A surgeon in London says he has performed the UK's first long‑distance robotic operation on a patient located 2,400km (1,500 miles) away in Gibraltar. Leading robotic urological surgeon Professor Prokar Dasgupta said it felt "almost as if I was there" as he carried out a prostrate removal on Paul Buxton. The cancer patient, 62, said it had been a "no-brainer" to take part and become "part of medical history". It is hoped that remote robotic surgery could spare future patients the "vast expense