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Good evening. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:15 | |
A BBC Inside Out West investigation has found an increasing number | 0:00:15 | 0:00:17 | |
of students in the Westcountry are turning to the sex | 0:00:17 | 0:00:19 | |
work to pay their debts. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:21 | |
As the cost of higher education has risen so has a new phenomenon | 0:00:21 | 0:00:24 | |
called sugar dating, Rachel Stonehouse reports. | 0:00:24 | 0:00:29 | |
The world of sugar dating is here. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:30 | |
It's a world where the woman are called sugar babies | 0:00:30 | 0:00:33 | |
and the men sugar daddies. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:35 | |
Look online and you'll find dozens of students posting adverts | 0:00:35 | 0:00:38 | |
for sugar relationships. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:40 | |
It is like online dating but with one big difference, | 0:00:40 | 0:00:43 | |
the man pays the woman for her company. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
Coco has been doing this for two years. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:48 | |
She lives in a bedsit in Gloucester and dropped out | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
of her college course last year because she couldn't | 0:00:51 | 0:00:54 | |
afford the fees. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:56 | |
Is there an expectation that you will have sex at some | 0:00:56 | 0:00:58 | |
point with a sugar daddy. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:00 | |
Yeah. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:03 | |
I mean, for me, it's just like a normal relationship, | 0:01:03 | 0:01:05 | |
the only differences I get money. | 0:01:05 | 0:01:08 | |
Coco is one of a growing number of young people who are funding | 0:01:08 | 0:01:11 | |
their education this way. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:13 | |
A recent study by Swansea University found that 4.8% of UK students | 0:01:13 | 0:01:17 | |
were involved in the sex industry. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:20 | |
One psychologist is concerned about the impact of this. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:25 | |
As debt has mushroomed so has the proportion of people who now | 0:01:25 | 0:01:28 | |
openly admit to working in the sex industry. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
And what's the response been from universities. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:33 | |
It's been really, kind of... | 0:01:33 | 0:01:36 | |
I wouldn't even go as far as to say it's ignored. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:39 | |
They try and brush it under the carpet, take no | 0:01:39 | 0:01:41 | |
notice of it, deny it. | 0:01:41 | 0:01:42 | |
Deny there is a problem. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:43 | |
We contacted all five universities in the Westcountry to find out | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
if they offered any help or advice for students involved in this. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:50 | |
Only one acknowledged students are working in the sex industry | 0:01:50 | 0:01:56 | |
but none had any support available for those who are. | 0:01:56 | 0:01:58 | |
Rachel Stonehouse, Points West, Gloucester. | 0:01:58 | 0:02:03 | |
And you can see the full report on sugar dating on Inside Out West | 0:02:03 | 0:02:06 | |
tomorrow night at 7.30 on BBC1. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:09 | |
The government is set to announce an ?8 million deal | 0:02:09 | 0:02:12 | |
with Leonardo Helicopters in Somerset to help develop | 0:02:12 | 0:02:15 | |
unmanned helicopter drones. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
The Ministry of Defence will work with the company to see how | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
the technology could be used to support the military in future. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:25 | |
There was a rare chance to walk inside a canal | 0:02:25 | 0:02:28 | |
lock in Wiltshire today. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:29 | |
The lock at Bradford-on-Avon has been drained to allow | 0:02:29 | 0:02:31 | |
for major repairs. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:37 | |
Today, the Canal and River Trust invited the public to climb down | 0:02:37 | 0:02:40 | |
some temporary stairs into the chamber. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:42 | |
Bristol Rugby beat Bath 12-11 at Ashton Gate, | 0:02:42 | 0:02:44 | |
to record a vital win in their fight against relegation. | 0:02:44 | 0:02:46 | |
Gavin Henson kicked all 12 points for Bristol, | 0:02:46 | 0:02:48 | |
in his return from injury. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:51 | |
Semesa Rokoduguni scored the only try of the game for Bath, | 0:02:51 | 0:02:54 | |
but Rhys Priestland missed the conversion and Bristol held | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
on to move just two points behind Worcester in the Premiership table. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:02 | |
Henson was named man of the match. | 0:03:02 | 0:03:04 | |
I was a bit nervous. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:06 | |
I've been out for four months. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:07 | |
The last thing I want to do is get injured again. | 0:03:07 | 0:03:10 | |
The main thing I was thinking, just don't get injured. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
But once you cross over the line you're straight into the zone. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
I had to have a big performance today and so glad... | 0:03:15 | 0:03:19 | |
The boys played as well so a great day. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:24 | |
Bad news for Gloucester who lost 35-22 away to Wasps | 0:03:24 | 0:03:27 | |
who secured a bonus point. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:31 | |
The Cherry and Whites sit in ninth after the defeat, | 0:03:31 | 0:03:34 | |
and have lost their last five away games in the Premiership. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:37 | |
Finally, more than 400 students from across the UK have been | 0:03:37 | 0:03:40 | |
competing in the final of a national robotics competition | 0:03:40 | 0:03:42 | |
in Bristol today. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:44 | |
The First Lego League is a science and technology challenge | 0:03:44 | 0:03:47 | |
which runs across the world. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:51 | |
Teams of students aged between nine and 16 have to solve a real-world | 0:03:51 | 0:03:55 | |
problem with the help of a robot made from Lego. | 0:03:55 | 0:04:01 | |
Let's get the weather now with Emily Wood. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
Hello. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:04 | |
Some heavy showers to watch out for over the next couple of days. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:08 | |
We have some dry and clearer weather for a time tonight | 0:04:08 | 0:04:11 | |
and fairly breezy. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:14 | |
Showers will arrive by first thing tomorrow morning. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:18 | |
They will be on and off throughout the day with the risk of some hail | 0:04:22 | 0:04:26 | |
and thunder and it could turn wintry on high ground as well. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:29 | |
Some sunshine between the showers but it will feel cooler | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
and breezy through the day. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:33 | |
A bit more in the way of sunshine on Tuesday but locally | 0:04:33 | 0:04:38 | |
heavy showers around. | 0:04:38 | 0:04:43 | |
Some milder air on Wednesday but rain by the end of the day. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:46 | |
It looks dry on Thursday. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:49 | |
That's all from the Points West team for this evening. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:54 | |
We're back in Breakfast news tomorrow morning. | 0:04:54 | 0:04:56 | |
But for now, from me, a very goodnight. | 0:04:56 | 0:05:01 |