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:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to Inside Out South West,

:00:07. > :00:09.stories and investigations from where you live.

:00:10. > :00:12.Set to go supersonic - we look under the bonnet

:00:13. > :00:17.of Bloodhound, designed to reach 1,000 mph.

:00:18. > :00:20.This car is a class apart, I have never driven anything

:00:21. > :00:30.If you look out there, there is a camera.

:00:31. > :00:33.Oh, my God, my mother is going to kill me.

:00:34. > :00:37.Jonathan Gibson exposes classified ad crime.

:00:38. > :00:40.And all sold-out - troubled times for newsagents

:00:41. > :00:47.The hardest part was telling all the staff.

:00:48. > :01:07.I am Jemma Woodman and this is Inside Out South West.

:01:08. > :01:14.Not something most drivers know much about.

:01:15. > :01:24.Particularly here in Cornwall on our windy country lanes.

:01:25. > :01:29.But imagine a car that could drive so fast you'd never have to worry

:01:30. > :01:33.about getting stuck behind a caravan or anything else ever again.

:01:34. > :01:38.Well, that's exactly what's being worked on here at Newquay Airport.

:01:39. > :01:43.A car that could one day travel at a truly hair-raising 1,000mph.

:01:44. > :01:51.And I'm here to find out how they're doing it.

:01:52. > :01:57.Those initials by the way stand for Super Sonic Car

:01:58. > :02:00.which means it'll go faster than the speed of sound.

:02:01. > :02:05.In fact, it'd get you from Newquay to London in around 15 minutes.

:02:06. > :02:11.But no-one really wants to drive that fast, do they?

:02:12. > :02:15.I have never driven anything quite like this before.

:02:16. > :02:20.A fighter pilot in his day job, it is his own record that

:02:21. > :02:28.Andy was in the driver's seat when Thrust SSC

:02:29. > :02:35.went 763 mph in 1997, making it the first car

:02:36. > :02:47.What was it like the last time you did it?

:02:48. > :02:54.We set the record now 20 years ago this month.

:02:55. > :02:57.Being involved with some of the world's best engineers

:02:58. > :02:59.solving problems that have never been solved before,

:03:00. > :03:01.that was a tremendously satisfying thing to do

:03:02. > :03:05.and that is the expertise that we have not only

:03:06. > :03:08.shared with industry, universities over the last 20 years,

:03:09. > :03:11.but of course we are relying on now to go to that massive step

:03:12. > :03:16.So why are you trying to break it again if you still hold it?

:03:17. > :03:23.Modern technology allows us to go not just a bit

:03:24. > :03:26.But pushing the limits of speed can be a risky business.

:03:27. > :03:32.He's now the project director of both Bloodhound and Thrust SSC,

:03:33. > :03:36.but his own World Land Speed Record attempt more than thirty years ago

:03:37. > :03:44.What they discovered later was that if his car had gone just seven

:03:45. > :03:47.miles per hour faster, he would have taken off and Noble

:03:48. > :03:55.American driver Craig Breedlove also had a close shave when trying

:03:56. > :04:03.On Breedlove's last run on the American Black Rock Desert,

:04:04. > :04:12.his car suddenly flipped on its side and careered off course at 670 mph.

:04:13. > :04:21.Miraculously it righted itself again and Breedlove was unhurt.

:04:22. > :04:24.Bloodhound will have far more power than those cars,

:04:25. > :04:31.so getting the design right is critical.

:04:32. > :04:35.I like to push boundaries and someone of my age does not

:04:36. > :04:38.normally get the opportunity to do so.

:04:39. > :04:42.Retired missile scientist Ron Ayers is behind Bloodhound's design.

:04:43. > :04:46.As the project's chief aerodynamicist, it's his job to make

:04:47. > :04:57.Any mismatch in the pressures around the car will easily be big enough

:04:58. > :05:00.to lift it off the ground or crash it into the ground.

:05:01. > :05:03.Ron also has a bit of experience in this kind of thing.

:05:04. > :05:11.In 1992, Ron was recruited by Richard Noble to design Thrust SSC.

:05:12. > :05:15.I said right at the beginning to Richard, "This is totally

:05:16. > :05:19.But try it they did and now he's back figuring out how to make

:05:20. > :05:26.When we started designing Bloodhound, there was no-one

:05:27. > :05:29.could tell us what shape a supersonic car should have,

:05:30. > :05:42.The air arriving from the front now gets squeezed under the nose

:05:43. > :05:45.and causes an increase in pressure, which at these high speeds

:05:46. > :05:49.we are going would be quite sufficient to lift the front end

:05:50. > :05:57.So to counter that, I took down the nose so it is much

:05:58. > :06:01.closer to the ground, so less air can get underneath.

:06:02. > :06:04.There was three years of aerodynamic research,

:06:05. > :06:09.constantly changing the shape until we got one that could satisfy

:06:10. > :06:23.That is to say the car would stay on the ground and at the same time,

:06:24. > :06:26.it would not crash its suspension at any point.

:06:27. > :06:29.The key to Bloodhound's speed is that as well as a jet engine,

:06:30. > :06:31.Ron has designed a space for a rocket.

:06:32. > :06:33.But even with all that hard work, there are still

:06:34. > :06:40.1,000mph is about the maximum that is physically achievable,

:06:41. > :06:45.because it is an ultimate record to see whether it is possible.

:06:46. > :06:48.I'm not guaranteeing that we're going to get there.

:06:49. > :06:53.But guaranteeing Andy's safety is Ron's top priority.

:06:54. > :06:57.If I thought there was a serious risk of killing Andy,

:06:58. > :07:10.You have total faith in him, of course.

:07:11. > :07:14.Ron and I have been working together a long time,

:07:15. > :07:18.first of all as part of the Thrust SSC team and I genuinely do not

:07:19. > :07:21.think we would have managed to get supersonic without Ron's expertise.

:07:22. > :07:25.Every single bit of this shape is critical.

:07:26. > :07:27.Where the tail waists in here, the shape underneath

:07:28. > :07:31.What is this going to look like when it actually fires up?

:07:32. > :07:36.When this is running at full thrust, we have gone flame as long

:07:37. > :07:40.It is one of the loudest noises in the world right

:07:41. > :07:47.But building a fast car doesn't necessarily happen at great pace.

:07:48. > :07:50.Bloodhound's been in development since 2008, but raising the money

:07:51. > :07:54.to keep a project like this going is almost as complicated

:07:55. > :08:03.This is the cutting edge of motorsport, there has never been

:08:04. > :08:08.We would like to move a little faster, but actually

:08:09. > :08:12.we are dictated by the cash flow as well as the technology.

:08:13. > :08:19.The car's here at Newquay Airfield because the plan is for Andy to take

:08:20. > :08:22.it on a test drive in front of an audience of 4,000

:08:23. > :08:29.The run will test all the mechanics, but the short runway means

:08:30. > :08:32.she will only hit a top speed of 200mph.

:08:33. > :08:39.So just a leg stretch is going to be a wow.

:08:40. > :08:41.Yeah, this is just a small leg stretch.

:08:42. > :08:47.200 mph is just a fifth of our targets speed.

:08:48. > :08:50.We are going to have the crowd standing about 100 metres away,

:08:51. > :08:53.that is about twice as close as you'll ever get to an airshow

:08:54. > :08:55.and you will physically feel it in your chest.

:08:56. > :08:58.Your organs will move with the low-frequency vibrations.

:08:59. > :09:02.It is genuinely going to quit people in a way that those here will be

:09:03. > :09:08.If the Newquay trials go well and they can raise enough money,

:09:09. > :09:13.the plan is to take Bloodhound to the South African desert in 2019

:09:14. > :09:17.and it's there that attempts on the record will begin.

:09:18. > :09:20.Driving this little car does not seem quite

:09:21. > :09:25.But at least I know what will happen when I put my foot down.

:09:26. > :09:40.Still to come tonight: A sad farewell.

:09:41. > :09:46.Shutting shop on 100 years of trading in Bridport.

:09:47. > :09:52.It is going to be hard letting go and saying goodbye.

:09:53. > :10:01.Next tonight, Jonathan Gibson investigates a classified ads

:10:02. > :10:04.website where they do not just sell toasters and sofas.

:10:05. > :10:08.What he discovers is a place where criminals connect

:10:09. > :10:17.So what is being done to stop this crime online?

:10:18. > :10:19.As an investigative journalist it's sometimes easier to work

:10:20. > :10:27.When people aren't watching what you re doing.

:10:28. > :10:32.If you're looking for something illegal, it's the go to part

:10:33. > :10:38.of the internet that's hidden from prying eyes.

:10:39. > :10:41.The place where criminals use encrypted websites and virtual

:10:42. > :10:48.You don't need to bother with all that, mate.

:10:49. > :10:57.Shouldn't you be getting on with the...?

:10:58. > :11:17.It was setup in America by a guy called...

:11:18. > :11:21.It's a website where people buy and sell everything.

:11:22. > :11:27.Just say where you live and get started, but lots of the stuff

:11:28. > :11:30.on Craigslist won't be in the buy and sell section of

:11:31. > :11:35.your local newspaper, including bootleg tobacco.

:11:36. > :11:37.The kind of cigs you'd probably buy from some dodgy

:11:38. > :11:44.Or in this case a supermarket car park.

:11:45. > :11:48.So are they knocked off then or are they?

:11:49. > :11:53.No, no, no, so they're old packaging but they can't resell

:11:54. > :12:08.He says his supplier's someone else on Craigslist.

:12:09. > :12:11.I've seen some crazy stuff on Craigslist.

:12:12. > :12:17.That's why I've come to another car park ready for another dodgy deal.

:12:18. > :12:25.And that's why his tobacco is just a third of the price

:12:26. > :12:40.But there is a difference because counterfeit goods are among

:12:41. > :12:43.the things Craigslist says you're not supposed to sell on its website.

:12:44. > :12:56.It's as easy to find marijuana on Craigslist

:12:57. > :13:02.And you might need a seat because what I'm buying next

:13:03. > :13:07.I'm on a Derby estate to meet a dealer selling

:13:08. > :13:25.Turns out as street cocaine goes it's pretty pure stuff.

:13:26. > :13:32.I'm shocked at what's there because it's not difficult

:13:33. > :13:34.for the internet companies to put elements onto their websites

:13:35. > :13:37.to police this sort of stuff and they should be policing it

:13:38. > :13:42.But if you have made money from crime.

:13:43. > :13:44.you won't want the police to find it.

:13:45. > :13:47.So what you need is someone to hide it -

:13:48. > :13:58.But where would I find someone to do that?

:13:59. > :14:03.On a street corner, I'm meeting Stacey.

:14:04. > :14:05.She's offering her bank account on Craigslist to anyone

:14:06. > :14:16.But we are walking into the bank to pay in what I've told her

:14:17. > :14:21.She'll charge me a fee to get it back and there are plenty of people

:14:22. > :14:23.on Craigslist offering to do the same thing.

:14:24. > :14:28.Sometimes through overseas bank accounts.

:14:29. > :14:30.But if you've sent your money overseas, how

:14:31. > :14:34.Well, what you need is a new identity.

:14:35. > :14:39.And I know just the place you can get it.

:14:40. > :14:53.The place where I can find a stolen passport.

:14:54. > :15:06.And there are plenty more where that came from.

:15:07. > :15:08.I've known some stories where it's taken people ten years

:15:09. > :15:11.to get their credit ratings back again after it's been completely

:15:12. > :15:14.trashed by people who have stolen their identities,

:15:15. > :15:18.but it will allow you to get on and commit other crimes

:15:19. > :15:22.And it's not just about selling stuff.

:15:23. > :15:24.This advert's looking for postmen to steal the letters they're

:15:25. > :15:33.On Craigslist there's also disorganised crime.

:15:34. > :15:38.This guy wants someone to pass his driving theory test for him.

:15:39. > :15:48.But for 50 quid, it's not that black and white.

:15:49. > :15:53.For a start, he's black and I'm white and someone's going to notice.

:15:54. > :16:00.Well, they check your photo against the database.

:16:01. > :16:03.Mate, there s no point, there's no way I m going to get through.

:16:04. > :16:09.You go in now or you're going to lose your test fee.

:16:10. > :16:11.When I later revealed I'm a journalist, he didn t

:16:12. > :16:23.In fact, when we asked it for an interview,

:16:24. > :16:26.And that came from the top -

:16:27. > :16:30.I think whilst they're making money and nobody is asking them or forcing

:16:31. > :16:36.them to change what's going on, you'll find selling sites like this

:16:37. > :16:38.using the ostrich effect to what's going on -

:16:39. > :16:40.sticking their head in the sand and ignoring it.

:16:41. > :16:42.No wonder criminals can carry on regardless.

:16:43. > :16:45.Well, unless they're really selling to a journalist.

:16:46. > :16:49.If you look out there there's a camera.

:16:50. > :16:54.I'd like to know, mate, why you're offering to sell?

:16:55. > :17:02.Oh, my God, my mother's going to kill me.

:17:03. > :17:07.But he's not the only one thinking about his relatives.

:17:08. > :17:11.I don't know why I'm doing it to be honest.

:17:12. > :17:13.I'm trying to make money for my family.

:17:14. > :17:17.Take a good look at my cocaine dealer cos he's not around for long.

:17:18. > :17:20.The thing is, mate, I work for the BBC and we're...

:17:21. > :17:25.trying to find out why you're pedalling cocaine.

:17:26. > :17:34.Well, he wasn't hanging about, was he?

:17:35. > :17:44.I'm trying to find out why you're willing to launder money for people?

:17:45. > :17:47.Why are you actually doing that, Stacey?

:17:48. > :18:01.I'm not buying a passport off you because I work for the BBC.

:18:02. > :18:04.Why are you selling stolen passports, mate?

:18:05. > :18:09.Why are you selling stolen passports?

:18:10. > :18:12.The amount of organised crime that is sitting behind everything

:18:13. > :18:15.you've shown there is frightening and it's critical I think

:18:16. > :18:19.that the police force or the law enforcement agencies force the likes

:18:20. > :18:23.of Craigslist to do something about it.

:18:24. > :18:32.When we asked to interview a minister, all we got was a home

:18:33. > :18:38.Well, we've kind of done

:18:39. > :18:48.So maybe it's time the government forced websites like Craigslist

:18:49. > :18:57.If you want to catch up with the news, do

:18:58. > :19:04.For many of us, this is how we keep up to date which can make sad

:19:05. > :19:07.headlines out of businesses which used to thrive

:19:08. > :19:10.on selling newspapers, like Frost's in Bridport.

:19:11. > :19:20.About to say a sad goodbye to both staff and customers.

:19:21. > :19:23.Across the country, more newsagents are closing

:19:24. > :19:40.Frost's in Bridport has been in the same family for 60 years.

:19:41. > :19:42.But owner Adrian Franklin says technology is changing everything.

:19:43. > :19:48.As soon as I get it, it is already probably 12 hours old.

:19:49. > :19:55.The iPad or phone, the news is already there.

:19:56. > :19:59.We are only reading now what happened in the past.

:20:00. > :20:04.The shop itself has been here I suppose for nigh on 100 years.

:20:05. > :20:07.When I came into the business, it was decided we had

:20:08. > :20:12.to make the shop bigger to justify their wages basically.

:20:13. > :20:15.So we did a 3-part extension and build the shop all the way through.

:20:16. > :20:18.Adrian and his wife Judith have run the business

:20:19. > :20:29.Got married at 19, been married 40 years now.

:20:30. > :20:32.As an independent retailer, Adrian has always taken pride

:20:33. > :20:39.They have come in and they have said, we love

:20:40. > :20:46.We always know when we have been everywhere else,

:20:47. > :20:49.we always come to you afterwards because we know you will have it.

:20:50. > :20:51.If you cannot find something or you need something,

:20:52. > :21:02.At the end, it's like an Aladdin's cave of toys and I go back

:21:03. > :21:05.to when I was about four or five years old and I think,

:21:06. > :21:11.If it wasn't the toys, it was the sweets.

:21:12. > :21:21.A lot of stationary and various things that you use

:21:22. > :21:28.They say, first place they come to, as soon as they come to town,

:21:29. > :21:31.we come to you because we have got nothing like you where we come from.

:21:32. > :21:45.But soon, Trudy and her sister Lillian will have to find

:21:46. > :22:02.They are running it down. Frost's is closing down. The Internet is

:22:03. > :22:09.killing this business. Retail is really suffering. Unless you are

:22:10. > :22:12.prepared to offer an Internet service, you will not do well and on

:22:13. > :22:18.top of that you have to be the cheapest. I used to do online

:22:19. > :22:30.shopping but I did not like it. Terrible. My computer had a mind of

:22:31. > :22:34.its own. It is lovely to serve people face to face. You can see

:22:35. > :22:40.them, hopefully they are happy with what they have purchased. The

:22:41. > :22:45.purchase has gone out the door and it is done. The problem with the

:22:46. > :22:50.Internet it is faceless. It is nice to see people happy and they react,

:22:51. > :22:56.we are pleased with that, it is what we wanted. And you get a bit of

:22:57. > :23:01.banter which is quite nice. You cannot do that with a machine. Fewer

:23:02. > :23:11.people send letters and postcards these days and Lillian can call

:23:12. > :23:19.Trudy for next to nothing. I can phone over in the States for 1 cent

:23:20. > :23:24.a minute. It goes on for an hour, an hour and a half, sometimes two

:23:25. > :23:30.hours. It is easier than writing and you can get more into it. When you

:23:31. > :23:38.get to our age you find people that were alive with you at that time are

:23:39. > :23:43.not here now. We are still kicking. You'll find a of these shops have

:23:44. > :23:48.gone and they are all becoming charity shops. The whole village

:23:49. > :23:55.effect we have here is slowly disappearing. The closing down sale

:23:56. > :24:01.has given Frost's a final flourish. This is busy. If you had come in

:24:02. > :24:06.here five weeks ago you would be lucky to see three or four people at

:24:07. > :24:11.a time. There is no market for The Independent trader any more. We

:24:12. > :24:17.cannot compete with the Internet and big stores. After more than 100

:24:18. > :24:22.years as a Bridport landmark, Frost's has no choice but to close.

:24:23. > :24:33.None of our family want to take it on. So... We are going. We are going

:24:34. > :24:40.whilst we can. Many of the staff have been with Frost's for years.

:24:41. > :24:47.Susan started work in 1977 aged 14. I happen to walk in here one day as

:24:48. > :24:52.a little Saturday girl with my parents. Mum had to bring me in here

:24:53. > :24:57.to work every day and I have been here ever since. This is my one and

:24:58. > :25:02.only job. The hardest part was telling the staff they were being

:25:03. > :25:07.made redundant. Had a full-time job the after-school, then got married,

:25:08. > :25:20.had children and the hours suited so I stayed here. I am sad to think it

:25:21. > :25:27.has gone. It -- at just 20 minutes of nine o'clock, Frost's will close

:25:28. > :25:34.for the last time. It is a P 45 and redundancy cheque. Has to be done,

:25:35. > :25:39.but there you go. Judith feels hugely responsible for the nine

:25:40. > :25:43.members of staff now out of a job. They are friends, they have been

:25:44. > :25:53.here as long as I have. Very responsible for them. It is going to

:25:54. > :25:58.be hard. It is going to be hard letting go and saying goodbye. It

:25:59. > :26:07.may be old-fashioned but you get the personal touch. I find life today so

:26:08. > :26:23.busy, there is so much to do an little time to do it. I am going to

:26:24. > :26:28.miss this place. We are all gutted. I just do not know where I will go

:26:29. > :26:31.now because every time I come in, papers are ready for me and it is

:26:32. > :26:42.wonderful service you get here. I believe in going into a shop

:26:43. > :27:07.because you get personal service. Oh, dear. It is the last time. What

:27:08. > :27:12.am I going to do now on a Saturday. Trade was different, people were

:27:13. > :27:19.different. People now seem to be very angry, they have got no time

:27:20. > :27:30.any more. Everything is being done a million mph. We are all doing it,

:27:31. > :27:35.people get in a queue and... You are only waiting in it. I do know what

:27:36. > :27:41.it is. People sat chiefs have changed. A bit of the humour has

:27:42. > :27:50.gone out of it. People are more serious. Everybody was always the

:27:51. > :27:55.same, everybody got treated exactly the same. The attitude was the same,

:27:56. > :28:00.it was irrelevant the amount of money. Money was not the driving

:28:01. > :28:20.factor. This is it. Just sad that it is all over now. I

:28:21. > :28:27.can't believe it. And that is all from Inside Out tonight, but join us

:28:28. > :28:32.next week for the crew to the rescue. The self-styled life-savers

:28:33. > :28:37.who will did you out of any hole. When the sun comes out, we go

:28:38. > :28:42.underground and if we can put our skills to a good cause, that is

:28:43. > :28:45.really good. Join me for that and more next Monday at 7:30pm on BBC

:28:46. > :29:01.One. See you then. go. That's it for others to night

:29:02. > :29:06.from the Medway Hello, I'm Riz Lateef

:29:07. > :29:09.with your 90 second update. The European Commission has denied

:29:10. > :29:11.a report that Theresa May "begged" the EU for help

:29:12. > :29:13.in the Brexit talks. It's claimed she appeared

:29:14. > :29:16."anxious" during a dinner with the Commission president,

:29:17. > :29:19.Jean-Claude Juncker, last week. Drivers of older, more

:29:20. > :29:22.polluting vehicles, will have to pay an extra ten pounds

:29:23. > :29:25.to drive in central London. The charge applies to diesel

:29:26. > :29:28.and petrol vehicles The widow of a US soldier says

:29:29. > :29:32.Donald Trump couldn't