:00:00. > :00:00.Today's main headlines in the South East:
:00:00. > :00:07.The surgeon accused of carrying out unnecessary operations at a private
:00:08. > :00:12.hospital found to have appalling standards of care.
:00:13. > :00:15.The two men convicted of breaking into a house and then
:00:16. > :00:18.torturing their elderly victims with boiling water.
:00:19. > :00:21.And, with Storm Doris behind us, we have a calmer but cooler
:00:22. > :00:37.A Kent surgeon faces allegations that he carried out
:00:38. > :00:40.unnecessary operations for his own financial gain.
:00:41. > :00:42.Mohammed Sait was working at the Fawkham Manor
:00:43. > :00:46.Tonight, the private hospital itself is the subject of a damning
:00:47. > :00:49.inspection report which found patients at risk of harm,
:00:50. > :00:52.poor standards of hygiene, and in one case, the wrong patient
:00:53. > :00:55.being taken to the operating theatre.
:00:56. > :00:59.Our Health Correspondent Mark Norman has the details.
:01:00. > :01:02.This is Mr Mohammed Sait, the surgeon under investigation
:01:03. > :01:07.for allegedly conducting clinically inappropriate operations on NHS
:01:08. > :01:12.Mr Sait, if these allegations are proven to be correct,
:01:13. > :01:15.should not be able to practice in medicine at all
:01:16. > :01:18.That's something there should be absolutely no
:01:19. > :01:22.You've spoken to constituents, and indeed have personal
:01:23. > :01:23.experience with Mr Sait, I understand?
:01:24. > :01:29.When people go to hospital, they need to have confidence
:01:30. > :01:32.that the treatment they are going to receive is both necessary
:01:33. > :01:37.Solicitors are now acting for most of Mr Sait's patients.
:01:38. > :01:41.It seems that the intervention that had been done had been seemingly
:01:42. > :01:48.We are at a very early stage of the investigation into this,
:01:49. > :01:50.as are the police and the Health Authority.
:01:51. > :01:53.But this is what I'm being told at the moment.
:01:54. > :01:56.But is the care this hospital provides good enough?
:01:57. > :02:00.In their report published today, they talk of patients being at high
:02:01. > :02:04.They say staff entered a theatre department
:02:05. > :02:12.And they witnessed the wrong patient being taken into a theatre.
:02:13. > :02:13.These findings do not relate to operations
:02:14. > :02:18.It's not what you'd expect to see in any sort of hospital.
:02:19. > :02:21.We didn't expect to see staff not routinely washing their hands
:02:22. > :02:23.and cleaning their hands according to policies.
:02:24. > :02:25.Whilst we were actually there, during the inspection,
:02:26. > :02:27.we witnessed the wrong patient being taken into theatre.
:02:28. > :02:31.Despite repeated attempts, this programme has been
:02:32. > :02:36.A number of investigations are still ongoing into his work.
:02:37. > :02:39.The hospital say improvements have been made to both their premises
:02:40. > :02:46.Mark Norman, BBC South East Today, Fawkham.
:02:47. > :02:49.Well, our reporter Nafisa Sayani has been following the story.
:02:50. > :02:52.Nafisa, what more has the hospital had to say tonight about both
:02:53. > :02:58.Mr Sait and the CQC inspection report?
:02:59. > :03:04.Well, they have declined to be interviewed today. But they say they
:03:05. > :03:10.are addressing the issues that have been raised by the CQC report. They
:03:11. > :03:14.have spent ?250,000 in their operating theatres, and they are
:03:15. > :03:17.strengthening their management. They also insist that patient safety is
:03:18. > :03:22.of paramount importance to the hospital. In the past they have said
:03:23. > :03:27.that Mr Sait was suspended last July after the allegations came to light.
:03:28. > :03:30.That as a company they have been investigating those obligations, and
:03:31. > :03:35.by Mr Sait is not currently working at any of their hospital. So what
:03:36. > :03:39.are we expecting to happen next? The MP Gareth Johnson has told us he
:03:40. > :03:44.will be raising this issue with the Health Minister. There are a number
:03:45. > :03:47.of investigations underway at the moment. We must also add that Mr
:03:48. > :03:53.Sait works at the Darren Valley Hospital in Oxford as well, but we
:03:54. > :03:54.understand there have been no complaints about his work with the
:03:55. > :03:56.NHS. Two burglars who broke into a house
:03:57. > :03:59.in a Kent village and tortured the couple who lived
:04:00. > :04:01.there for hours, pouring boiling water over them, have pleaded guilty
:04:02. > :04:03.to burglary and assault. Kacey Adams and Daniel Wallace,
:04:04. > :04:06.both from Essex, attacked the couple in Halstead near Sevenoaks last
:04:07. > :04:08.April and escaped with One of their victims spent
:04:09. > :04:11.months in intensive care, These are the faces of the men whose
:04:12. > :04:17.actions were described by police Kacey Adams and Daniel Wallace today
:04:18. > :04:24.pleaded guilty to smashing their way into this house and torturing
:04:25. > :04:28.the elderly couple who lived here by pouring boiling water
:04:29. > :04:31.over their heads and bodies, Villages in Halstead are today
:04:32. > :04:37.relieved the two culprits have The thought of anyone coming
:04:38. > :04:41.into our house and doing anything like that to anyone
:04:42. > :04:45.I know is horrendous. It was a really shocking thing
:04:46. > :04:49.to read when it came out. And what do you think
:04:50. > :04:51.of someone who could do that You don't need to see people
:04:52. > :05:02.like this walking the street And I hope that they get very long
:05:03. > :05:10.sentences behind bars. The break-in happened at 9pm
:05:11. > :05:13.on the 26th of April. Adams and Wallace tied
:05:14. > :05:16.up their victims, who were both in their 60s, repeatedly scolding
:05:17. > :05:18.them with boiling water. Two hours later, they
:05:19. > :05:22.fled with the money. A friend of the couple,
:05:23. > :05:24.who spoke exclusively to my colleague Charlie Rose
:05:25. > :05:26.on the condition her identity was protected for fear of reprisals,
:05:27. > :05:32.explained how the ordeal unfolded. They just attacked him,
:05:33. > :05:35.badly attacked him. They kept beating them,
:05:36. > :05:39.and then they threatened that they were going to kill family
:05:40. > :05:43.members if they didn't get Kent Police said the elderly woman
:05:44. > :05:47.had two kettles of boiling Her burns were so severe
:05:48. > :05:52.that they could have been fatal. Wallace and Adams will be
:05:53. > :05:55.sentenced at a later date. Peter Whittlesea, BBC
:05:56. > :06:00.South East Today, Halstead. A pre-inquest review due next month
:06:01. > :06:02.into the Shoreham Airshow 11 men died when a vintage
:06:03. > :06:06.jet crashed in 2015. The West Sussex coroner says
:06:07. > :06:09.the hearing fell too close to next Friday's publication of the final
:06:10. > :06:16.Air Accidents Investigation Branch Budget cuts of ?21 million
:06:17. > :06:22.are being discussed tonight increase in council tax,
:06:23. > :06:32.along with cuts to youth Meanwhile, councillors in Medway
:06:33. > :06:36.have passed a 4.9% increase. And tomorrow morning
:06:37. > :06:38.on BBC Radio Kent, John and Maggie will be speaking to the leader,
:06:39. > :06:40.Alan Jarrett. Work has begun on a major new power
:06:41. > :06:43.link between Britain and France through the Channel Tunnel,
:06:44. > :06:45.designed to reduce the risk of blackouts and help keep down
:06:46. > :06:48.the cost of energy bills. Eurotunnel is investing
:06:49. > :06:50.?500 million in the project , which will create 300 new jobs.
:06:51. > :06:56.When complete, the link will be able to carry 1,000 megawatts -
:06:57. > :06:59.the same amount a nuclear plant can generate - and enough
:07:00. > :07:03.to power 2 million homes. As Storm Doris threatened to uproot
:07:04. > :07:11.the specially-erected marquee, illustrating the power of wind
:07:12. > :07:15.energy, this was being hailed as the most important energy
:07:16. > :07:17.infrastructure announcement since a new nuclear power
:07:18. > :07:20.station at Hinkley Point The new power cable means if Britain
:07:21. > :07:26.isn't producing enough energy at peak times,
:07:27. > :07:30.it could be imported from France. If Britain is producing too much,
:07:31. > :07:35.power can be sold to the French. How important is this
:07:36. > :07:38.to prevent blackouts? And the Energy Minister has clearly
:07:39. > :07:49.stated that it brings huge security and safety about the supply
:07:50. > :07:52.of energy in Great Britain. Cables more than 50
:07:53. > :07:54.kilometres long will be built through the Channel Tunnel
:07:55. > :07:58.to provide a direct transmission link between the UK and France
:07:59. > :08:01.flowing in either direction, linking a substation in Sellindge
:08:02. > :08:04.with one 80 kilometres There will be capacity
:08:05. > :08:10.to power 2 million homes. As markets expand, it makes sense
:08:11. > :08:14.for us to sell energy we don't need at a higher price to the French,
:08:15. > :08:17.and to buy energy at a lower price That ends up with a bigger
:08:18. > :08:23.market that is more secure from our point of view,
:08:24. > :08:25.and it's also less Work has already begun
:08:26. > :08:28.on the project overlooking the trains waiting to get
:08:29. > :08:31.into the Channel Tunnel. Eurotunnel says when it comes
:08:32. > :08:35.to laying down the cables, that will be done without causing
:08:36. > :08:40.disruption to services. Ever since the Tunnel was built,
:08:41. > :08:43.there has been a desire to use it And with Eurotunnel footing
:08:44. > :08:48.the ?500 million bill for the new power line,
:08:49. > :08:51.no wonder the Government was keen Simon Jones, BBC South
:08:52. > :08:58.East Today, Folkestone. Our reporter Chrissie Reidy joins us
:08:59. > :09:00.now from Folkestone. Chrissie, 300 jobs are being created
:09:01. > :09:17.in the construction phase, Natalie, those 300 jobs will be
:09:18. > :09:22.mostly UK jobs, that is according to Eurotunnel. Beyond that, three years
:09:23. > :09:25.from now when the project is up and running, there will be 40 permanent
:09:26. > :09:29.jobs overseeing the prowling. Euro Tunnel say they will make money from
:09:30. > :09:36.selling an excess power. -- overseeing the power link. The peak
:09:37. > :09:41.power time in the UK is about 5pm, a little later in France at 7pm. It is
:09:42. > :09:44.between those two peak times that we could see an exchange of power
:09:45. > :09:47.between the two countries. Thank you.
:09:48. > :09:48.Well, Storm Doris has been causing problems
:09:49. > :10:06.that's for sure. Let's look at this photo taken by one of our weather
:10:07. > :10:11.watchers. Thank you for all of the pictures from today. Tonight we are
:10:12. > :10:15.seeing things calm down, the winds are dropping off. Fairly clear skies
:10:16. > :10:19.for some of the night. There is a possibility of frost in more rural
:10:20. > :10:24.spots, one or two showers around keeping the frost that they where
:10:25. > :10:28.they fall. Temperatures getting down to three or four Celsius. Tomorrow a
:10:29. > :10:32.very different day, lots of blue sky around. That means lots of sunshine.
:10:33. > :10:41.It is going to feel a lot, with the winds dropping off as well.
:10:42. > :10:43.Temperatures 7-8 C. Quite a bit cooler than today. Tomorrow evening
:10:44. > :10:47.we will see cloud starting to build. A little bit of rain overnight as
:10:48. > :10:52.well. Saturday is looking like a cloudy, slightly breezy day again.
:10:53. > :10:57.Temperatures getting up to 8-9 C. Sunday is looking very similar as
:10:58. > :10:59.well. But if we have a look at the outlook for the next few days, you
:11:00. > :11:01.can see the temperatures dropping a be much milder. I will leave you
:11:02. > :11:14.with Thomas Shelter. Good evening. It was quite a day for
:11:15. > :11:19.some of us. We get these sort of storms every couple of years also.
:11:20. > :11:25.Difficult to give an exact number, but it was certainly a nasty one.
:11:26. > :11:30.It's now moving into Holland, Germany, south of Denmark, and it
:11:31. > :11:34.continues to blow itself out. The winds around coasts were not
:11:35. > :11:40.particularly spectacular, but the inland winds were unusual, 62 mph in
:11:41. > :11:43.London. A trail of damage across the UK with trees falling down, mainly
:11:44. > :11:45.trees, but