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Out - East Midlands: Monday January 16, 2006 | | Incinerators | | Belching
smoke in the Eastcroft area of Nottingham |
We've become a disposable
society. Every year we throw out enough rubbish to fill 3.5 million double-decker
buses聟 a queue of which would stretch from Southwell to Sydney聟 and
back. But by throwing away so much are we gambling on the future of the
planet? Now environmentalists fear that the East Midlands could become
the UK's capital for burning waste in incinerators. Those living near Nottingham's
Eastcroft Incinerator are worrying about the effect on their health聟 and
now there are plans to double the size of the plant. Links relating
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| Jockeys | | Weighing
in - Luke Fletcher checks the scales |
One thing you will never
see is an overweight jockey. They have to make their race weight every
time they come to the course - it isn't easy. They exist on a quarter of
the normal daily intake of food. Combined with the fact that they have
an incredibly physical job which starts at six most mornings and takes them all
over the country, you can see how difficult it is. So how do they keep the
weight off? Well over the last year Inside Out has been following one up
and coming jockey from Nottinghamshire, Luke Fletcher. His is a tale of
determination, bravery, and not a lot of food. Links relating to this story:The 大象传媒 is not
responsible for the content of external websites | Hoax
callers | | Hoax
calls can cost emergency services time and money |
A hoax emergency
call is made to the fire service in Britain every six minutes. Many of these
are made in the Midlands, a region with one of the worst records for malicious
calls and where such false alarms cost the emergency services 拢1 million
a year.
Inside Out joins one Fire and Rescue team as the service tries
to cope with the regular false alarms which drain valuable time and resources.
We also meet David Garforth, a man who is addicted to making false 999 calls.
 | | Serial
hoaxer - David Garforth |
David starting making hoax calls at
the age of 14, and after three years of raising false alarms, was detained in
a psychiatric hospital. "I would feel powerful at the point I approached
the phone box, like I was in control," he tells the programme.
But
his actions not only wasted the emergency services聮 time, they also put lives
at risk. Links relating to this story:The 大象传媒 is not responsible
for the content of external websites |
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