10/02/2017 South East Today

Welcome to South East Today, I'm Rob Smith.

Relief from the family of a worker crushed to death in a care home,

after bosses finally admit their responsibility.

If they had put the lights are saying, this accident would never

have happened. A man is arrested by anti-terror

police at Gatwick airport The mother of a severely

disabled boy says losing her support keyworker has left

the family feeling abandoned. for all the disabled children, we

have no one now, and that is not OK. Starting married life with a bang -

the couple who wed as a famous battle raged in the channel off

the Kentish coast. And the photographer who's helped

make some magical dreams come true for seriously ill children

at Demelza House Hospice. The son of a woman who was crushed

to death while working at a care home in Kent says he's relieved that

bosses have finally admitted Joan Daws died five days

after she was pinned to the wall of a lift by a snagged chair

at the Laleham Care Home KCRH Limited has now admitted health

and safety breaches, something Simon Daws,

Joan's son, told our reporter Sara Smith should never

have taken so long. For a living years, Joan worked as a

carer here, but in 2013 what should have been a straightforward task,

moving a chair from one floor to another, cost her life. He became

trapped in the old-fashioned lift at the home. It was later revealed that

it hadn't been serviced and didn't have a safety sensor. This could

have been avoided by just following what is required if you have a lift,

they're meant to have it inspected. They will give you recommendations

for any safety work that needs to be done. If they have put this light

sensor in, the accident would never have happened. Those Mac today the

home is under new ownership, but the owners of the time have now pleaded

guilty to safety breaches. What this really highlight is that people have

a responsibility not only funny people who use their services but

also to the people they employ. Joan Dawes died when the handles of the

weighing chair became trapped in the deal is that and real style gates.

When it moved, she was crushed. Colleagues heard her scream that she

was unable to breathe. By the time the fire brigade released her, she

was unconscious. She fell into a coma and died five days later,

suffering asphyxia, brain damage and broken ribs. The care home's first

reaction was to blame his mum fund using the left. Now at last they

have accepted wrongdoing. When our just over three years, they have

finally pleaded guilty, and glad that we are near the end of the

process, but nothing brings back my mum. They will be sentenced at Crown

Court where they will be expecting a hefty fine.

A man's been arrested at Gatwick Airport on suspicion

He was stopped after he disembarked from a flight from Iraq.

The 44-year-old from Hertfordshire is now in custody.

Our reporter Piers Hopkirk is at Gatwick Airport now.

As you say, he flew into Gatwick in a plane from Iraq. He was questioned

then arrested by officers from SO 15, that is the Metropolitan

please's anti-terror command. They then arrested him on preparation of

suspicion of... Terrorist acts. The details about him personally I

scanned. He is 44 and from Hertfordshire. And how unusual and

arrest is this? They are not that unusual, at the moment the state of

preparing this fight terrorism, the threat assessment risk is very high,

so there is a high state of vigilance, but the figures I've seen

show that between 2015 and 2016 there was something like 214 terror

related arrests in the UK. We don't know how significant this arrest is,

we only will know that if the arrest leads to charges.

Sussex Police investigate after the body of a man is found

following a housefire in St Leonards.

Hundreds of drivers in the south -east have been flouting

the law by illegally using disabled parking permits, some even

using permits belonging to relatives who have died

Nationally more than 2.4 million disabled people are entitled

But East Sussex County Council says it believes as many as one in five

And since January last year - more than 300 badges have been

Today our reporter John Young has been out with a team cracking down

on misuse of disabled parking badges.

They are taking it very seriously. Special warning signs are giving up,

they call it operation Bluebird, Sussex PC 's logo is on this because

they are involved. Look at the e-mail address. Badge fraud. The

word fraud is used. The message is that this is a crime.

Five days a week, he's on the streets of East Sussex,

a colleague covers Brighton and Hove.

With identification badge on display,

there is nothing secret about these investigation officers.

They probably know more than you think.

From the front of the badge, we can establish a bit of information.

We can establish the sex of that badge-holder, and also the age.

From that, we would also have a look within the vehicle, maybe look at

seating positions, depending on whether it was a male or female,

but we would also look for any signs of disability equipment,

This car caught the inspector's eye this morning.

The interior didn't suggest an elderly

lady driver, but it turned out no offence had been committed.

Some people have repeat offenders, though.

This Doctor was recently convicted in court for using his

dead mother's badge, and as he left court,

it turned out he had parked illegally for the court

It is cases like thatwhich have made the two local

councils join Sussex Police to produce a video.

I could be ill for days because somebody has not

They can go five minutes away and walk

The video now forms part of a training course

offered as an alternative to a court appearance, a ?1000 fine and a

On the streets today, full support from the blue

I think it is the best thing, because there are so

many people who are abusing them, and as soon as they get caught it

gives people who need the space more chance.

I have personally seen people going into Tesco and parking in the

disabled bay, getting out of the car and then running into Tesco and I'm

How difficult could it be for you if you can't

Well, if I can't park, I have to go home.

A high percentage argued to be family

members, whether it is with the Batchelder's

We may find that people, either through ignorance or lack of

education, are carrying out those errors and we're trying to that out.

Hello, can I have a quick check please?

Other councils and police forces, including Kent and Surrey,

are now considering using the Sussex and Brighton scheme themselves.

Only two people have been arrested so far by the council. If you think

this is only taking place in car parts and supermarkets, that he is

now have permission to go into private line for abuse there also.

The message tonight is these inspections are spreading.

A man who raped a woman in Gravesend more than 26 years ago has been

John Clayson from Maidstone attacked the woman in

the Anglesea Centre multistorey car park in 1990.

Clayson, who is now 60, was found guilty of a number

of sexual offences and has been sentenced to 27 years in prison.

He was caught after the stocking mask he wore during the attack

A Bulgarian gang which smuggled migrants from Dover, has been

jailed. It has been taught that the used garlic bulbs do sheepdogs of

the centre. A heady migrants in special containers in their van.

Jailing them for a total of 28 years, the judges conduct a

sophisticated and bracing criminal enterprise.

A man's been arrested after more than ?17,000 worth of fireworks

were stolen from a storage facility in Eastbourne.

The 26-year-old was arrested on suspicion of handling

stolen goods and has now been released on bail.

The mother of a severely disabled boy from Sittingbourne says

struggling families are being badly let down after the keyworker who

Charlotte Skillen's three-year-old son Lee has a rare genetic disorder,

and his care package involves up to eight specialists.

The local NHS has restructured their system in a bid to reduce

But Charlotte Skillen says she now has to spend hours

trying to contact people - who often have no knowledge

Our social affairs correspondent Bryony Mackenzie has

Not just for three-year-old Lee, but his mum

Lee has a rare condition that requires constant

dialogue between medical and educational professionals.

Before this complex care was simple, one

person to give advice and help, but now that is gone.

Before, I had a plan, and if I had a problem, I

had the key worker, I could text her, I could call her,

She would always get a response, have an answer to whatever

Now if I had a problem I've got no one to go to,

Local responsibility for key workers has

led to what Charlotte calls a postcode lottery.

While her area has no key workers, neighbouring

Today health bosses told us that many people who

needed the support previously experienced months of delays.

After a review, the key worker was made

redundant and instead there post was reinvested into a new service

They say access to support is now more

resilient and tailored for each person.

Families have access education, health and social care.

If they are having to navigate their own care, that is just added

That key worker can really take away a crucial part of

their stress so that they can concentrate on being a parent.

For all the disabled children and their

Health bosses are asking for feedback on the new system.

Sussex Police are appealing for information after the body

of a man was found inside a house following a fire in St Leonards.

This footage contains flashing images.

Fire crews were called to the property in West Hill Road

The cause of the blaze is currently being treated as unexplained.

Our reporter Ian Palmer is there for us now.

Ian, what more have the police said today?

It's a little over 24 how is since this man was found, and the alarm

was raised. Police have said that if I probably started at the back of

the building in the basement. They also say that the incident was

reported by someone who lived inside the property who had recently

returned. A little earlier, I spoke to Detective Inspector Andy

Eggleston from Sussex Police who told me his team is working hard to

try and find out what happened. We were already on the scene, they

had entered the premises and found one deceased male, identity unknown.

We are following up from there. There is a lot of forensics

examinations that go on at this time. What happens next? Tonight

police are continuing their house-to-house enquiries. Via

examiners will carry out more tests, a report will be compiled and

further investigations will be carried out if needed. Please say

that they are appealing for anyone with information to come forward to

them. For now, this fire and the tragic loss of life that followed

remains unexplained. The son of a carehome assistant

crushed to death at work says his mother was robbed

of her future by the Joan Daws died five days

after she was pinned to the wall of a lift by a snagged chair

at the Laleham Care Home KCRH Limited, who no

longer run the home, has now admitted health

and safety breaches. The best playground -

how an international photographer created a fantastic image

to celebrate the children And we've had a bitterly cold grey

day, temperatures struggling to get above freezing, and we seen some

snow as well. Warnings about further snowfall, Hal Harvey details later.

-- I'll have the details. A secure mental health unit

in Sussex that houses some of the region's most difficult

and potentially dangerous patients has for the first time

allowed our cameras Hellingly Hospital in East Sussex

looks after 45 patients who present and who have committed

criminal offences. A recent inspection of the unit

rated the service as "outstanding". It looks after 45 patients in the

wards. Our Health Correspondent, Mark

Norman, has our exclusive report. Once one of the largest

institutions in England, for more than a century,

Hellingly has housed Today it is a purpose-built secure

unit that aims to rehabilitate patients with complex conditions

and a history of The Weird Things are a local

band who regularly play They are playing for patients

who we cannot identify for legal reasons, but unlike prison

sentences, patients here can be We obviously address their mental

illness and their treatment needs, and where we need to,

their offending or their risk behaviours, but also,

part of the treatment is about developing their vocational

skills and getting them prepared to move back into the community,

because, obviously, So, today is part of a very long

process to get people As long as you listen and learn,

you'll solve the problem. We've got some pretty serious

people with issues here, but we all seem to muck in and get

on with each other. And like a leg that gets broken,

it's a mental problem, Some of the staff were looking at

inmates, patients, wary. They started open up and people will

start to ask questions, we didn't realise much they were opening up

until the staff said they were. They never even made eye contact before.

Music just touches people. I always think that if you work somewhere

like this, you need to treat people how you want to be treated. People

are in here because some of them have come middle have needs, and I'm

not here to judge people, and here to work with people and trying get

the best out of them. And the unit's recent inspection

rating of good and outstanding would imply that sessions like this

are achieving that goal. Mark Norman,

BBC South East Today, Hellingly. The 12th of February 1942 saw one

of the most extraordinary incidents of the Second World War,

when a trio of German battleships ran up the channel

through the Dover Straits, pursued and pounded

from both the air and shore. It was a day that would especially

never be forgotten by Ted and Edna Richardson,

who got married in the Tabernacle Church in Folkestone at the same

moment as the battle raged, so loud they had

to shout their vows. Robin Gibson has been speaking

to their daughter, Ruth Alston. We entered the church

to the sound of gunfire, The wedding ceremony proceeded

with the accompaniment of a fanfare of thunderous gunfire,

making it difficult to hear the words of the questions

and the responses. It was a life-and-death struggle and

see which came known as the channel dash. Doesn't escort of warships

that while making a bid to reach the safety of German waters through the

Dover Straits. The RAF, and the Dover shore guns were doing all they

could to stop them. In Folkestone, no one knew what it

meant. And that they meant something else to care and Edna, seem to be Mr

and Mrs Richardson. There are lots of them,

all standing in the snow. Wick-mac and all smiling,

no sign of any nerves. 75 years later, Ruth treasures the

souvenirs of an extraordinary wartime wedding.

Everyone at the wedding was terrified.

The pass and fled back to London as fast as he could.

Buxton was in the front line, it was called

So the people coming from outside Folkestone would

have had no idea quite how bad it was.

What a contrast, swathes of aircraft were attacking the ships need German

battle group to little effect. The cost was huge. Sex outdated

swordfish aircraft were lost any single suicidal daylight attack. 13

of the 18 aircrew were lost. But the wedding went on. You could say it

was what they were fighting for. They always remembered it,

it was a big event, but if you have had a wedding that can,

it is something you are glad to have

come out of a life! Any single day, the tragedy of war

and hope of peace where in evidence. Eastbourne's tennis star

Johanna Konta has helped Great Britain top their group

in their latest Federation Cup After an early wobble

she beat world number 86 It followed Heather Watson's

earlier singles victory. Great Britain will now face

either Croatia or Hungary Football, and in the Championship,

Brighton play Burton Albion at the Amex on Saturday afternoon,

hoping to get their charge In League One, Charlton

are away at AFC Wimbledon, while Gillingham host Port Vale

at the Priestfield. And in league two,

Crawley are away at Luton. The artist calls it a series

of magical images creating a huge fairy tale playground -

and the children who feature in it The new picture, called

the Best Playground" is the centrepiece of the newly

redesigned entrance to Demelza House children's

hospice in Sittingbourne - Ellie Crisell is there

for us now - Ellie - This is called the best playground,

physically many of these children are restricted, but not here where

the only restriction was the limit of their imaginations. I think

people often see life... Young people as being objects of pity

young people who can't do a great deal, whereas nothing could be

further from the truth. The young people overcome incredible obstacles

to live really full lives. We wanted a piece of artwork that showed that.

These photos were taken by the German artist last summer. He used

props and captured the judging from above to show them living as freely

and creatively as they wished. I'm balancing on some balls. On your

finger. On my finger. I had to lay down and Logan had to lay down, two,

but he was pretending she's been me around. What you think photo says

about the hospice? That we can do things that people don't know that

we can do. In what which favourite bit of the whole day? Having any

snacks. Yeah, that was my favourite bit as well.

Rachel is here with the weather. Lots of cloud around, during this

afternoon we had been seeing snow flurries as well. There's only set

to intensify his to tonight. Warnings out from the Met office

valid until ten o'clock tomorrow morning, overnight tonight. Good CDG

two and five centimetres of snow. Generally for the weekend, it is

bitterly cold. In the south-east, it is cloudy with wintry showers and

particularly as you go to the day on Sunday it will be bitterly cold

north easterly winds. This is the picture as the go through tonight,

one of two scattered showers intensified and was the early hours

of tomorrow morning. 'S rain, sleet and snow on lower ground, overnight

temperatures dropping to -1 minus two Celsius in Google spots. Really

rather started the weekend, potentially some problems. On the

roads. Doug really chilly easterly airflow. Not vertically strong for

tomorrow but it will feel really chilly. Cloud around, we will see

some sunshine over the weekend, at Saturday it mainly grey. By the

afternoon, much of that snow will be falling as rain. Tebbit is around 23

Celsius, feeling cooler than that possibly. Saturday into Sunday, we

start with Chavez following as rain, sleet turns to snow as you get was

the early hours, but Tebbit is not quite as chilly as tonight. The wind

is really starting to pick up. Lows of 12 Celsius, dropping below

freezing in the rural areas. Scattered showers first thing on

Sunday, dry by the afternoon, we might even see some brightness now.

Temperatures are around five or six Celsius, but that north-easterly

airflow feels cooler. This is the picture into the new week. Blustery

on Monday, wins back to a south easterly direction then

south-westerly, so less code through the week, but warnings tonight for

snow. Before we go, we're going to pop

back to Demelza House, who have just opened a new artwork. This is been a

long time in making. Has been. Demelza House has helped around 500

families across Kent, E Sussex and London a year to the tune of ?10

million. Sprucing up the reception area was on top of the list of

priorities, but I think they're glad they've done it with the help of the

artist behind this, thank you so much for joining us. How do you come

up with the concept? We had a year before we started working. I was

asked to do something and I was wondering what I could do with the

kids. Let's work with dreams, because that all I could see when I

was here, I could see the kids... It was so beautiful however thing

worked. I thought let's just make something that replicates that idea

and visions and dreams that these kids have. It was very easy to work

with the children, I thought it would be complicated, but the house

is great, everyone chipped in, they were so much support from the people

working here. It was really easy. ID please post hand-out? Yes, it is it

is big and beautiful. It makes a real impact. I can for joining us.

That is it, have a great weekend. I hope it doesn't snow to heavyweight

you are. Goodbye.