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controversial job of policing the operation to keep the peace. I am

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serving you with an injunction. We Gloucestershire. I do not know if

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we ever will again. He reached retirement age 15 years ago and

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will leave tomorrow! And, concerns excluded children. Many centres

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will leave tomorrow! And, concerns structures which are more organised

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Now, it can't have escaped anyone living in the counties of Somerset

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and here in Gloucestershire that we are in the midst of a badger cull.

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The plan is for 5,000 badgers to be shot over a six—week period in

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order to eventually curb the spread of TB. But the cull has fiercely

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split opinion between farmers and protest groups. Our reporter has

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divisive government policies. On one side, the farmers — desperate

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to tackle the threat of bovine TB. That marksmen has worried us. On

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Desperate to save the badgers. Shall we get a bit closer? And,

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Desperate to save the badgers. the middle, the police. There to

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ensure the cull and the protests go ahead — legally and peacefully.

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ensure the cull and the protests go is 7.30pm. Over 50 police officers,

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tonight's briefing. Welcome to the whilst the lawful activity — and

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the Carl cash takes place. Initial intelligence gathering. —— the cull.

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You need to consider the type of must remain impartial. We do not

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expect you to have a personal view possession of your body armour.

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expect you to have a personal view is your individual decision as to

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whether or not you wear it. The pilot cull zone covers 300 square

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kilometres of rural Gloucestershire — a maze of minor roads through

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unit team have been on the ground since the cull started. All we are

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doing at the moment is looking out for any vehicles group think might

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beat in the area. It is a local vehicle but it has had markers on

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meant that it has been seen out vehicle but it has had markers on

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about during the cull. A bit of engagement with them. Further along,

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a driver, thought to be ferrying protestors around, is stopped by

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police. I am not serving you with an injunction, I am serving you

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with a piece of paper telling you what it says. The National Farmers

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Union have taken out the injunction following threats and intimidation

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against those involved in the cull. It doesn't stop peaceful protest

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but restricts where campaigners It doesn't stop peaceful protest

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go. Tonight, police are handing It doesn't stop peaceful protest

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copies. But some feel it shows the police are working too closely with

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the NFU. How are you finding your relationship with the police? It

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has been very strained. At first they appear friendly but then they

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get aggressive. It is clear they are there to protect the shooters.

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Police deny that, saying they are neutral, and the injunction is

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there to keep everyone safe. It neutral, and the injunction is

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posted up at various spots for people to read. Hopefully, as time

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goes on, there should not be an excuse for people saying they have

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no idea it is in existence. This is Silver Command. From here, officers

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Liaising with those on the ground and the culling company's operation

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centre. That seems to be where the activities are happening tonight.

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public footpath. We will send a couple of officers at to have a

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chat to these people make sure they campaigners say they have spotted a

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marksman in the corner of the field about to shoot badgers in a nearby

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marksmen has worried us? He has about to shoot badgers in a nearby

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moved. We had been here in quite some time and he has not gone. You

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have not been up and spoken to him. The third pass go straight over

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their and we would be trespassing footpath. The field is obviously

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attracting attention, as a separate group of protestors are discovered

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close by. My colleagues have tried to serve copies of the injunction

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on them so they are aware would titties. They have refused to take

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it. What we are waiting for is the control room to come back with our

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committing an offence of press pass, in which case we will take the

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necessary action against them. —— trespass. Silver Command confirm

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planning to shoot here, police need to talk to the culling company. The

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position has been compromised. It is up to them to decide whether

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they will stay. They have decided to stand down from the locality

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they will stay. They have decided go elsewhere. It is a victory for

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the protestors. And the large group decide to move on, with several

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police following behind. Shall we get up right close? But the group

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are picked up by Dean, who we met earlier. Heavy handed? That happens

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sometimes Worcester that is a big operation. There are lots of police

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around. —— sometimes. There is a sophisticated we do so they have

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become? It is quite clear they are sophisticated. —— would you say

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they have become? They are using the same sort of tactics we would

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use — building up intelligence and effective. It becomes a bitter

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again as the night goes on. —— a bit of a game. It is now 1am and we

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Badger Patrol. It turns out the night before they were the victims

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of what has since become a well publicised incident. It is claimed

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that two people from the culling company shined a red light in their

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direction and set off bird scarers that sounded like gunshots. We were

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being intimidated and we have been telling the police about red lights

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being shone on us and feeling quite intimidated. Then it actually came

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probably better we get someone involved in the operation to speak

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to you. We respect their activity and we would never interfere with

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that. We feel we deserve the same intimidated. The NFU, who speak

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that. We feel we deserve the same behalf of the culling company,

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would not comment on the use of There's absolutely no intention

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would not comment on the use of scare or intimidate members of the

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public and that so far this has been a safe and peaceful operation.

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But was this a sign of tensions Gloucestershire's Police and Crime

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am saying to everybody, and keep it calm. It is lawful, keep it calm.

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If you are an operator, keeping responsible and do not provoke

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people and hopefully we will get through this. It is now nearly

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people and hopefully we will get I have never seen an alive badger.

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I have lots of cuddly toys and lots of pictures. I saw one the other

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night in town. I have never seen a live badger. A mixed response from

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people we are meeting. We're here to support both sides. Those people

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who want to protest against it have Old units are stood down. It is

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information the campaigners are Old units are stood down. It is

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privy to. It is a big learning curve. People are usually more than

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happy to engage with us and talked to us. It is a different style.

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More hostility. Not so much willing different. Lots of people have been

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talking to us. That has been quite nice. We have never had to deal

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Gloucestershire. There are still Police, campaigners and marksmen

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will be back each night. After that, opposing sides can claim victory in

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this controversial cull. Coming opposing sides can claim victory in

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A school for excluded children comes under the spotlight. Shut

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your mouth. No one is listening retirement age means giving up work

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and reaching a life of leisure. retirement age means giving up work

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this man, who started with the club expensive pair of clubs —— gloves.

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years. And this is the chap who will make sure this latest pair

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years. And this is the chap who every bit as good as the first.

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John is all about quality control. I am looking at these three lines,

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which are core points. See if they are straight with no loose threads.

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—— called Points. They have been making them since 1777. John is

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pretty well established. I started in 1949 in September. He recently

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birthday with his colleagues. I shall keep on quality checking,

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looking after the girls downstairs. Taking elastic bands. I will leave

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tomorrow. He is quite bad tempered at times but a great personality.

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Do you know? It is such a benefit to the company to have someone with

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that much experience. With 64 years under his belt, he is by far the

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first job was postboy, right at under his belt, he is by far the

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bottom. Very important in those days. Everything was sent by post.

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Hundreds of letters coming in and going out — all having to be sorted.

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He is not the only one with an impressively long track record. I

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have just started my 50th year. impressively long track record. I

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have to enjoy your job. And get impressively long track record. I

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big variation of what I do. What Dennis does not know about glove

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making is not worth knowing. My main job is to buy the leper, saw

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to it, check it, put it up to the orders and pass it on to the captor,

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who examines the skin and cuts the gloves. These pieces are number

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before being sent to the stamping machine to cut out the shapes.

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There are a lot of them. On this board are all components required

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to make one pair of gloves. Two thumbs, two gussets and the base of

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the finger. I have been working here for 14 years. For that, I am

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called the new boy. It is a very pleasant place to work. Pleasant

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for several reasons. I love leather, interesting material to deal with.

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It is down to the people I work with. That is the pleasure of it.

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It is a family atmosphere and a product to do with which we are

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very proud of. It is very proud product to do with which we are

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the clubs in its museum. Some date back hundreds of years. —— the

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gloves. Pride of place goes to two while clubs. One worn by the first

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Queen Elizabeth. —— royal gloves. There is a lot more to this company

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working 23 years ago. People stay atmosphere. We have a quality ethos

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which most people buy into. We get pleasure from working here. I had

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chances many years ago of changing John was not destined to remain

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chances many years ago of changing the post room. There was trouble in

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store. When I was a director and merchandise, that opened my eyes

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and got me out of the country and abroad — mixing with all sorts of

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considerably. John has played his part in the company's success. They

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have been selling a product which has been made more or less the same

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Traditional sewing machines Madhu most of the hard work. For some

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processes, there is no substitute for hand stitching. You perforate

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the holes on the back of the club and somebody sews them through by

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love making actually. I make the clubs and do love it. I always have

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together a jigsaw of pieces that go into each pair of gloves. When the

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scenes are completed their already finished and they are ready to be

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ultimate verdict. They are fine finished and they are ready to be

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the colour. I am just matching them up to show that they are the same

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length. The same width. These are very good. Excellent. Ready to go.

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These will set someone back over £100. But for John they represent a

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job well done. Hope everybody is OK. Have the good sleep. On with your

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work, please. It is better to have a job you like than a job which may

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pay more and is not as enjoyable. I like every day and one of these

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pay more and is not as enjoyable. I I will come in and finish, and that

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documentary with a rare look inside excluded from other schools. The

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challenges the school faced with invited an independent education

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consultant to view the footage, invited an independent education

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Last year, more than 16,000 children in the West of England were excluded

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permanently expelled. So, what happened to them after they left? In

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Bristol, schools can enrol their excluded children in alternative

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education, picked from the council's list of recommended providers. One

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of these options is called Choices, and for the last year, cameras for a

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BBC documentary have been filming its staff and students. One of the

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students we followed is Liam. He should have been doing his GCSEs,

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but he was excluded from his school and sent to Choices. I suppose at

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Choices, if you want to work you can work. But if you choose not to work,

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and mess around, no one can really stop you from doing that. Lessons

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Centrerun by the council, in Easton Learning Partnership West. When

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Centrerun by the council, in Easton school excludes a child, it pays the

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company nearly £10,000 a year to Choices' approach to dealing with

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its student is different than one may expect to find in a mainstream

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school. BLEEP. Language! So we showed our footage to an independent

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education consultant. Robert Tweed is a former teacher, educational

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psychologist and Ofsted inspector. They're taking youngsters at the

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very end of the line, who've been thrown out of mainstream schools and

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have not been in a disciplined However, many centres of this kind

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do have rules and structure, which are more organised that this one

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would appear to be. The school day normally starts at 10:00am, and

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would appear to be. The school day finished by 2:00pm. And even though

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they're not supposed to, the young people often listen to music and use

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their mobile phones. They can also take cigarette breaks. We do have to

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help these young people understand what's acceptable and what's not

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acceptable. What we are trying to teach them is there are times when

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they can have their mobile on and their music. And actually what we

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want them to do is get to a point when they're understanding that

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want them to do is get to a point choosing that for themselves. In

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January, a new teacher started at according to who we're writing for.

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I was expecting to be sworn at and I've grown a thick skin pretty

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Nico's a geography teacher, but I've grown a thick skin pretty

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Choices he taught English and Maths classes. Who's seen Forrest Gump

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here? Me. What's the famous simile in there? Don't know. Life is like

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right. For Nico it was a struggle to get the students to focus. And Nico

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was regularly ignored. Stop saying my name a minute! Nico's lessons

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would come to an abrupt halt when the group decided to go out for

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would come to an abrupt halt when of their many cigarette breaks.

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would come to an abrupt halt when smoking is very controversial for

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youngsters in alternative education. Most places that do allow smoking

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will insist that it takes place Most places that do allow smoking

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Partnership West says it does have timetabled smoking breaks. But it

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authoritarian way, because this timetabled smoking breaks. But it

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often the reason why young people During his first term at Choices,

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Nico continually struggled with During his first term at Choices,

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class's behaviour. Shut your mouth! No, Nico, no—one's listening to

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class's behaviour. Shut your mouth! yeah. Stop calling my name! That's

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Poor Nico. Yes, poor Nico indeed. He's found himself in a challenging

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environment here, with people who're frankly prepared to test him to

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destruction. He can't cope with that, and I feel sorry for him.

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destruction. He can't cope with not sure I could cope with it,

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frankly. Nico decided he really couldn't cope with Choices anymore.

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school, he resigned. I didn't feel I was getting anywhere. So I decided

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it wasn't really fair on anybody, including myself and the kids and my

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colleagues. What's gone wrong here? He's probably unfamiliar with the

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kinds of challenges these youngsters will pose, and have posed, and he

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lacks confidence in dealing with them. Nico's employer, Learning

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Partnership West, accepts they set the teacher a hard task. The young

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people can be extremely challenging. It's harder to find those people and

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keep them than perhaps those who are youngsters that don't create a lot

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of difficulties. I know they have problems with recruitment, but

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nonetheless, the people who they do recruit have got to be thoroughly

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they're going to achieve. And then not merely prepared, but supported.

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Learning Partnership West says all experienced individuals. Within

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Learning Partnership West says all fortnight of Nico leaving, one of

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the school two support workers left too. Temporary helpers stepped in,

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replacement. This turnover of staff contradicts Choices' key philosophy.

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At the centre of what we do, is contradicts Choices' key philosophy.

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trusted adult model. What young people need, and particularly the

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more vulnerable the young person, what they really need is a trusted

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adult that they can talk to and appears to be here, with people

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lasting barely a term, then it's very difficult to apply that model.

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So in a sense, the teacher leaving is the biggest failure of all. Well,

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it is yes. In a sense you could is the biggest failure of all. Well,

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pupils' coffin, almost. The Choices programme received an Satisfactory

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recognised that student attendance Learning Partnership West told us

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that only two members of staff left during the academic year. It also

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said that their techniques are irrefutably successful. The company

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has obviously impressed Bristol irrefutably successful. The company

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Council enough to wind the majority of a new £22 million contract. It

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now runs youth services for eight to 19—year—olds across the city. But

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Robert Tweed has some reservations. I would have some question marks

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about it, seriously, because I think they're going to take on this sort

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of work. From what you've seen, they're going to take on this sort

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are the key things you think they need to sort out? Their recruitment

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policy, how they go about recruiting the right kind of staff. How they go

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about preparing those staff, how supporting them to work in such

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about preparing those staff, how Learning Partnership West says it

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supervision to all its staff and employees only spend a year or two

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at a time with Choices. The tutors and the engagement workers have

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one—to—one sessions with managers, where they can talk about what

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they've experienced. And that's really key as well, because the

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organisation has to learn, so some of the things that come out of there

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help us create new policies, and new discussed our expert's concerns

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help us create new policies, and new there's a requirement that staff

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have a set of skills relevant for contract is subject to rigorous

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monitoring and that the skills required are entirely different

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monitoring and that the skills After a year of highs and lows at

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the school, Liam passed his exams and is now at college. And Choices

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Well, that's just about it for this week. But if you'd like to keep

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Well, that's just about it for this touch with what we're up to, then

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you can find us on Twitter. Or you [email protected]. But from

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all of us here in Gloucestershire, thanks for watching and goodnight.

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Next week, Andy from Bristol drinks follow his journey through detox.

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I've been pretty much on the alcohol from the moment I wake up. I want to

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