:00:09. > :00:12.Hello, welcome to Inside Out North West. We are in the heart of Rugby
:00:12. > :00:18.League country denied to investigate the health of one of
:00:18. > :00:22.the north-west's most popular sports. -- tonight. Before that,
:00:22. > :00:27.nuclear waste has to be buried somewhere but do we want to dump it
:00:27. > :00:33.in the north-west's backyard? It wasn't for the industry in the
:00:33. > :00:40.spot of the world we would not exist. As our Rugby League players
:00:40. > :00:43.showed up for the season, we take a test of the game's finances.
:00:43. > :00:52.That this will staring at a financial abyss is not too harsh a
:00:52. > :01:02.thing to say. And how musician Carl Davis is working with Holocaust
:01:02. > :01:14.
:01:14. > :01:17.Cumbria could soon press the nuclear button as the county will
:01:17. > :01:22.decide whether it wants to become the place where Britain buried its
:01:22. > :01:25.high level waste. Saying yes could bring in lots of money for
:01:25. > :01:35.community projects, but should that immigrants a decision that could
:01:35. > :01:45.
:01:45. > :01:55.affect the county for hundreds of This is the stuff that fuels the
:01:55. > :01:59.
:01:59. > :02:02.power stations that provide the energy we all need. Should the
:02:02. > :02:05.county be home to the UK's only underground high-level waste store,
:02:05. > :02:07.housing material that's radio- active for hundreds of thousands of
:02:07. > :02:10.years? But should that influence the people taking such a vital
:02:10. > :02:13.decision? It's the stuff no-one else wants.
:02:13. > :02:16.This is the stuff that fuels the power stations that provides the
:02:16. > :02:26.energy we all need. But it's radioactive and has no permanent
:02:26. > :02:28.
:02:28. > :02:31.home. At the moment it's filling up this overground store.
:02:31. > :02:35.You don't have to look far to see just how dominant the industry is
:02:35. > :02:38.to the local economy. The West Lakes Academy in Egremont is itself
:02:38. > :02:42.sponsored by Sellafield. We asked the maths teachers here to work out
:02:42. > :02:47.the percentage of Year 7 pupils who have a parent who works in the
:02:47. > :02:50.nuclear sector. It's a whooping 41% of this year group. And in a few
:02:50. > :02:54.years, some of those pupils could well be here Gen II, a training
:02:54. > :03:03.centre preparing a new crop of workers for Sellafield. They're
:03:03. > :03:10.excited about the underground store. You feel lucky to be indisposition
:03:10. > :03:15.because a lot of people want to be where I am. I don't think I could
:03:15. > :03:23.name a friend who doesn't work for a company in Sellafield. It is what
:03:23. > :03:30.we need for his more Cummins Cumbria. There aren't many more
:03:30. > :03:34.places to work around here. I need it right now. It gives more jobs to
:03:34. > :03:37.West Cumbria and to people like me trying to learn skills like I have.
:03:37. > :03:46.Professor John Fyfe says a waste store would help attract more
:03:46. > :03:51.business to the county. When I have travelled the world, if you ask
:03:51. > :03:56.people, where is the nuclear excellence in Britain? They say,
:03:56. > :03:59.Sellafield, West Cumbria. So we should be able to tap out and help
:03:59. > :04:03.create new wealth creation opportunities, new jobs, for people
:04:03. > :04:07.in West Cumbria, and that is what it is all about. The 24 councillors
:04:07. > :04:10.will be in no doubt just how big a player the nuclear industry is here.
:04:10. > :04:13.It's the life blood of this remote area. It's a tight-knit community
:04:13. > :04:16.and the nuclear industry is like a web that has connections across the
:04:16. > :04:20.whole area. It provides employment for over 26,000 workers in the
:04:20. > :04:29.North West. The Sellafield operation pays out �365 million in
:04:29. > :04:32.wages and contributes over �2 billion to the county's economy.
:04:32. > :04:40.It's not just the wages from Sellafield that puts money in the
:04:40. > :04:44.pockets of thousands of Cumbrians. The county already has a nuclear
:04:44. > :04:47.waste store. This is Drigg, where Cumbria's exisiting store for low-
:04:47. > :04:51.level nuclear waste is stored. For having this in their back garden,
:04:51. > :04:53.the local community is getting �1.5 million a year from the Government.
:04:53. > :04:57.The Copeland Community Fund provides a link between the nuclear
:04:57. > :05:06.industry and charities who benefit from grants. Like the Greenbank
:05:06. > :05:12.Community Association in Whitehaven. They have been doing arts and
:05:12. > :05:18.crafts, may have a football table, a pool table, toys for the toddlers.
:05:18. > :05:28.40% of its funding comes from nuclear sources. Without this
:05:28. > :05:37.funding, we wouldn't have a centre. There would be no local area.
:05:37. > :05:39.grandad worked here are of form years underground. The Haig Pit in
:05:39. > :05:47.Whitehaven, once the main employer in this area, is also benefitting
:05:47. > :05:52.from the fund. It's helping with the �2.4 million re-development.
:05:52. > :05:56.will be a wonderful resource for the area. It will be a part of the
:05:56. > :05:59.history and some way you can have a cup of tea. If it wasn't for the
:05:59. > :06:04.nuclear industry in this part of the world, I think probably would
:06:04. > :06:12.not exist. And up the road, another beneficiary, this time the Rosehill
:06:12. > :06:14.Theatre in Moresby, undergoing a �4.5 million refurbishment. And
:06:14. > :06:18.that cash is just from the Government. An extra �4.5 million
:06:18. > :06:24.comes from the three firms that run the Sellafield site. The money is
:06:24. > :06:30.spent in the area, like �90,000 for the Workington and St Bees lifeboat.
:06:30. > :06:32.The money helps mitigate against certain things. So is this just a
:06:32. > :06:35.local business doing the right thing, being socially responsible
:06:35. > :06:37.and supporting their community? Or is the relationship all a little
:06:37. > :06:47.too close? Critics say the financial benefits that could be on
:06:47. > :06:51.offer for a waste store mean it's already a done deal. There was a
:06:51. > :06:54.meeting of what is called a nuclear influencing group with members of
:06:54. > :07:00.the council. They assumed that West Cumbria would be a willing
:07:00. > :07:04.community to host this. And the fact they could make that
:07:04. > :07:09.assumption is extraordinary. I think the whole thing is actually a
:07:09. > :07:11.little bit too cosy. It is a lot too cosy. But the local MP, a
:07:11. > :07:14.former Sellafield press officer, is confident councillors will take the
:07:14. > :07:22.decision on safety and the environment, as well as economic
:07:22. > :07:27.benefits. It has never been a done deal and it never will be. To imply
:07:27. > :07:32.will suggest that again implies that people want this whatever the
:07:32. > :07:37.environmental cost. It is fantasy. The process we have has taken over
:07:37. > :07:41.a decade to bring into being. It is a fair prices, a transparent
:07:41. > :07:45.process, and accountable process. And what to think those concerns
:07:45. > :07:48.are frankly unfounded in any logical basis of fact. So the links
:07:48. > :07:52.in our web are far-reaching. There's big economic pressure on
:07:52. > :07:54.our 24 decision-makers, and some of them have even closer links to the
:07:54. > :07:57.industry. County councillors Tim Knowles and Tony Markley and leader
:07:57. > :08:03.of Copeland Council Elaine Woodburn are all board members of the
:08:03. > :08:08.Copeland Community Fund that hands out �1.5 million a year. Tim
:08:08. > :08:11.Knowles worked at Sellafield. He was head of corporate affairs. Tony
:08:11. > :08:16.Markley was at the meeting in 2008 which claimed West Cumbria was
:08:16. > :08:20.willing to have the store. So can they be truly independent when it
:08:20. > :08:23.comes to making that big decision? I wanted to ask them some important
:08:23. > :08:29.questions but Tim Knowles and Tony Markley refused my requests in the
:08:29. > :08:37.run-up to the big decision later In a statement, the County Council
:08:37. > :08:39."The decision being made will be based on the hard evidence they
:08:39. > :08:41.have before them. Our councillors have listened to thousands of
:08:41. > :08:48.voices before coming to their conclusion."
:08:48. > :08:52.And Elaine Woodburn sees no conflict of interest. The community
:08:52. > :08:55.fund is totally different from the process at this moment in time. I
:08:56. > :09:00.never worked with the nuclear industry. I represent is community,
:09:00. > :09:04.I live here, I was born and bred and I have family here now and in
:09:04. > :09:12.the future, and if anybody thinks I would take a decision to harm that
:09:12. > :09:15.I fight -- to harm that, I find that quite insulting. Councillors
:09:15. > :09:19.have already asked for more time to consider their decision. They've
:09:19. > :09:22.had an extra three months to mull it over. The stakes could not be
:09:22. > :09:25.higher, with the Government having no plan B for the nuclear store.
:09:25. > :09:29.The councillors have the chance to stop the plans now in their tracks
:09:29. > :09:37.or move to the next stage. It's crucial. In two days' time, we'll
:09:37. > :09:46.find out their answer. And if you want to follow that decisions on
:09:46. > :09:49.Wednesday you can tune into BBC Still to come, the North West
:09:49. > :09:57.musical collaboration which tells the story of the rescue of children
:09:57. > :10:05.from Holocaust. It is not only history. It is very much a warning
:10:05. > :10:09.to the future and a warning to all On Friday, the Super League's
:10:09. > :10:14.season starts, with the local club here are Warrington and the likes
:10:14. > :10:20.of St Helens and Wigan sure to be on the hunt for honours. And then
:10:20. > :10:29.the saw foods that you Reds, once crippled with debt, now looking for
:10:29. > :10:39.a new future. -- Salford City Reds. What is the future like? We have
:10:39. > :10:42.
:10:42. > :10:51.For me, League sums up everything that's great about sport. It's fast,
:10:51. > :11:01.it's physical, and above all, it's exciting. It can be thrilling, so
:11:01. > :11:07.
:11:07. > :11:11.how come of the pitch the game is in a bit of a mess? You have a few
:11:11. > :11:14.teams playing poorly and a few teams playing well and then a few
:11:14. > :11:18.in the middle. The league itself will alter many struggle for
:11:18. > :11:21.finance because of that. With as many headlines being created by
:11:21. > :11:29.life away from the field of play, Super League in 2012 wasn't one to
:11:29. > :11:32.write home about. So will 2013 be any better? Well, I'm going to try
:11:32. > :11:35.and find out by taking a journey down the M62 corridor, the old-
:11:35. > :11:38.style heartland of Rugby League, to test the temperature of the game
:11:38. > :11:42.and see if there's much optimism about what this crucial World Cup
:11:42. > :11:46.season will bring. This is Craven Park, home to the
:11:46. > :11:55.red and white side of the City of Hull, where only 12 months ago, the
:11:55. > :11:59.Rovers chairman issued a dire warning for the game. This lawyer
:11:59. > :12:09.doesn't mince his words. Last month Commies that the game was bankrupt
:12:09. > :12:09.
:12:09. > :12:14.and built on sand. -- last month he said. As a group of directors we
:12:14. > :12:19.have funded at short for but it will be difficult for us to argue
:12:19. > :12:29.otherwise and look beyond our means. The club is important to us and we
:12:29. > :12:34.
:12:34. > :12:44.have people who have a position In Super League, the TV money, some
:12:44. > :12:50.
:12:50. > :12:53.�127 million, is spread equally There's a salary cap to avoid clubs
:12:53. > :12:56.having a football style "living the dream" meltdown. But rather than
:12:56. > :12:59.encouraging prudency, some sides have seen the salary cap as a
:12:59. > :13:05.target, not a limit, and they've been spending money that they
:13:05. > :13:08.simply haven't got. On the plus side, the Rugby Football League
:13:08. > :13:18.points to growing attendances and good viewing figures on Sky. But
:13:18. > :13:20.
:13:20. > :13:23.fundamental problems remain. The sport still struggles to pull in
:13:23. > :13:26.high-end sponsors, and just before Christmas it was announced that
:13:26. > :13:32.Sport England funding for the grassroots of the game was to be
:13:32. > :13:35.cut by a third. In a town like Castleford, a place that takes its
:13:35. > :13:37.Rugby League very seriously indeed, fans would have every right to
:13:37. > :13:41.wonder what the future may bring. It's these small-town clubs that
:13:41. > :13:45.would be vulnerable in a slimmed- down Super League. 20 miles down
:13:45. > :13:50.the M62 at Leeds, the Rhinos have much to feel positive about. Super
:13:50. > :14:00.League champions and a club that's well run both on and off the turf.
:14:00. > :14:08.
:14:08. > :14:14.What can the other clubs learn from The game is as good as it has ever
:14:14. > :14:20.been, we do not want it overshadowed. It is about poor
:14:20. > :14:25.management practices. All clubs have a responsibility and a role to
:14:25. > :14:35.play. The majority of us are working very hard. Some of the
:14:35. > :14:45.
:14:45. > :14:48.others have let the sport down For those who watch the game
:14:48. > :14:56.closely, the ups and downs of the last few seasons have been alarming
:14:56. > :15:04.to watch. We might be lost without the problems, we have had so many
:15:04. > :15:08.over the years. People have been predicting the death of rugby
:15:08. > :15:11.league and time after time after time it has showed its resilience,
:15:11. > :15:17.that is over many years. We would say that the game is different now
:15:17. > :15:21.than it was in the past. The other sporting competition is so much
:15:21. > :15:27.stronger and the demands of people's time on other areas are
:15:27. > :15:37.stronger also. Houses are like home entertainment centres now, it is
:15:37. > :15:45.
:15:45. > :15:55.The support base is legendary for rugby and in this documentary from
:15:55. > :15:56.
:15:56. > :16:01.1979 it you can feel the passion. The game has come a long way. But
:16:01. > :16:05.finance within the sport has always been a worry. So do try to
:16:06. > :16:12.understand the state of the modern game inside out has asked as sports
:16:12. > :16:18.finance expert to examine the books. And a detailed look at their
:16:18. > :16:26.balance sheet at 11 of the 14 clubs shows damage and a cure to debt of
:16:27. > :16:33.over �60 million. It is a lot of debt. It alarms me as someone who
:16:33. > :16:36.researches these types of things. Using a term like rugby league
:16:36. > :16:43.staring at the financial abyss I would say is not too harsh a thing
:16:43. > :16:45.to say. I disagree. I think the game is in good health. But every
:16:45. > :16:50.sport in the current economic environment we have our challenges
:16:50. > :16:54.but we are working hard to meet them. We have a regulatory regime
:16:54. > :17:04.which allows good clubs to be financially comfortable and we work
:17:04. > :17:11.
:17:11. > :17:14.Rugby League's problems are dwarfed by those in football. But other
:17:14. > :17:18.revenues may boost Super League finances but at the moment new
:17:18. > :17:23.money is coming from unlikely sources. Salford could find
:17:23. > :17:30.themselves being one of the light - - wealthiest clubs being taken over
:17:30. > :17:37.by a racehorse owner. It will be a positive note to the last few
:17:37. > :17:42.months which has seen wind up orders for the club. And it is the
:17:42. > :17:47.player's viewpoint that I have sought at the end of my journey.
:17:47. > :17:52.With its shiny new stadium since Helen's is a testament to Rugby
:17:52. > :18:00.League in the 21st century. It can hold 18,000 fans. Here they think
:18:00. > :18:06.the game still has a robust future. But for the players these are
:18:07. > :18:13.uncertain times. The average career lasts for trying -- four years and
:18:13. > :18:17.an average salary of �6,000. fear for the financial security of
:18:17. > :18:20.your at family, at you're not talking about your port folio going
:18:20. > :18:25.if you do not get paid, you were talking about your mortgage not
:18:25. > :18:28.being paid. Were talking up the basics of day-to-day life.
:18:28. > :18:36.Rugby Football League say they are working hard to combat it in the
:18:36. > :18:46.sport and with the Spotlight on the game it is agreed that the problems
:18:46. > :18:50.
:18:50. > :19:00.must not resurface in 2013 for what Composer Carl Davis at his best
:19:00. > :19:06.known for his music in television and film. Now he tells of the
:19:06. > :19:11.rescue of 10,000 mainly Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Germany.
:19:11. > :19:21.To mark Holocaust Memorial Day just yesterday we met with him and some
:19:21. > :19:27.
:19:27. > :19:29.of the people who escaped from hit # Trains, there are trains, to
:19:29. > :19:39.England full of Children there are trains
:19:39. > :19:39.
:19:39. > :19:41.#. Last Train to Tomorrow revolves around the journey of the
:19:41. > :19:44.Kindertransport, the rescue and evacuation of thousands of Jewish
:19:44. > :19:47.children from Nazi occupied Europe 75 years ago. The creation of the
:19:47. > :19:50.concert, and the reaction of the survivors, has proved to be a
:19:50. > :20:00.deeply emotional experience, and a journey of discovery for everyone
:20:00. > :20:01.
:20:01. > :20:11.concerned. 200 boys and girls we follow to England. There between
:20:11. > :20:19.
:20:19. > :20:24.the ages of five and 17. Refugees from Germany. The statue
:20:24. > :20:34.commemorates their entry. Over a period of nine months the children
:20:34. > :20:37.
:20:37. > :20:39.came here to begin new life in a strange and unfamiliar place.
:20:39. > :20:47.Liverpool St Station, London, it is cold and blackened, smelling of
:20:47. > :20:53.soot and steam. My name is Ann Cohen, I came here in 1939 with the
:20:53. > :20:56.Kindertransport, I was 14. My name is Steve Mendelsson and I came to
:20:56. > :21:00.the UK on the Kindertransport in April 1939, having left my home in
:21:00. > :21:10.Breslau, in Germany, and I came here when I was 12 years old, with
:21:10. > :21:11.
:21:11. > :21:14.my brother Walter who was eight. name is Inge Goldrein, I came to
:21:14. > :21:21.England on the 15th of June 1939 by way of the Kindertransport from
:21:21. > :21:24.Vienna where I was born. Er, we arrived in Liverpool St station
:21:24. > :21:32.where a group of charming young English ladies hugged us, kissed us,
:21:32. > :21:37.embraced us, and we were terribly thirsty and very hungry. We were
:21:37. > :21:40.very relieved that we actually got here, but it was all very strange.
:21:40. > :21:44.They served us a hot cup of tea with milk in it. Quite ridiculous.
:21:44. > :21:54.Er, on the continent people had never heard of such a thing let
:21:54. > :21:58.
:21:58. > :22:01.alone drank it! THEY SING WORDLESSLY. The Halle Children's
:22:01. > :22:05.Choir is a relatively new initiative, and it is full of very
:22:05. > :22:08.bright and very involved kids, and it is very important for us to give
:22:08. > :22:12.them something to do. Carl Davis has worked with the Halle for many
:22:12. > :22:15.years, as a conductor and as a composer. I was very thrilled when
:22:15. > :22:19.John said, would I be interested in doing something for this particular
:22:19. > :22:22.choir? Some years ago my wife Jean Boht was cast in a play called
:22:22. > :22:24.Kindertransport, and I thought about this for a while and began
:22:24. > :22:27.remembering things I knew about Kindertransport, but I was thinking,
:22:27. > :22:37."There is something about this story that is striking me in a
:22:37. > :22:42.
:22:42. > :22:45.creative way." At first I thought it was a very interesting idea, but
:22:45. > :22:48.it might be difficult for the kids because it is ancient history, in
:22:48. > :22:52.some senses, certainly for an 8- year-old child. But the more I
:22:52. > :23:00.thought about it, the more the need to teach them about history as part
:23:00. > :23:03.of this project was a really big bonus. In 1933 the first stirrings
:23:03. > :23:08.of Nazism occurred, even at school. Jewish children were kicked out of
:23:08. > :23:15.German schools. The situation for the Jewish population in Vienna
:23:15. > :23:21.became increasingly difficult. suddenly found that none of my
:23:21. > :23:28.friends would speak to me. Everywhere there were signs saying
:23:28. > :23:31.JudenVerboten. That meant, Jews not allowed. In 1938, during the night
:23:31. > :23:33.of the Krystallnacht programs, my father was carted off to the
:23:33. > :23:36.concentration camp in Buchenwald. My father had been deported from
:23:36. > :23:46.Vienna in 1942 to Minsk, Minsk had what was called "the killing
:23:46. > :23:51.
:23:51. > :24:01.My mother received a letter from HM Government in London offering her
:24:01. > :24:02.
:24:02. > :24:12.two places for her sons to come to England. You did not realise the
:24:12. > :24:15.
:24:15. > :24:18.enormity of it all, you might never see your parents again. You know,
:24:18. > :24:25.we know that most of these parents did not survive, and these children
:24:25. > :24:28.never saw them again. It is an exceptional story. So...so, you are
:24:28. > :24:32.confronting inside yourself, within yourself, how as a composer am I
:24:32. > :24:36.going to write the notes that will tell this story? I needed a text
:24:36. > :24:46.and I asked a writer called Hiawyn Oram, and her first response was,
:24:46. > :24:50.
:24:50. > :24:52."Do you really want to do this to With the project given the go ahead,
:24:52. > :25:02.rehearsals took place with the orchestra and the all-important
:25:02. > :25:07.Children's Choir. With over 80 It was my role to teach the
:25:07. > :25:10.children the piece and give the best of their performance. Some of
:25:10. > :25:13.the children were quite disturbed at first about leaving parents and,
:25:13. > :25:21.in fact, one or two did not make the performance, they were quite
:25:21. > :25:24.affected by it. Did things change when Ann Cohen became involved?
:25:24. > :25:29.That was amazing, when Ann spoke with the children it completely
:25:29. > :25:33.changed their perception. I have been asked to come and talk with
:25:33. > :25:37.you about my experiences in the Kindertransport. Did you ever see
:25:37. > :25:45.your parents again? Yes, I saw my mother again. My father died in the
:25:45. > :25:55.concentration camps and my mother I lived through it again, but the
:25:55. > :25:59.
:25:59. > :26:02.Here we were grouped and gathered and put on more trains. In this
:26:02. > :26:09.story there were older kids and younger kids, so we decided it
:26:09. > :26:12.would be a really good idea to use young actors. It is very unusual
:26:12. > :26:14.for a young actor, in fact any actors really to encounter a
:26:14. > :26:18.project like this, to combine music, narrative and play different
:26:18. > :26:21.characters from young children to the military to grieving parents.
:26:21. > :26:25.One of the most challenging things was working with the kids. It is
:26:25. > :26:28.actually a hard task to compose yourself actually, yeah. So with
:26:28. > :26:34.rehearsals complete, the day of the concert arrives, with many
:26:34. > :26:41.Kindertransport survivors in the audience. I really did not know
:26:41. > :26:51.what I was going to see. We huddled together and stared, for there it
:26:51. > :27:03.
:27:03. > :27:13.is in front of us, the sea between It was an absolutely wonderful
:27:13. > :27:14.
:27:14. > :27:19.piece, they made you feel the panic that the refugees felt. People
:27:19. > :27:22.began to realise what we had all been through really. People might
:27:22. > :27:30.go because they want to hear a concert, but whilst they are there,
:27:30. > :27:35.they are being educated. It is not just history, it is a warning for
:27:35. > :27:38.the future, it is a warning to all of us. From every perspective it
:27:38. > :27:48.was a much richer and deeper project than I ever hoped it could
:27:48. > :27:53.be. I have nothing but gratitude to the people in Britain. The only
:27:53. > :27:57.government in the world that ever undertook anything of that nature.
:27:57. > :28:00.I was one of the lucky ones, because it was for the goodness of
:28:00. > :28:03.this country that I arrived here. So for the Kindertransport
:28:03. > :28:08.survivors, their journey may have finished 75 years ago, but for Carl
:28:08. > :28:18.Davis, his journey is still continuing. And through his music,
:28:18. > :28:22.
:28:22. > :28:27.the story of the Kindertransport That is all from me in Warrington.
:28:27. > :28:33.If you have missed any of it inside out you can catch it again on the
:28:33. > :28:43.BBC iPlayer. I am back next Monday night at 7:30pm. Until then, have a
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