:00:07. > :00:25.Welcome to Inside Out. This week we are in Newark.
:00:26. > :00:33.Good evening and welcome to Inside Out. Tonight, working long hours at
:00:34. > :00:37.one of the most dangerous jobs, keeping the railways on the move,
:00:38. > :00:41.our rail workers plural`macro lives being put at risk? One mother wants
:00:42. > :00:50.to know who is to blame for her son's death. I was actually in a
:00:51. > :00:54.daze, numb. Also tonight, we look at the reality
:00:55. > :00:58.of living without the spare room subsidy. It is costing the Council
:00:59. > :01:04.the best part of ?1 million that we could spend on other things.
:01:05. > :01:10.And Horrible Histories author Terry Deary is here at Newark, where
:01:11. > :01:16.royalists fought off three sieges during the English civil war.
:01:17. > :01:22.Railway workers are out on the tracks at all hours of day and night
:01:23. > :01:28.and in all weathers. Most of them have no job security, they are on
:01:29. > :01:32.casual contracts. The death of a rail worker from Doncaster has
:01:33. > :01:35.highlighted corner cutting and poor safety standards. Paul Murphy
:01:36. > :01:39.investigates how lives are being put on the line.
:01:40. > :01:49.Not once did Scott ever give to me that his job was a dangerous job. I
:01:50. > :01:52.thought they were protected. It's December 2012, early in the
:01:53. > :01:59.afternoon, on a railway line near to Saxilby in Lincolnshire, and a gang
:02:00. > :02:04.of workers are repairing the track. One of the workers steps back just
:02:05. > :02:09.as a train is passing. He doesn't survive. A report into his death
:02:10. > :02:13.reveals a string of broken and ignored safety procedures. Network
:02:14. > :02:19.Rail called the death of Scott Dobson a watershed moment and
:02:20. > :02:24.promised new safety rules. But Scott wasn't a Network Rail employee. Like
:02:25. > :02:32.the majority of workers maintaining and repairing our rail network, he
:02:33. > :02:35.was employed by an agency. Scott was always the gang leader,
:02:36. > :02:41.the reliable one that the office used to ring him.
:02:42. > :02:46.Scott Dobson was in charge of site safety for a work gang repairing a
:02:47. > :02:49.fault in the track that day. Scott and his gang were working on the
:02:50. > :02:55.down line which was closed to trains. But the other side of the
:02:56. > :02:58.track was still in use. For some reason, somebody somewhere along the
:02:59. > :03:03.line has asked them to do the voiding.
:03:04. > :03:06.They were filling in gaps under the track, a job which meant working in
:03:07. > :03:12.the six`foot, the gap between the two rail lines. It's a job for which
:03:13. > :03:17.both rail lines should have been closed. Scott would not then have
:03:18. > :03:22.been able to step back into the path of an oncoming train.
:03:23. > :03:26.As I walked into the kitchen, Thomas came running in, saying, you really
:03:27. > :03:34.need to speak to Haysey, he's on the other end of the phone in tears. He
:03:35. > :03:45.says, I think Scott's been in an accident, I think he's been killed.
:03:46. > :03:54.At that, I was actually...in a daze. Numb.
:03:55. > :04:00.A report into Scott's death lists many safety failings.
:04:01. > :04:05.The report shows that he shouldn't have been working in that
:04:06. > :04:08.safety`critical role that day. He'd been involved in two other
:04:09. > :04:11.safety breaches in the preceding two months, and according to Network
:04:12. > :04:18.Rail rules, he should have been moved to a less senior role. On the
:04:19. > :04:21.day, no`one had asked for that second line to be closed, and no`one
:04:22. > :04:27.challenged the lack of any risk assessment or safety briefing to
:04:28. > :04:38.perform the job. So the question is, why were they there?
:04:39. > :04:40.perform the job. So the question is, knew, all that gang knew, that
:04:41. > :04:44.somebody would have been in danger working in the six`foot as there was
:04:45. > :04:47.trains still running on the up side of the track.
:04:48. > :04:49.Scott had been hired that day by a recruitment company called sky`blue,
:04:50. > :04:55.a subsidiary of the engineering giant Carillion. Carillion express
:04:56. > :04:58.their condolences but tell us they are unable to comment on specific
:04:59. > :05:03.questions or issues related to Scott's death until after an inquest
:05:04. > :05:06.and further inquiry. They do, however, say that they go to great
:05:07. > :05:11.lengths to ensure their workforce know they can raise safety concerns.
:05:12. > :05:13.They say their Don't Walk By programme encourages staff to raise
:05:14. > :05:16.safety issues, and though they recognise some fear they'll be
:05:17. > :05:26.penalised if they speak up, the company makes every effort to
:05:27. > :05:28.highlight this is not the case. Since the incident, they say they've
:05:29. > :05:32.gone beyond industry standards to put in place new safety procedures
:05:33. > :05:34.and have developed a new barrier to be used in co`ordination with a
:05:35. > :05:38.physical look`out when people are working on a rail line which is
:05:39. > :05:46.closed but adjacent to a line on which trains continue to run.
:05:47. > :05:51.Saxilby is a sad reminder of how dangerous the railway is. It's an
:05:52. > :05:54.accident that could have been avoided, and the root cause is
:05:55. > :06:02.Network Rail's usage, high usage of contractors and agency workers.
:06:03. > :06:05.We've talked to track workers who've done casual shifts for renewals
:06:06. > :06:10.companies across the north of England. They tell us bad safety
:06:11. > :06:16.practices are widespread. I've turned up on site, driven two
:06:17. > :06:19.hours to get to a work site. I don't hold the competencies that they're
:06:20. > :06:23.asking me for to run that site safely. I've turned round, phoned my
:06:24. > :06:27.agency up, and said, look, I can't do this, what do you want me to do?
:06:28. > :06:32.Break the rules? Is it commonly accepted that if there's a safety
:06:33. > :06:37.problem, you keep quiet about it? Some people do, because they are
:06:38. > :06:43.that scared of losing work. Because you speak up, because you speak out,
:06:44. > :06:49.that agency can't put you out. And if you're part of a gang, the whole
:06:50. > :06:52.gang loses work. I lost work with one client or one agency for nearly
:06:53. > :06:54.a year, because I wouldn't do work, because it wasn't safe, because the
:06:55. > :07:03.paperwork wasn't correct. 81,000 people are registered to work
:07:04. > :07:09.on the railway, only a quarter of them Network Rail staff. Scott
:07:10. > :07:14.Dobson's death has forced the company to re`think the way they
:07:15. > :07:17.manage this workforce. We will no longer expect safety`critical
:07:18. > :07:21.workers to be employed by agency contractors. They will only be
:07:22. > :07:25.employed in future by Network Rail or our principal contractors. We
:07:26. > :07:28.need to make sure this is the last fatality that ever happens on the
:07:29. > :07:31.railway, and we will make any changes necessary to ensure that's
:07:32. > :07:34.the case. We've heard this before. Ten years
:07:35. > :07:40.ago this month, four railway workers were killed by a runaway wagon at
:07:41. > :07:43.Tebay in Cumbria. Crucial to the task now facing
:07:44. > :07:48.investigators is the state of the wagon. It had brakes, and they'll
:07:49. > :07:51.want to know whether mechanical failure or human error may have
:07:52. > :07:54.contributed to today's loss of life...
:07:55. > :08:02.Subcontractors had used a chock of wood instead of a brake to stop a
:08:03. > :08:04.railway wagon rolling downhill. The two rail contractors involved
:08:05. > :08:10.were jailed for manslaughter, but the recommended safety measures have
:08:11. > :08:18.yet to be introduced. Those who survived have been campaigning ever
:08:19. > :08:21.since. They want track workers to have access to a simple warning
:08:22. > :08:23.mechanism that would fit onto a rail and trigger an alarm if anything
:08:24. > :08:26.approached. To say I'm disappointed would be an
:08:27. > :08:34.understatement. I'm so upset with Network Rail, who say safety is
:08:35. > :08:37.first. And here we are maybe going to go into tenth anniversary and yet
:08:38. > :08:44.we're still fighting for second protection. Do you think that any
:08:45. > :08:49.lessons about safety have been learned from Tebay? It frustrates me
:08:50. > :08:52.all the time when I get word back that there's been accidents where we
:08:53. > :08:57.could look and think, well, that could have been avoided.
:08:58. > :09:03.Tom's campaign may be about to succeed. What we've come to realise
:09:04. > :09:06.is that there is an additional level of protection required, and we've
:09:07. > :09:10.been trialling that protection with the RMT up in our Carlisle depot,
:09:11. > :09:13.and the intent is that we roll that out nationally during the year.
:09:14. > :09:16.The main contractor involved at Tebay, like at Saxilby, was
:09:17. > :09:21.Carillion, one of the biggest companies tendering for major
:09:22. > :09:23.railway engineering works. We've had long conversations with
:09:24. > :09:26.Carillion because of the incident that took place at Saxilby. I
:09:27. > :09:29.personally have been to Carillion's board to make it clear our
:09:30. > :09:34.expectations and to understand what plans they have in place to improve
:09:35. > :09:37.safety. We are comfortable Carillion are very committed to improving
:09:38. > :09:40.their safety record. Carillion say health and safety is
:09:41. > :09:43.central to all their operations and they create a culture of openness
:09:44. > :09:49.and continuous improvement in their workforce. When accidents do occur,
:09:50. > :09:52.they tell us, they leave no stone unturned to ensure that the causes
:09:53. > :09:53.are thoroughly investigated, any learnings are adopted and actions
:09:54. > :10:04.taken. Meanwhile, Scott Dobson's family
:10:05. > :10:11.must wait for a coroner's inquest to resolve questions about his death.
:10:12. > :10:17.There was a duty of care towards Scott and his team that day. Who
:10:18. > :10:22.failed? I don't think anyone wants to claim that liability. Whether or
:10:23. > :10:26.not it's protecting Scott, whether or not it's protecting themselves, I
:10:27. > :10:30.really don't know. The gangs that are working on the rail and the
:10:31. > :10:42.managerial staff, they need to be as one. Any fatalities is horrific,
:10:43. > :10:50.devastating to families. And it's never, ever the same.
:10:51. > :10:56.Did you have got any views on that story, or indeed know about a story
:10:57. > :10:57.we should be covering, please get in touch with us through Facebook or
:10:58. > :11:07.Twitter. Coming up on Inside Out, we find out
:11:08. > :11:09.why this castle was the king's last bastions during the English civil
:11:10. > :11:22.war. Now, labelled by the press as the
:11:23. > :11:26.bedroom tax, changes to housing benefit have definitely been
:11:27. > :11:29.controversial. But what is the reality on the ground for those who
:11:30. > :11:34.have to live with or indeed without the spare room subsidy? We have been
:11:35. > :11:38.to Grimsby and Cleethorpes to find out.
:11:39. > :11:44.Grimsby and Cleethorpes, isn't it great? We've got the fresh sea air
:11:45. > :11:47.and the wide open spaces. But away from the sea front, for
:11:48. > :11:50.some round here, it's not so sunny. It's all because of the changes in
:11:51. > :11:55.housing benefit, what's become known as the bedroom tax. Since the cuts
:11:56. > :11:58.came in last April, there's been a massive rise in the number of social
:11:59. > :12:01.housing tenants getting into debt. And this bit of northeast
:12:02. > :12:04.Lincolnshire is one of the worst`hit spots.
:12:05. > :12:09.Nationally, one out of three people affected are in rent arrears. Round
:12:10. > :12:13.here, it's two out of three. Officially, it's called the
:12:14. > :12:16.abolition of the spare`room subsidy. Anyone in social housing with a
:12:17. > :12:18.spare bedroom either has to move somewhere smaller or pay a
:12:19. > :12:25.contribution to their rent, round here about ?11 a week, which can be
:12:26. > :12:32.hard to find. I have cut back on shopping, on
:12:33. > :12:38.washing, so my Water Bill goes down. And it's just... No treats for the
:12:39. > :12:43.children. Lisa's one of the few who's managing
:12:44. > :12:46.to keep up with her rent payments. What gets me mad is that I've worked
:12:47. > :12:50.since I've been 14 years old, and I've not been on benefits before,
:12:51. > :12:57.and I'm on benefits now for the first time. And I put in my national
:12:58. > :12:59.insurance, you know, and I paid my taxes, and I'm getting penalised for
:13:00. > :13:07.it. As more people are affected by this,
:13:08. > :13:12.more are turning to the local council for help. We had the odd
:13:13. > :13:15.incident when a person gets into trouble and we can work with them
:13:16. > :13:19.and the landlords to get it resolved. Now it's not just one or
:13:20. > :13:23.two cases, it's hundreds of cases. So how much is this costing the
:13:24. > :13:27.council? It's costing the council the best part of ?1 million a year
:13:28. > :13:30.that we could be spending on looking after the elderly, children and
:13:31. > :13:40.schools, highways. But we're not, we're having to support a policy
:13:41. > :13:44.that doesn't work. There is notable person, it is affecting all walks of
:13:45. > :13:47.tenants. It's affecting those who we call work poor, those on low incomes
:13:48. > :13:52.using housing benefit to make ends meet. It's affecting those who are
:13:53. > :13:56.on means`tested benefits. So it's a real broad spectrum of people. One
:13:57. > :14:00.of those people is Denise. She's disabled but couldn't find the ?25 a
:14:01. > :14:02.week that would let her stay in the specially adapted three`bedroomed
:14:03. > :14:07.home where she'd brought up her family.
:14:08. > :14:11.How much arrears did you get into? I think it was about ?600. And you've
:14:12. > :14:20.never been in debt before, have you? No. So how do you feel? Angry,
:14:21. > :14:25.because I started self harming. Because of this? Yeah.
:14:26. > :14:30.Denise has now moved to a smaller property and managed to clear her
:14:31. > :14:33.debts, but the new home has taken her away from her support network of
:14:34. > :14:37.family and neighbours. I didn't want to move, but obviously I had to
:14:38. > :14:44.move. I mean, this property is nice, but I'd rather be in my own place.
:14:45. > :14:49.So what's stopping other people from moving somewhere smaller? This is
:14:50. > :14:52.the East Marsh area of Grimsby, officially in the top ten most
:14:53. > :14:55.deprived areas in the country, with some of the cheapest rents. Driving
:14:56. > :15:00.around, you see the problem. Streets of three`bedroom social housing,
:15:01. > :15:03.what we used to call council houses. The idea of the change in benefits
:15:04. > :15:07.was to get people to move out of houses like this and into smaller
:15:08. > :15:12.properties. But I can't see any smaller properties to move into.
:15:13. > :15:14.Fewer than one in ten tenants have been rehoused, even with the local
:15:15. > :15:23.housing association putting them top of the list. Emma managed it, and
:15:24. > :15:27.bizarrely, has come out better off. They came and measured it a couple
:15:28. > :15:33.of times to see if it was a decent size but they still say it was
:15:34. > :15:40.classed as a three`bedroom house. Ever's new two`bedroom house is
:15:41. > :15:45.bigger than the old one. I have lost a bedroom but I've gained a dining
:15:46. > :15:50.room. So I am quite pleased in a way. It has given us a little bit
:15:51. > :15:59.more space downstairs. You'd think that moving people on would help
:16:00. > :16:02.resolve the situation. There's no`one queuing up to take on the
:16:03. > :16:05.rent on those three`bedroom houses they're leaving behind. Take this
:16:06. > :16:12.desirable semi. Three beds, off`road parking, up and coming area, and
:16:13. > :16:17.empty. So here we are into what is causing the problem. This problem is
:16:18. > :16:22.causing the problem, tell us what is happening. These three`bedroom
:16:23. > :16:28.properties with a box room, we are not able to rent. We are astonished
:16:29. > :16:34.that in this day and age, we think it is a reasonable expectation to
:16:35. > :16:41.have a spare room in this day and age. They have equipment they might
:16:42. > :16:44.want to keep in it. But some of these are now standing empty. ??
:16:45. > :16:46.WHITE As the biggest social landlord in town, the benefit changes are
:16:47. > :16:55.Tony's most pressing problem, and one he can't see resolving any time
:16:56. > :17:04.soon. What numbers are we talking about? We have thousands of homes
:17:05. > :17:10.and it is a huge proportion of them that we cannot rent. We are set
:17:11. > :17:14.aside ?4 million which we would otherwise be using for services or
:17:15. > :17:19.building new homes with. The impact on us as a charity are dramatic as
:17:20. > :17:27.well. It is interfering with our need `` with our ability to meet
:17:28. > :17:33.housing need. These welfare changes were made to deal with a proper
:17:34. > :17:36.problem. We have a problem. Council housing is a precious resource and
:17:37. > :17:45.if affordable homes have not been built over the next few years, we
:17:46. > :17:50.are in this situation. North`east Lincolnshire Housing Association
:17:51. > :17:55.told us that they have 153`bedroom houses standing empty. This is not
:17:56. > :18:00.working, is it? There are places in Hull where families are crying out
:18:01. > :18:07.for commendation and want to change over. There are websites available
:18:08. > :18:14.for people who want to get bigger houses. People swap houses.
:18:15. > :18:16.Naturally we wanted to speak to a government minister. We asked three
:18:17. > :18:19.different government ministers to talk to us about this problem, but
:18:20. > :18:22.they were reluctant to come forward. However the Department for Work and
:18:23. > :18:25.Pensions did tell us the changes were a necessary reform, they are
:18:26. > :18:28.still paying the majority of most claimants' rent but the taxpayer
:18:29. > :18:31.could no longer afford to pay for spare bedrooms. They also tell us
:18:32. > :18:34.that they are increasing the money they give to councils to support
:18:35. > :18:42.vulnerable tenants. North East Lincolnshire will share an ?500,000
:18:43. > :18:47.with North Lincolnshire. So in your opinion, Tony, are there any
:18:48. > :18:52.benefits to these changes? Many of the reforms make sense, but with any
:18:53. > :18:57.big policy, when you bring his onto the local level, the personal
:18:58. > :19:01.level, you have difficult situations which are created unwittingly. We
:19:02. > :19:05.have perverse things going on and families in real distress as a
:19:06. > :19:13.consequence. 370 years ago, England was a nation
:19:14. > :19:16.at war with itself. The Roundheads and Cavaliers battled it out over
:19:17. > :19:27.this very cavalier Dasher was very Castle. But ordinary people suffered
:19:28. > :19:31.to. No more here `` no more than here in Newark. Terry Deary, who
:19:32. > :19:34.knows only too well what happens when history turns horrible.
:19:35. > :19:36.The battered remains of Newark Castle are a stark reminder that
:19:37. > :19:43.things haven't always been as peaceful as they are today. On the
:19:44. > :19:47.face of it there's nothing too remarkable about the market town of
:19:48. > :19:51.Newark. But there was a time when this place was at the very epicentre
:19:52. > :19:58.of one of the most crucial moments in British history. In the middle of
:19:59. > :20:02.the 17th century, Britain was in turmoil. For four years, war had
:20:03. > :20:05.raged across the land ` a desperate struggle between King and
:20:06. > :20:08.Parliament. Now all eyes were on this north Nottinghamshire town.
:20:09. > :20:12.Besieged, starved and bombarded, Newark was the last stronghold of
:20:13. > :20:23.Charles I in the North, and was all that stood between Oliver Cromwell
:20:24. > :20:27.and victory. But there was nothing civil about this war for the people
:20:28. > :20:36.of Newark, for whom there'd be a heavy price to pay. It is hard to
:20:37. > :20:42.visualise what it must have been like in those dark days of the
:20:43. > :20:46.17th`century. Here we have a very rare siege man from the time. It
:20:47. > :20:52.gave us an idea of what the population must have been up
:20:53. > :20:57.against. `` is very rare siege map. These lines show the parliamentarian
:20:58. > :21:05.forces circling the town. Within that bring, there were massive
:21:06. > :21:10.earthworks which pulled an even tighter news around the town. The
:21:11. > :21:13.population must have been wondering and worrying what would happen if
:21:14. > :21:18.the parliamentarians broke through those defences. And sacked the town.
:21:19. > :21:21.By the end of 1645, Newark was surrounded by 16,000 troops. The
:21:22. > :21:24.Royalist defenders were out` numbered ten to one and the 2,000
:21:25. > :21:27.townsfolk had every right to be terrified as the parliamentary
:21:28. > :21:41.artillery set its sights on the town. Solid shots can do a lot of
:21:42. > :21:47.damage. We are not talking about explosive devices. You have to
:21:48. > :21:53.remember that they heated up shelves are pushing cannons so that when it
:21:54. > :22:01.landed on fat it was set fire to it. They heated up the cannonballs? Oh,
:22:02. > :22:06.yes. And at the get mortars were even bigger and they were fired into
:22:07. > :22:09.the air and into the castle itself. Once it hit a building, it would
:22:10. > :22:12.flatten it. Newark's archives give a flavour of what it was like living
:22:13. > :22:24.through the siege. Supplies were running out and the citizens had to
:22:25. > :22:35.be resourceful. You have an absolute wealth of corridors. `` of relics.
:22:36. > :22:42.They go back to the paly lithic age. Of the siege, we have items such as
:22:43. > :22:45.the iconic Newark's each piece. This was at the period when people are
:22:46. > :22:53.having to mend their own money. So they can pay the soldiers. Where did
:22:54. > :22:58.they get the silver? The silver came from the ridge of the town but also
:22:59. > :23:11.some of it came from when Newark plundered Leicester. So it is done?
:23:12. > :23:22.So it is still in? Some of it. This is a ?30 cannonball. A mere ?30.
:23:23. > :23:26.That is quite heavy. It gives you an idea of the tribulations of the
:23:27. > :23:29.local populace. If that hits you, it cut you in half. It wasn't just
:23:30. > :23:32.cannonballs that were killing the royalist defenders. In the winter of
:23:33. > :23:35.1645, the bubonic plague took hold. Remarkable records have survived
:23:36. > :23:43.which show how the townsfolk tried to combat the disease. They strongly
:23:44. > :23:51.believed that plague was called by my asthma, bad smells. `` miasma. So
:23:52. > :23:56.those who are affluent enough would have tried to get antidotes. They
:23:57. > :24:02.consisted of masking smells. Hawthorne, marigold flowers, and
:24:03. > :24:07.these will be burnt to give off an incense. I think, looking at these,
:24:08. > :24:13.these were bought to make sure that the corporation and the offices of
:24:14. > :24:17.the town continue to meet. They would burn this in the council
:24:18. > :24:20.chambers to stop the council members from catching plague. Of course
:24:21. > :24:25.these measures didn't work. And for those who caught the plague, relief
:24:26. > :24:31.was minimal. They are shutting their homes to die, but they are fed. They
:24:32. > :24:38.are fed, but they are physically boarded up in their home. Yes.
:24:39. > :24:41.Pretty brutal. The plague was hard to avoid, but could something be
:24:42. > :24:43.done to dodge the shelling? Some local historians are convinced
:24:44. > :24:46.people sheltered in cellars. Legend has it that King Charles himself may
:24:47. > :24:52.have used a secret underground network to move around the town.
:24:53. > :25:01.There are some tunnels very close to Newark's marketplace but they were
:25:02. > :25:04.built in the 18th century. It fires up, bounces off his mirror...
:25:05. > :25:07.Archaeologists are now using a laser scanner to detect changes in the
:25:08. > :25:10.brickwork to see whether a much older network can be found. These 3D
:25:11. > :25:19.images of what's underneath the centre of Newark could hold the key
:25:20. > :25:24.to whether the legends are true. What we are hoping to find is that
:25:25. > :25:27.some of the sellers join up. There are tunnel legends in Newark and it
:25:28. > :25:34.would be nice to find some truth behind at least some of them.
:25:35. > :25:40.Eventually, you might be able to prove whether this story about King
:25:41. > :25:44.Charles escaping is true or false? Hopefully, that is what we try to do
:25:45. > :25:47.as archaeologists, sift the truth from the fiction. Back above ground
:25:48. > :25:51.` Newark's multi`million pound National Civil War Centre will open
:25:52. > :25:54.this time next year. It'll be housed in the town's Magnus building,
:25:55. > :25:57.itself a relic of the Civil War. Visitors will be able to experience
:25:58. > :26:03.the conflict in all its deadly detail. One in four of the
:26:04. > :26:06.population are dying. It was perishing the cold. Rivers are
:26:07. > :26:10.freezing over and yet they asked holding out, fighting for the King.
:26:11. > :26:14.The king's surrender at Newark in May 1646 marked the end of this
:26:15. > :26:24.phase of the Civil War. The town was bloodied but it hadn't been taken.
:26:25. > :26:29.Around 1500 soldiers marched out of the castle but for the civilians of
:26:30. > :26:33.Newark, it was about to get much, much worse. The archives reveal one
:26:34. > :26:37.final twist to this story. The siege may have been over, but Newark was
:26:38. > :26:41.in a desperate state. A sixth of its buildings were destroyed and disease
:26:42. > :26:46.was rife. The survivors fled to nearby villages. But as these rare
:26:47. > :26:55.parish records from East Stoke near Newark show, they also brought the
:26:56. > :27:02.plague with them. The location of trying to flee the plague are shown
:27:03. > :27:10.in this devastating testimony to the absolute destruction of the village
:27:11. > :27:16.and the community of East Stoke. The crosses represent plague victims.
:27:17. > :27:20.Every victim is a plague victim. You see whole families wiped out. As
:27:21. > :27:29.you get to this register, you will see pages and pages of deaths. It is
:27:30. > :27:35.visually stunning. But what it must have meant for the community must
:27:36. > :27:42.have been absolute devastation. It tells us here that 159 people died.
:27:43. > :27:49.History is always more fascinating when it is about more than just the
:27:50. > :27:53.stories of kings and queens. This is the story of what the population of
:27:54. > :27:59.Newark endured all those years ago. For the survivors that `` it was not
:28:00. > :28:06.history that was horrible, it was everyday existence.
:28:07. > :28:16.We have got news of a story we have covered in the past. In Lincolnshire
:28:17. > :28:23.teenager convicted of killing Rosie May at a party. We had information
:28:24. > :28:28.that a pathologist for that the death could have been an accident.
:28:29. > :28:32.But it was said that it was unrealistic. At a hearing in
:28:33. > :28:39.December, Paul Smith was refused leave to appeal against his
:28:40. > :28:44.conviction and sentence. That is all from here in Newark.
:28:45. > :28:49.Join us next week. We will be looking at the truth about real
:28:50. > :28:53.Whitby. Finding out how children getting good nights and following
:28:54. > :29:10.efforts to to bring the eel back to Lincolnshire rivers.
:29:11. > :29:16.A longer day, more exams and tougher discipline. That is what the
:29:17. > :29:20.government wants for pupils in England's state schools. Ministers
:29:21. > :29:25.believe it would bring standards closer to those in private schools.
:29:26. > :29:29.There is a warning over a social network raise after it was linked to
:29:30. > :29:33.guess in Ireland. It involves drinking and filming a stun. The
:29:34. > :29:38.body of the young man was found in the River. Tributes have poured in
:29:39. > :29:41.for the actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. It is thought he died from
:29:42. > :29:42.a heroin