:00:00. > :00:00.Good to have you with us. BBC Two, 11.00pm in Scotland.
:00:00. > :00:08.Coming up: Sectioned under the Mental Health Act,
:00:09. > :00:11.but why was this young woman allowed out to buy medication
:00:12. > :00:18.Concerns a lack of cash could derail free childcare plans.
:00:19. > :00:20.And a change of direction on the A34.
:00:21. > :00:24.I will make the decision, I am making the decision,
:00:25. > :00:29.A Government minister brings forward a safety review into one
:00:30. > :00:42.She'd been sectioned under the Mental Health Act,
:00:43. > :00:44.but ended up in accident and emergency after
:00:45. > :00:49.Katie Hall was being treated for anorexia at a
:00:50. > :00:53.Her family says it's one of several incidents that's given
:00:54. > :00:58.them cause for concern, as Joe Campbell reports.
:00:59. > :01:01.Anna Hall is visiting her d`ughter in Reading's Prospect Park Hospital.
:01:02. > :01:05.29-year-old Katie is anorexhc, and has other mental health issues,
:01:06. > :01:09.including obsessive-compulshve disorder.
:01:10. > :01:12.When she first arrived here, it was as a voluntary patient,
:01:13. > :01:14.but after she walked out of the hospital,
:01:15. > :01:20.and she was then held under the Mental Health Act.
:01:21. > :01:24.But her mother says that if the idea was to keep out of harm's w`y,
:01:25. > :01:31.She walked down to Asda and bought herself some medication,
:01:32. > :01:36.took the whole packet and then went back on the w`rd.
:01:37. > :01:42.And then I got a phone call to say that she was in RBH,
:01:43. > :01:47.after obviously being quite poorly after taking an overdose.
:01:48. > :01:50.Later, a male patient, who had been moved onto her ward
:01:51. > :01:53.after harassing another wom`n, exposed himself to her.
:01:54. > :01:55.Katie and her mother both complained,
:01:56. > :02:00.but she was left on the samd ward as him for another two days.
:02:01. > :02:03.I do think that Prospect Park need to wake up and smell the coffee
:02:04. > :02:09.because I don't think the care is adequate.
:02:10. > :02:12.The trust which runs the hospital says Ana Hall hasn't
:02:13. > :02:16.voiced her concerns to them but it's happy to meet her.
:02:17. > :02:20.None of Prospect Park's wards are secure and patients are often
:02:21. > :02:25.This week, Katie left the hospital for a supported
:02:26. > :02:29.house in the community, and now faces a nine-week w`it
:02:30. > :02:34.Joe Campbell, BBC South Today, Tilehurst.
:02:35. > :02:38.It was a big election promise - 30 hours of free childcare
:02:39. > :02:41.for working parents of thred and four-year-olds every wedk.
:02:42. > :02:45.Currently eligible families can get half that, 15 hours a week,
:02:46. > :02:50.except in Portsmouth which hs one of the areas piloting the scheme.
:02:51. > :02:54.?50 million of Government ftnding will extend the scheme nationwide.
:02:55. > :02:58.But one of the South's leadhng nursery school groups says ht's not
:02:59. > :03:02.enough and some nurseries won't be able to provide enough placds.
:03:03. > :03:08.It was a busy morning in the play kitchen at
:03:09. > :03:10.the Tops Day Nursery in Cosham in Portsmouth.
:03:11. > :03:14.Here some parents are already taking advantage of the 30 hours
:03:15. > :03:17.a week of free care offered to eligible families
:03:18. > :03:25.It was costing me half my w`ges a month to bring her here
:03:26. > :03:32.It gives parents a huge adv`ntage over the past when they had to pay
:03:33. > :03:34.all of that themselves, so it's got to be good
:03:35. > :03:39.Although the pilot scheme is going well, nursery owners fear
:03:40. > :03:42.there could be big financial problems when the extra fred
:03:43. > :03:50.Here in Portsmouth, this nursery says it gets ?4.88 per hour
:03:51. > :03:54.for three and four-year-olds during the scheme.
:03:55. > :03:59.Next year they will get ?4.45, but in some areas
:04:00. > :04:02.like Dorset it will be as low as ?3.60.
:04:03. > :04:07.That could prompt some nursdries to stop providing free placds.
:04:08. > :04:11.We have seen that in some of the other areas already,
:04:12. > :04:16.and it's difficult to see how to do this with without going siddways
:04:17. > :04:19.and thinking how else we generate income.
:04:20. > :04:21.Portsmouth Council thinks there will be enough funding
:04:22. > :04:30.There have been concerns about it, but we will see an increase
:04:31. > :04:36.in the current levels of funding nursery providers receive.
:04:37. > :04:51.Today the Department for Education said:
:04:52. > :04:54.But it will be some months until nurseries find out ex`ctly
:04:55. > :04:59.how much cash they will get to provide extra places.
:05:00. > :05:03.Steve Humphrey, BBC South Today, Portsmouth.
:05:04. > :05:05.Earlier, I asked Claire Schofield from the National Day Nurseries
:05:06. > :05:07.Association whether some nurseries might be forced to opt
:05:08. > :05:13.That is very much what we do not want to see happen, because we have
:05:14. > :05:15.got over 1 million children in nurseries across
:05:16. > :05:19.We're nearly a year away from this now, so there is time
:05:20. > :05:23.for Government to come up whth a way that nurseries can take part
:05:24. > :05:24.and offer these places that parents want.
:05:25. > :05:26.So, what would you like to see happen?
:05:27. > :05:30.Firstly, to increase the funding so that nurserids'
:05:31. > :05:37.Or we could allow nurseries to give parents the option to pay for extra
:05:38. > :05:43.The Government says it is lhstening to nurseries, and has incre`sed
:05:44. > :05:45.the average funding rate to take into account the Living Wagd,
:05:46. > :05:51.The Government has listened, and they have increased the rate.
:05:52. > :05:53.However, average rates across the country have
:05:54. > :05:56.gone up by 60p per hour, whilst our members are tellhng us
:05:57. > :05:58.that on average they've got shortfalls of ?1.68.
:05:59. > :06:02.So the Government has put more money in,
:06:03. > :06:08.The other issue is that this is the funding rate for the first
:06:09. > :06:11.year, from 2017, but we know we will not see rates incre`se
:06:12. > :06:14.for three years after that `t least, and in the meantime,
:06:15. > :06:18.the sector is going to face higher costs through increases,
:06:19. > :06:20.quite rightly, for the national Living Wage,
:06:21. > :06:23.and also a bigger increase in business rates
:06:24. > :06:26.So, the costs are going to carry on going up,
:06:27. > :06:30.but funding is too little already, and will get further and further
:06:31. > :06:34.away from the real cost of providing high-quality childcare.
:06:35. > :06:36.So, you say it is parents who are going to have to
:06:37. > :06:40.If we start thinking about this as a contribution rather
:06:41. > :06:43.than a totally free childcare offer, parents can choose the nursdry
:06:44. > :06:47.or the childminder or any other childcare setting they want,
:06:48. > :06:51.and pay additional fees to cover the gap.
:06:52. > :06:54.So, cover the gap between what the Government funds and thd real
:06:55. > :07:00.That is if the Government c`n't put in enough money to pay for the whole
:07:01. > :07:04.Has the Government promised something it cannot deliver?
:07:05. > :07:06.I think the Government can deliver it.
:07:07. > :07:09.We have got a really diversd childcare sector there
:07:10. > :07:14.But it just needs the right conditions to work under,
:07:15. > :07:17.and the right ground rules so they can offer the childcare that
:07:18. > :07:20.parents want, and the right level of funding to support them.
:07:21. > :07:25.A Government minister's givdn in to demands for urgent action
:07:26. > :07:29.on the A34, ordering an immediate safety review.
:07:30. > :07:33.It comes after an Oxfordshire MP told parliament it was dangdrous
:07:34. > :07:38.After two fatal crashes this summer, including one in which a mother
:07:39. > :07:41.and three children were killed, the number of people who've died
:07:42. > :07:45.on the road has risen to 32 in four years.
:07:46. > :07:50.Our political editor Peter Henley reports.
:07:51. > :07:53.To call the A34 dangerous is to state the obvious.
:07:54. > :07:57.In four years, 32 people have died, and today's debate heard th`t
:07:58. > :08:00.the statistics don't includd the accident-prone junction
:08:01. > :08:05.It's a dangerous road, and it's no longer fit for purpose
:08:06. > :08:09.because the delays and accidents that happen regularly are h`ving
:08:10. > :08:14.a significant economic impact on one of the most economically productive
:08:15. > :08:19.MPs from all parties lined tp to put pressure on
:08:20. > :08:26.The problem we face is that the A34 is fulfilling a motorway role
:08:27. > :08:31.without motorway capacity or safety features.
:08:32. > :08:33.Government ministers are past masters at dealing with this sort
:08:34. > :08:38.They will nod sagely as MPs make their speeches and then give
:08:39. > :08:42.a noncommittal answer, but this was not that sort of debate
:08:43. > :08:48.Up until now, the A34 has not been considered a priority.
:08:49. > :08:53.A safety review was not due until 2020, but on the spot this lorning
:08:54. > :08:56.John Hayes changed the Government's policy.
:08:57. > :09:01.I'm prepared to say I am making the decision,
:09:02. > :09:06.and it is announced now that I will institute that safetx review.
:09:07. > :09:10.the promise of more money available and the Government even
:09:11. > :09:14.considering calls to make the A34 a motorway.
:09:15. > :09:18.Peter Henley, BBC South Today, Westminster.
:09:19. > :09:20.Football, and Southampton were in action in the fourth
:09:21. > :09:25.A 25-yard strike from record signing Sofiane Boufal was enough to give
:09:26. > :09:28.Saints a 1-0 win against Sunderland at St Mary's.
:09:29. > :09:31.It's the Moroccan's first goal for the club.
:09:32. > :09:37.Southampton are away to Arsdnal in the quarterfinals in a month's time.
:09:38. > :09:42.We'll be back with regional bulletins in BBC Breakfast tomorrow,
:09:43. > :09:51.but now's here's Alexis with your weather.
:09:52. > :09:57.And last night, the possibility of mist and fog patches overnight, and
:09:58. > :10:01.a widespread fog is possibld. The Met Office had issued a yellow fog
:10:02. > :10:05.warning through tonight and the rush-hour drive to work tomorrow.
:10:06. > :10:09.The fog will stay with us through the night and become quite dense in
:10:10. > :10:14.places. Countryside temperatures with clear skies will fall `way to
:10:15. > :10:18.around six or seven Celsius. These are the values in our towns and
:10:19. > :10:22.cities, with the light West to south-westerly winds. The fog may be
:10:23. > :10:27.stubborn to clear tomorrow lorning, lingering until 10am, but once it
:10:28. > :10:32.does clear, sunny spells and varying amounts of cloud. High tempdratures
:10:33. > :10:34.tomorrow or 14 or 15 Celsius. Light westerly south-westerly winds
:10:35. > :10:38.drawing in milder air from @tlantic. drawing in milder air from @tlantic.
:10:39. > :10:40.Through the course of tomorrow night, the possibility of fog
:10:41. > :10:49.patches, not as widespread `s tonight because there will be more
:10:50. > :10:51.cloud. Over the next few daxs, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, despite
:10:52. > :10:54.high pressure in charge of our weather, a lot of cloud associated
:10:55. > :10:56.with it and with that cloud cover it will be mainly dry but with sunny
:10:57. > :11:00.spells breaking through the cloud cover at times. That is to
:11:01. > :11:02.out the outlook. Temperatures are looking very promising indeed. Nick
:11:03. > :11:13.Miller has the National forecast. If you like your forecast to include
:11:14. > :11:19.cold weather, this is not for you. Temperatures have been heading up,
:11:20. > :11:22.helped by sunshine showing off the autumn colours. 19