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09.09.02

NORTH EAST & CUMBRIA REGIONAL TV


New series unveils surprising stories from familiar places


Inside Out, 成人快手 ONE North East & Cumbria, Monday 9 September, 7.30pm


A brand new series starts tonight on 成人快手 ONE aiming to uncover stories in the North East & Cumbria that have never been told before.


For his first Inside Out story on primetime television, presenter Chris Jackson investigates the illegal racing of horses on public roads in the North East & Cumbria.


Chris says: "I was born and brought up in the North East and I had never heard about road racing before, but that's probably because most of it happens in the early morning hours when most of us are still asleep."


成人快手 cameras capture the alarming speed of the racers in full flight, and presenter Chris is given a ride on board a legitimate track racer to experience "Trotting" at first hand - which includes some extraordinary footage from the harness looking back at the flimsy contraptions running along a public road.


"It was absolutely terrifying sitting in one of the traps with the horse's hooves coming right up to me," added Chris.


Chris talks to the men involved in Trotting on the roads of County Durham and hears about the vast sums of money that are bet on the races - up to 拢30,000 in a day.


Trotters will often race on public roads in the early hours of the morning in an attempt to avoid the attentions of the police.


Some of the biggest names in Trotting gather at the annual horse fair in Appleby, Cumbria where top trotting horses are traded.


One horse-owner, Joe Crombie, tells Inside Out that he had just turned down an offer of 拢55,000 for his horse, Paddy Braveheart, as he prepares his steed for a race worth 拢50,000 to the winner.


Mr Crombie says: "We could be doing worse things like breaking in to people's houses or selling drugs. We are not doing any harm. We are on the road and we are off quickly. This is just fun."


But Inspector Bob Bacon, of Cumbria Police, tells Inside Out: "It's an arrangement where people turn up on main roads and just ride down that road furiously. That's dangerous and we have got to stop it."


Police use an ancient law which bans "furious" or excessively fast driving of horses to clamp down on road racing. But not all trotting is illegal.


Track racing with horses and traps is a growing sport in the region and one of the largest venues can be found in York.


Road racers are barred from joining the legal track racers, but several legitimate track racers have been road racers in the past - some have come from Ireland where trotting on public roads is not illegal.


Chris also uncovers the moving tale of one woman's dark secret in her family history that links her to the famous South Tyneside author Catherine Cookson.


And guest presenter Anna Nolan, the former nun who was runner-up on the first Big Brother series, visits two nuns at a monastery in Whitby, North Yorkshire.


The nuns, one of whom is a former World War Two code-cracker and the other a high-flying American lawyer, normally shy away from publicity.


But they show their faces on television for the very first time in their interview with Anna in the hope of inspiring more women to follow their way of life at the Monastery of the Assumption.


An offer to join their Greek Orthodox order is even made to Anna, and her reply can be seen on Inside Out at 7.30pm on 成人快手 ONE (North East & Cumbria) tonight (Monday 9 September).


A website with more information on these stories can be seen after the programme at


Notes to Editors


成人快手 ONE's Inside Out must be credited if any of this story is published.


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