:00:04. > :00:10.Hello, I'm Tony Livesey. Tonight, we are in Rochdale and we will find
:00:10. > :00:12.out why this famous industrial town has been getting such a bad press.
:00:12. > :00:20.On tonight's programme, dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
:00:20. > :00:26.in our troops. Extremes sweats, screaming, shouting. It was like
:00:26. > :00:29.being electrocuted. My arms and legs are lashing out.
:00:29. > :00:33.Broadcaster Liz Kershaw returns to her home town of Rochdale to see
:00:33. > :00:38.why it has been making headlines. If we are being honest, Rochdale is
:00:38. > :00:43.a bit of a dump. Under why the Olympics could be bad
:00:43. > :00:48.news for tourism in the Lake District. It is going to cost my
:00:48. > :00:58.hotel tens of thousands. It will cost the region as a whole
:00:58. > :01:08.
:01:08. > :01:10.A film-maker from Cheshire is making a movie to raise awareness
:01:10. > :01:18.of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, suffered by soldiers returning from
:01:18. > :01:23.war. Filmed across the region, it is based on a true story. Last year,
:01:23. > :01:27.around 4,000 UK troops were diagnosed with mental health
:01:27. > :01:37.problems and shattered emotions and fearful nightmares are nothing new
:01:37. > :01:44.
:01:44. > :01:54.A century ago, it had no name. As the horrors of the First World War
:01:54. > :01:55.
:01:55. > :01:57.unfolded, medics began to realise that wounds were not just physical.
:01:57. > :02:03.Psychiatrists, overwhelmed with patients who couldn't walk or talk,
:02:03. > :02:05.had to accept there had been mental trauma. They called it shell shock
:02:06. > :02:13.and treated 80,000 cases. But a ceasefire doesn't always mean the
:02:13. > :02:15.end of a soldier's suffering. 100 years on, and a new film is trying
:02:15. > :02:20.to raise awareness for the condition known as Post Traumatic
:02:20. > :02:28.Stress Disorder. Max is up there sobbing his heart
:02:28. > :02:31.out. Baby, this isn't you, this isn't the Ben I know.
:02:31. > :02:36.The film has been made by actor Scott Ryan Vickers, who used his
:02:37. > :02:41.own house in Poynton as one of the locations. I've left my mark on the
:02:41. > :02:45.house. This is the scene where I had to break in, smash the door
:02:45. > :02:48.down. I put my foot through the window, so had to get that repaired.
:02:48. > :02:55.Scott has personal experience of PTSD and wanted to make a hard
:02:55. > :02:58.hitting film. He spent two years writing the film which is called
:02:58. > :03:01.Advance to Contact. That is a military description for engaging
:03:01. > :03:05.the enemy. He plays Ben, a former soldier who can't settle into
:03:05. > :03:12.civilian life. His own experience of stress and PTSD was the catalyst
:03:12. > :03:16.for the project. My sister died when I was 18 or 19 and it affected
:03:16. > :03:26.me in a very strange way. I wasn't affected immediately. I felt kind
:03:26. > :03:26.
:03:26. > :03:30.of just very empty. And then gradually, for the next couple of
:03:30. > :03:34.years, I started to get depressed. I didn't know why. It stops you
:03:34. > :03:38.doing normal things. The only way I can explain it is your mind kind of
:03:38. > :03:47.turns against you. And Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can be
:03:47. > :03:52.Eddie Edwards from Preston is a former Para, who served tours in
:03:52. > :03:58.Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo and four in Iraq. He's lost close
:03:58. > :04:03.friends, seen colleagues blown up. And he's survived so many hostile
:04:03. > :04:07.encounters, he believes, if he'd been a cat, he would now be dead.
:04:07. > :04:11.At the time, you don't acknowledge it. You try to distance yourself
:04:11. > :04:16.away from the actual incident. But at the same time, your training
:04:16. > :04:21.does kick in. You just go as a robot, sort of thing. You know what
:04:21. > :04:27.you've got to do, when you've got to do it, how you've got to do it.
:04:27. > :04:30.So you'll crack on, do the job. And then when you get five, ten minutes
:04:30. > :04:34.head down, that's when it starts. Like sitting back thinking, I've
:04:34. > :04:36.just done this or just done that. Been here, seen that. When he
:04:37. > :04:41.returned from Iraq, he couldn't settle into civilian life. His wife
:04:41. > :04:47.Becky noticed the change immediately. I met Ed, a happy
:04:47. > :04:52.relaxing person. When he came back from Iraq, he was moody, didn't
:04:52. > :04:58.want to know anything and he worried about everything. And I was
:04:58. > :05:05.worried, because me and Ed had just got engaged. But I knew I needed to
:05:05. > :05:08.stand by him, because I loved him for who he were. I could walk down
:05:08. > :05:13.the street and see someone in their traditional dress and I have to
:05:13. > :05:18.look twice. Or if I hear a bang, or if I see fire, I'm very, very on
:05:18. > :05:25.edge. It's not that I see it visually. It brings back the
:05:25. > :05:30.memories which makes it all real again. The majority of the town, I
:05:30. > :05:36.will not go out the house. I want to be somewhere where I will know I
:05:36. > :05:41.will not hear certain noises. I wear earplugs on Bonfire Night.
:05:41. > :05:45.I guess it affects your sleep and everything? Yes. Sleep wise, I
:05:45. > :05:48.don't think I'll ever properly get a good night's sleep again. Me and
:05:48. > :05:52.my wife can't unfortunately share a bed. Some nights I'm lashing out,
:05:52. > :05:56.extreme sweats, screaming, shouting. The only way to describe it is I've
:05:56. > :06:03.been electrocuted. My arms and legs are lashing out, right left and
:06:03. > :06:06.centre. The film also stars Sarah Jayne
:06:06. > :06:11.Dunn, an actress best known for her role as Mandy Richardson in
:06:11. > :06:19.Hollyoaks. She plays the long- suffering wife Jess, who knows her
:06:19. > :06:21.husband needs help. It shows what the families of sufferers of Post
:06:21. > :06:25.Traumatic Stress Disorder go through, especially the wives of
:06:25. > :06:31.soldiers returning from the war. But it tells a positive story as
:06:31. > :06:35.well. The fact that there is help out there. The fact that he gets
:06:35. > :06:41.support from his friends, from his family. The fact that he gets to
:06:41. > :06:44.breaking point, but there is light at the end of the tunnel.
:06:44. > :06:48.Ben, we need to do something about this. You don't sleep. You're
:06:48. > :06:53.paranoid. You're angry all the time. Is there the regiment or someone
:06:53. > :06:57.you can talk to? What do you mean paranoid?
:06:57. > :07:02.Help for war veterans is scarce. But one former soldier is changing
:07:02. > :07:06.that. In offices near Chorley, Steve Pearson has set up a charity
:07:06. > :07:10.called Our Local Heroes Foundation. Staff help soldiers face the future
:07:10. > :07:16.and live their lives as normally as possible. Money raised by the film
:07:16. > :07:20.will be donated to the charity. How did you feel after the
:07:20. > :07:23.operation? Steve Pearson has also taught
:07:23. > :07:27.himself to be a radio presenter. Each week, he broadcasts on a
:07:27. > :07:31.Preston community station. Good evening and welcome to Hero's
:07:31. > :07:34.hour. Today his guest is Anthony Cooper,
:07:34. > :07:37.who was badly injured while serving in Afghanistan with the Duke of
:07:37. > :07:43.Lancaster's Regiment. Anthony spent five weeks in a coma after standing
:07:43. > :07:48.on a makeshift bomb. He lost both his legs at the knee, his right eye,
:07:48. > :07:52.two fingers on his left hand and suffered severe brain injury.
:07:52. > :07:56.section commander was stood right behind me and he got blown into the
:07:56. > :08:02.river. Covered in my blood, so everyone thought it was him that
:08:02. > :08:04.was injured. And then he was pretty traumatised. I think, when people
:08:04. > :08:08.actually realise there is something that they actually suffering from,
:08:08. > :08:14.a mental illness. Which is what it is, they're suffering from mental
:08:14. > :08:18.illness, that it needs help and needs addressing. Then people will
:08:18. > :08:28.become more aware of it and less likely to shun them and make them
:08:28. > :08:38.
:08:38. > :08:45.This Northern-based production was crewed by people who have agreed to
:08:45. > :08:51.give up their time for free. And to edit his film, Scott's come down to
:08:51. > :08:56.this London-based production house, who also aren't charging. Scott's
:08:56. > :08:59.film runs for half an hour and will be released in the summer. It deals
:08:59. > :09:06.with an emotive and complicated issue, but he believes there is
:09:06. > :09:10.also optimism. It would be great if a soldier did watch it and think,
:09:10. > :09:17.you know, it's not just me. And it's not all my fault. And there is
:09:17. > :09:20.help out there. The conflicts of the last century
:09:20. > :09:30.have also produced advances in the treatment of combat stress, but not
:09:30. > :09:31.
:09:31. > :09:35.Eddie Edwards is recovering thanks to counselling sessions, where he's
:09:35. > :09:41.encouraged to talk about the past which haunts him. But like a virus,
:09:41. > :09:46.it can spread to the people he loves most. I sat with every
:09:46. > :09:51.counselling session he went through for a year. And I was heavily
:09:51. > :09:56.pregnant near the end of the worst ones as well. And the stories I
:09:56. > :10:01.heard, I have nightmares now and it really does affect my life. I don't
:10:01. > :10:06.think I'll ever comes to terms with it. It's something that I've got. I
:10:06. > :10:14.know I can't do nothing with it. I'm always going to have it. And
:10:14. > :10:18.it's just life now. I've just got to carry on as best as I can.
:10:18. > :10:24.Coming up, will Cumbria have to jump through hoops to survive the
:10:24. > :10:29.Olympics? For a few weeks, it will be a challenge, but we must set
:10:29. > :10:35.that against the long-term benefits of the Olympics. The benefits are
:10:35. > :10:39.great. Over the years, Rochdale has had
:10:39. > :10:42.its fair share of media attention. It is after all the town which gave
:10:42. > :10:47.the world Gracie Fields, Cyril Smith and the Co-op movement. But
:10:47. > :10:50.in recent years, it has been held up as a symbol of the recession.
:10:50. > :10:53.Even McDonalds has abandoned its town centre. We asked the
:10:53. > :10:57.broadcaster Liz Kershaw to come back to her home town to find out
:10:58. > :11:01.the truth about Rochdale. I'm from Rochdale. I haven't lived
:11:01. > :11:08.here for 30 years, but I still sound like I do. That's because I'm
:11:08. > :11:12.proud of my roots. And I get tired of every time a chain closes
:11:12. > :11:19.everyone says Rochdale must be a dump. So I've come back to see
:11:19. > :11:21.what's going on and what can be done about it. Rochdale was once a
:11:21. > :11:27.hive of industrial activity, boasting more than a hundred cotton
:11:27. > :11:31.mills and bringing in workers from all over the world. But with the
:11:31. > :11:34.demise of the textile industry came a decline in the town's fortunes.
:11:34. > :11:42.As the mills closed, few manufacturing jobs were created in
:11:42. > :11:44.their place. Now one in ten people in Rochdale are out of work.
:11:44. > :11:48.Walking up Yorkshire street, I count nine charity shops and a
:11:48. > :11:52.staggering ten pawnbrokers. Lots of the big hitters, including
:11:52. > :12:01.McDonalds, have left. I can't find anyone who has a good word to say
:12:01. > :12:11.about the place. What do you like about Rochdale? Nothing. Would you
:12:11. > :12:12.
:12:12. > :12:18.go shopping? Bury, it is far better. Why do you think Bury is more
:12:18. > :12:26.appealing? I think it is because of unemployment. Rochdale it is a bit
:12:27. > :12:30.of a dump. It makes me sad to hear people talk the place down. I have
:12:30. > :12:40.such happy memories of spending time in town with my cousin Linda.
:12:40. > :12:41.
:12:41. > :12:45.I was in Boots and you were in M&S. Yes. You were a cut above me,
:12:45. > :12:51.because I was in Boots. The old Woolworths was here. They
:12:51. > :12:57.demolished all these shops and the entrance was here for the market.
:12:57. > :13:04.It was criminal getting rid of that. Rochdale needs that. That was the
:13:04. > :13:12.poshest shops in Rochdale. That was womenswear. But also, tailoring,
:13:12. > :13:22.that is where my father would go and have his beautiful hand-made
:13:22. > :13:23.
:13:23. > :13:28.suits fitted for him. Look at it. Pay-day advance and pawnbrokers. My
:13:28. > :13:34.father, honestly. It is really sad. If mice that -- if my father could
:13:34. > :13:38.see that, he would be rolling in his grave. And there's another
:13:38. > :13:44.familiar face just off the high street. Marjorie, do you remember
:13:44. > :13:48.me? Yes. That's because your family have been in retailing a long time.
:13:49. > :13:53.And your family had a poodle parlour and we'd bring Sooty in.
:13:53. > :13:56.That is right. And you'll remember coming into town and walking up
:13:56. > :14:04.from the bus or walking up Yorkshire Street with your family.
:14:04. > :14:10.It was a social hub as well. What would you like to see the town
:14:10. > :14:16.centre? I would like to see a market, I could, vibrant, busy
:14:16. > :14:25.market in the town centre. It makes such a difference. As in Bury,
:14:25. > :14:30.which has a brilliant market. It And Rochdale has great transport
:14:31. > :14:36.links and ASDA is opening a giant hub near M62. That will create
:14:36. > :14:42.hundreds of new jobs. They will not actually be making anything. That
:14:42. > :14:46.was a point I put to Rochdale's MP, Simon Danczuk.
:14:46. > :14:56.I was taught economics and they taught me to create wealth, you
:14:56. > :14:56.
:14:56. > :15:02.have to add value to roar materials. Where are those jobs? The good
:15:02. > :15:05.thing for Rochdale, and something we can build on, is it has
:15:05. > :15:11.traditionally had an engineering background and manufacturing jobs
:15:11. > :15:17.are important. We have important manufacturing. For example, Taylors
:15:17. > :15:22.and Holroyd. They are massively important at creating jobs.
:15:22. > :15:29.National government have to do more to help them. They are doing. We
:15:29. > :15:34.have a regional growth fund from the Government. That will help them
:15:34. > :15:40.develop. Government money, regional grants, I keep hearing this, is
:15:40. > :15:45.that not just papering over the cracks? A You are right. He we are
:15:45. > :15:50.going to get Rochdale back where it needs to be, we have to encourage
:15:50. > :15:55.private sector businesses to develop. We have a very low level
:15:55. > :15:58.of business start-ups. That is compared to other parts of
:15:58. > :16:06.Manchester. The council could do more to encourage entrepreneurship
:16:06. > :16:15.us. Of the local colleges could do more. We have to support existing
:16:15. > :16:25.SMEs so they can do better. A 326th English boroughs, Rochdale has 29th
:16:25. > :16:30.most deprived. What can we do? There is no future for 17 year-olds.
:16:30. > :16:35.We have to create a future for them. We can make Rochdale a destination
:16:35. > :16:40.in terms of tourism and getting visitors. We have a lot to show in
:16:40. > :16:46.that regard. It is the birthplace of the Co-op movement. There is a
:16:46. > :16:51.lot of work to be done. I do feel we are just starting. We are
:16:51. > :16:59.starting a fresh and that is helpful. We need to be more
:16:59. > :17:03.realistic. Maybe McDonald's closing has been a wake-up call the town
:17:03. > :17:08.needed. On the same row as Marjorie's underwear shop, Paul has
:17:08. > :17:12.opened a boutique and he is heading up Rochdale's new high street
:17:12. > :17:18.foundation which aims to breathe new life into the town. The council
:17:18. > :17:23.are turning the space above him to emporium to give new traders a head
:17:23. > :17:33.start. I could set up in here with all my clothes. That would be a
:17:33. > :17:34.
:17:34. > :17:38.vintage store. Possibly not! This has been taken. It will be bags. It
:17:38. > :17:42.is something that is needed. We are looking at where there is
:17:42. > :17:47.weaknesses and trying to build on that. Will we are looking at giving
:17:47. > :17:53.affordable options and hopefully they will come here, do all right,
:17:53. > :17:58.and play a bigger role in the town. This would be a great place to meet
:17:58. > :18:05.and hang out. Of course. That is how high streets are evolving. They
:18:05. > :18:08.are not just about retail, they are community spaces. This will do that.
:18:08. > :18:13.The local authority is promising more than 1,000 new jobs with the
:18:13. > :18:18.completion of the Kingsway business park. The Metrolink is arriving
:18:18. > :18:23.soon and will provide to the town with a long needed public transport
:18:23. > :18:29.connections to the rest of Greater Manchester. And I have got my own
:18:29. > :18:35.vision. This is the River Roach which gave Rochdale its name. This
:18:35. > :18:41.is just all you will see orbit. I was brought up to be proud of a
:18:41. > :18:49.major feature of the centre. -- see of it. This is the widest bridge in
:18:49. > :18:54.the world. It was put here at the turn of the 19th century to cover
:18:54. > :19:01.the river. Think of all the destinations in the world,
:19:01. > :19:06.including London, they all have canals. Imagine tarmac in over the
:19:06. > :19:16.Thames. It is time we turned back Moorcock and did the damage that
:19:16. > :19:22.was done to this town. -- turned back the clock. You could have
:19:22. > :19:27.markets, chairs, tables, ice-cream sellers, I would turn it into a
:19:27. > :19:32.place where people could meet in safety and enjoyed one of the
:19:32. > :19:37.finest town centres in the world. My mum was a local councillor and
:19:37. > :19:41.when I go back to the town hall, I am delighted the current leader
:19:41. > :19:46.shares my vision for putting Rochdale back on the map. That
:19:46. > :19:51.concrete is coming up and the river is being reopened. All that way you
:19:51. > :19:56.see the concrete will be a green park. Families will want to come.
:19:56. > :20:03.Let us put the pride back in Rochdale and in this borough. If
:20:03. > :20:11.you were pride -- you're proud 30 years ago. That pride will be back.
:20:11. > :20:15.We are driving that vision. It is happening. That is a promise?
:20:15. > :20:25.Absolutely. Promise me you will come back and open it. Thank you, I
:20:25. > :20:30.would be proud. Sorted. The problem has been diagnosed and treatment is
:20:30. > :20:40.underway. I will see you back here in a few years' time. Do join me
:20:40. > :20:44.
:20:45. > :20:49.for a coffee alfresco by the river. As the UK gets ready for the
:20:49. > :20:53.Olympics, times have been preparing for foreign visitors. The promised
:20:53. > :21:02.boom that could go bust. In the lake District, there are real fears
:21:02. > :21:08.were games could be a test of endurance for the tourism industry.
:21:08. > :21:15.It is set to be a titanic struggle worthy of two great Olympians
:21:15. > :21:20.fighting it out. The International Olympic Committee has the honour of
:21:20. > :21:30.announcing... The beauty of the latest it versus the excitement of
:21:30. > :21:31.
:21:31. > :21:36.the 2012 Olympic Games. It is awarded to the city of London.
:21:36. > :21:41.Tourism is worth �2 billion a year here in Cumbria. Anything that
:21:41. > :21:49.threatens that is cause for concern. The forthcoming Olympics are
:21:49. > :21:53.casting a shadow Home Is beautiful horizon. I am on a trip to find out
:21:53. > :21:59.if the lake District will be part of the party or left out in the
:21:59. > :22:04.cold. Like most visitors, I have brought my camera. At the Langdale
:22:04. > :22:09.Chase Hotel, the Olympics have been bad for business. We do a lot of
:22:09. > :22:18.Japanese bookings. We have taken a lot of cancellations this year. We
:22:18. > :22:27.have lost in excess of �10,000. cancellations have a knock-on
:22:27. > :22:37.effect? Yes. We have lost weddings. We do a lot of weddings. We can
:22:37. > :22:41.
:22:41. > :22:46.undo the dates now. -- we cannot do. Japanese tours often start in
:22:46. > :22:51.Edinburgh and end in London. This summer, hotel prices in the capital
:22:51. > :22:55.are up to six times higher and there is a shortage of flights to
:22:55. > :23:00.London. One operator who normally brings 5,000 Japanese tourists to
:23:00. > :23:08.the lakes told me they have no tours planned during the Games.
:23:08. > :23:11.That means lost business. We have had cancellations from some of the
:23:12. > :23:16.operators. We wondered whether that would happen but now the
:23:16. > :23:24.cancellations have materialised. Are they telling you for sure what
:23:24. > :23:28.the reason is? We are seeing a the series has been booked from May to
:23:28. > :23:35.September and the slots that cancel -- that clash with the Olympics
:23:35. > :23:39.have been cancelled. London is part of the tour and you cannot get
:23:39. > :23:44.accommodation there. It is OK to measure the bookings that are being
:23:44. > :23:52.cancelled but I've a lot harder to estimate the bookings that never
:23:52. > :23:59.materialised. -- it is a lot harder. If you are a Japanese visitor, this
:23:59. > :24:02.is the place to come. It is a hilltop farm, the home of Beatrix
:24:02. > :24:12.Potter. 15,000 Japanese tourists come here every year to immerse
:24:12. > :24:14.
:24:14. > :24:20.themselves if in the world of Peter Rabbit. It is our number one market.
:24:20. > :24:29.It comes down to one thing, the books. They have been used in
:24:29. > :24:29.Japanese schools to help people learn English. People in Japan know
:24:29. > :24:37.the stories. It presents a beautiful picture of Britain. It is
:24:37. > :24:42.traditional and picturesque. they were not to come, what would
:24:42. > :24:47.that do to you? It would be a big challenge. We are looking at it at
:24:47. > :24:51.the moment. As things stand, we have more bookings for 2012 than
:24:51. > :24:56.last year. But the way the group's work, they start to cancel her as
:24:56. > :25:01.they get closer to the time. We do not know what the outcome will be.
:25:01. > :25:06.John thinks the Olympics will benefit the lakes. This one here is
:25:06. > :25:12.a risk. It will be a challenge. But you need to look at the long-term
:25:12. > :25:18.benefit. We have the Olympics. The whole world will be looking at
:25:18. > :25:22.Britain. The benefit for as there is great. That is the message of
:25:22. > :25:26.the Government was trying to put out when the Culture Minister
:25:26. > :25:31.kicked off a tour of England in Cumbria, promising there were
:25:31. > :25:37.benefits for all. If there is one message I hope everyone takes away
:25:37. > :25:47.from this morning, it is next year is going to be a once-in-a-lifetime
:25:47. > :25:48.
:25:48. > :25:52.opportunity to promote business in Cumbria and the north-west. But not
:25:52. > :25:57.everyone agrees. That is despite a big push from the Government to
:25:57. > :26:01.encourage us all to fill the gaps left by the Japanese tourist. Hotel
:26:01. > :26:07.owners say there is a catch. To advertise on the Government's
:26:07. > :26:14.website, you have to drop your price by 20.12 %. It is like asking
:26:14. > :26:23.to give parents -- asking parents to give a 20% discount in the run-
:26:23. > :26:28.up to Christmas. The lakes consist of private operators. They will
:26:28. > :26:32.find it hard to push this through. If it is a deal, are a lot of
:26:32. > :26:41.businesses are already producing those deals as part of their normal
:26:42. > :26:46.marketing efforts. Most businesses will have special offers. We are
:26:46. > :26:51.asking them to take those existing things they would be doing and
:26:51. > :26:55.joined with the government in a Countrywide marketing plan to
:26:55. > :27:00.harness the opportunities of the Olympics. This five-week period is
:27:00. > :27:07.the most important time of the year. It is going to cost my hotel tens
:27:07. > :27:11.of thousands of pounds. The lakes as a whole, undoubtedly, millions.
:27:11. > :27:15.Not everyone is pessimistic. Stephen was one of a group of
:27:15. > :27:18.Cumbrians who went to Japan to remind them of what they are
:27:18. > :27:25.missing out on. It was an opportunity to tell them about
:27:25. > :27:30.things taking place in the lake District. It is good to talk to
:27:30. > :27:36.them direct. We cannot just sit here and wait for them to come. We
:27:36. > :27:40.have to go to them and tell them what is happening. He had some
:27:40. > :27:50.practical solutions for the would- be tourists. We suggested they come
:27:50. > :27:51.
:27:51. > :28:01.in through other airports in Europe so other airports, like Manchester
:28:01. > :28:05.
:28:05. > :28:10.and Glasgow, get in on the action. We have one example of that already.
:28:10. > :28:15.It is clear from my travels through the lakes there has already been
:28:15. > :28:19.some losers. Contract and money have been lost. They will be a
:28:19. > :28:23.nervous few months as the clock ticks down to the opening ceremony.
:28:23. > :28:30.It will only be after the games that we will know whether it will