:00:33. > :00:36.Hello and welcome to Inside Out South West — stories and
:00:36. > :00:40.investigations from where you live. Tonight, after the Padstow speedboat
:00:40. > :00:43.tragedy, one man's campaign to save lives with a simple chord. Why
:00:43. > :00:47.didn't you attach it as you left? Because we were too busy getting all
:00:47. > :00:51.of the fenders off at the sides. Education has failed. Now is the
:00:51. > :00:52.time for the law to back up the wearing of kill—cords.
:00:53. > :00:56.Also tonight, the ingenious 18th—century solution to the city's
:00:56. > :00:59.water wars. The trouble is, you have got to get this stuff all the way
:00:59. > :01:03.down to Plymouth Dock. And, can unemployed Karl cut it in
:01:03. > :01:07.one of Paignton's busiest caffs? One tomato ketchup. I do feel a little
:01:07. > :01:09.bit all over the place, to be honest with you. I don't really know what
:01:10. > :01:11.I'm doing. I am Sam Smith and this is Inside
:01:11. > :01:31.Out South West. Speedboats — more popular than ever
:01:31. > :01:34.before. And more powerful. Boats like this with a medium—size 150
:01:34. > :01:38.horsepower engine can easily reach speeds of around 50mph. It may not
:01:38. > :01:45.sound like much, but, believe me, that can be pretty exciting. Whoa!
:01:45. > :01:51.Boating is more and more accessible to more and more people, which is
:01:52. > :01:54.great. It doesn't need to be an expensive sport. People can buy
:01:54. > :01:57.small boats and get into boating. But, equally, some people come in
:01:57. > :02:02.and buy some quite large, fast bits of kit straight from day one, which
:02:02. > :02:06.is equally good. But with power comes responsibility.
:02:06. > :02:09.Tonight, we are investigating whether those who govern boating in
:02:09. > :02:16.the UK could be doing more to prevent fatal accidents involving
:02:16. > :02:23.these machines. My son would be alive if the person driving his boat
:02:23. > :02:27.had been wearing the kill—cord. May this year and a tragedy on the
:02:27. > :02:30.Camel Estuary. The Milligan family were run over by their own speedboat
:02:30. > :02:33.as it raged out of control. Nick Milligan and his eight—year—old
:02:33. > :02:41.daughter, Emily, died from their injuries. Exactly what happened that
:02:41. > :02:46.day is still under investigation, but what is known is that nobody on
:02:46. > :02:49.the boat at the time of the accident was wearing one of these, a
:02:49. > :02:52.kill—cord. This is wrapped around part of the skipper's body. If they
:02:53. > :02:59.go overboard for any reason, it gets yanked off the boat and it
:02:59. > :03:02.automatically cuts the engine. Heddon Johnson fears more lives will
:03:02. > :03:07.be lost unless the law is changed to make the wearing of kill—cords
:03:07. > :03:10.compulsory. His son was killed by a speedboat 13 years ago in an
:03:10. > :03:21.accident similar to the one in Padstow. I saw that boat circling
:03:21. > :03:26.round in tight circles and it brought back the whole horror of
:03:26. > :03:29.Tristan's situation. Tristan was being given a test ride
:03:29. > :03:32.at the Southampton boat show. The person driving the boat wasn't
:03:32. > :03:35.wearing a kill—cord and when everyone was thrown into the water,
:03:35. > :03:41.Tristan couldn't swim out of the way. The boat ran over Tristan with
:03:41. > :03:50.the propeller lacerating him, giving him fatal injuries. It is a horrific
:03:50. > :03:54.thought that he probably realised that the boat could run him over at
:03:54. > :04:07.any moment, and then seeing it approach... It is very hard to bear
:04:08. > :04:11.that thought. Official figures show an average of two kill—cord
:04:11. > :04:14.accidents a year in the UK, with others that don't result in injury
:04:14. > :04:17.or death likely to go unreported. Heddon is joining Tim Staples on
:04:17. > :04:22.Fowey's Harbour Patrol. He wants to get a rough idea how many people are
:04:22. > :04:29.wearing kill—cords voluntarily. It is not attached.
:04:29. > :04:33.I just noticed you coming in just now. You weren't attached to your
:04:33. > :04:39.kill—cord. Is that something you do often? Is it an oversight? I must
:04:39. > :04:42.admit, I don't tend to have it on in the estuary when I'm doing four or
:04:42. > :04:46.five miles an hour. Can I ask you a blunt question? Why
:04:47. > :04:51.didn't you attach it as you left? Because we were too busy getting all
:04:51. > :04:55.the fenders off at the side. That is the tricky thing, isn't it? We were
:04:55. > :04:59.sorting yourselves out. You would normally be wearing it coming up and
:04:59. > :05:02.down the estuary? Because it is just as important, really, here because
:05:03. > :05:09.you can't tell what might occur if you go over.
:05:09. > :05:12.For Heddon it is a frustrating day. More than half the people he
:05:12. > :05:16.approaches are still not wearing their kill—cords. Some people don't
:05:16. > :05:20.wear it out of bravado — I don't need to, I am safe in flat water.
:05:20. > :05:25.There is not a problem. That is what we just heard down there.
:05:25. > :05:29.While Heddon is on the water, there is news of another rescue as a
:05:29. > :05:35.speedboat spins out of control in Scotland. The skipper hadn't been
:05:35. > :05:38.wearing a kill—cord. If Tristan's accident, which took place in front
:05:38. > :05:41.of the marine industry in Great Britain, has had no effect,
:05:41. > :05:44.kill—cords are not being worn any more than they were then, then it
:05:44. > :05:48.shows blatantly that education has failed. Now is the time for the law
:05:48. > :05:58.to back up the wearing of kill—cords.
:05:58. > :06:05.Keep aiming for that life—boat ahead of us. Back to the neutral position.
:06:05. > :06:07.Excellent, well done. But boating's governing body, the
:06:07. > :06:10.Royal Yachting Association, or RYA, is firmly opposed to making any law
:06:10. > :06:14.making kill—cords compulsory, even though its safety courses teach they
:06:14. > :06:23.must be worn whenever the engine is running. Paul Glatzel wrote to the
:06:23. > :06:26.RYA's powerboat training handbook. I think there is a real danger that an
:06:27. > :06:32.incident like Padstow or elsewhere creates a knee jerk reaction for a
:06:32. > :06:36.change, which is unnecessary. If people do what they need to do and
:06:36. > :06:39.they do it right, most of those incidents would not occur. I
:06:39. > :06:42.appreciate we want everything to change overnight, but the reality
:06:42. > :06:46.is, it doesn't always happen like that. I would take issue with it
:06:46. > :06:49.being overnight, it is 13 years since that terrible accident at the
:06:49. > :06:53.Southampton boat show, and we just had this awful incident in Padstow,
:06:53. > :06:59.yet we have been out and we have seen many people not using kill
:06:59. > :07:03.cords. That is absolutely true, but we need to get a sense of
:07:03. > :07:05.perspective in terms of the number of incidents. Making it mandatory
:07:05. > :07:08.straightaway will probably make no difference whatsoever.
:07:08. > :07:12.Nick Milligan had done the RYA's course prior to his fatal accident
:07:12. > :07:14.in Padstow, but Paul doesn't think the fact safety conscious people
:07:14. > :07:21.don't always wear their kill—cords means a change is needed. The system
:07:21. > :07:25.is simple, it works. If you attach the kill—cord — and there is no
:07:26. > :07:30.reason not to — and you fall out of the boat, it stops the boat. But it
:07:30. > :07:32.is a system that has been around for decades, and the mindset hasn't
:07:32. > :07:36.changed adequately. Doesn't that suggest that the system itself needs
:07:36. > :07:40.to change? We need to find a new way of making these boats safe. You can
:07:40. > :07:43.always come up with new and different ways of doing things. If
:07:43. > :07:47.something works and it works very, very well... It works if people use
:07:47. > :07:51.it. You would agree that a lot of people don't. No, they don't and we
:07:51. > :07:58.want that to change. We all want less incidents to occur.
:07:58. > :08:01.Surprisingly, RNLI skippers don't wear kill—cords on their in—shore
:08:01. > :08:07.lifeboats because of the risk they might inadvertently cut the engine
:08:07. > :08:09.in a dangerous situation. Some argue the conventional kill—cord isn't
:08:09. > :08:15.always practical for recreational boaters either. The reason they are
:08:15. > :08:21.not wearing them is because you are literally leahsed to the console,
:08:21. > :08:25.which restricts movement. On a boat there are so many situations where
:08:25. > :08:29.you need to go to the front of the boat to moor it, go to the back of
:08:29. > :08:33.the boat to help people in and out when you need to unclip. That whole
:08:33. > :08:37.time you are open to problems. In those kind of situations it is not
:08:37. > :08:40.always possible for you to stop the engine? No, not at all. Those
:08:40. > :08:43.situations are the worst ones because, for example, when you're
:08:43. > :08:53.mooring the boat, you are messing around with ropes and you're walking
:08:53. > :08:57.past the throttle. The throttle is so sensitive that one small knock
:08:57. > :09:02.and the boat is flying off in one direction.
:09:02. > :09:05.The people selling this new device think they have got the answer. The
:09:06. > :09:10.wireless Coast Key means the driver doesn't have to be attached to the
:09:10. > :09:13.boat all the time. There is a unit inside here that it communicates
:09:13. > :09:24.with and if it is disrupted, the signal, the engine will cut.
:09:24. > :09:32.Time to put it to the test. Go, go, go, go! There he goes! Still going.
:09:32. > :09:40.There we go, the engine has cut out. Brilliant, it worked! We'd better go
:09:40. > :09:47.back for him! The Coast Key is already being used
:09:47. > :09:50.on police boats in Norway. But the RYA says wireless devices are a red
:09:50. > :09:52.herring, a distraction from its campaign to get more people wearing
:09:52. > :09:59.conventional kill—cords. Heddon doubts he will ever convince them to
:09:59. > :10:04.support legislation. TRISTAN's VOICE ON THE ANSWERPHONE:
:10:04. > :10:07.Happy New Year! It is about 12:02. But he has not given up. Tristan's
:10:07. > :10:12.final New Year message strengthen's his resolve. If I don't succeed now,
:10:12. > :10:14.the day will come when they will see the sense of it. No—one wants to see
:10:14. > :10:25.people dying unnecessarily for something that can be avoided by an
:10:25. > :10:28.action that takes a second to do. Heddon started an online petition
:10:28. > :10:31.and is getting close to the 100,000 signatures needed for the chance of
:10:31. > :10:34.a debate in Parliament, a debate over whether it is worth sacrificing
:10:35. > :10:36.some of the freedoms enjoyed by boaters for the chance of saving
:10:36. > :10:50.lives. These days we are used to getting
:10:50. > :10:53.fresh water whenever we want it, but it wasn't always that easy. Nick
:10:53. > :10:57.Baker has been discovering the extraordinary lengths the people of
:10:57. > :11:07.Devonport had to go to just get it flowing in the right direction.
:11:07. > :11:12.Plymouth in the 1700s was a very different place. It wasn't one town,
:11:12. > :11:19.but three — Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport, known then as Plymouth
:11:19. > :11:25.Dock. In Dock, they built naval ships for the Napoleonic wars and
:11:25. > :11:29.business was booming. By 1790, the rapid growth of its population far
:11:29. > :11:35.outstripped its water supply. The town of Dock was dry. As the older
:11:35. > :11:38.town of Plymouth refused to supply water to the new townspeople,
:11:38. > :11:45.Plymouth Dock was forced to seek water elsewhere. It was a quest that
:11:45. > :11:57.led them away from Plymouth, up over hills and high water. All the way to
:11:57. > :12:00.high up on Dartmoor, where fresh water flowed then, as it does now,
:12:00. > :12:05.in abundance. The problem was they had to get this all the way down to
:12:05. > :12:08.Plymouth Dock. To do that, they decided to build an artificial
:12:08. > :12:18.watercourse, or leat, that would provide the town's people and its
:12:18. > :12:22.industry with fresh Dartmoor water. Starting north of Two Bridges, it
:12:22. > :12:25.was to draw from three Dartmoor rivers and run some 28 miles
:12:25. > :12:30.directly into a reservoir in Devonport. Keith Ryan from the
:12:30. > :12:36.Dartmoor Preservation Association has tracked the entire length of the
:12:36. > :12:42.leat on foot. So, they pulled it off, Keith? Yes! Is this the start
:12:42. > :12:45.of the Devonport Leat? It is one of the starts. There are three starts
:12:45. > :12:51.and three rivers, the West Dart, then this one, the Cowsic and
:12:51. > :12:56.Blackabrook. Each river has a leat coming off it something like this.
:12:56. > :13:00.You dam up the river and you bring up a side channel. You don't put all
:13:00. > :13:03.the water down a side channel. That has to be governed, and you govern
:13:04. > :13:10.what goes over into the proper river bed as it runs away.
:13:10. > :13:13.The construction of the leat was a feat of engineering that took seven
:13:13. > :13:18.years to complete and it wasn't until 1802 that water was finally
:13:18. > :13:21.running from the moor to Devonport. It's the longest leat, perhaps, on
:13:22. > :13:27.Dartmoor. It is the great gift of water into Plymouth and Devonport.
:13:27. > :13:30.Without the leat they wouldn't have existed, there's no way the people
:13:30. > :13:38.could have survived. They need water to live.
:13:38. > :13:41.The leat might appear to follow a meandering path across the moor, but
:13:41. > :13:45.it's a carefully selected route, designed to keep the water moving
:13:45. > :13:47.downwards. Relying on gravity alone, it descends some 400 meters from its
:13:47. > :13:59.start point to its end. What is this? This is where the
:13:59. > :14:02.water from the West Dart River and leat off the West Dart come running
:14:02. > :14:11.through, down West Dart Valley, around this headland where the farm
:14:11. > :14:20.is. It is dropping around 30 feet and the pressure from that is making
:14:20. > :14:29.it upwell here. This is the leat from the River Cowsic. So this is
:14:29. > :14:32.the upwelling and it really is. ? It's features like this that made
:14:32. > :14:37.the leat so successful. Feeding the leat with water from more than one
:14:37. > :14:40.river ensured a steady water supply. It's an amazing bit of water
:14:40. > :14:48.engineering. You get it wrong and it's a wasted effort. It is a good
:14:48. > :14:56.100—years—old, it runs night and day and there is no maintenance here. It
:14:56. > :14:59.works well, then! It does! From here, the leat flows down
:14:59. > :15:03.toward Princetown, alongside the prison, then crosses the moor via
:15:03. > :15:06.Nun's Cross tunnel. It then takes a sharp downturn at Black Tor before
:15:06. > :15:15.emerging as a cascade at Raddick Hill. So, you may well ask yourself,
:15:15. > :15:19.what's going on here? Let me try to explain. Up there is the Devonport
:15:19. > :15:22.Leat. It comes down off Raddick Hill, drops by 150 feet, then
:15:22. > :15:30.crosses the River Meavy which runs underneath here. It crosses the
:15:30. > :15:34.Meavey in this aqueduct. So, why bother, when you could simply use
:15:34. > :15:38.the water from the Meavy itself? Well, the Meavy fed Plymouth Leat,
:15:38. > :15:52.also known as Drake's Leat, and it was untouchable. So, an aqueduct had
:15:52. > :15:54.to be built. Welcome to complicated and politically charged world of
:15:54. > :16:02.leats! While the leat is a marvel of
:16:02. > :16:09.construction, it's also a wildlife haven. In fact, I can't resist a
:16:09. > :16:22.little scout around. There is all the classic Dartmoor wildlife here,
:16:22. > :16:26.like this buzzard. There is also a multitude of creatures and plants
:16:26. > :16:30.dependent on the flowing waters. Young brown trout are particularly
:16:30. > :16:33.fond of it, I've seen many of them darting around all day. They are
:16:33. > :16:47.feeding on the insects that abound here. This is a pond skater. These
:16:47. > :16:53.damselflies are mating along the leat's edge. This golden—ringed
:16:53. > :16:55.dragonfly is one step ahead of them and is laying its eggs into the pure
:16:55. > :17:05.waters of the leat. Once it leaves Raddick Hill, the
:17:05. > :17:09.leat flows down to Burrator reservoir. Although it was
:17:09. > :17:12.originally 28 miles long, the stretch from here to Devonport was
:17:12. > :17:22.no longer needed after the reservoir was built in 1898. So, 12 miles
:17:22. > :17:25.later, this is the modern end of the Devonport Leat. And I don't know
:17:26. > :17:27.whether its slightly sad or amusing, because all that water seems to just
:17:27. > :17:37.disappear down a plughole! Some of the leat water tumbles out
:17:37. > :17:40.in the form of a spectacular waterfall and then feeds into the
:17:40. > :17:44.reservoir. But most of it is extracted away from Burrator. And it
:17:44. > :17:54.comes out here, at the Douseland Water Treatment Works.
:17:55. > :17:59.Originally, water from the leat would have flowed straight from the
:17:59. > :18:04.moor to the people of Devonport, but these days it's cleaned and filtered
:18:04. > :18:10.here. Neil Whiter is from South West Water. It is good quality water
:18:10. > :18:14.because it's come from the granite uplands, much better than if we have
:18:14. > :18:17.taken it from the bottom of a river system because of all the pollution.
:18:17. > :18:20.But the great thing about the Devonport Leat is the high
:18:20. > :18:26.elevation, which means we don't need to pump it. It provides up to 25
:18:26. > :18:31.million litres of water a day, enough to provide for 180,000 of our
:18:31. > :18:37.customers. It is amazing it is still part of the story. It is. Over 200
:18:37. > :18:42.years ago they did this work and we're still using it.
:18:42. > :18:47.The leat from Burrator to Devonport no longer exists, but it originally
:18:47. > :18:54.continued through Crownhill and along the edge of Peverell, Swilly
:18:54. > :18:58.and Milehouse. Now, there's not a lot to show for it, but we know it
:18:58. > :19:01.emptied into a reservoir called Granby reservoir and it's possible
:19:01. > :19:02.that I'm standing on the site of that reservoir, so with that in
:19:02. > :19:20.mind... The only connection I can find
:19:20. > :19:29.between the waters of Dartmoor and Devonport today is the water that
:19:29. > :19:35.comes out the tap down here. Pretty good, and a bit clearer than it
:19:35. > :19:38.would have been then! Devonport is now the largest naval base in
:19:38. > :19:41.Western Europe and that wouldn't have happened without Dartmoor's
:19:41. > :19:44.water and the skill of the engineers that brought it all the way from the
:19:44. > :20:01.high moor. Life for those on benefits in the
:20:01. > :20:04.South west is tough. Tonight, we have the story of one man who fears
:20:04. > :20:08.he'll never work again, and another who says all it takes to get a job,
:20:09. > :20:14.even in these tought times, is determination.
:20:14. > :20:20.Paignton cafe owner Mo Shoudhjae knows what its like when the chips
:20:20. > :20:23.are down, Two years ago he was on the dole. But his fortunes are now
:20:23. > :20:40.sizzling like a full English. You know who inspire me? Gordon
:20:40. > :20:50.Ramsay. Karl Jenner is in need of inspiration and a job. Balance 10p.
:20:50. > :20:57.Available balance 10p. That is all I have in my account.
:20:57. > :21:01.Mo's been broke, too. He lost his last business in the wake of a
:21:01. > :21:06.divorce. But he's working nonstop to make his new diner a success. I was
:21:06. > :21:10.right down the bottom. When I was down the bottom I was kicked down
:21:10. > :21:17.again. I had no money. I had nothing at all. I promised myself it would
:21:18. > :21:22.never happen again to me.. That's why I'm doing a year and a half with
:21:22. > :21:28.no day off. Karl hasn't worked for months. His
:21:28. > :21:36.benefits have been cut and the debts are mounting up. This is my water
:21:36. > :21:46.bill, which is £669. This is is a bill for £807.50. What's your total
:21:46. > :21:57.debt? It must be running up to £5,000. There is nothing I can do
:21:57. > :22:04.about it! This is Karl's fresh food for the
:22:04. > :22:09.next five days. The tins in his store cupboard come from the local
:22:09. > :22:17.foodbank. Everything at the moment is just one big mess, and it doesn't
:22:17. > :22:22.seem to be getting any better. Would you take any job? At the moment I
:22:22. > :22:28.would have to say yes, because I have literally no choice.
:22:28. > :22:32.So we arranged for him to meet Mo. If someone was to walk through that
:22:32. > :22:36.door and ask each for a job, what would you be looking for? I need
:22:36. > :22:39.somebody really to step into my shoes, if I can. Somebody coming to
:22:40. > :22:41.work because they want to work, not just looking for a brown envelope at
:22:41. > :22:55.the end of the week, that's it. Hello. Hello, how you doing? Nice to
:22:55. > :23:03.meet you. I was told us about your business. Lovely. I would like to
:23:03. > :23:08.hear a bit more, see what you do. If you give me 5—10 minutes. No problem
:23:08. > :23:14.at all. Take a seat. Thanks very much.
:23:14. > :23:30.First impressions count and Mo's already got concerns. Catering is
:23:30. > :23:34.very, very difficult. You have to be good for the customer, be jolly. It
:23:34. > :23:37.is the appearance, the first impressions count. You have got to
:23:37. > :23:42.be smart. You need to have a shave. But with Mo, it is worth trying your
:23:42. > :23:45.luck, as Jo Howe found out. I came in one day for a coffee, sat
:23:45. > :23:51.outside, brought the cups in and noticed it was extremely busy and
:23:51. > :23:57.asked Mo if he had any jobs. What differences has it made to your
:23:57. > :24:02.life? What difference hasn't it made? I have managed to move into a
:24:02. > :24:07.nicer area, nicer house. I am a single mum, so I can spoil my kids a
:24:07. > :24:10.bit. It has helped me as an individual, made me a lot more
:24:10. > :24:18.confident. What should people do if they want to get a job? Just go and
:24:18. > :24:21.ask. You are searching for lots of jobs.
:24:21. > :24:27.Sending—off e—mails and getting nowhere. That is what I did. Believe
:24:27. > :24:31.me, I was on chips and bread. How well I know that feeling. What did
:24:31. > :24:38.you want to do? What is your experience? I would say care work.
:24:38. > :24:45.Do it! You can do it. I want to stay positive. If you have a clue about
:24:45. > :24:49.catering, I could give you a few hours, just to put you on track. OK!
:24:50. > :24:54.Be nice and clean shaven. Yes, I have got to get my hair cut. You
:24:54. > :24:58.need the money to do it, that is fair enough.
:24:58. > :25:09.Its just a few hours work experience Mo has offered, but for Karl it
:25:09. > :25:14.could be the break he needs. All good! Good! He is a very
:25:14. > :25:18.positive man, which is what it is about, at the end of the day. All
:25:18. > :25:19.good! In your heart of hearts, can you see yourself working here? I
:25:20. > :25:49.will certainly give it a go! A few weeks later and the day of
:25:49. > :25:53.Karl's try out. He has had their hair cut, but most of his experience
:25:53. > :26:02.is in care at work, and he is nervous.
:26:02. > :26:10.I have my doubts about working in a cafe. I suppose I would like to stay
:26:10. > :26:15.in the profession I am in, that is where I am comfortable. I suppose
:26:15. > :26:36.you like to stay we you are comfortable. Hello, Mo! Great shave!
:26:36. > :26:42.Make sure you say, enjoy your meal! Enjoy your meal. Thank you. Karl
:26:42. > :26:46.needs to impress. As competition for jobs round here is tough. One of
:26:46. > :26:58.Mo's regulars is Mark Wakely who works in the local job centre.
:26:59. > :27:05.There are so many people for so few jobs. It is very easy to get
:27:05. > :27:10.despondent, but people have to employ someone, so you have to stay
:27:10. > :27:25.upbeat. Eventually, that little bit of luck with land in your lap.
:27:25. > :27:29.So, is this Karl's lucky day? It is all right, but they do feel a bit
:27:29. > :27:37.all over the place. I don't really know what I'm doing. Mo can see that
:27:37. > :27:45.his heart is not in it. I wouldn't have him, to be honest. If I could
:27:45. > :27:55.have a dishwasher, like in a big kitchen, I would do that. It is not
:27:55. > :28:04.his cup of tea. It is not his trade, at all. And Karl agrees. But thank
:28:04. > :28:09.you for giving me the opportunity. That is all right. I really
:28:09. > :28:13.appreciate it. Goodbye. But he does at least have a new determination to
:28:13. > :28:21.get the job and get control over his life. I would like full—time work
:28:21. > :28:26.and get my life back that is really something that I want. I have hit
:28:26. > :28:33.rock bottom and I don't want to go any lower than I am.
:28:33. > :28:41.That is all from this week 's programme, but we are back next week
:28:41. > :28:56.with more programmes from the south—west. See you then excavation
:28:56. > :28:57.mark ——!