11/08/2014 South East Today

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Welcome to South East Today, I'm John Young.

Evans.Tonight's top stories: The patients trying to stop a Kent GP

returning to practice, after a two`year suspension. We're live in

Ramsgate with an exclusive report. He beat a homeless man to death and

took pictures of his victim, a Sussex man is found guilty of

murder. Also in tonight's programme: The boxing promoter from Kent who's

undergoing a sex change. Frank Maloney reveals he's now living as a

woman. Sharing the pain of stillbirth, the Medway couple whose

Deep down I thought, maybe I can earn enough money that one day I can

disappear and just move a new wave completely away as a female.

woman. Sharing the pain of stillbirth, the Medway couple whose

story's been turned into a film to train midwives. And another try, to

change the landscape. Yoko Ono and Tracey Emin are among the artists

shaping this year's Folkestone Triennial.

Patients are trying to block the return of a doctor to a Kent

surgery, after he was suspended for two years.

They claim Dr Nagy Gabriel isn't fit to practice,

after he was prevented from working following patients' complaints.

After a lengthy investigation, the General Medical Council has now

said Dr Gabriel can return to the surgery in Ramsgate,

but because of 'deficiencies' in his work he's subject to more

As Mark Norman explains though n this exclusive report, many

Doctor Gabriel is a respected member of his local church and a GP at

Dashwood medical practice in Ramsgate. For the last two years he

has been the subject of an investigation into his fitness to

practice. When the General medical Council said he could return to work

some patients were angry. Have real was treated by Doctor Gabriel and is

adamant she does not want him back. Now, I could not see him in Dashwood

again. Not after what he has been doing and saying to people. No.

Another patient of Doctor Gabriel 's who wants to remain anonymous is

furious. The cap comeback, seriously, he cannot come back.

Almost two dozen patients have complained, many are worried by the

GMC decision and are concerned by the fact that Doctor Gabriel has

been given undertakings, conditions that he must comply with. There are

22 of these undertakings addressing what the GMC described as Doctor

Gabriel's deficiencies, in areas such as assessing patient

conditions, arranging for treatment and his relationships with patients.

Doctor Gabriel must remain under the supervision of an educational

supervisor. Doctor Gabriel declared her request to interview but told

us: but the local MP said the

investigation should conclude quickly and said that patients must

feel safe. It is crucial we have total confidence in the GPs revisit

and we must ensure that patients feel that confidence, I am pressing

with the GMC aggressively on this because I feel they have taken far

too long but not just that, also the Secretary of State who I am very,

very keen will take this issue up. I am sure this is not only happening

here, but there are other problems that are not being dealt with

immediately enough. In a short statement Dashwood medical Centre

told us that Doctor Gabriel was a partner and added that

working arrangements would be a decision for the practice and

added patient safety continues to be a major priority. The patients we

have spoken to So what happens next

for these patients? photos were his way of recording

that to show his friends, to show off what he had done. The victim had

only been in the country for four days, he encountered, as the

24`year`old made his way home from a night of heavy drinking. David

Palmer said that the photos on his mobile phone had been taken by

accident, where he had been trying to defend himself from attack. He

told the court that the victim has tried to rob him at knife`point. The

judge said that this story was a web of lies and deceit. In sentencing

David Pollock to life in prison the judge told him, this was a quite

dreadful crime where you a sad, vulnerable man. You have not sure

what the problem worse. You could place in the results of your work,

or why else would you take the photos that you did? David Palmer

lives to the police and wash the clothes he had been winning on the

night of the murder. The man who has lived most of his adult life

involved in violence and threatening behaviour is now in bars.

Ofsted inspectors' verdict on attempts to raise standards in East

One of the country's highest`profile boxing promoters, Frank Maloney, has

been speaking of his plans to undergo a sex change.He's now living

in Kent as a woman called Kellie after revealing the pain of

concealing a secret life as a transsexual for years. Sara Smith

It is a world where women have been conspicuous by their absence, the

world that for many decades Frank Maloney was at the heart of,

promoting several boxes. Now living at Kellie she said the knowledge of

who she really was that success. It is something I has to be successful

in because I thought if I feel in that where deep down I thought,

maybe I can hear enough money that one day I can disappear and lived a

new wave completely away as a female and no one will ever bother me

because in sport once you come out of sport you are soon forgotten and

that is what I was hoping would happen to me. If flamboyant showman

on Friday, Frank Maloney masterminded Lennox Lewis's Rice the

world champion. Today, Lennox Lewis will easily statement of support for

his former creator `` former promoter and he is not alone. If he

wants to become a lady, let him become a lady. That is all I can

say. I know I would still speak to him because I have known him for

years and he has never done me harm. Those who have been on a similar

journey since the hardest part may already be over. People like Lennox

Lewis, Barry McGuigan, household names in the sport have come out and

been very supportive, like I said, so I think from my own experience

the problems are mainly beforehand. And in the build`up. Before this

news, and Maloney had a history of expressing less than tolerant views.

As a UK candidate in London he said the people should not want their

sexuality. And should live a proper moral life in public. Today it

appears the natural world of boxing is more understanding when it comes

to its one`time star promoter. Passenger numbers at Gatwick Airpor

reached record levels last month. The Sussex airport handled just

under 4.1 million passengers, despite a 5% dip

in air traffic across the UK. 85 poppy wreaths were transported

across the Channel from Dover today in memory of the journey made by

British forces in the First World that formed the Land Force of the

British Expeditionary Force. The wreaths will be used in ceremonies

taking place in France on Wednesday to commemorate the centenary of the

start of the conflict. Inspectors say the percentage

of pupils going to failing primary schools

in East Sussex is much higher than the national average, and the county

council's attempts to improve the Ofsted's latest inspection says

the local authority's 2012 strategy to raise standards has failed to

improve school leadership, or reduce the proportion

of inadequate primary schools, or Mark Sanders joins us live

from Hastings. What are East Sussex County Council

saying about this report? No interviews from the council but

the statement says that it does recognise the need for further

improvement. It stresses that since the Ofsted inspection there are

signs that test results for primary age pupils are improving in East

Sussex but when you drill down into the detail of the Ofsted report it

makes difficult reading. One in ten primary peoples go to an inadequate

school. Standards in both English and maths at Key stage one and two

are too low according to Ofsted and too many pupils are ill`prepared for

secondary school. A lot more work for the educational authorities here

when the schools comeback. When Jo and David Ward suffered

the stillbirth of their baby daughter, their pain was made worse

by what they felt was the uncaring response of some of the healthcare

professionals looking after them. So the Rochester couple set up their

own charity, Abigail's Footsteps. Their aim is for all midwives to

have training in bereavement. And as Chrissie Reidy reports,

a film based on their experience will be used to help medical

professionals understand what This was the harrowing experience of

a couple from Kent. Louise, I am afraid I cannot find the baby 's

heartbeat. What? There is no beat? Compelled by the isolation and

heartbreak they felt by being called the unborn daughter had died he made

this film to raise awareness. We are not thinking about bringing a baby

home, we are planning her funeral. No mother should do that. No parent

should have to do that. Losing Abigail left them to set up the

charity Abigail 's footsteps, to help people deal with bereavement.

It is now being used as a training aid for midwives. You have lost your

baby, you can go home now. There is no explanation. It is very black and

white. But it is not a black and white scenario. You have just lost

your baby. Whether they road for a minute or stillborn it was still

your baby and they need to approach it differently. Ethical experts say

that the film has already revolutionised bereavement training.

We must give priority to the women giving birth to my babies. It has

made such an impact. In the way that it allows you to show professionals

about the care that they are getting patients and from the perspective of

peasants it does so well. You will have to be induced now. The money

raised by the charity has meant that there will be more facilities built

for bereavement `` more bereavement facilities built. We thought this

charity would make some impact somewhere, we had no idea that the

film would end up being internationally recognised. For the

couple, an unimaginable end has meant a new beginning.

There's a warning tonight that it could take passengers trying to

cross the Channel six times as long to check in, if proposed new border

The government wants ferry and rail firms to carry out exit checks

on people leaving the UK, but Eurotunnel and the ferry operators

Departures from Dover will be delayed, according to the ferry

companies, and the new policy of counting people out as well as in

comes into force. The government says this. Criminals from weaving as

well as better control migration. At the moment if you get a ferry from

Dover, passport checks are likely to be carried out by the French at the

British government now wants to introduce additional British checks

and it may well for the ferry companies to do those at check`in.

The ferry companies feared travellers could spend longer

queueing at checkpoints and crossing the Channel. If you must take every

individual passport against details on the large could fill with people

it will cause a delay and it will cause a delay in the top of their

staff from other duties. What they are proposing is the ferry company

staff perform these checks rather than order staff. Makes use from

passengers. Extra checks, if it takes five or ten or half an hour

longer, does it matter? One side is enough. The British side with the

French side, but not two times. It is too much. The British and French

police should be together. The Home Office say the new exit checks will

improve security will cause in as little disruption to operators and

passengers as possible. We are working to establish the best and

least intrusive method. The safety and security of our borders matters

a lot. It is paramount. We must ensure terrorists and murderers

cannot skip the country and escape justice but we must do this in a way

that will ensure there are no long queues at Dover. Those getting into

the country through Calais may make the headlines but the Home Office

say it is vital to know who is leaving, too.

I understand Home Office officials have been speaking to the ferry

operators today? Yes and the message is that ticket prices could also go,

too, if they must take on extra staff to carry out these passport

checks. They are also warning that you risk getting rid of the very

selling point of the ferries and Eurotunnel, namely that you can turn

up at short notice and get on a ferry or train quickly, I liked at

airports ready must be hours in advance. Those in favour of these

new checks see that the work Calais and they can work in Dover in

Folkestone, too. This is

our top story tonight Patients are trying to block the return

of a doctor to a Kent surgery, after They claim Dr Nagy Gabriel is not

fit to practice, after he was stopped from working

following patients' complaints. The General Medical Council says he

can return, but because of "deficiencies" in his work he's

subject to over 20 conditions. How Folkestone's turning

into an open air gallery And really get another chance to see

the supermen? Read the Moon appears much better and brighter than usual.

`` super moon. Rural crime cost Kent more last yea

than almost anywhere else in the The survey by NFU Mutual found

thefts from farms, homes and businesses cost the Kent

economy ?1.8 million, among the five In Sussex rural crime's estimated

to have cost ?730,000. And in Surrey the figure

last year reached ?430,000 . A lot of the crime we are seeing

is the use from abroad coming into Britain to take expensive kit like

tractors, which can cost ?50,000 or more, put them on your body, over

into Eastern Europe and sell them across the world. I am afraid that

Kent is really in the front line this crime. What items are most

likely to be stolen from rural businesses? Tools and machinery are

frequently targeted. Sheep rustling has increased by 25% over the past

year, with over 90,000 animals taken. And few lab chemicals are

commonly say and find stolen by thieves. It must be logged. But it

is difficult to secure your farm. We farm 1600 acres and you can secure

every single bit of it. It is very difficult. That was farmer fall done

`` Paul Dunn and we are joined from his farm now. This is clearly a

serious problem for many rural businesses. Serious problem, and an

expensive one, too. When burglars broke into this machinery shed

through this ruling door they helped themselves to ?20,000 worth of farm

machinery. That included two Quad bikes like that one and an

all`terrain vehicle like this one. Paul Dunn said he feels that farmers

are having to play catch up with the burglars as they find ever more

inventive ways of carrying out their crimes. He is convinced that they

plan their break`ins and their getaways by using Google maps, he

has responded by creating a state of the art burglar alarm system and he

says that neighbours have gone to the extent of digging trenches and

putting up razor wire. Across the UK rural crime

costs more than ?44 million. Tonight,

the police and the insurance industry are urging farmers to do

more to protect their goods, and to When strange structures start to

appear in unusual places all over Folkestone, local residents

generally know the town's triennial As the name suggests,

the event only takes place every three years, and the star

attractions this year are work from the artist and singer, Yoko Ono,

and Kent's very own Tracey Emin. The event opens at the end

of this month. Peter Whittlesea reports now

from the town on how art is changing He spotted one then again how can

you missed this when it towers over all its reflective glory? Made of

Abu and balancing on the edge of the disused railway, these are

installations have people talking. It is more like kerplunk, with

marbles. It is rubbish. I think it is very good. I think every ten

should do something like this. It is obviously not finished but what else

will be rebuilding? This is our? It's definitely has me thinking.

That, according to the organisers, is the whole point. Provoking a

reaction. Is fun to be stimulated and challenged and we now just by

being involved in putting them up here that they are clocking points.

People talk to you. They did well when coming to `` when dealing with

talking points last year. This year, new global now is on the line

and is holding a fairer. We are also in the lookout for local artists.

What is it like up there? It is amazing. You get to see the hundred

and 60 degrees. I think we have done all right. I love it. It has taken

months and months of really hard work. Is water tower highlight the

head and river beneath the ground, the artwork shows there's more to

this town if you go the surface. The football season kicked

off this weekend, and although three of our four top sides

took the lead, only one was able to Crawley Town's host

of new signings gelled in time to secure victory, and

Charlton Athletic drew their match. But, as Neil Bell reports,

Brighton and Hove Albion and Gillingham slumped to

disappointing opening day defeats. On the left, Brighton fans arrive

for their opening game full of hope. It was a different story less than

two hours later when they left, The Albion lost the game 1`nil to

a cracking strike from Sheffield Wednesday's Giles Coke and then had

a former skipper Andrew Cross sent Many are unhappy by the absence

of new players over the summer, and some have yet to be convinced that

Sami Hyypia can get them promoted. I have to say that the effort

of the players was very good. And the red card did not

make it any easier. Last season 's struggles were soon

forgotten by Charlton once new signing Igor

Vetokele put them ahead of Bedford. In truth they should have

at least another goal and were then unlucky when Smith's

late shot took a wicked deflection In League 1 , new look Crawley Town

left it late but a powerful header from Izale McLeod

was enough for victory at Barnsley. We should have won by a bit more,

that was the only downside to it. I want perfection

from my team all the time. Gillingham's opening match was

an epic. A cool finish from McDonald put them

ahead , Kedwell made it 2`0 from the spot but they then conceded

when House put it into his own goal and lost keeper Nelson

to injury for up to three months. McDonald too will be out for a

while with a knee injury. Opponents MK Dons then scored

three goals in six minutes. We have had some pretty wild weather

today. Take a look at these pictures. Firefighters have been

dealing with a lightning strike on the shopping centre clocktower. Tell

us what the weather will do for the rest of the week.

There has been some localised thunderstorms, not everyone has had

them but you can see the one that affected us on the radar, just

approaching, getting into the West of the region at around five p.m..

Some of those showers just starting to pick up. That is the culprit that

caused all of the damage. Most of the showers are tending to fade

away, there are still some in East Kent but as he go through the rest

of the evening at the temperature starts to drop those showers, two,

will start to fade. It is really the showers being set off by the high

daytime temperatures and has legal into this evening the showers will

fade away. And in the south coast we have the high sea temperatures of 18

or 19 degrees and you could still see if you showers being set off by

those warm sea temperatures but most places will end up with a dry night

and with the clear skies temperatures are getting down to 12

or 13 degrees and the clear skies could do us a favour. We might well

get to see the super moon tonight when the Earth is close to the men

on the the Earth and it is quite a rare sight. John managed to take a

patch. Benitez. He spotted this last night. It is quite rare, this does

not often happen when we get a full moon. You will get the chance to see

at the chance to see it tonight from 830, the men will be rising in the

east and the should be able to see it looking very bright, in fact 14%

bigger and 13% brighter than usual. Check it out from 8:30pm if you can.

As the model not quite so much activity coming from the sky. The

rest, really, not as ghastly as he had today. Maybe one or two places

could see a shower. Many of us will have a better, drier, safer day with

fewer thunderstorms. Maybe now thunderstorms at all with

temperatures getting up to 19 degrees. It's these cheesy into the

model evening, though it will slowly fade away and eat a little bit and

certainly as we go into Wednesday we have a better chance of getting

those temperatures back up to 21 degrees. Truancy and Wednesday are

much calmer than we have had today. Thank you very much. Plenty of the

work to watch over me. That is. `` that is it. Goodbye.