:00:00. > 3:59:59us an exclusive interview. Join us on BBC Two now and later at 11pm on
:00:00. > :00:15.BBC Scotland. Several former rugby players have
:00:16. > :00:21.told BBC Scotland they're concerned that illnesses they have now might
:00:22. > :00:24.be linked to head injuries There's growing evidence that
:00:25. > :00:29.repeated head knocks in contact sports can cause a form
:00:30. > :00:32.of dementia known as CTE. A former doctor for the Scottish
:00:33. > :00:35.Rugby Union also told the BBC he believes there will be players
:00:36. > :00:37.suffering long-term effects. David Shedden was a fearless winger
:00:38. > :00:45.in the Scotland team COMMENTATOR: Lots
:00:46. > :00:52.of wide open space. Challenged by David Shedden,
:00:53. > :00:54.will he get the try? He has come to West Rugby Club
:00:55. > :01:06.to take part in a session organised by charity Rugby Memories which uses
:01:07. > :01:09.photographs of old games to help My dad played forcefully
:01:10. > :01:16.with his head. He would run and use his head to get
:01:17. > :01:29.in and get the ball. It was the way he developed his
:01:30. > :01:31.skill that was his detriment. Concussion has contributed
:01:32. > :01:35.to his illness. To what degree would he have never
:01:36. > :01:37.presented with dementia, But I still think
:01:38. > :01:43.Dad loved the game. It is not just David's
:01:44. > :01:46.family who are worried. I made a programme about linking
:01:47. > :01:50.repetitive head butts Since that programme was aired,
:01:51. > :01:56.other former players have said The problem is there is no
:01:57. > :02:03.way to test for CTE, The management of concussion is far
:02:04. > :02:12.better today than in the past but what about the players
:02:13. > :02:15.from previous decades? Donald MacLeod was the SRU
:02:16. > :02:19.team doctor for 30 years and the president of
:02:20. > :02:23.the organisation in 2013. Do you think there are men my age
:02:24. > :02:33.and older who have got But others are not identified
:02:34. > :02:56.but they may well be features as they age which can be attributed
:02:57. > :02:58.to repeated head knocks rather The SRU said it had systems in place
:02:59. > :03:06.to identify and support any players who thought they had health problems
:03:07. > :03:08.associated with their careers. So far, none have come
:03:09. > :03:14.to the union for help. And you can see a full version
:03:15. > :03:17.of John Beattie's exclusive film A 25-year-old man has been detained
:03:18. > :03:24.by police in connection with the death of
:03:25. > :03:27.a woman in Aberdeen. The woman was found dead
:03:28. > :03:30.at a flat in the city's Officers said they believed
:03:31. > :03:39.the woman had been The chief pilot of the Highlands'
:03:40. > :03:43.main search and rescue helicopter has backed calls for tougher
:03:44. > :03:45.controls on laser pen ownership, after he was targeted
:03:46. > :03:47.during an emergency mission. Captain John McIntyre says
:03:48. > :03:50.the incident, during a recent search over the River Ness, could have had
:03:51. > :03:56.catastrophic consequences. His comments come as an airliner
:03:57. > :03:59.bound for New York turned back to London last night,
:04:00. > :04:01.after a similar incident. A search and rescue helicopter
:04:02. > :04:07.pilot's job can be challenging This month, during a low-level
:04:08. > :04:19.search for a missing man in the River Ness, a straightforward
:04:20. > :04:24.call-out came close to disaster when the pilot and crew
:04:25. > :04:28.were targeted by a laser pen. We had very bright green light
:04:29. > :04:31.bouncing around the cockpit. A huge distraction
:04:32. > :04:40.for us as aircrew. We are there looking for somebody
:04:41. > :04:43.in the water and we can't That is one of the outcomes,
:04:44. > :04:50.the worst is it can damage our eyes. And mean we're not able to fly
:04:51. > :04:53.the aircraft and in a congested area for us to come down in the aircraft
:04:54. > :04:57.would be catastrophic. We are going to return to Heathrow
:04:58. > :05:05.after a laser incident. Last night, a Virgin Atlantic
:05:06. > :05:11.aircraft turned back to London after a laser was shone
:05:12. > :05:14.into the cockpit after it had taken Last month, a passenger plane
:05:15. > :05:17.flying into Inverness A big concern, it can endanger
:05:18. > :05:24.lives, damage eyesight. Anyone can own a laser pen,
:05:25. > :05:38.I bought this for ?10. There are calls to classify lasers
:05:39. > :05:45.as offensive weapons. The problem with these attacks
:05:46. > :05:49.is legislation does not cover it. It is not an offence
:05:50. > :05:53.to simply carry the laser. You have to be found
:05:54. > :06:03.using it to be prosecuted. In the meantime, those intent
:06:04. > :06:07.on misusing them are being urged to think carefully about
:06:08. > :06:10.the potentially devastating consequences of their
:06:11. > :06:16.dangerous games. A committee of MPs has called
:06:17. > :06:19.for reform of the rules on which non-European
:06:20. > :06:21.students can stay in the UK The Scottish Affairs Committee
:06:22. > :06:28.at Westminster says graduates are not being given enough time
:06:29. > :06:31.to find a job and warns salary thresholds may be too
:06:32. > :06:33.high for Scotland. Our political
:06:34. > :06:36.correspondent has more. Thousands of international students
:06:37. > :06:42.come to Scotland every year to study but are changes in rules about
:06:43. > :06:46.what happens when they graduate The Scottish Government,
:06:47. > :06:52.opposition parties and the Scottish Visa switches to allow graduates
:06:53. > :06:58.to stay in the UK for two years They have four months to find a job
:06:59. > :07:10.paying just under ?21,000. They have to be sponsored
:07:11. > :07:19.and the committee says it has led to an 80% fall in the number
:07:20. > :07:22.of graduates staying in the UK. MPs argue that it would help fill
:07:23. > :07:24.skill shortages and tackle We have listened to higher
:07:25. > :07:32.education institutions, businesses and trade unions
:07:33. > :07:36.who are telling us we need this scheme to retain the best
:07:37. > :07:41.from around the world. We have four universities in the top
:07:42. > :07:45.100 within Scotland. It is a great place to be educated
:07:46. > :07:48.and we are educating these students to a high standard and turning
:07:49. > :07:57.them out of the country. That is the fear of this American
:07:58. > :08:00.student who has been studying and living in Glasgow
:08:01. > :08:02.for seven years. You see a lot of opportunities
:08:03. > :08:05.for arts graduates that pay I have never seen
:08:06. > :08:08.anything that is ?21,000. If people are showing they are happy
:08:09. > :08:14.to be a contributing member to the economy there is no reason
:08:15. > :08:17.they should be asked to make such Universities have also
:08:18. > :08:22.expressed concerns. They are calling on the UK
:08:23. > :08:29.Government to consider reforms. There are measures that can be put
:08:30. > :08:40.in place to make sure we not only attract and develop
:08:41. > :08:43.the talent but retain it. We are looking for constructive
:08:44. > :08:46.dialogue with the UK The government has pledged to reduce
:08:47. > :08:52.the number of people settling That is something that
:08:53. > :08:55.will play on ministers' minds when they consider
:08:56. > :08:58.the response to this report. Police Scotland is to partner big
:08:59. > :09:01.employers in a push to recruit more Today BT became the first company
:09:02. > :09:06.in Scotland to sign up Special Constable Drummond likes
:09:07. > :09:17.to be out on the beat. Two years ago he became
:09:18. > :09:21.a Special Constable. His day job is as an
:09:22. > :09:24.engineering manager with BT. After his house was broken
:09:25. > :09:28.into, he signed up. There is no way on earth I can
:09:29. > :09:33.describe the feeling of having a blue light when you are going
:09:34. > :09:37.to aid a member of the public, whether it be a domestic,
:09:38. > :09:40.an old age pensioner that's fell, The police are now keen to recruit
:09:41. > :09:48.specials from big employers, saying it can be
:09:49. > :09:51.mutually beneficial. They bring insight, experience,
:09:52. > :09:56.different perspectives from those of us who've been involved
:09:57. > :10:01.in policing in a long time. They become connected
:10:02. > :10:02.to the community, they contribute, Special constables don't get paid
:10:03. > :10:09.but have the same powers as regular police officers, they can make
:10:10. > :10:11.arrests, impose fines In some parts of the country,
:10:12. > :10:18.specials are the public face BT has 7,000 employees in Scotland
:10:19. > :10:23.and has become the first company to sign up to encourage its staff
:10:24. > :10:28.to become special constables. We recognise that anybody
:10:29. > :10:32.who is going to undertake the role They come back into the office
:10:33. > :10:37.with the skills they have learnt Back on the high street,
:10:38. > :10:51.Special Constable Drummond There are some things he can't
:10:52. > :10:55.help with though. Football and Aberdeen's title hopes
:10:56. > :11:01.suffered a setback tonight, as they went down 3-1
:11:02. > :11:03.to Inverness Caley Thistle. It was the best possible start
:11:04. > :11:06.for Aberdeen when Adam Rooney gave But ten minutes later Iain Vigurs
:11:07. > :11:09.levelled the game. A penalty from Greg Tansey put
:11:10. > :11:16.Thistle ahead before overruling his assistant who'd
:11:17. > :11:34.flagged for offside. Here is the weather. A cold night
:11:35. > :11:44.and temperatures already down to -7 across parts of Aberdeen China. Sub
:11:45. > :11:52.sea floor for many but not all. Change on the way turning wet and
:11:53. > :12:02.windy as we head towards tomorrow. Strong to gale force winds on the
:12:03. > :12:12.West Coast. Some brightness around. Temperatures starting to climb from
:12:13. > :12:18.what they are. Some bright spells. Towards the far north the rain
:12:19. > :12:27.already set in. The reunion will continue to work eastwards. The
:12:28. > :12:36.yellow bee where warning in force. Snow on the hills and high ground.
:12:37. > :12:41.Wet weather stretching towards Northern Ireland but for most of the
:12:42. > :12:45.north of England, Wales and the heart of England's bright and sunny
:12:46. > :12:51.conditions. But for us it will feel calls. That wet weather continuing
:12:52. > :12:56.to march eastwards and it will last for up to 12 hours. A wet and to the
:12:57. > :13:02.day and overnight. But weather front still with us on Wednesday. We could
:13:03. > :13:07.see a spell of snow to low levels on Wednesday morning. Potentially snort
:13:08. > :13:14.through the Pennines and towards Wales. Right dry weather ahead of
:13:15. > :13:24.it. Quite a cold afternoon come Wednesday but some bright spells as
:13:25. > :13:29.well. Temperatures by mid afternoon five or six XS. That is the
:13:30. > :13:32.forecast. But is all for now. Goodbye.