 | | | | |  Inside Out - West Midlands: Monday October 24, 2005 | | Train Trespass | | Dicing with death - CCTV footage of railway trespassers |
An increasing number of children are putting their lives at risk by venturing on to railway lines in the West Midlands.
Whether it is a game of chicken, putting objects on the tracks, or simply taking a shortcut home, transport police receive up to 20 reports of train track trespassing a day.
Five children have died on the regions railways in the last year alone, but officers believe the message is still not getting through.
Inside Out meets Dannette Scott, the mother of 12-year-old Gez, a schoolboy who was killed while playing with friends on a Birmingham train line.  | | A mother's pain - Dannette Scott lost her son on the railway tracks |
We follow Dannette as she visits for the first time the station where her son died and asks police what is being done to stop similar accidents.
We also join the officer whose job it is to patrol the regions rail lines. Inside Out also meets the former train driver who is haunted by an accident in which four children died. Links relating to this story:The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites | | | Free email updates | Keep in touch and receive your free and informative Inside Out updates.
Subscribe
Unsubscribe | |
| Droitwich calling | | Radio waves - the transmitter that helped win the war |
Inside Out reveals the secrets of a radio transmitter in Worcestershire which played a vital role in helping the Allies win the Second World War.
Today, the transmitter in Droitwich broadcasts BBC radio programmes to the nation, but during the 1940s, it was used to send messages to the French resistance in occupied Europe.
We meet the people who played a part in sending the secret orders, and track down one of the resistance fighters who risked his life to listen to the broadcasts. We also unearth top secret documents which suggest that while the transmitter did a great deal to help the Allied war effort, it was also used by the Germans to send messages to their own forces.
Links relating to this story:The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites | Miss England  | | Crowning glory - will Kate Solomons win beauty's top title? |
Outdated and degrading or a grand celebration of femininity?
Inside Out explores the controversial world of the beauty contest.
We join Kate Solomons, a student teacher and the newly crowned Miss Rugby, as she tries for the third time to win the Miss England competition.
Kate came within one place of winning the crown in 2004 as Miss Leicestershire and has given herself one final chance of taking the top spot.
For Kate and her fellow contestants the talent show offers fresh and exciting challenges.
But for many others, such beauty pageants, which peaked in popularity back in the 1950s, are now a long way past their sell-by date.
We invited feminist Helen McCarthy along to the Miss England final to give her verdict on whether the beauty show has a place in 21st Century society.
Links relating to this story:The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites |
|
