Domestic Abuse 999 calls at 5 year high...

(Broadcast on BBC Radio Stoke, April 2016) Reports to police of domestic violence offences in Stoke-on-Trent are at a five year high.

In the city last year almost two and a half thousand cases were reported -- that's a rise of a third on the previous 12 months.

'Susan' is a volunteer with Staffordshire Women's Aid -- who lived in the charity's old refuge last year, after escaping an abusive relationship...