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We are back with the late news at 10.15pm. | 0:00:00 | 0:00:08 | |
Good afternoon. the late news at 10.15pm. | 0:00:08 | 0:00:10 | |
Staffordshire's Police and Crime Commissioners are calling | 0:00:10 | 0:00:12 | |
on the government to end the practice of charging victims | 0:00:12 | 0:00:14 | |
of domestic abuse for medical letters proving they've been abused. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:17 | |
Sue Arnold, who is the County's Deputy PCC says the practice | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
is "insulting" and can cost as much as ?300. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:26 | |
Louisa Currie reports. | 0:00:26 | 0:00:29 | |
It's a crime so often committed behind closed doors. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:32 | |
Domestic violence can be difficult to spot. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:34 | |
And even harder to prove. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:37 | |
But is charging victims for medical evidence the right thing to do? | 0:00:37 | 0:00:42 | |
Those fees are being charged so that someone can be safe. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:47 | |
GPs are there to protect people, and help them. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:50 | |
I think it's absolutely outrageous that a victim would then be faced | 0:00:50 | 0:00:54 | |
with that challenge. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:57 | |
In Staffordshire, reports of domestic abuse have risen by 18% | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
with more than 13,000 crimes reported over the last 12 months. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:05 | |
And the force is making tackling it a priority. | 0:01:05 | 0:01:08 | |
The problem is letters from GPs are not paid for by the NHS. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:12 | |
But they take time to write and that means costs, | 0:01:12 | 0:01:15 | |
which are often passed on to patients. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
You have to have evidence for any court case. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:20 | |
And we understand and accept that. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:22 | |
But not to be charged by a GP to be able to prove that before you can | 0:01:22 | 0:01:27 | |
access that legal system. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
The fundamental principle of Legal Aid is to support | 0:01:30 | 0:01:32 | |
vulnerable people who can't afford to go through the system. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:36 | |
The British Medical Association says victims of domestic violence should | 0:01:36 | 0:01:38 | |
not need to seek a letter from any source, including a GP. | 0:01:38 | 0:01:43 | |
They should be believed in the first place. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:47 | |
Sue Arnold is calling on the Department of Health to look | 0:01:47 | 0:01:49 | |
again at the charges, or to make sure the costs | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
are covered by Legal Aid. | 0:01:52 | 0:01:55 | |
A report's found that the man found guilty of murdering the Coventry | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
toddler Daniel Pelka refused medical treatment while in prison | 0:02:00 | 0:02:03 | |
for fear he'd be recognised. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:07 | |
Mariusz Krezolek, who'd been jailed for life for his cruelty, | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
died from a heart attack in January last year. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:14 | |
The Ukip party's candidate in the Stoke on Trent by-election | 0:02:14 | 0:02:17 | |
has been forced to move house in Stoke. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:19 | |
The party says it's because of concerns | 0:02:19 | 0:02:22 | |
for Paul Nuttall's personal safety. | 0:02:22 | 0:02:23 | |
Incidents have included hate mail being posted through the letterbox | 0:02:23 | 0:02:26 | |
of his registered address in the city and intruders | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
being found in the garden. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:32 | |
The refit of a hotel in Malvern is being used to support | 0:02:32 | 0:02:35 | |
the homeless in Worcester. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:37 | |
Instead of skipping or selling their old furniture and bedding, | 0:02:37 | 0:02:40 | |
the owners chose to donate it to a recycling business. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
And that in turn supports a local hostel. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:45 | |
Amy Cole reports. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:48 | |
Getting out of the cold, Thomas has been here for three weeks | 0:02:48 | 0:02:51 | |
after being found sleeping rough on the steps of the hostel. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:55 | |
I used to be a chronic drug user. | 0:02:55 | 0:02:57 | |
Since I've been in the hostel, I haven't touched no drugs | 0:02:57 | 0:02:59 | |
for nearly three weeks. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:00 | |
I've been giving clean samples. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:02 | |
So I'm looking well. | 0:03:02 | 0:03:04 | |
And Jonathan knows me. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:05 | |
My mum's here too. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:07 | |
So I found it quite nice to been around family. | 0:03:07 | 0:03:09 | |
It's given me a bit of stability back in my life again. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:12 | |
Jonathan runs St Paul's hostel. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:13 | |
It's funded purely by profits made from the sale of furniture that's | 0:03:13 | 0:03:16 | |
been donated to the second chance furniture company. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:20 | |
We have our own onside counsellor, and we have to pay for that. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
And also allows us to pay for trips away the people, | 0:03:23 | 0:03:26 | |
perhaps buy tickets to visit family and friends. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:35 | |
Julia and Nick are refurbishing their hotel in Malvern Morven | 0:03:35 | 0:03:37 | |
and have donated a lot of bedding and tables to the charity. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:40 | |
It's really nice to see things being recycled, and being reused. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:43 | |
If we can input back into the community in any way | 0:03:43 | 0:03:45 | |
we can, I always think it's a fantastic thing to do. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:48 | |
Would you like to see more businesses do that? | 0:03:48 | 0:03:50 | |
Certainly. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:51 | |
It's important businesses give back to the area | 0:03:51 | 0:03:53 | |
where they are living and growing. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:54 | |
The community doing its best to help those less fortunate. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
Many of us woke up to snow this morning. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:03 | |
So what does the forecast have in store for us tomorrow? | 0:04:03 | 0:04:05 | |
Rebecca Wood has the details. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:07 | |
Good afternoon. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:08 | |
It was certainly a cold start to the day. | 0:04:08 | 0:04:10 | |
A winter wonderland at the top. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
We've had more snow showers even to lower levels and, | 0:04:13 | 0:04:16 | |
as we head through tonight, we're likely to see them continuing, | 0:04:16 | 0:04:18 | |
particularly over high ground. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
The Staffordshire Morland is likely to see someone snowflakes. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:22 | |
We could even get some to lower levels as it meets that cold air. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:25 | |
A chilly night with temperatures dipping down to 1-3 Celsius. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
More of the same tomorrow. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:29 | |
A cloudy, grey day, plenty of showers, again, | 0:04:29 | 0:04:32 | |
as they touch that much colder air, they are likely to fall | 0:04:32 | 0:04:35 | |
as something snowy. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:36 | |
Clearing away, temperatures getting up to 3-4 C but it's going to be | 0:04:36 | 0:04:39 | |
a bit brighter by Monday. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:43 | |
Before we go, just a reminder that tomorrow's Sunday Politics | 0:04:43 | 0:04:45 | |
has a live debate from Staffordshire University | 0:04:45 | 0:04:48 | |
with some of the candidates in the Stoke-on-Trent Central | 0:04:48 | 0:04:51 | |
by-election. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:53 | |
Join Patrick Burns from 11 o'clock on BBC one. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:55 | |
But, from all of us here, goodbye. | 0:04:55 | 0:05:00 |