11/07/2014 BBC Wales Today

has been talking to Will Gompertz. That's all

Families who paid for care fees that should have been

funded by the NHS have until the end of this month to reclaim the money.

Tonight there have been calls to extend that deadline

amid warnings that thousands of families in Wales could miss out.

Eileen had to be cared for in a nursing home until she died in 2009.

She was immobile after suffering from three strokes and she was

severely diabetic but she was told that her health needs were not great

enough for the NHS to pay for her fees so she was forced to

sell her house to pay for the care. Her brother-in-law battled to

get that decision overturned but only after three appeals

and two upheld complaints to the Public Services Ombudsman.

A process that he describes as traumatic.

I asked them on one occasion, how ill does one have to be to

qualify for continuing healthcare? They shrugged their shoulders.

It's annoying. These people cannot look

after themselves anymore but they worked 40, 50 years.

They paid their taxes and their National Insurance contributions

and were never a burden to society and when it came to their case,

for them to be looked after, they had to pay for themselves.

If, like Mrs Puc, someone is receiving care

for a health need, either in a nursing home or in their own

home - the NHS should pay the fees. But many are unaware of the funding

or are wrongly denied the money when they are assessed, potentially

leading to a retrospective appeal. And now, thousands of people are

at risk of missing the deadline to reclaim fees as the Welsh Government

says that claims must be made at the end of this month for care received

between April 2003 and July 2013. The government was expecting 3,000

applicants but so far only 29 have come forward

with only two weeks left to apply. It's crucial that people know

that the deadline is looming. They need to have all

the right information to know whether this information applies to

them and whether they will be due money back from the NHS.

Unfortunately, this deadline hasn't been publicised

as widely as we would like to see it and it's also been

announced at quite short notice. The Welsh Government

strongly rejects the claims. As part of a publicity campaign,

it's given posters and leaflets to GPs, hospitals and Age Cymru.

It's also put the information online.

It is quite clear the publicity campaign hasn't worked

and that is why we need to see an extension of the deadline by

at least three months, so that the families have the

opportunity to make their claims. But it's too late for people like

Mr Roberts and Mrs Puc whose home and belongings have

already been sold to pay for care. A man found guilty of shooting

his estranged wife after she left him for another man has been jailed

for life with the judge recommending Newport Crown Court heard how 50

year-old Christopher Parry shot Caroline Parry twice

in the back before turning Sentencing him

the judge said he accepted he'd been suffering a significant depressive

illness at the time. The Conservative MP for Monmouth,

David Davies, has called on the UK Government to

solve problems surrounding the issuing of passports, following

an increasing number of complaints It comes a month

after a row broke out over delays to Home Secretary Theresa May denied

there was a crisis, but said there A 38-year-old woman has appeared

before Cardiff Crown Court accused of seven charges of possessing

and distributing indecent images The charges against Joanne Majelics

from Doncaster followed an investigation into singer

Ian Watkins. She pleaded not guilty

and was released on bail. It has to be

a parent's worst nightmare. Thankfully,

this time it all ended well. A nine-year-old school girl playing

hide and seek got wedged between giant rocks as the tide was coming

in at Aberaeron near Aberystwyth. With the lifeboat crew struggling to

find a way to free her, the youngest team member, just 17,

had to squeeze himself between the rocks and submerge

himself in water to free her. This dramatic footage shows the

urgency of the rescue for the RNLI. A nine-year-old girl, Eira,

got stuck. She slipped while playing hide

and seek. Tom, can you fit down there?

Take the stuff off. Take your life jacket off...

The only way to free her was to send the youngest crew member

in to cut off her Wellington boot. 17-year-old Thom Evans was

on his first call-out. If you don't think you can do it,

don't do it. Slide in and cut off her Wellington

boot. It was

a tough situation to go through. Tough for your first call-out.

What was going through your mind? The first thing that went

through my mind is, this is quite a serious scenario for

her to be in and I have to do this. The tide is coming in thick.

We decided to try and get in and out as fast

as we could with her free and safe. Joe Perry welly as much as you can.

The urgency of the call-out can be seen from this footage.

Within an hour, the girl would have been underwater.

I will get down the back. The front is the problem.

With some quick thinking, Eira was freed.

The nine-year-old helped make this a successful rescue by staying calm.

Well done, Tom. Well done.

This dramatic rescue made sure that an innocent game of hide and Seek

didn't end in tragedy. A charity, which helps young people

in Wales have their say on Welsh politics, has warned it faces

closure after losing its funding. Funky Dragon,

the Youth Assembly for Wales, includes youngsters elected from

each local council area to discuss The Welsh Government, which provides

the funding, says its grants will support other organisations offering

a similar service. New rules setting-out the way public

bodies offer services in Welsh need to be flexible enough to reflect

the different levels of Welsh spoken That's according to the leader

of Gwynedd Council Dyfed Edwards, who's been negotiating on behalf of

councils, with the Welsh Government The First Minister will

respond next week. The future of Welsh rugby has been

thrown deeper into doubt tonight. Regional Rugby Wales says the new

proposed agreement for the future of regions have written to the Welsh

Rugby Union offering them the chance to take them over. The WRU says it's

working to avoid a crisis over the Glamorgan have been back in Twenty20

action this evening at the Oval Batting first,

Glamorgan made 192 for 4 before More sunshine today, but I think

there's a change on the horizon. Tonight, clear spells, some cloud,

coastal mist and hill fog forming. Otherwise,

dry and mild at 10-15 Celsius. We can see from the pressure chart

that it goes downhill tomorrow. These fronts push in

from the Atlantic, bringing a more unsettled influence to our weather.

It should be fine at first, further east, with sunny spells

before thicker cloud and mainly patchy rain push in from the west.

Tthat rain already across Northern Ireland, the west

of England and most of Scotland. Fairly light but

although it's drier further east, the air's humid and unstable which

could trigger a thunder showers. But warmer where it?s

sunnier longest. 24-26 Celsius for the south

and east of England. By late afternoon,

that rain spreading across Wales. Not huge amounts.

The potential for heavier bursts on high ground with winds picking

up too. Not as warm further west.

17 Celsius in Pembrokeshire. A more humid 21 Celsius in Wrexham

and Flintshire. That front continues to moves

eastwards Saturday night into Sunday, so the rain easing overnight

but remaining cloudy and very mild. Any early showers will clear

on Sunday, turning into a brighter but breezier day.

More in the way of sunshine by the afternoon and still fairly

warm but a fresher feel as we lose that humidity from the Continent.

So the weekend starts humid, some rain tomorrow,

clearing by Sunday, with a slightly fresher but more changeable regime

for the start of next week. We'll be back with our next update

at 6.50pm tomorrow evening. From all of us here,

have a good weekend.