:00:00. > :00:00.suitable chairman of the Co-op. That is all from the BBC News at six. On
:00:00. > :00:09.BBC One we Welcome to South East Today, I'm
:00:10. > :00:15.Bryony MacKenzie. And I'm Rob Smith. Tonight's top stories: Three nurses
:00:16. > :00:21.and a doctor face an investigation over alleged failings at a brain
:00:22. > :00:25.injury unit in Kent. There isn't a caring bone in their
:00:26. > :00:30.body. There isn't a place in the caring profession for people like
:00:31. > :00:33.that. Scenes of unimaginable devastation `
:00:34. > :00:35.a Brighton couple start fundraising for their family's village destroyed
:00:36. > :00:39.in the Philippines typhoon. Also in tonight's programme:
:00:40. > :00:45.Secretive, corrupt and distant ` a council's damning report into how
:00:46. > :00:49.people view their own organisation. It's outdoor time come rain or
:00:50. > :00:54.shine. England's first ever pre`school with no buildings at all
:00:55. > :00:58.opens in Kent. On the move but not exactly into the wild ` the gorillas
:00:59. > :00:59.moving to a new animal park as part of a pioneering conservation
:01:00. > :01:15.programme. Good evening. Four members of
:01:16. > :01:17.medical staff are tonight under investigation following alleged
:01:18. > :01:20.failings at an NHS unit in Kent. Yesterday we revealed that Kent and
:01:21. > :01:22.Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust had apologised
:01:23. > :01:23.hip Trust had apologised to I Par Grant Clarke's family for the
:01:24. > :01:45.His partner, who set up a secret camera to capture the poor care he
:01:46. > :01:48.received, has tonight been told details of the allegations facing
:01:49. > :01:51.the medical staff. Chrissie Reidy has this exclusive report.
:01:52. > :01:53.Secret footage which would have shocked anyone whose loved ones were
:01:54. > :02:09.in hospital. Undercover film that exposed
:02:10. > :02:22.shocking lapse is unclear at the hands of health care workers. He was
:02:23. > :02:28.seen as a pest but he is there as a high level of nursing care. He
:02:29. > :02:39.really should have had 121 nursing care. He was not being kept clean.
:02:40. > :02:46.It was just not acceptable. Last night we revealed the Social Care
:02:47. > :02:54.Partnership Trust apologised for the care that Grant received. Tonight we
:02:55. > :02:56.can reveal that for health care professionals are under
:02:57. > :03:13.investigation. Allegations include...
:03:14. > :03:18.There isn't a caring bone in their body. There isn't a place in the
:03:19. > :03:22.caring profession for people like that.
:03:23. > :03:28.If the nursing and midwifery Council find that there is a case to answer,
:03:29. > :03:35.staff could be struck off. The law affords detection to vulnerable
:03:36. > :03:40.adults under an act which makes provision for criminal proceedings
:03:41. > :03:48.to be brought forward if there is evidence of neglect. I thought he
:03:49. > :03:54.was getting specialist rehabilitation. You cannot just ruin
:03:55. > :03:59.people like that. If you work in that profession and you really don't
:04:00. > :04:06.care, you need to go and find yourself another job.
:04:07. > :04:11.Grant has now been moved to a centre of excellence and they say his carer
:04:12. > :04:14.now couldn't the better. Well, Chrissie Reidy joins us now
:04:15. > :04:25.live. The unit was investigated following the intervention of Mr
:04:26. > :04:30.Clarke's partner. One of the issues raised was the
:04:31. > :04:38.fact that only one of the nursing staff was specially trained to care
:04:39. > :04:41.for brain`damaged patients. The Social Care Partnership Trust says
:04:42. > :04:46.the unit actually has 12 staff members trained for this and it has
:04:47. > :04:57.one of the highest ratios of therapists to nurses in the country.
:04:58. > :05:00.A Sussex woman originally from the Philippines is fundraising to
:05:01. > :05:03.rebuild her family's village after it was destroyed in the recent
:05:04. > :05:04.typhoon. Mona Webb from Brighton says the devastation caused is
:05:05. > :05:08.unimaginable. The death toll has now topped 4000,
:05:09. > :05:11.and four million people have been forced to flee their homes. Mona and
:05:12. > :05:14.her husband Harvey have just returned from Sebaste on the island
:05:15. > :05:24.of Western Visayas to start the campaign to help. Rebecca Williams
:05:25. > :05:28.reports. Filming the devastation as she
:05:29. > :05:34.returns to her hometown, they were staying one hour away when the
:05:35. > :05:42.typhoon hit. They were unharmed but stranded for three days. Very little
:05:43. > :05:54.was left standing. Our neighbours lost their houses. It
:05:55. > :06:02.was apocalyptic. I was shocked at the extent of the damage. I'd never
:06:03. > :06:06.seen anything like it. The Filipino people are quite resilient so they
:06:07. > :06:14.were just getting on with it but I nearly cried. I was saddened by it.
:06:15. > :06:18.Now back in Brighton, they are keeping up`to`date by watching the
:06:19. > :06:24.news. They decided to raise money to help rebuild the hometown.
:06:25. > :06:28.I was there and I saw it and I cannot ignore that. I can see the
:06:29. > :06:34.plight of these people and I know that they have nothing. They have no
:06:35. > :06:39.money. We hear stories of beds flying out of windows. Sliding doors
:06:40. > :06:43.got blown through. Beds got sucked out.
:06:44. > :06:48.Last week, specialist doctors from the south`east flew out to help.
:06:49. > :06:52.Thousands have died and many more are seriously injured.
:06:53. > :06:59.The challenges are primarily geographical. The logistics
:07:00. > :07:03.challenges of reaching different pockets of small communities make
:07:04. > :07:13.this a particularly difficult response.
:07:14. > :07:19.Mona won't see her family again for two years. She feels compelled to
:07:20. > :07:25.help those in her hometown as best she can from the UK.
:07:26. > :07:30.In a moment: Starting a company with the help of a Start Up Loan. How
:07:31. > :07:42.entrepreneurs in the South East are realising their business dreams.
:07:43. > :07:48.Secretive and corrupt and distant from the people they are supposed to
:07:49. > :07:50.serve. Those are the damning criticisms of councillors in Thanet
:07:51. > :07:53.revealed in a new report, commissioned following an exclusive
:07:54. > :07:54.investigation broadcast by South East Today.
:07:55. > :07:56.Thanet District Council's own report says councillors have even made
:07:57. > :07:59."personal threats" towards members of the public and recommends
:08:00. > :08:13.compulsory training to improve standards. Our Political Reporter
:08:14. > :08:17.Ellie Price is live in Margate now. This report hardly pulls its punches
:08:18. > :08:25.but it does stop short of naming names. It says party leaders have a
:08:26. > :08:32.role to play. What is going on here isn't as simple as the Ashes party
:08:33. > :08:48.politics. `` vicious party politics.
:08:49. > :08:55.This comes one year after our investigation revealed what was
:08:56. > :09:00.going on. I think the language of the report is so ambiguous that it
:09:01. > :09:06.alludes to all councillors being somehow corrupt. I can tell you that
:09:07. > :09:13.there is one sitting here who definitely isn't and I know over 50
:09:14. > :09:20.who I am certain are not. Is the council fit for purpose?
:09:21. > :09:24.Absolutely. There is a tiny minority that, for whatever reason and I do
:09:25. > :09:32.not understand it, wants to cause chaos.
:09:33. > :09:37.Just last night, one councillor was thrown out for trying to film the
:09:38. > :09:40.meeting. I am not a troublemaker. There are
:09:41. > :09:46.lots of things that need to be changed.
:09:47. > :09:47.The report found that some council members were less than respectful to
:09:48. > :10:04.members of the public. This has always been a
:10:05. > :10:11.confrontational council and one of the things that is vitally important
:10:12. > :10:24.is that we do not lose strong debate. It will not function
:10:25. > :10:28.properly with this problem. The report also states that the
:10:29. > :10:32.public's view of the council must be rehabilitated as a matter of
:10:33. > :10:44.urgency. Where does fighting get you? Do they
:10:45. > :10:48.need to go back to school? That gentleman could be onto
:10:49. > :10:54.something. One recommendation in their report is that all council
:10:55. > :10:58.members go through training. Some say it wouldn't work. The only thing
:10:59. > :11:11.likely to force work will be the next council election.
:11:12. > :11:14.The Government has approved plans to close a mental health facility at
:11:15. > :11:16.Medway Maritime Hospital despite opposition from some politicians and
:11:17. > :11:20.campaigners. The plans, which would see mental health beds moved to
:11:21. > :11:23.Dartford, had been referred to the Secretary of State for Health Jeremy
:11:24. > :11:28.Hunt after objections by a committee at Medway Council. But tonight the
:11:29. > :11:31.BBC has learnt that the Department of Health has agreed to the closure.
:11:32. > :11:35.The charity Shelter says it's bracing itself for an alarming rise
:11:36. > :11:38.in demand for help from people in the South East struggling to keep
:11:39. > :11:41.their homes this Christmas. It follows a record surge in callers to
:11:42. > :11:44.the charity's helpline over the holiday period last year when just
:11:45. > :11:50.under 1700 people from the region called them. That's the equivalent
:11:51. > :11:54.of over 420 callers every week. 1500 jobs could be created as part
:11:55. > :11:57.of an ?80 million revamp of Sovereign Harbour in Eastbourne. 150
:11:58. > :12:00.new homes as well as shops and restaurants are also proposed as
:12:01. > :12:05.part of the scheme at six sites around the area. The plans have been
:12:06. > :12:07.sent to the Borough Council for approval.
:12:08. > :12:11.A verdict of accidental death has been recorded at an inquest into the
:12:12. > :12:14.death of a man who died after falling from a lorry at Gatwick
:12:15. > :12:22.Airport. Mike Miles from Lancing in West Sussex died in May.
:12:23. > :12:25.He worked for Gate Gourmet, the world's largest supplier of airline
:12:26. > :12:29.catering services, and died of head injuries after a fall of just a few
:12:30. > :12:34.feet. Well, our reporter Laura Trant joins us now live from Horsham where
:12:35. > :12:39.the inquest took place today. We heard from a colleague of Mr
:12:40. > :12:52.miles who was also a driver and loader and had worked with Mr miles
:12:53. > :12:55.for about five years. He says he didn't see what happened in the lead
:12:56. > :13:02.up but he saw him fall to the ground. He ran to him and cradled
:13:03. > :13:07.his head. He thought the accident was a minor one and he would be off
:13:08. > :13:10.for a few days. When he was airlifted from the
:13:11. > :13:19.tarmac to the hospital, the only major injury on his body was the
:13:20. > :13:24.impact on the side of his head which caused brain damage and his ultimate
:13:25. > :13:31.debt. His wife feel strongly that if he
:13:32. > :13:38.was wearing protective headgear he would still be alive today. The
:13:39. > :13:42.death was ruled an accident. Hundreds of Chagos Islanders who
:13:43. > :13:46.settled in West Sussex may be a step closer to being given the right to
:13:47. > :13:49.return home. They have been fighting a legal battle for years, after the
:13:50. > :13:51.UK Government evicted them to make way for a military base in the
:13:52. > :13:55.1960s. Many of them now live in Crawley.
:13:56. > :13:58.The Government has says it will continue to carry out a feasibility
:13:59. > :14:05.study to look at the issue of re`settlement to the British
:14:06. > :14:08.Territory in the Indian Ocean. This is a very important
:14:09. > :14:16.announcement because it will lead us to know what kind of return will be
:14:17. > :14:21.possible within this time frame that we looking at.
:14:22. > :14:23.We can cross now live to our Political Editor, Louise Stewart.
:14:24. > :14:29.Louise, how significant is this development?
:14:30. > :14:36.It is significant. There are around 2000 Chagos Islanders living around
:14:37. > :14:41.Crawley and they fought a lengthy battle to go home. They were dealt a
:14:42. > :14:47.serious blow last year when the European Court of Human Rights
:14:48. > :14:52.throughout their case. At the time, the Foreign Office welcome that
:14:53. > :14:57.decision but said they would look again at re`settlement rights. They
:14:58. > :15:02.say today is an important step forward.
:15:03. > :15:09.This feasibility study is important because there are points of rentable
:15:10. > :15:13.over doors who were forcibly removed from the islands and have the right
:15:14. > :15:16.to return to their homeland. This legal battle has been going on
:15:17. > :15:20.for decades. How quickly would we expect to see a resolution now?
:15:21. > :15:25.I don't think will see a resolution any time soon. The government says
:15:26. > :15:33.it poses huge challenges, the resettlement, and it is now looking
:15:34. > :15:41.at the feasibility and cost. They have already taken 400 members of
:15:42. > :15:57.the community and they hope that those who do want to return home
:15:58. > :16:11.should finally be able to do so. This is our top story tonight: for
:16:12. > :16:18.members of Also in tonight's programme: Don't
:16:19. > :16:20.forget to pack their wellies. England's first ever outdoor
:16:21. > :16:25.pre`school with no buildings and a hole for a toilet opens in Kent.
:16:26. > :16:32.It is staying cold tonight. Join me later for the details.
:16:33. > :16:35.The Prime Minister says they're a key part of his plan to get
:16:36. > :16:38.Britain's economy booming ` Start Up Loans for small businesses who
:16:39. > :16:43.otherwise struggle to get some cash from the banks. In the past year
:16:44. > :16:46.10,000 Start Up Loans have been issued, totalling more than ?50
:16:47. > :16:53.million, almost 400 of them to new companies in Kent, Sussex and
:16:54. > :16:57.Surrey. One of them is a cafe in Gravesend for new parents to take
:16:58. > :17:01.their children, the brainchild of Ellie Whittaker. Ian Palmer has been
:17:02. > :17:06.to meet her for tonight's special report.
:17:07. > :17:10.She couldn't find what she and her daughter needed so she started one
:17:11. > :17:19.herself. With the aid of the government Start Up Loan, Ellie now
:17:20. > :17:23.runs a child friendly cafe. As long as it is viable and you sure
:17:24. > :17:28.you can make money from it, they are open to lots of ideas.
:17:29. > :17:36.It's good for her to let off some steam and we can have coffee and a
:17:37. > :17:42.chat. It's a fantastic place for the children and the parents because you
:17:43. > :17:48.can meet and greet and they can play as well.
:17:49. > :17:52.The classes are almost fully booked but without the ?10,000 to start the
:17:53. > :17:56.venture, she says it would never have happened.
:17:57. > :18:01.The key point is that they are not just getting money but also advised
:18:02. > :18:07.and mentoring and when they get to the end of their loan they will be
:18:08. > :18:11.able to go to the bank and continue the business.
:18:12. > :18:16.More than 300 businesses have got off the ground since the Start Up
:18:17. > :18:22.Loans were introduced. Ironically, it is said that entrepreneurs often
:18:23. > :18:25.do better borrowing the money than accepting grants they don't half to
:18:26. > :18:31.pay back. They are far more focused and
:18:32. > :18:38.committed. Because they have two planned their repayments, it focuses
:18:39. > :18:41.their mind on cash flow, on sales and revenue, and did things that are
:18:42. > :18:48.fundamental to is accessible business.
:18:49. > :18:55.Ellie has a full`time job as well as running this cafe. She is looking to
:18:56. > :19:11.expand the enterprise. On continental Europe, they're not
:19:12. > :19:14.unusual. In fact, there are hundreds of them in Norway and Germany and
:19:15. > :19:16.Sweden. But until now England has never had a completely outdoors
:19:17. > :19:22.pre`school. There will be no permanent buildings
:19:23. > :19:24.at Forest Garden near Sevenoaks. The bell`tent will be for the children
:19:25. > :19:29.to shelter in during torrential rain. And there's not even a toilet.
:19:30. > :19:34.Claudia Sermbezsis has been to take a look.
:19:35. > :19:43.Climbing trees, hunting for worms, making makeshift tents. They could
:19:44. > :19:49.soon be out in the woods all the time.
:19:50. > :19:54.I wanted to offer the opportunity to stay outside all day. We find that
:19:55. > :19:59.they are better able to concentrate. There are many distractions in
:20:00. > :20:07.doors. They achieve tasks for themselves.
:20:08. > :20:14.Forest schools began in Norway in the 1950s. Nearly one in ten of them
:20:15. > :20:20.now are outside. There is one in Scotland. The idea is that the
:20:21. > :20:27.children will spend their entire time outside, whether it is sunny,
:20:28. > :20:34.pouring with rain or snowing. Only strong winds would prevent class.
:20:35. > :20:48.The toilets are a hole in the ground.
:20:49. > :20:54.I made a necklace. We made a tent. If you want to climb up the tree,
:20:55. > :20:59.you have to get an adult, and that's all I know.
:21:00. > :21:05.You have to make sure they are safe and warm and fed properly. You have
:21:06. > :21:09.got to make sure that they do not end up ticking up things and eating
:21:10. > :21:17.them just because they happen to look nice on the floor but could
:21:18. > :21:26.actually be poisonous. This site will be on National Trust
:21:27. > :21:41.land and will be open to 3`5 `year`olds from January.
:21:42. > :21:45.I bet they are tired! The second artist to play a gig at
:21:46. > :21:48.Brighton and Hove Albion's Amex stadium next summer has been
:21:49. > :21:51.revealed as Rod Stewart. The 68`year`old will perform on June the
:21:52. > :21:54.13th next year, his first performance in Brighton since 1986.
:21:55. > :21:57.It'll be the first large scale music event at the home of the Seagulls
:21:58. > :22:00.since DJ Fatboy Slim performed there in June last year.
:22:01. > :22:03.England will wait until the last minute before deciding whether
:22:04. > :22:06.Sussex wicketkeeper Matt Prior will play in the opening Ashes Test,
:22:07. > :22:10.which starts at midnight. Prior has played 57 Tests in a row but is
:22:11. > :22:13.struggling to be fit for the game because of a torn calf muscle.
:22:14. > :22:18.England captain Alastair Cook is staying positive the 32`year`old
:22:19. > :22:23.will be passed fit. He trained well yesterday. With
:22:24. > :22:35.these leg injuries, it is normally how they deal with it the next day.
:22:36. > :22:38.We will now pretty soon I hope. They say moving house is among the
:22:39. > :22:41.most stressful times of your life and apparently it's no different if
:22:42. > :22:44.you're a great ape. Today a family of Western Lowland
:22:45. > :22:48.Gorillas arrived at their new home at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park near
:22:49. > :22:50.Folkestone. It's all part of an ongoing conservation project to help
:22:51. > :22:56.the critically endangered species. Charlie Rose has been to take a
:22:57. > :23:00.look. It is not easy trying to get a
:23:01. > :23:08.glimpse of your new housemates when they are hidden in boxes. This one
:23:09. > :23:12.contains two gorillas. Not much room for a suitcase.
:23:13. > :23:23.Very stressful, especially so for gorillas. They are quite laid`back
:23:24. > :23:28.animals, not like chimps. They are not as finely wired as we are. They
:23:29. > :23:31.are slow and methodical and don't like change.
:23:32. > :23:41.It is all part of a new conservation project. The species were wiped out
:23:42. > :23:51.in this area of apricot by poachers. `` this area of Africa. Our plan is
:23:52. > :23:55.to release them into the wild that we can.
:23:56. > :24:01.They are not huge fans of this cold damp weather which is just as well
:24:02. > :24:05.to the new arrivals because they are being kept indoors for a couple of
:24:06. > :24:12.days to get used to their new surroundings. We will eventually
:24:13. > :24:19.make their new housemates. If we do not get on, we will just
:24:20. > :24:26.have to persevere. There will be quite a large group so I'm sure
:24:27. > :24:33.there will be personality clashes. But he could not warm to this one?
:24:34. > :24:36.If all goes well, they make the running around the enclosure like
:24:37. > :24:47.this lot debt before they left for Africa. `` this lot did.
:24:48. > :24:58.That was a fantastic dance. Let's take a look at the weather.
:24:59. > :25:10.It is going to be quite wet and cold this evening. Don't be too surprised
:25:11. > :25:18.if you see some hail and sleet. We have had release quality
:25:19. > :25:34.north`westerly winds `` really squally. Just look at those wins.
:25:35. > :25:46.Making things very cold. Some heavy wintry showers and a sprinkling of
:25:47. > :25:58.snow on higher ground. Temperatures will drop close to zero in rural
:25:59. > :26:03.spots. It is an improving story as we go through tomorrow. Still some
:26:04. > :26:08.showers in the morning and still quite breezy but by the afternoon we
:26:09. > :26:20.will start to see some sunshine. Still feeling very cold. The wind
:26:21. > :26:32.will be in and north`east delayed direction `` north easterly
:26:33. > :26:35.direction. Friday will remain unsettled but this high pressure
:26:36. > :26:42.will build and it will be very cold at the weekend. Wintry.
:26:43. > :26:46.Now news of a very special event we're hosting here at BBC South East
:26:47. > :27:03.Today this Friday. On Friday 22nd November we are
:27:04. > :27:09.celebrating 50 years of Dr Who with a special programme here in the
:27:10. > :27:22.hometown of the writer of the first ever story. We will be showing an
:27:23. > :27:25.episode here and there will be all special guests. I do hope you can
:27:26. > :27:40.make time for it. On Friday evening I'll be hosting a
:27:41. > :27:44.special programme live from Herne Bay. Tickets for the event itself
:27:45. > :28:09.have all been allocated but do join us here on BBC One at 6:30pm.
:28:10. > :28:13.I'm Nigel Slater, a cook. And I'm Adam Henson, a farmer.
:28:14. > :28:17.all back in touch with where our food really comes from.
:28:18. > :28:20.You asked me to grow some durum wheat to produce your pasta.
:28:21. > :28:24.Our own eggs, our own flour - couldn't ask for more, really.