0:00:00 > 0:00:00Now on BBC One it's time for the news where you are.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16Good evening from BBC London News.
0:00:16 > 0:00:21The Government has stepped in to help manage one
0:00:21 > 0:00:22of the capital's biggest hospital trusts after serious
0:00:23 > 0:00:24concerns about its finances.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26It was announced today that Kings College Hospitals Trust
0:00:26 > 0:00:28is being put into special measures.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30It comes not long after the trust chairman, Lord Kerslake,
0:00:30 > 0:00:33former head of the Civil Service, resigned, saying he wasn't
0:00:33 > 0:00:34prepared to make more cuts.
0:00:34 > 0:00:39Here's our political editor, Tim Donovan.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42This hospital trust has been really struggling financially ever
0:00:42 > 0:00:44since a merger with another hospital, the Princess Royal,
0:00:44 > 0:00:49in Orpington, four years ago.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52This year it is set to overspend its target budget by £92 million,
0:00:52 > 0:00:57which is why the NHS regulator has just stepped in.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Pre-empting that, getting his retaliation in first,
0:01:00 > 0:01:04some would say, was the trust chairman, who announced he was off.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07We've saved in each of the last two years £80 million,
0:01:07 > 0:01:12twice the national average.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15But the challenges of rising demand, rising costs and an expectation
0:01:15 > 0:01:19to bring that deficit down even faster I think have proved very
0:01:19 > 0:01:24difficult and this year has been particularly challenging.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26But if he says further cuts were unsustainable, the health
0:01:26 > 0:01:29service regulator doesn't agree.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32At the hospital today there was support for both views.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Apparently he has reduced the deficit but not
0:01:34 > 0:01:37to the target deficit.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Do you think he could have made more savings, made more savings
0:01:40 > 0:01:42without affecting care?
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Without affecting care.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Well, actually, I think he probably could by going for the bureaucrats.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51They need more staff, more money spent on it, more beds,
0:01:51 > 0:01:57because the pressure on a day-to-day basis is quite heavy.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00I think we should all dig into our pockets and provide
0:02:00 > 0:02:05a bit more for the NHS.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07It's clear the regulator NHS Improvement has been
0:02:07 > 0:02:09concerned for some time about the trust's
0:02:09 > 0:02:11financial planning.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14A few months ago its former head Jim Mackey warned that,
0:02:14 > 0:02:17"They hadn't hit a single number they've put to us in the two
0:02:17 > 0:02:18years I've been involved.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20You'd expect more."
0:02:20 > 0:02:24Today the patience ran out, with the new chief executive,
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Ian Dalton, saying, "The financial situation at King's has deteriorated
0:02:27 > 0:02:29very seriously over recent months and we've now placed the trust
0:02:29 > 0:02:31in special measures to maximise the amount of scrutiny
0:02:32 > 0:02:38and support that it receives."
0:02:38 > 0:02:40NHS Improvements found that Lord Kerslake's Trust
0:02:40 > 0:02:43was the worst-performing in the country on financial grounds
0:02:43 > 0:02:48and that's why I think he effectively got pushed out.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51I know it was structured as a resignation but I think
0:02:51 > 0:02:53he jumped before he was quite clearly pushed.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Putting the trust into special measures is intended to achieve
0:02:55 > 0:02:58a swift turnaround of its financial fortunes but it's getting close
0:02:58 > 0:03:00to the most difficult time of the year for this,
0:03:00 > 0:03:02like many other hospitals - the potential challenge
0:03:02 > 0:03:09of a winter bed crisis.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12And on the BBC News website you can see how the NHS Trust
0:03:12 > 0:03:13in your area is performing.
0:03:13 > 0:03:19Search for NHS Tracker and then type in your postcode.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Tonight disruption continues at Waterloo Station,
0:03:21 > 0:03:23with warnings it's likely to still affect commuters
0:03:23 > 0:03:24travelling tomorrow morning.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26It's after hours of delays and cancellations caused
0:03:26 > 0:03:36by a trackside fire.
0:03:36 > 0:03:42There are warns it will probably effect people tomorrow morning. Here
0:03:42 > 0:03:45is Marc Ashdown.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49They're kind of used to a bit of overcrowding at Waterloo by now -
0:03:49 > 0:03:51platform upgrades over the summer caused widespread disruption -
0:03:51 > 0:03:54but tonight the crowds went on, and on, and on.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Caused by a trackside fire which took out three
0:03:57 > 0:04:00of the lines earlier in the day, this evening it was about waiting
0:04:00 > 0:04:04and hoping for some kind of service home.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05No idea.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09If a train comes up then I'll just get on any one and then hopefully
0:04:09 > 0:04:12someone in my family can pick me up but it's not ideal, particularly
0:04:12 > 0:04:15with the weather and stuff, it's rubbish really -
0:04:15 > 0:04:17just standard, standard London Waterloo.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19It's been my second delay so far this week.
0:04:19 > 0:04:24Yeah, disappointing, but it's a fire so you can't do much about it.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26All South Western trains between Waterloo and Dorking
0:04:26 > 0:04:30were cancelled for the day, as were services to Hampton Court,
0:04:30 > 0:04:34and circular services, too, via Teddington and Strawberry Hill.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Trains to Guildford made extra stops, while all West
0:04:39 > 0:04:43of England services started and terminated at Basingstoke.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Because of this severe overcrowding here at Waterloo this evening,
0:04:45 > 0:04:51station staff had no choice but to close the station.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54They did it about an hour ago, and it means as well as all these
0:04:54 > 0:04:57people on the concourse and the platforms, there are also
0:04:57 > 0:04:59hundreds of people locked out there on the street wondering quite
0:04:59 > 0:05:03how they're going to get home this evening.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Eventually they did re-open the station, leading to a flood
0:05:06 > 0:05:10of people now desperate to find any route out of the city.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Network Rail is investigating what caused the fire and hopes
0:05:13 > 0:05:15to have services running more smoothly by the morning,
0:05:15 > 0:05:18but the festive season got off to a bad start today
0:05:18 > 0:05:22for thousands of passengers.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24And Marc's here now.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29So what is the situation looking like tomorrow for commuters?
0:05:29 > 0:05:35I think sadly it is inevitable there will be some disruption. Network
0:05:35 > 0:05:40Rail still looking into this. We are being led to believe it is caused by
0:05:40 > 0:05:44a cable which came into contact with track circuits on three lines. I
0:05:44 > 0:05:50don't know what that means, but it caused a fire that crippled the
0:05:50 > 0:05:55entire network. Engineers have been working to try and fix it. Network
0:05:55 > 0:06:01Rail say there will be some disruption tomorrow. South Western
0:06:01 > 0:06:04said their journeys will be unaffected and I saw people who
0:06:04 > 0:06:07breezed through and got home no problem, but they were the lucky
0:06:07 > 0:06:12ones. It was bedlam for a time. Now with the trains in the wrong place,
0:06:12 > 0:06:16the crews in the wrong place and because of the delays, I think there
0:06:16 > 0:06:20will be an effect for early part of rush hour. So check before you leave
0:06:20 > 0:06:25the house and travel and tonight South West have treated that tickets
0:06:25 > 0:06:29from today will be valid tomorrow. So if you bought a ticket for today
0:06:29 > 0:06:34you can use it tomorrow. But of course check it, because the usual
0:06:34 > 0:06:38restrictions apply. But do check before you travel tomorrow.Thank
0:06:38 > 0:06:41you.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43From next year, changes to data protection rules could see
0:06:43 > 0:06:45organisations who accidentally leak personal details fined
0:06:45 > 0:06:49millions of pounds.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Islington Council was one of the worst offenders under
0:06:51 > 0:06:53the old regime after mistakenly publishing thousands
0:06:53 > 0:06:56of confidential files.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58So is the local authority ready for the new rules?
0:06:58 > 0:07:03Sarah Harris has been finding out.
0:07:03 > 0:07:04Across the internet millions of people's
0:07:04 > 0:07:09details, bank account numbers and personal histories.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10Carol knows first-hand the real-life devastation
0:07:10 > 0:07:16that can be caused when those details are leaked.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18She lives on the Andover Estate in Finsbury Park,
0:07:18 > 0:07:24where sensitive details of dozens of residents were published online.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Six of her neighbours had to be re-housed for their own safety.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31She no longer trusts giving personal information online.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Not after they've done it twice.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36If they can do it twice, they can do it quite
0:07:36 > 0:07:38a few more times, can't they?
0:07:38 > 0:07:39If you think about it.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41So you are careful what you disclose now?
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Oh, yeah, definitely yeah.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44I think everybody
0:07:44 > 0:07:46should be like that as well.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Parking fine private details were also published.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Islington Council said:
0:08:00 > 0:08:02But some campaigners sau they haven't
0:08:02 > 0:08:04gone far enough.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07We have seen people's personal dates of birth,
0:08:07 > 0:08:10sexual orientation and housing situation
0:08:10 > 0:08:13released to the public, we
0:08:13 > 0:08:16have seen the names and addresses of witness statements released to
0:08:16 > 0:08:19perpetrators of anti-social behaviour.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Time and time again we have seen incompetence
0:08:21 > 0:08:25from Islington Councilregarding data protection.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Legal experts say it's time for all organisations in London
0:08:28 > 0:08:30to invest in secure systems ahead of law
0:08:30 > 0:08:32changes in the new year, where
0:08:32 > 0:08:38high security cost will be small compared to fines.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40The current maximum fine is £500,000.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43That's going to go up to between 2 to 4% of
0:08:43 > 0:08:45an organisation's turnover, or 10 million to 20 million euros -
0:08:45 > 0:08:49whichever is higher.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53And that's a huge increase in fines for organisations.
0:08:53 > 0:08:54For those trusting organisations with
0:08:54 > 0:08:58their personal information, tighter rules and fines
0:08:58 > 0:09:00have to be welcomed, but for those already facing budget
0:09:00 > 0:09:03cuts it is a cost they can be doing without and
0:09:03 > 0:09:04data security is not an
0:09:04 > 0:09:12exact science.
0:09:12 > 0:09:13I'll say goodnight now.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16It's over to Stav Danaos for that all-important weather forecast,
0:09:16 > 0:09:19and plummeting temperatures tonight.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21and plummeting temperatures tonight.
0:09:21 > 0:09:27Absolutely. That comes after atrocious weather, with the rain,
0:09:27 > 0:09:34sleet and snow. It is no surprise we saw that travel disruption. This
0:09:34 > 0:09:39week starts cold, turns milder midweek and will turn colder at the
0:09:39 > 0:09:45end of the week. Tonight ice will be the problem - widespread ice as
0:09:45 > 0:09:51temperatures fall. Down to minus 11 in the Chilterns. We start off with
0:09:51 > 0:09:56that ice risk through the morning. Watch out for that on untreated
0:09:56 > 0:10:00roads. There will be plenty of sunshine. But temperatures
0:10:00 > 0:10:06struggling. Ranging from freezing to three degrees. Midweek we have one
0:10:06 > 0:10:10front that moves through Tuesday night and another one arriving on
0:10:10 > 0:10:19Wednesday. So a wet but a frost-free start to Wednesday. A bit of
0:10:19 > 0:10:23brightness, but the winds pick up from the south-west. A lot of cloud
0:10:23 > 0:10:30and rain. But temperatures reaching nine or ten Celsius. Thursday, rain
0:10:30 > 0:10:36will not be too far away. More cloud around. A few bright spells and we
0:10:36 > 0:10:41will see cold air returning and this area of low pressure opens the flood
0:10:41 > 0:10:51gates to the Arctic and it is set to turn colder on Friday. Some cloud a
0:10:51 > 0:10:57rain. The wind switches to the north and brightness but colder. By the
0:10:57 > 0:11:02weekend cold and bright. And the return of frosty nights as well.