0:00:06 > 0:00:12Hello and a warm welcome from Malton.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16In the next half hour - just put the mobile away.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18That's the call from a Cumbrian who is living with the consequences
0:00:18 > 0:00:21of drivers who use their phone at the wheel.
0:00:21 > 0:00:25You cannot risk it because it is not just the fact you will be heavily
0:00:25 > 0:00:32fined or go to prison, it's the lives that get ruined.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Can a North Yorkshire jockey help change dangerous practice when it
0:00:35 > 0:00:37comes to the all-important weigh-in?
0:00:37 > 0:00:41If you go out and have six, seven, eight gin and tonics and do not eat
0:00:41 > 0:00:44you will be lighter in the morning so you think, that's great,
0:00:44 > 0:00:48I will make the weight up the next day but then obviously it's not good
0:00:48 > 0:00:50for your head.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53And Newcastle's great survivor, one man's vision of the picture
0:00:53 > 0:00:55palace that has survived the test of time.
0:00:55 > 0:01:00Dixon Scott really was a remarkable person.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04He could have built a box, a shed, almost, with a screen in it and some
0:01:04 > 0:01:06rudimentary seats but obviously the Tyneside is not
0:01:06 > 0:01:07like that, it is beautiful.
0:01:07 > 0:01:14I am Chris Jackson and this is Inside Out.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26It was a heartbreaking disaster on the M6 in Cumbria,
0:01:26 > 0:01:27and all because of one of these.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30In a split second one man died and another
0:01:30 > 0:01:35had his life altered forever.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38One year on from a change in the law, we ask why
0:01:38 > 0:01:38do people still use
0:01:38 > 0:01:41mobile phones behind the wheel.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Now, when you are in your car...
0:01:46 > 0:01:48..you have really got to keep your eyes peeled.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Anything could happen.
0:01:50 > 0:01:57A kid could dash out in front of you, another car could make
0:01:57 > 0:01:59a sudden manoeuvre, and you certainly should not
0:01:59 > 0:02:00be doing any of this.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02I'm just going to let my mate know.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03Hang on.
0:02:03 > 0:02:04It's not easy looking at this.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07I can't really keep one eye on the road and this.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Well, you maybe just think you will get away with it.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12After all, you could just be going down a nice quiet road.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Could even be stuck in a traffic jam.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Or maybe it's somewhere you know really well.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Of course it does not really matter.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24Because I am not really driving.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28But if I had been caught with this in my hand that would mean a £200
0:02:28 > 0:02:29fine and six points on my licence.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33But if I had caused an accident I could end up in prison.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Those penalties doubled a year ago.
0:02:36 > 0:02:43But is anyone taking it more seriously?
0:02:43 > 0:02:44In Carlisle, it's rush-hour.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49He is on his phone.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51That will do for me.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53PC Dan Beige is on the lookout for drivers breaking the law.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56OK, two cars ahead of us we have got this black Mercedes.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Black phone, silver edge to it and he had it
0:02:59 > 0:03:00texting in his right hand.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Pull into there.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Hello, mate, just jump out for us.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Grab your phone as well, please.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11That black one with the silver around the edges.
0:03:11 > 0:03:12Good man.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Do you know why I have stopped you?
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Yeah, you have probably seen me put the phone on the charger.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22So you know using a mobile phone while you are behind the wheel
0:03:22 > 0:03:22of a car is illegal, yes?
0:03:22 > 0:03:23Yeah.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25OK.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27That was a young male driver on his way home,
0:03:27 > 0:03:30he was texting with his right hand, could clearly see it
0:03:30 > 0:03:31from our position.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Can I get a vehicle check, please, London Road, for an offence.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37You could see his attention was drawn to his phone, he was not
0:03:37 > 0:03:38looking where he was going.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42As soon as he got out of his car he realised why
0:03:42 > 0:03:44he had been stopped.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47But using a hand-held phone at the wheel does not just lead
0:03:47 > 0:03:49to points and fines, it can devastate lives.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51As Paul, from Kirby Stephen, knows all too well.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53The best job I've ever had, fantastic, helping people,
0:03:53 > 0:03:54being out of there.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Bit of adrenaline kick when things happen.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Highways officer Paul was on the hard shoulder of the M6
0:03:59 > 0:04:05when a car ploughed into him and his colleague.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08All I remember is a bang and being laid on the back
0:04:08 > 0:04:09of the recovery truck.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12I know I was in an awful lot of pain.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Paul spent six months in hospital and was left paralysed.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Fellow traffic officer Adam Gibb was killed.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Before the crash driver Peter Morrison exchanged 25 text
0:04:19 > 0:04:26messages over a 23 mile stretch of motorway.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30He was jailed for seven years for dangerous driving.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Whatever sentence he has got it is not going to
0:04:33 > 0:04:35change what happened.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Adam is gone, Julie and Matthew are now struggling with life
0:04:39 > 0:04:43without a husband and a father.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Even Mr Morrison's own family, he has a wife and young child,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48you know, there are no winners in this.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50I'm in a wheelchair for the rest of my life
0:04:50 > 0:04:58and that is pretty much my sentence.
0:04:59 > 0:05:05This is my prison, it has changed my life beyond recognition,
0:05:05 > 0:05:09every aspect of my life has changed.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12You cannot risk its because it's not just the fact you will be heavily
0:05:12 > 0:05:18fined or go to prison, it's the lives that get ruined.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21If we know it's dangerous to use a hand-held phone at the wheel why
0:05:21 > 0:05:22do people still do it?
0:05:22 > 0:05:25This is what happened when we took our camera out
0:05:25 > 0:05:28in rush in Newcastle.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47And in Cumbria, PC Dan Beige has spotted another
0:05:47 > 0:05:50driver using his phone.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53There is one.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56So travelling behind this van, I could see he had a dark grey
0:05:56 > 0:05:58mobile phone to his ear.
0:05:58 > 0:06:03You know why I have stopped you?
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Yes.
0:06:05 > 0:06:06OK, I have stopped you because.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08My boss rang me.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09Did he?
0:06:09 > 0:06:10Fair enough.
0:06:10 > 0:06:11OK.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13You are going to get a ticket for that.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14That's fine, I understand.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Just bear with me because we do it all electronically and this thing
0:06:17 > 0:06:18is a little bit slow sometimes.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22As soon as we stopped the car he admitted using a mobile phone
0:06:22 > 0:06:25and has been issued the relevant points and fine for that offence.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28He is a professional driver, it is in his interest to keep
0:06:28 > 0:06:34points off his licence so all in all probably quite a good
0:06:34 > 0:06:37stop and hopefully he will take something from it and not
0:06:37 > 0:06:39answer his phone again while he is driving.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41I think people realise the police are out and about,
0:06:41 > 0:06:48we are there to hopefully make an impact and prevent accidents
0:06:48 > 0:06:51or people getting injured and all the other things that can
0:06:51 > 0:06:53be led to with mobile phone use at the wheel.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56It looks like the work of the police and increased penalties could be
0:06:56 > 0:06:57making a difference.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Figures from our five forces show in the last year the number
0:07:00 > 0:07:03of people caught using a hand-held phone has actually gone down.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05In 2016 officers across our region issued more than 2700 fixed
0:07:05 > 0:07:10penalty notices in all.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12In 2017, they gave out just over 1900 -
0:07:12 > 0:07:17a drop of nearly one third.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Well, that's what the police say, but I wonder what you guys think.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Have you seen fewer people on their phones at the wheel?
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Let's find out.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27I see it all the time.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30But there are not enough police resources to enforce the penalty.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34The penalty change does not appear to have had any impact.
0:07:34 > 0:07:39A worrying number of van and lorry drivers seem oblivious to the law.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Generally, I have seen less people on their phones but I still see
0:07:42 > 0:07:45tractor drivers chatting on theirs.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48But if we want the number of drivers using their phones to keep
0:07:48 > 0:07:52going down, educating the next generation is key.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55OK, Amber, where do you have your mobile phone today?
0:07:55 > 0:07:57In the glove box.
0:07:57 > 0:07:58In the glove box.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02Excellent.
0:08:02 > 0:08:03Why do we have that in the glove box?
0:08:03 > 0:08:04So we have got no distractions.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Excellent.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Release your handbrake for me, please.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09And we will head straight out.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11This is 12-year-old Amber's second go behind the wheel.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15Her mum Joanne knows just how all-consuming phones can be.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17It is just the way that everybody is, everybody
0:08:17 > 0:08:19grows up with phones now.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22These two have both got smartphones.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25The fact that they use them for every integral part
0:08:25 > 0:08:28of their social life and everything they do, once they get to drive
0:08:28 > 0:08:31and I think it will be difficult to put it down.
0:08:31 > 0:08:37Why can't some people simply leave their phones alone?
0:08:37 > 0:08:40A lot of the time when we are checking our mobile phones we're not
0:08:40 > 0:08:44even aware doing it.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47It has become so much of the habit to check
0:08:47 > 0:08:50what is going on with the world on our phones, I think we have this
0:08:50 > 0:08:52fear of missing out on information.
0:08:52 > 0:08:53It is more of a compulsion.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56It's not technically an addiction but there is increasing evidence
0:08:56 > 0:08:57there is problematic usage of mobile phones.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Of course, mobile phones are no longer just used for making phone
0:09:00 > 0:09:01calls and sending texts.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04They help us stay in constant contact with the wider
0:09:04 > 0:09:05world through social media, apps and the internet.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08They call it a phone, they say it's a mobile phone
0:09:08 > 0:09:11but it's actually a miniature computer in your pocket and it needs
0:09:11 > 0:09:13to be treated like that.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15So you would not whip out your laptop on the motorway.
0:09:15 > 0:09:16And start rattling out an e-mail.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19What people tend to do is pull out their mobile phone
0:09:19 > 0:09:22because they do not see that as necessarily the same thing.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26So there are lessons for all of us on how we use our mobile phones.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29What about the penalty for using it at the wheel?
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Is a £200 fine and six points on your license
0:09:31 > 0:09:34enough of a deterrent?
0:09:34 > 0:09:37No, it is not, because it has not stopped people.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40I still see it and it makes me so angry.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Not just angry, it makes me so sad and so worried.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45You need to be banned, you need your licence
0:09:45 > 0:09:46taken off you, minimum.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Is it all just about punishment?
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Is that going to be enough to stop it?
0:09:50 > 0:09:52No, I think it needs to be made socially unacceptable.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55I think people need to start blowing the whistle on people that
0:09:55 > 0:09:56are using their phones.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59If you see this behaviour going on, it needs pointing out.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01So would even tougher penalties persuade more of us motorists
0:10:01 > 0:10:09to put the phone away?
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Please get in touch.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14We love to hear your views.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17The details are on screen now.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Here in North Yorkshire, horse racing is in the blood.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30But if you want to be a prize jockey, you have got
0:10:30 > 0:10:32to watch your weight.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35It can be painful trying to beat those dreaded scales, but,
0:10:35 > 0:10:37as Judy Hobson reports, there is one rider here
0:10:37 > 0:10:40in the county who has been in on a pioneering project to try
0:10:40 > 0:10:41and change that.
0:10:41 > 0:10:46Horse racing is part of our national culture.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50Millions offered in prize-money, millions more watching our biggest
0:10:50 > 0:10:55races from around the world.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59But what is it like for the riders, the men and women at the very
0:10:59 > 0:11:07centre of the sport?
0:11:07 > 0:11:10It can be dangerous, every jockey will have a list of broken bones,
0:11:10 > 0:11:13but most say the toughest part of the job is the relentless
0:11:13 > 0:11:14struggle to keep the weight off.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Keeping their weight low is an integral part of a jockey's job.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Because if they cannot make the weight they will not get
0:11:20 > 0:11:22the rides, and if they do not get the rides,
0:11:22 > 0:11:23their careers could be over.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27It is a path I once tried to pursue, following in his footsteps of my
0:11:27 > 0:11:30dad, who was an amateur jump jockey.
0:11:30 > 0:11:38But what some of these riders go through to shed
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Some of the lads had been flipping, bringing their food back
0:11:42 > 0:11:44up, drinking too much.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45It is not a modern problem.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47In 1886, Fred Archer, who had been champion jockey 12
0:11:47 > 0:11:50times, took his own life, problems with his weight was said
0:11:50 > 0:11:52to have been a factor.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54It is a pressure that continues to affect those
0:11:54 > 0:11:58at the very top of the sport.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01I was having hot baths and running with sweat suits on and saunas
0:12:01 > 0:12:09and everything you should not do I was probably doing.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Southwell races on a cold winter's afternoon, and the jockeys
0:12:14 > 0:12:19are weighing in before the first race.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23Each horse has to carry a certain amount of weight.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Today Paul Mulrennan is riding at nine stone.
0:12:25 > 0:12:32Not easy to achieve when you are five foot seven.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35When I got here I had one last pound to get off so I jumped
0:12:35 > 0:12:38in the sauna and had a shave in there and the last
0:12:38 > 0:12:39pound just flew off.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41So I am on the weight now.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44The lighter you are the more rides you are available for.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48But it is a daily struggle for any jockey.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52Paul used to make weight by starving himself and the brutally sweating
0:12:52 > 0:12:54off the last pounds.
0:12:54 > 0:12:59But other jockeys go further, drinking alcohol to dehydrate
0:12:59 > 0:13:02them or even flipping - a term used for making
0:13:02 > 0:13:03yourself sick.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Keeping the weight off all year round became so hard for Paul
0:13:05 > 0:13:07he almost gave up his job.
0:13:07 > 0:13:08Hello, Paul.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10How are you?
0:13:10 > 0:13:12You're looking good.
0:13:12 > 0:13:13Looking sharp, mate.
0:13:13 > 0:13:14Feeling good?
0:13:14 > 0:13:15Fit and well, yeah.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Fit and well?
0:13:18 > 0:13:19But everything changed when he came to John Moores University
0:13:19 > 0:13:24in Liverpool and met Doctor George Wilson.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27George is a former jockey and now heads up the world's leading
0:13:27 > 0:13:34research into how riders can make weight safely.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38To work out Paul's minimum weight, George uses a scanner to see how
0:13:38 > 0:13:40much body fat he's carrying.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44Overall, you are only carrying just over 11% total of body fat.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48So, George, could Paul get down any lower than he already is?
0:13:48 > 0:13:53Well, there is leeway for a little bit of reduction in weight.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55We could probably take maybe one kilo of fat off that
0:13:55 > 0:14:01but you would really be getting down to the absolute minimum.
0:14:01 > 0:14:07Obviously, you need some fat for many physiological reasons.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10First and foremost, we have to tell jockeys they have to be
0:14:10 > 0:14:13realistic about the types of weights they are trying to
0:14:13 > 0:14:14achieve to ride at.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19We offer up an individually devised diet and nutrition programme
0:14:19 > 0:14:21and exercise programme based upon the research, as opposed
0:14:21 > 0:14:25to the jockeys adopting these culturally driven methods
0:14:25 > 0:14:27which obviously would not be the best for your health.
0:14:27 > 0:14:33Because to lose weight you do not have to sweat or starve.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36But sweating and starving has been part of the culture and it can
0:14:36 > 0:14:40create long-term health problems.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42So today George tests how quickly Paul can burn calories.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44This programme educates riders in having a healthy diet combined
0:14:44 > 0:14:50with fat burning exercises.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54It's a delicate balance to keep jockeys at their minimum weight.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57They can still make those racing weights but they are doing it
0:14:57 > 0:15:01by eating frequently, six times a day, staying hydrated.
0:15:01 > 0:15:07That's the absolute crux of what we are doing here.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09From my own experience, starvation is not great
0:15:09 > 0:15:12and dehydration is not great and you feel terrible.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Funded by the Racing Foundation, this is a unique programme
0:15:14 > 0:15:20and available to every jockey.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23It has got a bigger implication because it is not just
0:15:23 > 0:15:24for jockeys, it's for anyone.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27It can show you can eat six times a day and,
0:15:27 > 0:15:29obviously, looking at you, very low body fat.
0:15:29 > 0:15:30But you feel healthy?
0:15:30 > 0:15:35I feel healthy, I feel good, I'm eating more than ever, really.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37It's McCoy, at the 15th attempt, he wins the Grand National.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41George has helped more than 300 jockeys, including the biggest
0:15:41 > 0:15:44names in the industry.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48AP McCoy has ridden more winners than anyone else,
0:15:48 > 0:15:51and yet he told us he regrets not having access to this research
0:15:51 > 0:15:53early in his career.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57Unfortunately I went there in the latter part
0:15:57 > 0:16:05of my career when I was pretty near retirement but I went
0:16:06 > 0:16:09there because I was interested and I think, do you know what,
0:16:09 > 0:16:12maybe I could have been so much better if I had access to something
0:16:12 > 0:16:14like this earlier in my career.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16It could have made me better and last longer.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18It could have made me a much better jockey.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21The average weight of a flat jockey is about the same
0:16:21 > 0:16:22as a 13-year-old boy.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Many are two stone under their natural body weight and that
0:16:24 > 0:16:28can cause physical problems like weak bones.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31But this daily battle of extreme weight loss can also cause
0:16:31 > 0:16:33issues with mental health.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Some high-profile flat jockeys have spoken of careers
0:16:35 > 0:16:38blighted by bulimia.
0:16:38 > 0:16:44Others have spoken about depression and alcoholism.
0:16:44 > 0:16:52More importantly, you are doing this...
0:16:53 > 0:16:55The impact of this constant excess weight loss on jockeys' mental
0:16:55 > 0:16:57health is now forming part of the research at
0:16:57 > 0:16:58John Moores University.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00AP McCoy says it causes other problems, too.
0:17:00 > 0:17:05The big problem for a jockey, and especially a jump jockey,
0:17:05 > 0:17:11is if the brain is starved that's when you can do the most
0:17:11 > 0:17:14damage when you bang your head or when you fall,
0:17:14 > 0:17:15if you are dehydrated.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19To keep at his minimum riding weight, Paul has to stick
0:17:19 > 0:17:21to the strict routine set by the team at
0:17:21 > 0:17:22John Moores University.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25It is a far cry from the old days when Paul would starve
0:17:25 > 0:17:28and his weight would yo-yo.
0:17:28 > 0:17:34It was literally just get the sweat suit on, get off running,
0:17:34 > 0:17:36and you could be dropping anything from, a good day would be
0:17:36 > 0:17:37three or four pounds.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39You would class that as an easy day.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Some days you would be taking eight or ten pounds off.
0:17:42 > 0:17:50It was just crazy what we were doing, really.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Your agent will ring you and say, you are doing eight, nine or eight,
0:17:54 > 0:17:57ten, and a couple of days so you just would not eat,
0:17:57 > 0:17:58you would starve yourself, really.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02If you go out and have six, seven, eight gin and tonics and do not eat
0:18:02 > 0:18:05you will be lighter in the morning, so you think, that's great.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07I'll make the weight the next day but then obviously
0:18:07 > 0:18:09it is not good for your head.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Paul's battle with his weight did not just affect him,
0:18:11 > 0:18:12many jockeys have families.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15His wife is a former jockey but when Paul was shedding pounds
0:18:15 > 0:18:17by extreme sweating and starvation, she worried about his health.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19I thought he was going to kill himself.
0:18:19 > 0:18:24I mean, there was days when he would be off
0:18:24 > 0:18:28with the sweat suit on, come home, the sauna would be on,
0:18:28 > 0:18:32he would be in the sauna for an hour and then into the bath and lying
0:18:32 > 0:18:35on the floor exhausted and that's even before you have
0:18:35 > 0:18:36gone and done your work.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38There was times when I thought, has he been drinking?
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Because it kind of seems to affect your brain a little bit.
0:18:41 > 0:18:49But he wasn't, he was just so dehydrated.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54So we had the chat about giving up but Paul, luckily,
0:18:54 > 0:18:57met George at the right time and changed him round again.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59It has definitely added years onto my career and,
0:18:59 > 0:19:02I'll be honest with you, I probably would not be riding now
0:19:02 > 0:19:04if I had not met George down at John Moores University.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07The racing industry is finally waking up to problem.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09There are even dieticians at racetracks.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13There are elements of bulimia and the different ways
0:19:13 > 0:19:17of losing weight for jockeys, and that could always be the case
0:19:17 > 0:19:20but you are trying to educates lads who think this is a better way
0:19:20 > 0:19:24of life, healthier way of life, safer way of life.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Back at Southwell races.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Paul is now feeling healthy and happy and riding
0:19:29 > 0:19:31100 winners a year.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Because for him this is what it's all about.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37The thrill of race riding.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Tomorrow I'm down at Kempton, it's an evening meeting down
0:19:39 > 0:19:42there so it'll be an early start, it's a bit of a trek
0:19:42 > 0:19:45with the drive down there.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49But I have got a couple of good rides down there so I'm
0:19:49 > 0:19:49looking forward to that.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50So no rest?
0:19:50 > 0:19:52No rest for the wicked, no.
0:19:52 > 0:19:57It's 24/7.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00In the age of streaming and download it is perhaps surprising small
0:20:00 > 0:20:02independent cinemas like this one are in fact thriving.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04But it has not always been easy.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06A Newcastle, the Tyneside Cinema is one of Britain's oldest.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08And in its 80 years it has survived many crises,
0:20:08 > 0:20:16often by refusing to conform.
0:20:20 > 0:20:29It is wonderful.It is such a calm voices in comparison with the city
0:20:29 > 0:20:37outside.I love this place.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42outside.I love this place.One always feels welcome.It's an
0:20:42 > 0:20:46absolute gem, beautiful.The Arctic open Glamour brought Hollywood glitz
0:20:46 > 0:20:51to Tyneside but it's all an illusion. -- Art Deco. But this
0:20:51 > 0:20:57theatre was built for newsreels. From America comes the staggering
0:20:57 > 0:21:04news that Germany's giant dirigible the Hindenburg has been completely
0:21:04 > 0:21:10destroyed by fire. People were swept overboard by the
0:21:10 > 0:21:16power of watching great events on a screen in a place like this. The
0:21:16 > 0:21:22impact was instantaneous. It was a captivating window on the world but
0:21:22 > 0:21:26for £6 your ticket also brought the event is much closer to home, from a
0:21:26 > 0:21:31humble shepherd to the county's upper crust.They were all at the
0:21:31 > 0:21:34hunt ball but a little thing like that does not stop the members of
0:21:34 > 0:21:41the hunt getting out early. This Cinema is a representation of
0:21:41 > 0:21:46his dreams, Dixon Scott was a dreamer, a product of the
0:21:46 > 0:21:50working-class and easier had genuine passion for the idea of giving
0:21:50 > 0:21:55people information, people of his own kind information about the world
0:21:55 > 0:22:02so they could come to a better understanding of it.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Welcome to Tyneside Cinema, I am a volunteer here and it's my pleasure
0:22:05 > 0:22:13to show you around today. His whole idea was to create what he
0:22:13 > 0:22:18considered to be a Persian picture palace, he spent time travelling in
0:22:18 > 0:22:22Mesopotamia and Persia, Iraq and Iran as we know them now and he fell
0:22:22 > 0:22:25in love with the art and architecture and design and culture
0:22:25 > 0:22:30of that part of the world.In an alleyway lies a hidden treasure but
0:22:30 > 0:22:40no glamour could save a news theatre from the new kid on the block.It is
0:22:40 > 0:22:47up-to-date, it is the news of that day, not that of several days ago
0:22:47 > 0:22:53which previously was the case so unusual cinemas like this lost their
0:22:53 > 0:22:57appeal. But the Tyneside went on regardless.
0:22:57 > 0:23:03A brand-new boost for the north-east.
0:23:04 > 0:23:11In 1966 Beefeater was a news theatre, it was the end of the News
0:23:11 > 0:23:15cinema. -- the cinema was a news theatre.
0:23:15 > 0:23:28You can tell why they died, can't you?It is a great achievement.
0:23:28 > 0:23:29you?It is a great achievement.As audiences disappeared, the Tyneside
0:23:29 > 0:23:39turns arthouse.There was raised eyebrows, they show pornographic
0:23:39 > 0:23:43films all day but we said, no, we don't, we short films from all
0:23:43 > 0:23:50around the world. And to get rid of that image took a long time.It
0:23:50 > 0:23:53struggled for a couple of decades because of financial difficulties
0:23:53 > 0:23:57but what happened was quite remarkable, there was a hard-core of
0:23:57 > 0:24:02people who came and felt so passionate that they got themselves
0:24:02 > 0:24:06organised and had a kind of sit in and the place was packed out and I
0:24:06 > 0:24:11think of a galvanised opinion but this was a place worth supporting.
0:24:11 > 0:24:17A board of trustees took over but away from the silver screen in
0:24:17 > 0:24:25another part of the building change was also on the menu. In 1930 H --
0:24:25 > 0:24:292038 poached eggs on the cost £8 and the coffee rooms were going a bit
0:24:29 > 0:24:35stale but the new owner knew that retro was the future -- poached eggs
0:24:35 > 0:24:42cost 8p in 1938. I first started in 1984 and it was
0:24:42 > 0:24:49very rundown and every time you came here there was another light bulb
0:24:49 > 0:24:56gone off or something fallen apart. What I wanted was to spend money on
0:24:56 > 0:25:02doing it but I wanted people to walk in and look at it and say it has
0:25:02 > 0:25:11never changed.I just love this place.Why? Just look around. I
0:25:11 > 0:25:15happen to live in an Art deco block of flats so I feel very much at home
0:25:15 > 0:25:22here.We came here when we were courting.And we used to have beans
0:25:22 > 0:25:29on toast and it became quite a regular thing.People work very hard
0:25:29 > 0:25:36to create this atmosphere.I am sure people feel about it like I do.It
0:25:36 > 0:25:40brings you back. We really love this place, it's became a major part of
0:25:40 > 0:25:49our lives. Unfortunately that is completely
0:25:49 > 0:25:55sold out. It is hard to recall just how much the Tyneside struggled to
0:25:55 > 0:25:59survive and how passion and enthusiasm did not curb ambition.
0:25:59 > 0:26:04Newcastle had its own international film festival, but on a shoestring.
0:26:04 > 0:26:09It is the smallest budget film Festival budget in the world I
0:26:09 > 0:26:15suppose. We are doing this on a budget between 15-20,000 readers
0:26:15 > 0:26:20must have at least 1000.Peter introduced a gay theme to some of
0:26:20 > 0:26:26the festival and it brought a new audience but was also controversial.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31They wanted a quote, they wanted to hear what is this about, gave films,
0:26:31 > 0:26:37why are you showing gay films? It was the thing that nearly got me
0:26:37 > 0:26:41sacked. When the chips were down there was a, you nearly ruined the
0:26:41 > 0:26:47cinema, we will get our grant taken away showing that stuff!Constant
0:26:47 > 0:26:52makeovers only papered over the cracks. While other cinemas fell
0:26:52 > 0:26:55victim to the wrecking ball Tyneside brought in consultants.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59Their advice was basically get out the building. They described it as
0:26:59 > 0:27:05an albatross the building and we needed another is according to
0:27:05 > 0:27:09increase ticket sales and the best way to do that was build a new
0:27:09 > 0:27:12cinema somewhere else. Abandon the Persian palace? Dixon
0:27:12 > 0:27:17Scott would have turned in his grave. Instead the expanded
0:27:17 > 0:27:24skywards, adding more screens and a new lease of life. Ken Lodge
0:27:24 > 0:27:28recently chose the Tyneside for his recent premiere and they also run an
0:27:28 > 0:27:36annual film school.You get lost in the music and you can be as good as
0:27:36 > 0:27:41the dancer beside you which is incredible. For them to be in all of
0:27:41 > 0:27:52me, you just think, really? -- for them to be an awe of me.This new
0:27:52 > 0:27:57version last week earned it the prestigious Royal television Society
0:27:57 > 0:28:03award.To the recognition is fabulous, thank you so much.For
0:28:03 > 0:28:07once this fiercely independent cinema seems to have a secure
0:28:07 > 0:28:12future, but always with one eye on the past.I would look at those red
0:28:12 > 0:28:19curtains and I would say that is what it's about.It is the last
0:28:19 > 0:28:22surviving news theatre operating as a cinema in the UK and that's
0:28:22 > 0:28:30something to be preserved. -even now you can even catch an old
0:28:30 > 0:28:34newsreel and for some in Newcastle it's a rare chance to relive some
0:28:34 > 0:28:40all the glory days.And Newcastle have won the cup. Welborn,
0:28:40 > 0:28:47Newcastle. You have done it again. # Welborn, Newcastle.And that is it
0:28:47 > 0:28:54for tonight. Next week I undergo a breathtaking experience to see just
0:28:54 > 0:29:00how far the health service has come. I will see you next Monday, until