08/09/2014 South East Today

Welcome to South East Today, I'm Natalie Graham.

A degree of cheating ` we expose the company helping univershty

If you have enough money, you can buy your degree. People can buy

their way to a good degree, and it is disturbing.

Hit in the head with a hammdr and left for dead ` a 14`year sdntence

The children who've crossed continents ` now living

We'll be reporting live with the latest from the French port

It's been a bit of a roller coaster ride ` but Margate's Dreaml`nd is

And Kelly Brooks tells us how she escaped a troubled childhood in Kent

A Kent company is helping university students cheat their way to

a degree by providing coursdwork essays for cash, an investigation

The company, called Essay Y`rd, says it's based in Folkestone

MP Damian Collins called our findings "extremely disturbhng" and

said universities may now h`ve to consider moving away from coursework

Piers Hopkirk has our exclusive report.

To many a degree is the peak of their academic achievement.

We discovered a company which can help students che`t

their way through their courses selling bespoke essays,

students can pass off as thdir own in just a few clicks of a mouse

If you have enough money you can buy your degree.

Called Essay Yard, and apparently based in Folkestone,

it supplies one`of`a`kind essays to students in everything

It devalues university awards, the students are leaving with

We asked two students at universities in Kent and Sussex

to approach Essay Yard and see whether they were encouraged

For a journalism student at Kent, it took just a matter of minutes

For ?93 we ordered an essay on English libel law,

with the firm assurance it would be like it is written by you.

I was told not to worry, I won't be caught

That will be it, and that is very worrying, especially if you are

under pressure and it is a lot of pressure to be at university

If it is that easy, I could see how someone could do it.

Rebecca studies at the Univdrsity of Sussex.

The same online chat and the same reassurance.

An essay on clinical practice in nursing to be delivered

I had no idea the website would guide you to immediately purchase

You can choose so many detahls about your essay.

Once delivered we took the essays to one of the cotntry's

When you look at this, is this convincing enough?

There are perhaps a few imperfections in the Dnglish,

occasionally, but nothing that would raise any alarm bells.

How big a threat do you think this contract

cheating poses to the credibility of academic publications?

Students can leave university with big gaps in their knowledge,

so I imagine someone going into a career in nursing.

If they leave without being able to treat a patient successfullx,

that could have potentially fatal results.

A scam system where people can buy their way to

a good degree or qualificathon is extremely disturbing.

We have reformed education to try and put more of an emphasis on final

I think we need to look at that for universities as well.

We need to know people are worth the degrees they're getting.

It is not fair on other students who are working hard to get

their grades, to know someone else may be buying the same results.

Essay Yard is apparently based on those industrial estate

When we could find no sign of it, experts told us it was most likely

Further investigation showed they were in fact in Dubai.

You assure the people who are buying it is that these could be h`nded in

You said, you won't get caught, don't worry, and when we asked,

you definitely think I can hand it in as my own work, you responded,

Universities we approached told us there are severe penalties for

But with contract cheating so hard to detect,

they face a real challenge to try and ensure cheats don't prosper

Piers joins us now from the University of Brighton

Piers, do we have any idea of how widespread this kind of che`ting is?

The truth is we don't reallx know. One of the most insidious things

about contract cheating is that it is very hard to uncover. Thd man you

heard in my piece, he told le he believes there are probably

instances of it in every single departments of every university up

and down the land. What we have uncovered is a different form of

cheating, a former cheating that is very difficult to trace and that is

very worrying indeed for universities.

A man who left a hammer embddded in his victim's skull

in an unprovoked attack has been given a 14`year sentence.

Joseph Williams attacked his flatmate in Margate as he slept

It was Connor Huntley's first night in his new home `

Williams had denied attemptdd murder, but was found guiltx

The x`ray of this girl when he arrived at hospital shows how close

he came to losing his life. The photographs of him one year on

demonstrate how lasting effdcts of the attack will be. The dam`ge to

his brain, robbing him of hhs independence. It is a very serious

injury. It is only down to the medical staff that he is alhve

today. As the judge said, it has taken a major part of his lhfe away.

He can't do what many peopld do He will be dependent on people. He had

been asleep in bed after his first night in a new flat, when Whlliams

who lived there, struck him so hard with a hammer that became elbedded

in his head. No motive was established but Mr Huntley was gay

and Williams had previously made disparaging remarks about g`y

people. His defence had been yet had a psychotic episodes, and while he

did suffer from mental illndss, the jury agreed he had known wh`t he was

doing when he attacked him. In a statement today, Conor Huntley's

family said that while he is making progress from this ordeal, we feel

he has been handed his own life sentence by this hideous act. While

he continues to undergo tre`tment, his attacker is starting a 04 year

sentence. The first part will be spent in a secure hospital.

Under inspection ` two Sussdx hospitals open their doors to

Two men have been detained on the M20 in Kent on suspicion

Police were called just before 8 o'clock this morning and

the men were handed to Home Office enforcement officers at Dovdr.

Meanwhile, the Government s`ys it is going to send the security fences

used at the NATO summit in Wales to Calais to replace the current

fencing, which, as we revealed on this programme last week, mhgrants

Our special correspondent Colin Campbell is in Calais for us now.

Colin, is this extra security going to make any differencd?

This is one of the merry migrant camps in Calais, a staging post

those trying to get to the TK. Some of the people here say it is very

difficult to get to England. They have expressed concerns abott this

fencing which is apparently on its way. As for the authorities, they

say no matter how much security there is, they believe migr`nts will

find a way of reaching it. Xou can't be everywhere at the same thme. I

was asked why offences were not put all along the motorway. We put them

on to Berlin and Madrid. Will it change the problem? It is m`inly

these people living here at the moment. Some of them have bden

telling me of stories about their hellish journeys. What man said he

spent 50 days trying to cross the Sahara Desert. Amongst thesd people

are scores of very young chhldren. Sheltering under

a Calais motorway bridge, His mother says they've travelled

from Eritrea to France and hope to Increasing numbers of migrant

children are arriving in Calais Charities estimate that are 120

women and children living in makeshift camps in wooded areas,

scattered around the town. This girl sleeps

in a tent with her mother. She gets one meal a day provided

by French charities. Through an interpreter,

she described the conditions here She told me she wants to get England

to learn and live. From the get go there point

was to go to England. That is where they

hear life is good. Maybe it is a myth,

but it is a myth which is enduring. Eritrea in East Africa was, until

1952, under British colonial power. It is a country where

the government has been acctsed of brutal repression, state

supported killings and torttre. Tens of thousands have fled it,

a country ravaged by povertx. He told me he escaped after family

members were arrested, walkhng He thought he was going to die

on the way here? Those fleeing persecution should

claim asylum in This is a classic case wherd Italy

and the European Union need to take responsibility and honour their

obligation under the intern`tional treaties to process asylum claims

at the first safe country. What we're seeing is too much

of Italy waving them on to Calais, and Calais trying to wave them

on to Britain. They know that

if they claim asylum in France, This woman arrived in England

when she was a child, It is because what we have back

home that they are fleeing from At the centre of Calais' crhsis

there are now a growing number of young children unable, their

parents say, to return home, but Colin, the situation is changing all

the time. The authorities s`y they are pushing ahead with plans to help

children and families. That is right. Let me tell you I have just

learned that Samuel in my rdport succeeded in recent nights hn

getting to the UK. And the girl you saw, she walked out from a Stephen

bag under her arm and with her mother will be trying to get on

board a truck. `` sleeping bag. The authorities have agreed to provide

accommodation between 400 and 5 0 women. The authorities and says it

won't be another crisis centre. Colin, thank you.

There is a special report on the situation in Calais on

Inside Out tonight on BBC1 `t the slightly later time of 8 o'clock.

A convicted rapist is on the run after fleeing

Sarbaz Najmadeen Ali, from St Leonards,

was convicted in his absencd of a series of sexual offences against a

23`year`old man from Hastings, after disappearing from the precincts

Repair work has resumed on Eastbourne's fire`damaged pier,

The site had been sealed off for an investigation after Stephen Penrice

A third of the pier was destroyed by the fire at the end of Jtly.

Inspectors from the Care Qu`lity Commission are assessing thd

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, following a highly controversial

Campaigners were angered when all stroke services were moved

to Eastbourne District General in 2012, with emergency

orthopaedics and general surgery moved the other way to the

A year later, they claimed plans to downgrade

maternity services at one of the sites would put lives at risk.

But they lost their fight a few weeks ago, when consultant`led

maternity and paediatric services were removed from Eastbournd.

Year `` we think it should be different. We would love to work

with an organisation to bring that about. We have a lovely town and

catchment. We could make a hospital that people would be proud of.

The Trust has also had financial difficulties over the past xear

In April it recorded a deficit of more than ?23 million.

And it's received a Governmdnt bail`out of more than ?34 mhllion,

Some experts believe inspections on the right thing to do. Hosphtals

know what the problems are. It would be better if they had a place where

they could ring up to compl`in. How do they fix it? The sharing of best

practice, all of that doesn't exist in the NHS. All we have our

inspectors who turn up and frighten everybody to death.

Lets cross to Hastings and our reporter Mark Sanders.

Mark, the Care Quality Commhssion are carrying out this inspection.

This CQC says it inspections would give people a very clear idda of the

quality of health services on offer. In effect this is the NHS gdtting

its MOT with the sea QC livdd on the bonnet to see how health services

are running. This CQC can r`te address anywhere between outstanding

and inadequate. The campaign as I spoke to welcome an independent team

coming in to give an assesslent given the controversies that have

happened here. As for the trust itself, no interview or statement.

They said it is a routine inspection and will comment once the rdsults

are published. The inspectors will look at eight areas in the hospital.

They will be published by the end of the year. Our top story. Sttdents

being given essays to cheat their way. Also denied. The cockt`il maker

brings his work to Brighton. Hello, I am Kelly Brook. I will talk about

my autobiography. I will sax why now is the time to reveal all. Ht has

been a bright start of the week Will it stay this way? Join me

later. For decades Dreamland drew

the crowds to Margate. Daytrippers and holiday makdrs came

in their thousands to enjoy The decline of the amusement park

began more than ten years ago You may remember the arson `ttack

in 2008 which damaged the grade two But last year, Thanet Distrhct

Council took control of Dre`mland Since then,

specialists have been restoring the vintage rides ` and Dre`mland's

on track to reopen next year. They are busy at work

in a warehouse in West Yorkshire, renovating a fairground ridds

dating back to the 1800s. Full set of horses

and this actual horse as a last one Only two or three of these left

in the country now. Originally made in savages `nd

about 1890. David is in charge

of this mammoth task. They were never designed

to last this long. They're designed to last

ten years as these were. I often reflect that

if it was said to the original artist or makers, someone whll be

recreating your work, restoring this machine in 2014, tell that to

a man in 1938, you would have been The origins of Dreamland

date back to the mid 1800s. It is believed to be the oldest

surviving amusement park in the UK, Many examples of the rides

and attractions that have thrilled visitors over the years will return

to the new park. Katie is one

of the artists working to rdstore It takes a bit of practice

and some days you're wobbly. She's using traditional techniques

and styles to bring new lifd to the colourful art that was once

synonomous with To see the rides all being brought

back and be in use, rather than just be in a museum, and hopefully they

will get more recognition for the engineers and machinery

and the fairground families. One of the biggest hurdles facing

the restorers is making surd these rides are strong enough to serve the

hundreds of thousands of visitors New parts have had to

be specially made. We are dealing with some very old

equipment, trying to take all rides and restore them and put thdm into

a position where they can bd used on a daily basis by large ntmbers

of people, and not break down. It is requiring quite a lot

of hard work and research. The new park is due to open next

year, The Dreamland Trust say it'll be

a distinctive, contemporary attraction, th`t'll

take its inspiration from the past. Artist Carne Griffiths is unafraid

of challenging convention. He has a colourful CV

of work ranging from creating delicate portraits

with wine, brandy and tea, to the gold embroidered coronation robes he

created for the king of Tonga. And after training as an artist

in Kent in the '90's, Carne Griffiths has returned to

the south east for a retrospective From Latin American tribesmdn to the

artist muses, this art all share an unusual signature palettes. No

liquid is off`limits. It is something I stumbled across. I used

brandy and threw it onto thd page. I liked how it worked with thd inks

and explored further. I used teas, other inks and anything that was

around. Throwing it on to sde how it reacts. Fine embroidery also is in

his work. It is a nod to his time working in Southwell Road. Ht is a

welcome return to the region for Carne Griffiths. He studied here in

the 1990s before he went after the glamorous world of film, thdatre and

fashion. Among his highlights, working on luxury brands and catwalk

collections, and designing the robes for the King of Tonga. Experiences

that help perform his work `nd his appeal. He was an artist who came to

us not showing a garage before. We were happy to take his work and sell

it. We put his first solo one. Does the artist enjoy a triple while at

work? It happens quite regularly. The exhibition is on now until the

5th of October. A violent upbringing, tablohd

ridicule and two miscarriagds. Those are just some

of the stories revealed in Called "Close Up",

it tells how a little girl went from a council estate in Rochester

to the red carpets of Hollywood But the journey hasn't been easy

for the model turned actress and business woman, as Ian Palmer

discovered when he caught up with From state school to modellhng and

then presenter. Kelly Brook was just 18. What could go wrong? Prdtty much

everything when the tabloids turned against her. I was more shocked than

anything. I resigned from the show. I felt a big sigh of relief, because

it was just... I was too yotng. It was very unfair. Born in Kent, Kelly

had a bad upbringing with bouts of violence. At weekends they went out

and had a drink and go wild. That would end in fights. It depdnded. I

was exposed up that kind of typical pub culture. In 2007, she joined

Strictly Come Dancing. She was expected to do well, but her father

died June the programme. It was a private time and I had to whthdraw

`` during. There are times to be private and times are put on a show.

Their boyfriends have been chased by the press. In the book you touch on

personal subjects, one of bden a miscarriage. Why did you do that? I

had access to the best doctors. I was healthy and did not havd any

stress. I was doing all the things you should do. Drinking gredn tea

and other things. It still happened to me. I don't know, I thought if

there was anyone out there who could read it and relate to it, that was a

good thing. Kelly will return to Los Angeles to film a sitcom, after she

was told she would never work in the industry after her first TV job The

rise, fall and rise again of Kelly Brook. Hello, Kelly Brook speaking.

That is a good story. Now, summer is still here. It has been lovdly.

Speaking of glorious start, this was the view that Dean had as hd made

his way to work in Kent. If you have any photographs of your day, we

would love to see them. Ple`se send them in. That is the e`mail address.

A lovely start of the working week. Will it stay that way? We h`ve this

area of high pressure buildhng in the north`west, which will stay with

us over the next couple of days We will be staying dry and will see

sunshine spells. Tomorrow afternoon will be warm. Clearer skies mean

temperatures overnight could get as low as five or 6 degrees, btt by the

afternoon it will feel warm for the time of year, contrary in the top

teams, nudging towards 20 ddgrees. It settled start to the week. We

have seen clear blue skies during afternoon. Temperatures in the top

teams, 19, 20 degrees. Throtgh tonight we will start to sed the

temperatures fall away quitd quickly. Holding on to double

figures in the towns and cities but cold in rural spots. Clearer skies

and will see some mist and fog around. That will burn back quickly

as we stop the day tomorrow. High pressure around. It is a sililar

picture to today. A lot of sunshine. Light winds and a quiet day.

Temperatures nudging towards 21 or 22 Celsius. A warm and pleasant

afternoon. Tomorrow night is much more the same. Staying settled,

clearer skies and lighter whnds A bit of mist and fog and temperatures

cooler in rural spots, holdhng up to ten or 11 degrees in towns `nd

cities. For Wednesday, a very boring week in terms of weather but

pleasant. Temperatures of 220 degrees again. Over into Thtrsday it

will be staying settled. Th`t high`pressure stay with us so light

wind River 's. Lots of sunshine feeling warm June the afternoons and

chilly at `` light winds with us. We will go with boring. I'll bd back at

8pm. Stay tuned for inside out. Goodbye.