today at six: we have a special report — hearing one family's story of the enormous impact of living with dementia. we see the difficulties in navigating the social care system, and caring for a loved one, after a diagnosis of alzheimers disease. it's devastatingly hard watching the woman that you love starting to disappear from your life. starting just to fade away somewhere. we'll bring you bill and jo's story in a moment. also on the programme: could the lights go out this winter? the national grid warns that a shortage of gas might mean rolling power cuts across the country.

at least 38 people, many of them children, have died after a man carried out a gun and knife attack on a nursery in thailand. he opened fire on a teacher who tried to stop him getting in, and on a parent, then went in where the children, many of them very young, where having a nap. for children, many of them very young, where having a nap.— where having a nap. for the first time, where having a nap. for the first time. nurses— where having a nap. for the first time, nurses across _ where having a nap. for the first time, nurses across the - where having a nap. for the first time, nurses across the uk - where having a nap. for the first time, nurses across the uk are l where having a nap. for the first - time, nurses across the uk are being asked whether they are prepared to strike in a dispute about pay. and, shaken and stirred — the prince and princess of wales take up a cocktail challenge, on a visit to northern ireland. and coming—up on the bbc news channel... we get the latest from the 02 after saturday's boxing match between conor benn and chris eubankjr is postponed.

good evening, we start the programme tonight with a special report on the story of one family's experience of living with dementia — which affects around 900,000 people in the uk. jo has alzheimer's disease, and her and her husband bill have been struggling to navigate the social care system. the alzheimer's society says thousands of families like them echo their story. families where partners become carers and don't get enough support. the charity says their analysis shows nearly 60% of people diagnosed with dementia are not getting the help they need. the government says it is providing an additional £500 million to local authorities for adult social care this winter. this is to speed up care assessments and access to care packages. 0ur correspondentjeremy cooke and producer claire kendall have spent time withjo and bill to see

the struggle they face at their home in newcastle. meetjo wilson. hi, jo — are you washing up? trying to get something out for my dinner. that's drjo wilson, phd. high—flying, globe—trotting career woman. she was damn good at what she did and had an international reputation. all of that, and now it's come to this. do you know how old you are? do i know how old i am? of course i know how old i am. how old are you? how old am i? i don't know, because i haven't made my mind up yet. alzheimer's is cruel — devastating, isolating. my number—one girl. so this isjo's story — but it's bill's story, too. i love you to bits, don't i? and he's invited us in to see their lives, to see the impact of what he describes as the care crisis. up, stand up. help me, jo, help me. no, don't sit down again.

i've phoned 42 care homes to look for a respite bed forjo and didn't get one that was prepared to offer respite care. the social care system, everyone knows it's broken. jo is just one of so many living with dementia. it's estimated there will be more than 200,000 new cases this year alone. we need to get some shopping. no, i'm not talking to anybody, i'm just going to sleep. with alzheimer's, everything gets harder. even a routine supermarket run. jo, hang on, this way. i'm not going shopping at all, i'm going home. don't walk away, please. jo, jo, i have to pay. how was that? better than normal. it's such hard work, though. is this sustainable? you jump in here. well, bill wants to keepjo at home,

but he is realistic. i've looked into residential care, and i've been to places, cos i know that it's going to happen. and, you know, residential care costs £1,500 a week. you heard that right — £1,500 a week. a few care homes charge less, many charge a lot more. there's your tablet and some water. you need some, cos you've just put a tablet in as well. it's bedtime forjo. i didn't put a tablet in. but no rest for bill. sometimes he has help, but getting carers is not easy. we've just taken your shoes off... and that's something the government says it's committed to fixing. it took me two years to get a care package in place forjo, and i only got that becausejo had a collapse at home and was ta ken into hospital. but it didn't solve all of bill's problems. forjo, changing care staff and rigid timetables don't really work.

so it's back to bill. finally, jo is settled. bill's hoping for some sleep. if only. it's now five past five. it took me so long to actually wake up... ..that by the time i did, it was too late, so now the beds wet. what kind of husband doesn't put his wife first? i'm just so tired. morning, is it morning? how are you? come in, please. i'm not good today. this is what exhaustion looks like. it's devastatingly hard, watching the woman that you love starting to disappear from your life, starting just to fade away somewhere, and almost 47 years together, was leaving me. and it was like... i don't want you to leave me. i need you here with me.

please lift your foot. i'm so tired, i can't struggle with you this morning, so i really would like you just to do simple things to help me. jo does go to a daycare centre a couple of days a week. it's a welcome break for bill, but the background noise of money worries never fades. let's just see how much gas and electric we're using today, scare the life out of me. the cost of most illnesses is covered by the health service. but with dementia, families can face huge bills. the government says that's because there are limited medical treatments for dementia, and so a limited role for the nhs. there is a huge disparity between being ill that is treatable by the nhs and having the illness of dementia, which is local authority care. why? i don't understand. because she has dementia, nothing's free. we have to pay for everything.

so huge bills, rising costs, staff shortages, a care system stretched beyond capacity — calls for radical change. we know currently that three in five people with dementia do not get the support that they need once they have that diagnosis. and that leads to crisis in care. it's about a ten—year plan and not just sticking plasters, but really thinking about how we properly transform, how we care for people into the future. if it all sounds bleak, well, it can be. oh, what have you got? but for bill and jo, there are positives, too. and niece debbie and her kids — a bond that cuts through the fog of dementia. i think if anybody can help bill through whatever- may come in the future, - it'll be them two little children. and there's something else, too — bill and jo have each other.

if you had jo back for a moment, a lucid moment, what would you say to her, bill? "i love you." nothing else. jeremy cooke, bbc news, newcastle. 0ur social affairs editor, alison holt, is with me. there will be people up and down the country who resonate with that, it means something to so many people, because we know so many families in that position?— that position? absolutely, it is the exerience that position? absolutely, it is the exaerience of— that position? absolutely, it is the experience of so _ that position? absolutely, it is the experience of so many _ that position? absolutely, it is the experience of so many families - experience of so many families touched by dementia in different ways. i'm reminded of one man i spoke to more than a decade ago, he said when doctors diagnosed his wife with dementia, they handed him a pamphlet and said, see you in six months. he described it as the loneliest day of his life. they will have been changes since then. but you can still see that loneliness

and exhaustion in bill and jo's story. they want more help. there are 165,000 vacancies, care staff vacancies in england alone. there are similar pressures around the rest of the uk. the cost of living and covid have all added to the difficulties of recruiting and keeping staff. when it comes to care homes, people who fund themselves pay on average 40% more than those funded by local authorities, because they are propping up the system which has been underfunded for years. the government has promised reform and significant extra money being put in. but that won't address, for instance, the ageing population and more working age adults with disabilities needing help. so, injo and bill's story, we see the struggles and fears of many families, and we also see a care system that is on its knees. many people, i'm sure, we'll be asking at what point will we see change that can make a difference?

a shortage of gas this winter could result in rolling power cuts across the country. that's the warning from the national grid. our business correspondent emma simpson is here with the details: europe's energy crisis has seen gas prices soar, and it's in short supply. the big question is are we going to able to secure the energy we need this winter? not only to heat our homes, which —— but to produce electricity. where do we get our gas from? the good thing is that we produce half of it ourselves from the north sea. the rest, we import mostly from norway. we also rely on imports from europe and elsewhere. we used very little russian gas and that is now gone. the national grid says that the

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businesses and households across great britain. they could be cut off for up to three hours at a time in peak periods. supplies to hospitals and other priority sites would be protected. but the national grid thinks this worst—case scenario is unlikely, saying it is cautiously confident there will be adequate margins overwinter. it's also got contingency plans to bolster supplies. three coal—fired power plants that were due to close will remain on standby, and households and businesses could be paid to use less energy. we and businesses could be paid to use less energy-— and businesses could be paid to use less ener: . ~ ., ., , less energy. we do have good energy su lies in less energy. we do have good energy sunplies in the _ less energy. we do have good energy supplies in the uk. _ less energy. we do have good energy supplies in the uk. we _ less energy. we do have good energy supplies in the uk. we can _ less energy. we do have good energy supplies in the uk. we can get - supplies in the uk. we can get through the winter. but, of course, i'm always looking for ways we can improve the price for consumers. that is why i put in place the energy price guarantee, as well as making sure that we have as much supply as possible. but making sure that we have as much supply as possible.— supply as possible. but with volatile gas _ supply as possible. but with volatile gas prices _ supply as possible. but with volatile gas prices and - supply as possible. but with volatile gas prices and the l supply as possible. but with i volatile gas prices and the war supply as possible. but with - volatile gas prices and the war in ukraine, this could be a no other, and an awful lot is riding

on the weather. at least 38 people, many of them young children, have been killed by a lone attacker who targeted a nursery in north—eastern thailand. the man, armed with a gun and knife, stormed into the building. in the town of uthai sawan. 0ur correspondentjonathan head reports from there. his report contains some distressing images. the community consumed by grief and shock. the children, so young, could have been deliberately killed by a fellow parent. the children were taking a nap inside the daycare centre when the attacker turned up. he came to collect his son, he wasn't there. then he opened fire. translation: he used his feet to kick the window and then he got to the door. i thought he had got inside. i ran to the kitchen behind. i was in shock, i didn't know what

to do. survivors were taken to the nearest hospital, but there weren't many. police say the attacker was a former police officer who had been arrested and was being tried on drugs charges. it'sjust a and was being tried on drugs charges. it's just a few minutes since they took the bodies out of this daycare centre and the way in a long convoy of ambulances. there is still a lot of activity here, a lot of police and local people who have come down as well, offering help to those affected by this horrific incident. more than anything else, there is just stunned incident. more than anything else, there isjust stunned disbelief about what could have driven this man to carry out such a cruel and desperate act. a few distraught family members stayed close by, hoping for answers. but there were none. nanticha panchum is lucky to have survived. she is a teacher at the centre. she described hearing the centre. she described hearing the first shots as she was preparing

lunch. she recognised the shooter as a parent. we never thought he would attack the children, she said. this country is accustomed to gun crime. but nothing on this scale, involving so many children. jonathan head, bbc news, north—eastern thailand. prince harry, elton john, prince harry, eltonjohn, and liz hurley are among a group launching an action against associated newspapers. foralleged an action against associated newspapers. for alleged gross breaches of privacy. tom symons is with me. what more do we know? these are e e with me. what more do we know? these are eye watering — with me. what more do we know? these are eye watering claims _ with me. what more do we know? these are eye watering claims by _ with me. what more do we know? these are eye watering claims by a _ with me. what more do we know? tire are eye watering claims by a group of people who have got a long history of fighting press intrusion in the courts. baroness doreen lawrence really stands out, because she has a pretty good relationship with the daily mail which has fought a bold campaign to find her son stephen's teller. prince harry, sir

eltonjohn, david furnish, his partner, the actresses elizabeth hurley and sadie frost. technically what they have done today is enter their claims into the civil courts, but look at what they are claiming. bugging cars and homes using private investigators, secretly listening to and recording live phone calls, paying police officials for sensitive information, obtaining medical information and financial information, and their lawyers say that they have banded together to uncover the truth and told journalists to account, united in their desire to live in a world where the press operates freely yet responsibly. just as i sat down here, we received a statement from associated press, saying we utterly and unambiguously refute these preposterous smears which are an orchestrated attempt to drag that paper back into the phone hacking scandal. ., ., , paper back into the phone hacking scandal. ., ., ~ paper back into the phone hacking scandal. ., ., the time is...

our top story this evening. 60% of people living with dementia are not getting the help they need according to one major charity. it's according to one major charity. it's a condition that affects 900,000 people in the uk. still to come on the programme, rent in scotland is frozen, and evictions banned under legislation just passed by msps. coming—up in sportsday on the bbc news channel... wales and scotland get ready to take a step closer to next year's women's world cup, but it's complicated. we un—pick their possible journey to the tournament. for the first time, nurses across the uk are being asked whether they're prepared to strike in a dispute about pay. the royal college of nursing is balloting its 300,000 members, although it says if strikes are held, they won't affect critical care.

the union wants nurses to be given a payrise of 5% above inflation, but no uk nation has offered that much. caroline davies has the story. through the darkest days of the pandemic, the uk's nurses were some of the nation's heroes. now they're being balloted to strike over pay. sometimes you end up having not enough money to feed yourself or even feed your children. victoria is a mental—health nurse in an nhs trust. she has a young baby and works part—time. she needs government help to cover her childcare costs and says if she worked full time, her wage wouldn't cover that bill. if i am going to work and i'm making a difference in people's lives, this then i feel like i should be able to be compensated and have enough pay for myself. 300,000 royal college of nursing members in the nhs will receive a postal ballot. in old money, i'm a senior sister... and conversations about pay are happening around the country.

especially coming out of the pandemic, you know, we've had the government, you know, singing our praises, but actually all people want is to be able to earn a living... suzanne is one of many to have left the nhs. she is now an agency nurse. i decided to leave because of the pay, really. it's a sad thing, because as a student, you always think, "oh, i'm going to work in the nhs, that will be the place i work." the reality is, i couldn't live. rachel is a senior paediatric a&e nurse, concerned that the pay means not only will nurses leave but new staff want to join. patients are already at risk in hospitals because they can't be cared for the way that they need to be cared for. nurses are making this stand because it is too important not to. the rcn is asking for a pay rise of 5% on top of inflation. nurses in northern ireland have been on strike before, but if this vote goes through, it will be the first time

in the rcn's 106—year history that there's been a nationwide strike. not all nurses would walk out. some whose work is considered to be life—preserving or if it wasn't administered would lead to permanent disability will continue to work, too. but this strike is intended to disrupt, and it's likely to come at a time when winter pressures are starting to build. the rcn say they have no other choice. is this the responsible thing to do, to take strike action when we're coming into winter? you see, this is about nurses trying to get ministers to actually stand up and listen to the dire straits that they are in, trying every day to look after their patients. if they don't listen to nurses, we'll continue to work in the crisis we are in. the department of health and social care in england has said it values the work of nhs nurses and is supporting them by giving them a pay rise of at least £1,a00 a year. scotland's health secretary suggested yesterday that he would be making an improved offer. other unions are also planning or have already started

balloting their health workers. there may be desperation and anger over pay, but of those voting will be grappling with the knowledge that any strike will affect the very patients they care for. caroline davies, bbc news. at least three people have been killed after the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia was hit by seven missiles in a series of pre—dawn attacks. kyiv says the strikes were deliberately aimed at residential buildings. the city, close to the front line, is the capital of the district that russia has illegally tried to annexe. although the city itself is in ukrainian hands. the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, europe's largest, is close by in the area of zaporizhzhia controlled by moscow. this morning's attacks comes as the ukrainian army continues to make dramatic progress against russian forces in the east and south. our correspondent paul adams reports from zaporizhzhia. when things go wrong

on the battlefield, is this how russia responds? this was not a military target. this is where ordinary people lived, where they were sleeping. from dawn, rescue workers looked for survivors among five floors of smouldering wreckage. it's not known how many people died here. this is the very centre of zaporizhzhia. we're not that far from russian—controlled territory here and it's not unusual for explosions to be heard in and around the city. but for an entire apartment building like that to be demolished, that is unusual — and shocking. they know what war looks and sounds like, but they're stunned. and furious. translation: i have no words. it really hurts, and it's going to hurt even when i'm gone. i will never forgive russia for this. i won't. we shouldn't forgive russia for killing our children. we should take revenge and take it to the end.

alla has relatives living in the building. she doesn't think they're alive. translation: why are they doing this to us? | what are they trying to prove? killing old people, why? for what? this morning's attacks came with no warning. explosions. just a series of huge explosions in the darkness before dawn. not far away, on a quiet residential street, more destruction, more urgent work. a modest house reduced to flames and rubble. at a third building, a miraculous escape. russia is lashing out, firing missiles and drones into cities across ukraine. it feels desperate and dangerous. paul adams, bbc news, zaporizhzhia.

bulletin police say a man in his 60s has been arrested following a bbc news report which found that an immigration official at the home office has been suspended for posting racist content in a whatsapp group for former met police officers. bbc news understands that rob lewis, a former metropolitan police officer, created the group chat. police now say a man has now been arrested under the communications act on suspicion of misconduct in a public office. he is in police custody. rents have been frozen in scotland until the end of march next year under emergency legislation just passed in the scottish parliament within the last few minutes. the bill comes in response to the cost of living crisis and steep rises in rents in some areas. the bill also allows evictions only under certain circumstances. but landlords say the proposals

are not a viable solution. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has the details. evie rogkoti and her flatmate adonis rent a flat in glasgow. their landlord wants them to sign a new contract, and wants to up the rent. so right now, we are paying £1,100 for this flat and the agency wants to increase it by £300 per month. they gave us a warning of two weeks — just two weeks. either you pay or you go, that was it. i feel very stressed. i feel like it's taken over the whole — all aspects of life. 38% of households in scotland rent. according to one estimate, average rents here jumped by 8.5% last year. the legislation effectively freezes the amount tenants pay from the 6th of september until at least the end of march. landlord organisations, though, have concerns. they believe this is badly thought—out legislation, that grabs headlines but could cause problems further down the line. it's a nice residential area.

it's quite quiet... brian gilmour rents out eight properties. he says that landlords dealing with their own rising costs on their rentals will be limited in what they can pass on. i understand the principle of let's be reasonable about rents, but to turn round to the private rented sector and say, you're dealing with our problem, for me, that's not the resolution to this. the problem being? the problem being the cost of living crisis that we've got. housing associations tonight are warning that the rent freeze could, if extended, threaten their ability to maintain and build more social housing. but scottish government ministers believe the cost of living crisis means they must find ways to support those impacted most. lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. now, the prince and princess of wales were shaken and stirred today as they took up a cocktail making

challenge during a visit to northern ireland. it was a light—hearted moment in a day which also included a visit to a charity which helps young people dealing with issues of self—harm. charlotte gallagher reports. on the menu in belfast, cocktail making. and the new prince and princess of wales got into the spirit, with a friendly competition. our champion! applause. they also spent time with a mental—health charity that helps people in the city. this is the couple's first visit to northern ireland since they received their new titles, and in the seaside town of carrickfergus, a warm welcome — despite the weather. cheering. as soon as word got out that the royal couple were coming here, crowds have been lining the street. some have been here for hours for the chance to see the new prince and princess of wales,

others rushed down as soon as school had finished with their children. and you can see for yourself the reaction the couple are getting. it was great meeting them, and they were so nice as well. it was fantastic. it's expected the couple will make more visits across the uk now charles is king, and as some of the most popular members of the royal family, towns like carrickfergus are thrilled to have them. love you, william and kate! charlotte gallagher, bbc news, carrickfergus. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos. thank you very much. good evening. it has been a mixed picture across the board. strong winds in some areas, further south, not so bad. we hold that theme through this evening and overnight. low pressure at city to the north of the uk and high pressure to the south, so lighter winds in the south, very windy

further north with lots of showers rattling through, some merging together to produce longer spells of rain, some heavier across western scotland, and a few showers for northern ireland and north west england. through tonight, it stays very blustery across northern areas. this is quite an active weather front which will start to push its way southwards, really heavy, short lived bursts of rain on that. ahead of it, a fairly mild night for england and wales, further north it will feel cooler and fresher, with strong winds. friday, that weather is lighter, and this front will enhance the shower activity across the country, and again it will be another windy day. that band of rain spreads its way southwards, you can see the bright echoes indicating short lived heavy bursts. ahead of it should stay dry, some sunshine and breezy wherever you are, and asked that line of showers moves through, we will see further blustery showers pushing into many northern and western areas. behind that front it will be a little fresher across the north of the uk, but ahead it could be up to 19

degrees in the south—east until that line of