Birmingham tries new strategy to combat homelessness and drug use

Birmingham tries new strategy to combat homelessness and drug use; ENGLAND: Birmingham: EXT Various of people along street passing homeless drug addict laying in sleeping bag Reporter along with Dr Judith Yates (Former GP) as she talks about the area they are in which is frequented by homeless drug addicts SOT CUTAWAY Discarded syringes View down on roundabout where drug addicts gather Area at foot of stairs where someone has been sleeping rough Discarded drugs paraphernalia Various of reporter and Yates looking at discarded items connected with drug taking SOT Dr Judith Yates (Former GP) interview SOT Various of reporter talking to homeless man Mark, who is holding a duvet cover which is the only shelter he has Mark interview SOT CUTAWAY Reporter Various views over Birmingham Big Wheel Various of Philippe Bonnet (Chair, National Needle Exchange Forum) talking to anonymous homeless drug addict 'Paul' SOT Bonnet talking to 'Paul' Various of Bonnet talking homeless victim of domestic violence Roxanne Sandwich, soft drink and coffee cup on the ground next to Roxanne Bonnet talking to anonymous homeless woman Roxanne SOT CUTAWAY Newspapers that Roxanne is sitting on Various of discarded syringes next to city centre car park Lizzie McCulloch (Volteface, drug policy think tank) interview SOT Various of roundabout where addicts gather OUT OF FOCUS Yates and reporter along where addicts gather Yates interview SOT TIME LAPSE/SPEEDED UP FOOTAGE Traffic around roundabout that is used by drug addicts View over Birmingham Blocks of flats silhouetted against the sky