:00:00. > :00:10.The campaign to persuade one city's residents to say no.
:00:11. > :00:13.They have to realise they are actually encouraging an illegal act
:00:14. > :00:15.which is causing problems for the rest of the public.
:00:16. > :00:27.Also tonight, the pole dancer and a secret Plymouth wilderness.
:00:28. > :00:37.How one unlikely couple took on an urban jungle.
:00:38. > :00:40.Two giggling schoolchildren, screaming and dancing, what a wood!
:00:41. > :00:42.And unlocking the mystery of an ancient Dartmoor tomb.
:00:43. > :00:55.I had my money on a domestic animal. That is so exciting.
:00:56. > :01:03.I'm Jenna Woodman and welcome to Inside Out South West.
:01:04. > :01:13.Bill Buckley has been to one city centre where the authorities there
:01:14. > :01:38.And even the Cathedral of consumerism, IKEA, is on its way.
:01:39. > :01:42.It's a place where economically things are on the up.
:01:43. > :01:46.More shops, more businesses, more opportunities.
:01:47. > :01:50.After you spend a bit of time here, you notice more beggars too.
:01:51. > :01:54.We are in the top 10 for this problem in the country because we
:01:55. > :01:57.are a transport hub and historically we've had good services.
:01:58. > :01:59.In the last four years, the incidents of begging have
:02:00. > :02:05.They have a number of tactics, like hanging
:02:06. > :02:15.You have just been asked for money by a beggar
:02:16. > :02:21.Slightly uncomfortable but I understand people are
:02:22. > :02:33.The guy in front said if he can move on a little bit because people feel
:02:34. > :02:35.a bit intimidated when they are, obviously,
:02:36. > :02:44.In a tourist hotspot near the cathedral,
:02:45. > :02:53.When I see people like him I want to help them but it's just
:02:54. > :02:57.that you're scared of their reaction so you don't know what to do.
:02:58. > :03:04.I didn't, cos I didn't know what would happen.
:03:05. > :03:18.We have witnessed people being essentially chased down the street,
:03:19. > :03:20.persued down the street, surrounded, even.
:03:21. > :03:23.A young female at night pursued down the street,
:03:24. > :03:28.surrounded and then handing over a large note, ?20 in one instance.
:03:29. > :03:29.That sort of behaviour is not acceptable
:03:30. > :03:38.Some of the begging recorded by the authorities looks pretty aggressive.
:03:39. > :03:40.At the city bus station, this man gets what he wants
:03:41. > :03:47.at first but a few minutes later, he is not so happy.
:03:48. > :03:50.Over on the high street this man is a persistent beggar, well`known
:03:51. > :03:58.The first offering is a chocolate but he tries again and
:03:59. > :04:06.The city council says no one should give to beggars.
:04:07. > :04:09.It's very frustrating because in Exeter we've got a full raft
:04:10. > :04:12.of services that support people who have got these complex needs and we
:04:13. > :04:15.have to realise they are actually encouraging an illegal act, causing
:04:16. > :04:26.This is the 1824 Vagrancy Act, which made it a crime for rogues
:04:27. > :04:30.and vagabonds to tell fortunes, give away obscene pictures and ask
:04:31. > :04:38.Offenders risked having their goods, including donkeys or caravans,
:04:39. > :04:43.At the very worst they could be thrown into prison
:04:44. > :04:53.You can't be put into jail just for begging and Exeter's authorities
:04:54. > :04:57.But they have started a campaign of stencilled messages, urging
:04:58. > :05:08.But some of those on the streets say the council has got it wrong.
:05:09. > :05:10.Aaron Granville and Teagan are settling down for
:05:11. > :05:19.Just to feed me, my dog and my girlfriend.
:05:20. > :05:23.It's as simple as that and I have no choice.
:05:24. > :05:30.Aaron says he always begs politely and the council doesn't do enough
:05:31. > :05:36.If they provided alternatives for what we have to get the money,
:05:37. > :05:39.like the Big Issue, part`time jobs, voluntary jobs, whatever.
:05:40. > :05:41.If they can provide me with an alternative income,
:05:42. > :05:48.I have no doubt most of the beggars would choose that choice.
:05:49. > :05:58.Tough it might be but some beggars say they can make
:05:59. > :06:03.up to ?80 on a good night, making Adrian's job of getting them off
:06:04. > :06:15.Unfortunately, begging is quite easy in the city.
:06:16. > :06:18.There is a very generous population and people have a genuine desire to
:06:19. > :06:32.Adrian works for an outreach service funded by the city council.
:06:33. > :06:41.It's not going to be a habit, coming out? No.
:06:42. > :06:43.He says although there is support available, persuading people to
:06:44. > :06:50.Accessing services can be quite difficult as well, particularly
:06:51. > :06:56.People need help to do that, to have someone who has gone through
:06:57. > :07:02.And it is pretty much the same for other services as well.
:07:03. > :07:05.There are a lot of appointments that need to be made
:07:06. > :07:08.and kept and it is very difficult to try and ensure people remember
:07:09. > :07:12.A lot of our work is finding people, reminding them about their
:07:13. > :07:28.Just maybe stay off the high street tonight if it is that busy
:07:29. > :07:31.and then some petrol on Monday morning if you are still in town.
:07:32. > :07:34.The council says its campaign has been a success but on this
:07:35. > :07:43.And the good people of Exeter were still giving.
:07:44. > :07:45.It doesn't really matter, if they are after something, give
:07:46. > :07:51.You can only believe they are going to get something good with it.
:07:52. > :07:53.They're not going to starve to death.
:07:54. > :07:57.The campaign might have made begging more difficult
:07:58. > :08:05.I can understand where they're coming from.
:08:06. > :08:07.What council does want homeless people up and
:08:08. > :08:11.They're not going to want it but what do the stencils do?
:08:12. > :08:14.They just make people stay out for longer because it was harder to
:08:15. > :08:24.The council is now stepping up its efforts.
:08:25. > :08:27.New legislation means the police can move groups of beggars on and arrest
:08:28. > :08:31.them if they refuse, and that could end up in a jail sentence.
:08:32. > :08:35.It will be a constant ongoing battle but I think we've got two choices.
:08:36. > :08:37.We can say, let it run out of control.
:08:38. > :08:39.It will proliferate and cause mess and distress
:08:40. > :08:44.in the city but hopefully this way we can at least control it.
:08:45. > :08:49.So, the battle over this age`old problem continues.
:08:50. > :08:52.But Aaron, for one, is staying put in a city where,
:08:53. > :09:05.Dartmoor is a place of myth, legend and ancient secrets.
:09:06. > :09:07.And now one of its greatest mysteries is being
:09:08. > :09:26.Three years ago, archaeologists made an astonishing find.
:09:27. > :09:28.Treasures from a 4000`year`old Bronze Age burial ground high on
:09:29. > :09:36.Now these beautiful objects are finally, after months of painstaking
:09:37. > :09:58.An exhibition is about to open at Plymouth Museum
:09:59. > :10:05.and I've come to find out what people can expect to see.
:10:06. > :10:08.Fiona. Hi, Mike.
:10:09. > :10:12.This is where the exhibition is going to be in less than a week?
:10:13. > :10:18.What you see now is going to be completely transformed.
:10:19. > :10:22.In front of me I see this wonderful fur pelt that was found in the cist.
:10:23. > :10:25.You know the identification of the animal but you are saving
:10:26. > :10:30.There have been more revelations of a botanical nature.
:10:31. > :10:42.We've got some interesting information about something.
:10:43. > :10:47.I've come to Dartmoor to meet Ralph Fife,
:10:48. > :11:15.This is the type of vegetation that would have been coming up. As you
:11:16. > :11:19.come up to the tops of the more land, going up higher, these
:11:20. > :11:21.woodlands would have opened up into Hazel. It would have been different
:11:22. > :11:39.to the landscape we see today. My role in the excavation was
:11:40. > :11:42.to look at the place itself If we can extract that peat and some
:11:43. > :11:46.of the things that surround the peat, like the pollen grains, we can
:11:47. > :11:49.start to build a rich understanding of what the landscape look like,
:11:50. > :11:52.both before it was constructed, Ralph's most important discovery,
:11:53. > :11:56.we need to get back to the lab. One of the most exciting things we
:11:57. > :11:58.found was the remains When we compare that with the pollen
:11:59. > :12:07.that surround the peat, the peat by We were lucky to even
:12:08. > :12:17.get one percent. And that tells us that
:12:18. > :12:22.people brought it here. They carry these flowers up and
:12:23. > :12:30.as part of the ritual process of burying this stuff,
:12:31. > :12:32.then place them in the grave. I can see people bringing
:12:33. > :12:43.the flowers up and bringing them in, paying tribute
:12:44. > :12:48.to the person they are burying. Time to join Dartmoor's chief
:12:49. > :12:52.archaeologist, Jane Marchand. The idea is that we will collect
:12:53. > :13:03.some, I will take it down to Plymouth to Fiona Pitt and she will
:13:04. > :13:07.dry it because we've got a little bit of a problem with how to display
:13:08. > :13:10.the cremated human remains at the exhibition and we don't want it to
:13:11. > :13:13.look to clinical. So if we can put some meadowsweet on
:13:14. > :13:16.top, it will soften it and it will be great because I think that is
:13:17. > :13:24.what the meadowsweet was used for. Which, flowering now,
:13:25. > :13:31.it would have been flowering I'm sure that was partly
:13:32. > :13:53.the attraction. We've dried it and put it in with
:13:54. > :14:03.the cremated bone from the burial. How would it have been displayed
:14:04. > :14:09.in the cist? We can imagine it would have been
:14:10. > :14:13.a floral tribute similar to what we It is interesting, meadowsweet,
:14:14. > :14:16.because it is one It looks and smells beautiful and it
:14:17. > :14:25.is also the plant of high summer. Which is important,
:14:26. > :14:26.because it tells us But the exhibition is about more
:14:27. > :14:37.than just objects in glass cases. Time
:14:38. > :14:39.for some very clever technology. The basket is one of the best
:14:40. > :14:42.preserved baskets in Europe. Certainly there are not very many
:14:43. > :14:45.baskets found in the British Isles Of those I have seen,
:14:46. > :14:50.it is the best of those as well. So it is worth doing something
:14:51. > :15:02.special with this object. It's two cameras looking
:15:03. > :15:05.at the same object. It then projects a pattern, a black
:15:06. > :15:09.and white pattern, onto the object. As the pattern moves,
:15:10. > :15:11.the computer can work out We can also then print it
:15:12. > :15:21.and have it for use for handling, because we cannot handle this
:15:22. > :15:24.object, it is too delicate. And finally we can create a virtual
:15:25. > :15:27.version on the computer which we put on the internet, so anybody
:15:28. > :15:32.in the world can look at it. This is an exquisitely made object,
:15:33. > :15:37.from the landscape from the tree all the way through to
:15:38. > :15:41.the thing that we can see today. For obvious reasons,
:15:42. > :15:44.the original basket is a case And that is why these 3`D
:15:45. > :15:49.images have worked so well. You can really feel the intricacy
:15:50. > :15:51.of the basket. It is great because it gives
:15:52. > :15:54.visitors an opportunity to get a feel and a touch of what
:15:55. > :15:57.the original object was like. Now, you have kept me
:15:58. > :16:01.in suspense long enough. What is the species
:16:02. > :16:05.of animal this pelt belongs to? Yes, it is very recent information
:16:06. > :16:08.and it is great that it has come We now have
:16:09. > :16:13.a positive identification that this Does that mean brown bears would
:16:14. > :16:27.have been going around Dartmoor It is entirely possible that they
:16:28. > :16:31.were living in the area, yes. The exhibition marks the end
:16:32. > :16:40.of three years of hard work by archaeologists, conservators
:16:41. > :16:45.and of course the museum staff. It opens on Saturday
:16:46. > :16:47.and offers an amazing glimpse Think of your typical nature lover
:16:48. > :17:01.and you might picture an old But Sam Smith has been to Plymouth
:17:02. > :17:10.to visit a very unusual wildlife fan who is determined to make
:17:11. > :17:18.a real difference to nature. Sam Remmer is one of the UK's top
:17:19. > :17:22.pole dancing instructors ` Pole dancing in studios and clubs,
:17:23. > :17:28.we know about, but pole dancing It is really nice to get out
:17:29. > :17:42.of the office. I spend a lot of time
:17:43. > :17:45.in the studio and as much as I love teaching, actually being
:17:46. > :17:48.indoors in the studio is not the So it is a contrast to having
:17:49. > :17:52.your face in a computer. Fresh air, you've got lots
:17:53. > :17:55.of wildlife, the sun is out. Why wouldn't you want
:17:56. > :17:58.to be outdoors? The land that Sam
:17:59. > :18:00.and her friend are exercising Part of it came up for auction
:18:01. > :18:07.this spring after a developer was Sam and her husband Sid now want to
:18:08. > :18:14.create a wildlife paradise here. We've been looking for land
:18:15. > :18:16.for ages. We've had an active interest
:18:17. > :18:19.in wildlife and this has brought everyone
:18:20. > :18:22.together right on our doorstep. We were at a council meeting on a
:18:23. > :18:28.Tuesday evening and local residents were talking about the fact that a
:18:29. > :18:32.developer owned this piece of land. That it was going to be auctioned
:18:33. > :18:34.off on a Thursday, And so we went and looked at it,
:18:35. > :18:41.fell in love with the place, and went to the auction on Thursday
:18:42. > :18:44.morning and won the auction. We walked out of the venue
:18:45. > :18:46.and we were We were screaming and dancing
:18:47. > :18:51.and just like, we've bought a wood! They've bitten off a big project,
:18:52. > :18:55.having to hack their way through But as Sid told me,
:18:56. > :19:03.there's a serious purpose. We realise of course it's not just
:19:04. > :19:07.an asset, a nice thing to take on, We have a laugh, we enjoy it, but
:19:08. > :19:13.the animals here, they need us to look after them because if we don't,
:19:14. > :19:17.there's no`one else who will. The land borders Trefusis Park
:19:18. > :19:20.in Plymouth. Over the years,
:19:21. > :19:22.bits have been developed but these slopes are very steep`sided and have
:19:23. > :19:31.been left pretty much untouched. It's a bit of a wildlife jewel,
:19:32. > :19:34.with sparrow hawks overhead ` this In the trees and scrub,
:19:35. > :19:38.blackcaps nest and constantly sing. On the little path that wends
:19:39. > :19:42.through the land, The Remmers want to create even more
:19:43. > :19:46.public access but it comes Sam and Sid, together with
:19:47. > :19:51.many locals, spent a weekend Two tonnes of rubbish so far
:19:52. > :20:00.and you're still picking it up. We have got the bulk it out
:20:01. > :20:06.but there are still things like, yes, historic rubbish, kids walking
:20:07. > :20:08.through and dropping crisp packets. I guess this is the disadvantage
:20:09. > :20:13.of an urban site. But, to be honest,
:20:14. > :20:32.it is just nice to be in the woods. Much of the site is woodland
:20:33. > :20:39.that has run riot. Congratulations, Sid,
:20:40. > :20:42.you've bought a jungle! Well, the woodland side of it,
:20:43. > :20:50.what we'd like to do is open it up, put a few paths in, make it
:20:51. > :20:54.accessible to the local children. I think it should be part
:20:55. > :20:57.of their childhood, playing here, We will have to be careful to manage
:20:58. > :21:03.it, to make sure sure we coordinate it with the wildlife so that they
:21:04. > :21:06.are not upsetting each other. But I think with the right
:21:07. > :21:09.management, we have got a chance. There's already plenty of wildlife,
:21:10. > :21:12.like these relatively common But this is rarer ` a bit
:21:13. > :21:16.of a surprise in the dense woods ` But it hasn't always
:21:17. > :21:22.been this overgrown. Early in the 20th century, the
:21:23. > :21:25.land was used for light grazing. And there are still clues to
:21:26. > :21:29.its former use as farmland. This is a typical Devon hedge,
:21:30. > :21:33.with classi species like oak But this is what happens when
:21:34. > :21:39.hedges aren't laid for decades. Here's a clue to how clean
:21:40. > :21:45.the air is here, It is the abundance of growth
:21:46. > :21:49.on this wall. And this stuff, which seems to be
:21:50. > :21:58.growing straight out of the rock. But all this lush vegetation is,
:21:59. > :22:02.in places, creating problems. I went on a tour with wildlife
:22:03. > :22:05.expert, Dr David Dixon. We have just come out of
:22:06. > :22:11.the shade of the trees and what you see immediately is this fantastic
:22:12. > :22:14.profusion of ground flora. We have brambles, bindweed, sorrel,
:22:15. > :22:24.lots of stuff. All sort of competing with
:22:25. > :22:29.each other for the light. This is what you need to do
:22:30. > :22:33.in a place like this. Open it up,
:22:34. > :22:36.keep the trees back and then you get Whereas down here,
:22:37. > :22:41.it is a very different story. Once you get under the tree cover,
:22:42. > :22:46.you lose all that profusion So what you need to do is open this
:22:47. > :23:00.up and instantly you create the potential
:23:01. > :23:04.for much more biodiversity. Creating light and space for wild
:23:05. > :23:08.flowers will have a big bonus. It'll bring in insects like bees,
:23:09. > :23:11.so vital for the overall health But there's one big green
:23:12. > :23:17.problem growing here. Believe it or not,
:23:18. > :23:20.until just a few months ago, this Up here, the bracken takes all
:23:21. > :23:30.the sunlight and shoots up. But down here, well,
:23:31. > :23:35.there is little sunlight getting in Time to give it a bit
:23:36. > :23:39.of a hammering. Crushing the top part
:23:40. > :23:44.of the plant is really effective Breaking the stems stops spores
:23:45. > :23:49.being released later in the summer. This year's growth will die off
:23:50. > :23:53.and not completely regenerate. It's hard work, but at the end of it
:23:54. > :23:58.all, there's already a difference. The willow herb is really
:23:59. > :24:03.thriving and with it, insects. These in turn bring in the birds,
:24:04. > :24:08.like this chiffchaff, maybe on its second brood
:24:09. > :24:11.and still singing in mid`July. And this wren,
:24:12. > :24:17.hidden amongst the leaves. The overgrown fields abound
:24:18. > :24:20.in elderflower. This bullfinch is perching
:24:21. > :24:22.among the bushes and that gives a big clue to the
:24:23. > :24:26.presence of a classic British mammal Yeah, this is elder, and they
:24:27. > :24:34.are really popular with badgers. And badgers eat them and then they
:24:35. > :24:40.defecate them where their latrines So it's a really good indicator
:24:41. > :24:46.of where you have got badgers What we would really
:24:47. > :24:53.like to do is to see them, The plan is to put up a camera near
:24:54. > :25:04.a sett and use some enticing bait. So this is
:25:05. > :25:06.your cunning invention here. I have drilled some holes
:25:07. > :25:08.in this log. I am now going to fill them
:25:09. > :25:12.with this flapjack mix. A mixture of porridge, syrup,
:25:13. > :25:18.peanuts and a few mealworms. At first, David's cameras record
:25:19. > :25:24.daylight scroungers And as night falls,
:25:25. > :25:31.the first nocturnal animals emerge, And eventually,
:25:32. > :25:47.David's got something to show Sam. So, look, there's
:25:48. > :25:50.a badger pulling away the log to Do we know if this is a male or
:25:51. > :25:59.a female? Well, that, looking at the shape
:26:00. > :26:02.of the head and all that muscle, I That's the boss,
:26:03. > :26:06.the boss badger around here. Now, in contrast,
:26:07. > :26:08.less muscle on the head And you can see she is really
:26:09. > :26:27.working away at that with her claws and actually eating the flapjack
:26:28. > :26:30.mixture off her long front claws. We like to get our badgers to
:26:31. > :26:34.actually work for their dinner! So, should we be doing things to
:26:35. > :26:38.look after them and protect them? Is there anything we can do
:26:39. > :26:44.as humans? The best thing you can do
:26:45. > :26:47.as humans is basically leave them When you make your clearings,
:26:48. > :26:59.that is perfect for badgers because But the badgers aren't
:27:00. > :27:03.the only mammals trying to burrow Sam and Sid think the best way of
:27:04. > :27:07.protecting the wildlife is living We will do
:27:08. > :27:14.the best that we can with this land, At the end of the day,
:27:15. > :27:17.it is our woods now, we have taken on that responsibility
:27:18. > :27:22.and we have badgers to look after! I mean, Sid, there might not be
:27:23. > :27:25.a commercial impulse behind this, but if you got planning permission
:27:26. > :27:27.for a home, potentially you're increasing the whole value
:27:28. > :27:30.of what you have got here. It only has value
:27:31. > :27:32.if we come to sell it. We have no intentions whatsoever
:27:33. > :27:40.of selling it. This is hopefully where we will
:27:41. > :27:42.retire and die. they are in the best of health,
:27:43. > :27:47.and Sam and Sid want both woods and To be in the middle of a city and
:27:48. > :27:53.then to walk half a mile down the road and be in the middle of ten
:27:54. > :27:56.acres of just stunning, stunning In a special programme,
:27:57. > :28:07.we meet the 40`somethings turning I am thinking I probably need to
:28:08. > :28:14.sort something out I haven't made any provision
:28:15. > :28:20.apart from state pension. That's all from us this week
:28:21. > :28:28.but we look for to seeing you next Monday for more stories and
:28:29. > :28:31.investigations from where you live.