:00:08. > :00:14.Hello from Gloucestershire, where we are investigating a row over the
:00:14. > :00:18.future of our rubbish. Tonight: Concern is that a giant new
:00:18. > :00:24.incinerator plant near the village of Haresfield is a potential health
:00:24. > :00:28.risk. Also tonight: Olympic legacy - what
:00:28. > :00:34.Olympic legacy? We ask a local gold medal-winning Olympian to take a
:00:34. > :00:39.closer look. Do you think there was any legacy in my gold medal?
:00:39. > :00:43.not really. And an after-school club like no
:00:43. > :00:53.other. The state school in Somerset leading the way in orchid
:00:53. > :01:01.
:01:01. > :01:05.conservation. First to delight, burning rubbish
:01:05. > :01:11.to generate electricity. It sounds like a great idea and here in
:01:11. > :01:17.Gloucestershire, there are plans to spend �500 million to build a giant
:01:17. > :01:21.waste incinerator just behind me. But the proposals are meeting with
:01:21. > :01:31.is a divided opposition, with concerns it is a waste of money and
:01:31. > :01:33.
:01:34. > :01:38.Rubbish - we throw plenty away every day. And even the recycling
:01:39. > :01:42.is on the increase, what is left us to go somewhere. We are producing
:01:42. > :01:46.too much rubbish. We cannot landfill waste any more. It is
:01:46. > :01:50.getting too expensive. Gloucestershire, the council wants
:01:50. > :01:55.to burn rubbish bin in incinerators to generate a electricity but that
:01:55. > :01:59.has got people all fired up, especially Claire Card, whose
:01:59. > :02:03.family will have to live next door. It is the wrong concept at the
:02:03. > :02:08.wrong time in the wrong place, costing an exorbitant amount of tax
:02:08. > :02:14.payers' money. Blair is worried it will be a health hazard but other
:02:14. > :02:18.countries have used them for ideas. -- Claire. It is so automated, it
:02:18. > :02:23.will always ensure that what comes out of the stack is as clean as it
:02:23. > :02:27.can be. Perhaps a visit to see the technology will help Claire to
:02:27. > :02:37.decide whether she will back an incinerator. First impressions - I
:02:37. > :02:40.
:02:40. > :02:44.am quite horrified, really. Quite shocked. We don't want incineration.
:02:44. > :02:48.20th October 12 and Claire Card is part of a claret -- crowd that has
:02:48. > :02:51.gathered outside of Gloucestershire's shire hall. It is
:02:51. > :02:56.a last chance to stop a contract been signed between the county
:02:56. > :02:59.council and the company that wants to build the incinerator. Claire
:02:59. > :03:03.and lives near the proposed site and is worried about the impact if
:03:03. > :03:07.it goes ahead. We live within less than a five-mile radius so we are
:03:07. > :03:12.concerned about what is coming out of the chimney on a daily, hourly
:03:12. > :03:15.basis. Also the traffic around the roads. Our children are very young
:03:15. > :03:20.and we do not know the effect on their health. It is very
:03:20. > :03:25.frightening. A but the protest failed. The contract was signed.
:03:25. > :03:29.The only hope now is to stop planning permission to prevent the
:03:29. > :03:35.incinerator being built. This is where the council wishes to but it
:03:35. > :03:41.- a patch of land it owns right next to junction 12 of the M5. The
:03:41. > :03:45.building will be almost 50 metres high with a chimney reaching over
:03:45. > :03:50.70 metres, taller than anything else in the skyline and higher even
:03:51. > :03:56.than Gloucester Cathedral. It will burn up to 190,000 tonnes of waste
:03:56. > :04:01.every year and generate enough electricity to power 25,000 homes.
:04:01. > :04:07.We cannot landfill waste any more. It is getting too expensive. A huge
:04:07. > :04:14.taxes are being put on land filling waste. This year, we will pay �9
:04:14. > :04:19.million in taxes alone just to get rid of Gloucestershire's rubbish.
:04:19. > :04:24.70% is recycling and 30% is being used to recover energy. I think it
:04:24. > :04:29.is something to be proud of. People in other counties and other
:04:29. > :04:34.countries will look to a Gloucestershire as a model. But it
:04:34. > :04:38.will also mean over 200 lorries on the road every day - one every
:04:38. > :04:44.minute at peak times. There are also worries about Havel toxic
:04:44. > :04:48.particles coming out of the chimney -- harmful, and it will have to be
:04:48. > :04:52.there for 25 years. Just down the road is the village of Haresfield,
:04:52. > :04:57.home to Claire Card and other families who say the incinerator is
:04:57. > :05:02.not necessary. We are encouraged to recycle more and reusable. We do
:05:02. > :05:06.not think there will be a need to have an incinerator for 25 years -
:05:06. > :05:11.because that is the commitment they will be making - to burn the volume
:05:11. > :05:14.of rubbish they are talking about. Today, they are making posters for
:05:14. > :05:19.another protest. This time the children are sending their message
:05:19. > :05:23.to the council. For the demonstration, they are heading up
:05:23. > :05:30.to the Haresfield Beacon to look down across the incinerator site.
:05:30. > :05:34.It is in the middle of biddable countryside. No incinerator!
:05:34. > :05:39.Fantastic. We are overwhelmed with the support from the children of
:05:39. > :05:44.the village. It is great. Nobody can give us a 100% guarantee that
:05:44. > :05:47.it is safe. So, could see in an incinerator for real change
:05:47. > :05:52.Claire's mind? She has agreed to go to Denmark, where they have used
:05:52. > :05:57.the technology for decades. This is the perfect opportunity for me to
:05:57. > :06:04.see whether or not the reality is actually better or worse than what
:06:04. > :06:09.we are seeing on paper. This is Aalborg in northern Denmark. They
:06:09. > :06:14.have had a waste incinerator here since the 1980s. It produces
:06:14. > :06:22.electricity for 36,000 homes and heating for 20,000. It is a short
:06:22. > :06:27.taxi ride away on the edge of the city, on an industrial estate.
:06:27. > :06:30.quite horrified, really. The scale of it, the plume of smoke. This is
:06:30. > :06:35.still quite early in the morning but there are lots of refuse
:06:35. > :06:40.lorries arriving already and there is rubbish around the site. First
:06:40. > :06:45.impressions - quite shocked. I can see lots of things in that pile of
:06:45. > :06:49.rubbish that could easily be extracted and recycled. First stop
:06:49. > :06:53.is the waste arrival area. Thousands of tonnes come here every
:06:53. > :06:59.day, and fuel for the fire. But look closely - it is full of
:06:59. > :07:05.bottles, cans, paper - recitals. lot of stuff in that rubbish should
:07:05. > :07:09.be recycled. That does not seem right to me. The plant runs 24
:07:09. > :07:13.hours a day and there is not enough waste locally to keep it going.
:07:13. > :07:17.They have to imported from other districts, even other countries. A
:07:17. > :07:21.lot of it comes from the UK. The rubbish is all put straight into
:07:21. > :07:26.the burner, where the temperature is over 1000 degrees Celsius. It
:07:26. > :07:32.destroys most things but does produce some harmful by-products.
:07:32. > :07:39.So, at various levels, you have of filters to remove a... Yes, we have
:07:39. > :07:44.a flu system. Are you concerned about the dioxins that debt in to
:07:44. > :07:48.the system? Were you are removing the dioxins. The gas coming out of
:07:48. > :07:52.the burner has toxic ash and other chemicals like dioxins and furins
:07:52. > :07:56.in. It has to be cleaned with special filters and chemical
:07:56. > :07:58.scrubbers. Computers constantly monitor the incinerator to make
:07:59. > :08:06.sure pollutants are below the limits allowed by European Union
:08:06. > :08:14.rules. This is what I consider the most important. From here, we
:08:14. > :08:20.control the electricity production and we monitor the emission values.
:08:20. > :08:23.Have you ever had an accident here where the dioxin levels have
:08:23. > :08:30.exceeded what the required levels are, and have you ever had to turn
:08:30. > :08:36.the plant off all react? In the cleaning system, we have so far not
:08:36. > :08:41.had anything's causing a shutdown of the plant. But of course when we
:08:41. > :08:46.are handling waste, there can be things that mean we need to stop
:08:46. > :08:49.the plant and then we do that. Looking at the chimney, I am
:08:49. > :08:54.concerned about what is coming out of the chimney, and what about the
:08:54. > :09:00.local population? The local citizens are not worried and I
:09:00. > :09:06.think they can really trust the plant, mainly because what you see
:09:06. > :09:09.here is water evaporating. So how much plume you can see is actually
:09:09. > :09:14.depending on the outdoor temperature. It is so automated
:09:14. > :09:18.that it will always ensure that what comes out of the stack is
:09:18. > :09:22.actually as clean as it can be. Back in the UK, the Health
:09:22. > :09:27.Protection Agency is investigating whether more babies and children
:09:27. > :09:34.die near incinerators, and whether there is a connection. It is due to
:09:34. > :09:39.report in 2014. Its view is very clear and remains such - there is
:09:39. > :09:44.no impact of these incinerators on public health. But if there were
:09:44. > :09:47.adverse effects, we would have to stop and think again. We are not in
:09:47. > :09:54.the business of poisoning people in Gloucestershire. If there were any
:09:54. > :09:58.evidence that we were, we would not be pursuing this route. 250 of
:09:58. > :10:04.these are working in Europe. There are many hundreds in the States and
:10:04. > :10:10.there is no evidence of anything happening. The Environment Agency,
:10:10. > :10:15.the European regulations, would ban these facilities if there was a
:10:15. > :10:19.problem and there are still many being developed. But Claire has
:10:19. > :10:25.seen enough. This incinerator has convinced her that the one in
:10:25. > :10:30.Gloucestershire should not be built. I am more concerned, in a way. I
:10:30. > :10:34.did not expected to be quite such a large building. You look up and see
:10:34. > :10:42.the plume coming out of the top and I am worried about what the effects
:10:42. > :10:47.might be in 20 years. We are all familiar with the phrase
:10:47. > :10:52.Olympic legacy. Indeed, the original bid for London 2012
:10:52. > :10:56.included a pledge to inspire or one million people to take up sport.
:10:56. > :11:02.That pledge has since been watered down and now five months on from
:11:02. > :11:06.last summer's games, some sports report seeing little changed at all.
:11:06. > :11:16.We asked Olympic shooting gold medallist Peter Wilson to take a
:11:16. > :11:17.
:11:17. > :11:21.London 2012 - sensational, captivating and hailed as a great
:11:21. > :11:31.national success. And for Peter Wilson, the Games brought personal
:11:31. > :11:52.
:11:52. > :12:02.triumph, too. Peter Wilson has done What we have begun at will not stop
:12:02. > :12:04.
:12:04. > :12:09.now. The spirit of these Olympics On a damp December day, Peter is
:12:09. > :12:14.back at his home range. Thatched York -- glorious summer of so
:12:14. > :12:24.bought feeling like a distant memory. He has not practised for
:12:24. > :12:26.
:12:26. > :12:32.That is what you call a complete mess. It doesn't take long for the
:12:32. > :12:37.magic to return. Someone said to me, Peter, you are the legacy. You are
:12:37. > :12:46.the legacy of shooting. It is pretty scary to think that is on my
:12:46. > :12:49.shoulders. In the warmth of the club house, Peter asks the range
:12:49. > :12:55.owner whether more people are taking up shooting. Do you think
:12:55. > :13:00.there has been a major search? not really. I don't think there
:13:00. > :13:06.will be at all. People like to talk about you and read about you, but
:13:06. > :13:12.it doesn't encourage them to take up shooting. I was really surprised
:13:12. > :13:16.and slightly sad and. This is my home ground, this is my base, so
:13:17. > :13:24.knowing what it has been like for shooting here, I am keen to find
:13:24. > :13:30.out what is going on in other sports.
:13:30. > :13:35.Olympic handball was one sport that inspired a surge of interest. Not
:13:35. > :13:41.least of all here at the Bristol handball club. For months on,
:13:41. > :13:45.sustaining that wave of enthusiasm is proving to be a challenge. Sport
:13:45. > :13:50.England is the government body task with a meeting that challenge.
:13:50. > :13:56.Peter talks to the man in charge of the south-west. What do sport
:13:56. > :14:01.England mean by legacy? We mean more people playing sport and
:14:01. > :14:06.sustaining the Sporting habit. A key target of our audience is 14th
:14:06. > :14:14.to 25 euros. Equally, as people get older we want to keep them playing
:14:14. > :14:20.sport. Overall, we have 1 billion to invest and create a sporting
:14:20. > :14:26.habit for life. To achieve that, one idea they have come up with his
:14:26. > :14:31.at programme called Sport Makers. That legacy is about everybody
:14:31. > :14:41.being involved. Workshops are held locally to enthused volunteers and
:14:41. > :14:58.
:14:58. > :15:05.encourage friends and family into Peter is on his way to the black
:15:05. > :15:11.belt Academy in Bristol. A type 1 go class is in full swing, led by
:15:11. > :15:17.Grand Master Andy Davis. It is not just teaching kicking and punching
:15:17. > :15:26.people. We want to teach people to be good members of society and
:15:26. > :15:32.contribute. Don't stop! Legacy, have you seen a massive influx
:15:32. > :15:38.here? I don't think there is any legacy at all. There is no evidence
:15:38. > :15:44.of people coming in as a result of the Olympics. I have spoken to lots
:15:44. > :15:49.of clubs and not one has had an extra member. Inspiration does not
:15:49. > :15:54.equal participation. To qualify for funding, clubs have to be
:15:54. > :15:59.affiliated to the national governing body. There was an
:15:59. > :16:04.announcement by Sport England for grassroots funding. Is that
:16:04. > :16:08.something you will be able to access? No, like a lot of clubs we
:16:08. > :16:14.don't belong to the governing body. I have to fund it through income
:16:14. > :16:24.generated by the club. All of the income coming down would, people at
:16:24. > :16:28.the top benefit and the bottom do not. How are you existing? Just.
:16:28. > :16:33.Andy Davis, true inspiration. The kids and parents love him, but he
:16:33. > :16:37.is struggling with the politics in the sport. Paralympians also ran
:16:38. > :16:42.faster, through further and achieved more. They changed
:16:42. > :16:49.perceptions about disability, but what about encouraging disabled
:16:49. > :16:54.people to take up sport? In Yate, the South Gloucestershire council
:16:54. > :16:59.run a service called Choices 4U. They help people with learning
:16:59. > :17:05.difficulties gain access to sports facilities. They have just received
:17:05. > :17:09.�50,000 from Sport England and today they are playing Boccia.
:17:09. > :17:16.is a tactical sport, but it is really whoever can get the most
:17:16. > :17:26.balls to the jack. Let's have a go. Go for it. I will do a couple of
:17:26. > :17:29.
:17:29. > :17:36.substitutions. The pressure. Great shot, Peter. Excellent! As well as
:17:36. > :17:40.Boccia, fencing is proving a favourite.
:17:40. > :17:45.You have some money from Sport England, what do you plan to do
:17:45. > :17:50.with it? We plan to help an additional 30 people with
:17:50. > :17:55.disabilities to access the service. It gives them a social network and,
:17:56. > :18:04.by being able to do physical activity, they become healthier.
:18:04. > :18:13.You are very good. You beat me. love being with you. I loved being
:18:13. > :18:18.with you as well. Thank you. Peter's journey ends where his
:18:18. > :18:24.career began, Millfield School in Somerset. It holds a lot of
:18:24. > :18:30.memories. This is where it all started. The track is used by the
:18:30. > :18:34.Mendip and -- athletics club. you say there has been an
:18:34. > :18:39.increasing number since the Olympics? We have had 25 youngsters
:18:39. > :18:46.joined since July. I ask them, why have you come here and they said
:18:46. > :18:50.they had seen it and want to be a part of it. We have a waiting list.
:18:50. > :18:55.Interestingly, one of the problems we have is there is never enough
:18:55. > :19:00.coaches. You can have lots and lots of youngsters, but we can't coach
:19:00. > :19:06.hordes of children. Evidence that more people are getting into sport
:19:06. > :19:14.is patchy, so his balding and confident in its plans? To me, it
:19:14. > :19:19.sounds like the fingers crossed hope and pray moment. When you are
:19:19. > :19:25.investing a billion pounds. It is absolutely not. How are you going
:19:25. > :19:30.to be certain the money is not wasted? We have close relationships,
:19:30. > :19:34.process is in place which mean that the bodies that deliver a more
:19:34. > :19:37.participants will qualify for more funding. We have plans and
:19:38. > :19:43.programmes in place to deliver the legacy and we can see it taking
:19:43. > :19:47.root already. The legacy is difficult to pin down and to see. I
:19:47. > :19:51.would like to believe that the Olympic legacy is alive and kicking
:19:51. > :19:56.in the south-west, but from what I have seen, I think the jury is
:19:56. > :20:00.still out. I am an optimist and would like to think we can do
:20:00. > :20:03.things differently. All the money in the world can help, but whether
:20:03. > :20:06.it will change things is different altogether.
:20:06. > :20:09.Now, they're among the most exotic and sought-after plants on the
:20:09. > :20:12.planet and growing them used to be the preserve of specialists. But a
:20:12. > :20:16.state school in Somerset is now a world leader in the propagation of
:20:16. > :20:18.orchids for conservation. In our final film tonight, we've been to
:20:18. > :20:24.Writhlington School in Radstock to meet members of an after-school
:20:24. > :20:34.club like no other. 13-year-old Jacob Coles is an
:20:34. > :20:34.
:20:34. > :20:36.expert on orchids. This week, Jacob and his fellow
:20:36. > :20:39.volunteers at the Writhlington Orchid Project are getting ready
:20:39. > :20:46.for to their annual open evening when they invite the public into
:20:46. > :20:53.the greenhouses. But with just two days to go, will one of the stars
:20:53. > :20:56.of their collection be ready? Even before he gets dressed, Jacob
:20:56. > :21:06.Coles is thinking about orchids. He has a collection of more than 800
:21:06. > :21:07.
:21:07. > :21:16.different species in his bedroom. This is the largest plant I have.
:21:16. > :21:19.Then I have this little one here which I have had least two feet
:21:19. > :21:24.tall last year. And orchid growing is not Jacob's
:21:24. > :21:31.only surprising hobby. My morning routine involves uni-
:21:31. > :21:35.cycling to school. I leave home at 7.30am and arrive at about 7.45am.
:21:35. > :21:39.Watering can take half an hour to three quarters of an hour at this
:21:39. > :21:45.time of year, but in the dry season in summer it can take almost an
:21:45. > :21:49.hour to do. This week it's especially important
:21:49. > :21:56.that the plants look their best. There are just 48 hours to go until
:21:56. > :22:00.they open the doors to visitors and there's still a lot to do.
:22:00. > :22:03.We're not ready, at this stage I can say we're not ready at all.
:22:03. > :22:10.Still got all these plants to sort out and all those pots there.
:22:10. > :22:14.There's a lot to do. But when the school day starts,
:22:14. > :22:24.Jacob has to go to lessons like everyone else. Meanwhile the orchid
:22:24. > :22:28.houses double as a classroom. soon as we open the lid it is not
:22:28. > :22:32.sterile any more. Simon Pugh Jones is the science teacher who started
:22:32. > :22:42.the Orchid Project over 20 years ago. How many plants do you reckon
:22:42. > :22:42.
:22:42. > :22:46.we have got here? Any people can get involved with the business.
:22:46. > :22:49.We've got students from age 11 to age 18 and they come and get
:22:49. > :22:53.involved in the plants and show some enthusiasm and then I put them
:22:53. > :22:56.in charge of a group of plants. So either a genus or a group from a
:22:56. > :23:06.particular country and they do everything to those plants - they
:23:06. > :23:09.water them, they pollinate them and they take them to the shows. Over
:23:09. > :23:12.the years, the project has won an impressive array of national and
:23:12. > :23:17.international awards. The open night in two day's time is a chance
:23:17. > :23:20.to show local people what it's achieved.
:23:20. > :23:23.The depths of the winter is a fantastic time for orchids really
:23:23. > :23:27.because a lot of their habitats have their dry season at this time
:23:27. > :23:30.of year and dry season is a good time to flower and a lot of our
:23:30. > :23:40.best plants are in flower. It's break time and Jacob has come
:23:40. > :23:44.to check up on another important part of the Orchid Project's work.
:23:44. > :23:48.Are you ready for tonight? He's visiting the propagation laboratory
:23:48. > :23:50.to meet fellow pupil Zoe Barnes. The students are in charge of every
:23:50. > :23:59.part of the project and, between lessons, 13-year-old Zoe runs the
:23:59. > :24:04.lab. The Orchid Project is about more than horticulture. It's also a
:24:04. > :24:08.thriving business and Zoe's lab is at the heart of the enterprise.
:24:08. > :24:11.Here we have an orchid seed pod and you can see, rolling about in the
:24:11. > :24:15.bottom, all the little seeds. In one orchid seed pod this size, you
:24:15. > :24:20.can have up to 2.6 million seed. We can get seeds from our own plants
:24:20. > :24:26.for nothing. 2.6 million plants, each sold at �10 so the majority of
:24:26. > :24:28.the money we get for the project comes from the lab.
:24:28. > :24:31.And that money has taken the Writhlington Orchid Project around
:24:31. > :24:37.the world, from Brazil to the Himilayas, with its own unique
:24:37. > :24:42.model of conservation and rural development. Last year students
:24:42. > :24:45.visited Laos in South East Asia. They helped set up a laboratory to
:24:45. > :24:55.teach local people to grow native orchids from seed to replace the
:24:55. > :24:59.
:24:59. > :25:03.illegal trade in wild plants. At lunchtime, the volunteer's head
:25:03. > :25:08.back to the greenhouses. With two days to go, they need to sort out a
:25:08. > :25:12.photo quiz for the opening evening. Despite their best effort, there is
:25:12. > :25:20.no guarantee that all the stars of the project will show up on the
:25:20. > :25:25.night. This is one of Alan most dramatic plants. We really hope
:25:25. > :25:31.these will open up on Thursday night. It is known as Darwin's
:25:31. > :25:39.orchid. If it blooms in time it is a fantastic Greenidge, White Star
:25:39. > :25:44.and has a fantastic Saint. It is perfect for an evening event.
:25:44. > :25:52.school day is over, but volunteers are still at work using plants to
:25:52. > :25:56.sell at the Open the evening. one at the back looks perfect.
:25:56. > :26:01.I am very anxious. It will really test all of us, but we have done a
:26:01. > :26:07.lot bigger shows than this so there is no doubt in my mind we will pull
:26:07. > :26:11.it off. It is the day of the event and with just a few hours to go
:26:11. > :26:21.before the orchid project opens its doors to the public, everybody has
:26:21. > :26:22.
:26:22. > :26:28.a job to do. As darkness falls, there is just time for our last
:26:28. > :26:33.check on Darwin's orchid before visitors arrive.
:26:33. > :26:38.Here it is and it is definitely still a bird. It is not going to
:26:38. > :26:48.open. We will have to have another celebration just for Darwin's
:26:48. > :26:57.
:26:57. > :27:01.orchid. At 6:00pm, the doors open There are the flowers here.
:27:01. > :27:06.I can show you this one in particular.
:27:06. > :27:11.It is lovely to see so many people in the greenhouse. It is what it is
:27:11. > :27:21.all about. A lot of people think this is a planned project, but
:27:21. > :27:26.
:27:26. > :27:32.It is going well at the moment. Sales are doing brilliantly. 2013
:27:32. > :27:36.is a big year. We are off to Africa in February setting up orchid
:27:36. > :27:41.projects with schools. In March I have a group heading to the
:27:41. > :27:46.Himalayas. It is clear that Jacob's adventures are just the beginning.
:27:46. > :27:52.He is set to qualify as the youngest Orchid judge in the UK and
:27:52. > :27:58.one day he hopes to work at Kew Gardens. Orchids, to me, me in the
:27:58. > :28:03.world. They keep me going and keep me coming to school at 7:30am and
:28:03. > :28:10.staying in school as late as I can. They give me that edge. I don't see
:28:10. > :28:15.how I did without them now. The Iron pleased to report that the
:28:15. > :28:20.science teacher featured in that fail was awarded an MBE in the New
:28:20. > :28:24.year's Honours List as was Peter Wilson, said the congratulations to
:28:24. > :28:29.both of them. That is about it tonight. Don't forget you can keep
:28:29. > :28:39.in touch with what we are up to one Twitter or if you would rather it
:28:39. > :28:44.
:28:44. > :28:49.Next week we investigate the spiritual healer who claimed she