:00:00. > 3:59:59That's all from the team here in Glasgow.
:00:00. > :00:09.Good evening. You can
:00:10. > :00:12.There's been a dramatic surge in the number of sexual abuse cases
:00:13. > :00:17.Figures obtained exclusively by BBC South East reveal that
:00:18. > :00:20.Kent Police logged more than 2,000 cases ` that's a rise of 56% `
:00:21. > :00:27.It's thought the increase follows high profile cases of abuse carried
:00:28. > :00:33.Tonight, one man who was abused as a child says that the recent publicity
:00:34. > :00:53.High profile abusers being exposed for the crimes. Days rarely going by
:00:54. > :00:58.without offence is hitting the headlines. It is giving victims more
:00:59. > :01:02.confidence to come forward. Two years ago this man was still keeping
:01:03. > :01:07.the abuse he suffered aged nine a secret from everyone. Now, having
:01:08. > :01:13.sought help, he is speaking on television. People are now feeling
:01:14. > :01:17.more confident that they can come forward and disclose their
:01:18. > :01:23.experiences without fear of being chastised by society or being
:01:24. > :01:28.treated as some sort of private because they are starting to realise
:01:29. > :01:34.that it is not their fault. These paedophiles are very clever people.
:01:35. > :01:40.Figures obtained by us show that Kent Police recorded more than 2,200
:01:41. > :01:43.sexual offences in the past financial year. That is compared
:01:44. > :01:49.with more than 1,400 the year before.
:01:50. > :01:55.In Sussex just over 1,500 serious sexual offences were logged last
:01:56. > :01:58.year, an increase of 24% on the previous year.
:01:59. > :02:03.Increased reporting has seen referrals to support services go to.
:02:04. > :02:07.This facility has seen the number of people they are helping almost
:02:08. > :02:09.double in the last year. There is so much publicity
:02:10. > :02:15.surrounding sexual assault these days that people can either not
:02:16. > :02:19.escape from it any longer, so perhaps things that have been boxed
:02:20. > :02:24.up for many years are now refusing to stay boxed, but also
:02:25. > :02:32.significantly I think people feel that they have `` will be heard and
:02:33. > :02:37.believed. The offences of the likes of Jimmy
:02:38. > :02:42.Savile and others have shocked the country. And seeing justice being
:02:43. > :02:44.done has empowered more survivors to break their silence. `` but seeing
:02:45. > :02:48.justice being done. A jury has been shown dramatic CCTV
:02:49. > :02:51.footage of the moment before a Portuguese man was attacked
:02:52. > :02:53.and left with serious head injuries 23`year`old Daniel Palmer,
:02:54. > :02:57.who's from the town, Joao Esteves was found
:02:58. > :03:03.in an alleyway. Lord Howard, the former MP
:03:04. > :03:06.for Folkestone and Hythe and one time Conservative Party leader, has
:03:07. > :03:09.today launched a campaign to reduce the number of terminally ill people
:03:10. > :03:11.dying in hospital, saying they should instead be allowed to
:03:12. > :03:14."die with dignity" in their own Around 250,000 people die
:03:15. > :03:17.in hospital each year, Lord Howard wants to reduce that
:03:18. > :03:21.number by a fifth, or 50,000 people, which he believes would not only
:03:22. > :03:24.lead to better targeted care, Our political editor Louise Stewart
:03:25. > :03:48.reports. Hospital wards like this should be
:03:49. > :03:54.the last resort at the end of somebody's life, not the first,
:03:55. > :03:58.according to Lord Howard. He is now leading the help for
:03:59. > :04:01.hospices campaign which wants to work with the NHS to help terminally
:04:02. > :04:06.ill people who want to leave the wards. For many people who die in
:04:07. > :04:12.hospital at the moment there is no clinical need for them to be there.
:04:13. > :04:19.They need palliative care, and hospitals at their to cure and
:04:20. > :04:22.mend, not `` they are not really great at palliative care. So we
:04:23. > :04:26.think it would be better if it could be arranged for people who want to
:04:27. > :04:29.die at home or in a hospice to do so.
:04:30. > :04:37.Figures suggest more than 80% of the public would prefer to die at home
:04:38. > :04:40.or in a hospice, but only a fifth of hospital sites have access to
:04:41. > :04:45.face`to`face palliative care every day. The campaign is calling for
:04:46. > :04:52.half ?1 million to fund it `` fund six pilot schemes.
:04:53. > :04:54.If they wish to die at home or in a hospice that should be able to
:04:55. > :05:02.happen for them, but we need the right resources in the community. If
:05:03. > :05:05.this is a case of saving the NHS are a lot of money, Iniesta be
:05:06. > :05:09.redirected so that those people get the support they need `` it needs to
:05:10. > :05:15.be. Many elderly people also back the
:05:16. > :05:21.right to choose. Given the choice I would prefer to stay at home if I
:05:22. > :05:30.have the care. If you have a carer at home, `` if you don't have a
:05:31. > :05:34.carer, the hospice is the thing. They should be able to choose for
:05:35. > :05:39.their last remaining years. Lord Howard says he would like to
:05:40. > :05:44.spend his final days at his home in Kent. He hopes this campaign will
:05:45. > :05:45.help many others to have a choice when it comes to the end of their
:05:46. > :05:48.life. Almost 500 motorists were
:05:49. > :05:50.breathalysed last month during a crackdown
:05:51. > :05:51.on drink`driving by Kent police. Additional patrols stopped anyone
:05:52. > :05:54.they suspected of driving under In total 156 people were arrested
:05:55. > :06:05.for drink`drive related offences. Faversham and
:06:06. > :06:07.Mid Kent MP Hugh Robertson, who left his position in the Foreign Office
:06:08. > :06:09.in last week's government reshuffle, Two other former ministers
:06:10. > :06:13.are also set to be knighted. The Prime Minister's been accused
:06:14. > :06:16.of undermining the system by using The company that owns
:06:17. > :06:25.a 20,000 tonne mountain of waste that towers over local homes could
:06:26. > :06:28.be about to go into administration. Waste4Fuel stores rubbish
:06:29. > :06:30.from several councils across Kent With temperatures getting close to
:06:31. > :06:34.30 Celsius this summer, people living in the shadow
:06:35. > :06:56.of the waste site say As temperatures rise, tempers saw.
:06:57. > :07:02.This rubbish site looms over the houses. They were here first, and
:07:03. > :07:07.their inhabitants have had enough. Total nightmare. We have loads of
:07:08. > :07:14.dust blowing up, we have pollution of the lorries backing down, and we
:07:15. > :07:25.have flyers, the odd rat running around. And the pile keeps igniting
:07:26. > :07:29.and catching alight. The site is operated by Waste4Fuel,
:07:30. > :07:33.which has been taken to court over this more than once. Earlier this
:07:34. > :07:38.month the Environment Agency tried to get them to reduce the rubbish
:07:39. > :07:41.here, but the High Court dismissed the case. All that stands is an
:07:42. > :07:46.enforcement notice stopping them bringing more waste onto side. We
:07:47. > :07:52.understand the frustrations, and we are doing everything we can to make
:07:53. > :07:53.sure that Waste4Fuel take responsibility for the situation
:07:54. > :08:19.they have created. That is unlikely though,
:08:20. > :08:23.rubbish. Nobody seems to be able to help us
:08:24. > :08:27.in any way. This afternoon the area's MP had a meeting with the
:08:28. > :08:32.Environment Agency. He says the Environment Agency is
:08:33. > :08:40.being grossly complacent, and the site is to be closed once and for
:08:41. > :08:49.all. `` needs to be closed.
:08:50. > :08:51.It stays very similar over the next