13/02/2012 Inside Out North West

Tonight, we're in Lancashire where we will find out how recant do our

bit for the birds. Tonight, we investigate the North-South divide

in funding for male cancer research. And the north-west, as a

consequence, our patients suffer. We discover the best way to feeder

garden birds. Remembering those magnificent men In Their Flying

Machines. It is like the lunar landings. Major advancement in

Men in Greater Manchester are likelier to die from prostate

cancer than anywhere in the country. And spite of this, we get the

lowest levels of funding for research into men's cancers.

Prostate cancer cells invade human bone marrow as the new Tate and

spread. That sequence was filmed here at the Paterson Institute. It

includes the Christie hospital based on the site. This type of

research costs a lot, staff and Materials. You would think it would

attract a lot of funding. The NHS Pitt's very little money into this

area for research. Most of the funding comes from the National

Institute for funding research. Despite the fact that more men died

from prostate cancer here, we get the least money. BNH I are or has

an annual budget of a billion pounds. Last year, its spent

millions. 97 % of the funding stayed in the south and a tiny 3%

came up here. It is a classic catch 22. Funding shrank over the years,

staff moved on. Research declined. Institutions and the South got

better at winning funding. More men are treated at the Christie cancer

hospital than anywhere in the country. Neil Clarke thinks the

region is disadvantaged. I feel the playing field is not level. There

is a discrepancy to and an unfairness and the we funding is

allocated. And the north-west, we are unable to compete when it comes

to -- applications for research. Consequently, our patients suffer.

At the end of the food chain, is them -- is men's cancer. This man

survived prostate cancer and has set a park a charity called Men

Matter if all --. The first indication was during a routine

work medical. I knew he was going to tell me I had prostate cancer. I

was in shock. I sat in the car. I thought about my family. I thought

I was going to die. I did not know what to do. I was responsible for a

lot of people at work. My mind was in turmoil. A lot of men do not

know what to do. We're not used to handling this sort of thing. There

are fewer people as fit as this. As reigning champions, they are role

models. No matter how healthy they are, sports men are not immune to

cancer. There are three male cancers. Prostate cancer, testes

cancer and cancer of the penis. We are trying to create awareness. We

are encouraging men to be more aware. Anything that does not look

right, get your GP. I should probably checked more. Some men

feel embarrassed but I should check more regularly. I knew of the other

two. Testicular cancer is may be more relevant. Girls are better at

talking about this with their friends. Men struggle to self

examine, women have long realised it is important. Breast cancer

research has soared. 20 % of all like research last year went to

breast cancer. Rare diseases like penile cancer got virtually no

funding. The Breast Cancer Group have been effective and

highlighting the problems. They have been effective in developing

research over a long period of time. In men's cancers, we have not been

able to do this. Breast cancer is we rate should be but we have not

been as successful. We are behind the curve. Echt takes some time to

catch up. If any man feels there is something wrong, they should

contact their GP. He should not be ashamed of being judged. Mario

Bellini had surgery for a life- threatening testicular cancer one

month ago. When I was diagnosed, everyone was on their feet. They

tried to get it sorted. It reflected the seriousness of what I

had. As you learn about the steps, you find out that you live with

cancer. You can go back to your Men Matter raise money for cancer

research. They are one of three charities in the UK for dealing

exclusively with immense cancers. It has a direct impact. This system

here is �5,000. It is a basic facility. To expand, we must step

up and use new microscopes. We're looking at scops that will cost

�150,000. This doctor is paid for by the Men Matter appeal. I must

seek extra funding from my salary otherwise my job will cease to be.

If I am not there, the team will fall apart. There is a correlation

between the amount of money coming in and the outcome for those

patients whose outcomes are worse than in other areas of the country.

The National Institute for Health Research says its mission is to

improve health through research. It The Men Matter charity has raised

�300,000 funding to match -- two research posts. We are run in front,

over the next two or three years, we hope to make huge inroads into

male awareness. The courage of the first aviators and their race

across Britain. It was early days before conventions were established.

It is the busiest day of the year with birds flying in from all over.

It is birds closer to corm who needed her help.

Dawn breaks, a birders paradise. Each morning, this man gets up to

check the new arrivals. I am doing They are quite stationary. I can

use a clicker to count every one. Where are they from? They are from

Iceland. We get around eight to 10 % of ice land's operation. --

population. Shall we carry on What is this area? This is Swan

Lake. It is part of our captive area. A lot of the captive birds

are threatened or endangered. By beating them in captivity, we can

find out a lot more about them. If we need to reintroduce them back

into the wild, we could. But also there are recreational purposes.

People can look at them. We can get key messages across. Are there any

birds that are typical to this area that we might Artesian the rest of

the UK? -- might not see in the rest of the UK. This part of the

country is very important for woodland water fowl. We have some

of the most important breeding areas. You live on site. This is

noisy, isn't it? Yes, I have actually worked here for 37 years

and lived on site for 10 years. When I first move in, the Swans

would keep me awake. But once the birds have gone, it is unusual, it

is hard to get to sleep. There is a deathly silence. It is so unusually

quiet. I do not think we are going to see

these birds in the garden. unless you are from South America.

They have been bred at the centre in Slimbridge. We have had been

here since the 1980s. They are absolutely stunning. They would not

have that colour without their diet. They each tripes -- shrimps in the

wild. Are they perfectly happy here? Yes, they are. The food

provides carotene. It is a flamingo biscuit.

These Hawaiian geese are an example of a real success story at the

trust. In the 1940s, numbers were depleted.

Sir Peter Scott, the founder of the trust, brought them to the UK and

after a very successful breeding programme, the numbers are up to

well over 7,000 and they are now being released back into the wild.

What area are we in? This is a garden area. We are surrounded by

trees. We have the greenhouse. Garden birds? Yes, we have great

tits, blue tits, chaffinches as well. This is a male pheasant. You

can tell because of the striking plumage. If you were in India in

area, you would probably not see these. But they are quite common in

a country garden. What is the importance of people being a bit

motivated when it is cold and actually putting some food out?

is really important. The wild ft starts to disappear. They will

start relying on birdseed. It gets them through the winter. There are

as well as the food, is there anything else we can do to make

gardeners more appealing for birds? Yes, fresh water. As it freezes

over, it is difficult for the birds to find water. It is important, not

only for drinking but also for preening.

Is there something simple that we can make at home to attract the

birds into the garden? Yes, there are simple things. You can make fat

feeders. You can buy them but they are easy to make. You just need a

lump of wood, drill holes in and then you can put a bit of rope on

there. Shall we make them? Yes. You need about a third of lard. And

some seed. On the table? Yes, that is great. Is there anything we

should not be putting out were the birds? Yes, a couple of things.

Anything is pretty good but things like white bread is not

particularly good for birds. It tends to fill the art but not give

them any nutrients. -- fill them up. OK, is this done? That looks great.

Now you need to fill the holes with the large and the seat. Our numbers

declining? Members of certain birds are declining. That is down to

modern factors, even house building. House sparrows and house martins

come of kin -- getting to nest. That is pretty much it. That is

done. You can hang that up. And the birds will peck away at it.

As we have seen, it can be cheap and easy to make your own bird

feeder. But they have got a few more miles to feed here. Twice a

day, Tom fills the biggest bird table in the world.

They would not be able to do their vital conservation working without

their army of volunteers. Dave travels six days a week to monitor

the Swans. He takes notes of all ring numbers.

We believe the oldest one is actually over there. It is e-mail

and he is 18 years old. His partner is just to the left of

him. How important is it to know the Swans on mating and how long

they mate for? It is important because that is confirming they are

repair. The Mail is on the right. He has the longer neck. You have

seen them together, you know. What do you personally get from

sitting here and taking this information in? You get to know the

Swans. You get to know the particular habits and if people

take the trouble to fit rings on the birds and someone needs to be

able to collect the information. It is all part of the research. And

knowing that what we are doing does actually benefit the Swans.

I have had a really fantastic day today. The one thing I will take

away from it his nature is all around you and just go out there

and enjoy it, have some fun. It is quite literally in your own back

garden. More than 100 years ago, the north-

west was a key stop on the route of the Ayr race.

They were flying some of the marvels of the Edwardian age.

These days, we take flying very much for granted. But 100 years ago,

the skies were a brave New Frontier. The aircraft had only been around

for a few years and pilots were still working out the best ways to

take off, land and most importantly, how to stop falling out of the sky.

Then the stakes were raised even higher. In 1911, beaded email

invited a Peters from all over the world to race around the entire

country -- the Daily Mail invited This was probably the biggest

challenge. You had a longer race and the British weather to deal

with. It was an enormous challenge. The aircraft had only been invented

eight years previously and the longest distance race attempted in

Britain stood at just 185 miles. From London to Manchester.

That race in 1910 had seen only two entrance. Claude Graham White took

on you we puller from France. The Frenchman took the spoils.

But the public's appetite for flight had been stirred. And the

1911 circuit of Britain would be next.

Before long, 30 pilots had signed up with an incredible collection of

flying machines. They were all hoping to be the first to cross the

finishing line. Or at least completed the epic journey.

Today, the Shuttleworth Collection in Bedfordshire has more airworthy

examples of the type of exam -- aircraft that flew in the race than

anywhere else in the world was of is this an example of the kind of

flying machine that would have taken part?

Absolutely. We have the Blackburn and Bristol box kite. This one, it

is quite low. This one looks like a kite. They are really in mixture of

design. That is absolutely right. In those days, the conventional

airplane was not a convention. It was very experimental. Nobody knew

how to make an aeroplane as we know them now. They were prepared to

push the boundaries and advance aviation. There was also be �10,000

prize. Yes, certainly for some of them, that would have been a

substantial amount of money. It would have been very important. For

others, it was the glory. For others, the sportsmanship. They

were iconic figures in those years, like the astronauts were. They were

celebrities. Brave men but with egos. No doubt.

You had to have a lot of money. and large, yes. You certainly have

to be a very strong personality. Saturday 22nd July 1911, an

extraordinary collection of aircraft and their pilots gathered

for the first leg from Surrey to Hendon.

It caused a sensation. Thousands of people from across the country

turned out to see these extraordinary flying machines take

the air. From Hendon, the second leg would

take the aircraft north through Harrogate and Newcastle and on to

Edinburgh. And then on to Glasgow, Carlisle, Manchester and Bristol.

And then it was West, to Exeter, back across Salisbury Plain and

down to Brighton. And then the final --. A total of 1010 miles.

Among the starters was Samuel Franklin. A one-time wild West

showman and sharpshooter who came to England in 1890 and became a

British citizen. He was one of the country's very first flyers. He was

experimental. I do not think his approach was particularly

scientific. The biggest problem with him was it is hard to extract

the man from the myth. He created this whole show around himself. It

is hard to go to the bones of who he really was. And how he went

about things. But some competitors did not even make it past the start

line. The main challengers would have

been reliability for the engines and the aircraft themselves would

stop and the abilities of the pilots.

It was before conventions had been established and the machines

themselves were often unacceptably low standard. The early pilots may

have had it not to learn that the It was a sport. They were glory

hunters. They were probably less interested in the prize and more

interested in the celebrity. nation was gripped with the

creation fever. Tens of thousands of people turned out all over the

country to get a glimpse of the pilots.

The circuit of Britain race ended just a week after it had begun. It

was won by Beaumont. He completed the course in just under 20 two-

and-a-half hours. -- 22 hours. Only one British made aircraft finished

the race. A bit like the lunar landings, it was a major

advancement in science. There was also the sportsmanship and the