23/02/2017 South East Today

Today's main headlines in the South East:

The surgeon accused of carrying out unnecessary operations at a private

hospital found to have appalling standards of care.

The two men convicted of breaking into a house and then

torturing their elderly victims with boiling water.

And, with Storm Doris behind us, we have a calmer but cooler

A Kent surgeon faces allegations that he carried out

unnecessary operations for his own financial gain.

Mohammed Sait was working at the Fawkham Manor

Tonight, the private hospital itself is the subject of a damning

inspection report which found patients at risk of harm,

poor standards of hygiene, and in one case, the wrong patient

being taken to the operating theatre.

Our Health Correspondent Mark Norman has the details.

This is Mr Mohammed Sait, the surgeon under investigation

for allegedly conducting clinically inappropriate operations on NHS

Mr Sait, if these allegations are proven to be correct,

should not be able to practice in medicine at all

That's something there should be absolutely no

You've spoken to constituents, and indeed have personal

experience with Mr Sait, I understand?

When people go to hospital, they need to have confidence

that the treatment they are going to receive is both necessary

Solicitors are now acting for most of Mr Sait's patients.

It seems that the intervention that had been done had been seemingly

We are at a very early stage of the investigation into this,

as are the police and the Health Authority.

But this is what I'm being told at the moment.

But is the care this hospital provides good enough?

In their report published today, they talk of patients being at high

They say staff entered a theatre department

And they witnessed the wrong patient being taken into a theatre.

These findings do not relate to operations

It's not what you'd expect to see in any sort of hospital.

We didn't expect to see staff not routinely washing their hands

and cleaning their hands according to policies.

Whilst we were actually there, during the inspection,

we witnessed the wrong patient being taken into theatre.

Despite repeated attempts, this programme has been

A number of investigations are still ongoing into his work.

The hospital say improvements have been made to both their premises

Mark Norman, BBC South East Today, Fawkham.

Well, our reporter Nafisa Sayani has been following the story.

Nafisa, what more has the hospital had to say tonight about both

Mr Sait and the CQC inspection report?

Well, they have declined to be interviewed today. But they say they

are addressing the issues that have been raised by the CQC report. They

have spent ?250,000 in their operating theatres, and they are

strengthening their management. They also insist that patient safety is

of paramount importance to the hospital. In the past they have said

that Mr Sait was suspended last July after the allegations came to light.

That as a company they have been investigating those obligations, and

by Mr Sait is not currently working at any of their hospital. So what

are we expecting to happen next? The MP Gareth Johnson has told us he

will be raising this issue with the Health Minister. There are a number

of investigations underway at the moment. We must also add that Mr

Sait works at the Darren Valley Hospital in Oxford as well, but we

understand there have been no complaints about his work with the

NHS. Two burglars who broke into a house

in a Kent village and tortured the couple who lived

there for hours, pouring boiling water over them, have pleaded guilty

to burglary and assault. Kacey Adams and Daniel Wallace,

both from Essex, attacked the couple in Halstead near Sevenoaks last

April and escaped with One of their victims spent

months in intensive care, These are the faces of the men whose

actions were described by police Kacey Adams and Daniel Wallace today

pleaded guilty to smashing their way into this house and torturing

the elderly couple who lived here by pouring boiling water

over their heads and bodies, Villages in Halstead are today

relieved the two culprits have The thought of anyone coming

into our house and doing anything like that to anyone

I know is horrendous. It was a really shocking thing

to read when it came out. And what do you think

of someone who could do that You don't need to see people

like this walking the street And I hope that they get very long

sentences behind bars. The break-in happened at 9pm

on the 26th of April. Adams and Wallace tied

up their victims, who were both in their 60s, repeatedly scolding

them with boiling water. Two hours later, they

fled with the money. A friend of the couple,

who spoke exclusively to my colleague Charlie Rose

on the condition her identity was protected for fear of reprisals,

explained how the ordeal unfolded. They just attacked him,

badly attacked him. They kept beating them,

and then they threatened that they were going to kill family

members if they didn't get Kent Police said the elderly woman

had two kettles of boiling Her burns were so severe

that they could have been fatal. Wallace and Adams will be

sentenced at a later date. Peter Whittlesea, BBC

South East Today, Halstead. A pre-inquest review due next month

into the Shoreham Airshow 11 men died when a vintage

jet crashed in 2015. The West Sussex coroner says

the hearing fell too close to next Friday's publication of the final

Air Accidents Investigation Branch Budget cuts of ?21 million

are being discussed tonight increase in council tax,

along with cuts to youth Meanwhile, councillors in Medway

have passed a 4.9% increase. And tomorrow morning

on BBC Radio Kent, John and Maggie will be speaking to the leader,

Alan Jarrett. Work has begun on a major new power

link between Britain and France through the Channel Tunnel,

designed to reduce the risk of blackouts and help keep down

the cost of energy bills. Eurotunnel is investing

?500 million in the project , which will create 300 new jobs.

When complete, the link will be able to carry 1,000 megawatts -

the same amount a nuclear plant can generate - and enough

to power 2 million homes. As Storm Doris threatened to uproot

the specially-erected marquee, illustrating the power of wind

energy, this was being hailed as the most important energy

infrastructure announcement since a new nuclear power

station at Hinkley Point The new power cable means if Britain

isn't producing enough energy at peak times,

it could be imported from France. If Britain is producing too much,

power can be sold to the French. How important is this

to prevent blackouts? And the Energy Minister has clearly

stated that it brings huge security and safety about the supply

of energy in Great Britain. Cables more than 50

kilometres long will be built through the Channel Tunnel

to provide a direct transmission link between the UK and France

flowing in either direction, linking a substation in Sellindge

with one 80 kilometres There will be capacity

to power 2 million homes. As markets expand, it makes sense

for us to sell energy we don't need at a higher price to the French,

and to buy energy at a lower price That ends up with a bigger

market that is more secure from our point of view,

and it's also less Work has already begun

on the project overlooking the trains waiting to get

into the Channel Tunnel. Eurotunnel says when it comes

to laying down the cables, that will be done without causing

disruption to services. Ever since the Tunnel was built,

there has been a desire to use it And with Eurotunnel footing

the ?500 million bill for the new power line,

no wonder the Government was keen Simon Jones, BBC South

East Today, Folkestone. Our reporter Chrissie Reidy joins us

now from Folkestone. Chrissie, 300 jobs are being created

in the construction phase, Natalie, those 300 jobs will be

mostly UK jobs, that is according to Eurotunnel. Beyond that, three years

from now when the project is up and running, there will be 40 permanent

jobs overseeing the prowling. Euro Tunnel say they will make money from

selling an excess power. -- overseeing the power link. The peak

power time in the UK is about 5pm, a little later in France at 7pm. It is

between those two peak times that we could see an exchange of power

between the two countries. Thank you.

Well, Storm Doris has been causing problems

that's for sure. Let's look at this photo taken by one of our weather

watchers. Thank you for all of the pictures from today. Tonight we are

seeing things calm down, the winds are dropping off. Fairly clear skies

for some of the night. There is a possibility of frost in more rural

spots, one or two showers around keeping the frost that they where

they fall. Temperatures getting down to three or four Celsius. Tomorrow a

very different day, lots of blue sky around. That means lots of sunshine.

It is going to feel a lot, with the winds dropping off as well.

Temperatures 7-8 C. Quite a bit cooler than today. Tomorrow evening

we will see cloud starting to build. A little bit of rain overnight as

well. Saturday is looking like a cloudy, slightly breezy day again.

Temperatures getting up to 8-9 C. Sunday is looking very similar as

well. But if we have a look at the outlook for the next few days, you

can see the temperatures dropping a be much milder. I will leave you

with Thomas Shelter. Good evening. It was quite a day for

some of us. We get these sort of storms every couple of years also.

Difficult to give an exact number, but it was certainly a nasty one.

It's now moving into Holland, Germany, south of Denmark, and it

continues to blow itself out. The winds around coasts were not

particularly spectacular, but the inland winds were unusual, 62 mph in

London. A trail of damage across the UK with trees falling down, mainly

trees, but