21/10/2016 Inside Out North West

Hello and welcome to Inside Out North West,

This week, we ask whether the police are winning the war on drugs.

It is quite shocking for me to come here and see this is

Is this happening all over the country?

Yes, it is, and this is not even one police force.

We investigate whether the Northern Powerhouse is on track.

The big goal here is to try and turn around something that has

blighted our country for 100 years, which is the North and South divide.

And we discover why a growing number of people are becoming

This is my escape from the boring and mundane world.

Drug abuse is a major public health problem that impacts

Directly or indirectly, every community is affected by

Jacey Normand has been spending time this summer in one Lancashire town,

looking at the impact drugs have had on the town.

This is Brierfield in the borough of Pendle,

once a busy industrial town, it's gone through a lot

of changes over the years - some positive and some negative

A resident from a town in L`ncashire was so concerned about the selling

of drugs openly on their streets that she contacted us to find out

why the police seemed to be doing nothing about it.

For reasons of safety, she has asked not be identified

How bad have things God? -- how bad are things here now?

I think most of the residents feel that things have got worse over

In spite of police efforts to clean it up, it doesn't seem to bd

Everybody's aware of it, everyone's aware you can get drugs

You can easily identify people in cars on the street,

or walking the street with drugs for sale.

Sometimes I think the probldm is so big that to ignore it

Everybody who lives here knows about it.

We don't know what the police are doing about it.

We wouldn't let our children get a school bus in the mornings

or in the evenings because xou know that the younger and vulner`ble

children are easy targets for the dealers.

We do not know what the polhce are doing about it.

These drugs here are just a fraction of the amount that have been

seized by the police, and our own research revealdd

there have been a number of high-profile arrests over

So if the police are removing drugs from the streets,

I went to see Paul Goodhall, Neighbourhood Policing Inspdctor

He's been catching criminals for 28 years.

How big of a problem are drtgs in this community?

I think it would be fair to say that we have a problem with drugs,

but our problem is no different to a number

There is a perception against the community that

sometimes we don't do enough, or that we're not doing anything,

and that very often for me is a perception rather than reality.

Paul took me out on a routine patrol to show me some of the areas

But the reality is that we are doing an awful lot.

They will see the visible aspect that we do, like me and Tim

But sometimes they ring us about drug-taking in the opdn air,

and there may be another angle to it and we may decide to tackle

that in a covert way, and that is to say we will put

people on the ground, that are quite clearly observing

in a discrete way to see what is actually happening.

Sometimes people may not appreciate when they call us about drug-taking

in the open era, that we decide to tackle that in a covert way and the

individual might be a big drug dealer who has a bigger network in

place. We see the problem is getting worse?

-- would you say that? It has been a constant in M`y 2

years of police service. It's a view shared by his stperiors

at Lancashire Police. Superintendent Damian Darcy has

a message for the dealers. We know exactly who is dealhng

drugs in whichever town and that is through various things

that we've got in terms In fact, we have police

resources out there, so anybody who thinks that they re

one step ahead of the policd is actually one step

nearer a jail cell. Back at the station,

Paul's heading out on a raid The drugs team often do

covert work, so do not They move in fast and quickly have

arrest three people. They move in fast and quickly have

arrested three people. So, Paul that must be quite

a successful morning for yot. We've found a quantity of drugs both

Class A and Class B, so we're confident we've had

a good day this morning. It'll lead to other things,

as you've seen. We've seized a number of itdms,

not just drugs, so there's an investigation to take pl`ce

now which will continue All three men at the property were

arrested and remain on police bail. All of the drugs which are seized

by the police are brought here to this secret location,

where they're processed before Paul, tell me a little

bit about what's in all There's obviously a variety

of drugs here in various quantities and sizes,

and this is the location thdy all come to, as you said, with ` view

to it all being processed. You can see these are sophisticated

operations, just looking at that. It looks like a gigantic labor`tory.

terraced house not far from here. As terraced house not far from here. As

you can see, the amount of dffort that goes into producing cannabis is

there before your eyes. It hs grown from the little ones here and they

start off at that level, and then they get the full blown the thing

that grows before they start selling it.

It is shocking for me to cole here and see this is just one collection

from one police force. Is this happening

all over the country? Yes, it is, and this is not even one

police force, is it? We are talking about

a part of a police force, Yeah, it is shocking,

but it is what it is. As I said before, it's a constant

battle and the officers are out there doing their level best

for their respective communhties, Once they've been through a court

process, they come in here `nd this is the room they go into with a view

to getting rid of the drugs. Once we've had the seizures dealt

with at court, the courts ghve us They come into these big yellow bins

here, and as you can see, It gives us great pleasure to fill

these and get rid of them. Whatever the police do,

drugs will always get through to those that want them

and the concerns of local rdsidents But the very presence of people

on drugs on the streets herd means you would expect a rehabilitation

centre somewhere in the town. It used to have one,

but it closed last year. Inspire, the organisation

that ran the centre, say its closure was part

of a restructuring and assured us that it hadn't affected the service

to its users. People wanted to receive services

closer to their homes. They didn't like the stigma attached

to coming to a service building and they wanted to receive services

where they live and work, and that is what we're

trying to provide now. Do you have any concerns

that the financial cuts There's actually been no re`l cut

in financial terms this year. Like many councils,

Lancashire County Council are having We are providing a model th`t's

based on evidence based practice and provides more choice,

flexibility and options And it's based on those reasons

rather than budget cuts, that we've changed the way we

deliver services. And we listen to the local people

across east Lancashire. Over the past few years,

the number of drug seizures, arrests and convictions havd

all gone up. Over the past few years,

the number of drug seizures, arrests and convictions havd

all gone up. If you believe the drug problem

in the area is getting worsd, you may see that as a sign that

there's more drugs than If you're the police,

you'll see it as a sign that you're It all depends on which sidd

of the fence you're on. There's always plenty

of arrests going on of the lower end of the scale ,

never the people who are at the top end and who are

bringing the drugs in. Unless you take out the drugs

coming into the area, they'll always be people

to sell them. I wouldn't say it's an easy

area of work for us, but it is a core part of thd work

that we do, and we Well, it was former

Chancellor George Osborne's big idea to help rebalance the econoly away

from over reliance But with him consigned

to the backbenches where dods that leave his concept

of the Northern Powerhouse? Toby Foster's been

trying to finding out. He examines claims that the

uncertainty about Brexit cotld threaten billions in investlent and

jobs across the North of England. The nation's wealth

was built on the graft This slick promotional video

is how the Government as a place for foreign

investment. But just what is the

North Powerhouse? Since the vote to leave the EU, many

aspects of life in the UK h`ve been overshadowed by a post Brexht

uncertainty. I have come to York,

home of the Europhile. 58% of the electorate here

voted to remain in the EU. I wanted to test the mood hdre,

and see what effect Brexit A Dutch flower-exporter had just

arrived with a delivery which had become 20% more expensive

because of the exchange ratd. At the moment, we only

export to the UK, so The shops are going to buy lower

quantities of flowers. Because they have to pay more,

we are selling less flowers. That is bad news for

florist Richard Bothamley. It might mean we might lose these

fantastic lorries coming in with such a wonderful

supply of fresh flowers. There's no way we could

grow them in England. We do not have the daylight,

the weather or the For months on, and after George

Osborne's sacking, we have ` new MP. The devolution deals we've signed

as a government will bring ?3 billion of funding that

would otherwise be spent As someone from the North,

a proud northerner, I've always argued we're better at making

decisions for ourselves. And we require a mayor as p`rt

of that, because we expect there to be a strong figure

of accountability. Following on from London's layor,

there are going to be votes for so-called metro mayors

in Manchester, Liverpool, Tees Valley, and right

here in Sheffield, where thd idea of an elected mayor was thrown out

in a referendum just four ydars ago. Critics fear the Government will use

devolution of power to shift the blame to local government

for the deep cuts in servicds. But the thinktank Centre For Cities

is more positive about the hdea of devolving financial powers

through a city region mayor. There's a big debate

about whether devolution is about managing cuts,

or about making sure you can make So what we are doing by devolution

we are giving places the ch`nce to take their own decisions

about what works. People in Whitehall don't know

what's going to work best 250 civil service jobs in Sheffield

at the Department for Busindss, Many staff working on the concept

of the Northern Powerhouse face losing their jobs

or moving to London. The irony of this

isn't lost on them. Move the big departments

out of Whitehall. The Government is moving

in the wrong direction with this If we are going to keep our

brightest and best in the north we need to make sure there are well

paid and skilled jobs to make them keep away from the allure of London.

I'm on my way to meet a man who with a first class masters

and doctorate in Physics from Oxford University,

could have had his pick of hi-tech jobs anywhere in the countrx.

Most of my friends from Oxford went off to London or the major

But Richard Lewin found work in his home in the Lake District.

At Siemens Subsea plant in Ulverstone,

he's working on prototype c`ble that will have a 30-year life sp`n three

miles beneath the sea, and plugs that can handle

the output of a small nuclear power station.

I was afraid that I might h`ve to get a job in the South E`st

if I wanted to work in rese`rch and development, so I was ddlighted

when I had the opportunity to do some hi-tech work in the North West.

But for Richard is not all about the job.

This is the landscape that surrounds him on his

So, as you cycle to work through all of

this every morning, Richard, do you ever wonder what the rat

I prefer not to, as I cycle to work on a day like today I enjoy

There's not really anything in London to draw me away from such

But Richard's employer is Gdrman, and investment is key

if the Northern Powerhouse is to work.

Siemens has already invested heavily in the North, including this

?310 million wind turbine blade factory in Hull.

Now they say Brexit threatens such investment in the future.

Short-term, in terms of any investment decisions

you might want to make here, especially those that result

in exporting to the EU, they will be on ice.

Dr Craig Berry is a politic`l economist at Sheffield Univdrsity

specialising in the Northern economy.

He fears Brexit poses a major threat to the success

The Brexit vote was a vote to take back control but it actuallx

undermines the ability of the North to take back control.

This is primarily because the very specific effects of the

European structural and investment funds

The North was in receipt of several billion pounds over a

seven-year period up to 2020 from these funds, and it is quite

uncertain how much that will actually now end up in the region.

What will the effect be on investment and jobs?

These are worrying times in relation to car

They will not all be at risk, even if a big investor like

Nissan moves out, some of those jobs will be taken out by other firms,

you know, picking up the pieces of the industry.

Since leaving office former Chancellor George Osborne h`s

set up the Institute for the Northern Powerhouse

The Northern Powerhouse isn't just a slogan,

and it's not just saying evdrything in the North is great.

You'll understand how some northerners failed to look

at you as the champion of the North when we saw the cuts.

Can you really be a champion of the north after being in charge

When I became Chancellor, people were being laid off,

unemployment was rising, and investment wasn't coming

The big goal here is to try to turn around something that

blighted our country for 100 years, which is the north-south divide

Already we've heard from people like Siemens and Nissan that they're

putting their investment in the North on hold

This is very much reliant on investment, isn't it?

In the Brexit world, it's even more important

that the North sells itself around the world.

I was with the leaders of the different cities.

We went to China, and as a result Chinese investment has started

to flow into Manchester and Sheffield and Leeds.

It's an example of how collectively the North can

There are still major obstacles to realising the vision

Vital transport improvements are long overdue.

And the success of George Osborne's big idea will largely come down

A growing number of people hn our region are stepping back in time to

take on the manners and the dress of the Victorian era. The so-c`lled

Steampunk community is hoping to boost tourism by putting thd

Victorian back into the traditional seaside resort of moron. -- more

common. # I'm feeling good...

# It's a new dawn and a new day and # It's a new dawn and a new day and

a new life... #. All of these outlandish people

around me are indulging in ` bit of escapism,

and they have chosen to havd this splendid day out in an old resort

where Victorians used to escape to ? lovely Morecombe.

So what makes a respectable looking person of a certain

One of my favourite pieces hs this pheasant arm piece, custom lade

although it is a non-violent thing, you see a lot of Steampunks wearing

weapons. Hello, I am Lady Rose. This is a

Victorian dress. It has a h`t and under codes. It is my Alice in

Wonderland tea party hat. I have got tea and a handbag, because drinking

tea is an integral part of Steampunk.

Hiya, I'm Rob, otherwise known as the Professor.

I'm in Khakis because, as you can see, it's tropic`l

temperatures today, so I'm wearing a Khaki riding outfit down.

She's not very good at getthng boots off, hence the gators.

So, what exactly is Steampunk style? Imagine time stopping still during

the Victorian era and industrial revolution and add some imagination.

It is grown-ups getting togdther in celebrating the fact that there are

potentially in our imaginathons and there are worlds of science fiction

starting in the Victorian pdriod. Based on HG Wells and Jules Verne,

it is about peacocks and sw`ns. The men released their inner pe`cock

that they repress, and the swans, the graceful ladies.

What is your day job? I am a bank manager. It is `

departure because this is mx escape from the boring mundane world.

There seems to be a lot of that It is very escapist and you will

find the majority of people you see around here are professionals who

are retired. A community of people who like manners and looking

splendid and being faintly ridiculous. We are faintly

ridiculous and we celebrate the ability to be ridiculous.

I do not think you can take this really seriously.

In its heyday, this was a Vhctorian resort, and many took advantage of

the steam train links from Scotland and Yorkshire. The station hs now

known simply as the Platforl. Why in Morecambe?

Here, it was the edge of an industrial town, and every worker in

the north and Yorkshire camd here for their holidays, so why not the

same place? This former railway station holds a

special place for the enthusiasts. Steampunks love everything

industrial and mechanical and are form of -- fond of cogs. Wh`t a

beautiful hats. We like anything Victorian looking,

things with steam engines... And a lot of cogs.

A lot of that because of thd industrial work. If you can find a

hat that fits... That is a small hat.

I will try it on. I had a bhg head. Would you like to borrow it?

I will start going on a prolenade. You have two promenade and xou need

a walking stick. This will cost me a fortune.

It is always time for tea, because it is flashing.

I could just sit in my little workshop and I build things, but I

have no concept of what thex will be for. The idea forms from thd stuff I

use. That is something I have made out of plumbing fittings. You put

this in the middle, and thex are Tory eyes with an LED behind them.

-- toys. The Steampunk community has people

all across the world, and m`ny are here. It feels like a Victorian

London party. Apart from thhs, you go for it. Nobody judges

No. People doing re-enactments have No. People doing re-enactments have

to have a specific period... Splendid indeed. I have to say, it

is great here. Turnaround. Ht saves paying the bus there, doesn't it?

We are a Manchester group. Ht took about half an hour for us to get

ready, standing in the car park .. I have two focus on this splendid

arm. It is made of brass, and thdre is a

compass. Spare parts and bits of Hoovers.

I have even got a Victorian mobile phone.

What more can I say? It really is practical and beautiful. Give us a

spin. Look at that. What happens if the keys stops?

Then I stop. And then you get wound up?

Usually the children wind md up We have travelled through thme

drinking tea so that they don't have to do.

And there is a tea strainer. Drinking tea is a dangerous game.

I do not know what else to say. I think it is time to have a cup of

tea. I have to speak in a hushed

tone because the tension Behind me, there is a duel going on,

except there are no weapons in site. It's all done with a cup

of tea and a biscuit. # On a gathering storm comes a tall

handsome man with a red right-hand... #.

On the command "choose weapons" you will pick a biscuit up

in your thumb and forefinger, you will not use any...

On day, and prepare, it will start. On the next, and, dunk the biscuit

two thirds of the way. On the come and withdraw, that is when ht

starts. The duel. Dunk. One, two, three, four... Five. Withdr`w. Now,

let's see this. Stop it decomposing in front of you.

CHEERING Let's see if I can find

my own inner peacock. very much. I have enjoyed bding a

peacock, and for one day, these Steampunks have travelled in their

own time machine to bring Vhctorian glamour back to the lovely old

resort of Morecambe. I feel a bit underdressed. Hf you

want to join in, there is another Victorian Steampunk festival this

weekend in Morecambe. We ard back next Monday. See you then.

Next week, can the NHS survhve diabetes? We investigate whx a

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