:00:10. > :00:13.Good evening. A hospital in Kent has been told it needs to improve
:00:13. > :00:16.the way it cares for older people. The health watchdog, the Care
:00:16. > :00:19.Quality Commission, found problems at the Darent Valley Hospital with
:00:19. > :00:21.the way patients' dignity was maintained and the food they were
:00:22. > :00:25.served. Our social affairs correspondent Yvette Austin joins
:00:25. > :00:32.us now from the hospital. Yvette, what has brought these issues to
:00:32. > :00:36.light? All of this comes from a single inspection on 28th March.
:00:36. > :00:43.Two wards were looked at for elderly people. Moderate concerns
:00:43. > :00:47.were identified. It implied an impact on health and well-being.
:00:47. > :00:54.Some empty beds now, but in March the wards were full to overflowing
:00:54. > :00:59.due to the -- due to the winter. A hospital put extra beds in and were
:00:59. > :01:05.criticised not just for that but first patients' nutrition as well.
:01:05. > :01:10.The report said the extra beds compromised people's privacy and
:01:10. > :01:17.safety. The beds had no proper curtains or bowls and no emergency
:01:17. > :01:21.knocks up to -- oxygen supply. The hospital has now taken action.
:01:21. > :01:25.This is one of the wards where the emergency beds would have been. We
:01:25. > :01:32.have now taken them down and they have been removed to stand by wards
:01:32. > :01:36.so if anything happens we can transfer patients to there.
:01:36. > :01:40.We have had a lot of effort to make sure that nurses are responsible
:01:40. > :01:44.for making sure that elderly patients in particular to get
:01:44. > :01:52.assistance with feeding when they needed.
:01:52. > :01:58.And the patient's seemed -- the patients seemed reassured.
:01:58. > :02:04.I have no complaints at all. staff of very caring.
:02:04. > :02:08.The hospital has 28 days to report its improvement to the watchdog.
:02:08. > :02:12.The commission was so concerned about his visit in March that it
:02:12. > :02:18.decided to come back in mid- June. It saw improvements and saw that
:02:18. > :02:21.they were working but the full report has yet to be published.
:02:21. > :02:24.A witness has told Lewes Crown Court that the mother accused of
:02:24. > :02:27.murdering her two young children repeatedly warned her to stay away
:02:27. > :02:30.from their father. Alison Shimmens said that she and Paul Donnison did
:02:30. > :02:32.not start a physical relationship until after his relationship with
:02:32. > :02:36.Fiona Donnison was over. Donnison denies murdering her children Harry
:02:36. > :02:40.and Elise. A school in Dartford is one of the
:02:40. > :02:44.first in the country to ask parents to rent or buy tablet computers for
:02:44. > :02:50.their children. Longfield Academy in Dartford has brought 1400 Apple
:02:50. > :02:53.iPads. From September it will require all pupils to have one.
:02:53. > :03:01.Parents are being offered the option to buy the gadget out right
:03:01. > :03:04.for nearly �600 or rent one for �16 a month.
:03:04. > :03:06.The second round of the Open Championship is drawing to a close
:03:06. > :03:09.in Sandwich. A change in the weather conditions certainly helped
:03:09. > :03:11.the golfers today, as well as providing perfect conditions for
:03:11. > :03:15.the thousands of spectators. Ben Moore reports.
:03:15. > :03:18.With Sandwich bathed in sunshine, crowds flocked to Royal St George's
:03:18. > :03:23.fault could be the best day for watching the Open mack. With
:03:23. > :03:32.massive support from all for his family, Andy Smith from Maidstone
:03:32. > :03:37.teed off, watched or so by a celebrity golf fan. -- watched also.
:03:37. > :03:42.I have been to every open next since 1981 that they have had here.
:03:42. > :03:49.It is local and lovely. The calm conditions suggested a day
:03:49. > :03:54.of low scores. But the course was still able to claim its victims.
:03:54. > :04:04.He may not have made their cart but Andy is still proud of his open
:04:04. > :04:07.mack experience. -- made a cup. It is just incredible. I love it.
:04:07. > :04:14.The golfers, their families and the thousands of spectators will be
:04:14. > :04:24.filled with amazing memories from Sandwich.
:04:24. > :04:25.
:04:25. > :04:29.There will not be much sun tomorrow, It looks like a pretty miserable
:04:29. > :04:33.day, wet and windy. In fact a whole weekend looks like a bit of a
:04:33. > :04:40.write-off. This evening the cloud continues to thicken and later we
:04:40. > :04:44.will get some patchy rain. A fairly mild night, temperatures down to 14