Inside Out North West - 30/11/2009

Jacey Normand investigates why so many people in the North West are dumping their pets during the recession. Nigel Pivaro looks back at the history of 'Little Italy' in the heart of Manchester's City Centre. Andy Johnson goes in search of the prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III - the location of the Great Escape - after the discovery of the wartime diaries of Flt Lt Ted Nestor. In the biggest escape of the Second World War, 76 prisoners of war tunnelled their way to freedom. The diaries contain remarkable drawings, paintings, even photographs of life in the camp.