:00:13. > :00:26.controversial job of policing the operation to keep the peace. I am
:00:26. > :00:35.serving you with an injunction. We Gloucestershire. I do not know if
:00:35. > :00:52.we ever will again. He reached retirement age 15 years ago and
:00:52. > :01:01.will leave tomorrow! And, concerns excluded children. Many centres
:01:01. > :01:06.will leave tomorrow! And, concerns structures which are more organised
:01:06. > :01:23.Now, it can't have escaped anyone living in the counties of Somerset
:01:23. > :01:27.and here in Gloucestershire that we are in the midst of a badger cull.
:01:27. > :01:30.The plan is for 5,000 badgers to be shot over a six—week period in
:01:30. > :01:33.order to eventually curb the spread of TB. But the cull has fiercely
:01:33. > :01:50.split opinion between farmers and protest groups. Our reporter has
:01:50. > :01:55.divisive government policies. On one side, the farmers — desperate
:01:55. > :02:02.to tackle the threat of bovine TB. That marksmen has worried us. On
:02:02. > :02:08.Desperate to save the badgers. Shall we get a bit closer? And,
:02:08. > :02:10.Desperate to save the badgers. the middle, the police. There to
:02:10. > :02:14.ensure the cull and the protests go ahead — legally and peacefully.
:02:14. > :02:23.ensure the cull and the protests go is 7.30pm. Over 50 police officers,
:02:23. > :02:33.tonight's briefing. Welcome to the whilst the lawful activity — and
:02:33. > :02:45.the Carl cash takes place. Initial intelligence gathering. —— the cull.
:02:45. > :02:53.You need to consider the type of must remain impartial. We do not
:02:53. > :02:58.expect you to have a personal view possession of your body armour.
:02:59. > :03:02.expect you to have a personal view is your individual decision as to
:03:02. > :03:04.whether or not you wear it. The pilot cull zone covers 300 square
:03:04. > :03:06.kilometres of rural Gloucestershire — a maze of minor roads through
:03:06. > :03:22.unit team have been on the ground since the cull started. All we are
:03:23. > :03:34.doing at the moment is looking out for any vehicles group think might
:03:34. > :03:37.beat in the area. It is a local vehicle but it has had markers on
:03:37. > :03:43.meant that it has been seen out vehicle but it has had markers on
:03:43. > :03:50.about during the cull. A bit of engagement with them. Further along,
:03:50. > :03:55.a driver, thought to be ferrying protestors around, is stopped by
:03:55. > :03:59.police. I am not serving you with an injunction, I am serving you
:03:59. > :04:06.with a piece of paper telling you what it says. The National Farmers
:04:06. > :04:08.Union have taken out the injunction following threats and intimidation
:04:08. > :04:10.against those involved in the cull. It doesn't stop peaceful protest
:04:10. > :04:12.but restricts where campaigners It doesn't stop peaceful protest
:04:12. > :04:14.go. Tonight, police are handing It doesn't stop peaceful protest
:04:14. > :04:18.copies. But some feel it shows the police are working too closely with
:04:18. > :04:23.the NFU. How are you finding your relationship with the police? It
:04:23. > :04:28.has been very strained. At first they appear friendly but then they
:04:28. > :04:32.get aggressive. It is clear they are there to protect the shooters.
:04:32. > :04:33.Police deny that, saying they are neutral, and the injunction is
:04:33. > :04:38.there to keep everyone safe. It neutral, and the injunction is
:04:39. > :04:44.posted up at various spots for people to read. Hopefully, as time
:04:44. > :04:50.goes on, there should not be an excuse for people saying they have
:04:50. > :04:55.no idea it is in existence. This is Silver Command. From here, officers
:04:55. > :05:00.Liaising with those on the ground and the culling company's operation
:05:00. > :05:14.centre. That seems to be where the activities are happening tonight.
:05:14. > :05:19.public footpath. We will send a couple of officers at to have a
:05:19. > :05:24.chat to these people make sure they campaigners say they have spotted a
:05:24. > :05:26.marksman in the corner of the field about to shoot badgers in a nearby
:05:26. > :05:37.marksmen has worried us? He has about to shoot badgers in a nearby
:05:37. > :05:46.moved. We had been here in quite some time and he has not gone. You
:05:46. > :05:49.have not been up and spoken to him. The third pass go straight over
:05:49. > :05:56.their and we would be trespassing footpath. The field is obviously
:05:56. > :06:00.attracting attention, as a separate group of protestors are discovered
:06:00. > :06:04.close by. My colleagues have tried to serve copies of the injunction
:06:04. > :06:09.on them so they are aware would titties. They have refused to take
:06:09. > :06:15.it. What we are waiting for is the control room to come back with our
:06:15. > :06:21.committing an offence of press pass, in which case we will take the
:06:21. > :06:27.necessary action against them. —— trespass. Silver Command confirm
:06:27. > :06:32.planning to shoot here, police need to talk to the culling company. The
:06:32. > :06:39.position has been compromised. It is up to them to decide whether
:06:39. > :06:45.they will stay. They have decided to stand down from the locality
:06:45. > :06:50.they will stay. They have decided go elsewhere. It is a victory for
:06:51. > :06:53.the protestors. And the large group decide to move on, with several
:06:53. > :06:57.police following behind. Shall we get up right close? But the group
:06:57. > :07:08.are picked up by Dean, who we met earlier. Heavy handed? That happens
:07:08. > :07:18.sometimes Worcester that is a big operation. There are lots of police
:07:18. > :07:32.around. —— sometimes. There is a sophisticated we do so they have
:07:33. > :07:40.become? It is quite clear they are sophisticated. —— would you say
:07:40. > :07:45.they have become? They are using the same sort of tactics we would
:07:45. > :07:57.use — building up intelligence and effective. It becomes a bitter
:07:57. > :08:04.again as the night goes on. —— a bit of a game. It is now 1am and we
:08:04. > :08:07.Badger Patrol. It turns out the night before they were the victims
:08:07. > :08:10.of what has since become a well publicised incident. It is claimed
:08:10. > :08:13.that two people from the culling company shined a red light in their
:08:13. > :08:15.direction and set off bird scarers that sounded like gunshots. We were
:08:16. > :08:20.being intimidated and we have been telling the police about red lights
:08:20. > :08:26.being shone on us and feeling quite intimidated. Then it actually came
:08:26. > :08:33.probably better we get someone involved in the operation to speak
:08:33. > :08:38.to you. We respect their activity and we would never interfere with
:08:38. > :08:45.that. We feel we deserve the same intimidated. The NFU, who speak
:08:45. > :08:47.that. We feel we deserve the same behalf of the culling company,
:08:47. > :08:51.would not comment on the use of There's absolutely no intention
:08:51. > :08:53.would not comment on the use of scare or intimidate members of the
:08:53. > :08:57.public and that so far this has been a safe and peaceful operation.
:08:57. > :09:08.But was this a sign of tensions Gloucestershire's Police and Crime
:09:08. > :09:14.am saying to everybody, and keep it calm. It is lawful, keep it calm.
:09:14. > :09:17.If you are an operator, keeping responsible and do not provoke
:09:17. > :09:29.people and hopefully we will get through this. It is now nearly
:09:29. > :09:32.people and hopefully we will get I have never seen an alive badger.
:09:32. > :09:38.I have lots of cuddly toys and lots of pictures. I saw one the other
:09:38. > :09:43.night in town. I have never seen a live badger. A mixed response from
:09:43. > :09:50.people we are meeting. We're here to support both sides. Those people
:09:50. > :10:00.who want to protest against it have Old units are stood down. It is
:10:00. > :10:08.information the campaigners are Old units are stood down. It is
:10:08. > :10:12.privy to. It is a big learning curve. People are usually more than
:10:12. > :10:20.happy to engage with us and talked to us. It is a different style.
:10:20. > :10:27.More hostility. Not so much willing different. Lots of people have been
:10:27. > :10:42.talking to us. That has been quite nice. We have never had to deal
:10:42. > :10:47.Gloucestershire. There are still Police, campaigners and marksmen
:10:47. > :10:51.will be back each night. After that, opposing sides can claim victory in
:10:51. > :10:54.this controversial cull. Coming opposing sides can claim victory in
:10:54. > :11:01.A school for excluded children comes under the spotlight. Shut
:11:01. > :11:17.your mouth. No one is listening retirement age means giving up work
:11:17. > :11:28.and reaching a life of leisure. retirement age means giving up work
:11:28. > :11:49.this man, who started with the club expensive pair of clubs —— gloves.
:11:49. > :11:54.years. And this is the chap who will make sure this latest pair
:11:54. > :11:58.years. And this is the chap who every bit as good as the first.
:11:58. > :12:04.John is all about quality control. I am looking at these three lines,
:12:04. > :12:11.which are core points. See if they are straight with no loose threads.
:12:11. > :12:19.—— called Points. They have been making them since 1777. John is
:12:19. > :12:34.pretty well established. I started in 1949 in September. He recently
:12:34. > :12:41.birthday with his colleagues. I shall keep on quality checking,
:12:41. > :12:48.looking after the girls downstairs. Taking elastic bands. I will leave
:12:48. > :12:55.tomorrow. He is quite bad tempered at times but a great personality.
:12:55. > :13:00.Do you know? It is such a benefit to the company to have someone with
:13:00. > :13:03.that much experience. With 64 years under his belt, he is by far the
:13:03. > :13:12.first job was postboy, right at under his belt, he is by far the
:13:12. > :13:17.bottom. Very important in those days. Everything was sent by post.
:13:17. > :13:23.Hundreds of letters coming in and going out — all having to be sorted.
:13:23. > :13:25.He is not the only one with an impressively long track record. I
:13:25. > :13:29.have just started my 50th year. impressively long track record. I
:13:29. > :13:32.have to enjoy your job. And get impressively long track record. I
:13:32. > :13:37.big variation of what I do. What Dennis does not know about glove
:13:37. > :13:45.making is not worth knowing. My main job is to buy the leper, saw
:13:45. > :13:52.to it, check it, put it up to the orders and pass it on to the captor,
:13:52. > :14:06.who examines the skin and cuts the gloves. These pieces are number
:14:06. > :14:11.before being sent to the stamping machine to cut out the shapes.
:14:11. > :14:20.There are a lot of them. On this board are all components required
:14:20. > :14:29.to make one pair of gloves. Two thumbs, two gussets and the base of
:14:29. > :14:36.the finger. I have been working here for 14 years. For that, I am
:14:36. > :14:42.called the new boy. It is a very pleasant place to work. Pleasant
:14:42. > :14:49.for several reasons. I love leather, interesting material to deal with.
:14:49. > :14:54.It is down to the people I work with. That is the pleasure of it.
:14:54. > :14:56.It is a family atmosphere and a product to do with which we are
:14:56. > :15:01.very proud of. It is very proud product to do with which we are
:15:01. > :15:14.the clubs in its museum. Some date back hundreds of years. —— the
:15:14. > :15:28.gloves. Pride of place goes to two while clubs. One worn by the first
:15:28. > :15:36.Queen Elizabeth. —— royal gloves. There is a lot more to this company
:15:36. > :15:44.working 23 years ago. People stay atmosphere. We have a quality ethos
:15:44. > :15:49.which most people buy into. We get pleasure from working here. I had
:15:49. > :15:58.chances many years ago of changing John was not destined to remain
:15:58. > :16:00.chances many years ago of changing the post room. There was trouble in
:16:00. > :16:08.store. When I was a director and merchandise, that opened my eyes
:16:08. > :16:19.and got me out of the country and abroad — mixing with all sorts of
:16:19. > :16:25.considerably. John has played his part in the company's success. They
:16:25. > :16:32.have been selling a product which has been made more or less the same
:16:32. > :16:37.Traditional sewing machines Madhu most of the hard work. For some
:16:37. > :16:43.processes, there is no substitute for hand stitching. You perforate
:16:43. > :16:53.the holes on the back of the club and somebody sews them through by
:16:53. > :16:58.love making actually. I make the clubs and do love it. I always have
:16:58. > :17:22.together a jigsaw of pieces that go into each pair of gloves. When the
:17:22. > :17:28.scenes are completed their already finished and they are ready to be
:17:28. > :17:45.ultimate verdict. They are fine finished and they are ready to be
:17:45. > :17:51.the colour. I am just matching them up to show that they are the same
:17:51. > :17:59.length. The same width. These are very good. Excellent. Ready to go.
:17:59. > :18:08.These will set someone back over £100. But for John they represent a
:18:08. > :18:15.job well done. Hope everybody is OK. Have the good sleep. On with your
:18:15. > :18:24.work, please. It is better to have a job you like than a job which may
:18:25. > :18:30.pay more and is not as enjoyable. I like every day and one of these
:18:30. > :18:42.pay more and is not as enjoyable. I I will come in and finish, and that
:18:42. > :18:47.documentary with a rare look inside excluded from other schools. The
:18:47. > :18:53.challenges the school faced with invited an independent education
:18:53. > :19:01.consultant to view the footage, invited an independent education
:19:01. > :19:10.Last year, more than 16,000 children in the West of England were excluded
:19:10. > :19:16.permanently expelled. So, what happened to them after they left? In
:19:16. > :19:18.Bristol, schools can enrol their excluded children in alternative
:19:18. > :19:26.education, picked from the council's list of recommended providers. One
:19:26. > :19:30.of these options is called Choices, and for the last year, cameras for a
:19:30. > :19:44.BBC documentary have been filming its staff and students. One of the
:19:44. > :19:48.students we followed is Liam. He should have been doing his GCSEs,
:19:48. > :19:53.but he was excluded from his school and sent to Choices. I suppose at
:19:53. > :19:58.Choices, if you want to work you can work. But if you choose not to work,
:19:58. > :20:07.and mess around, no one can really stop you from doing that. Lessons
:20:07. > :20:16.Centrerun by the council, in Easton Learning Partnership West. When
:20:16. > :20:18.Centrerun by the council, in Easton school excludes a child, it pays the
:20:18. > :20:28.company nearly £10,000 a year to Choices' approach to dealing with
:20:28. > :20:34.its student is different than one may expect to find in a mainstream
:20:34. > :20:38.school. BLEEP. Language! So we showed our footage to an independent
:20:39. > :20:43.education consultant. Robert Tweed is a former teacher, educational
:20:43. > :20:47.psychologist and Ofsted inspector. They're taking youngsters at the
:20:47. > :20:50.very end of the line, who've been thrown out of mainstream schools and
:20:50. > :20:55.have not been in a disciplined However, many centres of this kind
:20:56. > :21:05.do have rules and structure, which are more organised that this one
:21:05. > :21:10.would appear to be. The school day normally starts at 10:00am, and
:21:10. > :21:12.would appear to be. The school day finished by 2:00pm. And even though
:21:12. > :21:15.they're not supposed to, the young people often listen to music and use
:21:15. > :21:21.their mobile phones. They can also take cigarette breaks. We do have to
:21:21. > :21:25.help these young people understand what's acceptable and what's not
:21:25. > :21:29.acceptable. What we are trying to teach them is there are times when
:21:29. > :21:33.they can have their mobile on and their music. And actually what we
:21:33. > :21:37.want them to do is get to a point when they're understanding that
:21:37. > :21:39.want them to do is get to a point choosing that for themselves. In
:21:39. > :21:49.January, a new teacher started at according to who we're writing for.
:21:49. > :21:51.I was expecting to be sworn at and I've grown a thick skin pretty
:21:51. > :21:59.Nico's a geography teacher, but I've grown a thick skin pretty
:21:59. > :22:12.Choices he taught English and Maths classes. Who's seen Forrest Gump
:22:12. > :22:21.here? Me. What's the famous simile in there? Don't know. Life is like
:22:21. > :22:37.right. For Nico it was a struggle to get the students to focus. And Nico
:22:37. > :22:42.was regularly ignored. Stop saying my name a minute! Nico's lessons
:22:42. > :22:45.would come to an abrupt halt when the group decided to go out for
:22:45. > :22:49.would come to an abrupt halt when of their many cigarette breaks.
:22:49. > :22:52.would come to an abrupt halt when smoking is very controversial for
:22:52. > :22:53.youngsters in alternative education. Most places that do allow smoking
:22:53. > :23:02.will insist that it takes place Most places that do allow smoking
:23:02. > :23:04.Partnership West says it does have timetabled smoking breaks. But it
:23:04. > :23:08.authoritarian way, because this timetabled smoking breaks. But it
:23:08. > :23:15.often the reason why young people During his first term at Choices,
:23:15. > :23:25.Nico continually struggled with During his first term at Choices,
:23:25. > :23:34.class's behaviour. Shut your mouth! No, Nico, no—one's listening to
:23:34. > :23:55.class's behaviour. Shut your mouth! yeah. Stop calling my name! That's
:23:55. > :23:58.Poor Nico. Yes, poor Nico indeed. He's found himself in a challenging
:23:58. > :24:01.environment here, with people who're frankly prepared to test him to
:24:01. > :24:05.destruction. He can't cope with that, and I feel sorry for him.
:24:05. > :24:11.destruction. He can't cope with not sure I could cope with it,
:24:11. > :24:16.frankly. Nico decided he really couldn't cope with Choices anymore.
:24:16. > :24:20.school, he resigned. I didn't feel I was getting anywhere. So I decided
:24:20. > :24:27.it wasn't really fair on anybody, including myself and the kids and my
:24:27. > :24:30.colleagues. What's gone wrong here? He's probably unfamiliar with the
:24:30. > :24:33.kinds of challenges these youngsters will pose, and have posed, and he
:24:33. > :24:37.lacks confidence in dealing with them. Nico's employer, Learning
:24:37. > :24:48.Partnership West, accepts they set the teacher a hard task. The young
:24:48. > :24:52.people can be extremely challenging. It's harder to find those people and
:24:52. > :25:02.keep them than perhaps those who are youngsters that don't create a lot
:25:02. > :25:05.of difficulties. I know they have problems with recruitment, but
:25:05. > :25:09.nonetheless, the people who they do recruit have got to be thoroughly
:25:09. > :25:12.they're going to achieve. And then not merely prepared, but supported.
:25:12. > :25:19.Learning Partnership West says all experienced individuals. Within
:25:20. > :25:22.Learning Partnership West says all fortnight of Nico leaving, one of
:25:22. > :25:29.the school two support workers left too. Temporary helpers stepped in,
:25:29. > :25:33.replacement. This turnover of staff contradicts Choices' key philosophy.
:25:33. > :25:38.At the centre of what we do, is contradicts Choices' key philosophy.
:25:38. > :25:40.trusted adult model. What young people need, and particularly the
:25:40. > :25:44.more vulnerable the young person, what they really need is a trusted
:25:44. > :25:54.adult that they can talk to and appears to be here, with people
:25:54. > :25:59.lasting barely a term, then it's very difficult to apply that model.
:25:59. > :26:01.So in a sense, the teacher leaving is the biggest failure of all. Well,
:26:01. > :26:08.it is yes. In a sense you could is the biggest failure of all. Well,
:26:08. > :26:11.pupils' coffin, almost. The Choices programme received an Satisfactory
:26:11. > :26:16.recognised that student attendance Learning Partnership West told us
:26:16. > :26:21.that only two members of staff left during the academic year. It also
:26:21. > :26:23.said that their techniques are irrefutably successful. The company
:26:24. > :26:26.has obviously impressed Bristol irrefutably successful. The company
:26:27. > :26:33.Council enough to wind the majority of a new £22 million contract. It
:26:33. > :26:43.now runs youth services for eight to 19—year—olds across the city. But
:26:43. > :26:47.Robert Tweed has some reservations. I would have some question marks
:26:47. > :26:51.about it, seriously, because I think they're going to take on this sort
:26:51. > :26:56.of work. From what you've seen, they're going to take on this sort
:26:56. > :27:00.are the key things you think they need to sort out? Their recruitment
:27:00. > :27:03.policy, how they go about recruiting the right kind of staff. How they go
:27:03. > :27:11.about preparing those staff, how supporting them to work in such
:27:11. > :27:14.about preparing those staff, how Learning Partnership West says it
:27:14. > :27:20.supervision to all its staff and employees only spend a year or two
:27:20. > :27:23.at a time with Choices. The tutors and the engagement workers have
:27:23. > :27:25.one—to—one sessions with managers, where they can talk about what
:27:25. > :27:28.they've experienced. And that's really key as well, because the
:27:28. > :27:33.organisation has to learn, so some of the things that come out of there
:27:33. > :27:42.help us create new policies, and new discussed our expert's concerns
:27:42. > :27:44.help us create new policies, and new there's a requirement that staff
:27:44. > :27:51.have a set of skills relevant for contract is subject to rigorous
:27:51. > :27:57.monitoring and that the skills required are entirely different
:27:57. > :28:00.monitoring and that the skills After a year of highs and lows at
:28:00. > :28:17.the school, Liam passed his exams and is now at college. And Choices
:28:17. > :28:23.Well, that's just about it for this week. But if you'd like to keep
:28:23. > :28:26.Well, that's just about it for this touch with what we're up to, then
:28:26. > :28:30.you can find us on Twitter. Or you insideoutwest@bbc.co.uk. But from
:28:30. > :28:37.all of us here in Gloucestershire, thanks for watching and goodnight.
:28:37. > :28:49.Next week, Andy from Bristol drinks follow his journey through detox.
:28:49. > :28:54.I've been pretty much on the alcohol from the moment I wake up. I want to