23/11/2017 Reporting Scotland

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Tonight, on Reporting Scotland...

Day-to-day spending on public

services will go down,

but capital spending

and loans will rise.

Analysis of the Budget reveals

could repeatedly heading a ball

be linked to dementia

in former footballers?

Scottish experts are

hoping to find an answer.

If there was a link, I would be

quite worried that down the line I

would suffer from dementia.

Also on the programme,

Dundee's bid to be crowned

European Capital of Culture in 2023

is over - and Brexit

is being blamed.

Is it time to see minimum

pricing for smoking?

A study suggests raising the cost

of cigarettes will help

people give up the habit.

Braving the creepy

crawlies of the jungle -

Kezia Dugdale gets stuck

in to her first "I'm

a Celebrity" task.

Newly published figures show that

day to day spending on Scottish

public services will be cut

by nearly £200 million

in the coming year.

That's after inflation

is taken into account.

But the overall package

for Scotland, including capital

spending and loan, is up.

The aftermath of yesterday's UK

budget provoked furious

exchanges at Holyrood.

This from our political

editor Brian Taylor.

The Chancellor in Leeds today with

the Prime Minister insists he has

delivered for Scotland. £2 billion

more over four years. But Scottish

ministers say it is a con. Nicola

Sturgeon said that more than half

the money is in financial

transactions, that is loans or

funding for private projects. It is

not for front line public spending

but it has to be repaid to the

Treasury. But Ruth Davidson of the

Tories said that they were happy

with such cash deals when they were

announcing Scottish investment. She

accused Nicola Sturgeon of

hypocrisy.

Money to

hypocrisy.

Money to thank -- only

the First Minister could be handed

an extra £2 billion of spending

power and still sounds...

power and still sounds...

The First

Minister insisted that Scotland was

left short.

Scotland is facing a

real terms cut in our day-to-day

budget next year of more than £200

million. If Ruth Davidson is

prepared to stand up in this chamber

today and somehow argued that that

is a good deal for Scotland, then

Ruth Davidson is even more of a

party stooge for her Westminster

masters than I thought she was.

The

independent Scottish Parliament

information centre has crunched the

numbers. They found that the

Scottish block grant from the

Treasury

Scottish block grant from the

Treasury is up 0.1% in real terms.

But with in that, capital investment

is up 6.2%. And those financial

transactions are up 8.1%. Day-to-day

spending on health, education and

the rest is down by 0.8% or £199

million. Richard Leonard, the new

Labour leader used his first

appearance at First Minister's

Questions to demand higher spending

and higher taxation.

A quarter of a

million children in Scotland living

in poverty. Hundreds of thousands of

pensioners this winter facing the

choice between eating and heating.

More of the same. It just won't do.

Scotland needs real change and

radical change.

Nicola Sturgeon said

she would

radical change.

Nicola Sturgeon said

she would defend public services but

also protect the lowest earners. To

do so she may need a deal with the

Green party.

And Brian joins me now.

Brian, more to come on public

spending and tax in the coming weeks

when the Scottish Government

unveils its own bugdet.

Absolutely, Sally, we had the UK

budget yesterday and a lot of it

applies to Scotland, on defence, on

welfare and benefits. But a lot of

it doesn't apply to devolve spending

on issues like health, education and

justice. They are controlled right

here at Holyrood and crucially it

doesn't apply to Scottish income tax

rates. They also decided here at

Holyrood. We will get the details of

both of those, devolved income

spending tax. You heard Nicola

Sturgeon saying she wants to protect

public services but also protect the

lowest income families in Scotland,

I think that leave some room for

manoeuvre. We had a paper a couple

of weeks ago, the SNP manifesto

promised to freeze the rate of

income tax. I do not see them

departing from that but what I think

they could do is alter the balance,

the point at which you begin to move

into a higher stage. Perhaps you

have a figure somewhere in the

mid-30s of income, that you start to

move up a little bit in the level of

income tax that you pay. It is

complicated. It is difficult. It is

challenging. But it is intended, as

Nicola Sturgeon said, to bring in

more money to protect public

services. The controversy there is

will it work? And will it cause a

political row? But first, it's up to

you. And the second, well, it will

cause one hell of a political row.

Glasgow University and the SFA's

Hampden Sports Clinic are to lead

a major study into whether former

footballers develop

conditions like dementia

because of repeatedly

heading a ball.

It comes after growing concerns

about the link between excessive

heading and long term brain damage.

More from our sports

reporter David Currie.

This Scotland international played

more than 280 games for clubs here

and in England. Centre forward who

scored many of his 60 plus goals

with his head.

He admits to being concerned. There

is a possibility that the job he

loves may lead to problems later on

in life.

If there is a link. I would

be quite worried about getting

dementia later but I can't worry

about something I don't know. The

four staff becomes more career, we

went start talking about it.

More

than half a century ago, the scorer

of this goal was helping kill Monica

becomes Scottish champions. Now in

becomes Scottish champions. Now in

his 80s, he has dementia. His son is

convinced that heading a football

was to blame.

About 50% of dad's

squad have brain related illnesses,

but Scotland as a whole is only

about 6%. That is an awful lot of

difference.

A lack of research data

has meant that experts can't prove

or disprove that repeated heading of

a football can cause long-term

damage to the brain. Staff here at

the Hamdan sports clinic and that

Glasgow's when Elizabeth University

Hospital will address that. They

Glasgow's when Elizabeth University

Hospital will address that. They

will compare dementia in 15,000

former professionals with that of

the public to determine if there is

a specific link.

It is a very big

the public to determine if there is

a specific link.

It is a very big

moment, not just for football but

for sport. This is a great

opportunity to look into a sport

without any bias or influence, look

at the dementia risk that we have

been concerned about for many years

now.

If a link between repeatedly

heading a football and dementia is

established, there will be

wide-ranging implications for anyone

who plays the sport. There have been

some calls in some quarters for a

ban of restriction on heading the

ball at some levels of youth

football.

The Scottish Youth Parliament

is being investigated by police

after claims of possible harassment

and inappropriate behaviour

by members and former members.

SYP says it referred

the matter to Police Scotland

after becoming aware of new series

of historic allegations.

Lisa Summers reports.

The last time the Scottish Youth

Parliament met it was here at

Holyrood last month. Normally they

will meet at various places across

the country to campaign about issues

that concern young people, like

mental health or poverty. There are

150 MSYP wass aged between 15 and

25. They issued a statement to us

earlier this afternoon whereby they

said they take any allegations very

seriously and investigate in line

with their policies. They said they

referred the matter to the police

when it became clear about a new

series of historic claims earlier on

this month. The police say that an

investigation is underway and

enquiries continue to see whether

there are any criminal allegations

being made.

Police Scotland officers are under

investigation for gross misconduct ,

for their response to concerns

raised about the Emma

Caldwell murder inquiry.

The officers were found to have

obtained communications data

without judicial permission ,

while trying to identify

a journalist's sources.--The

Police Service of Northern Ireland

is carrying out the inquiry.--

Ms Caldwell was working

as a prostitute when her body

was found in woods in Biggar

in Lanarkshire in May 2005.

Dundee's bid to be crowned

European Capital of Culture in 2023

has been dealt a fatal blow.

The European Commission has

announced that no UK city can now be

considered for the title

because of Brexit.

Dundee was one of five UK cities

vying for the accolade.

Andrew Anderson reports.

Not the Christmas present Dundee was

hoping for. More of a bombshell.

Just a few months ago hopes were

high that the city could win a huge

cultural prize. Now Brexit has put

paid to that.

It is going to put a

stop to all these kinds of things it

cannot be good for Dundee as a city.

Dundee came together in a blaze of

colour last month to send off its

bid to be European Capital of

Culture in 2023. If successful, huge

benefits were anticipated. Like this

museum due to open next year on the

waterfront. The news that it and the

other four UK contenders can't take

part just days before they were

meant to meet the judges.

Our

transport was all arranged. We were

flying down to London on Monday to

make that page. It is gutting server

are involved and it is gutting to

everyone in the whole city. It was a

great beard and it was energised and

refocus people's mindset on what

Dundee was becoming.

European

Commission said that given...

Back in 2013, Dundee lost out on its

bid to be this year's UK City of

Culture. The capital of culture

prize would have been even bigger.

I

wrote one year ago to the UK

Government to make sure that they

would do what they could to make

sure that Dundee could be a City of

Culture. They need to be making sure

that they rectify this issue. That

they contact the European Commission

and they put these bits back on

track if that is at all possible.

So

Dundee's hopes from a month ago may

have been dashed but tonight there

was a determination to bounce back.

And Andrew is in Dundee

for us tonight, so Andrew,

is it the end of the road

for Dundee's bid?

Well, the UK Government is saying

tonight that it doesn't agree with

the European Commission's stance. It

is the case that other non-EU

countries have had capital of

cultures in the past, including

Norway, Turkey and Iceland. But they

are members of other European

institutions and the commission has

decided that as it simply doesn't

know what Brexit will look like

after 2019, it is time to tell the

UK cities that they can no longer

participate in the competition. I

sense a real anger amongst the bid

team here in Dundee tonight. They

have prepared an 18 page document

outlining a hundred products. There

is also determination to put this

down to one side and focus efforts

on making Dundee a cultural city on

a world stage. It is hoped it will

bring hundreds of thousands of

people to Dundee to see what the

city has to offer. Capital of

culture or not.

Scotland's already introducing

a minimum price for alcohol

but could tobacco be next?

A study published by the University

of Edinburgh and NHS Health Scotland

suggests that increasing the cost

of tobacco and reducing

its availability could cut

the number of smokers in Scotland.

The Scottish Government is due

to publish its tobacco strategy next

year but says it has no current

plans to look at minimum pricing.

Katie Hunter reports.

Robert has been smoking since he was

11. He has tried several times to

quit.

I've got a bad cough and all

of that. It's a smoker 's cough. It

is natural.

And if they were to get

more expensive, what would you think

of that?

I would give it up.

A group

of health experts suggest that

increasing the cost of tobacco in

Scotland could persuade more people

to quit but it is untested.

The idea

of a minimum price for tobacco has

never been done before. It does not

exist anywhere else across the

world. It is something that is

really new.

The number of people

smoking in Scotland has stayed

static in 2000 and 1321%. That rises

to 35% of adults in more deprived

areas are compared to just 10% in

more affluent areas of the country.

We have looked at minimum pricing

for cigarettes. We have been

successful in alcohol, in terms of

the Supreme Court judgment. But

there is difference is running

peoples tobacco habit. Will be

concentrating on ways we can advance

our mission to create a smoke-free

generation in Scotland.

The study

also suggests reducing the

availability of tobacco in the shops

as well as a media campaign

encouraging people to quit.

Pro-smoking groups say those ideas

are a waste of money. And as the

minimum pricing...

It is quite wrong

to put up the price of tobacco to

force people to quit. It targets

people on the low pay and it

discriminate against them and it is

totally wrong.

This neighbourhood of

Glasgow is one of the most deprived

areas of Scotland. Would minimum

pricing persuade people here to

quit?

Not with hardline smokers.

It

is too expensive. It is putting a

lot of people.

If you got any more

expensive?

I would stop completely.

I lost my mate to cancer and my

other mate and they were both

smokers.

The Scottish Government

will publish its tobacco strategy

next year. At the moment there are

recommendations that want possibly

become a reality.

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A reminder of tonight's top story...

Analysis of the Budget reveals that

day-to-day spending on public

services will go down,

but capital spending

and loans will rise.

And still to come...

Braving the creepy

crawlies of the jungle -

Kezia Dugdale gets stuck

in to her first "I'm

a Celebrity" task

Firefighters have staged

a demonstration outside

the Scottish Parliament to protest

over what they call "untenable" cuts

to frontline staff numbers.

Unions say that 700 jobs have been

lost since the formation

of a single service in 2013.

That figure is disputed

by those in charge,

who insist change is needed.

Steven Godden reports.

When these firefighters joined a

single National Service, they were

told front line services will be

protected. The promise they say

doesn't match today's reality.

Five

years ago, we never had a situation

where you would have ghost

appliances sitting in stations

understaffed and unavailable and

giving this thin veneer to the

public that there is an emergency

resource available there which

indeed it is not.

People do not

really think about us on a

day-to-day basis, it is only when

they need us and they expect us to

be there. And they do get a

professional service but in a future

in might not be as quick as it was

in the past.

Scotland's Fire Service

is based on a model dating back to

the 1940s. There is consensus that

it needs to change but what that

looks like as a source of tension.

Those in charge say the status quo

is an sustainable -- unsustainable.

The document says it needs to

rebalance firefighting services.

These firefighters took it as more

direct meaning, cuts and closures.

It is about improving the outcomes

for the people of Scotland. Better

prepared firefighters how they deal

with the change of circumstance.

Better training and better

provision.

provision.

They also want to discuss

an expansion of the firefighters

roll, offering emergency medical

care or a terrorist response,

nothing say fire chiefs that isn't

already done on an ad hoc basis.

Were talking about expanding a roll

of the firefighter but cutting down

firefighters numbers. That is asking

us to do much more for far less that

is acceptable.

Yesterday's UK budget

brought good news for the Fire

Service. But today's protest was

staged knowing a Holyrood budget is

fast approaching. A public reminder

of the difficulties facing a values

public service.

The Celtic captain Scott Brown says

last night's 7-1 defeat in Paris

must never be allowed

to happen again.

The Parkhead side were given

a Champions League masterclass

by tournament favourites PSG.

But they can still secure European

football into the New Year

in their final group match.

Kheredine Idessane has more.

When you see goals like these, a

question springs to mind. Our PSG

potential winners of this season's

Champions League was Matt they are

according to the man beating seven

times last night.

That is probably

the best team I've ever seen playing

football. The best team I've ever

played against. They were very

clinical. The chances they created

were good chances. The quality of

finishing was very good.

The same

could be said of Celtic's start,

Moussa Dembele made a mark on his

native city inside a minute. But

that was as good as it got for the

Scottish champions. Some slack play

led to a PSG equaliser shortly

afterwards. And with three further

goals following, Celtic were 4-1

down after 35 minutes and the game

was gone.

You have to try and learn

from that. Everyone says it is a

hard to take but we have to make

sure it doesn't happen again.

That

hard to take but we have to make

sure it doesn't happen again.

That

desire has added impetus recent

results. The 7-0 beating by

Barcelona last year was Celtic's

worst European defeat. And losing 0-

five to PSG was the worst home

European defeat. Harsh lessons are

still being learned.

If you lose the

ball, you don't see it for five or

ten minutes

ball, you don't see it for five or

ten minutes at times. It is

difficult but the aim was to be in

Europe after Christmas and we're

still on course to do that. One last

game against Anderlecht at home.

This is the state of Group B with

one match to go. PSG and by Munich

have qualified for the last 16.

Celtic will secure third spot and a

place in the rope league after

Christmas if they avoid defeat to

Anderlecht in a fortnight. One thing

is for sure, Celtic are delighted to

see the of Paris St Germain.

Derek McInnes will not be

leaving his job at Aberdeen

to become the Rangers manager,

according to his club chairman.

Stewart Milne says McInnes has

told him he has no intention

of leaving the club any time soon,

and that he wants to win more

trophies for the Dons.

McInnes has been Rangers preferred

candidate since the departure

of Pedro Caixhina a month ago.

One face missing from Holyrood today

was, of course, the former

Scottish Labour Leader Kezia

Dugdale.

She's been making the headlines this

week, because she's taking part

in the reality TV show "I'm

a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here".

And tonight we see her swap

political confrontations ,

for the challenges of the jungle.

Glenn Campbell has the story.

I'm Kezia Dugdale, I'm best known

for leading the Labour Party in

Scotland? But in the next three

weeks, she has taken time out to go

to the jungle.

People have seen me

dealing with snakes in my time but

this will be a lot tougher.

Tonight

she is into her first trial.

I can't

find it! This is disgusting.

She has

defined a red star amongst fish

guts. Meanwhile, back at Holyrood...

Certainly doesn't look like a

holiday!

You would find the star,

with new?

I would have a go. She is

a farmer 's daughter, remember.

You

would cope fine.

Oh, I don't know.

I

wasn't quite sure what was going on

there but I'm sure that she wasn't

talking about Labour values which is

why she said she was going there.

It

is not here!

It doesn't look like

she will win that challenge?

I don't

think so.

She's had to deal with

worse in Scottish politics, I dare

say that we should be proud of her.

I'll be voting at some point.

To

keep her in?

To see her in more

challenges like that!

Weaver told

the First Minister won't be watching

but what about her Labour

colleagues? Will you be watching

tonight, Richard?

Probably not. I've

never seen it before.

You've got

this,

never seen it before.

You've got

this,!

Or maybe she hasn't.

Now, for a look at what's

happening later on Timeline.

Here are Shereen and

John to tell us more.

The former football starlet who has

been cheated...

The biggest bugbear

is on a night out if you are

disabled.

And... Kezia Dugdale heads

into the jungle, we speak to

ex-contestants Christine Hamilton.

That is tonight's Timeline, BBC Two.

Time to get the weather

outlook from Christopher.

That snow you forecast last night

caused some disruption this morning.

That snow you forecast last night

caused some disruption this morning.

Is there more on the way?

A little bit. Let's take a look at

some of the pictures, Sally. It was

a wintry start for some of us this

morning. Great pictures coming in

from our Weather Watchers. Molly the

dog was the star of this one. Look

at this picture. A beautiful one

from the north-east of

Aberdeenshire. Those cold conditions

are still with us tonight and in

fact our attention is on the risk of

ice. There is a warning from now

until tomorrow morning. There is a

number of showers in the west which

are wintry. Men in the high ground

but occasionally to lower levels. In

the east, it is dry and cold. -9 and

-10 in the countryside. Tomorrow a

cold day and a fairly breezy day. A

number of showers. Again, those

shelves will be wintry at times. The

best chance of any dry sunny weather

will be in the east. Here is

tomorrow in detail. A cold, icy

start with frequent showers in the

west. Very windy in the far north.

Driest and brightest in the east, as

I say. In the west, we will start to

see some sunshine coming through

with showers at times. Would you

will notice tomorrow is just how

cold it is. Four or sources for

central and southern Scotland.

Further north, two or three at best.

Despite some sunshine, add on the

wind and it will feel better. Still

a number were showers giving snow

flurries across the hills and high

ground. And again occasionally to

lower levels. Little in the way of

change tomorrow night. Those showers

still quite frequent in the west.

Elsewhere cold and a risk of ice.

Saturday, little in the way of

change here either. Windy from the

north-west, driving in showers.

Temperatures up a notch but in the

winds it will really feel quite cold

indeed. First and brightest in the

east. Sunday, probably the better of

the two days this weekend. A small

ridge of high pressure with some

sunny weather. But it will be very

cold. That is the forecast to now.

Thanks, Christopher.

Now, a reminder of

tonight's main news...

Now, a reminder of

tonight's main news...

Newly published figures show that

day to day spending on Scottish

public services will be CUT

by nearly 200 million

pounds in the coming year.

That's after inflation

is taken into account.

But the overall package

for Scotland - including capital