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Tonight ` have you ever had your bike stolen? Well you're not alone `

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so did we. And Richie Woodhall's been tracking it down. Here is my

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friend a game with my bike. He has had a good look at it and he has

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what out a gain. Will he get his bike back? Stick

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around to find out. Also on the show we're in Worcester, the slow worm

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capital of the Midlands on the hunt for the gardeners' friend. We have

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got one under fair. He looks like he is smiling.

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That's all to come on tonight's Inside Out for the Midlands ` with

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me Mary Rhodes. First tonight ` there's been a

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cycling boom in Britain. And that means more bikes to pinch. So we

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thought we'd investigate just how bad the problem is ` asking how long

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would it take before our bike was stolen and where exactly do they go.

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Richie Woodhall now on the trail of the bike thieves.

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More and more of us are getting on a bike. Cycling has never been more

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popular. And that's just with thieves!

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It's the first time that I'd been to this jump park and I'm fairly

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convinced that somebody followed me home from the jump park, saw where I

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kept my bike in the garage and then a few hours later broke into my

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garage and took my bike. It was brand`new. I have not even

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had a chance to ride it that much. I was devastated. It is also the

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nature of how my bike was taken. Somebody claimed in the back garden

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while I was sat in the House. But if Jonathan was hoping to get

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his back he was in for a bit of a shock. Only one in 20 bikes get

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found and his wasn't one of them. So where do they go? I want to find

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out. We already know bike thieves come to

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Birmingham city centre and I've got a shiny new one worth a few hundred

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quid to tempt them with. Now it looks just like any other

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bike but we've fitted this one with a GPS tracker so we'll know if it's

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been pinched and more importantly we'll be able to track it and see

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where it ends up ` but they're not having the helmet!

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10% of all bikes bought are now stolen.

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Bike theft is now so common even the police are asking for help.

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That's one every three minutes. That's why I've joined this group of

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West Midlands police for a briefing on bike security. 500,000 bikes

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stolen every year. In the Midlands almost 18,000 bikes

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were reported as nicked last year but that's not the half of it. For

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every one that gets stolen there are probably three or more that do not

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get reported. Like crying is on the increase

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because more people are out there on their bikes. `` like crying. The

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more people that are using bikes the more opportunities there are four

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thieves. We've been hoping to tempt thieves

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with a bike of our own and I think we've hit the jackpot. Just eight

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hours after locking it up someone's decided to pinch it. A text tells us

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it's on the move. Our tracker means we'll be able to

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follow it wherever it goes. We know he has been busy. He has

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been at this road. But I'm not the only one hunting

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down stolen bikes. John Moss from Leicester helps other bike theft

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victims. He set up the stolen bike website after his got nicked. Now

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he's working with other cyclists to find them. The website has been

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running for one and a half years. Owners report their bike onto our

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website. We advertise that to our social media. People keep their eyes

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open. If they spot the bike they go online and let the victim now.

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So John's website is doing its bit but bike theft across the Midlands

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runs into millions of pounds each year.

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And I'm on the trail of a few hundred quid of it! The bike we had

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stolen from the centre of Birmingham.

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At least we do know where he went as Halfords. That is our next stop.

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Look what I have here? A vital piece of evidence.

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This looks interesting. There is my bike. That certainly is not me. Yet

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as my friend again walking back through the door with my bike. It is

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a lovely bike. He has what out as plain as day.

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So we know where our bike has been and now we've got a good idea of

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who's got it but where does he live? Our production team has been

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checking out the rest of its route and we think we've got a possible

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sighting. According to the tracker our bike is

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in those flats there. So with a bit of help from our GPS

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we're one step closer to recovering our bike but I've come to meet a man

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who's convinced the same technology helped get his stolen. The garage

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had been broken into and the bikes had been taken. They were worth over

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?10,000 but is a lot of money. Kevin used to use GPS mapping to

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share his route with other cyclists. Did that have anything to do with

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the burglary? I have done a couple of big rides and I wonder if the

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thieves had logged onto my account and see what I was able to do and

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where I was writing and maybe work life where I live and that I had

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high value bikes. Our bike isn't high value but we

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still want it back so we've been keeping an eye on the flat it's been

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taken to. We're using a specialist security

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team to make our move so safety comes first. In other words don't

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try this at home! We've already had a sighting of

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someone riding about on our bike. But as day one comes to an end, our

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security team decides the time's not right. Let's hope we have more luck

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tomorrow. We have spent time on the targets.

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We have spent time trying to work out what time he arrives home.

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Day three and we're back on patrol. If we get our bike back we'll

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identify it by its frame number. But not all suppliers put them on

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anymore so is the industry doing enough? Bikes come mainly now from

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the far east so they do not arrive here with a particular

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identification on them. What you need to do is to make certain that

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the shop you get it from Marx but for you. `` marked its for you.

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So some shops need to work harder to keep our bikes safe just like we've

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been working hard to get ours back. We know where it is and we've

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identified who's got it so it's time to say hello!

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That is you on the bike yesterday. There is the receipt. That is where

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you have been on that bike. We have been watching you for the last four

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days. We know you are involved. I am not police. I am not interested in

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that. We want the bike back. That is a tracking device. Either you

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pinched it or somebody sold it to you.

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He tried to do a runner. He thought better of it. He has spoken to us.

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We have explained he is not the police. He has not admitted stealing

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the bike. City was looking after that for somebody but does not deny

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driving around Birmingham on it. That is you going into Halfords.

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Did they sell you the bike? You were just looking after it.

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He was not aware there was a tracking device. He had no problems

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handing it back over. We have got the bike back. Job done.

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It's taken time, technology and effort to reunite me with my bike

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and it's been no easy task. It's also made me realise why thieves

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think they're such easy pickings. So have you had your bike stolen `

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or maybe you're one of the lucky ones who've had their bike returned?

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E`mail me your story. I'd love to hear from you.

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You're watching Inside Out for the Midlands. Next, Pakistani schoolgirl

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Malala Yousafzai first came to public attention in 2009 when she

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wrote a BBC diary about life under the Taliban. One child, one teacher,

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one book and one pen can change the world.

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Aged just 16, she is an inspiration to millions. And the youngest ever

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nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize. Among her fans, politicians and film

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stars. There was always something special about Malala. Calling on the

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entire world to ensure the right for every girl and boy to an education.

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And she lives in Birmingham. Why? Because the city came to her rescue.

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This is the story of how Birmingham threw open its arms to the most

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famous schoolgirl in the world. Malala Yousafzai grew up in the Swat

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Valley in Pakistan, an area controlled largely by the Taliban.

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But when they banned girls from going to school, Malala wasn't

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happy. Then aged 11, she started an internet blog, campaigning against

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the ban. In Pakistan the Taliban says it was

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responsible for a gun attack on a 14`year`old schoolgirl. But last

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October the Taliban hit back. An assassin opened fire on Malala's

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school bus. She was shot in the head and neck. Malala remains in

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intensive care with her family by her bedside. But offers of help soon

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came from across the world. At the time a British intensive care doctor

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happened to be in the country. He was approached by Pakistan's Army

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Chief, who was choosing the most suitable place for Malala. He felt

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that the United Kingdom was able to deliver that care, and clearly he

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had heard of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, because the

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British military send their injured soldiers and service personnel from

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Afghanistan and other theatres of operation back to Birmingham. Seven

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days after she was shot, Malala arrived in Birmingham. There,

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doctors woke her from her drug`induced coma. And to their

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relief, she began communicating immediately. But her battle was far

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from over. The bullet had severed a facial nerve, paralysing the left

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side of her face. Surgeons embarked on a ten hour operation.

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Malala's face began to recover. And in hospital, she made her first

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English friend. Katherine Hackett, one of the Health Care assistants

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looking after her. I think she was very curious about it, she thought

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that Birmingham was very green actually because when you look out

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of these windows they do look very, it does look very green but it's not

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as green as it looks. Erm, she did ask and there was a book bought in

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for her of things to do in Birmingham, what to do in

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Birmingham. It's March and Malala is out of hospital and on her way back

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to school. It's her first day at Edgbaston High. Rarely has the

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school run been such an act of defiance. I think it is the happiest

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moment that I'm going back to my school and today I would have my

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books, my bag. This is a classroom in which we teach Latin and

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Classical Studies. The head teacher shows Malala around before her new

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classmates arrive. Which I think is something you said you might be

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interested in? Yes, I am interested. I have heard about it. I want to

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learn. Her education and living costs are being paid for by the

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authorities in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. She herself

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wants to be a normal teenage girl and to have the support of other

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girls around her. I think talking to her, that's something she's very

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much mist during her time in hospital, the contact with her peer

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group. And we aim that once she's in school, she'll be a normal girl.

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She'll follow the normal rules along with everyone else. This is why

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Malala must stay in Birmingham, close to her doctors and nurses. She

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must squeeze in regular physio between international appearances

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and homework. And with her next public speech just days away. Today

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Malala is at the opening of her new local library, the ?189 million

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Library of Birmingham! The girl who once fought to read one book can now

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choose from over a million. But Malala is nervous. Today she is

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guest of honour. In a few minutes the 16`year`old must make a speech

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to hundreds of people in her new home city. It's a big moment.

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Honourable and distinguished guests and fellow Brummies. It is a great

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honour for me to be here in Birmingham, the beating heart of

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England. Birmingham is very special to me because it is here that I

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found myself alive seven days after I was shot.

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But Malala's biggest moment came in New York when she was asked to speak

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at the United Nations, a teenager addressing the world. Being here

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with such honourable people is a great moment in my life. Back in

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Birmingham, the team that helped to mend Malala watched particularly

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closely. Yes, I was looking, I was, I was observing her face, there's no

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doubt about it but I was also listening to the powerful message

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but yeah, I was delighted that she could do that and that's eight

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months after her facial nerve repair. That in itself is

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impressive. And then came a surprise, a thank you, on the

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biggest stage of them all. I would like to thank my nurses, doctors and

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the staff of the hospitals in Pakistan and the UK. It bought a

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tear to my eye actually because I hadn't seen her speak like that

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before and to see such, you know, this young girl that I saw that was

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very ill that had become very, very well now it was very hard actually

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to see that. Did actually, did actually make me cry because she

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just came across so well in it that. It was very nice to see.

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Green spaces like this become even more important. This is what year

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sex are doing in their garden. `` this is what Year Six are doing in

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their school garden. At all.

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Slugs and snails. Slugs and snails make the arch enemy of all gardeners

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that they are vital to our ecosystem. We are in prime slow worm

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territory. Long`standing and well`established green space. Long

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grass. They will be safe from predators. I was on duty at

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lunchtime. I went out to have a look and there it was. It was about that

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big. It had slithered up onto the tarmac. Next time one glides by, we

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want to persuade it to stay. We want to see if we can find a slow worm to

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help us learn more about these legless lizards, and how we can

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encourage them in to the school garden. It is a really good site for

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slow worms. It is thought this site is the best urban location for slow

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worms in the whole of the UK. So we should have a great chance of

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finding some today. Have you got any idea where these slow worms might be

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hiding? Under the tins. Are they right? I think they are. Let's have

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a look. They are quite elusive, aren't they? The lead elusive lives.

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Are they quick to scuttle off? If they are warm, they can be

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surprisingly fast. They may be fast but our wildlife detectives don't

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give up. That is a young one there. They do shed their tails as a

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defence mechanism. These areas protect them and provide shelter.

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Protection from predators, what are they hiding from? Domestic cats are

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a big problem but magpies and blackbirds can take small ones. A

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host of things. So, tip number one, the more sheltered spaces we can

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create at school the better our chances. But the children are still

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keen to find more slow worms. It is quite good because we have found two

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so far. I like the colour of it because it is bright yellow and

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green. That colour would be rare, I think. As the sun heats up so does

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our search, and then bingo. We have got one and here. I will try to get

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it out. That is one big slow worm. He looks like he is smiling. He is

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probably happy that the sun has come out. It is amazing what they can do

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with their bodies. It is amazing how they look like slugs. I love it. I

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think James really brought the slow worm to life. When we got to see

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one, you heard about their amazing features. It stoked a bit of

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interest in them. I have a surprise for them later on and it will make

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them excited about the slow worm. Now slow worms often suffer from a

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case of mistaken identity, people think they're a snake but in fact

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they're not and Langan Turner from Dudley Zoo has come along with a few

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of his reptile friends. What is the difference between a snake and a

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slow worm? Watch them blinking. Can you see them blinking? He can't

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blink. He doesn't have eyelids. Snakes don't have eyelids. They are

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like swimming goggles. Lizards are like slow warms, they can blink. I

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can see the slow worm a little bit more with this. Let me pop you down

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there. You can actually see if his legs kept on getting smaller, you

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would end with a long bodied animal, a thick head and something

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like a slow worm. These little dudes are a gardener 's friend mention of

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the pests that eat our plans. What can you do to attract them to your

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green space? Back to James, our man with a plan. Compost heaps are great

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for slow worms. They provide warm and moist positions which are ideal

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for when they want to hibernate and it provides shelter from predators.

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This is a big compost heap and everyone can have one of these in

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their garden. You can build a hybrid macular. What is one? It is a fancy

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name for recreating the conditions they need for hibernation. You would

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build a similar structure out of rubble, sticks and earth. I like the

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idea of going home and saying that you build one. Are we capable of

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doing that? Guess. They are up for it. James is good at explaining why

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these animals are so interesting and to get hands on was incredible. We

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had these exotic animals that are related to animals that they can

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find on their doorstep. I hope it has inspired them to attract some

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slow warms to their garden at school. So back at the school, the

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kids waste no time in building their slow worm des res. It is looking

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quite good. It is looking quite good as well. Are you happy with this? So

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are these wildlife workers confident that slow worms will use their new

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home? It depends if it doesn't rain and if it is always sunny, we will

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get some. I think they will because they like hiding and it is all

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covered. All the other animals can't get into it so vacancy. A bit more

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soil and water and we have... They've done a great job and with a

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perfect pad all ready to move into, hopefully next time a slow worm is

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passing through the playground it'll decide to stay.

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Let us hope that the children of the school attract slow worms of their

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own soon. That is it for this is that we will be back in the New Year

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with more surprising stories from right across the Midlands. Goodbye

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for now. The programme is back in the New

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Year. In the meantime, the team are working on a documentary following a

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family's campaign to get justice for the victims of the 1974 Birmingham

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pub bombings. Hello, I'm Riz Lateef with your

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90-second update. Four people are dead after the worst UK storm for

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years. Hurricane-force conditions left almost half a million homes

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without power. In some areas wind speeds reached up to 99

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miles-per-hour. The weather caused travel chaos for many. Rail and road

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services were disrupted because of fallen trees, while over a hundred

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flights had to be cancelled at Heathrow. Get the latest updates on

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BBC Local Radio. On trial over the phone-hacking

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affair. Two former News of the World editors, Rebekah Brooks and Andy

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Coulson. Both deny being involved in accessing voicemails.

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The NHS in England must handle complaints better. That's according

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to a new government report. It says there's a culture of delay and

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denial which needs to change. Are our streets being lost under a

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tide of litter? The charity Keep Britain Tidy thinks we're dropping

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around thirty million tonnes every year. It estimates cleaning it up

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costs more than a billion pounds.

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