our weatherfront, the band of rain heads into the south—east. lots of showers packing in behind it. some heavy and wintry for the north of scotland, north—west of england, and the midlands. ice is an issue tomorrow. brighter than today. the midlands. ice is an issue tomorrow. brighterthan today. not as wendy. milderfor tomorrow. brighterthan today. not as wendy. milder for scotland and cooler elsewhere. some heavier showers around for the afternoon. more of us will see sunshine. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines — brenton tarrant, the main suspect in the new zealand mosque shootings in which 49 people were killed, appears in court on a single murder charge. new zealand police say they believe a lone gunman was involved in the attacks. prime ministerjacinda ardern vows, "our gun laws will change". new zealand is united in its grief,

and we are united in our grief. in other news, tory mp nick boles quits his local conservative association in the face of efforts to deselect him as the candidate for the next election. rebecca jones will be here at 2.00 with all the latest news to keep you company this afternoon. now on bbc news, it's time for inside out south. here's natalie graham. the bereaved parents face to face with the hospital that treated their son. we will miss his noise, his laughter, and his passion for life. i think he is a cruel man with cruel intentions. and we try out the dna

app that gives you a light when food shopping. i did not thinkl app that gives you a light when food shopping. i did not think i would be able to have pie or blt, but actually, i can. i'm natalie graham with untold stories from all around the south east. hello, and welcome to the programme. a year ayearago, a a year ago, a 21—year—old man from tunbridge wells died from developing sepsis. had he been screened sooner for the condition, he may have survived. now his parents have been invited back to the same hospital to find out what has changed. dr ranj singh reports. gavin and fiona mason are about to address the board of the maidstone and tunbridge wells nhs trust about the death of theirson, tim.

we will miss his noise, his laughter, and his passion for life. in every way, our lives are diminished and poorer now. it all began in the early hours of march the 16th 2018. tim had a high temperature, raised heart rate and was vomiting violently. he was driven to tunbridge wells hospital by his mother. he told me in the morning that he thought he was dying when he was in the hospital. and he said to me, "mummy, i'm not going to get through this". at about 7.30 in the morning, he was still very poorly but a young doctor came to see us and said that the initial bloods they'd taken seemed fine and, although he was unwell, they thought it was just a virus, so they were going to discharge him. tim was discharged but, that same day, he started to feel worse, and was taken back

to tunbridge wells hospital. he couldn't walk, stand or sit up. gavin received a text message from his wife. to get that text, "get here fast," i knew what that meant. doctor after doctor started appearing, surgeons, anaesthetists, icu people, nurses out of nowhere. we promised him he'd be waking up and that all four of us would be gathered at his bedside. the last words we exchanged with him were a lie because we couldn't say goodbye. and then the decision was made to turn off the machines because they had been unable to get a response for more than half an hour. and then we were allowed to stay with our boy quietly for as long as we wanted. sorry.

tim had a virulent strain of meningitis and, in trying to fight off the infection, he developed sepsis, which led to organ failure. so, sepsis is the way the body responds to an infection, so it's always triggered by an infection. it might be something as simple as urinary infection, a chest infection or even a cut or a bite or a sting. but in sepsis, the body's immune system goes into overdrive and if we don't stop it, that causes damage to the organs. sepsis kills an estimated 52,000 people every year in the uk, more than bowel, breast and prostate cancers combined. john mccarthy survived sepsis, but lost a leg to the condition. we have so much proof, and so much anecdotally, where people are going in, and such as myself, being sent away then going back a day or two later suffering life—altering injuries or even losing their lives.

meanwhile, gavin and fiona wanted to know exactly what happened to tim. but it was only last october — seven months after his death — when the answers were made public. a young man who died after being sent home from a kent hospital, despite telling doctors that he felt that he was dying, would have survived if he'd been properly assessed, a coroner has ruled. it was only five or so years ago that i was working as a doctor at medway hospital. and back then, we knew what sepsis was but awareness was nowhere near as good as it is now. so it leaves me wondering, how could this have happened? and what's the trust doing to stop it happening again? questions i put to drjames macdonald of the maidstone and tunbridge wells nhs trust. when he arrived in a&e, he was triaged. he had some subtle signs of infection. he had a temperature and mildly—raised heart rate and a slightly low blood pressure.

as such, we failed to screen him for sepsis. had tim been screened, would he have been treated sooner? most likely yes. he would have triggered as potentially having sepsis and had we followed our own pathways, he would have had intravenous antibiotics within an hour and intravenous fluids, and it may have changed the outcome. since tim's death, the trust says it has vastly improved its screening rate of patients displaying signs of possible sepsis and is now using a revised check list to help it identify the condition earlier. if they look sick or if they've got a high temperature or their physiological parameters are abnormal, then they go into the screening. before addressing the trust's board, gavin, fiona, and tim's brothers nick and alex, are back at tunbridge wells hospital to see a sepsis training session in action. we're going to listen to your chest and a few things like that, if that's ok? today's patient isjessica — a mannequin whose blood pressure, heart rate and even voice can be

controlled from an observation room. i feel terrible. i'm not feeling well at all. they're progressing into the sepsis pathway now. we're a little bit worried about your chest at the moment, jessica. is your breathing feeling any better or any worse? i'm really dizzy. i'm just going to lie you a little bit flatter. you can see now the stress levels in the room are sort of amping up a bit. i'm just going to pop another needle in the other side. we need to give you lots of fluid. the event itself was obviously very difficult to watch but i get comfort from knowing that they are escalating their training on sepsis and it did feel very real in there.

here in maidstone, it's nearly time for the masons to address the board — those overseeing the work of the trust. has it done enough to prevent a repeat of what happened to tim last year? what more does it need to do? gavin and fiona are about to make their views known. gavin mason tells the board that, initially, the trust didn't admit its failings, following an early investigation into what happened to tim. after numerous excuses, the report was finally emailed, 111 days after tim died. it was as we had feared, a distressing whitewash with missing statements from key staff and supposedly an independent conclusion that the hospital bore no responsibility for tim's death. gavin says he was later informed that the trust had accepted liability. 0ur solicitor received a letter from trust solicitors. in it was medicaljargon and legaljargon. but for us, there were three

headings that said it all. admission of liability, breach of duty admitted, causation admitted. fiona mason wants changes to how patients are assessed, and how the trust communicates with them and their families. throughout this statement, we have tried to remain as composed as possible, trusting that the transparency and change is genuinely desired by the trust, as you have told us, even while it has not always been evident. thank you for listening to us. thank you for that. i think i speak for the board in saying

there's a lot of shocking stuff in there. i was aware of some of it but not all of it. please be assured that myself and the other members of the board will pick up all the points you've made, give them serious consideration. the board has discussed tim's death before but it's a chance to say publically how sorry we are. the board assures the masons that changes have already been made to how patients are assessed and treated in a&e. afterwards, i caught up with gavin, fiona and tim's brother, nick. do you think that's enough, or do think more needs to be done? it's not enough. it's more than half way though and it's a very positive step in the right direction. it does need further work, but they do seem open to that. the trust and the masons say they'll continue to work together to help other families.

now, some families have told us they have lost loved ones to a bizarre cult called universal medicine. it began in australia, but its european headquarters are in the west country. to the wrington, somerset, population 268. —— titherington, a quiet hamlet, or is it? in the last ten years, it has become home to a cult. its leader as a former bankrupt tennis coach, who lives in australia and is now a millionaire. we have been told his cult split up families. he teaches that people are sexually abused because of what they did ina

sexually abused because of what they did in a past life. if you have been sexually abused, you have been an abuser. he says those with autism we re abuser. he says those with autism were former dictators. down syndrome oi’ were former dictators. down syndrome orany were former dictators. down syndrome or any other disabled child. that happens everywhere. you can be on a train ora bus, happens everywhere. you can be on a train or a bus, and you are being smiled. welcome to the weird and dangerous world of universal medicine. this woman was 12 when her mum moved to somerset to follow universal medicine. what was your earliest memory of your mama's involvement? one of the main things ican involvement? one of the main things i can remember involvement? one of the main things i can remember was involvement? one of the main things i can remember was turning everything anticlockwise, because if you didn't, you would let entities in. so cooking food had to be done anticlockwise, things like that, turning door knobs and handles. also, taking your shoes off when you

go into the house, because otherwise... i was sitting here, go into the house, because otherwise... iwas sitting here, my mum was over there, and she started burping. my dad said, what are you doing? she said, i'mjust burping. my dad said, what are you doing? she said, i'm just burping out bad spirits. how could you say that, and how could anyone believe that? it is just ridiculous. serge hit the headlines when he sued this former follower and lost. serge hit the headlines when he sued this formerfollower and lost. a jury this formerfollower and lost. a jury found this formerfollower and lost. a juryfound in this formerfollower and lost. a jury found in our favour this formerfollower and lost. a jury found in ourfavour and said it was true to call universal medicine a socially harmful cult that makes false claims about healing. the jury also found serge engaged in bizarre sexual manipulation, exploited cancer patients to believe them —— to leave home things in his will.

john says universal medicine took both his wife and adult daughter away from him. my daughterjust changed overnight. she didn't want to acknowledge fathers day, she told me that she could celebrate my birthday any day of the year. so how did you feel all of a sudden as her dad, when she wanted to change the way she was towards you? heartbroken. i really miss my daughter, i really do. anybody who contradicts what they say, they are basically told to shun, shun away, and not to mix with them. no one questions serge. he is a we have discovered he comes to somerset twice a year to teach his followers.

it isa twice a year to teach his followers. it is a a—star bed—and—breakfast with conference facilities, a cafe, and an indoorswimming with conference facilities, a cafe, and an indoor swimming pool. all thriving businesses in their own right that visitors would not know are connected to universal medicine. the president of froome chamber of commerce did not want to be interviewed, but i spoke to him off—camera. your would not tell me exactly what was going on. —— he at first would not tell me. the police say they had been called by the lighthouse, and after a short conversation, we continue our filming. i spoke to simon, he told me he feels this has been a media witchhunt against him. when i asked if he was involved in universal

medicine, he did admit he is a follower of universal medicine, and that serge is a friend of his who he loves very much, and that the court ruling in australia is totally untrue. none of it is true, and when i started to question him on some of serge's beliefs around disabled children and victims of sexual assault, he refused to answer that, and at that point, asked me to leave and at that point, asked me to leave and said the conversation was finished. serge has always denied running a cult and any wrongdoing. for the families who have not seen their loved ones for years, it is clear what they think of serge and universal medicine. clear what they think of serge and universal medicinelj clear what they think of serge and universal medicine. i think serge is a cruel man with cruel intentions, and that is all i have to say. i genuinely think he is a monster.

since we made that film, simon williams has resigned from froom chamber of commerce. the nhs may have a new tool up its sleeve to help us lead healthier lives. researchers at imperial college london have been trialling a new app for patients with type two diabetes. it uses their dna samples to help them choose what foods to eat. inside cut out has followed one family as they put the technology through their paces. i'm andrew, and 48, through their paces. i'm andrew, and a8, an ex firefighter, and i now run a security company. when i was in the fire service, 21 years ago, i underwent quite a traumatic experience. we were trying to extra ct experience. we were trying to extract someone from a car, and whilst i was listing it, i taught my aorta. andrew underwent life-saving surgery, and was given an artificial

heart valve. it is important to stay healthy. i'm charlotte, i'm 19, and lam healthy. i'm charlotte, i'm19, and i am studying equine behavioural science at university. when i was about five or six, i was diagnosed with a hole in the heart, and then it got quite big and i had to have an operation to fix that. i always try and stick to foods that are healthier, because i don't want any other strain on my heart. i'm sam, i'm almost a5, i'm a mother and a wife, and i'm a behind the scenes keeping everything running smoothly. ido keeping everything running smoothly. i do try to keep active, but i've always struggled with losing weight. health is important to the crowne—spencerfamily, health is important to the crowne—spencer family, and they have agreed to trial a new app that uses your own dna results to select the best food choices. charlotte and andrew have some quite serious health issues. you want to make sure that you give them the best chance

at preventing anything further. this gives us that option. today, sam, andrew and charlotte have come to imperial college to meet the man behind the app. this is a way of people being able to make a very small changes to their nutrition choices, not changing their behaviour dramatically, but giving people more choices within that there behaviour. so it is not sane, eat a banana instead of a biscuit, you can still eat a biscuit. but this is the better biscuit for you, based upon your dna. the first step is for the family to take a dna test. i will put your swap into this dna cartridge, and what it does is extracts from the swab purified dna, then your dna is spread over these wells. there are 96 wells on this

little chip here. we are not looking at your full little chip here. we are not looking at yourfull genome, we little chip here. we are not looking at your full genome, we are just looking at particular propensities to various medical conditions, which we feel that nutrition will have high impact on. and after ten or 15 minutes, your entire dna gets transported to that capsule. all the people in laboratories, and you can do that in that little machine, pretty amazing. so how can these dna results help us make better food choices? so how can these dna results help us make betterfood choices? this is the scientist behind the app. you cannot change your genetics and dna, but you can adjust your environment and improve your health by making the right choices. and this is what the right choices. and this is what the app aims to do, help people make sustainable choices. they are small

changes in diet, you switch from one chocolate to another, but in the long run, they can have a significant impact. once the capsule is loaded with the results, it is worn on a bracelet that synchronises with an app on your phone. now for the moment of truth, it is results time. let's look at your results. you've got lots of green! so that is pretty good. these are almost perfect third match, no reds at all. a couple of mediums, salt sensitivity, it is actually medium. —— these are almost perfect genes. you should be as fit as a fiddle, your genes are pretty good. next up, charlotte. more greens, fantastic! you are identical to your dad. the only one you are very high on its salt sensitivity. you just need to be very careful of salted products. your turn. will samet be pleased

with her results? wow, ok. you seem to have a lot of reds. the only green is caffeine metabolism. when i got my results, i opened up the app, andi got my results, i opened up the app, and i saw red, i have got a high sensitivity to sugar, which means i've got a high chance of developing type two diabetes. salt, fat, carbohydrates, obesity. but it is actually better to know. with the app loaded, the family is ready to shop. too much salt. each bar code gives the product a green or red rating depending on your dna. we

like this app, it is easy, it is green or red, based on your own dna, which of those choices is better or worse for you. but can usually predict that accurately which foods are good for you? we showed the app to consultant geneticist. these apps are at this stage, i would say, too early to individually predict risk for a particular individual. the science behind it has been based on populations. and i would say it is difficult to move from science that has been generated in populations down to a single individual. more research needs to be done, but trials using this app are already under way with the nhs, using type two diabetes and mental health patients. if you have a serious mental illness in this country, you are likely to die approximately 15

yea rs are likely to die approximately 15 years earlier, and quite often, the reasons for that premature mortality is because of cardiovascular problems, hypertension, diabetes.“ a patients of these chronic diseases are shown to benefit from this app, we could see gps prescribing the technology. you could imagine a world where the gp says, why don't you wear one of these? that one is fine for you and charlotte, but not me. another feature of the app is that families can link their dna results. when i go shopping, i can make sure i am making the right choices for all three of us. i love that. so what's choices of the family made based on the app?|j that. so what's choices of the family made based on the app? i can eat things like pizzas and prepacked curries, whereas sam, she can't eat anything like that at all. going on my results, i did not think i would be able to have fire or a third

match, but actually, i can. the important thing is it is the nudging that comes in again, so with the pie she was allowed to have, saturated fat was slightly lower than the other pie that she couldn't have. it is actually just other pie that she couldn't have. it is actuallyjust making these small changes, but you can eat the best of thejunk. changes, but you can eat the best of the junk. as long as you use it with a degree of scepticism, you consider your other risk factors, i would regard it as a bit of fun, to be honest. i will have a little bit of that, but not too much. makes you even more determined, because you know it is actually your dna, it is unique to you. at first, i thought it would be a gimmick, but no, every time you get a packet, you are tempted to scan it with the app and see exactly what is in it. it will be something my generation will use, especially on the go. i think it will motivate me to try and stick to stuff that is healthy. that's it for

this episode of insi, thank you for watching, goodbye. —— inside out. good afternoon, some very dramatic weather to be found across the uk today. across the northern half of the uk, we have seen quite a bit of snow and not just across the the uk, we have seen quite a bit of snow and notjust across the hills, this was northumberland, just an hour or so ago. now we are starting to see some of the snow across southern scotland and northern england turning back to rain. heavy rain are definitely an issue further south. and the strong winds and widely across england and wales, so

if you are travelling, disruption as possible. this devout anywhere in the uk for one reason or another. here is our weather set up, some comparatively mild air at the moment to the south of the uk, some colder air trying to move into the north. you can see the line between the two on our weather chart for the rest of this afternoon. milder airjust bumped into southern scotland, still more heavy snow to come across the highlands and aberdeenshire. northern ireland split basically from north to south as we speak, single figures along the north coast, into the low teens in the far south—east. further south, coast, into the low teens in the far south—east. furthersouth, it is milder across england and wales, rain we are contending with across northern england, the midlands and the south—west, pushing in to the south east and east anglia, really only as we get to dusk. but the wind is an issue everywhere. widespread gusts of a5, 50 mph, but across some higher ground, gusts of a5, 50 mph, but across some higherground, up to gusts of a5, 50 mph, but across some higher ground, up to 70 mph. and this is the way the split looks in

terms of temperatures and for this afternoon. barely above freezing in scotland, but we should head around 11 or 12 further south. here goes the rain into the south—east as we go through the evening, bear that in mind if you're heading out. elsewhere, things were clear but a lot of showers following behind, and organised a line if you like into northern ireland and the north west of england. could be wintry as well, some are more for northern scotland, and it is cold across the northern half of the uk first thing sunday, so ice something else to have any back of your mind. still quite windy on sunday, but not as much as today. strongest winds in the far north of scotla nd strongest winds in the far north of scotland on sunday, gusting 50 to 60 mph. elsewhere, breezy in comparison to recent days, sunshine and showers. skies are tending to clear across northern ireland and scotland later on in the day. a milder story for scotland, film and chill your further south. next week, finally, a

bit of a breather from the stormy weather. pressure tries to build to the south, meaning lighter winds and looking for something a little bit drier in ourforecast. the headlines at 2. brenton tarrant, the main suspect in the new zealand mosque shootings in which a9 people were killed, has appeared in court on a single murder charge. new zealand police say they believe a lone gunman was involved in the attacks. prime ministerjacinda ar—dern has vowed: "0ur gun laws will change" new zealand is united in its grief and we are united in our grief. more than a0 people are injured and in hospital — as tributes are made in commemoration to those who have died.

in other news — tory mp nick boles quits his local conservative association in the face of efforts to deselect him as the candidate.