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and even through thursday daytime, we just pull the wind round to a bit more of a north easterly direction. that's just going to bring in some slightly cooler air than we started the week with perhaps some showers into eastern england later in the day. what we're looking at is that our temperatures tending away from the mid—teens into perhaps the lower end of double figures for thursday and still perhaps just ten degrees along the north sea coast. now, end of the week, things start to get more lively. the high pressure in the north gives way to allow low pressure to come swirling up from the south. that means we will see, i think, some showers spreading across england and wales on friday more widely across the whole of the uk for saturday and sunday. and then quite a shock to the system, i think as we potentially pick up a northerly wind and some much colder weather for early next week. shaun, full credit to david for saving his place on tour at the qualifiers. and earning
as our science editor rebecca morelle reports. he left his family and friends on mossy bottom farm to pursue a lofty new career. taking him to the moon, and beyond. now shaun the sheep is back on earth. for a hero's welcome at aardman studios in bristol. shaun is our first european space agency astronaut to the moon. congratulations, shaun. he's been presented with an official astronaut certificate from the european space agency and nasa. it was a big surprise when shaun was selected to go to the moon. at first you couldn't believe it, it seemed incredible. it is every child's dream, isn't it, famously, to be an astronaut and go to the moon. and so the fact that shaun was doing it for us seemed very, very important. i mean the far side of the moon, how extraordinary is that? 0ur baby, our creation.
because they're supposed to be a record of the assessment of an individual. but if something then happens, of course, they're also the record that gets looked at on an exam and if an investigation is required. so, yeah, they're really, really important. at bluestone, the 15 minute patient checks became part of the investigation into sean's death. the investigators said they could not be confident shaun could not be confident sean was observed as prescribed within every 15 minute period as written on the observation sheets. this is because a member of nursing staff said in a written statement and an interview they had seen shaun walking into his room at 3:a0 p.m., less than 15 minutes before he was found asphyxiated. this site's encountered as a check on shaun's welfare. but the ward cctv camera told a different story. when questioned by the police, the staff member said
did sean ever talk about being suicidal, that he had suicidal thoughts? yes, he did. he started saying, i don't want to be here any more. and i'm like, don't say that. don't say that. as the years passed, talk of suicide turned into suicide attempts, and shaun's mental health got worse. dr. brodie patterson is an expert in psychiatric treatment. we showed him a report into shaun's care. well sean's case, alongside suicide attempts. he was also self—harming and he was hearing messages. what would that tell you about his mental health? from a diagnostic point of view that would suggest psychosis. the history of self harm and if there were immediate issues around self—harm, would suggest he might need support. if he would not accept that support voluntarily,
falsification of records around shaun's care. around sean's ca re. shaun and other bluestone patients were supposed to be observed once in every 15 minute period. it's a common policy in many psychiatric hospitals. last year when i worked undercover at the eden field psychiatric hospital in england, i saw bad practices there, including failures to carry out those regular checks. are these patients supposed to be checked on every 15 minutes? i've been inside here for 35 minutes. the observations are also supposed to be recorded to show patients are being properly monitored. we take record on the patient notes very, very seriously within the health service,
whenjames was admitted to hospital a few weeks ago. and so believing was he that he was doing the right thing by this person that he actually asked his son adam to make a payment to this lady, this supposed lady, whilst he was in hospital. adam, of course, took one look at the bank account, realised what had happened, called the police, called action fraud, called his dad's bank lloyds, realised it was a fraud straightaway. and in fact, i spoke to adam a little earlier this week, and he explained to me that moment when he called lloyds, they said, "well, you know, you should be covered by this voluntary code," — you mentioned, shaun — "because it covers this type of fraud." only the next day to be told by lloyds, "actually, sorry, you are not covered, you won't be getting a refund because this code doesn't cover criminals when they use foreign bank accounts." if there is a code provided by the banks to protect their customers, then it should be an all—encompassing code. there should not be any holes in it. if somebody is defrauded, then they are defrauded, and the code should kick in,
irrespective of where the criminal resides or where the money has gone. now, fortunately, shaun, we began an investigation, lloyds reviewed the case, and lloyds have actually gone much further than banks usually do in cases we come across. they had spotted these transactions of fraudulent, they had warned james, they had warned him in person, in branch, but so groomed had he been by these criminals, he insisted the payments go through. we carried out the investigation, and i heard from adam when lloyds eventually told him he was going to get a refund for his dad. it was like a huge weight had been lifted off of my shoulders, essentially, because i was kind of looking after my dad on this. so i felt a huge sense of responsibility to try to get him a good result, because he is in ill health. the relief was indescribable, really, it wasjust... yeah, it was phenomenal.