Panorama

Seacroft is Britain (1994x16)

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On the South Seacroft estate in Leeds, syringes lie in gutters and drug dealers cruise the streets in fast cars confident the police won't catch them. For the children in this area, drugs are a way of life. But this estate is not unique according to West Yorkshire chief constable Keith Hellawell : "What's happening on the Seacroft estate is happening in many other British towns and cities. Seacroft is Britain." In tonight's programme Hellawell takes reporter Steve Bradshaw on a tour of the area to meet the users, addicts, burglars, young offenders, parents and teachers who face this problem daily. He believes drugs are responsible for much of Britain's property crime and that present policies on drugs are inadequate. It's time, he says, to take radical action - policing alone won't work. NOTE: As we went to press, the topic of this week's edition of Panorama was unconfirmed, and therefore subject to change .