01/06/2016 BBC Wales Today

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Chris Wood took his own life.

Why is the system failing people like him with complex

mental health problems?

And Wales footballers have been training

for the first time since the final Euro 2016 squad was announced,

watched by hundreds of fans.

Good evening.

Chris Wood, from Cardiff, killed himself when he was just 25.

He had complex mental health problems, but a new report -

seen exclusively by BBC Wales - says he would still be alive

had he received the care he needed.

The charity, Hafal, is now calling on the Welsh Government

to do more to ensure health boards comply

with the law on mental health. India Pollock reports.

Their little sunshine - that's what Chris Wood's family

called him when he was a child.

But life became very difficult when he developed

a borderline personality disorder.

It meant he couldn't cope with intense emotions

and would often self harm.

He tried to kill himself 32 times in his short life.

In January 2013, he went missing and his parents, Debbie and Robin,

found him in a lane.

He had hanged himself.

We had taken him to A so many times, but always

brought him back with us, that there was a big part of me that

really couldn't quite believe it. It was just utterly horrendous.

For my lovely son, we'd fought so hard to keep safe,

to die in the street like that...

To try and explain that to my husband's 90-year-old parents

was just unbelievable.

Um, it was horrendous, it really was.

A new report has found that Chris's death would've been prevented had

he received a reasonable standard of care, specifically a care

coordinator to oversee a consistent approach to his complex problems.

Debbie said that reading this report was devastating.

It found that there was no evidence that Chris's risk to himself

was correctly assessed the year before he died.

It also says that his care plan was inadequate and that there

was grave concern about the lack of the involvement of the family.

Now there are calls for the Welsh Government to do more

to ensure that services comply with mental health law.

We hear too much, "We've learned lessons from these sorts of cases."

Enough is enough and if people don't want to deliver to the mental health

measure, they should give up delivering

the mental health services

themselves and give it to a health board thats capable of doing that.

The Welsh Government says that mental health will be

a priority for them.

They say that they expect services to comply with national guidelines

They say that they expect services to comply with national guidelines

and that it's introduced a measure to ensure all those in secondary

services have a care and treatment plan.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has apologised to Chris's

family and said they've taken steps to address the issues raised

in the report.

It also says it's been developing services for people

with problems like Chris'.

It's been a three-year fight for Debbie and her family.

They're speaking out now, because they want changes for others

like Chris, who have complex mental health needs.

India Pollock.

Now the rest of the day's news.

There are plans to reduce the maximum size of infant classes

from 30 pupils to 25.

But an education expert says it won't have much impact on learning

and there's also concern that already overcrowded schools will

struggle to cope with the change.

The policy is part of the deal between the Labour-run

Welsh Government and the Liberal Democrats,

which saw the Lib Dems' only Assembly Member Kirsty Williams

appointed Education Secretary.

Personally, I wouldn't do it, because I'd use the money for,

I think, the pressing thing - the most pressing thing of all -

which is, independent of class sizes, we haven't developed

the capacities of our teachers to be world-class great teachers.

That's what I would spend my money, but then, I'm not in politics.

You speak to any teacher, they'll tell you that,

if they have a smaller class size, they can offer better

services to those pupils, they can identify strengths

or weaknesses easier. They have better time for planning.

But I'd have some concerns about the debate being do we reduce

class sizes or do we improve teachers' professional development?

It shouldn't be an either or, it should be how do we ensure

a situation where we do both of those things?

And staying with schools - a consultation on the future

of four Secondary Schools in Powys has closed.

The council has plans to close Gwernyfed and Brecon schools,

and create a single school in their place, doing

the same at Builth Wells and Llandrindod schools.

The changes could be put in place for the start

of the September 2017 term.

The number of adults in Wales who say they smoke has

fallen to 19%, according to the Welsh Government's

latest Health Survey.

That's compared to 26% 12 years ago.

But there's still concern about binge drinking,

and an increase in obesity.

Ambulance Services have been restored tonight after

a power cut disrupted communication systems.

They say they haven't missed any 999 emergencies -

by answering and recording calls manually - but they're

still catching up with a backlog.

Football and, with less than two weeks to the European championships,

the players will be heading to France before the end the week.

And there was extra scrutiny at training today -

200 supporters who'd won a competition were allowed

to watch them train.

A photocall with the fans.

It's not every day you get the chance to get this close

to the likes of Joe Ledley and a Galactico in Gareth Bale.

I work in a school.

I just want to make the boys in class really jealous,

cos they only answer to the name of Gareth Bale on the yard.

You can see they all enjoy each other's company and how

much fun they're having.

Just seeing them up close here just doing training

is really, like, amazing!

There's no doubting the popularity of the Wales national team.

200 fans have come to watch today's training session.

Gareth Bale is here for the first time since

winning the Champions League.

But Joe Allen, Joe Ledley and Hal Robson-Kanu will miss

Sunday's friendly in Sweden, because of injury.

A blonde Aaron Ramsey and Gareth Bale trained away

from the main group, with those who're not fully fit,

but both could feature in the game in Stockholm this weekend.

No doubt, Bale is the biggest draw, not only for fans and photographers,

but for the youngest player in the squad too.

When I first met him, I was a little bit starstruck.

But, um, he makes everyone feel welcome

and he's just another one of us.

While Euro 2016 opponents, England, will have had three warm-up games,

Wales have just one.

Fewer friendlies, though, is not a problem for the players.

I think, when we met up last week to go to Portugal, the boys,

the majority of the players, had at least a week off

from the club, which is important, because it's a long season and,

probably more mentally than physically,

it's nice to have a little break.

The football in France is fast approaching.

For many here, a lifetime's ambition is about to be realised.

From growing up as a young kid to playing at a tournament like this

is amazing and, as you said, it's something that we have been

working for for a while to get in there.

We missed out last year, last time, and we said

this time, this is it.

-- this time, this is the one.

Wales have just two more days to prepare on home soil

before a trip to Sweden.

Then it's straight onto France and the real business will begin.

Let's see what the weather has in store - here's Derek.

Hello again.

West was best today for the start of meteorological summer.

Sunshine and blue skies with temperatures up to 21

Celsius, 70 Fahrenheit.

And there is more dry weather to come tomorrow and more

of us will see the sun.

Tonight, dry for most of us, just the odd light shower,

but no more than that.

Clear in parts of the west and south-west and slightly

cooler than last night.

Tomorrow morning, it's a dry story across the country.

Some cloud but sunny in the West and south-west

and during the morning more places will tend to brighten up.

Across the rest of the UK, most of England will

start grey and cool.

The odd spot of rain and drizzle, but during the day, it

will gradually brighten up.

Having said that, the East and North East of England

will stay grey and cool.

The best of the sunshine in the Western areas,

The best of the sunshine in western areas, including Northern Ireland,

where it will be warm.

Up to 19 Celsius Belfast.

Up to 19 Celsius in Belfast.

Like today, it will be cool in the east coast.

Only 11 in Newcastle.

It's looking lovely in Wales tomorrow afternoon.

Plenty of sunshine.

Just a few fair weather clouds and pleasantly warm.

Top temperature 16-20 Celsius.

A light to moderate breeze.

A few degrees cooler on some coasts with an onshore breeze.

Fine tomorrow evening. Dry overnight.

The sky clears, so it will turn a bit cool,

especially in the countryside.

Down to 5 Celsius in Ceredigion.

As for Friday, a dry day, more sunshine,

especially in the west.

More in the way of cloud, especially towards the east.

Light winds on Friday,

temperatures in the mid to high teens.

Now, for the weekend, scattered showers,

heavy and thundering in places. Some sunshine as well.

And it will become warmer, temperatures on Sunday rising

into the low 20s Celsius.

And it looks like there's more warm and humid weather to come next week.

More on all of tonight's stories on our website -

bbc.co.uk/walesnews.

That's Wales Today, thank you for watching.

From all of us on the programme, goodnight.