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Hello from Severn Beach. Tonight, the growing problem of flygrazing -

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that's dumping animals on other people's land.

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I catch up with a repeat offender. And I join a horse bailiff on a late

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night rescue. Hopefully you are not compromised.

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Also tonight, what happens when the mental health service your family

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relies on closes down. If you do not look after the

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children when they really need help, later on in life they will become a

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problem to society. And the country's oldest military

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jet aircraft finds a new home. It is lying ex-mac it is flying again

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ex-mac isn't that terrific ?? new line I'm Alastair McKee, and this is

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Inside Out West. First tonight, we're investigating

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the cruel practice of dumping animals - mostly horses - on other

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people's land. It's known as fly-grazing and it's on the rise. In

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worst cases the animals are deprived of food and water and just left to

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die. And as I've been finding out, there's little the law can do to

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stop it. Caught on camera. Two brothers -

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Eddie and Connie Mullane. And they've brought some of their family

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along to help. These travellers make a living from breeding horses. But

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they don't use their own land - they leave them on someone else's. This

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is fly-grazing. And if the Mullanes fly-grazed their

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horses on your land, you'd find it hard to legally remove them. You

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can't just take them away. The process can cost thousands, and if

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you're not careful, you could end up being prosecuted.

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The police say the Mullanes are the biggest fly-Grazers in the West. But

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they're not the only ones doing this. Fly-grazing's on the increase.

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I'll be meeting some people who're taking extreme measures to tackle

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problem. And finding out if a new approach by the police and council

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will stop the Mullanes for good. Are you going to stop grazing your

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horses on other people's land? BEEP!

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It's late at night and we've come to a field near Frome in Somerset. The

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landowner's paid a bailiff to remove some horses from his land. It's a

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lot simpler than doing it himself. You see, moving a horse is a complex

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process. It's a legal minefield. If you want to remove a fly-grazed

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horse from your land, by law you have to give the owner 14 days'

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notice. You can do this by putting up a sign in the field where the

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horse is. If you don't hear anything from the owner within that time, you

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are allowed to remove the animal, but first you have to pay for a

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horse passport and a microchip. And to get those, you have to take

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ownership of the horse. No wonder the owner of this field

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has chosen a much simpler option - he's paid for a horse bailiff. It's

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expensive, but he transfers all legal responsibility to the bailiff.

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The team discuss tactics. The most important thing is not to be

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detected by the owner who's believed to be a traveller living nearby. The

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animals are quite docile and it doesn't take much to get them under

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control. We've got head collars on three of

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the animals. And they're the three that we've selected to take. I'll be

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calling the lorry in a moment, and once the lorry's here we're going to

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load them and we're going to be away.

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One by one, they're loaded into the horse box.

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Getting them on the box is always the biggest challenge. Hopefully,

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we're not compromised. These animals are now classed as

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abandoned and are being taken to a horse welfare charity. A lot of

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fly-grazed animals are owned by gypsies and travellers. But there's

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a couple of brothers who are prolific at it. They live on this

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council-funded traveller site near Winterbourne in South

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Gloucestershire. They're big horse breeders. But they don't like

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grazing their animals here. Oh no, they like to bring them here. To

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this stretch of Severn Beach. But with 40 foot tides and a busy

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railway line, it can be treacherous for horses. These are the Mullanes,

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Eddie and brother Connie. In April, they were caught on CCTV fly-grazing

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this animal there. However, the only criminal act they committed was to

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cut the fence. Fly-grazing itself is not a crime. It's a civil matter, so

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how do you police it? Avon and Somerset Constabulary has been

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struggling but that might be about to change.

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It has been very difficult. Some of the powers we thought we had

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available to us didn't really provide the robustness that we

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thought we would want. Unable to bring a case under criminal law,

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they've now teamed up with South Gloucestershire Council to use Anti

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Social Behaviour legislation. Yes, explain to me how the ASBO rules

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were used in this case? Anti Social Behaviour Orders allow us to take

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action against people where quite often there isn't criminal law to

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deal with those offences. We use them to protect the wider community,

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to protect the residents in south Gloucestershire and it allows us to

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ask for prohibitions which prevent people from engaging in certain

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acts. If they're successful, it'll be the first time a full ASBO has

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been used to deal with fly-grazing in the UK. The case is being heard

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at North Avon Magistrate's Court in Yate, but only Eddie's turned up to

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the hearing. Well, Mr Mullane's in court at the

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moment. When he comes out, I'm going to ask him why he does it, and

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whether this is enough to make him stop.

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An increasing number of fly-grazed horses are ending up at the

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Whitchurch-based charity Horseworld. It currently has 48 on its books.

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That's nearly half of all its animals - a 21% increase on last

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year. Gerry Watkins is in charge of animal

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welfare here. So who's actually doing this? Who's

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responsible? Certainly, our empirical evidence is

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a lot of this is to do with the travelling community.

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So it's travellers who are buying horses, selling horses, but they're

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using the fly-grazing to save money. It's about profits. It's like any

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industry - if you're spending money on fodder and renting ground on

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which to put animals, then that's biting into your profits.

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One of the horses they've rescued was found on Severn Beach in the

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middle of winter with no food or water. We're told it belonged to

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Eddie Mullane. It's going to be a pretty stark case

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we're going to now, a gelding that we rescued last year and he was in

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real dire straits. The horse he wants me to see is

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being held in a secret location. We drive along the motorway for half an

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hour to get there. The fly-grazed animals Horseworld rescues are kept

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away from the charity's land. Because if the owner knew where they

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were, he might steal them back. And it's this particular animal here.

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The one on the left. Indeed it is. That is Severn Up. And what's the

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story with Severn Up? Severn Up. Interesting fella, really. He was in

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seriously dire straits when we were called. We went out to the location

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and found in fact he wasn't just lying down - he was in full

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collapse. Deathly cold, very emaciated and extremely close to

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death. We quickly got a veterinary surgeon on site and it was certainly

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her opinion that the animal would have died in the next hour or so.

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What's interesting, he was right alongside a hole and it was

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subsequently proved that this was his grave. This had been dug by the

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individual who had been fly-grazing on this ground. This animal was so

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collapsed and frail that he had no value, and his intention was, once

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he'd died, he was going to roll him into a hole and cover him with soil.

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Horseworld estimates the number of fly-grazed animals nationwide to be

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in the region of 4,000. So how have the Mullanes got on in court? After

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two hours of deliberations, the court rules against them. Eddie's

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been given 48 hours to remove his horses from Severn Beach. It's the

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first time an ASBO has been used in this way in England. This may be the

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beginning of the end for fly-grazing. What we want to do is

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send out a very clear message locally and nationally that this is

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a way you can deal with it if you are a strong partnership, and we

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feel we have that with the local authority and ourselves, but also

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the fact that we will come and we will challenge you. Let's find out

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what he has to say for himself. Mr Mullane, why do you dump so many of

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your horses on other people's land? BEEP! Are you going to stop it?

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BEEP! Are you going to stop grazing the horses? Have you anything to

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say? You have upset a lot of people. What about the harm you have done to

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horses? Thanks to this ground-breaking legal

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action, Eddie and his brother Connie now have ASBOs banning them from

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keeping horses on land without prior permission. What's happened here

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today could be an example for other authorities to follow.

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Coming up, what do you do with an old neglected jet plane? They've

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found a new home for it and it's about to take to the skies for one

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last time. Supporting a child with mental

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health problems can be a struggle for any parent. But for one mother

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of an 11-year old boy, things became even more difficult when the centre

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that was supporting him closed down. This is their story. The Lumsden

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Walker Service in Bristol provided essential help for children with

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significant mental health problems and for their parents often

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struggling to cope. The Lumsden Walker Service in Bristol helped

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children with psychiatric illnesses. In May, it shut its doors for the

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last time. But before it closed, we met those

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it helped. What's the point of closing down

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something which helps kids? I could not believe that they could

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actually do that, knowing these are the children who need the help the

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most. And the families who struggled to

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get support before it shut. Time is something that isn't there anymore.

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So it does feel a bit bleak right now.

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And we look to the future, and what support will be put in its place.

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What will happen to these young people? Are they being abandoned?

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I've got lots of books up there. One in ten children is diagnosed with

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mental illness. 11-year-old Will is one of them.

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I used to have a massive wardrobe there, but I smashed it down. I used

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to have a massive glass thing there, but I smashed it. You can see up

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here, there are marks from years ago. I think I threw something at

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the wall like a glass ball. Will was just a toddler when was

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referred to Bristol's mental health service. As he got older, his

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behaviour became even less manageable. He'd swear at people,

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kick the teachers. He'd come home and he'd hit me, break my things,

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hurt his brother. Although Will was at nearly the

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highest level of support, the family still wasn't coping. You have a

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child that has a behavioural problem, and not understanding why

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they're like it. People looking at you as if you can't control your

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child. I cried a lot, you know. It was not good.

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Lorna asked for more help. Will was invited to the Lumsden Walker

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Service, based at the Fairfield Resource Centre in Bristol. There

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was a parent support group, and regular appointments with

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specialists. They've been a lot of help to me.

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Now I'm like a proper normal person. Will has now finished his treatment,

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but one of his friends, called Elliot, is still using the Lumsden

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Walker Service. We first meet the family in April. They've just found

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out about the closure. I thought, what's going to happen?

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My own anxiety is that if things get worse down the road, where are we

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going to go? Who's going to help us? They helped me and I want it to

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carry on. But, it can't unfortunately. It would be nice to

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carry on, because I worry quite a lot. Sometimes I don't understand

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what I'm doing and maybe with my temper, because I still get a bit

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angry sometimes. The families are trying to find out

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why the centre's closing. North Bristol NHS Trust says fewer young

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people are using it, making it difficult to keep it open. It's two

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weeks before the centre closes, and families still haven't been told

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whether there'll be a replacement service. Lorna's just been to a

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meeting with the council. They've told her about a possible

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alternative. What I don't understand is why

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they're investing money in something new when there is already an

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existing service in place, which is working very well.

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A new team of specialists will be employed by Bristol City Council

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rather than the health trust.But Elliot's family hasn't been told

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about the new service. It's May, and the centre closed a week ago. I

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can't believe they have shut down some fantastically trained staff who

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helped parents to understand and cope with their children, and to

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throw them out on the street, that's how it feels. A letter's arrived in

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the post. It says the Lumsden Walker service has been withdrawn by the

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health trust. Charlotte hasn't been offered an alternative. In fact, the

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letter advises her to call the police, if Elliot is violent towards

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her or his sister Emily. He's still at primary school.

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It feels very daunting to me. I've invested a lot of effort in looking

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after my children. If that's the solution to care, then it doesn't

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work for me. It doesn't make sense to me either. He's an 11-year-old

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boy. North Bristol NHS Trust says it's

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always advised families to contact the police if they need urgent help.

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But one former probation officer says before it closed, the Lumsden

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Walker Service kept youths on the right side of the law.

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It meant these young people were not going to end up going to court, were

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not going to end up being arrested by the police. They would be helped

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in other ways. Mike Campbell is part of the Protect

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Our NHS group in Bristol. He's been asking why the Lumsden Walker unit

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was closed, on behalf of parents and former staff members.

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I think there's been a muddle around the process. I think at the same

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time North Bristol Trust is having to make cuts. But we're talking

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about cuts affecting the most vulnerable people in society. It may

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not be able to reopened, but they should ensure these services are

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continued to be provided. North Bristol NHS Trust says the

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same help will be provided through other services. But it's now four

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months since the unit shut, and Charlotte's still struggling to deal

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with the closure. It's just gone and you literally are on your own.

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Elliot's now been discharged from the mental health service

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completely, and the family's paying for private help. If Elliot becomes

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unwell, they've been warned social services could step in. We are just

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not sure what is going on. We feel quite blatant -- threatened and we

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are doing the best we can to look after children, but it feels very

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scary to me. Unlike Elliot, Will finished his

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treatment before the Lumsden Walker Service closed. Thanks to the help

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he received there, he's just started mainstream secondary school.

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I'm going to try to focus on everything so I can get better and

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good grades, and better behaviour, so I can get better stuff in my

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life. I'm really excited. Will was fortunate to get the help he needed

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before the service closed. But Charlotte feels her family's been

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left without help and with little hope. If you don't look after the

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children when they really need the help and are learning, later on they

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will become a problem to society and that is what they think is going to

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happen. In our final film tonight, we tell

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the story of Britain's first ever jet fighter, the Gloster Meteor. It

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first took flight 70 years ago and as you can imagine there aren't many

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left today. Well, this summer we followed an audacious campaign to

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rescue one of the few remaining planes.

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70 years ago a Meteor went through our sky at incredible speed. In

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1943, they took one of Frank Whittle jet engines and put it in one of the

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new planes. A new age in aviation history began. One of these has been

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resting at barracks just outside Gloucester since 1981. It used to

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stand guard at the gate but has recently been left a bit unloved,

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standing alone between a couple of buildings. But not for much longer.

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They have found a new home for it and with the help of this Chinook

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it's about to take to the sky one last time! This Meteor T7 has just

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been bought by the local Jet Air Museum soon to open at Gloucester

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Airport. But as it is not fit for flying on its own, the MOD is coming

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to the rescue. Six weeks before the planned helicopter lift and the

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Chinook ringing crew is coming to check if it will be possible to air

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lift the plane. Today, it is an initial safety check. You have to

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take safety into account every time so we do not want to lift it and

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find it bends or we lose part of the aircraft. For over a decade a small

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team have been dreaming of opening the Jet Age Museum to preserve

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Gloucestershire's rich aviation heritage. Martin Clarke is part of

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the museum team and together with a friend, just bought the plane for

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the Museum for ?3000. The Gloster Meteor can claim to be the first jet

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fighter to enter operational service. Is it significant beyond

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that? What does it mean to you? It was the very first Allied jet

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aircraft which flew as part of the RAF but it was not allowed to fly

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over enemy territory because they had secured some of these materials,

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the end of the war could have been drastically different. What would it

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mean to you to see the plane landing close to this museum you have worked

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so hard to build? It is such an important history. After the Second

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World War, the Gloster Meteor played a vital role in the export market

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but even more importantly it marked the beginning of a new age in

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aviation. How important was it to the new age of jet travel? It is the

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first step. The general public go on holiday now from big airports but 70

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years ago, this was the start. It broke the speed record a couple of

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times and the first jet era followed in the next decade. It set the civil

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aviation scene on the road. Four weeks before the planned helicopter

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left, -- lift, the rigging crew is back. They want to do a test lift

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with a crane but first they have to move it from its current location.

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But wet grass means this may prove more difficult than anticipated. No

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truck to pull it. Let's do it by hand.

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As soon as it was moving, once it was off the grass, it was very easy.

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For Martin, seeing this is particularly significant. 25 years

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ago, he met his wife while restoring the plane. I was introduced to a new

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member of the restoration group. I fell in love with her immediately

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and after that, we were married by the time my daughter was born and we

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remained married for seven years before she died from cancer. I

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brought my daughter up on my own after that and as a tribute to my

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wife, I bought the Gloster Meteor along with one of my colleagues from

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the museum. With the Meteor finally moved on to a hard surface, they can

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now test and adjust the rigging to make sure that on the day of the

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helicopter lift, the plane is safely secured. Looks spot on. This

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particular Meteor was in service between 1949 until 1968 and saw

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service including Malta. And one of its pilots was no other than Lord

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Tebbit. I bought a microwave oven recently and the instruction book

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was longer than it was for the Gloster Meteor. I am not sure what I

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should conclude from that. Victor W 453. That is what I flew back in

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1951, somewhere about them. There is a battered old log book here which

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records that flight. I think what struck me about it was the

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breathtaking performance in terms of the acceleration down the runway and

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then they pull up into the claim which was vastly more rapid than

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anything I had experienced before. All of that comes back when I think

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about it. After weeks of preparation, that's

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it. Lord Tebbit's old plane is finally going to get airborne for

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one last time. I think I can see it, should be a now.

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It looks really good, in line with the helicopter and it is flying.

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Isn't that terrific? Hundreds of people have come to look

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at the air lift and after its short flight to Gloucester airport it

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lands safely next to his new home. Thank you very much. That is

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wonderful. It is here! So thanks to the determination of a

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few plane fanatics together with the help of the MOD, a 70-year-old piece

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of British aviation heritage will now be preserved for future

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generations. But for Martin, this was always personal. What better

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tribute could I give to my wife, the aircraft that she actually worked

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on, and it's part of my history as well as the museum's.

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Well that's just about it for this week but if you'd like to keep in

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touch with what we're up to then you can find us Twitter. Or you can

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email us. But from all of us here in Severn Beach, thanks for watching

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and good night. Next week, faith in Bristol.

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