:00:13. > :00:19.The mentally ill teenagers. What happened to be governed's promised
:00:20. > :00:24.to help? They have to start providing for children and for
:00:25. > :00:30.families. Also on the progr`mme get out your vinyl, we are going retro,
:00:31. > :00:37.Cornwall style. In 1966, Cornwall might not have had
:00:38. > :00:42.a penny being, but it was vdry swinging!
:00:43. > :00:55.I am Gemma Woodman, welcome to Inside Out South West. Pennx Lane.
:00:56. > :01:00.Government ministers, doctors, the families affected, all agred that it
:01:01. > :01:04.is a scandal that because of our geography and a shortage of beds,
:01:05. > :01:09.some young people with ment`l health problems have to be treated hundreds
:01:10. > :01:13.of miles from home. Action has long been promised but tonight, to
:01:14. > :01:17.breathe teenagers called Inside Out that nothing has changed.
:01:18. > :01:21.Sascha's three days of home leave are over,
:01:22. > :01:23.and her mum is taking her b`ck to a mental health unit.
:01:24. > :01:28.The unit is in Bridgewater, 150 miles away from their
:01:29. > :01:40.Just getting to the car is difficult.
:01:41. > :01:42.She says long spells of bed rest in hospital have
:01:43. > :01:48.I've been in hospital for about three years and in that
:01:49. > :01:57.time I've only been home for at most two weeks at a time.
:01:58. > :02:02.It's three hours away from the unit and most of the time is spent
:02:03. > :02:05.driving too and from the unht and it doesn't feel like long
:02:06. > :02:24.Mental health can affect anxone at any time and it is disgusting that
:02:25. > :02:29.they are not putting more and at a local level. I want her to be closer
:02:30. > :02:30.so that we can spend more thme together, this does this just makes
:02:31. > :02:35.it too hard. -- this distance. Because there are so few beds
:02:36. > :02:37.for mentally ill children in the South West ? and nond
:02:38. > :02:41.in Cornwall ? teenagers who need hospital care can be sent to units
:02:42. > :02:44.which are hundreds of miles away. They stay there for months,
:02:45. > :02:46.and sometimes years. The NHS ? and the Government ?
:02:47. > :02:51.know it's a problem. Sascha says before she was sent
:02:52. > :02:56.to the unit in Somerset, she was treated at
:02:57. > :02:58.a general hospital. For months she was on an adtlt ward,
:02:59. > :03:01.treated alongside terminallx ill people and patients
:03:02. > :03:08.suffering with dementia. It was a mixed-sex ward
:03:09. > :03:11.and there was a guy who got up and was shouting and swearing
:03:12. > :03:13.using every swearword under the sun He was shouting things like, "You
:03:14. > :03:31.are breaking my wrist." And the same guy went in thd corner
:03:32. > :03:34.of the room and peed... I was really scared that he would
:03:35. > :03:47.come over and start having I did not have any support, I was
:03:48. > :03:52.sat there by myself. When you went missing all this and what wdre you
:03:53. > :03:55.thinking? I was worried that he would have a go at me. Therd were
:03:56. > :03:59.patients around me with cancer and patients around me with cancer and
:04:00. > :04:02.dementia and having blood transfusions and on a few occasions
:04:03. > :04:08.they were all the people th`t had died. It was terrifying.
:04:09. > :04:12.I was on a ward with just women and the youngest one after le
:04:13. > :04:15.was about 40 years older th`n me and one of the women came and sat
:04:16. > :04:18.on the end of my bed and st`rted screaming and shouting at someone
:04:19. > :04:23.And she thought that the end of my bed was a toilet and tried
:04:24. > :04:25.to go to the toilet on the end of my bed.
:04:26. > :04:27.Sascha hopes she'll be back in Cornwall soon.
:04:28. > :04:31.Chloe Hodge hasn't been homd at all for three years.
:04:32. > :04:35.She's been in mental health units all over England.
:04:36. > :04:37.At the moment she's treated in South Wales.
:04:38. > :04:39.Her parents have rented a holiday cottage nearby.
:04:40. > :04:45.Doctors at the clinic have `greed she can stay with them.
:04:46. > :04:56.It's a little taste of the ordinary family stuff Chloe
:04:57. > :05:03.I really miss that and I can't wait to get out of here
:05:04. > :05:07.The family don't know when Chloe will be able to come home.
:05:08. > :05:10.She's lost touch with peopld who were important to her bdfore
:05:11. > :05:16.I miss my friends, my familx, I just want to be around people that
:05:17. > :05:24.I know, which would probablx make me feel more settled.
:05:25. > :05:28.The hospital in South Wales is about 200 miles from home in Cornwall
:05:29. > :05:31.But for Chloe's family, that's one of the shorter journeys
:05:32. > :05:58.On one occasion when she was ill and had to go to hospital, that really
:05:59. > :06:04.brought it home. Do you remdmber that? It was awful. She was in a lot
:06:05. > :06:10.of pain and she was refusing to go because she wanted one of us there.
:06:11. > :06:13.280 miles away. She was in pain and 280 miles away. She was in pain and
:06:14. > :06:16.crying down the end of the phone, it was horrible.
:06:17. > :06:18.There is a plan for a children's unit in Cornwall.
:06:19. > :06:20.Sharon and Steve Cowburn have been fighting for it for years.
:06:21. > :06:23.Ben was just 18 and he went into really inappropriate
:06:24. > :06:27.Their son Ben took his life in an adult hospital.
:06:28. > :06:30.Since then, they've been calpaigning for a unit for teenagers
:06:31. > :06:35.They won the backing of the local health trust, and have a design
:06:36. > :06:41.but so far the NHS hasn't agreed to pay for it.
:06:42. > :06:48.My son died in inappropriatd care in Cornwall and it's nearly six
:06:49. > :06:50.years since this family started knocking on doors and
:06:51. > :07:06.They are trying to represent people who cannot argue their own case
:07:07. > :07:14.because they are any terrible at home. -- in a terrible situ`tion at
:07:15. > :07:17.home. After six years, we should see some
:07:18. > :07:20.progress on this unit which would make so much difference
:07:21. > :07:24.to so many families. I've been to see the ministdr
:07:25. > :07:29.and he says it's not his I've written to the chief executive
:07:30. > :07:33.of NHS England and he says ht's the local commissioners
:07:34. > :07:35.and the local commissioners say it's I've been sent around
:07:36. > :07:39.on a wild-goose chase. So who can stop these
:07:40. > :07:41.children having to travel I went to see the man
:07:42. > :07:44.in charge of mental health services in Cornwall,
:07:45. > :07:56.Phil Confue. We have to work together to get the
:07:57. > :08:00.pressure up the line, letting them know that something is needdd in
:08:01. > :08:04.Cornwall. We have to work whth our partners to make that happen. It is
:08:05. > :08:07.frustrating for us and doubly frustrating for families, especially
:08:08. > :08:10.when they are travelling a long way away and children are not close to
:08:11. > :08:22.them. They are not getting the servers that they want and we must
:08:23. > :08:24.do something about it. Do these families deserve an apology?
:08:25. > :08:28.Definitely. We have been hoping for a long time that something would be
:08:29. > :08:30.within Cornwall. Everyone sdems to want this to happen but we cannot
:08:31. > :08:33.get NHS England to guaranted giving us that unit or not.
:08:34. > :08:38.the distances people have to travel by paying for more inpatient
:08:39. > :08:46.beds and they'll be up and running next year.
:08:47. > :08:49.But they did not tell us whdre those beds would be.
:08:50. > :08:51.While they wait to hear, the families have to leave
:08:52. > :08:54.their children hundreds of miles from home.
:08:55. > :09:05.You be good, OK? We will sed you next time. Thanks. I will t`ke you
:09:06. > :09:10.in now. Marie is dropping off Sasch` too
:09:11. > :09:12.and they're not sure how long it will be before
:09:13. > :09:26.they are together again. She wants to know when she will next
:09:27. > :09:29.be coming back and I have to think about the logistics, the cost, how
:09:30. > :09:35.much time it takes. That is difficult. I wish I could tdll her
:09:36. > :09:42.that I can pop up and see hdr whenever, but the reality as I
:09:43. > :09:45.cannot do that. I think people need to be a lot more aware of it and
:09:46. > :09:52.people have to take responshbility for it. Cornwall, it seems to catch
:09:53. > :09:56.up and it needs to start providing for children and for familids.
:09:57. > :10:03.Because, you know, it is terrible. My worst fear is losing my daughter
:10:04. > :10:06.and the thought that it could be stopped if the right
:10:07. > :10:08.support was there, it It's awful, no parent ever wants
:10:09. > :10:13.to feel like that and for the fact it comes down to funding,
:10:14. > :10:20.I don't know. I do not understand why this is not
:10:21. > :10:23.happening. Marie fears the next stage
:10:24. > :10:44.of Sascha's treatment might If you have a story you would like
:10:45. > :10:52.to share, do drop me an e-m`il at... We would love to hear from xou. Any
:10:53. > :10:56.moment we are going diving off of the Dorset coast looking at sea
:10:57. > :11:01.horses. But firstly we are looking at the rock 'n' roll archivds of
:11:02. > :11:08.Cornwall. It was not all sc`ffold groups.
:11:09. > :11:13.We meet the Cornish musicians who were in at the start
:11:14. > :11:17.of a worldwide super group...50 years ago.
:11:18. > :11:20.Our own former Mod, David Stafford, takes a trip back 50 years to meet
:11:21. > :11:27.When I was younger, so much younger than today -
:11:28. > :11:31.not to mention much thinner ? I could get my leg over no trouble.
:11:32. > :11:34.Lucky for me that Martin, a Mod DJ, is giving me a ride...
:11:35. > :11:37.Cornwall in 1966 may not have had a Carnaby Street or a Penny Lane...
:11:38. > :11:56.The Smokey Joes were one of dozens of schoolboy bands who giggdd
:11:57. > :11:58.all over the county in halls like this one.
:11:59. > :12:01.Gavin Carter was their teenage drummer.
:12:02. > :12:11.We did kind of, we had a co`ch and took people with us.
:12:12. > :12:19.We certainly took a lot of supporters with us. We would turn up
:12:20. > :12:21.to a venue with about 30 people You brought your own audience? Xes, that
:12:22. > :12:24.was welcomed by landlords. They started in 1965 becausd I used
:12:25. > :12:30.to run lots of dances in thhs hall and this lot were talking
:12:31. > :12:33.about it so I said just get on with it, just like that,
:12:34. > :12:42.no equipment or nothing... This is what impresses me, xou were
:12:43. > :12:45.organising the decks. How mtch did you make?
:12:46. > :12:48.Adjusted for inflation that's, like, 210 quid.
:12:49. > :12:56.Before the M4 and M5, getting to the West Country
:12:57. > :13:01.from London was like travelling to Mars, but all the same,
:13:02. > :13:04.big London bands like the Khnks and The Who still made the dffort,
:13:05. > :13:10.and local bands usually muscled in on the action.
:13:11. > :13:18.We got into Plymouth's Guildhall with the blue. So you're supporting
:13:19. > :13:27.big names? That was correct. Keith booked The Birds to play
:13:28. > :13:31.St Austell Church Hall ? not the Mr Tambourine Byrds,
:13:32. > :13:34.this was Ronnie Wood's band years before the Faces or the Stones
:13:35. > :13:36.and they stayed in Portscatho. Mike Grose was just 14
:13:37. > :13:44.when he became a guitar for hire in local bands,
:13:45. > :13:49.including the Smokey Joes. There were 14 groups
:13:50. > :13:51.in St Austell alone - The year's hottest gig was the Rock
:13:52. > :14:02.and Rhythm contest held Picture the scene in 1966...hordes
:14:03. > :14:10.of fans from St Austell, Redruth, Penzance and Portscatho, wahting
:14:11. > :14:16.to hear their favourite bands. Among the bands playing that
:14:17. > :14:18.night were popular beat combo The Reactions,
:14:19. > :14:22.now The Reaction. Made up of Truro school boys
:14:23. > :14:26.and a 20-year-old butcher's boy lead singer and hair enthushast
:14:27. > :14:28.Roger Brokenshire. Roger started entertaining
:14:29. > :14:54.when he was just ten years old. We used to be in concert parties
:14:55. > :15:05.going round the village halls. The contest was the X Factor, the
:15:06. > :15:10.Pop Idol of its day. They came in their coachloads
:15:11. > :15:48.to support their favourite bands. We were young then. But it was great
:15:49. > :15:48.fun. I am glad that I was p`rt of it.
:15:49. > :15:51.The winners were guaranteed gigs in the best palais des
:15:52. > :16:01.And 50 years ago, that glorhous prize was awarded to The Re`ction.
:16:02. > :16:12.This was the song that won it for us...
:16:13. > :16:14.And it launched the career of the band's drummer...
:16:15. > :16:23.A chap who did ever so well for himself.
:16:24. > :16:26.The band that became Queen had its roots in a band called Smile,
:16:27. > :16:39.featuring guitarist Brian M`y and drummer Roger Taylor.
:16:40. > :16:41.Roger really was very artistic really.
:16:42. > :16:51.Roger Taylor's mum booked Smile for a charity gig.
:16:52. > :17:00.But by showtime the band had changed its name to Queen.
:17:01. > :17:03.27th June 1970 Truro City Hall hosted
:17:04. > :17:09.And Mike was their first bass player.
:17:10. > :17:14.We weren't polished put it that way, our arrangements were a bit naff.
:17:15. > :17:26.The name Queen was chosen by the new singer, Freddie Lercury.
:17:27. > :17:28.Freddie and me joined on the same day.
:17:29. > :17:32.They knew him, wanted to sing and so they chose him.
:17:33. > :17:46.Freddie had a hand in choosing Mike's stage gear.
:17:47. > :17:51.He took me to get some velvet trousers.
:17:52. > :18:00.He told me they would have to be tighter. I could hardly belheve it.
:18:01. > :18:06.He told me they would stretch. He came out and jumped onto thd tube.
:18:07. > :18:13.As I went to sit down, they split from the back, right up my crotch.
:18:14. > :18:25.And there was Freddie Mercury, laughing his head off.
:18:26. > :18:28.The Smokey Joes could have had their moment in the sun
:18:29. > :18:34.too...they were offered a rdcording contract ? but didn't sign.
:18:35. > :18:42.You did not sign? That is correct. You turned it down. Yes, a little
:18:43. > :18:47.bit too cautious. How do yot feel about that now, do you wish you had
:18:48. > :18:53.done? Possibly, yes. We shotld have gone for it. What the hell, let us
:18:54. > :18:58.go for it. But did not. And yet Mike, having put one curiously
:18:59. > :19:04.trousered legs on the ladder to fame, decided to step off and return
:19:05. > :19:08.to Cornwall. I just love behng in Cornwall and it is the qualhty of
:19:09. > :19:14.life in the end. I had playdd for several years and that was dnough. I
:19:15. > :19:18.enjoyed playing but where wd were going was not somewhere I w`nted to
:19:19. > :19:22.go. Roger Brokenshire has never stopped
:19:23. > :19:27.gigging, a stranger to jealousy he is very happy that Roger made the
:19:28. > :19:32.big time. I am so pleased for him. I am pleased that I was part of
:19:33. > :19:36.getting Roger up that ladder. I have had a wonderful time. It was like a
:19:37. > :19:45.horse race, there must be whnners and losers, but we are not losers, I
:19:46. > :19:49.mean, we are keeping the music going. There are many singers at the
:19:50. > :19:59.age of 75 still going. And going, and going, and going. No pl`ns to
:20:00. > :20:13.retire at the moment, I lovd it I love it!
:20:14. > :20:22.They have an almost mythical presence in art, culture
:20:23. > :20:24.and the animal kingdom, so why are seahorses off thd Dorset
:20:25. > :20:39.The jewel in the crown of the Purbeck Hills.
:20:40. > :20:43.It's an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with all the protecthon
:20:44. > :20:50.Everything from the low tidd mark upwards is owned and managed
:20:51. > :20:53.by the National Trust but ftrther out to sea it's owned
:20:54. > :20:55.by the Crown Estates and the situation's
:20:56. > :21:04.Beneath the surface of the water there should be an animal that many
:21:05. > :21:13.In 2008 we had 40 individual seahorses here, now we have none,
:21:14. > :21:14.so in effect they're functioning extinct.
:21:15. > :21:17.Neil Garrick-Maidment has bden studying seahorses for 36 ydars
:21:18. > :21:24.diving and monitoring their numbers all around the coast.
:21:25. > :21:27.Everywhere else where we have records of seahorses,
:21:28. > :21:29.the numbers are either stable or have gone up slightly.
:21:30. > :21:31.This is the only site - South Beach in Studland Bay
:21:32. > :21:40.is the only site where they've gone from 40 to zero.
:21:41. > :21:42.Eight years ago, it became hllegal to kill, take or disturb
:21:43. > :21:45.But what isn't protected is the seagrass...
:21:46. > :21:47.the habitat of the seahorse where they shelter, breed and feed.
:21:48. > :21:52.Here in Studland, it's the seagrass that's giving Neil sleepless nights.
:21:53. > :21:55.We never came here to study the seagrass, we came
:21:56. > :21:58.to study the seahorses, but it soon became evident
:21:59. > :22:01.that the seagrass was fragmdnting and starting to fall apart.
:22:02. > :22:03.What, in your opinion, is the reason for this happdning?
:22:04. > :22:14.The mooring chains have acttally fragmented the seagrass bed
:22:15. > :22:17.Mooring chains are fixed to the seabed and run
:22:18. > :22:22.Ariel photos show that the seagrass bed is expanding but Neil s`ys that
:22:23. > :22:28.with holes in it like Swiss cheese, there's still a problem.
:22:29. > :22:30.There's plenty of seagrass out there, why don't the seahorses move
:22:31. > :22:33.The seahorses require the whole seagrass bed.
:22:34. > :22:37.They need to be able to movd through seagrass to be able to get
:22:38. > :22:40.Time for me to put my head under water.
:22:41. > :22:42.I was here seven years ago and I was mesmerised
:22:43. > :22:44.by the seahorse I found livhng in the seagrass here.
:22:45. > :22:48.Fingers crossed I see another today...
:22:49. > :23:23.So that was really different, wasn't it?
:23:24. > :23:26.It's all down to this mooring, so diving around that,
:23:27. > :23:28.where that chain has scoured the sea floor
:23:29. > :23:31.and there is no grass there at all, is there?
:23:32. > :23:34.A few years ago the Governmdnt rolled out Marine Conservathon Zones
:23:35. > :23:40.to protect marine life in the same way wildlife is protected on land.
:23:41. > :23:42.But even though Studland Bax was proposed, it didn't
:23:43. > :23:48.An MCZ here might mean that the seagrass is given protection.
:23:49. > :23:55.This is an eco-friendly mooring and it's basically a strong
:23:56. > :23:59.And it hangs above the seagrass rather than dragging on the seabed
:24:00. > :24:03.And these could become mand`tory if Studland is designated
:24:04. > :24:09.The Royal Yachting Associathon said they would love to endorse dco
:24:10. > :24:14.moorings but they've not yet been proven to work here in Studland Bay.
:24:15. > :24:16.Studies here have shown that they almost overstretch
:24:17. > :24:28.The problem here is there's been a lot of studies and none of them
:24:29. > :24:31.have concluded with a viabld technically feasible and
:24:32. > :24:37.This ecomooring costs ?1,800 to buy and install.
:24:38. > :24:39.The manufacturer tells us that the wrong size was tested
:24:40. > :24:42.in Studland and the moorings of the correct size in similar bays
:24:43. > :24:55.Nick Warner has lived in Sttdland most of his life and doesn't believe
:24:56. > :24:58.In fact, he goes further and believes that a Marine
:24:59. > :25:02.Conservation Zone isn't what's needed here either.
:25:03. > :25:04.There's no need to protect Studland Bay by
:25:05. > :25:10.It's going to disrupt everybody s enjoyment.
:25:11. > :25:14.Well, I believe there is a very precious animal out there...
:25:15. > :25:18.And by offering it some form of protection...
:25:19. > :25:21.It doesn't need protecting, it's protected already!
:25:22. > :25:22.Ok, so if you see numbers declining...
:25:23. > :25:26.Well, because there's a lot of statistics.
:25:27. > :25:28.Because you read it on the Seahorse Trust website?
:25:29. > :25:32.Well, I've talked to other divers as well who've dived in this area.
:25:33. > :25:34.Look, divers used to come in their tens and 20s,
:25:35. > :25:43.If you have 15, 20 divers coming and going, up and down all day,
:25:44. > :25:45.they might well see one or two seahorses.
:25:46. > :25:50.One man who sees more than his fair share of seahorses is Mike Bailey.
:25:51. > :25:54.He's been fishing these waters for 30 years...
:25:55. > :25:56.Although sightings of the spiny seahorse in Studland Bay ard rare,
:25:57. > :25:59.he believes there's good news about the short-snouted seahorses
:26:00. > :26:07.Going back, say, 20 years ago, seeing one was, like, rare.
:26:08. > :26:09.The last few years, if you was to see 20
:26:10. > :26:19.This year we've seen over 100 already.
:26:20. > :26:22.Seahorses often become tangled in Mike's fishing nets but he always
:26:23. > :26:27.One local business owner, who runs Middle Beach Cafe
:26:28. > :26:29.in Studland, thinks a Marine Conservation Zone light
:26:30. > :26:35.All these people come in at the weekends, they moor up,
:26:36. > :26:37.they come in, they use all the local facilities,
:26:38. > :26:40.they use me, the shop, the pub, so they are bringing money
:26:41. > :26:43.in, so it's not good news for a little village like this
:26:44. > :26:45.who relies so much on tourism and people
:26:46. > :26:52.Julie Hatcher from the Dorsdt Wildlife Trust has a partictlarly
:26:53. > :26:56.personal reason for wanting to see the seahorses thrive here...
:26:57. > :27:00.The first pregnant one that actually kicked all this off...
:27:01. > :27:04.Can we hold you responsible then for it all?
:27:05. > :27:09.And it's not just the seahorses that Dorset Wildlife Trust
:27:10. > :27:12.There's a whole host of wildlife they say would benefit
:27:13. > :27:17.from Studland Bay becoming a Marine Conservation Zone...
:27:18. > :27:19.Bass, bream, we've got flat fish out there
:27:20. > :27:27.All of those commercially-ilportant species make their home
:27:28. > :27:31.here when they're young, when they're juveniles.
:27:32. > :27:34.So, if it became a Marine Conservation Zone, there wotld then
:27:35. > :27:37.be the power to introduce some kind of management and we could start
:27:38. > :27:41.to protect the wildlife unddr the sea in the same way that we do
:27:42. > :27:48.Those that deny there's a problem say that the science behind
:27:49. > :27:51.the studies is flawed and that an MCZ would be expensive,
:27:52. > :27:57.I've sat round the table multiple times with experts
:27:58. > :27:59.from Natural England, from Defra and none of us
:28:00. > :28:02.round the table can come up with a solution for this site.
:28:03. > :28:04.Until we can, I don't think this site can be
:28:05. > :28:09.designated when you don't know what the management could bd.
:28:10. > :28:12.This site is so important to seahorses.
:28:13. > :28:17.If mankind cannot get this right, I will absolutely be devast`ted
:28:18. > :28:20.I mean, it'll be time to hang up my fins to be honest and not
:28:21. > :28:25.But I am the eternal optimist and I believe that it will be
:28:26. > :28:39.That's it for tonight but join us again next Monday when we whll be
:28:40. > :29:05.asking can the NHS survive diabetes? Hello, I'm Elaine Dunkley
:29:06. > :29:07.with your 90-second update. Silence to remember
:29:08. > :29:11.the Aberfan disaster. 50 years ago today, a mountain
:29:12. > :29:16.of coal waste engulfed a village, 144 people were killed -
:29:17. > :29:20.most of them were children.