:00:00. > :00:00.Today's main headlines in the South East:
:00:00. > :00:07.Ukip call on the Conservative MP for South Thanet to stand down
:00:08. > :00:15.We're live tonight in Craig Mackinlay's constituency.
:00:16. > :00:18.The cancer consultant who harmed 27 patients -
:00:19. > :00:23.now it's revealed he carried out experimental procedures.
:00:24. > :00:26.And it was another sunny, mild day, but misty along the coast.
:00:27. > :00:41.All change though as we look towards the weekend.
:00:42. > :00:44.Ukip has renewed its calls for the Conservative MP
:00:45. > :00:46.for South Thanet to resign over his election spending.
:00:47. > :00:50.Craig Mackinlay narrowly beat Ukip's Nigel Farage to win
:00:51. > :00:57.The Conservative Party has been fined ?70,000
:00:58. > :01:00.for "significant failures" in its national expenses return.
:01:01. > :01:04.In South Thanet, the Electoral Commission found the party ran up
:01:05. > :01:09.a bill at one Ramsgate hotel of over ?15,000, which was declared
:01:10. > :01:14.in national party expenses, but some of it should have been
:01:15. > :01:16.listed in Craig Mackinlay's candidate expenses.
:01:17. > :01:20.There was also a Margate hotel bill of almost ?4,000
:01:21. > :01:24.that was completely omitted from all Conservative declarations.
:01:25. > :01:27.The report points out that Mr Mackinlay's candidate expenses
:01:28. > :01:33.came in at less than ?200 below the amount he was allowed to spend.
:01:34. > :01:35.As our political editor Helen Catt reports, the leader
:01:36. > :01:40.of Thanet District Council says there should now be a by-election.
:01:41. > :01:43.After more than a year of investigating Craig Mackinlay's
:01:44. > :01:46.campaign, a conclusion from the elections watchdog.
:01:47. > :01:51.The Conservatives, it appears, did understate how much they spent.
:01:52. > :01:54.I think now perhaps the world is going to realise what we've been
:01:55. > :01:58.We were stood at times absolutely aghast on street corners,
:01:59. > :02:01.looking at what was happening around us, at people being bussed in,
:02:02. > :02:06.full-time workers being placed here over long periods of time,
:02:07. > :02:10.and wondering how it is that we had come out squeaky clean in the end.
:02:11. > :02:12.In the end of the course, it hasn't done, and at least
:02:13. > :02:18.The Tories spent more than ?15,000 putting up senior figures at this
:02:19. > :02:22.hotel on Ramsgate harbour - a crack team designed
:02:23. > :02:28.But, with then Ukip leader Nigel Farage as a South Thanet
:02:29. > :02:32.candidate too, some helped fight him, and that,
:02:33. > :02:35.the Electoral Commission says, means some of that cost should have
:02:36. > :02:38.been put down to Mr McKinley's campaign.
:02:39. > :02:40.Parties get advantage by spending money and also by having volunteers,
:02:41. > :02:44.so that's why we have local election expense limits.
:02:45. > :02:48.If parties break those, then they are potentially gaining
:02:49. > :02:51.an advantage at local elections, and that's obviously serious.
:02:52. > :02:54.These people were unsure how much spending could affect any outcome.
:02:55. > :02:58.I always felt that the very different parties
:02:59. > :03:04.Maybe it would have made a difference to Nigel Farage,
:03:05. > :03:09.I do remember quite a big presence compared to the other
:03:10. > :03:16.But I wouldn't have thought anything about spending or capital
:03:17. > :03:20.But for Ukip's Chris Wells, it's clear-cut.
:03:21. > :03:22.I've been saying that Craig Mackinlay should resign off
:03:23. > :03:27.He didn't take a lot of notice, but now maybe he'll have to.
:03:28. > :03:35.Our reporter Simon Jones has been following this story.
:03:36. > :03:53.Well, initially, the Conservatives will have to play that fine of
:03:54. > :03:57.?70,000. That isn't going to break the bank but perhaps more
:03:58. > :04:01.importantly is the ongoing investigation by Kent Police, and
:04:02. > :04:04.now another national investigation by the Metropolitan Police. They
:04:05. > :04:10.will have to decide whether to bring charges against anyone. If that were
:04:11. > :04:15.to happen, ultimately, we could see by-elections in the affected seats,
:04:16. > :04:21.but that is a long way off. Last year, nationally, both Labour and
:04:22. > :04:24.the Lib Dems were also fined for not declaring all their election
:04:25. > :04:26.expenses. What this does for people in this area, it doesn't increase
:04:27. > :04:28.the esteem of politicians. A man who died after falling
:04:29. > :04:32.from a block of flats in St Leonards 93-year-old Sven Legnelius
:04:33. > :04:36.was pronounced dead at the scene. A 54-year-old man who was known
:04:37. > :04:38.to him was arrested on suspicion of murder and has been bailed
:04:39. > :04:42.until the 10th of May. The RMT union has attacked a fresh
:04:43. > :04:45.agreement between Southern Rail management and the train drivers'
:04:46. > :04:47.union Aslef, calling it The deal will be put to Aslef
:04:48. > :04:52.members in a referendum, in the hope it will end
:04:53. > :04:55.the long-running industrial dispute But the RMT, which represents
:04:56. > :05:01.guards, says it's unacceptable because it does not guarantee
:05:02. > :05:05.a second safety-critical It's emerged that a doctor who was
:05:06. > :05:12.sacked from the East Surrey Hospital in 2014 for carrying out treatments
:05:13. > :05:15.which harmed 27 patients may have also benefited financially
:05:16. > :05:20.from leasing a piece of equipment to the hospital which he then used
:05:21. > :05:24.when he was treating people. Paul Miller was sacked in 2014
:05:25. > :05:27.after it was found that he used a new procedure without following
:05:28. > :05:30.proper clinical controls. Charlie Rose has our
:05:31. > :05:34.exclusive report. Consultant Paul Miller was sacked
:05:35. > :05:37.by East Surrey Hospital over concerns about his treatment
:05:38. > :05:40.of cancer patients. Now, in a new report,
:05:41. > :05:43.more issues have emerged surrounding his work
:05:44. > :05:46.at the hospital, particularly over the use of a laser leased
:05:47. > :05:50.from a company he was connected to. If the allegations that have been
:05:51. > :05:54.raised are found to be true in the inquest in May,
:05:55. > :05:57.then it is deeply concerning that this was allowed to take place
:05:58. > :06:00.over such a long period The governance report raised
:06:01. > :06:08.the fact that numerous people were told about what was going on,
:06:09. > :06:12.or at least they should have had enough information
:06:13. > :06:15.to investigate further, The document reveals
:06:16. > :06:20.Mr Miller leased a laser to the hospital from a company
:06:21. > :06:23.at which he was a director It says experts viewed
:06:24. > :06:27.the treatment - called high-intensity focused ultrasound,
:06:28. > :06:31.or Hifu - as experimental, but there were concerns
:06:32. > :06:35.about the promotion of Hifu, with Mr Miller apparently
:06:36. > :06:38.manipulating patient The hospital commissioned
:06:39. > :06:45.the independent report to look into the way it responded to issues
:06:46. > :06:48.raised about Mr Miller's work. Patients and their families I spoke
:06:49. > :06:52.to didn't want to appear on camera, but one prostate cancer patient
:06:53. > :06:56.who was treated by Mr Miller in 2007 He told me he received no
:06:57. > :07:02.warnings about the possible He said he wasn't aware Mr Miller
:07:03. > :07:08.was concerned with the company that leased the machines and he said
:07:09. > :07:11.he wonders if he was Speaking in 2014, Judith Wright's
:07:12. > :07:17.father was among those John Beaumont had prostate cancer
:07:18. > :07:23.and died at the hospital in 2008, but his daughter said she had
:07:24. > :07:29.nothing but praise for Dr Miller. Always had time for
:07:30. > :07:32.you, always polite. I said to my dad every time we came
:07:33. > :07:38.out, what a lovely man. In a statement, Paul Miller said any
:07:39. > :07:40.allegations contained in the new report had
:07:41. > :07:47.not been substantiated. I'm joined now by our
:07:48. > :07:49.reporter, Leanne Rinne. Leanne, Paul Miller
:07:50. > :08:03.has spoken today. Yes, he sent us a false statement.
:08:04. > :08:08.He says, this confidential report was prepared to look at the trust's
:08:09. > :08:13.said the draft report was prepared said the draft report was prepared
:08:14. > :08:17.without his input and he was given limited opportunity to comment
:08:18. > :08:21.before it was finalised. He goes on to say, the allegations in the
:08:22. > :08:27.report had not been substantiated. He says, I believe the treatment I
:08:28. > :08:31.recommended were in the patient is' best interests, but naturally I am
:08:32. > :08:35.very sorry if any patients were unhappy with the treatment. He says
:08:36. > :08:41.he can't comment any more at this point. What about the trust he used
:08:42. > :08:45.to work for? Have they said anything? They have told me tonight
:08:46. > :08:50.they apologised and they say that poor practice ultimately made that
:08:51. > :08:53.patients didn't get the best possible care. They say they have
:08:54. > :08:54.made improvements and they apologised to any patients affected
:08:55. > :08:56.by this. Plans to restore the old railway
:08:57. > :08:58.line between Robertsbridge and Bodiam have received
:08:59. > :09:00.planning permission. Two miles of the original
:09:01. > :09:02.track will be restored, which will allow the entire line
:09:03. > :09:05.from Tenterden to be connected The railway as it exists, from
:09:06. > :09:09.Bodiam to Tenterden, is a lovely It runs steam trains but it
:09:10. > :09:12.doesn't go anywhere. We think that we need to make
:09:13. > :09:17.it a proper railway, connect it to a junction,
:09:18. > :09:20.like all lines were. It does mean that we can do a lot
:09:21. > :09:24.more interesting things. We can bring trains off the mainline
:09:25. > :09:27.and get passengers from London. But the new track will
:09:28. > :09:29.go across the A21, which means a new level crossing
:09:30. > :09:31.needs to be installed. Local businesses have reacted
:09:32. > :09:33.angrily to the news, saying it makes no sense to slow
:09:34. > :09:36.traffic down on the main road The railway goes across the main,
:09:37. > :09:41.the only artery into this area. I run two businesses in this area
:09:42. > :09:52.and without the A21 I'm stuffed. It was a warm, sunny
:09:53. > :09:54.day in Robertsbridge, but very cool in the sea
:09:55. > :10:08.mist along the coast. Today was due to fall when we saw
:10:09. > :10:12.the clear, blue skies, but along the coast, we saw seed missed and
:10:13. > :10:19.temperatures didn't get much above ten or 11 degrees. Over the next
:10:20. > :10:24.couple of days, the windss pick up, there will be rain at times and it
:10:25. > :10:28.will be feeling cooler as well. Heading through tonight, initially
:10:29. > :10:32.dry, then we have got a cold front, bringing a good deal of cloud and at
:10:33. > :10:36.times patchy drizzle. The main effect will be the cooler air behind
:10:37. > :10:42.it, so a fresher feel to start Friday. For most of us, Friday
:10:43. > :10:47.should stay dry. The windss from a westerly direction will be picking
:10:48. > :10:52.up, around 15 to 20 mph. Temperatures will be down on today,
:10:53. > :10:56.but around average for the time of year, ten or 11 degrees. Further
:10:57. > :11:01.outbreaks of rain going through Friday and into Saturday. It's
:11:02. > :11:01.feeling cooler. It was the outlook. He
:11:02. > :11:07.there will be rain around, most occurring overnight.
:11:08. > :11:12.Good evening, quite a range of whether an offer earlier today in
:11:13. > :11:16.the north and north-west of the UK quite a lot of showers around,
:11:17. > :11:20.lively ones, little bit of sunshine in between. The best of the sunshine
:11:21. > :11:23.to be found at the other end of the country towards the south-east in
:11:24. > :11:28.Kent, lovely picture here from one of our weather watchers. A range of
:11:29. > :11:31.temperatures, too. 17 degrees for a few, on the other side of the
:11:32. > :11:35.weather front, only seven or 8 degrees. Showers in the north and
:11:36. > :11:38.west. The fresh air will win out over tonight coming in behind the
:11:39. > :11:44.cold front, which isn't bringing much rain but it will bring some,
:11:45. > :11:45.clearing away towards the continent, cold air following behind, as do the