:00:00. > 3:59:59That's all from us. Now, on BBC One, it's time
:00:00. > :00:24.for the news where you are. programme. Concerns have been raised
:00:25. > :00:28.over cut`price laser eye surgery deals being offered on the high
:00:29. > :00:31.street. An investigation by the consumer group Which? Found
:00:32. > :00:37.potential risks of the Prince Edwardure are often played down to
:00:38. > :00:39.patients. And a leading London NHS expert has raised concerns that much
:00:40. > :00:42.of the surgery is carried ott expert has raised concerns that much
:00:43. > :00:50.of the surgery is carried ott by doctors who aren't eye specialists.
:00:51. > :00:52.doctors who aren't eye spechalists. Three years ago Sasha underwent
:00:53. > :00:54.laser eye surgery. It was meant Three years ago Sasha underwent
:00:55. > :00:58.laser eye surgery. It was mdant to improve her vision. Instead, she
:00:59. > :01:04.claims it has left her with many other problems. I get very painful
:01:05. > :01:10.eyes. They're very dry and the dryness is not like people think,
:01:11. > :01:13.oh, dry eyes, just use eye drops. Dryness, literally sometimes you
:01:14. > :01:18.have to peel your eyelid off your eye. A report published this week by
:01:19. > :01:21.the consumer group, Which? Found that one third of consultations
:01:22. > :01:24.the consumer group, Which? Found that one third of consultathons are
:01:25. > :01:25.poor quality. Potential complications weren't clearly
:01:26. > :01:27.explained to patients and hhgh explained to patients and high
:01:28. > :01:32.street providers came bottol, explained to patients and hhgh
:01:33. > :01:36.street providers came bottol, with Optical Express failing to explain
:01:37. > :01:41.to researchers. I'm very disappointed with the Which? Report.
:01:42. > :01:44.A handful of patients doesn't reflect the high quality of care
:01:45. > :01:49.that we routinely provide to patients. We want to make sure that
:01:50. > :01:57.every patient we treat understands the risks of surgery. Sasha wasn't
:01:58. > :02:01.treated by the company, but did have her surgery at another high street
:02:02. > :02:04.provider. She started annen line campaign and through that found
:02:05. > :02:10.others who had experienced problems after surgery. Last week, some of
:02:11. > :02:14.them staged a protest outside the Optical Express clinic in Harley
:02:15. > :02:18.Street. They want tougher regulations in the industry and
:02:19. > :02:22.their concerns were brought up in Parliament earlier this year.
:02:23. > :02:27.Voluntary mechanisims have failed. Secondly, all surgeons must be
:02:28. > :02:31.qualified, certificate indicated and come pence assessed. While other
:02:32. > :02:34.surgeons must be qualified doctors, they are not legally qualifhed
:02:35. > :02:34.surgeons must be qualified doctors, they are not legally qualified to
:02:35. > :02:38.they are not legally qualifhed to have special qualifications. A lot
:02:39. > :02:43.of the time consultations aren't carried out by doctors. One expert
:02:44. > :02:46.says that has to change. Patients are often seen by an optometrist and
:02:47. > :02:49.not a doctor and they're tr`ined are often seen by an optometrist and
:02:50. > :02:53.not a doctor and they're tr`ined to assess people, but then it's not the
:02:54. > :02:57.same thing as proper continuity of care and I would like to sed higt
:02:58. > :02:59.care and I would like to see higt industries sticking with
:03:00. > :03:01.specialists, or people who `re trained to a high level. The Care
:03:02. > :03:04.trained to a high level. Thd Care Quality Commission told us they'll
:03:05. > :03:09.look into the findings in the report. Meanwhile, the Department of
:03:10. > :03:11.Health say they're working with the Royal Royal College of Surgdons to
:03:12. > :03:17.Royal Royal College of Surgeons to tighten standards and improve the
:03:18. > :03:20.way patients are given information. Laser eye surgery isn't routinely
:03:21. > :03:25.available on the NHS and Sasha, like thousands of others was tempted by a
:03:26. > :03:31.cut`price deal. You certainly wouldn't buy a discount par`chute,
:03:32. > :03:35.so you wouldn't buy discount laser eye surgery. I disagree. We take
:03:36. > :03:40.great care to provide good care Laser eye surgery is generally a
:03:41. > :03:42.very safe practice, but with all procedures there are risks. These
:03:43. > :03:49.campaigners want future pathents to campaigners want future patients to
:03:50. > :03:51.be made fully aware of them. Guns, drugs and cash have been sehzed
:03:52. > :03:51.be made fully aware of them. Guns, drugs and cash have been seized in
:03:52. > :03:52.be made fully aware of them. Guns, drugs and cash have been sehzed in a
:03:53. > :03:56.series of raids ahead of this series of raids ahead of this
:03:57. > :03:59.weekend's Notting Hill Khannal. 126 people were arrested in preemive
:04:00. > :04:04.strikes by police aimed at keeping gang members away from the event.
:04:05. > :04:06.gang members away from the dvent. Commuters using London Bridge can
:04:07. > :04:11.expect disruption to their travel plans in the coming weeks. The
:04:12. > :04:15.station, which is used by around 50,000 passengers each day will
:04:16. > :04:20.partially close from this Friday. Network Rail said the closure is
:04:21. > :04:24.necessary for a ?6 billion programme to improve travel in the south`east.
:04:25. > :04:29.to improve travel in the sotth`east. From the air, you can see the scale
:04:30. > :04:32.of the Thameslink programme, which promises to transform north and
:04:33. > :04:34.south travel through London. London Bridge is at the centre of this
:04:35. > :04:42.project. It's one of the country's project. It's one of the cotntry's
:04:43. > :04:46.biggest stations. Upgrading it, whilst passengers continue to use
:04:47. > :04:49.it, is certainly a challenge. You can see a lot of veleT going on,
:04:50. > :04:52.including the roof of the ndw including the roof of the ndw
:04:53. > :04:55.concourse, which when it is finished will be as big as Wembley statium,
:04:56. > :04:57.but it's all going to come `t a will be as big as Wembley statium,
:04:58. > :04:59.but it's all going to come at a cost but it's all going to come at a cost
:05:00. > :05:02.to commuters as next week London Bridge will be partly closed for
:05:03. > :05:08.nine days. From this Saturd`y, 3rd nine days. From this Saturday, 23rd
:05:09. > :05:11.to 31st August, there's no First Capital Connect or Southern services
:05:12. > :05:18.calling at London Bridge and there will be no direct train to cat wick
:05:19. > :05:20.or Luton Airport. `` Gatwick or Luton Airport. 50,000 commuters are
:05:21. > :05:24.going to be directly affected, but going to be directly affectdd, but
:05:25. > :05:30.it's expected that the knock`on effect on other routes will also
:05:31. > :05:31.affect 250,000 people. For what you pay sometimes you feel therd is
:05:32. > :05:32.affect 250,000 people. For what you pay sometimes you feel there is a
:05:33. > :05:36.pay sometimes you feel therd is a fair amount of inconvenience. It
:05:37. > :05:38.fair amount of inconveniencd. It will serve the customer better. I'll
:05:39. > :05:40.have to look for another route, will serve the customer better. I'll
:05:41. > :05:43.have to look for another rotte, but nine days is a long time. We know
:05:44. > :05:44.nine days is a long time. Wd know this is challenging work and it's
:05:45. > :05:46.this is challenging work and it s challenging work for us and for
:05:47. > :05:49.them. But please bear with ts, them. But please bear with ts,
:05:50. > :05:54.because it will be worth it in the end. This station and the routes in
:05:55. > :05:59.London Bridge are heavily congested. It's one of the most congested
:06:00. > :06:03.routes in Europe. The passengers who use this station every day know
:06:04. > :06:07.that, that's why they sit in carriages on delayed trains. What we
:06:08. > :06:12.are doing is freeing up the capacity so that people can have relhable
:06:13. > :06:16.journeys into London Bridge and into the stations. The overall project
:06:17. > :06:19.will be completed in 2018, so there's still a way to go before
:06:20. > :06:25.there's still a way to go bdfore passengers begin to see a bigger and
:06:26. > :06:33.better London Bridge. That's it for now, but now the
:06:34. > :06:36.weather. A bit of a shock actually when we start tomorrow. Chilly days.
:06:37. > :06:39.Lighter winds now. Good, drx when we start tomorrow. Chilly days.
:06:40. > :06:39.Lighter winds now. Good, dry sunny Lighter winds now. Good, drx sunny
:06:40. > :06:41.weather, but chilly nights and Lighter winds now. Good, dry sunny
:06:42. > :06:45.weather, but chilly nights and that starts tonight. As you can see, just
:06:46. > :06:47.scraping into double figures in central London. That's a four out
:06:48. > :06:50.central London. That's a fotr out there in some of the more rural
:06:51. > :06:53.there in some of the more rtral spots. Tomorrow morning, chilly
:06:54. > :06:58.spots. Tomorrow morning, chhlly start. Plenty of sun. Through the
:06:59. > :07:03.afternoon, better chance of staying dry than the last couple of days.
:07:04. > :07:07.Maybe the odd stray shower, but dry. 17 to 19 there. Below par for the
:07:08. > :07:11.time of year. As we go through tomorrow, we'll do it all again
:07:12. > :07:13.We'll be dry right the way through the evening. Couple of stray showers
:07:14. > :07:17.the evening. Couple of strax showers as we go overnight into Thursday.
:07:18. > :07:19.Once more with the light winds and temperatures dropping well down into
:07:20. > :07:22.single figures. It will be a bit of single figures. It will be a bit of
:07:23. > :07:26.a shock for the next couple of days when we step out of the door.
:07:27. > :07:30.Through towards Thursday, a lot of dry and bright weather around. In
:07:31. > :07:31.the outlook, as you'll see, we are looking at the risk of showdrs for
:07:32. > :07:45.Friday though. Good evening. Autumn, August. It's
:07:46. > :07:50.an easy slip of the tongue to make, but the two do seem mixed up at the
:07:51. > :07:52.moment. Tomorrow morning, you could be forgiven for thinking it's
:07:53. > :07:58.October, as you step out the door. It's going to be cold. Why so
:07:59. > :08:04.chilly, well, because we are drawing the air down from the north and the
:08:05. > :08:07.brisk breeze dies down. The showers disappear and the temperatures
:08:08. > :08:14.tumble. Towns and cities nine or ten. In rural areas widely down to
:08:15. > :08:20.four or five degrees and some places just two or three above freezing. A
:08:21. > :08:21.cold start in the morning. Don't be fooled by the sun. It