:00:09. > :00:11.A BBC investigation's found an increasing number of students
:00:12. > :00:14.in Gloucestershire are turning to sex work to pay off their debts.
:00:15. > :00:17."Sugaring" is an American phenomenon where young women find older men
:00:18. > :00:22.online who'll fund their education, in return for sexual
:00:23. > :00:33.It's a world where the women are called sugar babies,
:00:34. > :00:38.Look online and you will find dozens of students posting adverts
:00:39. > :00:45.It is like online dating, but with one big difference -
:00:46. > :00:47.the man pays the woman for her company.
:00:48. > :00:49.Coco has been doing this for two years.
:00:50. > :00:52.She lives in a bedsit in Gloucester and dropped out
:00:53. > :00:54.of her college course last year because she couldn't
:00:55. > :00:59.Is there an expectation that you will have sex at some point
:01:00. > :01:06.For me, it's just like a normal relationship.
:01:07. > :01:10.Coco is one of a growing number of young people
:01:11. > :01:14.who are funding their education in this way.
:01:15. > :01:16.When I don't see him, I get ?500 per month.
:01:17. > :01:19.But when I do see him, I know, guaranteed, I will get ?1,000
:01:20. > :01:22.per month in my account and maybe some treats as well.
:01:23. > :01:25.A recent study by Swansea University found that 4.8% of UK students
:01:26. > :01:34.So who would pay someone for a sugar relationship, and why?
:01:35. > :01:37.I have spent months trawling the internet, contacting dozens
:01:38. > :01:40.of men who advertise themselves online as sugar daddies.
:01:41. > :01:46.Finally, one of them has agreed to meet me, on the condition
:01:47. > :01:51.This is Darren - that is not his real name,
:01:52. > :01:59.Something along the lines of, 40-something businessman
:02:00. > :02:03.with his own hair and teeth would like to meet female for sugar
:02:04. > :02:12.If there was money being exchanged, and sex, did you see it
:02:13. > :02:24.Because is that not, in a sense, exploiting women
:02:25. > :02:32.I wouldn't actually know where else to go.
:02:33. > :02:37.Other than sitting night after night in a bar.
:02:38. > :02:40.So I wouldn't know how to meet those people otherwise.
:02:41. > :02:43.And secondly I don't see it as exploitative.
:02:44. > :02:49.For the students, there is no anticipated sexual relationship.
:02:50. > :02:52.With the average student debt now running at ?44,000,
:02:53. > :03:01.it is easy to see why some turn to sugar dating as
:03:02. > :03:05.There's been a call tonight for local authorities to provide
:03:06. > :03:06.more officially organised sites for travellers.
:03:07. > :03:09.It came from the Police Crime Commissioner
:03:10. > :03:12.for the West Midlands after around 900 pupils were forced to stay
:03:13. > :03:15.at home after travellers pitched up illegally at a Birmingham school.
:03:16. > :03:23.This was the view at Shenley Academy this morning on what should
:03:24. > :03:25.have been the first day back after half-term.
:03:26. > :03:28.At 7:30, police and council bailiffs moved in to evict the travellers.
:03:29. > :03:32.By late morning they were on the move but the leaving came too
:03:33. > :03:36.late to prevent disruption to the school day,
:03:37. > :03:39.much to the frustration of staff and parents.
:03:40. > :03:42.We were hopeful that actually with serving an eviction notice
:03:43. > :03:46.on Saturday afternoon that they would be gone 24 hours
:03:47. > :03:49.The reality is that hasn't been the case.
:03:50. > :03:56.So 800 children have not been able to attend school today.
:03:57. > :03:59.The had no reason to take over a school and disturb everybody else.
:04:00. > :04:04.There is no way our kids can be able to get their education
:04:05. > :04:06.with these people in, you know, on the field.
:04:07. > :04:08.With more than 20 families thought to be on site,
:04:09. > :04:11.including large numbers of children, clearing it took some time.
:04:12. > :04:13.There was also frustration among travellers who blame the council
:04:14. > :04:19.Government money won't make sites and this is what happens.
:04:20. > :04:26.We asked the council to provide us with a car park we can
:04:27. > :04:30.It's not fair on the children either.
:04:31. > :04:32.Not being able to stay based in a school cos they're
:04:33. > :04:35.going to have to keep moving from country to country.
:04:36. > :04:37.In fact, Birmingham City Council operates just once legal site
:04:38. > :04:41.It has been the subject of disputes and is not
:04:42. > :04:46.Two new sites are apparently under discussion, something the Police
:04:47. > :04:49.and Crime Commissioner says should be a matter of urgency.
:04:50. > :04:52.What we need are proper sites where the police can
:04:53. > :05:01.If there aren't those sites, the police don't have the power
:05:02. > :05:04.The local authorities have got to find a common solution to this,
:05:05. > :05:07.working together and not shunting the problem from one
:05:08. > :05:10.When we arrived here this morning, this whole area was full
:05:11. > :05:14.As you can see they have now gone and the clear up
:05:15. > :05:19.But the travellers left something behind them, a young pony.
:05:20. > :05:22.If they don't come back and collect it then the school says
:05:23. > :05:33.Having left the school by this afternoon, the travellers had set up
:05:34. > :05:37.Local people told me they were evicted in this
:05:38. > :05:43.This is a problem that is mobile but clearly not going away.
:05:44. > :05:45.A prison officer's recovering in hospital after being attacked
:05:46. > :05:48.by an inmate at HMP Oakwood in Wolverhampton.
:05:49. > :05:50.G4S, who run the jail, have confirmed that the officer
:05:51. > :05:53.suffered a fractured skull and a bleed on the brain
:05:54. > :05:56.after being punched while letting a prisoner out of his cell.
:05:57. > :06:01.Police are investigating the incident.
:06:02. > :06:05.The new Labour MP for Stoke Central has taken his seat in Parliament.
:06:06. > :06:07.Gareth Snell won the by-election last Thursday with a 2,500 majority,
:06:08. > :06:13.fighting off a challenge from Ukip leader Paul Nuttall.
:06:14. > :06:15.Chicken farmers in Shropshire are unhappy with new rules to tackle
:06:16. > :06:17.bird flu because they vary between England and Wales.
:06:18. > :06:20.Those on the English side of the River Severn have
:06:21. > :06:24.to keep their birds locked up, so lose their free range status.
:06:25. > :06:25.But no such restrictions apply in Wales.
:06:26. > :06:31.Here's our Rural Affairs Correspondent David Gregory Kumar.
:06:32. > :06:33.This week, strict new rules to deal with the bird flu
:06:34. > :06:37.But this Shropshire chicken farmer has spotted something strange
:06:38. > :06:39.about the government's new "high risk areas" designed
:06:40. > :06:43.So what did you think when you saw the map?
:06:44. > :06:47.There was the high risk area, outlined there, and there was a huge
:06:48. > :06:55.And Melverly in Shropshire is at the heart of the problem.
:06:56. > :06:58.So the high risk areas are based around bits of water where migratory
:06:59. > :07:00.waterfowl might come in and bring the disease with them.
:07:01. > :07:03.And here is one near Telford and, as you can see,
:07:04. > :07:07.But look at this one that is not far from Shrewsbury,
:07:08. > :07:16.As you can see, there is an enormous chunk that has been taken out of it
:07:17. > :07:23.The end result is that in this high risk area, chickens,
:07:24. > :07:26.turkeys and geese must stay locked up on the English side of the river,
:07:27. > :07:31.The thing is this is England and this is where you have the enhanced
:07:32. > :07:33.extra bio-security measure and the birds all covered,
:07:34. > :07:36.whereas just over the river there is Wales, where they can
:07:37. > :07:42.This is why we have the high risk area here, because of this river.
:07:43. > :07:45.This very nasty form of bird flu poses no risk to humans,
:07:46. > :07:52.but it can kill 80% of a flock of farm birds in a matter of days.
:07:53. > :07:54.The man in charge in England insists the two different
:07:55. > :08:05.Wales have made it very clear to their farmers
:08:06. > :08:07.that they need to consider very carefully their risks and take
:08:08. > :08:11.And that includes housing if they are at high risk.
:08:12. > :08:18.But this difference could cost English farmers
:08:19. > :08:22.Those who have to keep their birds inside like this will lose
:08:23. > :08:27.There are no such problems for Welsh farmers just over the border.
:08:28. > :08:32.It's the same situation all along the border
:08:33. > :08:40.Very different rules to tackle the same disease.
:08:41. > :08:43.Finally, bidders at an auction house in Birmingham were left stunned
:08:44. > :08:45.today when a Chinese vase, valued at ?1,200, was sold
:08:46. > :08:49.Valuers and the seller had believed it was a 20th century copy
:08:50. > :08:51.of a style of vase dating back to the 1500s.
:08:52. > :08:54.But several antique hunters realised it was the genuine article,
:08:55. > :08:56.attracting interest from around the world.
:08:57. > :09:02.The vase went to a mystery phone bidder in China.
:09:03. > :09:04.I was trying to remember what the next bid was.
:09:05. > :09:06.I've never sold anything of this value before,
:09:07. > :09:11.so it was a moment of excitement for all of us at the auction house.
:09:12. > :09:14.I'll leave you with Shefali and the weather forecast.
:09:15. > :09:36.Was a lively day with a brain in some parts. There was sunshine in
:09:37. > :09:41.some parts and snow in others. It doesn't sound too good considering
:09:42. > :09:45.march is around the corner and it is the start of meteorological spring.
:09:46. > :09:52.Showers and rain this week, gusty winds at times, and it will be
:09:53. > :10:04.frilly wintry in places as well. -- fairly. We have a warning of ice.
:10:05. > :10:07.Most places should see temperatures above freezing due to the breeze
:10:08. > :10:12.being quite noticeable but once these showers close tarmac clear
:10:13. > :10:18.into the early hours, frost in sheltered spots and ice on untreated
:10:19. > :10:23.surfaces which could make the rush-hour tricky tomorrow. It dry
:10:24. > :10:27.and sunny start and then we start to see another batch of showers
:10:28. > :10:34.crossing the region. There could be sleet or snow in some of those. It
:10:35. > :10:39.will be a blustery day. There could be gusts of 50 miles an hour over
:10:40. > :10:47.high ground. Showers into tomorrow evening and night. They will clear
:10:48. > :10:58.into the early hours of Thursday morning. Quite a dry day on
:10:59. > :10:59.Wednesday, but for the list of -- rest of the week, low pressure
:11:00. > :11:04.dominating. More rain on Friday. John Hammond has the weather for the
:11:05. > :11:06.rest of the