:00:08. > :00:17.After a 10`year battle, this building is finally being restored.
:00:18. > :00:24.Tonight, impressionist Alistair McGowan investigates at risk
:00:25. > :00:29.buildings in the Midlands. Proud industrial buildings like this are
:00:30. > :00:35.at the top of the critical list. Fighting back, I will meet the blind
:00:36. > :00:45.and partially sighted people learning to defend themselves. I am
:00:46. > :00:54.Mary Rose, and this is Inside Out. In 2010 we spent some time following
:00:55. > :00:56.West Midlands Police's newly`established Football Unit as
:00:57. > :01:00.they launched a crackdown on football`related violence and just a
:01:01. > :01:03.few years on we were told that things are very different now. So
:01:04. > :01:06.when Aston Villa met West Bromwich Albion in November we tagged along
:01:07. > :01:10.to see for ourselves. Two proud clubs, one of the longest`lived
:01:11. > :01:14.local rivalries in the English game. The last two times these teams have
:01:15. > :01:19.played each other we have had large risk groups come out from both
:01:20. > :01:26.sides. It will be a great surprise if we don't get risk groups out
:01:27. > :01:30.today. You don't have to tell us that, our
:01:31. > :01:36.cameras have followed this Police Unit before. We know all about risk
:01:37. > :01:39.fans, or hooligans to you and me, because five years ago we brought
:01:40. > :01:41.you dramatic scenes of violent confrontations between rival West
:01:42. > :01:45.Midlands firms. You wear your colours, you're sweet, but if you
:01:46. > :01:49.come looking for it you're going to get it. We thought it was time we
:01:50. > :01:52.came back to see if things have changed. During the 2008/2009 season
:01:53. > :01:55.over 3,500 fans were arrested at football matches but what about now?
:01:56. > :02:03.West Bromwich Albion versus Aston Villa live on BBC WM 95.6. Tonight
:02:04. > :02:09.it's a big local Derby. It's still two hours till kick off and there's
:02:10. > :02:17.already trouble. We have got a disorder in the Jewellery Quarter in
:02:18. > :02:24.Birmingham. We have deployed resources but we already had
:02:25. > :02:28.resources there is. We are deploying spotters there to try and identify
:02:29. > :02:39.who the individuals are and we are arranging for more resources to go
:02:40. > :02:41.and join up with them. Over in the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham,
:02:42. > :02:45.football intelligence officers and spotters are already on the scene.
:02:46. > :02:48.Aston Villa fans have been drinking in the Rose villa Tavern. We've been
:02:49. > :02:52.called to a disorder. It would appear a group of WBA have gone into
:02:53. > :02:55.the pub caused the disorder. One male has been assaulted. The
:02:56. > :02:59.suspects have run off so now we've got officers in the area trying to
:03:00. > :03:06.round up those who went in and caused the disorder. PCs Stewart
:03:07. > :03:10.Bladen and Martin Portman are specialist officers who know the
:03:11. > :03:16.faces of the people most likely to cause trouble. To supporters have
:03:17. > :03:22.been arrested, one with some injuries to his face. It's a small
:03:23. > :03:30.scuffle but Inspector Howard Lewis Jones wants to make sure it's the
:03:31. > :03:40.first and last fight of the night. What we want is the normal fans to
:03:41. > :03:44.be treated in a nice friendly. Those risk fans, we'll start off in a nice
:03:45. > :03:48.friendly way but if they don't take any notice of what we're saying then
:03:49. > :03:51.we deal with them very very robustly. Back at the ground and
:03:52. > :03:55.some of the fans who were drinking in the Jewellery Quarter have
:03:56. > :03:59.arrived. Can we have all of you with tickets over on this side, please?
:04:00. > :04:04.Now all the police need to do is get them through the turnstiles without
:04:05. > :04:08.any more problems. In the past we did tend to do it all one way, now
:04:09. > :04:13.it is about looking after the decent fans who come to a football match.
:04:14. > :04:16.The police say they now treat a football match like a simple
:04:17. > :04:20.community event. Before it was more like they were preparing for battle.
:04:21. > :04:27.Nowhere is that change more evident than in this moment from our last
:04:28. > :04:29.film. Back in 2009 our camera crew got caught in the crossfire between
:04:30. > :04:37.Police and Birmingham City supporters. The newer tactics are
:04:38. > :04:46.that we're trying to engage as much as possible with normal supporters.
:04:47. > :04:49.So that people go away with a good impression of West Midlands Police
:04:50. > :04:56.and that we're here to assist in event rather than to deal with
:04:57. > :05:00.trouble. Even the fans just here to watch the match are noticing the
:05:01. > :05:06.changes. They are here but you do not see them as much. Obviously, you
:05:07. > :05:09.have got a few fans but for a derby game, there would normally be
:05:10. > :05:16.thousands. It is more low`key and create less of a tent atmosphere. I
:05:17. > :05:31.always feel very safe knowing that they're there. I think they're doing
:05:32. > :05:35.a sound job. It is not the regular fans that need policing but the
:05:36. > :05:41.people intent on trouble that Howard and his team need to watch. Why do
:05:42. > :05:45.they do it? I just got a buzz, at the time I was professionally
:05:46. > :05:55.fighting so it was just like extra fights. I can't speak for anyone
:05:56. > :05:59.else but I had a buzz. Barrington Patterson, also known as One Eyed
:06:00. > :06:11.Baz, used to be a notorious member of the Birmingham City firm The Zulu
:06:12. > :06:15.Warriors. We'd have a nice day out, do this do that, and have a fight `
:06:16. > :06:20.hopefully not get arrested. That was my day. The Zulu Warriors first
:06:21. > :06:24.appeared in the 1980s and fast became one of the most prominent
:06:25. > :06:27.firms in the country. Those days may be behind him, but his reputation
:06:28. > :06:34.still makes enjoying the football difficult. Even today, I will go to
:06:35. > :06:42.a football match and the police will be on my case. I have to tell people
:06:43. > :06:46.to keep away from me because the police are watching me all the time.
:06:47. > :06:49.It is history for him but back at the hawthorns, will there be people
:06:50. > :06:59.still looking to feel that same buzz? Spirits are high. Villa have
:07:00. > :07:03.managed to claw it back from being 2`0 down to a draw. But Howard is
:07:04. > :07:07.confident the new tactics mean there won't be any more trouble. In the
:07:08. > :07:13.past we'd have had straight lines of police officers. Almost regimented,
:07:14. > :07:18.we're trying to move away from that and not be seen as a force purely to
:07:19. > :07:21.deal with trouble. That is very well, but does it mean that the
:07:22. > :07:31.police have gone soft on football hooligans? Those people we are
:07:32. > :07:37.arresting are causing us real problems. They are not individuals
:07:38. > :07:42.who have had a drink too many of these are individuals who who are
:07:43. > :07:47.out to cause as real trouble. We identify them, target them and deal
:07:48. > :07:56.with them in a completely different way. There's a certain element we
:07:57. > :08:00.don't want going that way and meeting up with rival fans, that
:08:01. > :08:04.would cause us real problems. It is best that we control the ones we are
:08:05. > :08:19.concerned about, get them on the trains and back into the city. That
:08:20. > :08:22.is the tram, the train is this way. But even with the change in police
:08:23. > :08:31.tactics football violence hasn't completely gone away. Since our last
:08:32. > :08:36.film in 2009, arrests have dropped by 35%. But Barrington says the
:08:37. > :08:42.police will never eradicate it completely. Times have changed, the
:08:43. > :08:52.tactics have changed, but there are a lot of people going through the
:08:53. > :08:55.same motions as years ago. The biggest firm out there are the
:08:56. > :09:04.police and you're never going to beat the police. There have been a
:09:05. > :09:07.couple of arrests tonight. Inspector Lewis Jones and his team have
:09:08. > :09:11.successfully moved the lads who could have caused trouble on ` all
:09:12. > :09:15.with a smile on their face. At the end of the day we're football fans
:09:16. > :09:32.and we want to treat them as we'd like to be treated ourselves.
:09:33. > :09:36.Being physically or verbally abused at a football match or anywhere is a
:09:37. > :09:42.terrifying ordeal for anyone but imagine if you could not see your
:09:43. > :09:45.attacker. What would you do? This is what some blind or partially sighted
:09:46. > :09:51.people have to deal with on a daily basis. I have found out how some
:09:52. > :09:58.people are fighting back and stop the first rule of self defence is
:09:59. > :10:05.not to be there in the first place... A self defence class in
:10:06. > :10:07.Telford, Shropshire. Do not put yourself into a situation where you
:10:08. > :10:14.are likely to make yourself a target. What makes this one
:10:15. > :10:20.different is all the people here are blind or partially sighted. Why
:10:21. > :10:24.would blind people want to learn self defence? Well, when you hear
:10:25. > :10:31.some of the stories we have been told, you will understand. I was
:10:32. > :10:36.walking down the road after dark, I do not see anything at night. A
:10:37. > :10:44.vehicle approached me and driver engaged me in conversation, saying,
:10:45. > :10:49.I am not scratching my vehicle driving around you. When I asked the
:10:50. > :10:54.driver who he was, they did not respond, and the vehicle drove
:10:55. > :11:03.straight at me and knocked me over onto the grass. I noticed some noise
:11:04. > :11:13.on the other side of the road. It was across the carriageway. The
:11:14. > :11:17.liquid was all over me. Fortunately, the cans did not hit me but nobody
:11:18. > :11:27.stopped to assist me or phone the police or anything. When I walk
:11:28. > :11:35.along, people purposely barge into me or they do not see me and I have
:11:36. > :11:41.a lot of problems with people with pushchairs or prams, and I do not
:11:42. > :11:47.see them. Sadly, for some, these types of attacks are alarmingly
:11:48. > :11:53.common. My left eye is a false eye. I am partially sighted. I get a lot
:11:54. > :11:59.of abuse, and I have been assaulted a number of times as well.
:12:00. > :12:07.39`year`old Ali lives in Coventry and says that he suffers abuse at
:12:08. > :12:10.least once a week. Ali, give me an idea of the sort of abuse that's
:12:11. > :12:13.been hurled at you, it's physical and verbal, isn't it?
:12:14. > :12:21.It is. Thankfully it's mainly verbal but in the past I've been spat at
:12:22. > :12:25.and punched. There's a sense that stories like
:12:26. > :12:31.these might just be the tip of the iceberg but it seems that not all of
:12:32. > :12:35.them get reported to the police. People are afraid that either they
:12:36. > :12:38.won't be believed or that nothing will happen or that it's happened in
:12:39. > :12:43.the past and they think, you know, that this is normal behaviour.
:12:44. > :12:45.Is it possible to say how big a problem this is, the scale of the
:12:46. > :12:49.problem? Because it's a very under reported
:12:50. > :12:52.crime it's difficult to say how big a problem. Recent government
:12:53. > :12:57.statistics say that about one in 14 people with a visual impairment have
:12:58. > :13:00.experienced a hate crime. Unfortunately many other people are
:13:01. > :13:08.affected because they live in fear of experiencing hate crime. They are
:13:09. > :13:11.living in fear. With over 166,000 blind and
:13:12. > :13:14.partially sighted people living in the West Midlands that means that
:13:15. > :13:20.there are potentially thousands of victims already out there.
:13:21. > :13:23.People are telling us that they're experiencing it but they don't want
:13:24. > :13:29.to come forward because they think they might make the situation worse,
:13:30. > :13:35.it's a real issue for people. The police are taking it seriously and
:13:36. > :13:38.so are Action For Blind People. Unfortunately Ali Verney knows all
:13:39. > :13:44.too well just how terrifying these assaults can be. One of the worst
:13:45. > :13:52.incidents of abuse, physical abuse happened here in this park. Tell me
:13:53. > :13:56.what happened. I was walking from over there, Pool
:13:57. > :14:01.Meadow to city college which is just behind those flats over there. I
:14:02. > :14:04.didn't really know Coventry back then because I lived in Kenilworth.
:14:05. > :14:08.I walked through Swanswell Park and someone turned to me and said, "You
:14:09. > :14:14.don't need that stick. You put it on". I ignored it and because I
:14:15. > :14:20.ignored it they pulled a knife and stabbed me through my belly button
:14:21. > :14:26.area." Goodness, were you ok? I put my hand down. Looked at my hand it
:14:27. > :14:29.was covered in blood. The next thing I remember is waking up at Walsgrave
:14:30. > :14:33.Hospital. Ali had a miraculous escape, an off
:14:34. > :14:38.duty police officer and a paramedic witnessed what happened that day and
:14:39. > :14:43.came to his rescue. His attacker is now behind bars but it still affects
:14:44. > :14:47.Ali's daily life. I was frightened at first to come
:14:48. > :14:53.back into Coventry on my own. I'm not surprised.
:14:54. > :14:57.But I eventually overcame it. How did you feel that first time
:14:58. > :15:00.that you stepped outside your door here in Coventry and you had to,
:15:01. > :15:03.sort of, walk around again after that happened?
:15:04. > :15:08.I didn't feel safe at all. I felt like someone was going to hurt me.
:15:09. > :15:11.Whether they've been victims of hate crime or just heard about it, you
:15:12. > :15:16.can understand why people might think self`defence could help them..
:15:17. > :15:21.So what do they actually teach at the class in Telford?
:15:22. > :15:25.We like to have confidence with competence, it has to be real you
:15:26. > :15:30.know. We're not going to teach them to punch, kick, elbow and headbutt.
:15:31. > :15:33.We're teaching them escapes and awareness of their surroundings and
:15:34. > :15:36.they get a lot from that. And of course with that comes great
:15:37. > :15:40.confidence. Because the levels of sight loss in
:15:41. > :15:43.the class vary, a team of instructors is on hand so that
:15:44. > :15:48.everyone gets the one to one tuition they need and it's proved very
:15:49. > :15:53.popular. For the people here today, the benefits of taking a class like
:15:54. > :15:57.this are clear. What I think we get is for people to
:15:58. > :16:05.walk tall, walk with confidence, and be happy.
:16:06. > :16:09.Confidence I think, just learning how to defend myself as I go out a
:16:10. > :16:12.lot on my own. While the course in Shropshire is
:16:13. > :16:17.just taking off there are already others like it.
:16:18. > :16:21.Why because you locate the thumb so you realise which arm is grabbing
:16:22. > :16:23.you? Stephen Nicholls has spent five years developing the one Touch
:16:24. > :16:37.Project, a self defence system specifically designed to meet the
:16:38. > :16:40.needs of blind people. As the name suggests, touch is the
:16:41. > :16:43.key element. It became pretty clear that there
:16:44. > :16:47.was a big gap that needed to be addressed. Me and a team of people
:16:48. > :16:51.studied it forensically for quite some time, it's been a programme for
:16:52. > :16:54.five years now. We've taken from all sorts of systems of self`defence and
:16:55. > :17:02.put together a very tailored system if you like. It's not a martial art,
:17:03. > :17:09.it's a very specifically tailored system.
:17:10. > :17:13.I want to introduce you to Ali, who has been attacked quite badly do you
:17:14. > :17:15.think that your One Touch system could help him?
:17:16. > :17:21.Absolutely I'll give it my best shot." It
:17:22. > :17:29.it takes weeks to learn the system properly and safely. These are just
:17:30. > :17:33.some of the basics. In other words don't try this at home. You seemed
:17:34. > :17:36.to pick that up really quickly ` how was that for you?
:17:37. > :17:41.It was all right it was comfortable, I felt like he was going to come at
:17:42. > :17:45.me and maybe hurt me but I soon turned it around and I felt like I
:17:46. > :17:52.was the one in control of the situation.
:17:53. > :17:55.Nobody is trying to suggest self defence is the answer to the
:17:56. > :17:59.problem. If hate crime figures are going to be reduced more needs to be
:18:00. > :18:04.done to encourage people to report it. But from the smile on Ali's face
:18:05. > :18:08.it can go a long way to helping build confidence.
:18:09. > :18:11.I'm feeling really good because thanks to Stephen I'm actually now
:18:12. > :18:15.being able to learn how to look after myself and handle myself if
:18:16. > :18:27.someone comes to attack me in the street.
:18:28. > :18:34.If you have been the victim of hate crime or have witnessed something
:18:35. > :18:41.they you would like to report, go to our website. It is fully accessible.
:18:42. > :18:47.There is advice and information on who can help.
:18:48. > :18:53.This factory closed its doors in 1999. It made Coughlin 's for the
:18:54. > :19:00.whole country. For people such as Winston Churchill. The battle to
:19:01. > :19:03.restore the building has taken a decade but work outside is well
:19:04. > :19:12.underway. What is the grandpa and? The building work should be finished
:19:13. > :19:15.at the end of June and September is our target for opening because then
:19:16. > :19:21.we have to bring back the material from Newman Brothers, the stock and
:19:22. > :19:24.machinery, and it has to go back into the rooms so we can return them
:19:25. > :19:30.to how it looked. So it seems this building is one of
:19:31. > :19:34.the lucky ones but so many in the West Midlands hard and because of a
:19:35. > :19:40.lack of funding are left to shear rate. Alistair McGowan has been
:19:41. > :19:50.giving some of the building a health check. `` to deteriorate.
:19:51. > :19:55.This is the cinema I used to come to as a small boy and watch films with
:19:56. > :20:00.my sister. We would never know how the movie would end. Would the good
:20:01. > :20:10.guys beat the bad guys and would we get to the end of the film without
:20:11. > :20:16.needing the toilet? Join me as I journey through the West Midlands to
:20:17. > :20:19.see which of this region's historic buildings are being restored, like
:20:20. > :20:25.this cinema, and which are on the critical list. But before that, I
:20:26. > :20:31.caught up with the person leading the rescue project in the Midlands
:20:32. > :20:36.and asked how the region has fared. What is the critical list?
:20:37. > :20:42.We call it the Heritage at risk register. We publish it every year
:20:43. > :20:49.and it's not just buildings. It is great one and great will to `` grade
:20:50. > :20:56.one and grade two listed buildings. It includes battlefield and gardens.
:20:57. > :21:03.How does it compare in terms of its heritage?
:21:04. > :21:07.We've probably got slightly more buildings on the list than some
:21:08. > :21:11.other places. Our average is higher than the national average but if you
:21:12. > :21:17.were to characterise the type of heritage that is at risk in the West
:21:18. > :21:20.Midlands, industrial heritage is one of the things that we have a
:21:21. > :21:25.particular issue with because of the decline of the industrial Black
:21:26. > :21:33.Country and the potteries and so forth. These things are
:21:34. > :21:36.irreplaceable. They are part of our heritage and they are a very small
:21:37. > :21:40.percentage of the buildings, arguments and landscapes that we
:21:41. > :21:46.have and they tell our national story so if we lose them, we've lost
:21:47. > :21:51.that part of the story forever. But it needn't be the case. As Nigel
:21:52. > :21:57.Slater might say, you take something from the past, and many, and care
:21:58. > :22:08.and wait for it to rise. Hopefully you have made something tasty that
:22:09. > :22:12.will keep generations happy. Keeping our heritage alive can be an uphill
:22:13. > :22:15.struggle. A former art school has been on the register since 1982 and
:22:16. > :22:22.I wonder whether those championing its course had ever given up hope?
:22:23. > :22:27.This is an ordinary Birmingham suburb with an extraordinary number
:22:28. > :22:34.of listed buildings. On this road alone there are 16, the string of
:22:35. > :22:42.pearls. This is the school of art, but for the past 25 years it has
:22:43. > :22:50.been home to the Muslim Association and the years have not been hard?
:22:51. > :22:56.Kind to it. `` have not been kind to it. When we took it over, it was in
:22:57. > :23:01.a disastrous state. Water was closing in, the basement was
:23:02. > :23:08.flooded. It created problems. We got the building watertight and started
:23:09. > :23:12.repairing the inside. Once the heating had been operational, the
:23:13. > :23:17.building started drying out and we found there was an outbreak of dry
:23:18. > :23:26.rot and dry rot travels like wildfire. We have to recognise this
:23:27. > :23:31.is probably one of the most deprived areas in Birmingham, if not the
:23:32. > :23:41.Midlands. We want to try and provide facilities in the local area for the
:23:42. > :23:46.local community. There is a lot going for us, really, but we need
:23:47. > :23:50.help. It seems help is at hand. The mostly
:23:51. > :23:56.Muslim Association is now working with English Heritage to raise the
:23:57. > :23:59.funds that can help them continue their good work on the building. I
:24:00. > :24:12.hope they succeed. I last port of call was
:24:13. > :24:16.Staffordshire and a building that has declined to such an extent that
:24:17. > :24:21.I worry it could be beyond salvation. In the 19th century this
:24:22. > :24:26.teapot factory in long port was the heartbeat of the community and today
:24:27. > :24:36.that Hart has long since stopped beating. The West Midlands was once
:24:37. > :24:41.known as the workshop of the world. Stoke`on`Trent was the beating heart
:24:42. > :24:44.of its ceramics industry but today the blaze has gone and this part of
:24:45. > :24:48.Staffordshire paints a very different picture. Once proud
:24:49. > :24:56.industrial buildings like this are now at the top of the critical list.
:24:57. > :25:01.Let's have a look inside. I met with a man whose links to this
:25:02. > :25:07.place span several decades. He shared his memories of its past and
:25:08. > :25:14.hopes for its future. You used to work here in your youth.
:25:15. > :25:19.What was it like? Very, very busy. Lots and lots of
:25:20. > :25:23.people worked here, about 3000. What is your role here?
:25:24. > :25:30.I'm caretaker. I have been caretaker here for 14
:25:31. > :25:38.years. I don't get paid. There are about eight of us. One is a
:25:39. > :25:41.bricklayer, one as a joiner. We volunteer and work here, patching
:25:42. > :25:45.things up. We have never had a penny off anyone. You are doing it on a
:25:46. > :25:51.voluntary basis. Why? Because I like the place.
:25:52. > :25:57.My wife worked here, her mother worked here. How would you describe
:25:58. > :25:59.it now? It is collapsing.
:26:00. > :26:05.I've patched it up here and there but I can't put boards up against
:26:06. > :26:10.the windows because I'm not allowed. It would have been a start but we
:26:11. > :26:17.can't do anything. What would you like happen? I would
:26:18. > :26:20.like it ought to be restored. When you say restored, it couldn't
:26:21. > :26:26.become a teapot factory again, or could it?
:26:27. > :26:29.Is good. It could be stored and rented out as units. Would it make a
:26:30. > :26:32.good museum? It would.
:26:33. > :26:39.It would make a very good tourist attraction.
:26:40. > :26:46.This is one of the oldest pot banks in Staffordshire. You would lose a
:26:47. > :26:54.lock of history. A lock of history. A lot.
:26:55. > :27:03.Phil and his band of brothers desperately wants to save this site
:27:04. > :27:07.but are they holding back the tide? Restoration isn't just about putting
:27:08. > :27:12.things back the way they were. For buildings like this to have a proper
:27:13. > :27:19.future, we need to find new ways of using them but first we need to hope
:27:20. > :27:24.somebody cares enough to save them. Otherwise we run the risk of losing
:27:25. > :27:27.our link with our nation and region's past. By getting involved
:27:28. > :27:32.you can help make sure structures like these can tell their tales for
:27:33. > :27:42.centuries to come. The story of the demise of the
:27:43. > :27:50.buildings in the potteries. Let's hope they get a new lease of life,
:27:51. > :27:54.like this one. The Newman Brothers in Birmingham. Drop me an e`mail if
:27:55. > :28:02.you have a story you want us to cover. Thanks for watching and I
:28:03. > :28:07.will see you next time. Next week Mary and the scene team
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:28:18. > :28:20.sign that said hot lesbian.