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Mary Rhodes investigates why the Midlands motorway network has become a magnet for metal thieves. Poet Benjamin Zephaniah asks what drives animal rights activists to break the law.

Mary Rhodes investigates why the Midlands motorway network has become a magnet for metal thieves. Birmingham poet Benjamin Zephaniah asks what drives animal rights activists to break the law. And a visit to the final resting place for old aeroplanes to find out what happens to them when they've taxied off the runway for the final time.

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Mon 19 Nov 2012 19:30

The place where old planes go to die

The place where old planes go to die

Have you ever wondered what happens to redundant jet planes?

Inside Out visits the final resting place for over 500 aeroplanes that have spent more than 20 years crossing the globe.

on the 麻豆官网首页入口 News website.

Motorways are new target for metal thieves

Motorways are new target for metal thieves

Inside Out investigates why the UK's motorway network has become a magnet for metal thieves.

on the 麻豆官网首页入口 News website.

Metal theft rises on West Midlands motorways

Nearly 150 metal theft incidents happened on West Midlands motorways in a year, the Highways Agency said.

There were 149 incidents in the region in 2011-12, compared with seven in the previous year, a 麻豆官网首页入口 Inside Out Freedom of Information request revealed.

on the 麻豆官网首页入口 News website.

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Presenter Mary Rhodes
Participant Benjamin Zephaniah
Series Editor Rachel Bowering

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