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Eight weeks in hospital waiting for a care home place.

Why Albert Miles' family sax he needs accomodation near them -

but currently the council can't provide it.

It's like he's losing the whll to fight, to live. He's now getting to

the stage where he doesn't want to wake up the morning.

Also, what a third runway at Heathrow would mean

And later on: Vene Vidi Stinky a unique look at a Roman town,

complete with sounds - and smells.

When you went to where the cows and pigs were, you could smell ` bit of

to. The family of an elderly cancer

patient say they're getting increasingly distressed that he s

in hospital - when they want him to be in a care home

close to where they live. Albert Miles - who's 88 -

has been well enough to leave So far, his family -

who live in Carterton - have rejected offers of card homes

in other parts of Oxfordshire, because they say

they're too far away. Two months ago, Albert Miles

was told by doctors he had cancer in his liver,

kidneys, bowels, lungs and prostate. Mum just completely

broke down in tears. My husband's also got cancer

as well, so I've sort of been through it with him

for the last four years. His family, who live in Carterton,

have been making a daily 50 mile round trip to the Churchill

hospital in Oxford. Albert's wife Patricia doesn't drive

and has early signs of dementia Their daughter Julie works

full-time in Gloucestershird To make their lives easier,

they're hoping he's moved to a care It feels like a bit of a nightmare

version of Groundhog Day. So I get up at 6am, I go to work,

I get the kids up, make surd they're Go to work, try and concentrate

on my job, I'm a finance manager. Then an hour's travel back home

pick my mum and then travel another sort of half an hour,

three quarters of an hour to get to the Churchill

because of the traffic. We try and spend at least a couple

of hours with my dad. Social care is partly

provided by councils. Albert Miles has so far been offered

care homes in Banbury, Chipping Norton and Headington

but his family have turned them down, because they say

they're too far away. In a statement, Oxfordshire

County Council told us... Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

is also partly responsible No one was available

for an interview, but they did Patricia Miles believes timd

is running out for her world war A short time ago, Adina

spoke to Healthwatch - the group which oversees patient

care in Oxfordshire. They started by talking abott why

some patients face long The duty of care from the hospitals

and from social services ard that when somebody leaves hospit`l,

they must be properly supported in their home,

or they must go to the appropriate And it's not as simple nowadays

as saying right, OK, It's also them being able to get

that package of care and th`t And quite often it's not just

the impact on the patient, It's the stress,

the travelling time. If you're closer to home

and the whole drive now arotnd acute care and patient support

is to provide your service, The stress, the time that it takes,

the emotional drain that can be on, especially if you might be the sole

carer, you might be elderly, The other argument of coursd

is being stuck in hospital, these delayed transfers,

it costs an awful lot of money. That isn't a reason for movhng

people out of hospital. It's one reason, it is part

of the solution, because thdn you can spend the money you would be

normally spending in hospit`l care Do you feel there's an easidr way

to deal with this problem? Could we be doing something else

in order to make this transhtion from hospital either back home

or to a care home, much easher? The difficult question,

and I don't a simple answer. I think whatever plans

become up with comments about whether there is the capacity

in the community, capacity We can't just move on one ott

of hospital into care homes. Going home is also an option

for many people. A man has been sentenced to life

in jail after being convictdd for assault and rape

in Witney and Bournemouth. In June, Callum King from Whtney

raped a woman in her twentids, Two days later he broke into a house

in Bournemouth and attacked He will spend at least

nine years in prison. The government has spoken

in the great runway debate. In the end, it decided

there could be only one - It came down to which would offer up

the greater economic opporttnities. That decision has been

welcomed by businesses across the Thames Valley

who campaigned for years Our Business Correspondent @lastair

Fee has been taking a look `t why. Fruit and cut flowers

flying in from Colombia. Heathrow is a passenger airport

but on every plane that's c`rgo It is anticipated that a thhrd

runway will help open up 40 new It gives Heathrow the ability

to reach out to all Collection, handling,

screening and delivery - It will give you the opporttnity

to reach out to China, to new emerging markets,

South America to India. It gives the opportunity

for Scottish salmon, the biggest export out of the UK,

to reach new destinations. The flowers and fruit in thdse

boxes come here thanks Expansion means opening manx more

destinations like this. It gives us stability,

it makes us able to Steve runs a Berkshire haul`ge

company. The family business

started in the 1950s. All their work involves frehght

going in and out of Heathrow. It means that we know

that we can strongly expand, we can go out and buy a few

more trucks, perhaps. The freight industry has argued that

in terms of global competithon, China have built 50

airports in five years. We're looking to build one runway

in ten years. Shows the great difference hn how

we're looking at the world `nd how Heathrow is the UK's

biggest port by value, dwarfing the goods that comd in and

out of seaports like Southalpton. With the vote to leave the DU,

many feel that expansion is even more important to show the world

that Britain is a trading n`tion The words Third runway and Brexit

have appeared in the same statement How significant is the annotncement

in the current climate? As you had in my report, He`throw is

the UK's biggest port for export and import. There is a real feeling in

this country that we needed to do something to give us an economic

boost. And especially in thd vote to leave the EU. I think the government

and businesses are hoping that this turns out that signal, that Britain

is open for business in a post-Brexit world. The decision has

been widely welcomed across the Thames Valley by businesses and

counties around Heathrow foot the bill also been welcomed up `nd down

the UK. Businesses have been -- around Heathrow, but it has also

been. Business engagement organisations, Federation of Small

Businesses have all come out today widely welcoming today's decision by

the government. Do you think the extra runw`y

was always going be at Heathrow - rather than Gatwick,

or even Birmingham? Casting aside those very re`l

environmental concerns, the real impact on some people's livds,

wasn't going to be Heathrow and not get it, not Birmingham? I think so.

I think that comes down to one thing, the business case. It comes

down to jobs and money. If xou look at some of those huge figurds that

have been bouncing around today just in this part of the world, the

expansion in the Thames Valley, in Oxfordshire, Berkshire and

Buckinghamshire, could mean the creation of some 35,000 new jobs. An

economic boost of some ?3.5 billion to the regional economy. If you look

at what the airports commission was saying, and those figures go much

higher. Job creation of 180,000 people across the UK. Econolic boost

to the economy of ?210 billhon. I think it's been a very positive day

for business across the country There were many hurdles to overcome.

And I think the feeling really was that it was going to be Gatwick or

Birmingham who could deliver that. Any Heathrow could.

It's a year ago this week since the RAF moved it's chhnook

Since then, the twin rotor helicopters have become

a regular sight in the skies above Oxfordshire

The aircraft have been a workhorse of the armed services for ydars

They proved a vital resourcd in the conflict in Afghanistan.

Brennan Nicholls has had rare access to the aircraft and the crews.

Unmistakeable and instantly recognisable.

The Chinook has been around for decades.

It was first used by the RAF in the Falklands Conflict of the

The aircraft has undergone dxtensive modernisation in recent years

In Afghanistan it provided crucial air support

Each Chinook operates with a four man crew.

Its power, flying range and safety record has made it a favourhte

It has been a favourite for decades because of its versatility. It is

also a great aircraft for evacuation, getting in and out

quickly. It is slightly unddrsized, for transporting to the top of

mountains and so on. Crews have to be ready to rdspond

to every possible scenario... Hovering the aircraft, being able to

fly circuits for take-off and landing. Flying at night, into

clouds, into tactical scenarios where we similar its threats against

the aircraft and make sure we get the troops to the correct place at

the correct time. I had the biggest grin when the instructor told me to

hover and I have 80 foot of aircraft behind me and lift up and ldft. To

see who much work they have done in Afghanistan, there is in thd

workhorse of the last 40, 50 years, really. It is exciting.

With all those training flights - a lot of effort goes into to trying

to keep good relationships with neighbouring communitids.

We do try to promote what wd're doing, to engage with peopld and let

them know what we're doing hn terms of night flying. To publish our

programme is threatened as possible so that people understand what we

do, and more importantly, why we do it.

Once training is complete Ptma crews will switch to the fellow R@F

Chinook crews meanwhile will be based at RAF Odiham

Each ready to take on the next chapter

A new Shakespeare exhibition has opened in Oxford -

featuring work from international artists and local school chhldren.

It includes a range of sculptures, paintings and multi-sensory exhibits

It's 400 years since the de`th of William Shakespeare.

The exhibition is free and will stay open for the next three weeks.

There's actually two points of the show.

One is that Shakespeare was everywhere and part of culture,

and the other one I think is that art of all ages and inspires.

And that's why I like to colbine adult and children's art,

because I think children have got a lot of interest and things to say.

And the fact that there is Shakespeare pieces done

by children in year six means that he still remains relev`nt

He's very famous through generations, and I think people

are trying to keep that through generations,

We made our own paint out of Shakespearean pigments.

Some of them were originallx poisonous, but we used diffdrent

things so we didn't accidentally kill ourselves

I'll have the headlines at 8pm and a full bulletin at 10.30pm.

Now more of today's stories with Sally Taylor.

new runway is at least a decade away. Something really did change

today, and Gatwick Airport hs the loser.

Thank you. More news to come

and Tony Husband has the sport. We will be in north London `s

Reading bid for a bench. Thd first meeting between the cuts since their

FA Cup clash last year. "I didn't expect her life

to end the way it did." The words

of a Southern Health doctor whose patient fell from

a bridge after months of depression. An inquest heard Marion Munns

had appeared bright and chedrful on the phone

to the consultant psychiatrhst. But her family said

she was withdrawn, erratic Our health correspondent,

David Fenton, Thank you. Today we heard from the

psychiatrist, who gave eviddnce for about three hours. She had

telephoned the patient of KGB questioned whether she was `t risk.

She said that, on the phone, she seemed cheerful and bright `nd there

were no anxiety issues or moved -- mood issues as Boris she cotld tell.

The family told a different story. For weeks, she had been lethargic

and withdrawn, behaving str`ngely, obsessively drinking water, and

talking to herself in there is. At one point she said to herself in a

mirror, will I be all right? She answered, yes, I will be all right.

But she was not all right, was she? She was not. Another the 12th, there

were chaotic scenes at the family home when she became very agitated

and had to be pinned to the ground while her daughter telephondd the

police to ask for help. But she escaped and basically fled hnto the

night, and she came here to this bridge over the M27, where she later

fell to her death. During the inquest today, the doctor told the

coroner, I did not expect hdr to harm herself or for her lifd to end

the way it did. Tomorrow, the inquest continues and we ard

expected to hear from the c`re worker who told the family, on the

day she died, that the office was closing and that they would have to

call 999 for help. Thank you.

A Dorset woman who has cysthc fibrosis says she's devastated

that the hospital service she relies on is under revidw.

Karen Pearce currently recehves care at Poole Hospital.

The trust says, because of staffing changes,

it's looking at different w`ys of running the service

and is working with colleagues in Southampton.

It has reassured patients that high quality care will continue

but Karen fears longer journey times and less support for patients.

Karen Pearce and her husband, Kenny, spend much of their lives

trying to manage her cystic fibrosis.

50 tablets a day, as well as medication she inhales,

help to loosen the sticky mtcus that builds up inside her body.

When the condition worsens, the service at Poole Hospit`l,

You are very vulnerable with it so you can wake up one

morning feeling fine, and you can wake up the next morning

On those occasions, I have accessed the service two

A letter to patients says that service is being reviewed.

It explains a specialist consultant is moving from Poole

to University Hospital Southampton, 30 miles away.

Karen fears Poole's provision may go.

This is a service that I have been attending for six years.

It is local, it is accessible, and it means that I can get timely

Particularly when you are unwell, the last thing you want to be doing

is travelling a 60-mile round-trip to another facility.

The Wessex Cystic Fibrosis @dult Service is currently providdd

Poole Hospital and University Hospital Southampton.

Karen says she and others want clarity about the plans

and, if necessary, will fight to protect

On this board now. Tony is here and a big game for the Boylston night.

-- Royals tonight. Reading's game against Arsenal

tonight at the Emirates is the first clash

between the two sides since that eventful FA Cup

semifinal at Wembley last ydar, in which the Royals came so close

to upstaging the Gunners. A goalkeeping error

from Adam Federici ultimately cost the Royals - then managed

by Steve Clarke - dear. and Clarke was sacked

by the end of the year. Tonight, Jaap Stam

is the man in the dugout. Let's go live to the Emiratds now

and join Tim Dellor, who's commentating for

Radio Berkshire tonight. Tim, there's a history of goals

in this fixture too isn't there There is. Based on previous meetings

between the two sites, do not bet on 1-0 to night. The last time they

played each other in the le`gue cup four years ago, Reading werd 4- up,

pegged back to 4-4 after 90 minutes and then lost 7-5 after extra time.

They have never been more goals in a league cup game. They have never

beaten Arsenal. The fans ard battling Robbins on the railways to

get up to North London tonight. They will be hoping that tonight is the

night. They are taking their squad. We are waiting for the Readhng team

news, and we kick off in ond hour. Thank you. Live commentary on radio

and will have an update in the late news.

Dorset trainer Colin Tizzard gave his gelding Thistlecrack

a first outing over the larger hurdles in national hunt

The eight-year-old, ridden by Tom Scudamore, was unbeaten

on smaller hurdles last season and Tizzard bided his time before

He took the barriers well and pulled clear of the small field to claim

The horse is already tipped as a possible Gold Cup contdnder.

Over the past couple of weeks, we've told you about the closing

of the ice rink at Ryde on the Isle of Wight.

The island's ice hockey teal, the Wightlink Raiders, has now had

to pull out of the league, just eight games into the sdason.

Players are said to be devastated and the club is promising

to try to bring ice hockey back to the island in the future.

Last night, we told you about the social media `ppeal

which had been in a family for generations.

Jacinta Pearson from Salisbtry had lost it

before running the Great Sotth Run on Sunday in Portsmouth.

After the appeal went across social media and television,

Jacinta has been reunited with the ring.

It was found half-buried in mud by a coffee seller,

Tonight, it's safely back on her finger - after a polhsh!

We've probably all walked around ruins

and tried hard to picture what life would really have been like

A team from Reading Univershty has created a virtual reality experience

that allows people to explore a Roman village -

including how it would have sounded and smelled 2,000 years ago.

Today, it's a few very old walls around a field.

But once it might have looked like this.

This is a recreation of Silchester, a Roman town close to Reading.

sound and, cruically, smells help bring it to lifd.

As we wandered around the virtual town,

we hit trigger points which released the smells.

If I pull the scent cartridge out, it has got a cotton wool pad in it

which has got the scent soaked into it.

A final blow across this, into your face, then

That smells pretty horrible, whatever it is.

at Fishbourne Roman Palace near Chichester,

where it's forming part of a Roman Army week.

How did it smell? Not the greatest. When he went to whether -- to wear

the cows and pigs were, you could smell a bit of to.

They are immersed themselves in the experience. It is good.

As well as being an educational tool for children and academics,

the system's creators hope ht will have wider practical uses,

helping us build better in the future.

If someone is building a new hospital, you might think that one

of the characteristics is the smell, and they sounds within it. Hf you

are looking at developing a building like that, if you can incorporate

some of those senses into it, you will hopefully come up with a more

realistic design. So this is modern technologx

using the past to help the future. Those children loved it, didn't

they? Turning up their nose at the funny smells.

Let's get the weather. Perh`ps you can answer this question. The

outside of my house when I came out to work today was covered in

ladybirds. We had more sunshine today than we

thought. We had a high of 17 or 18 degrees in Hampshire. That brought

out the ladybirds, and they start to find places to hibernate, so they

are looking for one places to hide and hibernate.

Your heating isn't on? I'm frugal, it is not on yet.

Steve Roberts took this picture of the sun rising this mornhng

Paul Biggins photographed toadstools in the New Forest.

some of the many swallows in Bishops Waltham.

Today we had a lot more sunshine than we thought yesterday. That

meant the temperatures rose to a high teens, high of 18 Celshus on

the Isle of Wight. Others s`w between 16 and 17 Celsius. The

further north through the rdgion, north of Berkshire, there w`s a lot

more cloud. Tonight, that whll start spilling in low cloud, densd fog in

places, which will become widespread. There is the risk of the

odd shower for the south of the region, but it should largely be

dry. In the countryside, lows of around six or seven Celsius. These

are the values for towns and cities. The fog tomorrow might lingdr until

around ten or 11am. Once it starts to shift, we will see sunny spells.

A lot more sunshine of the day with temperatures reaching a height of

between 14 and 16 Celsius. Tomorrow, we will have the south-westdrly

breeze drawing in the mild `ir from the Atlantic. Through tomorrow

night, or clearing skies and light winds, very like tonight, there is a

chance of mist and fog patches first thing on Thursday. A low in the

countryside of five or six Celsius. Once again, a murky start to

Thursday, high pressure builds through the course of the d`y with

light winds. We will look at an Atlantic influence and mild air

coming in from the south-west. That will allow temperatures to

potentially breach 17 or 18 Celsius. That is in prolonged period of

sunshine. Under the cloud, ht will be cooler. The rest of the week

looks disappointing, but th`t does not mean we will not see sunny

spells. Misty and murky conditions to start each day, which might be

slow to clear. In some placds, it could stay until lunchtime, but it

will clear and we will see some sunny spells on each day, including

the weekend. We wanted to see a sunny sylbol

Tomorrow, will you familiar with having our blood pressure t`ken

There is one hospital that has taken part in research to see that

inflatable cuff that you put on helps reduce the damage frol heart

attack. All will be explaindd tomorrow. That will be at 630 B

tomorrow. Good night. It took us once to get through

the novel Anna Karenina. It was used to help my friend

with depression, and finishing as we went

to sleep at night. tapping each letter through the wall

that divided our cells as we served life sentences

in solitary confinement.