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:00:00. > :00:00.Now on BBC One, it's Inside Out West Midlands.

:00:00. > :00:08.On this week's Inside Out, the man who saved the people

:00:09. > :00:24.And a roof over their heads - the other Dorchester hotel that's

:00:25. > :00:29.full every night with guests who have nowhere else to go.

:00:30. > :00:48.Every time I lived here, I loved it here.

:00:49. > :00:51.First though, in this quiet corner of Birmingham it's hard to believe

:00:52. > :00:53.that guns are once again a major problem in this city.

:00:54. > :00:57.12 years ago, tough action and help from the community cut gun crime

:00:58. > :00:59.following the senseless driveby shooting of two teenage girls.

:01:00. > :01:02.But now there's growing concern that criminals are turning

:01:03. > :01:04.to a new source of supply for weapons as Peter Wilson has

:01:05. > :01:14.I've been covering these streets as a reporter for half my lifetime.

:01:15. > :01:17.At one stage, I kept trying to lie down.

:01:18. > :01:25.I thought gun crime was a thing of the past, but now it's back -

:01:26. > :01:37.And the police, they know it's back, too.

:01:38. > :01:39.In the last three months, three people have been killed

:01:40. > :01:51.One of the doctors physically had to put his hand in the hole

:01:52. > :01:57.in my face to remove the shotgun shell.

:01:58. > :01:59.This man was shot at point-blank range he asked us not

:02:00. > :02:08.If it was an inch higher, it could have been my brain,

:02:09. > :02:12.A lot of people say I'm lucky to be here.

:02:13. > :02:23.I don't like to use the word luck, but I guess I am.

:02:24. > :02:28.which changed his world for ever he found his son dying

:02:29. > :08:50.it at this level where I can cope, Dave can cope, we are OK.

:08:51. > :08:54.Diane's trial period has also ended so now,

:08:55. > :08:56.she too is knowingly receiving the drug.

:08:57. > :09:01.Today, she is getting her scan results and she feeling upbeat.

:09:02. > :09:10.We are really looking forward to looking at the ones from a couple

:09:11. > :09:15.of years ago before we started all this, and the latest ones.

:09:16. > :09:18.Diane, here is your MRI scan, this is the most recent one.

:09:19. > :09:23.than on the one a year ago. that is a bigger glow in this scan

:09:24. > :09:27.Diane's brain has deteriorated. they had hoped for.

:09:28. > :09:33.see the positive side. definitely on the drug and they can

:09:34. > :09:38.Now you are, hopefully it will get better.

:09:39. > :09:43.It is a weird disease. It does horrible things to you.

:09:44. > :09:50.Oh, dear. Never mind, will be all right.

:09:51. > :10:01.Yes, we are together, that is the thing.

:10:02. > :10:04.I am really pleased we are part of it but I want it to make

:10:05. > :10:12.I want it to give us longer. I want it to slow the disease down.

:10:13. > :10:26.so it is a waiting game until then. will be available in December

:10:27. > :10:29.Next tonight - one woman from Cornwall and her very

:10:30. > :10:31.mischievous daughter, in their battle to win hearts

:10:32. > :10:34.and minds in the understanding of Down's syndrome.

:10:35. > :10:40.Sausages. going to say sausages.

:10:41. > :10:43.The world of child modelling has a new star.

:10:44. > :10:46.Natty Goleniowska from Cornwall is nine.

:10:47. > :10:49.She has Down's syndrome, her starring role here an indication

:10:50. > :10:54.that old attitudes and prejudices are changing.

:10:55. > :11:02.Down's syndrome before birth. the ability of doctors to detect

:11:03. > :11:06.A new test has been developed, much more accurate than

:11:07. > :11:11.it is potentially a step backwards. but for some, that is not good news,

:11:12. > :11:22.Big smile. That's lovely.

:11:23. > :11:29.about Down's syndrome. an award-winning blog

:11:30. > :11:34.had the condition. she was when doctors told her Natty

:11:35. > :11:38.I had absolutely no idea what Down's syndrome really meant.

:11:39. > :11:42.I had very outdated images that came to the fore in my mind,

:11:43. > :11:49.I couldn't have been more wrong. away from view, institutionalised.

:11:50. > :11:59.How did you do that? bust those myths.

:12:00. > :12:03.The modelling came about because I had found so very much

:12:04. > :12:06.support in seeing other children doing ordinary, everyday things.

:12:07. > :12:09.But many parents still fear Down's syndrome.

:12:10. > :12:14.pregnancies are terminated. birth, nine out of ten

:12:15. > :12:17.Hayley believes that would change if parents were given a more

:12:18. > :12:22.balanced picture when they were told their baby has the condition.

:12:23. > :12:27.No one can predict what an unborn baby with Down's syndrome...

:12:28. > :12:33.or medically. intellectually or physically

:12:34. > :12:38.But the full set of information needs to be given to the parents

:12:39. > :12:42.and that includes the possibilities for children these days with early

:12:43. > :12:49.with Down's syndrome. wonderment of individuals

:12:50. > :12:58.Natty has changed our lives beyond measure.

:12:59. > :13:02.In Cornwall, this support group prepares welcome packs and a book

:13:03. > :13:05.for parents of new babies with Down's syndrome.

:13:06. > :13:12.Here too, there is concern. in the country where this happens.

:13:13. > :13:17.If the diagnosis was received and parents are being made to feel

:13:18. > :13:20.that the natural choice is to abort their child

:13:21. > :13:25.because of the Down's syndrome diagnosis, then that is a real worry

:13:26. > :13:31.screened out of existence. of society that will get

:13:32. > :13:35.There is a whole, rich, diverse population of the world

:13:36. > :13:38.that is not going to be here anymore and that would be a shame.

:13:39. > :13:44.showed Down's syndrome. with her daughter, test results

:13:45. > :13:48.She says she was repeatedly offered an abortion.

:13:49. > :13:52.The immediate reaction was to book me in for a termination,

:13:53. > :14:00.response to what my result was. and it was kind of just an automatic

:14:01. > :14:06.that is necessary. bit and I said I don't

:14:07. > :14:14.It is just not as bad as you think. she was given about the condition

:14:15. > :14:22.but you get there. it is obvious that happens,

:14:23. > :14:25.These parents' concerns about screening are being fuelled

:14:26. > :14:29.by the new test which is expected to be offered on the NHS soon.

:14:30. > :14:33.It is more accurate than what is used now.

:14:34. > :14:37.Hayley fears that without the right advice and support for parents,

:14:38. > :14:40.it could all but eradicate children with Down's syndrome.

:14:41. > :14:47.That has prompted her to step up her fight.

:14:48. > :14:50.She and Natty are travelling to Edinburgh where she will talk

:14:51. > :14:53.at an important conference of student nurses.

:14:54. > :14:57.She wants to challenge the negative messages about Down's syndrome.

:14:58. > :15:02.Pop it in there, good girl. do you want to put it in for me?

:15:03. > :15:06.To be given the privilege of being able to speak at this

:15:07. > :15:09.conference, to hundreds of these students and to make a difference

:15:10. > :15:13.right now at the beginning of their medical careers, hopefully,

:15:14. > :15:19.will help other families that they encounter along the way.

:15:20. > :15:25.Thanks, girls. and Natty later.

:15:26. > :15:29.But first, I'm going to Great Ormond Street Hospital

:15:30. > :15:32.in London to find out more about the new test.

:15:33. > :15:36.It is called noninvasive pre-natal testing or NIPT.

:15:37. > :15:40.If you are expecting, you can already have an ultrasound

:15:41. > :15:44.scan and a blood test to see if there is a likelihood of Down's

:15:45. > :15:46.syndrome but it is not very accurate.

:15:47. > :15:49.If signs of the condition are spotted, you will be offered

:15:50. > :15:52.another test to be sure. It is called amniocentesis.

:15:53. > :15:56.Doctors use a needle to take some fluid from around the foetus.

:15:57. > :16:01.It is accurate but there is a small risk of losing the baby.

:16:02. > :16:06.NIPT involves testing the mother's blood for traces of the baby's DNA

:16:07. > :16:13.How is it going, OK? which children with Down's syndrome

:16:14. > :16:19.be offered on the NHS. study looking at whether NIPT should

:16:20. > :16:23.The current test will identify about 85% of the babies with Down's

:16:24. > :16:31.so it is more sensitive. identifies over 99%,

:16:32. > :16:34.And that means that fewer women will end up being offered

:16:35. > :16:40.have Down's syndrome. whether or not the baby does indeed

:16:41. > :16:45.from our society altogether? with Down's syndrome

:16:46. > :16:47.This isn't going to happen, there will still be people

:16:48. > :16:51.who do not want to have any Down's syndrome screening and even those

:16:52. > :16:54.that are identified by being at an increased chance of having

:16:55. > :16:56.Down's syndrome, some still declined because they wouldn't do anything.

:16:57. > :17:00.And we have shown that women with the diagnosis made safely

:17:01. > :17:03.still feel that is what they want, they want the information

:17:04. > :17:05.and they do not want to terminate the pregnancy.

:17:06. > :17:10.So I think these fears are ungrounded.

:17:11. > :17:15.But for Hayley, those fears are real.

:17:16. > :17:17.She and Natty have arrived at the student nurses conference,

:17:18. > :17:19.more determined than ever to press home their message.

:17:20. > :17:23.Hayley, how are you feeling, are you all prepped?

:17:24. > :17:27.I am prepped, I am ready to go, I think.

:17:28. > :17:37.LAUGHTER and wiping doughnut off

:17:38. > :17:44.Just that you are all here,

:17:45. > :17:48.and some of you have travelled so far to come to such an event,

:17:49. > :17:52.fills me with hope and thank you all.

:17:53. > :17:56.Parents must be given time to process and think.

:17:57. > :17:59.All too often, the only option given to families is an appointment to end

:18:00. > :18:03.this perceived suffering before it begins.

:18:04. > :18:07.A kind of early euthanasia, if you like.

:18:08. > :18:13.please know that you are. you are not making a difference,

:18:14. > :18:16.You are showing by shining example that all lives are precious

:18:17. > :18:21.and worthy of respect and your words count.

:18:22. > :18:25.The speech is going well but then Hayley is overcome by emotion

:18:26. > :18:36.Bless you, Natty. of her own preconceptions

:18:37. > :18:50.It is quite hard when she is in the room.

:18:51. > :19:18.APPLAUSE wrong, before I knew you.

:19:19. > :19:34.APPLAUSE I love my family.

:19:35. > :19:38.It looked as if Hayley is winning some powerful allies.

:19:39. > :19:41.She is talking to some of the most senior people here.

:19:42. > :19:45.The health professional rules about helping the family

:19:46. > :19:50.their own mind up. information and make

:19:51. > :19:53.It is really positive, practical advice that I will take

:19:54. > :19:58.into my practice and share with my fellow student midwives.

:19:59. > :20:02.Hayley and other parents say their fight to have their voices

:20:03. > :20:05.heard, whatever the future over the testing of Down's syndrome

:20:06. > :20:09.and as medical advances make it easier to detect the condition

:20:10. > :20:12.before birth, they will make sure the lives of people living

:20:13. > :20:17.with Down's syndrome are accepted and respected.

:20:18. > :20:24.is expected shortly. the new test on the NHS

:20:25. > :20:28.Next tonight, John Cuthill has the story of how one takes people

:20:29. > :20:32.to court despite loads of complaints of incomplete deliveries and faulty

:20:33. > :20:41.Mind your head. thousands of pounds.

:20:42. > :20:48.customers to court. a habit of taking his

:20:49. > :20:53.Valerie Bailey from Basingstoke. and his business partner

:20:54. > :20:56.Never oiled it, never greased it, never done anything to it.

:20:57. > :21:00.They have been making thousands of pounds from families

:21:01. > :21:05.to garden furniture. and it is all down

:21:06. > :21:10.you can barbecue on. and you will never get another one

:21:11. > :21:12.Richard and Valerie's company, Hampshire Garden Furniture,

:21:13. > :21:15.sells high-end summerhouses and giant parasols.

:21:16. > :21:18.With one hand, not two hands, with one.

:21:19. > :21:22.Scores of customers have been summoned to court by Mr Wood.

:21:23. > :21:32.It starts at around ?2,000. they never even made.

:21:33. > :21:38.We bought the cafe in December 2009 and we opened in the spring of 2010.

:21:39. > :21:42.Jayne Gray runs a beach cafe in Falmouth.

:21:43. > :21:47.parasols, or jumbrollies. and ordered two large

:21:48. > :21:51.A signature item from Hampshire Garden Furniture's collection.

:21:52. > :21:57.printed on the fabric. and ordered her cafe logos to be

:21:58. > :22:02.The second was not much better. and was taken away.

:22:03. > :22:12.Has this ever been used in anger? is the jumbrolly.

:22:13. > :22:15.No, we can't use it because there is a square top missing at the top

:22:16. > :22:19.Right. come through the middle.

:22:20. > :22:23.Can we try and see if we can get it up?

:22:24. > :22:29.The other thing is, this was meant to be white.

:22:30. > :22:33.If you notice, that has gone through the canvas.

:22:34. > :22:35.That has gone right through. Right through, yes.

:22:36. > :22:40.are getting wet. who are sitting here

:22:41. > :22:46.at the Norwich Garden Show. in Cambridge found Mr Wood

:22:47. > :22:53.and paid a ?2,000 deposit. summerhouse for her wedding day

:22:54. > :22:56.It was made, the weather was nice, we were looking forward

:22:57. > :23:02.on the lawn in the gazebo. friends, family were going to be out

:23:03. > :23:05.That was going to be part of the celebrations.

:23:06. > :23:09.Mr Wood took another ?6,000 from Marie's account and a week

:23:10. > :23:15.It was really substandard. a gazebo arrived.

:23:16. > :23:23.of the legs up with one hand. and my son picked one

:23:24. > :23:30.been used before. and I think it probably had

:23:31. > :23:32.Mr Wood agreed to replace the damaged gazebo and 24 hours

:23:33. > :23:36.before the wedding, some workmen arrived with a different model.

:23:37. > :23:40.Then, his excuse was, he hadn't got any octagonal shaped

:23:41. > :23:44.ones, so would we have this round one?

:23:45. > :23:51.half of the roof here. and then realised they had only got

:23:52. > :23:56.bits and pieces. missing and some other

:23:57. > :23:59.The heater, the fridge, bits and pieces were missing.

:24:00. > :24:02.So they went away, left all the tools, things scattered

:24:03. > :24:07.Friday morning. they would be back first thing

:24:08. > :24:10.Bear in mind, we were getting married Friday afternoon.

:24:11. > :24:14.No one did ever turn up. We went off and got married.

:24:15. > :24:17.We didn't have a gazebo for the wedding and at that point,

:24:18. > :24:22.we were thinking, we are ?8,500 out of pocket.

:24:23. > :24:29.from the credit card company. did get their money back -

:24:30. > :24:32.Mr Wood said to us that Marie was clearly unhappy and he offered

:24:33. > :24:41.her a replacement. and that he had found

:24:42. > :24:49.heard nothing since. the whole order and that he has

:24:50. > :24:53.So, plenty of allegations of poor quality goods for loads of money.

:24:54. > :24:57.Some people don't get any furniture and they still end up in court.

:24:58. > :25:10.Cheryl Squibb runs a home furnishing and carpet business.

:25:11. > :25:19.for the whole family to relax in. cash on a nice summerhouse

:25:20. > :25:22.She was looking for something like this but the ones being offered

:25:23. > :25:26.by Hampshire Garden Furniture came with a big discount.

:25:27. > :25:30.I just wanted to know a little bit more about them, I was advised

:25:31. > :25:34.a site survey would be done to confirm that I could have one.

:25:35. > :25:44.After the show, there was bad news. to have the survey and to secure

:25:45. > :25:48.Cheryl's grandson was taken seriously ill with meningitis.

:25:49. > :25:51.Understandably, her priorities changed.

:25:52. > :25:54.I cancelled the appointment on the proviso that I would re-book.

:25:55. > :25:58.But in all honesty, my brain was all over the place,

:25:59. > :26:06.What happened next? the news we had been given.

:26:07. > :26:09.I received a letter from Mr Wood saying that I had signed a contract,

:26:10. > :26:17.wanted his payment. it was on its way and he

:26:18. > :26:21.But despite her protests, Cheryl ended up in court,

:26:22. > :26:28.signed by Cheryl. ordered document apparently

:26:29. > :26:31.How do you think your signature is on an order and invoice document?

:26:32. > :26:36.my knowledge at all. but it was done without

:26:37. > :26:40.I have done nothing wrong, I work for every penny I have got.

:26:41. > :26:42.I built my own business over ten years and have

:26:43. > :26:48.gone without everything. Now I am having to pay this man.

:26:49. > :26:52.We have spoken to a number of people who told us the same story,

:26:53. > :26:56.that they thought they were signing up to guarantee a trade show

:26:57. > :27:01.couldn't get out of. it was a contract they

:27:02. > :27:04.Mr Wood told us he didn't believe anyone would sign an order

:27:05. > :27:07.by mistake and said he was obliged to take people to court

:27:08. > :27:11.because these were bespoke items, difficult to resell.

:27:12. > :27:17.This is our first day and this is the only one for 4,000 anywhere.

:27:18. > :27:22.Actually, he offers this discount at every show.

:27:23. > :27:26.Mr Wood didn't want to be interviewed for the programme

:27:27. > :27:30.about the unhappy customers left in his wake who claimed

:27:31. > :27:33.they were either misled about what they were signing up for,

:27:34. > :27:40.or who had received the wrong items, damaged goods or nothing at all.

:27:41. > :27:47.years and had good reason to do so. people to court over the last ten

:27:48. > :27:50.We have talked to similar businesses, the same size

:27:51. > :27:53.as Mr Wood's who say they have never taken legal action against anyone.

:27:54. > :27:58.As for Mr Wood's customers, they say they have lost thousands

:27:59. > :28:09.This worked out lovely, cheers! business with Hampshire

:28:10. > :28:12.It is the injustice of it all, he's still going to these trade

:28:13. > :28:15.shows and that is where he meets people.

:28:16. > :28:20.Just really keep walking. buy one, keep walking.

:28:21. > :28:28.And yes, I would probably floor him if I saw him now.

:28:29. > :28:30.And that is it from all of us on Inside Out.

:28:31. > :28:32.We will be back next Monday at 7.30pm.

:28:33. > :29:04.I will see you then. Goodbye.

:29:05. > :29:06.Hello, I'm Riz Lateef with your 90 second update.

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