28/03/2017 South East Today

We will be live in Brighton with the details.

A retired Kent vicar urges the Church of England

to change its rules on gay marriage, after finding love

If you are homosexual, it is unnatural to keep denying it.

Also in tonight's programme, examined while she was asleep.

A doctor admits he was wrong to say a Kent woman was well

enough to leave hospital hours before she died.

A house of horrors - the family who say their badly-built

home have caused them months of misery.

Stars of the motor racing world gather in Sussex

Nine members of an Albanian criminal gang have been jailed for a total

of 45 years for their part in a conspiracy to supply Class A drugs

The gang were caught in an undercover police

Eight of them were in the country illegally.

It is the latest in a series of serious crimes carried out

by Albanian criminals in Sussex, as Juliette Parkin reports.

This was the moment the ringleader of the gang was caught by Sussex

Police. You are under arrest for the supply of class a drugs. The police

investigation had gone on for months, involving around 100

officers. Steve you are! Stable you are! Eat of the more here illegally.

They were jailed for the supply of class C drugs in Brighton and Hove.

It is not only what they are doing it is the fact that the people we

are supplying two are coming to claim to finance the drug habit.

Many people may not realise what they are getting into, but the

penalties have to be severe. It is not the first time men from Albania

have been found guilty of serious claim in the region.

Just last year, three Albanian men were jailed for kidnapping a drug

CCTV footage showed the man being bundled into a car

A few years earlier, Albanian father-of-two Xhem Krasniqi

was shot dead in what police believe was a dispute between

And in 2005, three Albanian men were given life sentences

for the murder of fellow Albanian Altin Molita,

who was stabbed 20 times in his car in Palmeira Square in Hove.

There are small elements and a two hour giving the Albanian community

are very bad name. I know people within the Albanian community and

the fairly shocked. But the similarly report any suspicious

activity the better. Albania would be the country which

has been drawn to my attention. Many Albanians are engaged in criminal

activity. A number of community events with the large Albanian

population to re-establish trust. The CV born these games cot and off

the city street. Juliette Parkin with that report

and she is live in Brighton. Juliette, this was a gang that

operated right across the city? This was the area. The police say

they were driving about a nice colours, smartly dressed. This gang

were caught in a police operation pleased by the judge. It was a

police operation which seized cash, cocaine and vehicles worth hundreds

of thousands of pounds. The police said they were determined to get

these games off the streets. -- games.

Throughout his career as a parish priest, he remained celibate

But now, at the age of 78, the Reverend Phillip Clements says

he has finally found love with a Romanian male model,

who is 54 years his junior. They are getting married next month.

And Mr Clements, from Eastry near Sandwich, says it is time

for the Church of England to change its policy

on same-sex marriage, so gay clergymen can

He has spoken exclusively to our reporter Peter Whittlesea.

Packing up and preparing to leave for a new life in Romania.

My wardrobe is much simpler than this.

Next month, Philip and Floren are getting married.

But for decades, Philip says, as a parish priest, he

repressed his feelings because of the Church of England's

He is now calling on the church to allow gay clergy to get married.

It is only when I retired from the full-time ministry

that I decided that I had to be my true self.

I think it is unnatural, if you are homosexual, to keep

Do you believe you had to deny it in your

As a full-time priest, I had to deny it.

In February 2014, the Church of England decreed that clergy could

not enter same-sex marriages. Civil partnerships are alone, but the

couple must remain celibate. This priest is acting in deorbit defiance

of that. He is seeking to defy the church that he had been part off for

50 years. The couple see the relationship is about love. But the

ever met that the age gap of over 50 years has surprised some. All my

friends know that I am attracted to older people. Have people less way

are you going out with someone much younger? Yes, many people asking me

if I am doing the right thing. I came to the conclusion I must me,

your mind. Animators will make the best of what I have got. He says he

cannot wait to embark on married life.

In a moment, a warning of long delays at Dover in two years' time

if Britain leaves the EU without a deal.

A doctor who decided that a mother-of-three from Dartford

was well enough to leave hospital, even though she was asleep

when he examined her, has told an inquest into her death

that he now accepts she should not have been discharged.

Sian Hollands, who was 25, died of a pulmonary embolism just

hours later at the Darent Valley Hospital.

Simon Jones reports from Gravesend Coroner's Court.

The doctor at the inquest admitted that things could have been done

differently. Words don't describe

how let down I feel. I shouldn't be doing this

interview with you today. My sister should be here

with her children, doing something that a mother should do

with her children, doing school runs and doing motherly things,

and we are never going to get Sian Hollands was first seen

by Dr Kamran Khan at around 10:50am She was a former heroin user,

but had been taking methadone to come off the drug,

but had stopped taking methadone The doctor initially

thought her symptoms could be down He then saw her again at 3:30pm and,

at that point, she was asleep. He decided not to wake her as she

did not appear to be in distress and he decided she was well enough

to leave hospital at that point. It was put to him at the inquest

that staff at the hospital had simply dismissed

Sian Hollands as a drug user and had not considered other

possibilities for her pain. He accepted that may

have been the case. My daughter was not a drug addict.

She was a recovering drug addict. The condemned her. Tidal wave moving

forward. We heard at the inquest that, at 2pm

on the day she died, Sian Hollands had been given by a nurse a patient

at risk score of five, which But Dr Kamran Khan said he had not

noticed that in the notes. But he also said he had not been

told by other staff that she had been complaining of pain

in her chest and, had that happened, he would have considered

a pulmonary embolism. We also learnt today that the doctor

is under investigation by Simon joins us from Gravesend,

where the inquest is taking place. Simon, vital evidence in this

case has gone missing? She was given a test which measures

the state of the heart. The firm ICA this would show more than anything

if she was suffering from any sort of abnormality. But apparently, the

test result cannot be found. There was also a failure of communication.

He said that might have changed what he did.

A Kent property tycoon who has tried to ban ethnic minority tenants

from renting his homes has insisted that he is not racist,

but is now facing the prospect of legal action.

Fergus Wilson, who has hundreds of properties in the county,

wrote to a lettings agency listing his requirements

for potential tenants and asked for "no coloured people,

because of the curry smell at the end of the tenancy."

He says it is an economic decision, based on cleaning costs.

But the anti-racism campaign group Hope Not Hate says his comments

are "utterly despicable" and the Equality and

Human Rights Commission is planning to investigate.

The first fixed average speed cameras in Sussex have

The cameras scan car number plates at two locations

and calculate the average time to travel between them.

The aim is to cut speeding and reduce congestion.

More will be activated in Hastings in May.

There has been a worrying increase in the number of people

being detained by Sussex Police under the Mental Health Act,

according to a new report by the Chief Inspector of Prisons.

It says limited access to hospital beds resulted in too many vulnerable

NHS managers say they had to deal with an unusually high number

last summer, there was a national issue of a lack of beds. We needed

to move people into a beard and we just experience such pressure and

did begin to use police custody instead. But that has gone right

back down. Our Health Correspondent Mark Norman

joins us live from Sussex Police Mark, this report follows

an inspection of police That is correct. This has been a

great success in terms of the amount of numbers been brought down, from

800 to 150. There has been a strict scheme. Mental health nurses have

been in control to try and bring the number stone. But there has been a

huge spake in the number of people in custody suites. They were

concerned that ligature points in the police cells had not been

removed. We were concerned about that. We frequently get contacted

seeing people have been be contained in a sale. It is very frightening.

They should not be punished because they have the mental illness. They

are being treated like criminals. They cannot have any contact on the

mobile phone. Many are feeling very lost or Elaine needed. There's a lot

of shooting, maybe from other people within the police cells. -- show

team. So, Mark, what is the current

situation in Sussex now? It has changed dramatically from a

number of 50, down to four or five. But they are looking to reduce the

numbers even more. When Geoff Casely and his family

bought a new-build house in Tunbridge Wells, they thought

they had found their dream home. Instead, they've suffered

15 months of problems, including floors which needed taking

up, bad plumbing and floods. Most seriously, Geoff fell down

the stairs and suffered He says the carpet had not

been properly fitted. It has had a huge impact

on his work and family life and he is now considering legal

action, as Sara Smith reports. The company responsible has

apologised. This has turned out to be the reality. This entire

staircase is coming out. It is the latest in a catalogue of work which

had to be sorted out. Including the staircase which she fell down,

suffering a severe spinal injury. You cannot relax in this business.

Even a week and we is difficult. Since the family moved them, they

have had dozens of problems. Almost immediately, we have problems, with

the cabling tracking. It badly fitted door. When you buy the likes

of the car which is you you can return it if it is faulty. But when

you get a house, you get the keys and that sort of the end of it. A

spokesperson for Cala Homes C on this occasion they did not meet our

own high standards. The CV have apologised to the family. The family

will no need to move out for three weeks until the next stage of

repairers can be repointed. -- completed.

Nine members of an Albanian criminal gang have been jailed for a total

of 45 years for their part in a conspiracy to

supply Class A drugs across Brighton and Hove.

Eight of the men were in the country illegally.

Also in tonight's programme, he was a giant of the track

Friends and family remember John Surtees at his funeral in Sussex.

We have already seen above-average temperatures from this time of year.

Tomorrow, Theresa May will give the European Union written

notification that she is triggering Article 50, thus starting

She has said that no deal with the EU will be

But the EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier says failure to reach

a deal would "undoubtedly leave the UK worse off".

He claims there would be "burdensome custom checks"

and they would lead to long queues at the Port of Dover.

We are looking at potentially an extra 300 million customs

declarations each year. We need to make sure we have the seamless

process. We need to a lowly enough time to make sure we are cleaning up

the staff so that everything happens seamlessly and we do not suffer

unnecessary delay. We are joined live from Westminster

by the Conservative MP You campaigned for Britain to stay

in the European Union during the referendum campaign last

year and said your main reason for that was concern

about the impact Brexit would So, with the formal two-year process

to leave being triggered by the Prime Minister tomorrow,

how worried are you now at what it could mean

for your constituency? Obviously, the process starts

tomorrow. In two years, we will be leaving the European Union. We hope

that the deal can be made, but the visit is in, there could be

problems. The Prime Minister says no deal

is better than a bad deal, but no deal could mean customs

checks and tariffs for all goods That would be a disaster,

wouldn't it? This is what a raised with the Prime

Minister about making sure that we have things delivered on schedule,

such as the M25 lorry park. The A2 improvements.

We have seen, all too many times, the chaos and gridlock

caused throughout Kent when something happens to disrupt

the free flow of freight traffic in and out of Dover.

So what more needs to be done to ensure that the Port is ready

for whatever the Brexit negotiations throw up two years from now?

We know a lot about queueing. We had a lot of fun last summer. There is a

risk that things could get complicated. That is why we need to

address the infrastructure demands. We already do it for international

trade. We need to be able to do a faster turnaround basis. The ports

and the relevant authorities need to know where we stand.

More than 1,000 people in Crawley have signed a petition

calling for a local special needs teacher to be reinstated,

after a dispute over his visa status led to him losing his job.

Sam Mubokie is originally from Uganda, but he has been

However, since going through a divorce this summer,

he has been told he no longer has the right to work in the UK

and could face being deported, even though he has three children

who are all British citizens. Amanda Akass has more.

Sam Mubokie Has built a life here in Sussex. He has three children and

his wife is from Ireland. But when he got divorced, he could not think

he would lose the job he wanted. I was flabbergasted. I have been

working with the same people for five years. I will be caught? It

takes a while for them to people. He is appealing the decision from the

Home Office. I cannot leave my children. Who does that? I do not

know. Liam has a severe form of autism. If you do not understand it,

you can explain it. As parents, we want him back at the school. A

petition has been started calling for the immigration service to look

at his application again. I am devastated. The Home Office enters

the statement. Though that has broken down, he has

no basis on which to remain in the United Kingdom. They see that his

new application is currently under consideration. The headteacher says

Sam Mubokie is an excellent and dedicated professional and says he

hopes we will be found for him to remain in the United Kingdom. Some

supporters are funding legal advice way will he awaits the decision.

Until then, without a job or passport, he is in limbo.

He was a giant of the track and a giant personality.

Just one of the many tributes paid to motorsport champion John Surtees,

who has been remembered at his funeral in Sussex this afternoon.

Sports stars joined family and friends at the service

in Worth Abbey, near Crawley, to pay their respects

to a unique talent, who is famously the only person

to be both a motorbike and Formula One world champion.

From across the world, the stars of motorsport came to Sussex to pay

tribute to the racing hero and the Pioneer in the sport. He will never

be forgotten. A fantastic champion. A credit to the sport and the

gentleman. He made you laugh, he made you cry. John will never be

forgotten. More than 300 gathered at the service. The motorbike and car

laid out at the front in tribute to the man who dominated sport on two

wheels and four. He won the World Championship for February and then

won the world motorbike championship. No one will ever do

that again. -- for Terry. Hot favourite pasta victories in

1958 and 1959. John Surtees Was a man with petrol in his blood. He won

the 500 motorbike World Championship and in time to Formula One. Even in

later life, he never lost his love of the sport. When we were running

races with Vettel, he was always on the phone can us. An extraordinary

man who is more to recent feats will always live on.

A legend. CDs into British summer Time. It seems to be going very

well. Now, we can catch up

with the latest weather outlook, Yes, we had some decent spills of

sunshine. You can see the contrast in these photographs. Thank you very

much these photographs. Plenty of sunshine around today, but in

Kootenay, there will be some rain pushing through. We start the day at

10 Celsius tomorrow. But rather grey. Try by the afternoon. A bit

more cloudy, but hopefully some sunshine breaking through. High

temperatures of 14-15 C. Overnight Wednesday into Thursday, we could

see the warmest day of the year thus far. I temperatures possible of

18-19 C. We could even get up into the 20s by Thursday. Over time we

get to Friday, that is a of uncertainty. There is some rain

possibly pushing in from the west. Some rather heavy showers to come on

Saturday. 20 Celsius in March! That would be extraordinary. We advocated

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