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Hello and welcome to inside out. We are coming to Ironbridge in

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Shropshire, where this bridge spans the River Severn. It symbolises the

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birth of the Industrial Revolution. Tonight: The 14 months manhunt for

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eight murder suspect ended in Morocco. His first work, I am

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innocent, I am not the killer. Also: State -- a faith schools.

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Either a good thing? -- are they a good thing? And the Birmingham

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musical maestro hoping to impress his hometown audience. That's all

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Back in May, 2011, a husband and wife and a two young daughters were

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found stabbed to death in the Midlands home. Within days,

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detectives had named a Birmingham businessman as their prime suspect.

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It took 14 months before they made an arrest, after a global manhunt

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which involved police from 180 different countries. Eventually, he

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was tracked down, working on a building site in Morocco. Police

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have launched a nationwide manhunt for the suspect they believe killed

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four members of the same family. Last year, I reported on the police

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search for a man they described as Britain's Most Wanted.

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A man that they've identified as a prime suspect in these killings.

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14 months later, Anxiang Du was arrested in North Africa. But no-

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one seems to know what he was doing there or how he was tracked down.

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So I'm off to find out. What I really want to know is how

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someone who's wanted on suspicion of four murders can simply

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disappear. And I'm in for a few surprises.

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He was living here first. He lived here? In this room? Yes. As most of

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us watched the Royal wedding, an appalling crime was carried out.

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Soon after William and Kate waved to the crowds, an entire family was

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murdered. University lecturer Jeff Ding, his wife Helen, and their

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daughters, 18-year-old Nancy and 12-year-old Alice, were all stabbed

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to death with the same knife. Their uncle had a question for the killer.

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How could you stab a knife into an innocent girl's heart? Not once,

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but twice? Police named a man from Coventry as their prime suspect. On

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the day of the killings, cameras spotted him leaving his shop in

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Birmingham, then at New Street Station, where he took a train to

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Northampton. And getting off a bus near to where the crime took place.

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The following day, there was a possible sighting in London. But

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the trail went cold. More than a year went by before police realised

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Anxiang Du had travelled through Europe to the Spanish port of

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Algeciras. From there, Anxiang Du took the

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ferry to Tangier in Morocco, a crossing which took him from Europe

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to North Africa. And it's a journey that I'm now taking to find out

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what he did next. Finding answers here won't be easy.

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The crowded medieval streets of Tangier hide many secrets. But I've

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arranged to meet a local contact. Hassan Alaoui is a Moroccan

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journalist. How confident are you that we will

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find out what happened to Anxiang Du during his time here in Tangier?

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Well, the people who have the information is definitely the

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police, because they were the people who caught him first. So if

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they are willing to help us, then our task will be easier. If we

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don't have the right contacts, the right persons, probably we will

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never get to the bottom of it. But before our meeting with the

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police, I want to try another lead. I've been told about an article in

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Tangier's local newspaper. It suggests Anxiang Du was arrested

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because someone recognised his photo in one of its editions.

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Hassan calls the editor. Shokram. You are lucky. What did he

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say? The man will see us tomorrow at ten o'clock. The following

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morning, we head for the newspaper offices, where the director general

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shows me the article he published about Anxiang Du when Interpol

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first suggested he could be living in Morocco. It worked. Just hours

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after his photo was printed, someone called the paper claiming

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they'd not only seen him, but knew where he was. This person worked on

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a building site as a guard. The owner of the site is a friend of

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ours. He didn't know him. He just saw him in the street. He thought

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he looked like an honest man who was looking for work. So, he

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employed him as a security guard for his business. Did Anxiang Du

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really spend a year in Tangier working on a construction site? We

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head for the city's main police station to find out. The meeting

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with the police chief has taken weeks to arrange. All we've been

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told is that he's expecting us. It's very, very rare that a police

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will grant you an interview here because they are very quiet. They

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prefer to work than to talk. today Tangier's police chief is

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talking, telling me about a suspected illegal immigrant he

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questioned more than a year ago near the Algerian border. I wonder

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why he's telling me the story, until he hands me the man's photo.

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This photo, it's from Oujda. So this is him. You can see the date

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there. This is Anxaing Du. And it was taken more than a year ago. May

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2011. The photo is a shock - evidence

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that just five days after the killings, Anxiang Du was in police

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custody in Morocco. But because he had no documents and refused to

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talk, officers had no idea who he was or where he came from. At the

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time, British detectives didn't even know he was abroad, and he was

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released. It was another 14 months before he was re-arrested.

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Did you recognise him immediately, then? As soon as I saw him, he

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reminded me of the man I had seen in Oujda. What did Anxiang Du

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actually say to you? The first word I remember: "I am not. I am

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So the police have agreed to take us to the spot where they arrested

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Anxiang Du, and, apparently, it's about four miles outside of Tangier

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on a construction site where apparently - we've been told he was

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living. And this was a time when dozens of police officers back home

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in Britain were after him. This is the spot where he was, and no-one

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We arrive at a building site. I'm led up a steep staircase and then

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towards a particular room. He was living here first. He lived here?

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In this room? Yes. Chief Superintendent Abdallah Berri tells

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me this was where he and two of his colleagues made the arrest. When we

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came here, we just more or less jumped on him and we surprised him.

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He was not expecting it. Physically jumped on him? All three of you?

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Three of them. And we handcuffed him. When you jumped on him and

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arrested him, what was his reaction? Did he scream out?

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reaction whatsover. Really? He was surprised. Why? Why? He tells me

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Anxiang Du was dressed like a vagrant and wore plastic sandals.

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And he shows me the remains of his makeshift kitchen. Then I'm

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introduced to the owner of the building, who tells me it was he

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who recognised Anxiang Du's photo in the paper and called the police.

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When I saw his photo, I was shocked. I know this face. Oh he's the

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Chinese with my workers there. what was his story? What did he

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tell you? What did you know about him? He told me that he is in

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Casablanca. He was working. He had some friends and family in

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Casablanca and now he wanted to come here to Tangier because

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Tangier is improving with a lot of work. He denies employing Anxiang

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Du as a security guard, but says his workers did offer him food and

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shelter. The people who work for me, they helped him to... Because you

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know in Morocco they are hospitable. People here don't work - they give

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him food. You understand? So Morocco is very well-known for its

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hospitality. So now we know. This is where Anxiang Du's 14 months on

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the run ended. Here in this room on a construction site in Tangier. All

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that time British police were after him, here he was, on a makeshift

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bed made out of wood, cardboard and a few stones. With my questions

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answered, I'm heading home. But Anxiang Du remains in a Moroccan

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prison, awaiting extradition back to Britain. He continues to protest

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The story behind the headlines. Is there a story based here in the

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West Midlands you would like to know more about? If so, drop me an

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e-mail. One in three publicly funded schools are faith schools.

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They have long been part of the education system. They are being

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joined by a growing number of Muslim, Sikh and Hindu schools.

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Critics argued they're divisive and prevent integration. Fake schools

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are mushrooming in the country. -- faith schools. There is no argument

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that free to schools segregate. Their core is friction in the

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community. There are people who want to hold onto their religion.

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Polarised views on controversial debate. Should the taxpayer fund

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7,000 of the nation's 21,000 schools are based on religion and

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they are growing. Many parents are not happy with the local secular

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The Leicester Islamic Academy was one of the first Muslim schools in

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the country. Established before the Government gave the go-ahead for

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large numbers of three new faith has caused, it charges for the

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education. But despite the cost, there is huge demand. For every

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place, there R5 applications. better than most schools. We are

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higher up and the League, there being an independent school we are

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not entered into the league tables. But we are doing better than all

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the other schools around us. If you are sad and you know it, tell a

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friend. If you are sad and you know it and you really want to show it,

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if you are sad and you know it, tell a friend. As far as the

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education is concerned, it gives you were a normal education but

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underpinned by the ethos of our religion. -- it gives you a normal

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education. You have the gingerbread men here, jack and the Beanstalk.

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So it is more about the ethical side making sure the children are

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brought up with religion in mind as well. Recent surveys have shown

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more than 60% of the 25 top-ranking state schools are based on religion.

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Although many accept that they provide a good education they say

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it is not balanced. It does not give the opportunity of bordering

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the horizons of knowledge, and the knowledge becomes limited and as

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they grow up, they do not grow up into rounded children, rounded

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citizens who would create harmony in society. -- the opportunity of

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broadening their horizons. This eyes call is linked to the -- this

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a high school is linked to the Muslim academy. These children's

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classmates are nearly all Muslims. Did they resent it when their

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parents sent them to an Islamic school? Absolutely not. I respect

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the decision of my parents bringing me to the school and I am grateful

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because through the years I have learned to build my confident with

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my religion and I can integrate into society with no problems

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whatsoever. I can go into college and on to university with an

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identity of being a Muslim girl. did have doubts that first because

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I thought I was going to miss out on everything else, but now I am in

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Year 11 and I see I haven't because I have a great education and that

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teachers, they teach fantastically. Parents need to have that choice

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and freedom. I am a great believer this country is about freedom and

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opportunities and the school provides an opportunity. If the

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demand were not there, faith scores were not flourish as they are doing.

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I think faith is an over-used word in this country. Schools should be

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teaching their religion but I do not think the state has any

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responsibility at all in providing funding for this purpose. Are we

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ready for the new day? Chris is the head teacher at this school. He is

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a Christian and says it is vital all faith schools open their doors

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to all religions. He it is a British school with a Hindu ethos

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but that is inclusive and in admissions policy it states that we

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give the first 50% of places to other faiths or long face and then

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the last 50 per vet -- 50% goes to the Hindu faith. -- or no faith,

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and then the last 50%. Prime Minister David Cameron says faith

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schools provide more choice. And it is a choice which the parents of

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Oliver were delighted to make. At the moment, he has one of only two

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Christian pupils at this school. -- he is. We were overwhelmed by the

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ethos of the school and despite being Christians, we actually

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thought it would be a perfect For more than fit -- 30 years, this

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former High Sheriff of Leicester has led a campaign to bring faith

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together. He believes the new wave of free Ridge -- free religious

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schools will lead to more divisions. Now the time has come for us to be

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operating as a mainstream. Living along with others and also showing

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respect to others. But if we are going to be exclusively operating

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within our own faith in our own community, then I think the

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contribution to society as a whole will not be very beneficial.

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Religion has played a very important part throughout the

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history of education. And in this country especially, and I think

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that is of very good value and I believe we can still hold on to

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that without compromising dealing with each other and people of other

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faiths, religions or other schools. The Government is keen to have

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found it more faith schools and it is believed that them being free

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from authority control will drive up standards. But many are asking,

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will this be at the expense of a more harmonious society?

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You are watching Inside Out for the West Midlands. Next on the show,

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Andris Nelsons began his musical career as a trumpeter and won many

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prizes for his singing but it is in his role as music director for the

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City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra that Dickie was truly

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catapulted to musical stardom. Since 2008, he has been delighting

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audiences around the world but for him, one concert meant so much. A

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Andris Nelsons is a big star in the world of classical music.

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absolutely feels every moment and he lives every moment. I think his

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passion, his inspiration, his energy, it is just sublime. I think

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it is my task to inspire and to be in management -- imaginative and

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sincere and honest with the music. He's on his way to the City Of

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Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's opening night of the season. As

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Music Director and Chief Donductor, there's plenty expected of him

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tonight. Of course, for me Birmingham is firstly associated

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with orchestra and of course I love the orchestra and the audience and

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therefore I love the city. It's not just Andris under pressure.

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The CBSO's Chief Executive is making sure everything's just right

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for opening night. Just attending to the details to make sure

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everything runs smoothly, really. How many singers do we have? 180.

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Wow! Grave! Just see how we are doing on the tickets. Just the last

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minute preparations being made... Checking everything is OK,

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everything's ready to go. Andris doesn't talk to anyone ahead

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of a concert. He's totally focused on the performance. He's a very

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excitable character, as you will see from when he conducts. He is

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incredibly in the moment and he makes the music very exciting but

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it means the rest of the time he has to be very calm so as not to

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Absolutely brilliant. Wonderful! was absolutely sublime! The best

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thing made him Birmingham. Overwhelming! Absolutely brilliant.

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Concert over, and it's another huge success, but now Andris has an even

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bigger challenge ahead. Hello, good morning. So, we start with the

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first movement... Back with the orchestra, and

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rehearsals begin for a very special concert in Andris' home country of

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One technical request, can we please do the first bar... The long

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notes, a little longer. You have very talented conductors and they

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don't always click with a can -- and orchestra. But this was love at

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first sight. Please, not anything like that, but the rhythm, if you

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play 37, like that. But despite having the orchestra's

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full support, it's obvious that Andris is worried about returning

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home. Very excited to be back with Birmingham but also very nervous...

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Because I know how critical they can be! I am very thankful, I

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really am. I don't want it to sound as if I have any bitterness. It is

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not that. It is just... A big pressure and responsibility that I

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feel. In Birmingham, Andris can wander

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about virtually unnoticed, but back home in Riga, it's a very different

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matter. His first task is to deal with the nation's press.

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Latvians he is a very, very important personality and a big

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star. We are always very happy knowing he is coming here. Maybe he

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is standing in front of our orchestras but with Birmingham

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Orchestra, it is very special. really want to say it again and to

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have an opportunity to say how much I love you and I am really so proud

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of you and very happy to be here. It is my home country where I am

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very nervous, as you know! Returning to Latvia is an emotional

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experience for Andris. While the orchestra enjoys his hospitality,

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Andris' thoughts drift to his family. His wife is one of Latvia's

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top opera singers, and although Andris may be back home, she's

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performing in Switzerland and their young daughter is with her.

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miss my family. The most important association with Riga at this point

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in my life, at the beginning, it was because it was a city but now I

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have been so busy and seeing so many cities, I miss it more and

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obviously it is the people and family I associate with Riga for me.

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The venue for tomorrow night's concert is also very special. This

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is where Andris' musical journey all began. The first memory I have,

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I was sitting there... In that box, when I was five years old. And I

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heard a Wagner opera. I was sitting there and I remember... The same

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feeling when it went dark and I was a five-year-old boy listening to

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Wagner and I still remember that feeling. And then later, playing in

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the orchestra, and then of course conducting here on the stage. I

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mean, all my... Basic musical education in the beginning, of

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course, was here, and that is bigger memories. It still feels

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like it was yesterday. Concert day, and time for one final

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rehearsal. Watching on proudly, the man who gave Andris his first

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conducting job. I think he's living just in the music. Every moment he

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is not conducting, he is also thinking about the music and

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training himself. He is in the music.

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For Andris, the time has come to step back onto the stage where it

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It means a lot to me because I come from here and it was, at times, not

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easy when I started, I must say. I was surprised. The building is

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always so nice and warm! That kind of reception meant a lot to me so

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it is really a very personal and emotionally evocative.

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Well, but is it for tonight, but if you've got a story here in the West

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Midlands you think we should know about, do drop me an email. Here is

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the address. And if you would like to find out anything about

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tonight's programme, take a look at Next week, we are with police

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trying to hold a search in -- a surge in motorway metal cable theft.

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