:00:00. > :00:12.Tonight ` have you ever had your bike stolen? Well you're not alone `
:00:13. > :00:24.so did we. And Richie Woodhall's been tracking it down. Here is my
:00:25. > :00:28.friend a game with my bike. He has had a good look at it and he has
:00:29. > :00:34.what out a gain. Will he get his bike back? Stick
:00:35. > :00:38.around to find out. Also on the show we're in Worcester, the slow worm
:00:39. > :00:47.capital of the Midlands on the hunt for the gardeners' friend. We have
:00:48. > :00:52.got one under fair. He looks like he is smiling.
:00:53. > :00:57.That's all to come on tonight's Inside Out for the Midlands ` with
:00:58. > :01:02.me Mary Rhodes. First tonight ` there's been a
:01:03. > :01:06.cycling boom in Britain. And that means more bikes to pinch. So we
:01:07. > :01:10.thought we'd investigate just how bad the problem is ` asking how long
:01:11. > :01:14.would it take before our bike was stolen and where exactly do they go.
:01:15. > :01:21.Richie Woodhall now on the trail of the bike thieves.
:01:22. > :01:27.More and more of us are getting on a bike. Cycling has never been more
:01:28. > :01:33.popular. And that's just with thieves!
:01:34. > :01:36.It's the first time that I'd been to this jump park and I'm fairly
:01:37. > :01:40.convinced that somebody followed me home from the jump park, saw where I
:01:41. > :01:54.kept my bike in the garage and then a few hours later broke into my
:01:55. > :01:58.garage and took my bike. It was brand`new. I have not even
:01:59. > :02:04.had a chance to ride it that much. I was devastated. It is also the
:02:05. > :02:10.nature of how my bike was taken. Somebody claimed in the back garden
:02:11. > :02:15.while I was sat in the House. But if Jonathan was hoping to get
:02:16. > :02:19.his back he was in for a bit of a shock. Only one in 20 bikes get
:02:20. > :02:21.found and his wasn't one of them. So where do they go? I want to find
:02:22. > :02:25.out. We already know bike thieves come to
:02:26. > :02:33.Birmingham city centre and I've got a shiny new one worth a few hundred
:02:34. > :02:37.quid to tempt them with. Now it looks just like any other
:02:38. > :02:40.bike but we've fitted this one with a GPS tracker so we'll know if it's
:02:41. > :02:45.been pinched and more importantly we'll be able to track it and see
:02:46. > :02:54.where it ends up ` but they're not having the helmet!
:02:55. > :02:58.10% of all bikes bought are now stolen.
:02:59. > :03:01.Bike theft is now so common even the police are asking for help.
:03:02. > :03:05.That's one every three minutes. That's why I've joined this group of
:03:06. > :03:16.West Midlands police for a briefing on bike security. 500,000 bikes
:03:17. > :03:19.stolen every year. In the Midlands almost 18,000 bikes
:03:20. > :03:27.were reported as nicked last year but that's not the half of it. For
:03:28. > :03:33.every one that gets stolen there are probably three or more that do not
:03:34. > :03:37.get reported. Like crying is on the increase
:03:38. > :03:47.because more people are out there on their bikes. `` like crying. The
:03:48. > :03:50.more people that are using bikes the more opportunities there are four
:03:51. > :03:54.thieves. We've been hoping to tempt thieves
:03:55. > :03:57.with a bike of our own and I think we've hit the jackpot. Just eight
:03:58. > :04:02.hours after locking it up someone's decided to pinch it. A text tells us
:04:03. > :04:08.it's on the move. Our tracker means we'll be able to
:04:09. > :04:14.follow it wherever it goes. We know he has been busy. He has
:04:15. > :04:18.been at this road. But I'm not the only one hunting
:04:19. > :04:23.down stolen bikes. John Moss from Leicester helps other bike theft
:04:24. > :04:27.victims. He set up the stolen bike website after his got nicked. Now
:04:28. > :04:41.he's working with other cyclists to find them. The website has been
:04:42. > :04:46.running for one and a half years. Owners report their bike onto our
:04:47. > :04:55.website. We advertise that to our social media. People keep their eyes
:04:56. > :05:01.open. If they spot the bike they go online and let the victim now.
:05:02. > :05:05.So John's website is doing its bit but bike theft across the Midlands
:05:06. > :05:07.runs into millions of pounds each year.
:05:08. > :05:11.And I'm on the trail of a few hundred quid of it! The bike we had
:05:12. > :05:22.stolen from the centre of Birmingham.
:05:23. > :05:32.At least we do know where he went as Halfords. That is our next stop.
:05:33. > :05:40.Look what I have here? A vital piece of evidence.
:05:41. > :05:49.This looks interesting. There is my bike. That certainly is not me. Yet
:05:50. > :05:59.as my friend again walking back through the door with my bike. It is
:06:00. > :06:03.a lovely bike. He has what out as plain as day.
:06:04. > :06:08.So we know where our bike has been and now we've got a good idea of
:06:09. > :06:12.who's got it but where does he live? Our production team has been
:06:13. > :06:20.checking out the rest of its route and we think we've got a possible
:06:21. > :06:23.sighting. According to the tracker our bike is
:06:24. > :06:27.in those flats there. So with a bit of help from our GPS
:06:28. > :06:30.we're one step closer to recovering our bike but I've come to meet a man
:06:31. > :06:39.who's convinced the same technology helped get his stolen. The garage
:06:40. > :06:48.had been broken into and the bikes had been taken. They were worth over
:06:49. > :06:55.?10,000 but is a lot of money. Kevin used to use GPS mapping to
:06:56. > :06:59.share his route with other cyclists. Did that have anything to do with
:07:00. > :07:06.the burglary? I have done a couple of big rides and I wonder if the
:07:07. > :07:09.thieves had logged onto my account and see what I was able to do and
:07:10. > :07:15.where I was writing and maybe work life where I live and that I had
:07:16. > :07:18.high value bikes. Our bike isn't high value but we
:07:19. > :07:21.still want it back so we've been keeping an eye on the flat it's been
:07:22. > :07:24.taken to. We're using a specialist security
:07:25. > :07:35.team to make our move so safety comes first. In other words don't
:07:36. > :07:41.try this at home! We've already had a sighting of
:07:42. > :07:46.someone riding about on our bike. But as day one comes to an end, our
:07:47. > :07:53.security team decides the time's not right. Let's hope we have more luck
:07:54. > :07:59.tomorrow. We have spent time on the targets.
:08:00. > :08:04.We have spent time trying to work out what time he arrives home.
:08:05. > :08:08.Day three and we're back on patrol. If we get our bike back we'll
:08:09. > :08:11.identify it by its frame number. But not all suppliers put them on
:08:12. > :08:24.anymore so is the industry doing enough? Bikes come mainly now from
:08:25. > :08:27.the far east so they do not arrive here with a particular
:08:28. > :08:32.identification on them. What you need to do is to make certain that
:08:33. > :08:42.the shop you get it from Marx but for you. `` marked its for you.
:08:43. > :08:46.So some shops need to work harder to keep our bikes safe just like we've
:08:47. > :08:50.been working hard to get ours back. We know where it is and we've
:08:51. > :08:55.identified who's got it so it's time to say hello!
:08:56. > :09:03.That is you on the bike yesterday. There is the receipt. That is where
:09:04. > :09:08.you have been on that bike. We have been watching you for the last four
:09:09. > :09:12.days. We know you are involved. I am not police. I am not interested in
:09:13. > :09:20.that. We want the bike back. That is a tracking device. Either you
:09:21. > :09:25.pinched it or somebody sold it to you.
:09:26. > :09:29.He tried to do a runner. He thought better of it. He has spoken to us.
:09:30. > :09:33.We have explained he is not the police. He has not admitted stealing
:09:34. > :09:38.the bike. City was looking after that for somebody but does not deny
:09:39. > :09:46.driving around Birmingham on it. That is you going into Halfords.
:09:47. > :09:54.Did they sell you the bike? You were just looking after it.
:09:55. > :09:58.He was not aware there was a tracking device. He had no problems
:09:59. > :10:02.handing it back over. We have got the bike back. Job done.
:10:03. > :10:07.It's taken time, technology and effort to reunite me with my bike
:10:08. > :10:17.and it's been no easy task. It's also made me realise why thieves
:10:18. > :10:21.think they're such easy pickings. So have you had your bike stolen `
:10:22. > :10:26.or maybe you're one of the lucky ones who've had their bike returned?
:10:27. > :10:33.E`mail me your story. I'd love to hear from you.
:10:34. > :10:36.You're watching Inside Out for the Midlands. Next, Pakistani schoolgirl
:10:37. > :10:40.Malala Yousafzai first came to public attention in 2009 when she
:10:41. > :11:02.wrote a BBC diary about life under the Taliban. One child, one teacher,
:11:03. > :11:11.one book and one pen can change the world.
:11:12. > :11:23.Aged just 16, she is an inspiration to millions. And the youngest ever
:11:24. > :11:30.nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize. Among her fans, politicians and film
:11:31. > :11:35.stars. There was always something special about Malala. Calling on the
:11:36. > :11:42.entire world to ensure the right for every girl and boy to an education.
:11:43. > :11:45.And she lives in Birmingham. Why? Because the city came to her rescue.
:11:46. > :11:53.This is the story of how Birmingham threw open its arms to the most
:11:54. > :11:57.famous schoolgirl in the world. Malala Yousafzai grew up in the Swat
:11:58. > :12:01.Valley in Pakistan, an area controlled largely by the Taliban.
:12:02. > :12:08.But when they banned girls from going to school, Malala wasn't
:12:09. > :12:09.happy. Then aged 11, she started an internet blog, campaigning against
:12:10. > :12:20.the ban. In Pakistan the Taliban says it was
:12:21. > :12:25.responsible for a gun attack on a 14`year`old schoolgirl. But last
:12:26. > :12:29.October the Taliban hit back. An assassin opened fire on Malala's
:12:30. > :12:34.school bus. She was shot in the head and neck. Malala remains in
:12:35. > :12:45.intensive care with her family by her bedside. But offers of help soon
:12:46. > :12:52.came from across the world. At the time a British intensive care doctor
:12:53. > :12:56.happened to be in the country. He was approached by Pakistan's Army
:12:57. > :12:59.Chief, who was choosing the most suitable place for Malala. He felt
:13:00. > :13:03.that the United Kingdom was able to deliver that care, and clearly he
:13:04. > :13:05.had heard of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, because the
:13:06. > :13:08.British military send their injured soldiers and service personnel from
:13:09. > :13:13.Afghanistan and other theatres of operation back to Birmingham. Seven
:13:14. > :13:16.days after she was shot, Malala arrived in Birmingham. There,
:13:17. > :13:20.doctors woke her from her drug`induced coma. And to their
:13:21. > :13:27.relief, she began communicating immediately. But her battle was far
:13:28. > :13:31.from over. The bullet had severed a facial nerve, paralysing the left
:13:32. > :13:47.side of her face. Surgeons embarked on a ten hour operation.
:13:48. > :13:52.Malala's face began to recover. And in hospital, she made her first
:13:53. > :13:56.English friend. Katherine Hackett, one of the Health Care assistants
:13:57. > :13:59.looking after her. I think she was very curious about it, she thought
:14:00. > :14:02.that Birmingham was very green actually because when you look out
:14:03. > :14:07.of these windows they do look very, it does look very green but it's not
:14:08. > :14:11.as green as it looks. Erm, she did ask and there was a book bought in
:14:12. > :14:14.for her of things to do in Birmingham, what to do in
:14:15. > :14:18.Birmingham. It's March and Malala is out of hospital and on her way back
:14:19. > :14:21.to school. It's her first day at Edgbaston High. Rarely has the
:14:22. > :14:27.school run been such an act of defiance. I think it is the happiest
:14:28. > :14:34.moment that I'm going back to my school and today I would have my
:14:35. > :14:40.books, my bag. This is a classroom in which we teach Latin and
:14:41. > :14:45.Classical Studies. The head teacher shows Malala around before her new
:14:46. > :14:50.classmates arrive. Which I think is something you said you might be
:14:51. > :14:54.interested in? Yes, I am interested. I have heard about it. I want to
:14:55. > :14:57.learn. Her education and living costs are being paid for by the
:14:58. > :15:01.authorities in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. She herself
:15:02. > :15:04.wants to be a normal teenage girl and to have the support of other
:15:05. > :15:08.girls around her. I think talking to her, that's something she's very
:15:09. > :15:12.much mist during her time in hospital, the contact with her peer
:15:13. > :15:20.group. And we aim that once she's in school, she'll be a normal girl.
:15:21. > :15:32.She'll follow the normal rules along with everyone else. This is why
:15:33. > :15:35.Malala must stay in Birmingham, close to her doctors and nurses. She
:15:36. > :15:42.must squeeze in regular physio between international appearances
:15:43. > :15:49.and homework. And with her next public speech just days away. Today
:15:50. > :15:52.Malala is at the opening of her new local library, the ?189 million
:15:53. > :15:58.Library of Birmingham! The girl who once fought to read one book can now
:15:59. > :16:04.choose from over a million. But Malala is nervous. Today she is
:16:05. > :16:08.guest of honour. In a few minutes the 16`year`old must make a speech
:16:09. > :16:11.to hundreds of people in her new home city. It's a big moment.
:16:12. > :16:19.Honourable and distinguished guests and fellow Brummies. It is a great
:16:20. > :16:25.honour for me to be here in Birmingham, the beating heart of
:16:26. > :16:29.England. Birmingham is very special to me because it is here that I
:16:30. > :16:42.found myself alive seven days after I was shot.
:16:43. > :16:54.But Malala's biggest moment came in New York when she was asked to speak
:16:55. > :17:01.at the United Nations, a teenager addressing the world. Being here
:17:02. > :17:08.with such honourable people is a great moment in my life. Back in
:17:09. > :17:14.Birmingham, the team that helped to mend Malala watched particularly
:17:15. > :17:18.closely. Yes, I was looking, I was, I was observing her face, there's no
:17:19. > :17:22.doubt about it but I was also listening to the powerful message
:17:23. > :17:25.but yeah, I was delighted that she could do that and that's eight
:17:26. > :17:30.months after her facial nerve repair. That in itself is
:17:31. > :17:36.impressive. And then came a surprise, a thank you, on the
:17:37. > :17:40.biggest stage of them all. I would like to thank my nurses, doctors and
:17:41. > :17:52.the staff of the hospitals in Pakistan and the UK. It bought a
:17:53. > :17:56.tear to my eye actually because I hadn't seen her speak like that
:17:57. > :18:00.before and to see such, you know, this young girl that I saw that was
:18:01. > :18:03.very ill that had become very, very well now it was very hard actually
:18:04. > :18:07.to see that. Did actually, did actually make me cry because she
:18:08. > :19:31.just came across so well in it that. It was very nice to see.
:19:32. > :19:55.Green spaces like this become even more important. This is what year
:19:56. > :20:05.sex are doing in their garden. `` this is what Year Six are doing in
:20:06. > :20:22.their school garden. At all.
:20:23. > :20:25.Slugs and snails. Slugs and snails make the arch enemy of all gardeners
:20:26. > :20:42.that they are vital to our ecosystem. We are in prime slow worm
:20:43. > :20:52.territory. Long`standing and well`established green space. Long
:20:53. > :21:10.grass. They will be safe from predators. I was on duty at
:21:11. > :21:16.lunchtime. I went out to have a look and there it was. It was about that
:21:17. > :21:41.big. It had slithered up onto the tarmac. Next time one glides by, we
:21:42. > :21:45.want to persuade it to stay. We want to see if we can find a slow worm to
:21:46. > :21:48.help us learn more about these legless lizards, and how we can
:21:49. > :22:03.encourage them in to the school garden. It is a really good site for
:22:04. > :22:10.slow worms. It is thought this site is the best urban location for slow
:22:11. > :22:18.worms in the whole of the UK. So we should have a great chance of
:22:19. > :22:25.finding some today. Have you got any idea where these slow worms might be
:22:26. > :22:37.hiding? Under the tins. Are they right? I think they are. Let's have
:22:38. > :22:49.a look. They are quite elusive, aren't they? The lead elusive lives.
:22:50. > :22:53.Are they quick to scuttle off? If they are warm, they can be
:22:54. > :23:04.surprisingly fast. They may be fast but our wildlife detectives don't
:23:05. > :23:11.give up. That is a young one there. They do shed their tails as a
:23:12. > :23:19.defence mechanism. These areas protect them and provide shelter.
:23:20. > :23:27.Protection from predators, what are they hiding from? Domestic cats are
:23:28. > :23:30.a big problem but magpies and blackbirds can take small ones. A
:23:31. > :23:34.host of things. So, tip number one, the more sheltered spaces we can
:23:35. > :23:42.create at school the better our chances. But the children are still
:23:43. > :23:47.keen to find more slow worms. It is quite good because we have found two
:23:48. > :23:53.so far. I like the colour of it because it is bright yellow and
:23:54. > :24:00.green. That colour would be rare, I think. As the sun heats up so does
:24:01. > :24:07.our search, and then bingo. We have got one and here. I will try to get
:24:08. > :24:14.it out. That is one big slow worm. He looks like he is smiling. He is
:24:15. > :24:24.probably happy that the sun has come out. It is amazing what they can do
:24:25. > :24:31.with their bodies. It is amazing how they look like slugs. I love it. I
:24:32. > :24:34.think James really brought the slow worm to life. When we got to see
:24:35. > :24:40.one, you heard about their amazing features. It stoked a bit of
:24:41. > :24:44.interest in them. I have a surprise for them later on and it will make
:24:45. > :24:47.them excited about the slow worm. Now slow worms often suffer from a
:24:48. > :24:51.case of mistaken identity, people think they're a snake but in fact
:24:52. > :24:59.they're not and Langan Turner from Dudley Zoo has come along with a few
:25:00. > :25:07.of his reptile friends. What is the difference between a snake and a
:25:08. > :25:15.slow worm? Watch them blinking. Can you see them blinking? He can't
:25:16. > :25:25.blink. He doesn't have eyelids. Snakes don't have eyelids. They are
:25:26. > :25:31.like swimming goggles. Lizards are like slow warms, they can blink. I
:25:32. > :25:44.can see the slow worm a little bit more with this. Let me pop you down
:25:45. > :25:48.there. You can actually see if his legs kept on getting smaller, you
:25:49. > :25:58.would end with a long bodied animal, a thick head and something
:25:59. > :26:03.like a slow worm. These little dudes are a gardener 's friend mention of
:26:04. > :26:08.the pests that eat our plans. What can you do to attract them to your
:26:09. > :26:16.green space? Back to James, our man with a plan. Compost heaps are great
:26:17. > :26:21.for slow worms. They provide warm and moist positions which are ideal
:26:22. > :26:26.for when they want to hibernate and it provides shelter from predators.
:26:27. > :26:35.This is a big compost heap and everyone can have one of these in
:26:36. > :26:42.their garden. You can build a hybrid macular. What is one? It is a fancy
:26:43. > :26:48.name for recreating the conditions they need for hibernation. You would
:26:49. > :26:53.build a similar structure out of rubble, sticks and earth. I like the
:26:54. > :26:58.idea of going home and saying that you build one. Are we capable of
:26:59. > :27:04.doing that? Guess. They are up for it. James is good at explaining why
:27:05. > :27:11.these animals are so interesting and to get hands on was incredible. We
:27:12. > :27:14.had these exotic animals that are related to animals that they can
:27:15. > :27:18.find on their doorstep. I hope it has inspired them to attract some
:27:19. > :27:22.slow warms to their garden at school. So back at the school, the
:27:23. > :27:28.kids waste no time in building their slow worm des res. It is looking
:27:29. > :27:31.quite good. It is looking quite good as well. Are you happy with this? So
:27:32. > :27:39.are these wildlife workers confident that slow worms will use their new
:27:40. > :27:45.home? It depends if it doesn't rain and if it is always sunny, we will
:27:46. > :27:50.get some. I think they will because they like hiding and it is all
:27:51. > :27:59.covered. All the other animals can't get into it so vacancy. A bit more
:28:00. > :28:03.soil and water and we have... They've done a great job and with a
:28:04. > :28:06.perfect pad all ready to move into, hopefully next time a slow worm is
:28:07. > :28:15.passing through the playground it'll decide to stay.
:28:16. > :28:23.Let us hope that the children of the school attract slow worms of their
:28:24. > :28:26.own soon. That is it for this is that we will be back in the New Year
:28:27. > :28:28.with more surprising stories from right across the Midlands. Goodbye
:28:29. > :28:37.for now. The programme is back in the New
:28:38. > :28:40.Year. In the meantime, the team are working on a documentary following a
:28:41. > :28:42.family's campaign to get justice for the victims of the 1974 Birmingham
:28:43. > :29:07.pub bombings. Hello, I'm Riz Lateef with your
:29:08. > :29:10.90-second update. Four people are dead after the worst UK storm for
:29:11. > :29:15.years. Hurricane-force conditions left almost half a million homes
:29:16. > :29:18.without power. In some areas wind speeds reached up to 99
:29:19. > :29:22.miles-per-hour. The weather caused travel chaos for many. Rail and road
:29:23. > :29:26.services were disrupted because of fallen trees, while over a hundred
:29:27. > :29:28.flights had to be cancelled at Heathrow. Get the latest updates on
:29:29. > :29:32.BBC Local Radio. On trial over the phone-hacking
:29:33. > :29:35.affair. Two former News of the World editors, Rebekah Brooks and Andy
:29:36. > :29:39.Coulson. Both deny being involved in accessing voicemails.
:29:40. > :29:43.The NHS in England must handle complaints better. That's according
:29:44. > :29:47.to a new government report. It says there's a culture of delay and
:29:48. > :29:50.denial which needs to change. Are our streets being lost under a
:29:51. > :29:53.tide of litter? The charity Keep Britain Tidy thinks we're dropping
:29:54. > :29:57.around thirty million tonnes every year. It estimates cleaning it up
:29:58. > :29:59.costs more than a billion pounds.