Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News 20180125

That our species was living outside africa some 80,000 years earlier than previously thought. And a standing ovation for baroness tessa jowell after an emotional speech in the lords about dealing with cancer. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Theres been a sharp rise in the number of serious Violent Crimes and sex offences recorded by police in england and wales. And official figures show cases of murder and manslaughter are at their highest level in almost a decade. However, a separate survey based on peoples experiences rather than figures recorded by the police suggests that overall crime is continuing to fall. Our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds reports. Behind the statistics, wasted lives. A decade after meschak cornelio first tried out the bike he had been given as a present, he became one of the four young men stabbed to death in london on new years eve, leaving his father confronting a nightmare. You saw his body . Yes. What is it like for a father to see his son dead in front of him . Oh, i was crying. He tells us in his native portuguese he has no idea why it happened, what might have been going on in his sons life. Translation my advice for other parents would be to talk more to your kids, try to find out, even if you think they have secrets away from home. Todays figures set out the rise in Violent Crime recorded by police. Knife crime went up by 21 , gun crime up by 20 . Manslaughter and murder went up by 10 . Now, the official survey of crime shows that the number of people who say they have been a victim is falling steadily. But Police Records are seen as an accurate measure of serious Violent Crime. And despite schemes like these bins where knives can be handed in, no questions asked, it is rising steadily. He said i didnt mean to kill him, that was not my intention. Ijust wanted to slash him, cut him across the arm, take photos and upload it onto social media. This is alison cope and shes talking about the murder of her own son. Her audience, students at coventry college. Were in ibiza, 2012. Josh ribera was better known as the grime artist depzman to his thousands of fans. A single slash of a knife took his life in 2013. His eyes flicker, they close, hits the floor. Its a tough listen. Alison tells them these are the consequences, but carrying a knife is your choice. She believes telling them not to doesnt work. She says that is how the governments current policy comes across. They are standing up and doing their token gesture and it isnt working. How many young people have to die for them to admit that what were doing is not correct . True, government policy recently has centred on enforcement, tough rules on knives, tough policing, tough sentences. But today, ministers appeared to signal a change towards alisons way. We have to get to the root causes and work as a society, government, police and civil society, to try and get to the root of this cultural issue, try and steer young people away from violence. But serious proposals for work with young people are not going to come cheap. And by the way, Police Numbers are now at their lowest level for two decades. Tom symonds, bbc news. Joining me now via webcam from dorset is the criminologist and filmmaker roger graef. In some ways, these figures look like they are producing conflicting evidence, because the separate crime survey, based on peoples experience, suggests that crime is falling. Whats going on . Firstly, its important to realise that crime is not a national or even citywide experience. It is very local, and the groups that are at risk from Violent Crime, particularly knife crime, are small and gang related and often young people who are on the street at night. That is a particular target group who are vulnerable to the increased number of knives. And the reason they are having this trouble is because they dont feel safe, so they carry the nose not just dont feel safe, so they carry the nose notjust to attack each other, but to protect themselves. Meanwhile, the rest of us, if you like, are not at risk in the same way. They are better at locking their doors and keeping their car doors and windows shut. And the more secure their lives are, then crime will fall. That is also independent of the police, it is people looking after their own situations. But the small target groups are the ones who are accurately be described as having more violence and more stabbings and so on because on the whole, those numbers are reliable. A lot of crime which happens behind closed doors is never discussed. That is particularly to do with domestic violence, child abuse and online fraud. 0nline fraud is the Fastest Growing area of any crime, but a lot of times, victims dont even know they are the victims and they dont know who to report and they dont know who to report and the police are completely out of their depth with fraud in a way that they are not with conventional Violent Crime. Is it the case that some victims are more willing to come forward that they were in the past . Im thinking particularly of victims of sex offences. Yes and no. U nfortu nately, victims of sex offences. Yes and no. Unfortunately, my film about rape in the 1980s generated a change of heart in the way police started to believe victims. They then reported it, so it looked like rape was going up, but actually, the reporting of rape and sex offences was going up. As things like that occur, there will be more reporting, but we cant tell yet whether it is a greater number of offences or more confidence in the police. But as you may have heard from other stories, the frequency of conviction in rape cases is still low. And the accused have been the victim of sloppy policing. So the cps is worried about this, but they dont know whether to bring more cases that are less likely to be sure convictions, just because they need to get more into the courts, or what else needs to change to build confidence in the system. We heard today from the police and Crime Commission for the west midlands, who was complaining about his budget, saying it had been cut by 25 since 2010. Is that releva nt to cut by 25 since 2010. Is that relevant to what we are seeing today . It is interesting, because the crime figures from the police measure police activity, how much the police have recorded. And they dont record everything. There are no further actions and other ways of filtering out crime. For example, during the miners strike, it looked like crime had dropped almost to zero because almost all the coppers had really been in police stations who would normally be in police stations were out combating the miners strike. So it looked like crime had dropped, but it had not. So the relation between the number of police and the actual amount of crime is more to do with recording. The majority of crimes are reported by us to the police, not discovered by us to the police, not discovered by the police. Thank you for your insight. And well find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrows front pages at 10 40 this evening in the papers our guests joining me tonight are the political commentator of the sunday express. It was a much anticipated meeting the first time theresa may and President Trump had seen each other since an online spat over tweets from the far right Group Britain first. That was followed swiftly by the president cancelling a visit to london to open the new us embassy. But today in the swiss resort of davos, the pair insisted the special relationship was as strong as ever. Tonight downing street has said the two countries are discussing a working visit to the uk by the president. From davos, heres kamal ahmed. He arrived at lunchtime, a blizzard of rotor blades and chutzpah. The president was here and the World Economic forum better sit up and take notice. He said he was here to spread peace and prosperity. Very excited to be here. Very happy to be here. The United States is doing very well. And there was one leader donald trump said he would be most delighted to meet. The Prime Minister and myself have a really great relationship, although some people dont necessarily believe that. But i can tell you, i have tremendous respect for the Prime Minister and the job shes doing. I think the feeling is mutual from the standpoint of liking each other a lot. The pm, not quite as loud a presence in davos today, said she agreed. Weve had a great discussion today and we continue to have that really special relationship between the uk and the United States. Standing shoulder to shoulder because we are facing the same challenges across the world and as you say, we are working together to defeat those challenges and beat them. And alongside that, working for a trade relationship in the future, which will be to both our benefits. Theresa may has faced some rocky moments with the man in the white house, but this wasnt a moment to remember those critical tweets about terror or cancelled official visits. He walked through here like a rock star, the first us president to visit the World Economic forum since bill clinton in the year 2000. The big and difficult question for theresa may is this politically, economically, how close does she want to get to this most controversial of big beasts . There is a contrast in style, certainly, but the uk needs america, especially as britain plots its exit from the European Union. We are not all on the same page. America has a strong relationship with the United Kingdom over time and theresa may cant afford to sever that by objecting too much. One of the worlds leading bankers explained why trump was a hit. The alternative to trump would have been more regulation, higher taxes. Instead, we have lower taxes and less regulation. That is stimulative to the market, there is a lot of collateral effects and people will debate that, so i havent thrown in that all necessarily is a good thing, not a bad thing. Theresa may left davos tonight, back to the uk and domestic matters. Tomorrow, the president s big speech on america, trade and putting the us first. Kamalahmed, bbc news, davos. Here, downing street has tonight moved to contradict comments made in davos by the chancellor Philip Hammond. He said changes to britains trade relations with the eu after brexit would be very modest. But a downing street source said the changes could not be described as very modest. Meanwhile, the backbench tory euroscepticJacob Rees Mogg has tonight called for a fundamental change in ministers tone on brexit, accusing uk negotiators of being cowed by the eu. I think the lancaster house speech on the conservative Party Manifesto set upa on the conservative Party Manifesto set up a good basis for brexit. The key is that that should be the policy that is implemented. There are some concerns about the eus demands for the transition period, andi demands for the transition period, and i think its important at this stage to make it clear that we will not simply roll over and accept what the eu is asking for. Well, the leading eurosceptic conservative backbencher, bernard jenkin, joins us live from westminster now. Do you agree with your colleague Jacob Rees Mogg that uk negotiators are being cowed by the eu . There are some different agendas running from within the government, and the chancellors speech rather reflects that. But those agendas dont reflect what the Prime Minister wa nts. Reflect what the Prime Minister wants. The Prime Minister has been clear that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. Shes not going to agree to some indeterminate transition. She will agree to an implementation period when it is clear what is being implemented. We are not going to shell out billions of pounds of public money for some uncertain outcome. She has been clear about this all along. It was in our manifesto that we wanted a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement. We dont want to be in the Customs Union or in any Customs Union with the European Union. The treasury has put provision for a Customs Union agreement with the eu into the trade bill. Some of us are asking why. Why is the treasury pursuing a different policy from the Prime Minister . It is rather destabilising. Could the chancellor have been agreeing with you when he talked about modest changes . He is saying these two economies, the uk and the eu, are very much aligned at the moment. A Free Trade Agreement would mean only modest changes, wouldnt it . |j Free Trade Agreement would mean only modest changes, wouldnt it . I think the chancellor could have been much clearer about where he disagreed with the cbi, for example. Instead, there are a few occasions where he welcomes the cbi leaders speech and agrees with points in it when the cbi is campaigning for a completely different policy from the Prime Minister. I think that either the chancellor is being a little careless in the ambiguity of his remarks, or rather, as the suspect, the treasury has a different agenda. But it will be much easier for the Prime Minister to do herjob if everybody stuck to her script and thatis everybody stuck to her script and that is what he should do. And youre confident that the Prime Minister agrees with you rather than her chancellor, that she wants to make a clean break from the European Union and pursue what you would see as the opportunities of brexit . Well, she has never said anything different. It is only other people who have suggested that the government is going to finish up with a different policy. I think she is finding this very difficult. I dont particularly want that have to be another reshuffle, but maybe she needs one to give herself more ministers who support her policy. So you think Philip Hammond should be sacked . I did not say that. It sounded like that was what you meant. So you think she should have a cabinet which is full of people who campaign for brexit . Well, most of the conservative party in parliament is now clearly for her policy. The british people voted for her policy. The manifesto that we stood on is her policy. The labour party never suggest in their ma nifesto party never suggest in their manifesto that they wanted to join a Customs Union with the European Union, or to reverse brexit. Sorry substantial number of the british people voted at the last general election more or less for her policy. Im afraid much of the political elite in this country, for a long time, has been out of line with the majority of what british people want. Even the cbi were very split when they officially wanted britain tojoin the split when they officially wanted britain to join the euro. I suspect that behind the scenes, the cbi is split now and doesnt fully support the policy that Carolyn Fairbairn is articulating that we should be in a Customs Union. I think you will find many businesses in this country are looking forward to the substantial opportunities of new trade deals with the fast growing part of the globe which is outside the European Union, rather than just protecting the vested interests that want to continue with the status quo with the European Union, which is of limited value in the long term compared to the potential outside. We talked about theresa may finding this difficult. What is your message to colleagues who seem to be trying to colleagues who seem to be trying to put her out of her misery by writing a letter saying they want a leadership contest . writing a letter saying they want a leadership contest . I think there is a certain amount of leverage speculation. I have not met a Single Member of parliament in my party who wa nts to member of parliament in my party who wants to get rid of theresa may and has sent a letter. If all these letters are going in, they are being extremely secretive. I have seen leadership coups before in my party. They have become much more obvious than now if there was to be a coup against theresa may. Bernard jenkin, thank you. The headlines on bbc news a sharp rise in serious Violent Crime and sex offences knife crimes rise by more than 20 . President trump tells theresa may he loves britain and expects a tremendous increase in trade between america and the uk. But back home, more trouble in the conservative party over brexit the chancellor says he wants modest changes after we leave the eu and downing street contradicts him. Sport now. The british number two kyle edmund says he has caught the bug for computing in the grand slams after his semifinal in the australian 0pen. He became the sixth british man to reach the last four of a major in the open era. From east yorkshire to melbourne. Kyle edmund, in every sense, has come a long way. His arrival so soon has been a surprise for some. Now, could his extraordinary journey continue . Well, to go further, edmund would have to stand his ground against marin cilic. That is anything but easy. The travails of this tournament seemingly now taking their toll, edmund was outplayed from the start. The first set lost, there was to be a little encouragement, first from his coach and then from frustration. A disputed line call, a lengthy row and for a moment, it seemed like the spark edmund needed. That took him towards a tie break. But once again, the challenge of cilic was proving all too much. Having come so far, for edmund, there was no coming back. The croatian was at times quite brilliant. The young brits journey was at an end, but everything suggests there is plenty still ahead. In the short term, im disappointed and i have to accept that. I didnt get my best out on court, for sure. But there are so many positives that override the whole two weeks. I have to focus on that and be pleased with what ive done. The womens trophy will have a new name at gonnet come saturday. Neither of the two finalists, ramona halep or karen wozniacki, have won the tournament before, nor have they ever won a grand slam. Halep came through in a thrilling semifinal against the 2016 champion angelique kerber, winning the decider 9 7. Wozniacki came through after beating elise mertens. Jose mourinho has signed a contract extension with manchester united, keeping him at the club until 2020. He is preparing his side for their fa cup fourth round tie with yeovil tomorrow. He has been praising the deal done to bring Alexis Sanchez from arsenal, with Henrik Mkhitaryan going in the opposite direction, something he feels benefits both clu bs. Something he feels benefits both clubs. In the premier league, he has already shown the quality he has. So we got one of the best attacking players in the world. I think united made a fantastic deal. Arsenal made a fantastic deal. I got a fantastic player, mr wenger got a fantastic player. Alexis has changed from a fantastic club to a giant club. And mkhitaryan has also changed for a fantastic club. So i think it was a great dealfor fantastic club. So i think it was a great deal for everybody. The woman who led the fas search for the new england womens manager has defended the appointment of phil neville. The former defender was forced to apologise the sexist tweets he made before being named. The head of womens football at the fa, baroness sue campbell, explained why he was given the job, having not been initially short listed. Why he was given the job, having not been initially short listedlj why he was given the job, having not been initially short listed. I was very clear on what i needed and the players were clear what they wanted. They wanted an inspirational leader, someone who knew what it was like to be the best in the world. We need someone who is technically and tactically good. Phil has a pro licence. He is outstanding on his cause. People refer to him as a student of the game. He is very thorough and incredibly well planned. These are very mature players. They are a good group of players. They are a good group of players. They are a good group of players. They know what they need, and he fitted to 80 what i had been looking for. The moment i spoke to him,i looking for. The moment i spoke to him, iwas looking for. The moment i spoke to him, i was really sure from that first moment that he was the right man for thejob. First moment that he was the right man for the job. That is all the spot for now. The Prime Minister says she will continue to work to ensure women are accepted and respected as equals as the fallout from the men only Charity Dinner the president s club continues. An undercover reporter says women employed as hostesses at the event last week were groped and sexually harassed. Theresa may says it wasntjust the event that worried her, but what it said about the wider issue in society and attitudes to women. Sarah campbell reports. The invitation was for men only, a chance to network, raise money for charity and interact with more than 100 young women, all told to wear short, tight dresses. This was last week. But the dinner has been an annual event for more than 30 years. Chloe, not her real name, was a hostess in 2014 and 2015, earning some extra cash as she studied for her masters. You had to sign a nondisclosure agreement. What was in it . I cant remember. We didnt have long enough to look at it. We were given glasses of wine. They also took away your mobile phones and they were locked away. What was the atmosphere like . There were girls sat on peoples laps being fondled and groped. That was very early on in the evening. The fact that we were hired for entertainment, people thought that was ok. And that kind of behaviour was permissible. Mr zahawi, could you give us a comment on why you attended the dinner . The repercussions for those who attended the dinner have continued. Nadhim zahawi, the minister for children and families, was reprimanded by his party. He said he left early because he felt uncomfortable and has condemned what he described as the horrific events reported by the financial times. Mr zahawi, are you going to lose yourjob . Another attendee, a businessman, said he had not seen any inappropriate behaviour. That doesnt mean things couldnt have gone wrong. Its too large a crowd, things could have gone wrong and there is nojustification. If anybody felt uncomfortable, if a young lady felt uncomfortable, its completely unpardonable. This morning at the World Economic forum in switzerland, the Prime Minister gave her reaction to how the women were allegedly treated. When i read the report of that event that took place, frankly, i was appalled. I thought that that sort of approach to women, that objectification of women, was something we were leaving behind. Weve made progress, but it is clear there is a lot more for us to do. The dinner will be the last, as the president s club has now closed. But the event is being seen as further evidence of just how far women still have to go to be treated as equals in the world of work. The chartered Management Institute has today released a report in to gender diversity in the workplace, lets to its chief executive ann francke. What did your report find and wasnt surprising orjust depressing . What did your report find and wasnt surprising or just depressing . |j wish i could say it was surprising. Its not. There were two main findings. The first is that four out of five women and men have witnessed gender discrimination in the workplace in the past 12 months. Not all harassment, but inappropriate remarks, interrupting and also promotion and pay issues. The second finding was that only one in five junior and middle managers think their Senior Leadership takes diversity policy seriously. They believe that most of the policies in their organisations are ineffective. So should we be depressed by this . You heard theresa may say that she thought we had left all this kind of thing behind. There is clearly a lot more to do. There is very clearly more to do. There is very clearly more to do. I think we should be inspired by this to build momentum. I think the profile of the president s club and how quickly that was called out, challenge that changed, now closed, is good. We should build on that momentum to also addressed the myriad other issues that hold women at work. Also addressed the myriad other issues that hold women at workm feels as if things are changing. That could just be because of the incredibly high profile issues we have seen, whether that is Harvey Weinstein in hollywood or the president s club. Do you sense that . Ido president s club. Do you sense that . I do sense that there is momentum building because of all these events, the me too and the president s club. People are becoming emboldened by that. But as our research demonstrates, they need to be emboldened, because there is still so much more to do, especially when it comes to changing Workplace Cultures, because those are the things that hold back pay and promotion. And when it comes to pay, are you calling for more to be done ina are you calling for more to be done in a legal sense . Do you think politicians would say they have brought in laws which should have dealt with this . The governments transparency policy is very good, because it is starting the conversation. It is a conversation you have had the bbc. That is good. More people will become aware of these issues. 0nly more people will become aware of these issues. Only 690 out of the oven 800,000 organisations that should report have reported. In the coming months, as they do, they will have pay gaps and the call to address these issues and change Workplace Culture to be more inclusive for women, those calls will grow louder. But it seems incredible, the numbers saying that their middle managers were not trained and do not understand this after everything we have had over the last decade. Is it down to training . I think its down to a bit off, its not me, its training . I think its down to a bit off, its not me, its other people that have that problem. And of course, the data shows that that is not true. As i say, as more and more organisations disclose, and i encourage them to disclose because you are running out of time, it will be very commonplace and there will be very commonplace and there will be increased momentum to address not just pay, but also the culture issues that hold women back at work. Thank you very much. Darren bett has the weather. We have seen quite a few heavy showers around earlier today. The showers are pushing their weight eastwards at the moment, particularly across england and wales. But the showers will become fewer and lighter as the night goes on, but we are left with a residue of cloud across england and wales that should keep temperatures up. For scotland and Northern Ireland, a different story. Clearing skies and a frost is likely, particularly in scotland, maybe some icy patches. Some fog patches for Northern Ireland after those early showers. That will lift through the morning. The cloud will gradually break up in most areas, any showers fading away. For most, it will be a dry day with a good deal of sunshine. We will see rain arriving in the north west by the evening towards Northern Ireland. Ahead of that, with sunshine and light winds, temperatures of six to nine degrees. That band of rain will push its way eastwards overnight. It will be a windy weekend, with strong winds across the north, but it will be mild, with sunshine on sunday. This is bbc news, our latest headlines. A sharp rise in serious Violent Crime and sex offences knife crimes rise by more than 20 per cent. President trump tells theresa may he loves britain and expects a tremendous increase in trade between america and the uk. But back home more trouble in the conservative party over brexit the chancellor says he wants modest changes after we leave the eu and downing street contradicts him. The number of people sleeping rough on the streets in england reaches the highest level since current records began. Researchers have identified the remains of the earliest known modern humans to have left africa. A new dating of fossils from israel indicates that they left africa nearly a hundred thousand years earlier than previously thought. 0ur science correspondent, pallab ghosh, has the details. In the distant past, the first of our kind evolved in africa. Our ancestors then left the continent and spread across the globe. Just when and how that happened is one of the biggest questions in human evolution. This fragment of a jawbone has shattered the current theory. Its rewritten the story of how we emerged on this planet. The jawbone was discovered along with stone tools in the misliya cave in northern israel. A study published in the journal science shows that its around 200,000 years old. Thats tens of thousands of years older than scientists thought that modern humans first left africa. I think that the whole biological history of our own species should be revised, because if we have modern humans in israel 250,000 years ago, it implies that the origin of our species goes back in time not 250,000 years ago, but probably much earlier to around half a million years. Theories about how modern humans first evolved and spread may now have to be changed. The previous view was that our species began to leave africa 100,000 years ago. But the New Discovery in israel suggests that it was much earlier, possibly 250,000 years ago. That means our species may have developed alongside other kinds of more primitive humans, who lived outside of africa at the time. And that contact may have helped to shape our culture and the way we look. It changes our understanding of the interaction between other populations such as neanderthals. If we say that we have modern homo sapiens in ourarea, we have to consider all our knowledge regarding the environment, ecology, the culture and our interbreeding with other populations. The tools used by these modern humans, called the misliya people, were much more advanced than those used by the more primitive species that they lived alongside. So there were the people before misliya, people who made these kinds of tools. And the people who came with misliya were starting to use another technology, which is much more sophisticated. These tools were used for cutting, for slicing, and projectiles for hunting. The current view is that we evolved relatively recently, just as other types of humans were dying out. But the new Study Suggests that we are a more ancient species that shared the planet with primitive humans for tens of thousands of years. We can speak now to doctor mina weinstein evron, an archaeologist from the university of haifa, who you saw there at the end of that report. She joins us live now from haifa via webcam. Thank you forjoining us. Can you explain why this finding is so important . It is important because it is the first true, fully modern human found ever, not only out of africa but in the world, because by definition it is the earliest, and its a modern human. Then it is the first of its kind, nowadays, ever found in the world. Thats why its so important, it means we shared the landscape of mount common, where i live, this ancient landscape, with other people. But also that we were probably more sophisticated than they were. These people hunted several species of anger lates, some of them large like rocks and deer, some smaller like hairs, turtles. We found some ostrich shells, maybe they made nice omelettes for brea kfast. They made nice omelettes for breakfast. We did a very Detailed Analysis so we know they used a lot of plant remains. We had some signs of the first evidence ever of dating or mating. They built fireplaces. They had a very good life, about 90 metres above sea level, at times maybe bit higher because of the glacial period. Does it mean we have been getting it wrong, if you like, for many years . And are you concerned that there might be another finding concerned that there might be anotherfinding one concerned that there might be another finding one day which concerned that there might be anotherfinding one day which means we are still getting it wrong today . First of all, we must always think we get it wrong, thats why we are doing research. If we had all the a nswe rs , we doing research. If we had all the answers, we would be fired. We find more things, then others will find more things, then others will find more things, then others will find more things, thats how we keep research vivid and alive. We started thejoint project research vivid and alive. We started the joint project about 15 years ago, in 2001. When we started it, i dont know why and how we dubbed it the expedition, searching for the origins of modern homo sapiens. We didnt expect to find such a modern homo sapiens, but we certainly hope to find something earlier than the people we knew who lived in the area before, which were kind of 100,000, 200,000 years ago. They look young to us. We were hoping to find the origins of these people, we did not expect to find something much more modern. Now we have to think about it, to reorganise all the data. Even now things seem to fall in place, the genetics we have in china, 1000 yea rs the genetics we have in china, 1000 years ago, it takes a while to go from mount commented china. Quarter ofa from mount commented china. Quarter of a million years ago, we have enough time to look around. Its only the beginning of a new set of research. Im just looking forward to new findings. I would like to find them myself, but this project has been going on obviously as you said, for many years. It must have been exciting, how did you feel when you actually found this particular fragment, this jawbone . How did the tea m fragment, this jawbone . How did the team respond . Fragment, this jawbone . How did the team respond . First of all, its stratified, it has many layers, we had tens of thousands of flints, we studied 60,000 of them. Its really a lot of remains, its beautiful. We know everything about the lives of these hunter gatherers, and suddenly we had a hero appearing on the scene. Its like when you are in the theatre, everyone is dancing and shouting, they dont know what, hamlet arrives or somebody. Its really the main actor, this is of course exciting. He or she, we dont know if its a male or female, i fantasise that its a female and id call her misliya. I think its a nice name. Fascinating stuff. We must leave it there. Thank you very much indeed. The number of people sleeping rough in england has increased for the seventh year in a row, according to figures just released. Official statistics show there were 11,750 people sleeping on the streets in england last year, thats up 15 on 2016. The government says its investing 550 pounds million by 2020 to address the issue. 0ur social Affairs Correspondent Michael Buchanan reports. Freezing cold, shivering, rain battering down on you. They kick you, punch you and chuck bricks at you while you are asleep. They think its fun. This can happen to any of us at any given time. Rough sleepers have long been visible in london, probably always will, but the rising numbers has made the problem visible in many more places. Milton keynes is a new town dealing with new problem. Within metres of the station, is tony, he is 72. He was evicted from his flat last february, he wont say why. Every time i wake up, i class it as a bonus, its another day i have got to get through. The town is struggling to accommodate its residents despite some of its homeless having jobs. I pay for my daughters nursery fees and right after christmas ive got nothing. Isaac is an assistant project manager with an accountancy firm. A domestic incident left him spending two freezing nights in a garage. He hasnt told his employers hes homeless. I go through the night sometimes rough and i have to go through the day without showing that this is the situation throughout the night. I continued my journey north, heading for crewe. Two years ago there were officially no rough sleepers in the an area. There are now 21. In the last few years my mum got cancer and died so i lost it. In a nearby car park, an increasing phenomenon. People homeless in their hometown. Devastated. To sit there on corners, when people walk past him know you, you grew up with, and they look down their nose at you. These figures only applies to england, but scotland too has a problem with rough sleeping so im heading to glasgow now to see their very different approach to the problem. This was the kitchen area. This flat has been bought specifically for a homeless man. The initiative is called housing first, the idea is to give every rough sleeper in glasgow at home a support worker. Whoever is in this flat and goes back to rough sleeping, we will hold this flat for them while we engage with them on the street. The scheme wont be cheap but evidence from abroad suggests it works and is far less expensive than doing nothing. It must be very dangerous to be a woman on the street. It is, it is, aye. Very true, very true. Michael buchanan, bbc news. The former labour cabinet minister baroness tessa jowell has been given a standing ovation in the house of lords after delivering an emotional speech calling for new cancer treatments to be available on the nhs. Yesterday she gave her first interview since being diagnosed with a severe form of brain cancer last may. Lets hear some of what she had to say to the lords this afternoon. If we achieve this, we will go a long way to crack gbm and other cancers. For what would every cancer patient want . First, to know that the best, the latest science was being used and available for them. Whatever in the world it was developed, who ever again it, what else would they want . They need to know that they have a Community Around them. Supporting, and caring. Being practical, and kind. While doctors look at the big picture, and we can all be a part of the human size picture. Seamus heaneys last words were, do not be afraid. I am not afraid. I am fearful that this new and important approach may be put