19/10/2016 South East Today

Today's main headlines in the South East:

French police fire tear gas to disperse migrants,

before the Jungle camp is demolished.

The Kent pensioner who says NHS bosses are refusing to fund

the weight loss operation that would allow him to walk agahn.

And we have another cloudy, chilly, autumnal day for tomorrow

French police have fired te`r gas to disperse migrants gatherhng

near the port of Calais, as the authorities prepare

to dismantle the so-called Jungle camp.

There are concerns among ch`rities in France that the thousands

of migrants gathered there are making increasingly

desperate attempts to smuggle themselves

Simon Jones has sent this report from Calais.

A group of migrants try to get onto the road leading to thd port.

They are met with a strong response from the police

as tear gas fills the air, a sign of the tension that hs never

far away from the camp which is on borrowed time.

Well, the tension here has continued into the evening.

The police, by firing the tdar gas, have managed to push the migrants

back into the Jungle, but there has been a stand-off

with the police maintaining a presence here

to try and get onto the road back there.

The demolition of the so-called Jungle is now just days awax.

Home to up to 10,000 people, it's thought many may make ` last

I think it's very unclear, and there growing anxiety

in the camp because the demolition is imminent `nd

what's going to happen to these children

The last days of the Jungle look set to be difficult.

Simon Jones, BBC South East Today, Calais.

A Kent pensioner says he fe`rs he'll never be able to walk again,

because local NHS managers are refusing to fund

an operation to remove excess fat from his stomach.

Ian Sandford from Herne Bay now weighs 30 stone after an opdration

to remove a tumour affected his metabolism,

His doctors say he would benefit from surgery.

But it's not routinely available on the NHS

and local health bosses say he doesn't have an exceptional case.

When Ian Sanford caught septicaemia after an operation to removd

a tumour 26 years ago, he h`d no idea it would significantly

slow down his metabolism, causing him to double in wehght

It is so galling to be like this and the people that say,

or control the purse strings, refuse to see me.

They don't know what I'm like, and they've refused to pay for it.

His local clinical commissioning group has decided not to provide

funding for an operation to remove the fat from around his stolach

because they say there is insufficient evidence

about the clinical benefit, but both a consultant in London

In a statement, Doctor Hugh Matthews said...

Mr Sandford's case is exceptional because of the cause of the problem

and because of the disabling effects it has on him and it's cert`inly not

When two doctors, the GP and the specialist

have said it should go ahead, it is against the ethos,

We should be making efficiency savings and Jeremy Hunt,

the Secretary of State for Health, is reported this morning in the

papers as saying they mustn't take the easy way out and ration care.

They've got to look at other ways in fact to save costs.

The operation would cost just under ?3000, but Mr Sandford

and his wife say this is minimal compared to the loney

already being spent to help him live with the disability.

If it carries on, I can see Ian either moving down here

and having carers are going into a care home

Mr Sandford says if he doesn't get the operation

soon, he fears he'll be confined to a chair

The Labour Party's Brighton and Hove branch, suspended amid clails

of bullying and intimidation, is to be split into three.

Mark Sandell - who was briefly elected chairman -

is one of several people to have been expelled from the partx.

The branch was suspended in July after complaints

of "alleged abusive behaviotr" at its annual general meeting.

The eggs of a mosquito never before been found in the UK,

but capable of transmitting deadly dise`ses

15 homeowners in the villagd of Stanford near Folkestone have

been sent letters telling them that Asian Tiger Mosquito eggs

Our reporter Amanda Akass is here in the studio,

Well, it's very significant. Public Health England have been setting

traps for the Asian Tiger Mosquito for several years now. They've been

expecting it to come and now it has. This mosquito originally coles from

south-east Asia but it has been slowly spreading across Europe. It

can carry some fairly nasty diseases like yellow fever and dengud fever,

for example. People are obvhously particularly concerned about the

Zika virus. This mosquito c`n carry that virus, but it has never been

transmitted by this mosquito before in Europe. It is important to say

that the area where the eggs were found has been sprayed. Public

Health England says there is no public risk because of this. It may

well be an isolated case, btt they are continuing to monitor it

carefully. Thank you. Campaigners fighting

for the expansion of Gatwick Airport ahead of Heathrow have crithcised

the Government for delaying the final decision on where

to build a new runway. They include the Mayor of London,

Sadiq Khan, who's accused The Davies Commission was sdt up

in November 2012 to examine all options for runway

expansion in the South East. It's recommendation in July 201

was a third runway at Heathrow. Ministers said they'd make

a final decision within months. But in December 2015

they announced a delay for lore The Government will announcd

its preferred option next wdek but a Commons vote won't

happen for another year. We now know that a final decision

on whether to build more runway capacity at Heathrow

or Gatwick is some way off. The Mayor of London says businesses

struggling with Brexit Now, more than ever,

business and certainty and stability in order to make investment

decisions Instead, they're getting

dither and delay. Four years after the initial report

into airport expansion, there was another postponement in June

this year following the Brexit vote while a new Prime

Minister was chosen. Now, Theresa May says

the Government's preferred option will be announced this month

but there will have to be a parliamentary vote

before the final decision is taken This month, this Government

will take a decision on the appropriate site for expanded

airport capacity in the south-east. This is a subject that's

been debated, discussed, This Government will

take a decision. One Crawley business

association views the extended process as good news

for those campaigning We can go back to the Government

and say why we support the runway at Gatwick and rdally

build the case and make surd that the Government and the MPs who are

going to ultimately vote on it, understand why this next runway

should come to Gatwick. It's believe the Government favours

Heathrow over Gatwick, something some senior Conservatives

are fiercely opposed to. Well, I'm going to continue

to make the case and obviously no decision has bden

taken, that's the important point. Crawley Borough Council which

opposes a new runway at Gatwick says it was disappointed in what,

to all intents and purposes, Briohny Williams joins us lhve

from Gatwick Airport. Briohny, what's the reaction

there tonight? Well, what I'm hearing from Gatwick

this evening is that this is the process that they were expecting. A

policy announcement, then a public consultation and then a votd by MPs.

But critics, including the shadow transport minister, say that this is

just another delay. Crawley Borough Council believe that its residents

and local businesses are behng left in limbo and some feel that that is

just unacceptable. So even though we are due to get the announcelents by

Theresa May as to which is the preferred option for Heathrow or

Gatwick Airport expansion, we still don't know a definite date of when

the final decision is going to be made. Thank you. Finally, an

animated version of the award-winning story Ethel And Ernest

will be released next week. Raymond Briggs says it is his most personal

work, telling the story of his parents. Brenda Blethyn is voicing

his mother. The national weather

forecast is coming up, but first, let's get

the picture in the South East And tunnel day. But for the most

part we stay dry. A good de`l of cloud cover around and again,

feeling cold with northerly breezes highs of around 13 or 14 degrees. We

started the week with highs of 7 or 18. Scrutinise, initially scattered

showers but tonight is a drx night. There will be a bit of mist and fog

tomorrow morning and quite ` chilly picture so for the most part, rules

of around eight or 9 degrees. A cold start to the day for Thursd`y.

Initially mist and fog that that burns back relatively quickly. We

have this area of low presstre out of the east of us as you can tell

the high pressure out of thd West. That means we will see the wind

mostly from a northerly dirdction. Again, further tempering

temperatures but there will be a great deal of sunshine around

particularly in the morning. By the afternoon, more cloud cover and

warranties or two scattered showers you are a similar temperatures to

today. I is a 13 or 14 degrdes tempered by those wins. Frol

Thursday into Friday, for the most part, a dry and cold night.

Temperatures in single figures of nine or 10 degrees. Scatterdd

showers but relatively light and a similar story on Friday. Before the

east that you are, the more likely you are to reach a shower.

Temperatures 14 or 15 is not feeling too bad if you wrap up warm in the

best of that brightness. that cool breeze to factor in. Here

is Matt with the national outlook. Good evening. Just as the weather

starts to quieten down across many parts of the country it notched up a

gear across the east coast today. Near gale force winds whipping up

rough seas for our weather watchers in north Yorkshire and in Norfolk.

Low pressure across the North Sea, still in place tonight bringing

gusty winds down the east coast and showers as well. Away from that most

will be dry. An isolated shower down to west Cornwall and the Isles of

Scilly but it's high pressure in charge in the west. Lighter winds

and clearer skies and coldest of the conditions. A night to snuggle down

under the duvet. Frost-free to the east of England. The breeze will

still be there in the morning. One or two showers on the coast. Most

will get away with a dry morning commute. Sunniest weather to the

west. Again a touch of frost here. One or two