of Public Health sampled rubber
:17:18. > :17:24.from a hundred pitches, and concluded:
:17:25. > :17:26."the effect on human health is virtually negligible."
:17:27. > :17:33.But the City of Amsterdam has decided it isn t going to build any
:17:34. > :17:44.Of course there is still a danger for the environment because
:17:45. > :18:06.For some parents, that s not enough, it's an own goal.
:18:07. > :18:08.One group took matters into their own hands.
:18:09. > :18:11.On a pitch nearby, in the dead of night, they snuck out
:18:12. > :18:16.here and began vacuuming up the rubber.
:18:17. > :18:19.It's only symbolic of course, we got some attention on
:18:20. > :18:22.social media but we just wanted people to know we should do
:18:23. > :18:32.You can see it here, it's in the bushes, the birds
:18:33. > :18:38.It is in the socks and shoes, in the washing machine.
:18:39. > :18:47.I tell him that it is not problem and it is OK
:18:48. > :18:53.So the government report hasn't ended the arguments.
:18:54. > :18:55.An hour down the road, a senior toxicologist is worried
:18:56. > :19:00.It is not taking into account those specifications of
:19:01. > :19:12.If I had children, I wouldn't want them to be exercising but put
:19:13. > :19:15.pressure on the football club to replace these fields in the near
:19:16. > :19:17.future for normal grass which is more innocent and safer
:19:18. > :19:29.At another amateur club here in Amsterdam, they won't have
:19:30. > :19:33.They're moving premises - and their new pitches
:19:34. > :19:36.will have a more expensive - cork base instead.
:19:37. > :19:39.Maybe it is quite a financial cost but you should ask
:19:40. > :19:51.Is that not a far greater costs than replacing every one now?
:19:52. > :19:54.Back home, the number of pitches keeps on growing.
:19:55. > :19:55.Servicing the rapidly-expanding demand are manufacturers
:19:56. > :20:07.The industry's trade body told us it's considering a new agreement
:20:08. > :20:09.on rubber chemicals that ll provide tougher standards than currently
:20:10. > :20:15.The Football Association are squarely behind 3G pitches.
:20:16. > :20:19.Not only do they say they're safe, but they have plans to roll out
:20:20. > :20:21.at least 200 more of them in the next few years.
:20:22. > :20:24.So what are sports players, children - and their parents -
:20:25. > :20:26.to do about the conflicting claims over 3G?
:20:27. > :20:27.Our independent research would suggest
:20:28. > :20:32.I have a son and I would be happy for him to play on a
:20:33. > :20:39.We are concerned about the safety of every individual.
:20:40. > :20:47.and not look to change that in any shape or form. What is the
:20:48. > :20:48.government seem to support players, children and their parents?
:20:49. > :20:51.Sport England told us it takes the concerns very seriously
:20:52. > :20:54.and that it s currently contributing evidence to an EU-wide study,
:20:55. > :20:58.For the second time, Lewis Maguire has beaten his Lymphoma,
:20:59. > :21:03.He ll need regular checkups for years -
:21:04. > :21:14.I love playing football but you have to ask
:21:15. > :21:17.the question, do I want my child playing in these pitches?
:21:18. > :21:19.If you think they are safe, go ahead but I
:21:20. > :21:22.don't think they are and I don't think it's a good idea.
:21:23. > :21:25.All the official advice on 3G pitches suggests there's no
:21:26. > :21:34.But as we've seen, there are nagging doubts in some people's minds
:21:35. > :21:37.Perhaps it s a debate we re yet to have in the UK.
:21:38. > :21:39.I think there's a real danger we could be
:21:40. > :21:42.conducting an industrial scale experiment on the health and
:21:43. > :21:50.For me, that should not be allowed to happen.
:21:51. > :21:53.Would you be happy for your kids or grandchildren to play in
:21:54. > :22:11.They are cute and clever but to many they are a pest.
:22:12. > :22:14.The only way to control their numbers is to cull
:22:15. > :22:21.But could contraception be the answer?
:22:22. > :22:35.But under the leafy canopy, deadly aliens are on the loose.
:22:36. > :22:44.grey squirrel is a very clever mammal and has outsmarted man for
:22:45. > :22:53.decades. They are also wiping out our native reds. We could lose our
:22:54. > :22:57.entire population here. Chemical controls have so far afield. Killing
:22:58. > :23:04.remains the only viable method of keeping numbers down. The chaps out
:23:05. > :23:10.most mornings trying to shoot them. This could all be about to change.
:23:11. > :23:14.Victorian aristocrats get the blame for introducing Grey
:23:15. > :23:16.squirrels to this country, bringing them in from America
:23:17. > :23:19.The animals adapted rather too well, and numbers swelled.
:23:20. > :23:22.There are now around three million of them in the UK,
:23:23. > :23:25.One of their first crimes was to squeeze out Britain s
:23:26. > :23:30.There are now only about 15,000 left in England,
:23:31. > :23:36.But there is one small corner of the Yorkshire Dales where red
:23:37. > :23:48.They are very bold, they started very shy
:23:49. > :23:51.but they work out they are the boss and they can do with a
:23:52. > :23:55.They are inspiring in terms of our British
:23:56. > :23:59.We need to carry out this work unfortunately to reduce the
:24:00. > :24:05.This work involves killing any grey squirrel that comes near.
:24:06. > :24:08.If the Wensleydale reds came in contact with a grey,
:24:09. > :24:18.they could pick up the fatal squirrel pox virus.
:24:19. > :24:20.The Grey squirrel is officially an alien invasive species.
:24:21. > :24:23.It IS legal to kill them, in a humane way.
:24:24. > :24:25.It s against the low to release one into the wild.
:24:26. > :24:27.Some people argue that it s unrealistic to expect reds
:24:28. > :24:31.So why not let reds and greys co-exist?
:24:32. > :24:33.All animals are welcome at Whitby Wildlife Sanctuary,
:24:34. > :25:11.It is often blamed for the red squirrel decline.
:25:12. > :25:26.To blame greys - it's nothing on human activity.
:25:27. > :25:28.I, don t think killing greys is the answer.
:25:29. > :25:31.There are two issues here ? it s not just the threat to reds,
:25:32. > :25:33.grey squirrels are attacking our native woodland.
:25:34. > :25:36.Not like this with chainsaws, but by chipping away at tree bark.
:25:37. > :25:38.A nightmare for places like the Yorkshire Arboretum,
:25:39. > :25:40.near Castle Howard, home to a priceless collection
:25:41. > :25:43.At the Yorkshire Arboretum, near Castle Howard in North Yorkshire,
:25:44. > :25:45.they manage a priceless reference collection of tree species.
:25:46. > :25:52.How much of a problem are grey squirrels? Because us a lot of
:25:53. > :25:55.problems, killing things and damaging the trees. This is a
:25:56. > :26:04.classic example how they have stripped the bark in this section,
:26:05. > :26:08.up and down the tree. This is a completely wrecked tree.
:26:09. > :26:10.Squirrels have been wreaking woodland havoc for years.
:26:11. > :26:13.In the 1950s a despairing government organised a mass
:26:14. > :26:16.Farmers were paid a shilling a tail to rid the countryside
:26:17. > :26:19.The squirrels responded by breeding in bigger numbers.
:26:20. > :26:22.They now cause an estimated ?17 million a year of damage,
:26:23. > :26:31.and are threatening the future of our woodland.
:26:32. > :26:45.Most mornings, the chaps are out to shoot the squirrels. It must be
:26:46. > :26:51.difficult for someone who loves nature to kill a species? We would
:26:52. > :27:00.prefer not to sort some other form of control would be fantastic.
:27:01. > :27:03.For years scientists have been trying to perfect a less brutal way
:27:04. > :27:05.of controlling the grey squirrel population without killing them.
:27:06. > :27:09.A team at Sheffield University spent most of the 1990s working
:27:10. > :27:15.Once outside of the lab, it worked well on those
:27:16. > :27:17.squirrels that picked up the contraceptive laced nuts.
:27:18. > :27:19.Unfortunately half of them didn t take the bait
:27:20. > :27:31.It is very expensive to do shooting in trapping, about ?60 a squirrel so
:27:32. > :27:34.So they have charged another set of scientists,
:27:35. > :27:37.at the government lab in North Yorkshire, to try again.
:27:38. > :27:40.And they think they may this time have cracked a way of getting
:27:41. > :27:50.It would look like this. It would be appeased and going the dispenser.
:27:51. > :27:52.The beauty in this is that the grey squirrel would have to eat it at the
:27:53. > :27:56.dispenser. They hope these contraceptive
:27:57. > :27:58.dispensers could be dotted through our woodlands
:27:59. > :27:59.within five years. Looking forward, how would it change
:28:00. > :28:12.squirrel population? I think it would be massive. The
:28:13. > :28:17.modelling we've done shows we could reduce the breeding population by
:28:18. > :28:23.about 70% within three years. What would that do to the red? Reds are
:28:24. > :28:28.very good at coming into grey squirrel areas and you with the
:28:29. > :28:36.all-new range of reds moving south into Yorkshire. That's enormously
:28:37. > :28:39.exciting. Who knew? Contraception for squirrels.
:28:40. > :28:51.We will be transported back in time through a unique North East film
:28:52. > :28:54.collection which is being preserved for the future.
:28:55. > :29:00.See you next Monday, till then, goodnight.
:29:01. > :29:03.Hello, I'm Riz Lateef with your 90-second update.
:29:04. > :29:06.Overcrowded - the number of patients on wards in England have been
:29:07. > :29:09.at unsafe levels in nine out of ten hospitals this winter.
:29:10. > :29:14.NHS bosses said there were problems discharging frail patients.
:29:15. > :29:18.More controversy over President Trump's visit to the UK.
:29:19. > :29:21.The Speaker of the House of Commons said he didn't
:29:22. > :29:26.There have been protests against the state visit.
:29:27. > :29:31.The latest figures from the industry suggest we're buying
:29:32. > :29:36.It follows months of headlines about pollution and health problems.