:00:05. > :00:09.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Rob Smith. And I'm Polly Evans.
:00:09. > :00:16.Tonight's top stories. An �8.5 million pay out for the Sussex boy
:00:16. > :00:20.who was left severely disabled after errors during his birth.
:00:20. > :00:24.will provide care for people to get him out of bed when he's older and
:00:24. > :00:27.feed him, when we are not here any more. The Government refuses to
:00:27. > :00:32.back radical plans for drug use rooms in Sussex, saying it won't
:00:32. > :00:36.support initiatives that break laws. Also in tonight's programme, a long
:00:36. > :00:43.time waiting. How only a fifth of calls to the new NHS 111 service
:00:43. > :00:51.were answered within a minute. From the Fresh Prince to the Tragic King
:00:51. > :01:01.- we meet classical actor Joseph Marcell. And rock innovator Brian
:01:01. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:08.Eno's latest project - a quiet room Good evening. A seven-year-old
:01:08. > :01:10.Sussex boy, who was left severely disabled because of what lawyers
:01:10. > :01:17.called a catalogue of errors by midwives, has won an NHS
:01:17. > :01:19.compensation package of �8.5 million. The High Court heard that
:01:19. > :01:23.midwives at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath failed
:01:23. > :01:25.to monitor Alfie Buck's heart rate for more than 12 hours during his
:01:25. > :01:35.mother's labour, or to deliver him by Caesarean section early enough
:01:35. > :01:36.
:01:36. > :01:40.to save him from brain damage. He left the High Court today as he
:01:40. > :01:44.leads his life, in a wheelchair, unable to communicate without
:01:44. > :01:47.special equipment, needing 24 hours support. The �8.5 million
:01:47. > :01:52.compensation deal will pay for their help needed to make that like
:01:52. > :01:58.a little easier. For him, his parents, his brother and sister.
:01:58. > :02:02.will give access to the whole world for Alfie. It will provide care for
:02:02. > :02:10.people to get him out of bed when he's older and beat him, when we
:02:10. > :02:15.are not here any more. -- when he's older and feed him. We will be able
:02:15. > :02:19.to afford carers now, at night carers when he's up screaming at
:02:19. > :02:23.night. What happened seven years ago at the Princess Royal Hospital
:02:23. > :02:27.was, a hospital trust admits, unacceptably poor care. For 12
:02:27. > :02:30.hours, no midwife monitored the baby's heart rate in the womb. If
:02:30. > :02:35.his mother had been given a caesarean just 20 minutes earlier,
:02:35. > :02:38.the brain damage could have been prevented. The family's legal
:02:38. > :02:41.team's and destination makes startling reading. Midwives were
:02:41. > :02:45.aware that Samantha was at risk. They failed to provide basic
:02:45. > :02:49.midwifery care through monitoring and record-keeping. Their
:02:49. > :02:53.conclusion was this was a tragic catalogue of errors. The trust
:02:53. > :02:57.disputes none of this. In a statement, the spokesman said they
:02:57. > :03:00.were exceptionally Surrey. Concluding, we have learnt lessons
:03:00. > :03:05.and changed practice as a result. But it's not the first time it's
:03:05. > :03:11.happened at this hospital trust. Three years ago, Ella Bryant Brand
:03:11. > :03:14.was awarded �7 million, or that the court wraparound her neck. Across
:03:14. > :03:19.the south-east in one year, �38 million was paid out after hospital
:03:19. > :03:22.mistakes. The reason the government does it in the way that it does is
:03:22. > :03:26.to ensure that the person in the claiming position doesn't run out
:03:26. > :03:30.of money, by giving them a certain amount of money each year, we know
:03:30. > :03:34.that it's going to cost a certain amount. As it gets more expensive,
:03:34. > :03:38.the amount of money received goes up. Alfie, his parents told us, has
:03:38. > :03:41.a great sense of humour and a bright mind. But they also said
:03:41. > :03:44.they hope no other parents will have to go through what they went
:03:45. > :03:50.through. The incident happened at the Princess Royal in Haywards
:03:50. > :03:54.Heath, which has managed by a trust based in Brighton. John Young is
:03:54. > :03:59.there life for us now. What else did Alfie's parents have to say
:03:59. > :04:03.about this debate? They said that they welcomed the apology from the
:04:03. > :04:07.hospital trust. Sometimes in cases like this, hospital trusts deny
:04:07. > :04:10.everything, sometimes for years, dragging families through the
:04:10. > :04:14.courts before finally conceding that the last minute. That didn't
:04:14. > :04:18.happen in this case. The family did have to get lawyers involved, but
:04:18. > :04:22.once they were involved, the trust rapidly accepted the stakes were
:04:22. > :04:26.made. Tonight, the family want to put the legal side of things behind
:04:26. > :04:30.them, grateful that he this has been resolved, but they are really
:04:30. > :04:33.hoping that when the trust says things have changed as a result,
:04:33. > :04:35.that it really mean it. Government minister is warning
:04:35. > :04:40.plans for drug consumption rooms in Brighton and Hove could encourage
:04:40. > :04:43.illegal drug-taking. As we reported last night, public health officials
:04:43. > :04:45.are considering providing places for addicts to take illegal drugs
:04:45. > :04:47.without fear of prosecution, under professional supervision. The
:04:47. > :04:56.Commons Leader, Andrew Lansley, says the Government won't back
:04:56. > :05:00.plans which break drug laws. Permitting premises to be used or
:05:00. > :05:05.consuming or possessing substances controlled under section 8 or the
:05:05. > :05:08.Misuse of Drugs Act is illegal under UK law. We've not seen
:05:08. > :05:13.detailed proposals. The establishment of operation of drug
:05:13. > :05:17.injection roots risks... And carries significant risk of harm
:05:17. > :05:20.within local communities. Well let's cross live to Westminster and
:05:20. > :05:23.speak to our political reporter, Alan Soady. It looks like a row
:05:23. > :05:30.might be brewing between the Brighton and Hove city council and
:05:31. > :05:34.the Government. This appears not just to be a difference of opinion,
:05:34. > :05:38.but a difference of real instinct on which way to go on this issue.
:05:38. > :05:42.That is important because if these drug rooms were to happen, if they
:05:42. > :05:46.were to be given some sort of legal status, then that would require the
:05:46. > :05:50.backing of the government. There are always going to be arguments
:05:51. > :05:54.between those in favour of this, who say it could reduce drug deaths
:05:54. > :05:58.and could help to take drug taking off the streets of Brighton. And
:05:58. > :06:02.those on the other side of the argument, who fear it could be seen
:06:02. > :06:07.to condone drug use, that it could make the problem even worse and
:06:07. > :06:11.even bring more drug-users into the city. In Brighton, as we were
:06:11. > :06:15.hearing, there appears to be agreement among Conservative
:06:15. > :06:23.councillors that this is a good idea and well worth a try. It is
:06:23. > :06:26.clear tonight that the government remains far to be convinced. South
:06:26. > :06:31.east patients are having to wait up to 11 that was to be called back by
:06:31. > :06:35.the new NHS 111 Serbest. A leaked internal NHS document reveals that
:06:35. > :06:40.over the Easter period, just over 22 % of calls were answered within
:06:40. > :06:46.the target time of 60 seconds. The longest wait for a call back here
:06:46. > :06:50.in the south-east was 11 hours and 29 minutes, on March 30th. And on
:06:50. > :06:56.the same day, the longest wait for a recall to be answered was 21
:06:56. > :07:02.minutes. Our reporter is in Brighton now. How is the system
:07:02. > :07:07.meant to work? 111 is the new Health Helpline. It started in
:07:07. > :07:10.March and is gradually due to replace NHS Direct altogether. It's
:07:10. > :07:13.a 24 hour number, and it's the number you call if you have an
:07:13. > :07:18.urgent health concern but don't feel you need to call an ambulance.
:07:18. > :07:21.You get assessed and then directed to the appropriate place, beer and
:07:21. > :07:26.out-of-hours doctor or emergency dentist. But these figures show
:07:26. > :07:30.that doesn't seem to be having -- happening he effectively. One user
:07:30. > :07:35.described the service today as horrendous. Every step is a
:07:35. > :07:38.struggle and the pain is intense. Barrios board had a routine the
:07:38. > :07:44.operation three years ago but has been plagued by infections ever
:07:44. > :07:51.since. -- Barry Osborn. He dialled 111 over Easter on the advice of a
:07:51. > :07:56.pharmacist. I rang them at about 11am on the 30th. They said they
:07:56. > :08:01.would call back within two hours. Nothing, I called back at 2:00pm
:08:01. > :08:05.after hearing nothing. They said they'd call me back again. They did
:08:05. > :08:08.call me back then, but that was only when they started looking into
:08:08. > :08:13.why the first call was and responded to. He claims it took 24
:08:13. > :08:16.hours to get some morphine, which he says by that point be
:08:16. > :08:19.desperately needed. He said he didn't want to go to A&E because
:08:19. > :08:24.he'd heard they were busy, but feels the new system needs to be
:08:24. > :08:28.better managed. Even the doctors don't know what's going on. They've
:08:28. > :08:33.said to me it is a shambles. If the doctors are saying that, something
:08:33. > :08:36.is it really wrong. He complained to South East Coast Ambulance
:08:36. > :08:40.Service and they responded, saying they were sorry to hear of the
:08:40. > :08:44.problems and said they are investigating his complaint. The
:08:44. > :08:47.south-east coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, which runs
:08:47. > :08:50.the 111 service here in the south- east, says it is still at a very
:08:50. > :08:54.early stage. It says they are still learning about the different
:08:54. > :09:01.reasons why patients access the service and about the best way to
:09:01. > :09:05.respond to their needs. So why was the service introduced? The 24 hour
:09:05. > :09:09.line is supposed to make it easier to access a range of healthcare
:09:09. > :09:12.services in non-emergency situations. Initially, there were
:09:12. > :09:15.four pilot schemes across the country, and it was hoped the new
:09:15. > :09:21.service would be more cost- effective and efficient, shaving
:09:21. > :09:24.off millions from the health budget by phasing out the costly �123
:09:24. > :09:27.million a year NHS Direct. But an official independent report
:09:27. > :09:33.commissioned by the Department of Health claimed it could cost as
:09:33. > :09:36.much as an extra �7 million a year. Some doctors say the service isn't
:09:36. > :09:40.fit or purpose. The whole thing should be suspended until it can be
:09:40. > :09:46.made to run in this a fashion. The difficulty is this is being driven
:09:46. > :09:48.by political ideology rather than clinical need. As a result, it is
:09:48. > :09:52.being driven through regardless of the fact that it's not working
:09:52. > :09:57.properly. It should be suspended until such time as it can be made
:09:57. > :10:00.to work in a safe and sensible fashion. South-east coast Ambulance
:10:00. > :10:04.NHS Foundation Trust, who provide the service in the south-east, say
:10:04. > :10:08.they recognise there is a need for improvement and are working to
:10:08. > :10:18.resolve any issues. NHS England say they are still aiming to complete
:10:18. > :10:19.
:10:19. > :10:22.the roll-out across all of the country by June. The Deputy Mayor
:10:22. > :10:24.of Brighton and Hove has been suspended by her own party
:10:24. > :10:26.following an internal investigation into what's being described as a
:10:26. > :10:29.serious matter. Councillor Anne Meadows represents Moulsecoomb and
:10:29. > :10:32.Bevendean and is a member of the city council's Labour and Co-
:10:32. > :10:35.operative Group. The Labour party says the suspension will remain
:10:35. > :10:37.until the investigation is finished. The MP for Rochester and Strood,
:10:37. > :10:40.Mark Reckless, has challenged the Home Secretary over the way Kent's
:10:40. > :10:43.Crime Commissioner is recruiting staff. The Kent Commissioner, Ann
:10:43. > :10:46.Barnes, has come under fire for her recruitment of a Youth Commissioner
:10:46. > :10:49.and other senior staff. The Home Secretary told the Home Affairs
:10:49. > :10:56.Select Committee it was for voters to decide if PCCs are spending
:10:56. > :11:06.their budgets wisely. Kent soldiers who led the operation to search for
:11:06. > :11:07.
:11:07. > :11:09.bombs in Afghanistan have been honoured today. Members of Kent-
:11:10. > :11:12.based 36 Engineer Regiment were presented with medals at a ceremony
:11:12. > :11:14.at their barracks in Maidstone. Following the medal ceremony,
:11:15. > :11:23.servicemen and women joined their families for a reception at the
:11:23. > :11:29.barracks. It was in some ways a celebration of survival. Every
:11:29. > :11:36.member of the 411 strong task force home safe to Maidstone's barracks.
:11:36. > :11:39.Home safe from one of the deadliest roles in the world of war. It is
:11:39. > :11:45.unquestionably one of the most dangerous and nerve-shredding roles
:11:45. > :11:52.in the military. But these men and women say, with characteristic
:11:52. > :11:55.modesty, it is just our job. The task force's role was to clear
:11:55. > :12:00.Improvised Explosive Devices. The home made mines the weapon of
:12:00. > :12:05.choice of Afghan insurgents. They cleared more than 130. Now they
:12:05. > :12:09.were back home. Their skills passed on to the Afghan security forces.
:12:09. > :12:15.All of those soldiers here returned from operations today have achieved
:12:15. > :12:19.an amazing amount. And that they've all come home SAT is beyond words.
:12:20. > :12:23.It's absolutely fantastic. They all went, they all came back. The
:12:23. > :12:27.feeling is indescribable. We are over the moon. The children are
:12:27. > :12:31.delighted to have their daddy back. The medals today went to the
:12:31. > :12:36.soldiers, but they were dedicated to their families, those forced to
:12:36. > :12:41.stay at home and wait. Can you find the words, what it's like to see
:12:41. > :12:49.your daughter again? It was really nice. She surprised me at the
:12:49. > :12:55.airport. I've been counting down since January. It's a dream come
:12:56. > :12:59.true. We have a full home now. It's lovely having daddy home, isn't it?
:12:59. > :13:02.As they left the parade ground this afternoon to begin time offered
:13:02. > :13:12.their families, the task force were told by their commanding officer
:13:12. > :13:13.
:13:13. > :13:16.how he'd been simply humbled by The father of a soldier who went
:13:16. > :13:18.missing in Rochester more than a week ago has travelled to Kent
:13:18. > :13:22.today to meet police investigating his disappearance. 18-year-old Josh
:13:22. > :13:26.Thomas vanished after a night out with friends in the early hours of
:13:26. > :13:36.last Wednesday. Ellie Price is in Rochester now. Do the police have
:13:36. > :13:38.
:13:38. > :13:42.any leads? Police say that Josh Thomas was last seen last Wednesday
:13:42. > :13:46.morning outside the city wall pub, just a short walk up the High
:13:46. > :13:51.Street. It's thought he then walked down this way towards the Rochester
:13:51. > :13:57.Bridge and was captured on CCTV outside the Crown pub. That is the
:13:57. > :14:01.last the police have. I spoke to Kent police a few moments ago.
:14:01. > :14:06.proximity to the river itself, the drunken state he was in, we haven't
:14:06. > :14:14.had any proof of life or any usage of his bank cards and telephone. We
:14:14. > :14:18.are fearing the worst but hoping the best. I spoke to his father,
:14:19. > :14:22.Gary, earlier. He has been in Rochester today, speaking to
:14:22. > :14:26.officials at the barracks and also police leading the investigation.
:14:26. > :14:30.They say he was incredibly emotional. It has been more than a
:14:30. > :14:40.week since his son was last seen. Police are still investigating and
:14:40. > :14:44.asking anyone who may have seen Denied top story... A seven-year-
:14:44. > :14:49.old boy who suffered catastrophic brain damage after a catalogue of
:14:50. > :14:53.errors at his birth is to receive a compensation package worth �8.5
:14:53. > :14:57.million. Staff at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath in
:14:57. > :15:06.West Sussex failed to monitor Alfie Buck sufficiently during his
:15:06. > :15:12.mother's labour in March 2006. Later... The man from Roxy Music
:15:12. > :15:16.who is hoping to provide a haven of calm. Brian Eno's latest project is
:15:16. > :15:26.in a Sussex Hospital. It's been a blustery day to day but the winds
:15:26. > :15:34.
:15:34. > :15:36.what easing off as we head towards When a struggling Kent dairy farm
:15:36. > :15:41.decided to diversify into cheese the owners hoped it would go some
:15:41. > :15:43.way to help the ailing family business. But things have gone
:15:43. > :15:47.better than they could ever have expected, and Winterdale cheese is
:15:47. > :15:49.now stocked in Fortnum and Mason. The company has also become the
:15:49. > :15:52.first cheese business in the country to become carbon neutral
:15:52. > :16:00.from production through to delivery. Alex Beard has the latest in our
:16:00. > :16:07.Food Chain series. Seven years ago this family dairy
:16:07. > :16:11.farm was a struggling business. Using milk to make a Cheddar type
:16:11. > :16:18.cheese has turned its fortunes around. You have got my dad,
:16:19. > :16:24.brother and myself all on the one farm. Milk prices were atrocious.
:16:24. > :16:29.It would not have been able to support all of us. But the business
:16:29. > :16:36.has gone from strength to strength and is now totally carbon neutral
:16:36. > :16:39.from start to finish. It will also help them with their finance and
:16:39. > :16:44.financial management because attempting to cut back on fossil
:16:44. > :16:50.fuel consumption, looking at renewable sources, hopefully will
:16:50. > :16:56.save them money ultimately. This is one of the cheeses that has been
:16:56. > :17:00.maturing for about nine months. she's spent 10 months maturing in a
:17:00. > :17:06.cave below ground. The temperature maintained by the earth surrounding
:17:06. > :17:12.it. No electricity needed here. There has Sola panels and an
:17:12. > :17:20.electric car of delivering the end product to returners. It is a UK
:17:20. > :17:26.first and all happening in Kent. I think for us as a small business it
:17:26. > :17:36.is a massive achievement. cheese has won many awards and now
:17:36. > :17:39.
:17:39. > :17:42.can call itself the greenest of cheeses.
:17:42. > :17:46.Perhaps best known as a jovial TV butler, he's now a tragic
:17:46. > :17:53.Shakespearean King. Joseph Marcell found world wide fame as butler
:17:53. > :17:55.Geoffrey on the 1990s hit TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
:17:56. > :17:58.Tonight he takes the title role in a Shakespeare's Globe production of
:17:58. > :18:00.King Lear as it starts an international tour with a three
:18:00. > :18:08.night run in Margate. Sara Smith has been along to rehearsals to
:18:08. > :18:13.meet him. It may be 17 years since the last
:18:13. > :18:18.episode was made but the show still has millions of viewers around the
:18:18. > :18:25.world. The posh British butler was the perfect foil to the young Will
:18:25. > :18:30.Smith. He'll give it a trifle stop I would
:18:30. > :18:36.be most happy to but to the best of my knowledge hell has not yet
:18:36. > :18:41.frozen over. The air not quite so many laughs in his latest role but
:18:41. > :18:48.that does not mean that people should assume it is not for them,
:18:48. > :18:53.he says. A lot of these classic plays have been metropolitan events.
:18:53. > :19:00.We are trying to take Shakespeare to the people which is where it
:19:00. > :19:09.belongs. It is a production that is accessible. It comes at you like a
:19:09. > :19:14.punter. You will have the time of your lives. It is for an end.
:19:14. > :19:18.final run-through is today at the Theatre Royal in Margate. The
:19:18. > :19:24.paired Down Set and cast take it back to its Elizabethan groups have
:19:24. > :19:28.focused on the real drama. really is a domestic tragedy. A man
:19:28. > :19:35.and his three daughters and how they do not understand each other.
:19:35. > :19:41.They simply cannot sit down and talk. All my ideas of what I
:19:41. > :19:47.thought it was about have been transformed. It is the mountain, it
:19:47. > :19:52.really is, the Shakespearian mountain. However more Shakespeare
:19:52. > :19:57.a dos, and he has done a lot, he is happy to accept that most people
:19:57. > :20:02.will always associate him with Jeffrey. I love it, it is a dream
:20:02. > :20:08.for an actor. I can have this popular fame and be allowed to do
:20:08. > :20:18.the classics. But for now it is all about the far from perfect world of
:20:18. > :20:19.
:20:19. > :20:21.King Lear. A rock star, writer, musician and
:20:21. > :20:25.record producer, Brian Eno has been all of these things in a career
:20:25. > :20:28.stretching back more than 40 years. His latest venture is, somewhat
:20:28. > :20:31.unexpectedly, in a private hospital in Hove. The "Quiet Room" features
:20:31. > :20:41.moody lighting and ambient music with the aim of offering patients a
:20:41. > :20:58.
:20:58. > :21:03.haven of calm. Robin Gibson has His name was made in glam-rock
:21:04. > :21:10.during the 1970s and since then he has continued as a musical
:21:10. > :21:15.innovator often collaborating with pop royalty like David Bowie. But
:21:15. > :21:25.Brian ENO has always remained a unique talent. A path which today
:21:25. > :21:28.
:21:28. > :21:34.led him to that newly opened Monte fury Hospital in hold. I have to
:21:34. > :21:41.say this prospect excites me more at the moment than anything else.
:21:41. > :21:47.We are sitting in the quiet room, with ambient music plane, composed
:21:47. > :21:55.by him. It is a kind of chill-out space where patients and staff can
:21:55. > :22:00.relax. What we're looking for it in this hospital is that immediately
:22:00. > :22:07.someone walks in will want to give them a sense of well-being and a
:22:07. > :22:17.sense of calmness. As a consultant myself again have a patient that is
:22:17. > :22:18.
:22:18. > :22:23.in a much better place. Panic is the problem, in away. It sounds
:22:23. > :22:28.like something that you do in the moment but there is a kind of long
:22:28. > :22:33.term panic about having a serious illness which does not help in the
:22:33. > :22:38.treatment of it at all. There is no firm scientific evidence for the
:22:38. > :22:42.healing power of art and music but there is enough belief here for the
:22:42. > :22:48.quiet room and an ever-changing audio-visual installation to be
:22:48. > :22:54.included in that �34 million budget for the new building. They hope
:22:54. > :23:00.that in time it will prove its worth.
:23:00. > :23:05.Calm and serene inside. But blown Calm and serene inside. But blown
:23:05. > :23:10.at gale outside today! We are back again it would be
:23:10. > :23:19.showers and the gale-force wind today. There are some blustery
:23:19. > :23:23.showers around. The wind really picking up as well. And
:23:23. > :23:27.temperatures several degrees down on yesterday as well although it
:23:27. > :23:34.still remaining in double figures. When we did see those showers it
:23:34. > :23:40.did feel cooler than that. This evening we have those showers
:23:40. > :23:46.easing but by that time we get to dawn we have the showers returning.
:23:46. > :23:52.Temperatures not to Chile tonight, down Gerard five or six degrees in
:23:52. > :24:00.many places. Mostly we should remain dry-eyed but perhaps some
:24:00. > :24:04.drizzle to start the day tomorrow. You can see those isobars widening
:24:04. > :24:12.because of this area of high pressure which is building as we
:24:12. > :24:19.head towards the weekend. The wind noticeably easing off on Friday.
:24:19. > :24:23.And temperatures similar, just about in double figures. But
:24:23. > :24:31.feeling cooler certainly than yesterday. Tomorrow we have a
:24:31. > :24:37.clearer skies. Temperatures dropping quite close to freezing.
:24:37. > :24:44.Starting the day with some frost perhaps in some rural areas. High
:24:44. > :24:49.pressure is in control of things at the weekend. That is around for
:24:50. > :24:55.Saturday with temperatures getting up to around 12 degrees. And a
:24:55. > :25:00.similar picture as we go into Sunday. Were the new week we have
:25:00. > :25:03.some unsettled weather. But for the some unsettled weather. But for the
:25:03. > :25:07.weekend, not too bad a picture. Let's recap tonight's top national
:25:07. > :25:10.and local news stories. Rescuers are trying to find survivors of a
:25:10. > :25:13.huge chemical explosion in the small town of West in Texas. Many
:25:13. > :25:17.buildings were destroyed by the blast, which was caused by a fire
:25:17. > :25:19.at a fertiliser plant. A seven-year-old Sussex boy who
:25:19. > :25:21.suffered catastrophic brain damage after a "catalogue of errors" at
:25:21. > :25:25.his birth is to receive a compensation package worth �8.5
:25:25. > :25:28.million. And a Government Minister is