15/02/2017 South East Today


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Today's main headlines in the South East..

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A sharp rise in the number of anti-depressants being prescribed

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in the South East, especially in more deprived areas.

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More misery for Southern Rail commuters - RMT talks

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We are alive with all the latest. It words a mild day with highs of

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14. It is a foggy start to tomorrow. There's been a sharp rise

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in the number of anti-depressants being prescribed in the South East -

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especially in areas of higher Over the last two years,

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prescriptions are up by 16% in Hastings and Rother,

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15% in Thanet and 14% In total, across Kent,

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Surrey and Sussex, almost four million anti-depressant

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prescriptions were Tonight one Sussex MP says other

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vitally needed mental-health services are STILL not available,

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despite government efforts Yvette Austin has our

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exclusive report. Jackie Bennett from Peacehaven fell

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into a downward spiral of depression following a triple-bypass heart

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operation three years ago. She is recovering now

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after talking therapy but only after a bad experience

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with antidepressant drugs. The first ones were the ones that

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made me even more depressed They knocked me into the middle

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of next week and then I became sick with them,

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so they tried me on another and another and another and I got

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sick on all of them. I think the doctors were doing

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what they thought was best The figures suggest more and more

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people are being prescribed such drugs, as increasing numbers

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are diagnosed with depression. Charities are concerned not enough

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focus is being put on improving access to alternatives such

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as talking therapies. Often we hear from professionals

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that because of the problems with their mental-health services

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in their area, long waiting times for talking therapy,

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or no alternatives, they feel the only option is to give someone

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a prescription of antidepressants because it is better

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than giving them nothing. This doctor is a GP

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specialising in mental health. She says some patients,

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particularly those with moderate to severe symptoms, need to take

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antidepressants at first to improve the chances of a successful recovery

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using other methods. They have lost motivation

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and they don't feel like going out, they don't feel like meeting people,

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they don't feel like talking The antidepressants give them

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the extra nudge to access the type of activities and treatment that

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will go to prevent them getting The Government has pledged

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?1.3 billion for mental-health services but tonight a former

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Minister for Families and Children called for more money to go

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to where it is really needed. It is absolutely crucial that more

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money goes into mental health, that is ring-fenced, it goes

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in early, particularly to children, children will have some

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form of mental illness, and the earlier we can get to that,

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the more likely we are to stop that becoming a problem

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into adulthood as well. It is in the more deprived coastal

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towns of the South East where the use of antidepressants

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is increasing at a higher rate. The Department of Health

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says its targets for improvement are being exceeded but more needs

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to be done. The Department of Health

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says targets have been exceeded but it is striving

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to improve further. Commuters on Southern

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Rail face another day It follows the acrimonious breakdown

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of talks yesterday between the RMT RMT union members will walk out

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for 24 hours next Wednesday, claiming that driver-only operation

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of trains is unsafe. We're still fighting to get every

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role, a safety critical role, ensure there is a guard

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on every train. Disabled passengers have told us

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several times, we have been inundated with phone calls,

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that it is already nearly impossible for them to plan a journey

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because there are not people, enough people on the stations

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and not enough people on The fight goes on as far

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as we are concerned. Let's cross live to our

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reporter Briohny Williams at Three Bridges Station in west

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Sussex. Briohny, what's the reaction tonight

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to this latest strike? I asked to speak to somebody from

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Southern rail but nobody was available for comment. In a

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statement they said they are deeply disappointed that the RMT have

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called this action but they will try to provide as full service as

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possible on the 22nd of February. This is the 29th day of industrial

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action the RMT have called for and the commuters I have been speaking

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to at this station are clearly frustrating.

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It has been going on for far too long so somebody needs to do

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something about it. Chris Grayling needs to step in and do something

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This announcement comes just a day about it.

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This announcement comes just a day before all eyes will be on the other

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union involved in the dispute with Southern rail, Aslef, which

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represents train drivers. They struck a deal two weeks ago and its

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members have been voting, that ballot closes tomorrow as to whether

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they agree with the deal or not. If they don't agree tomorrow, the

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uncertainty the passengers about how long this dispute will go on for is

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still there. -- for passengers. And you can follow updates

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on the Aslef ballot result - and what it means for you -

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on our live pages throughout The Brighton and Hove Albion

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footballer Rohan Ince has been cleared by a jury of attacking

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a nightclub bouncer with a bottle. The 24-year-old midfielder had

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denied wounding with intent, after an incident that left

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the bouncer with a serious head injury in Windsor

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on Christmas Day 2015. They've become known

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as the "Grindr murders" - four young men lured to meetings

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through the gay dating app, then killed with drug overdoses,

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their bodies dumped within yards of the flat of serial

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killer Stephen Port. His conviction in November

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raised serious questions Now families of the victims -

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including 21-year-old Daniel Whitworth from Gravesend -

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have contributed to a new BBC documentary, renewing

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their campaign for answers. Sara Smith has tonight's

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special report. Stephen Port was guilty

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of murder, rape and assault. The families of his victims say

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the police are guilty of not In this BBC Three documentary,

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their struggle for justice I just think that we were hurried

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along to get a line drawn under this and it has left another

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family, another family besides ours, in this

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awful, awful position. Daniel, from Gravesend,

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was found dead in the same spot, an east London graveyard,

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as another man who died three A third had been found

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a year before that nearby. All had met Port

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through gay dating sites. At inquest it was discovered that

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Daniel's suicide note, actually written by Port,

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had never been checked By the end of the summer of 2014,

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three young men had been found dead. Despite the similarities,

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none of their deaths After the inquest

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for Daniel Whitworth, his family asked detectives

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to reopen their investigation. They were told that

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would not be happening. Three months after that,

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Port took his fourth Once again police blamed

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a self-inflicted overdose. The families have got a lot

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of unanswered questions. They've had to content and deal

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with the fact that a loved one was taken away from them

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in circumstances such as this. They've then had a number

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of interactions and All that has happened to date

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is more questions have How can I put into words

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how let down I feel? that is there to

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protect the community. The police response is now under

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investigation but that is too late for the families

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of Port's victims. So are the families

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planning any action At the moment they are waiting to

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see what the IPCC comes up with. They have so many questions and they

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are hoping that report answers some are hoping that report answers some

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of them. They are most upset about the fact that right from the start

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friends and family of the victims were going to, saying this doesn't

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feel right, maybe you should take action. Time and again they were

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fobbed off by a force determined that there was nothing suspicious

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about these deaths. You can see the full

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BBC Three documentary - called How Police Missed

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the Grindr Killer - That's it from me, your national

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weather forecast in a moment, but first let's get the picture

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in the South East Good evening. Temperatures continue

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to creep up in the South East. Today we saw the Bridges of 14 degrees in

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Gravesend. It was not a wash-out, there was some brightness despite

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the cloud. Temperatures will continue to be above the seasonal

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average through the week. 16 degrees possible. Tonight it stays mild,

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temperatures only dropping to six or 7 degrees. We have an eye pressure

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-- an area of high pressure building. We will have mist vote

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tomorrow morning and quite a bit of cloud. Gentle south-westerly breeze

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is tomorrow. Temperatures should again be in double figures, perhaps

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as high as 11 or 12. Overnight Thursday into Friday, more of the

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same, mist and fog, overnight temperatures only dropping 26 or 7

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degrees mild and 40 to start the day on Friday, brightening up by the

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afternoon, highs the weekend. Wouldn't promise you

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two dry days but you never know, here is Nick with the national

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picture. Hello. We put that cold weekend well

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behind us now. Temperatures edging upwards and our weather watchers are

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seeing plenty of signs of spring. Spending more time looking down than

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looking up at the skies, we see these early blooms. They are set to

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continue as we are set to stay mild for several more days to come.

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Average

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