:00:00. > :00:08.A ten-year-old boy has died at a shopping centre
:00:09. > :00:12.after a heavy piece of furniture fell on him.
:00:13. > :00:15.The cost of care, a Hampshire man calls on
:00:16. > :00:16.the government to give more financial support
:00:17. > :00:22.And we go from four Celsius last week to a
:00:23. > :00:33.I'll have the weather for the week ahead shortly.
:00:34. > :00:35.A ten-year-old boy has died after an incident
:00:36. > :00:38.at the Oracle shopping centre in Reading.
:00:39. > :00:42.It happened at the Topshop store this afternoon.
:00:43. > :00:43.Our reporter David Allard joins me now.
:00:44. > :00:50.This very sad incident has happened on the first day of half term.
:00:51. > :00:52.What we know is that South Central Ambulance Service
:00:53. > :00:55.were called to Topshop on the upper mall of the Oracle this afternoon
:00:56. > :01:00.We're told a 10-year-old boy suffered serious head injuries
:01:01. > :01:03.after an incident involving store furniture.
:01:04. > :01:06.We don't know exactly what happened, some reports suggest some sort
:01:07. > :01:09.of barrier fell on him, but that's not been confirmed.
:01:10. > :01:12.The boy was taken from the Oracle to the Royal Berkshire hospital
:01:13. > :01:24.Thames Valley Police tell us at this stage his death is being treated
:01:25. > :01:26.as "unexplained but non-suspicious" and they are making
:01:27. > :01:30.With incidents of this nature the Health and Safety Executive may
:01:31. > :01:32.well carry out their own investigation too.
:01:33. > :01:34.This may bring back unwelcome memories of an incident
:01:35. > :01:38.at the Hugo Boss store in Bicester village in 2013, when four-year-old
:01:39. > :01:42.Austen Harrison died after a large mirror toppled onto him.
:01:43. > :01:45.In that case the store was fined more than a million pounds.
:01:46. > :01:48.As to this tragedy at the Oracle, we expect more details to emerge
:01:49. > :01:59.Dealing with the loss of a loved one to Alzheimer's is traumatic enough.
:02:00. > :02:02.But meeting the spiralling costs of care for that person
:02:03. > :02:05.Now a Hampshire man is setting up a petition calling
:02:06. > :02:07.for a parliamentary debate on the issue.
:02:08. > :02:10.Peter McManus had to find nearly ?400,000 to pay for the care
:02:11. > :02:21.We met at Oxford where we were both undergraduates in the early '60s.
:02:22. > :02:28.Three years later, we got married and started a family.
:02:29. > :02:31.In her 60s, Margaret began to lose her memory.
:02:32. > :02:34.She went for a brain scan and that confirmed that in fact
:02:35. > :02:42.Margaret went into a home, it cost ?4000 a month.
:02:43. > :02:45.Repeated assessments always gave the same answer,
:02:46. > :02:49.Margaret was said to need social care, not medical care,
:02:50. > :02:53.meaning Peter was the one who had to pay.
:02:54. > :02:56.So, she lacked mobility, she was doubly incontinent, as is usual
:02:57. > :02:59.with Alzheimer's, all this time, of course, she had to be fed.
:03:00. > :03:01.She couldn't do anything for herself.
:03:02. > :03:09.which are fairly typical of advanced Alzheimer's,
:03:10. > :03:12.despite having all those, she still wasn't considered
:03:13. > :03:14.to have a primary medical need.
:03:15. > :03:17.No one is denying the system is unfair.
:03:18. > :03:20.In 2011, the government's Dilnot Commission said there
:03:21. > :03:26.should be a ?72,000 cap on care costs.
:03:27. > :03:29.These measures would have shielded around 100,000 older people
:03:30. > :03:33.from large bills, especially those with complex care needs.
:03:34. > :03:36.But in the face of huge cost, the government
:03:37. > :03:41.has delayed bringing in the changes until 2020.
:03:42. > :03:45.She was in care in total for just under eight years.
:03:46. > :03:53.And the total bill ended up just under ?400,000.
:03:54. > :03:56.Today, Peter launched an online petition in the hope of
:03:57. > :04:00.forcing a Parliamentary debate on the issue.
:04:01. > :04:05.It is something that the Alzheimer's Society also says is deeply unfair.
:04:06. > :04:09.You know, the strain of having a wife or husband or a
:04:10. > :04:14.mother or father with Alzheimer's is a terrific strain in itself.
:04:15. > :04:16.Add to that the strain of wondering how on
:04:17. > :04:20.earth you're ever going to cope with paying up to ?50,000 each year,
:04:21. > :04:27.Well, a little earlier Chrissy Sturt joined me to look further
:04:28. > :04:28.into the questions raised by all this.
:04:29. > :04:31.I started by asking if Peter having to pay a huge amount
:04:32. > :04:36.to cover his wife's care is an extreme example?
:04:37. > :04:37.Laura, it is actually becoming more common.
:04:38. > :04:43.It costs up to ?1500 a week to keep somebody with dementia in a care
:04:44. > :04:46.home so you can see how those costs can quickly rise
:04:47. > :04:49.and the better care somebody is receiving, the longer
:04:50. > :04:51.they are likely to live, meaning that families end up paying
:04:52. > :04:53.out much longer than perhaps they first anticipated.
:04:54. > :04:56.Now, the Alzheimer's Society has told us that they are
:04:57. > :05:00.They have heard of lots of similar cases.
:05:01. > :05:03.They say no one should have to spend everything they have for their care.
:05:04. > :05:05.The proposals made by the government-backed
:05:06. > :05:08.Dilnot Commission have fallen by the wayside, it is essential
:05:09. > :05:10.that the government must now show leadership
:05:11. > :05:12.and provide much-needed new money,
:05:13. > :05:14.alongside working to create long-lasting plans which
:05:15. > :05:20.And, Chrissy, is there any help that people can get?
:05:21. > :05:23.Yes, today we've spoken to financial advisers who
:05:24. > :05:27.specialise in helping people meet elderly care costs.
:05:28. > :05:29.They have told us that it is possible to purchase a
:05:30. > :05:33.care fee payment plan which comes with certain tax breaks and makes
:05:34. > :05:38.But ultimately ministers are going to have to look again at the
:05:39. > :05:41.recommendations of the Dilnot Commission.
:05:42. > :05:46.They involve big sums of money, ?6 billion over five years,
:05:47. > :05:47.huge sums of money, daunting for any government.
:05:48. > :05:56.A third person has been arrested after a man was shot
:05:57. > :06:00.He's now in a critical condition in hospital.
:06:01. > :06:02.Armed police were called to the incident in Athena Avenue,
:06:03. > :06:03.just before one o'clock this morning.
:06:04. > :06:06.A 37-year-old man and 38-year-old woman are being held on suspicion
:06:07. > :06:11.Tonight, a 31-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion
:06:12. > :06:19.The leader of West Berkshire council has been seriously injured
:06:20. > :06:22.and his wife has been killed in a car crash.
:06:23. > :06:25.Roger and Zelda Croft from Thatcham were travelling in France
:06:26. > :06:29.Mr Croft is in a stable condition in hospital.
:06:30. > :06:32.His deputy, Councillor Graham Jones, will assume the role of council
:06:33. > :06:43.A so called "Dad's Navy" of former sailors is being sought to fill key
:06:44. > :06:46.posts on Portsmouth's new aircraft carriers and other ships
:06:47. > :06:48.because of a shortage of skilled personnel.
:06:49. > :06:57.With its ships, submarines and aircraft, the Royal Navy needs a lot
:06:58. > :07:01.But it's been facing a skills shortage and to plug the gaps,
:07:02. > :07:06.some people over the age of 60 could be allowed to serve.
:07:07. > :07:08.Here in Portsmouth, the home of the Royal Navy,
:07:09. > :07:11.people I spoke to today said they don't think that's a problem.
:07:12. > :07:13.I think it's sad that they haven't got
:07:14. > :07:15.the people that are coming in the bottom as
:07:16. > :07:17.engineers to do it but obviously the experience
:07:18. > :07:21.All those old seaman that are drifting
:07:22. > :07:24.around at the moment doing nothing could be back on warships doing
:07:25. > :07:27.If they were trained appropriately, they knew what
:07:28. > :07:29.They've got skills and experience, yeah.
:07:30. > :07:32.The Royal Navy and Marines have a current strength of 29500 men,
:07:33. > :07:35.The Navy should have 6940 engineering
:07:36. > :07:46.An advertising campaign was launched last September to try
:07:47. > :07:53.The Navy is offering trained ex-regulars
:07:54. > :07:57.It says there will be opportunities to
:07:58. > :08:01.serve on the new Queen Elizabeth aircraft carriers and
:08:02. > :08:06.And with the imminent arrival of the first
:08:07. > :08:08.of the new aircraft carriers, the Navy's engineers face a very
:08:09. > :08:15.Steve Humphrey, BBC South Today, Portsmouth.
:08:16. > :08:18.Onto football and Bournemouth were hoping to end a run of bad form
:08:19. > :08:20.with their first win of 2017, at home to Manchester
:08:21. > :08:24.Unfortunately, the visitors took the lead on the half hour
:08:25. > :08:27.as Raheem Sterling tapped in a cross.
:08:28. > :08:29.Bournemouth then had a Josh King goal disallowed
:08:30. > :08:32.after the ref spotted him pulling John Stones' shirt.
:08:33. > :08:34.In the second half, Tyrone Mings deflected a shot
:08:35. > :08:40.Final score Bournemouth 0, Manchester City 2
:08:41. > :08:48.We're back tomorrow with bulletins in BBC Breakfast and there's more
:08:49. > :08:58.We're welcoming some milder weather.
:08:59. > :09:04.That is right. A chilly week last week. This week is a little less
:09:05. > :09:08.cold. It is good news for those who do not like the cold weather.
:09:09. > :09:12.Overnight tonight, expecting a fair amount of power. This week generally
:09:13. > :09:16.a lot of cloud. There will be some brightness here and there. The
:09:17. > :09:21.chance of patchy light rain as well. Tonight will stay mainly dry with a
:09:22. > :09:25.good deal of cloud bit where we have clearing skies, the lighter winds by
:09:26. > :09:30.dawn, temperatures will fall around to freezing. Some patchy frost is
:09:31. > :09:34.possible tomorrow morning. That cloud will disperse birthing to
:09:35. > :09:37.allow this sunshine before the cloud thickens once again and we will see
:09:38. > :09:41.outbreaks of rain moving from the south-west. The wind is fairly light
:09:42. > :09:46.tomorrow, Devon to 11 Celsius. Outbreaks of rain will continue
:09:47. > :09:49.tomorrow evening at overnight tomorrow night. Some clearer skies
:09:50. > :09:53.but temperatures will be fairly high. Quite a mild night to come
:09:54. > :09:59.tomorrow night, maybe Mr fog patches first thing on Wednesday morning.
:10:00. > :10:02.Tomorrow night, down to around six or seven Celsius. To start the day
:10:03. > :10:10.on Wednesday, quite a lot of cloud and we will start with that theme, a
:10:11. > :10:17.cloudy start, drier interludes. Temperatures will be to high as ten
:10:18. > :10:19.to 11 Celsius. You can see the winds are surely changing direction from
:10:20. > :10:23.south easterly airflow to a more southerly and south westerly airflow
:10:24. > :10:27.as we had to the week. That means storing in some other air from the
:10:28. > :10:31.Atlantic. High pressure is not far away. The high pressure continues to
:10:32. > :10:35.building through Friday and into the weekend as well. Thursday, we are
:10:36. > :10:39.looking at a fair amount of cloud, brighter spells but mainly dry with
:10:40. > :10:43.the high pressure dominating our weather. That high pressure will
:10:44. > :10:46.stay with us through because of Friday daytime, some brighter spells
:10:47. > :10:52.but also the chance we could have some patchy rain. Temperatures on
:10:53. > :10:56.Friday, nine to 10 Celsius. Through the weekend, it should be mainly
:10:57. > :11:01.dry, the Knights will be chilly. The chance of frost in the morning. It
:11:02. > :11:02.will be meld each day. Temperatures will stay in double figures
:11:03. > :11:08.throughout the at the weekend it will be mild.
:11:09. > :11:09.Largely dry, perhaps a wind -- windy at