:00:00. > :00:07.Hello and welcome to this week's Inside Out West Midlands.
:00:08. > :00:09.Tonight, gambling online and the loophole that's allowing
:00:10. > :00:23.You fill in your bank details then the funds will be deposited into the
:00:24. > :00:25.betting account and then you can stop betting.
:00:26. > :00:27.Also in the programme, why getting noticed is the first job
:00:28. > :00:32.for candidates bidding to become Mayor for the Midlands.
:00:33. > :00:38.Do you know who any of these people are? No. No.
:00:39. > :00:41.And we check out Coventry's bid to be the next UK City of Culture.
:00:42. > :01:01.I'm Ayo Akinwolere and this is Inside Out West Midlands.
:01:02. > :01:10.But first, online gambling is hugely profitable.
:01:11. > :01:13.Understandably, there are strict rules to stop under 18s betting.
:01:14. > :01:16.But as Qasa Alom's been finding out, there's concern about a loophole
:01:17. > :01:24.Did you know teenagers are twice as likely to gamble
:01:25. > :01:27.as they are smoke, drink or even take drugs?
:01:28. > :01:31.They're taken in by the glamour, the thrill the clever advertising.
:01:32. > :01:38.The thing is, to even get into somewhere like here,
:01:39. > :01:40.you're going to have to prove your age first.
:01:41. > :01:42.And like anything addictive, once you've had a taste
:01:43. > :01:45.you could get hooked and last year almost half a million checks
:01:46. > :01:53.were carried out to make sure children weren't getting
:01:54. > :01:57.We have door supervisors and the receptionists
:01:58. > :01:59.And we operate a Challenge 25 policy.
:02:00. > :02:03.So if somebody looks under the age of 25 they must show positive ID
:02:04. > :02:17.Whether it's at the roulette table here in the casino,
:02:18. > :02:21.the bookies or betting on a sports match ? the rules are clear?
:02:22. > :02:25.And it should be exactly the same in online gambling because that's
:02:26. > :02:28.where teenagers might still be tempted to try their luck isn't it?
:02:29. > :02:31.There's been a rapid rise in online betting ? last year the whole
:02:32. > :02:33.gambling industry was worth ?13 billion pounds.
:02:34. > :02:36.?4.5 billion of that came from bets made on laptops, tablets and phones.
:02:37. > :02:38.Or in other words a third of all bets placed.
:02:39. > :02:41.Meaning the online betting sector is now bigger than the lottery
:02:42. > :02:45.To keep up with this change, stop underage online
:02:46. > :02:48.betting and improve safety - the Gambling Commission has
:02:49. > :02:52.tightened up security measures What they've done is stopped
:02:53. > :02:59.new punters taking any money out until their age has been verified .
:03:00. > :03:03.But there is a way under 18s can still open an account and get
:03:04. > :03:10.And that's something football mad Lewis thinks needs looking at.
:03:11. > :03:12.He knows about the lure of gambling online.
:03:13. > :03:21.I won quite a lot of money ? I won the best part of two grand at one
:03:22. > :03:23.point and obviously after winning that I felt really happy
:03:24. > :03:26.and like I could do it again if I wanted to and sort of ever
:03:27. > :03:35.since then I sort of have been hooked I guess Yeah, yeah,
:03:36. > :03:42.a lot of my mates didn't believe me at the time and obviously
:03:43. > :03:45.they were impressed with the bet slip and quite impressed at how I've
:03:46. > :03:48.But eventually, and predictably, his luck ran out.
:03:49. > :03:51.I owed my dad a bit of money for the car
:03:52. > :03:58.I saved my money each week and thought, I could easily double
:03:59. > :04:01.this if I put it down on a be and I lost the money.
:04:02. > :04:05.I didn't even want to tell my dad at the point but it came
:04:06. > :04:09.Lewis is now 19 and has squared things with his dad.
:04:10. > :04:12.But he wants to warn other teenagers about the dangers of getting a taste
:04:13. > :04:17.I think ever since I have started betting it has always been
:04:18. > :04:23.there and it always will be, I think.
:04:24. > :04:26.It always is there and I don't think it'll go away.
:04:27. > :04:29.The new age verification rules would have stopped Lewis winning big
:04:30. > :04:33.But it's not only the chance of winning big that's
:04:34. > :04:41.No, I think it's like a rights of passage thing to become an adult.
:04:42. > :04:43.It's the excitement of it, the chance of winning something.
:04:44. > :04:45.There's lots of adverts on television to win something
:04:46. > :04:48.so I think young people see the opportunity of oh
:04:49. > :04:59.I could have a bet on this and it's socially acceptable or not.
:05:00. > :05:02.And he seems to be right because only a quarter of teens
:05:03. > :05:05.asked said they'd their motivation to gamble was the money.
:05:06. > :05:07.So let's just clear up what the new rules
:05:08. > :05:10.Gambling companies carry out background checks
:05:11. > :05:14.If these checks are inconclusive, you have 72 hours to send photo ID
:05:15. > :05:22.And remember, until then no money is ever paid out.
:05:23. > :05:25.So the rules seem pretty strict but do they go far enough?
:05:26. > :05:29.We're using a 16 year old's identity to put that to the test on a number
:05:30. > :05:38.of sports betting sites, starting with one from our region -
:05:39. > :05:52.And to be clear, the company complies with all the current
:05:53. > :05:56.Surely it wouldn't be possible to place an underage bet, right?
:05:57. > :06:00.You fill in your bank details, then the funds will be deposited
:06:01. > :06:03.into the betting account and then you can start betting.
:06:04. > :06:06.year old's bank details we placed bets with Bet 365.
:06:07. > :06:11.What's more,last year 57,000 online accounts on all betting sites
:06:12. > :06:12.were opened and then frozen, when customers didn't
:06:13. > :06:17.Well Unlike a bookies or a casino where you have
:06:18. > :06:21.to prove your age before you bet - in the online world you have 72
:06:22. > :06:26.And Lewis think these rules should be reviewed as well
:06:27. > :06:37.because it could lead to underage problem gamblers.
:06:38. > :06:40.It shouldn't really happen for the Under 18s because it's sort
:06:41. > :06:48.of like they'll end up what's happened to me sort
:06:49. > :06:54.of like I've got this problem since I've been under 18.
:06:55. > :07:04.On our findings The Remote Gambling Association which represents these
:07:05. > :07:24.Wouldn't it just be more effective to close this 72
:07:25. > :07:39.What I would say is that it's clearly an issue if a young person's
:07:40. > :07:42.been able to access online gambling and where it's not appropriate
:07:43. > :07:46.There is an obligation on the industry to keep vulnerable
:07:47. > :07:48.people and young people safe from the risks of problem gambling.
:07:49. > :07:50.And people we asked thought the answer is simple.
:07:51. > :07:53.If you're under 18, you can't bet, full stop!
:07:54. > :07:55.No, they shouldn't be allowed to do it in the first place,
:07:56. > :07:58.you know ask their age or verify their age before they even
:07:59. > :08:03.You shouldn't be able to play until your verified.
:08:04. > :08:08.When I grew up we weren't allowed any playing cards like gambling
:08:09. > :08:17.games at all and I think that's about right.
:08:18. > :08:20.My children are grown up now but I'd be frightened all the time if I'd
:08:21. > :08:22.got young children or grandchildren that go online.
:08:23. > :08:30.What does Tim Miller think ? he's boss of the Gambling Commission.
:08:31. > :08:33.Clearly online gambling is not a place children should be gambling
:08:34. > :08:36.and I think in an ideal world you'd be able to stop it immediately
:08:37. > :08:43.and worry though if we took that approach is maybe children would go
:08:44. > :08:45.onto sites that aren't licensed that don't have them protections
:08:46. > :08:48.in place and actually could put at in greater risk.
:08:49. > :08:51.Will you be considering any further and tighter security measures?
:08:52. > :08:55.It wouldn't be right for me to kind announce on this particular
:08:56. > :08:59.programme what advice we might give to government in everything we do
:09:00. > :09:02.the thing we have in front of our minds is to protect
:09:03. > :09:08.vulnerable people particularly children from gambling.
:09:09. > :09:10.So the Gambling Commission says they're going to review
:09:11. > :09:23.I guess we will have to wait and see, but I wouldn't put a bet on it.
:09:24. > :09:29.Later on, stand-up comic and actor Tom Price will be finding out
:09:30. > :09:41.if Coventry has what it takes to be the UK City of Culture.
:09:42. > :09:46.Culturally, there are a lot of different cultures in Coventry, all
:09:47. > :09:55.living happily side-by-side, and they always have been. For me, a lot
:09:56. > :09:56.of what was happening was happening in Coventry and in and around the
:09:57. > :09:59.area. But first the election few wanted
:10:00. > :10:08.and fewer still seem to know about. But yet the new directly-elected
:10:09. > :10:11.Metro Mayor will have a huge Chef and Brummie businessman
:10:12. > :10:14.Glyn Purnell has been finding out There's change on the political menu
:10:15. > :10:22.for the West Midlands. Just like New York and London,
:10:23. > :10:25.we're getting an elected mayor, whether we've an appetite
:10:26. > :10:28.for it or not. And it means a shift in power
:10:29. > :10:31.placing more of the big decisions It is up to local people to decide
:10:32. > :10:41.whether they're interested in their communities taking part
:10:42. > :10:44.in this new revolution in city government but equally I am not
:10:45. > :10:47.interested in in a halfway house, I'll only transfer major
:10:48. > :10:49.powers to those cites who choose to have a directly
:10:50. > :10:54.elected metro mayor. Councils in the West Midlands signed
:10:55. > :10:57.up to the former Chancellor's plan and in May we get to vote
:10:58. > :11:00.for our mayor. But how many of us even know
:11:01. > :11:03.the election is happening or what actual powers
:11:04. > :11:05.he or she will have? The mayor will head up the West
:11:06. > :11:08.Midlands Combined Authority, a kind of super council stretching
:11:09. > :11:11.across our region, and that's going to have a knock
:11:12. > :11:13.on effect to how things work Decisions made by the new mayor
:11:14. > :11:18.to do with issues around transport and the economy won't just impact
:11:19. > :11:23.on people living in those areas. It's a big change,
:11:24. > :11:25.a new leader for our region, Maybe the man who came up
:11:26. > :11:38.with the idea can tell me? So whether it's how you get to work
:11:39. > :11:42.on school on the train or the bus or the roads,
:11:43. > :11:46.the kind of skills your kids are going get in the future,
:11:47. > :11:51.hosuing, the envirmt, all of thse issues are now
:11:52. > :11:54.going to be decided by the mayor London's had elected
:11:55. > :12:04.mayors since 2000. First there was Ken Livingstone
:12:05. > :12:06.who brought in the congestion But it was Boris Johson who led
:12:07. > :12:11.London through the Olympics and introduced his Boris Bikes
:12:12. > :12:18.who really put his stamp on the job. Mayors aren't new of course,
:12:19. > :12:20.when I think of a mayor, I think of the chains,
:12:21. > :12:23.the robes, but that's a Lord mayor, this is different, this
:12:24. > :12:26.is a new kind of mayor, They'll be able to make decisions
:12:27. > :12:29.that directly affect us right here in the West Midlands,
:12:30. > :12:32.decisions about housing, jobs and transport that
:12:33. > :12:34.are currently made 100 miles A big part of the mayor's job
:12:35. > :12:39.will be transport ? roads, trams, buses and trains -
:12:40. > :12:43.we all need to get from A to B. I asked people on this tram
:12:44. > :12:49.from Birmingham to Wolverhampton Do you know who any of these people
:12:50. > :12:59.candidates so far declared. Do you know who any of these people
:13:00. > :13:05.are? So not household names like BoJo
:13:06. > :13:22.and Red Ken quite yet, but what do Social care, education and
:13:23. > :13:24.transport. The trams are good, but the buses are temperamental. Maybe
:13:25. > :13:28.housing for younger adults. And the big question,
:13:29. > :13:30.now they know the mayor can help improve the things that matter
:13:31. > :13:33.to them will they be putting If it benefits me, yes. Yes, once
:13:34. > :13:51.I've done my research. Most people don't have any
:13:52. > :13:53.idea, but great to see the enthusiasm once they find out
:13:54. > :13:56.a little bit more. But it seems it's not just
:13:57. > :13:59.commuters who are in the dark about this election,
:14:00. > :14:01.in a recent poll it turned out business owners have a lot
:14:02. > :14:07.of unanswered questions too. Henrietta took a poll of 500
:14:08. > :14:10.businesses across the WM area, and found 51% not aware of election,
:14:11. > :14:12.also 59% mayoral So this election hasn't grabbed
:14:13. > :14:18.the attention of commuters or the business world but someone
:14:19. > :14:21.who knows a whole lot more about She joined me back at the diner
:14:22. > :14:28.and explained that the mayor could really put the West Midlands
:14:29. > :14:32.on the map. They'll be a really important
:14:33. > :14:57.visible and accountable What powers will they have? There is
:14:58. > :15:03.potential for power to be increased, as was the case of the London there.
:15:04. > :15:09.This is a new role, so it's very much for people to make of it what
:15:10. > :15:17.they will. Different candidates have different skills and experience.
:15:18. > :15:20.London's Mayors have made a huge impact, I'm meeting up with five
:15:21. > :15:23.candidates who think they've got what it takes to do as good a job
:15:24. > :15:27.Here are their fifteen second pitches for your vote.
:15:28. > :15:29.James Burn is a councillor for Chelmsley Wood, he's standing
:15:30. > :15:35.I don't want to focus just on help and big multinationals in areas that
:15:36. > :15:39.are already doing well. I want to help small businesses to create
:15:40. > :15:40.decent jobs in the least well-off areas because those areas have been
:15:41. > :15:43.ignored for a long time and has to. UKIP's candidate is Pete Durnell,
:15:44. > :15:53.a computer expert from Warley. The metro mayor needs to be open and
:15:54. > :15:59.honest and transparent and that is what I will be. We need to set
:16:00. > :16:03.realistic and achievable goals that is what I will do, driving the
:16:04. > :16:04.region forward with passion and fighting for at every level.
:16:05. > :16:06.Beverley Nielsen is a Worcestershire born business woman and former
:16:07. > :16:10.regional director of the CBI ? she's standing for the Lib Dems.
:16:11. > :16:19.I'm standing for the change that you want, but what the main parties have
:16:20. > :16:23.failed to deliver. As mayor I will deliver decent homes, decent
:16:24. > :16:26.transport and decent services. I'm against austerity and for
:16:27. > :16:27.investment, not cuts. Labour's candidate is former Mp
:16:28. > :16:37.and now MEP Sion Simon. We need to take back control of the
:16:38. > :16:43.West Midlands from London. This is my community, where I came from, and
:16:44. > :16:47.I want to put power back in the hands of the West Midlands. We have
:16:48. > :16:48.been run by London too long and let down by them for too long.
:16:49. > :16:52.Former John Lewis boss Andy Street is the conservative party candidate.
:16:53. > :17:00.It is a great opportunity for Anwer region and make sure that the
:17:01. > :17:02.success that we see in some parts of the region are generally willingly
:17:03. > :17:05.shared amongst everybody. It's about shared amongst everybody. It's about
:17:06. > :17:07.all sharing in success. So lots of big promises
:17:08. > :17:09.there about what the candidates But there's one ingredient they'll
:17:10. > :17:13.need for the job to succeed, and that's us, they need a big
:17:14. > :17:16.turnout at the election. All the evidence shows
:17:17. > :17:18.that the more people who vote for a directly elected mayor,
:17:19. > :17:21.the more influence they have to do In the case of the LM the way
:17:22. > :17:26.in which that role was taken up and the high profile it was given
:17:27. > :17:29.enabled LM to gain So the more of us who vote the more
:17:30. > :17:34.clout the mayor will have to shout up for the West Midlands both
:17:35. > :17:36.in London and abroad. But turnout for elections can be
:17:37. > :17:39.low, fewer than 30% of people voted in the police and crime commissioner
:17:40. > :17:50.elections last year?why should in the police and crime commissioner
:17:51. > :17:52.elections last year. I think the issues that new mayor
:17:53. > :17:58.of the WM is gonna be dealing with are real bread and butter
:17:59. > :18:00.issues, they're about the local transport, the kind of skills
:18:01. > :18:03.and jobs coming into the area, the standard of living,
:18:04. > :18:05.they're really important to people and of course it matters
:18:06. > :18:07.who is the mayor. There'll be good mayors and bad
:18:08. > :18:10.mayors, and you've gotta make sure as a voter you pick the right person
:18:11. > :18:14.and that can make a huge difference to your family,
:18:15. > :18:16.your area and your future. This is a direct vote for a directly
:18:17. > :18:22.elected mayor so everyone's vote counts and it's always said that
:18:23. > :18:25.if you don't vote you get So there we have it,
:18:26. > :18:29.if we don't go out to vote, then we can't complain
:18:30. > :18:49.about the result. The mayor will take office for three
:18:50. > :18:52.years. One thing is for sure whether we want it or bother to vote, we are
:18:53. > :18:55.getting a mayor. Time now for our last film about,
:18:56. > :18:57.you guessed it, Coventry. Take a walk and you can find
:18:58. > :19:00.lots of traces of this city's The Guildhall here has a heritage
:19:01. > :19:13.dating back 700 years. But Coventry's also looking
:19:14. > :19:15.to the future by bidding to become UK City of Culture
:19:16. > :19:20.in four years time. There's tough competition so how
:19:21. > :19:22.realistic are Coventry's chances? Actor and comedian Tom Price
:19:23. > :19:31.has been finding out. I'm taking a tour around
:19:32. > :19:33.the West Midlands, visiting the three cities in the region
:19:34. > :19:37.bidding for the coveted title of UK The winner will be
:19:38. > :19:43.announced later this year. Last week I was in Hereford
:19:44. > :19:46.? city of my birth. This week it's Coventry,
:19:47. > :19:49.a place I spent a lot of time in when I was a student just a few
:19:50. > :19:52.miles away at the We all know the problems Coventry's
:19:53. > :19:57.had ? blitzed by the Germans, rebuilt in a mass of concrete,
:19:58. > :20:00.and then there's the Coventry Ring Road ? one of my top three ring
:20:01. > :20:09.roads in the country. But it's a city trying really hard
:20:10. > :20:14.to change outsiders' perceptions. So let's crack on and look at why
:20:15. > :20:17.the city is quietly confident it's We're a great people
:20:18. > :20:27.in Coventry, many times over. We have so much talent,
:20:28. > :20:33.how good Coventry people are and what great assets we have
:20:34. > :20:43.and to come and visit. FarGo Village, just outside
:20:44. > :20:45.the city centre, is home to a number of artists,
:20:46. > :20:48.both traditional and, shall we say, Does this circle
:20:49. > :20:59.represent the ring road? Yes, that's right, Ian Cook paints
:21:00. > :21:01.using radio controlled cars. Well we never did anything like this
:21:02. > :21:14.in art when I was at school. Historically linked to car industry
:21:15. > :21:31.but not linked to creativity so much so hopefully it'll not only showcase
:21:32. > :21:35.people like myself and the others at Fargo but others who may
:21:36. > :21:52.want to bring their business here. Give it ten years and you'll
:21:53. > :22:04.be alright with it. Although Coventry is perhaps better
:22:05. > :22:08.known for cars than concerts, it does have a musical heritage
:22:09. > :22:18.of note ? Two Tone is a fusion of punk and ska born
:22:19. > :22:21.here in the late 70s.Pauline Black was lead singer of the Selector
:22:22. > :22:24.and she's excited about what winning Myself and other artists can only
:22:25. > :22:30.welcome money, social aspect, that's what the music that I come
:22:31. > :22:38.from which is Two Tone has always been involved
:22:39. > :22:51.with is getting cultures together. Culturally there are a lot
:22:52. > :22:53.of different cultures in Coventry In fact that could be
:22:54. > :22:56.one of Coventry's strengths when it We have a very diverse population,
:22:57. > :23:12.over 100 languages and we have fantastic integration but you can
:23:13. > :23:24.always do things better. We want to be staging 1000 events
:23:25. > :23:26.throughout the city and ideally on every street in the city
:23:27. > :23:29.and this, yes definitely Asian communities play
:23:30. > :23:49.a hugely important role Her father came to Coventry
:23:50. > :23:56.in the '50s and ?almost inadvertently set about creating
:23:57. > :24:00.a great wealth of archive He started taking pictures from 1951
:24:01. > :24:16.onwards so there's a lot of history. And it tells a really important
:24:17. > :24:18.story about Coventry. It does ? it shows how South Asian
:24:19. > :24:21.migrants settled in Cov Now in his 90s Tarla's
:24:22. > :24:32.father,known best as Masterji, He had his first
:24:33. > :24:39.exhibition in November. And in fact, thanks partly
:24:40. > :24:52.to some significant funding from the Coventry 2021 bid team,
:24:53. > :24:57.this exhibition is going to go on tour to Mumbai which is a great
:24:58. > :25:00.way of showcasing Coventry Masterji's photos are almost
:25:01. > :25:05.entirely about Coventry and Coventry's people,
:25:06. > :25:07.but the 2021 proposals aren't Interestingly, the Bid Team has
:25:08. > :25:17.managed to get off the ring road This is the University of Warwick,
:25:18. > :25:22.my old stomping ground, Warwick University's campus is just
:25:23. > :25:34.a few miles from Coventry city centre and I was a student
:25:35. > :25:39.here in the late '90s. I actually remember
:25:40. > :25:41.when all this was fields. Jonothan Neelands is a professor
:25:42. > :25:46.here, and also part Part of the Warwick contribution
:25:47. > :25:51.is world class researchers, urban geographers, and of course
:25:52. > :25:55.Warwick Arts Centre ? major venue but it also plays an important
:25:56. > :25:58.stewardship role bringing Like all the cities bidding
:25:59. > :26:19.Coventry's certainly got an eye on youth ? in fact it's even
:26:20. > :26:22.appointed a youth ambassador. Ashley Jordan's a Coventry
:26:23. > :26:24.born and bred performer. As a dancer everyone goes
:26:25. > :26:28.to London but for me a lot As a dancer everyone goes
:26:29. > :26:42.to London but for me a lot Ashley says the bid team have been
:26:43. > :26:46.really supportive to him and other Really helpful to get different
:26:47. > :26:50.voices talking about the bid Even in the run up some
:26:51. > :26:58.of the projects are really exciting. At the moment I'm
:26:59. > :27:08.making a dance film. Don't want to give too much away
:27:09. > :27:12.but def a place to keep an eye on. It's been great to be back
:27:13. > :27:30.in Coventry and of course Warwick university and I've been impressed
:27:31. > :27:37.by what I've seen and when it comes to those behind the bid,
:27:38. > :27:40.they're pretty confident. I don't think everyone knows that
:27:41. > :27:46.and we're going to show the world! So Tom's reported on the Coventry
:27:47. > :27:49.and Hereford bids for us and he rounds up next week in Stoke,
:27:50. > :27:52.our third City of Culture contender. Don't forget you can catch up
:27:53. > :27:55.with all tonight's films on the iPlayer and follow us
:27:56. > :27:57.on Twitter - @bbciowm, That's your lot for this week. We'll
:27:58. > :28:25.see you next week. Next week, plans for a clean air
:28:26. > :28:28.zone in Birmingham. The lessons we learn from a similar scheme in
:28:29. > :29:04.Germany and how much difference will it really make?
:29:05. > :29:06.Hello, I'm Riz Lateef with your 90-second update.
:29:07. > :29:09.It's been described as the worst blunder in Oscars history -
:29:10. > :29:11.when the wrong winner for best film was announced.
:29:12. > :29:13.The stars of LaLa Land were accepting the award
:29:14. > :29:17.when they were told the winner was actually Moonlight.
:29:18. > :29:20.There's a warning that insuring your car could cost a lot
:29:21. > :29:23.The changes mean higher compensation pay-outs.
:29:24. > :29:27.But insurers say, in return, premiums will rise.
:29:28. > :29:29.2.5 years after it was set up - the independent inquiry
:29:30. > :29:34.into child sex abuse has begun its first public hearings.