:00:00. > :00:12.A former head of the SFA says footballers may in future have
:00:13. > :00:15.to sign disclaimers to prevent them suing over dementia
:00:16. > :00:20.It follows the news that the former Celtic player and manager
:00:21. > :00:25.Tonight, Alzheimer Scotland's announced it's holding a summit
:00:26. > :00:27.on the possible links between football and dementia.
:00:28. > :00:38.A goal that set Kilmarnock on the way to their one
:00:39. > :00:45.I think he got into trouble because he shouldn't
:00:46. > :00:51.Success that day secured legendary status for
:00:52. > :00:56.But in recent years, David's son says another shared
:00:57. > :01:03.Frank Beattie had Parkinson's and dementia.
:01:04. > :01:16.Jim had Parkinson's, and my dad, who's now suffering from dementia.
:01:17. > :01:24.David's suspicion centres on a particular skill.
:01:25. > :01:32.In training, the heading drills, these were every day.
:01:33. > :01:36.You could argue that heading the heavy ball may have
:01:37. > :01:41.had some form of influence on the disease he's got.
:01:42. > :01:46.Billy McNeill's family have similar questions.
:01:47. > :01:48.Having revealed the former Celtic captain is suffering from dementia,
:01:49. > :01:59.Scientists at Stirling University analysed heading drills and found
:02:00. > :02:03.small but significant short-term changes in brain function but that,
:02:04. > :02:10.We cannot make decisions on the guidelines.
:02:11. > :02:20.More science is needed, a better understanding
:02:21. > :02:29.of what happens to the brain when heading a ball.
:02:30. > :02:37.An issue some believe could have profound consequences for the game.
:02:38. > :02:42.I'd still have wanted to play the game regardless of problems,
:02:43. > :02:52.They might have to have a situation where in order that people cannot be
:02:53. > :02:57.once you know that it can cause damage, they might have to sign
:02:58. > :03:00.a disclaimer to not sue in the future and it's
:03:01. > :03:05.everyone's choice to continue as a player or not.
:03:06. > :03:08.As he approaches his 81st birthday, David Sneddon's family say it's not
:03:09. > :03:14.about changing the game they all love.
:03:15. > :03:17.Today's life is about informed choices.
:03:18. > :03:19.If you have the information, you can choose to play
:03:20. > :03:23.With the amount of money in football, I'd reckon
:03:24. > :03:29.most players would say, "I'll take the chance."
:03:30. > :03:32.Scotland's Chief Medical Officer wants doctors to spend more time
:03:33. > :03:34.listening to patients in a bid to avoid prescribing
:03:35. > :03:39.Catherine Calderwood argues that quality rather than quantity of life
:03:40. > :03:46.Here's our health correspondent, Lisa Summers.
:03:47. > :03:48.Alistair doesn't know how much time he's got left.
:03:49. > :03:52.But he's determined to make the most of it.
:03:53. > :03:55.There's nothing worse than getting towards the end of your life
:03:56. > :03:59.and realising you've wasted day after day.
:04:00. > :04:01.As the sun comes up, I'm looking for something
:04:02. > :04:08.He's already having treatment for a series of long-term
:04:09. > :04:11.conditions, but after a conversation with his consultant, he decided not
:04:12. > :04:18.I didn't fancy spending three days a week in the infirmary
:04:19. > :04:21.when I could be out and doing things with my family.
:04:22. > :04:31.I want quality of life, not length of life particularly.
:04:32. > :04:36.For some, dialysis is the right course of treatment.
:04:37. > :04:42.And this is what realistic medicine is about.
:04:43. > :04:52.The Chief Medical Officer is asking for the best treatment for patients.
:04:53. > :04:56.I think doctors are fixers, they want to help.
:04:57. > :04:58.I think we've overestimated the benefits of some treatments
:04:59. > :05:01.and maybe underestimated the risks and perhaps underestimated
:05:02. > :05:04.the burden of health care, so visits to hospital and the GP
:05:05. > :05:06.surgery, blood tests, monitoring, and now we're having open
:05:07. > :05:09.At Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, they're open
:05:10. > :05:19.Dialysis is there for those who'll benefit and they'll support
:05:20. > :05:29.We're making ageing medical, and death.
:05:30. > :05:32.As doctors you believe you can solve everything,
:05:33. > :05:34.you start believing you can solve everything and then realise
:05:35. > :05:40.you can't, and what we need to do is help patients.
:05:41. > :05:43.It's too brutal to say you have however many weeks or months left.
:05:44. > :05:45.And we don't know the answer to that.
:05:46. > :05:48.But we have to be honest about where you can make a difference
:05:49. > :05:55.Doctors already struggle for time with patients and the Chief Medical
:05:56. > :05:57.Officer says it's not about saving money but involving
:05:58. > :06:02.patients and families in decisions about their care.
:06:03. > :06:05.Downing Street has reiterated that there should not be a second
:06:06. > :06:10.It follows renewed reports that the UK Government is concerned
:06:11. > :06:13.Brexit could bring about a second vote in Scotland.
:06:14. > :06:16.And tonight that was echoed by the former
:06:17. > :06:22.Prime Minister Sir John Major in a speech on the impact of Brexit.
:06:23. > :06:24.In Scotland, I believe a hard Brexit will encourage a second
:06:25. > :06:31.This may seem improbable at this moment, but it would be reckless
:06:32. > :06:38.As we saw last June, emotion and national pride can
:06:39. > :06:45.If Scotland were to become independent, both Scotland
:06:46. > :06:50.and the whole of the United Kingdom would be diminished.
:06:51. > :06:55.That cannot be ignored as Brexit evolves.
:06:56. > :06:58.A 42-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder
:06:59. > :07:03.Julie McCash and David Sorrie died following an incident in the city's
:07:04. > :07:06.It's alleged Robert Stratton struck them both with knives.
:07:07. > :07:10.He's also charged with the attempted murder of a third person.
:07:11. > :07:15.He made no plea at Dundee Sheriff Court and was remanded in custody.
:07:16. > :07:17.Police officers are continuing to search for a teenager
:07:18. > :07:20.believed to have fallen from cliffs at Arbroath.
:07:21. > :07:26.18-year-old Ralph Smith has been missing since Saturday lunchtime.
:07:27. > :07:29.The number of officers policing Scotland is likely to be
:07:30. > :07:32.It's one of the proposals contained in a ten-year strategy.
:07:33. > :07:39.Our home affairs correspondent, Reevel Alderson reports.
:07:40. > :07:50.Good morning, we'll start off with the pairings today.
:07:51. > :07:53.Officers at Stuart Street Police Station receive their briefing
:07:54. > :07:58.But once on the street, it's clear policing
:07:59. > :08:01.Increasingly, they deal with vulnerable people rather than crime.
:08:02. > :08:03.Keeping in touch with businesses and residents, these officers
:08:04. > :08:05.are part of the problem-solving team, a new approach
:08:06. > :08:16.The idea is to engage with people and tackle them as best you can.
:08:17. > :08:21.We've always had that with community policing but we're not
:08:22. > :08:25.responding to calls as much as we were previously and the idea
:08:26. > :08:29.behind that is so we can focus on the communities we're working in.
:08:30. > :08:34.Crime is at a 40-year low and the nature of crime is changing.
:08:35. > :08:36.Just one in five calls to Police Scotland results
:08:37. > :08:47.It deals with 57,000 mental health incidents and 30,000
:08:48. > :08:49.missing person inquiries a year, meaning they have
:08:50. > :08:54.The journey of policing in the last 30 years is from one
:08:55. > :08:56.where we only police public space to one where
:08:57. > :09:06.Domestic abuse and child abuse are two good examples.
:09:07. > :09:08.Now, as the world is changing quickly around us, people
:09:09. > :09:11.are living their life online and we need to protect
:09:12. > :09:20.The number of officers is likely to fall by 2020.
:09:21. > :09:22.But the body that oversees the police service says as it
:09:23. > :09:24.adapts, there will still be officers on the beat.
:09:25. > :09:27.This is an essential part of policing and we believe we can
:09:28. > :09:30.free up officers from administrative and other tasks that prevent them
:09:31. > :09:40.We think in 2026 you will still see officers in their uniforms.
:09:41. > :09:42.The Government welcomes the ten-year strategy and said it's concerned
:09:43. > :09:47.about the right mix of skills, not just overall numbers.
:09:48. > :09:50.Scotland's rugby team is now fifth in the world rankings,
:09:51. > :09:54.It follows the weekend win over Wales in the Six Nations.
:09:55. > :10:06.Scotland's rejuvenation as a force in world rugby continues.
:10:07. > :10:12.Also on the up is their world ranking.
:10:13. > :10:14.The win over Wales takes them from eighth up to fifth,
:10:15. > :10:22.How much of this is down to their implacable coach?
:10:23. > :10:25.The players are playing for him and the team have a real identity
:10:26. > :10:35.We've scored seven tries, six of them from outside channels.
:10:36. > :10:38.In Paris, it was created in an outside channel
:10:39. > :10:40.so it's the identity of how they try to play
:10:41. > :10:46.The immediate future holds games against these two,
:10:47. > :10:53.They will not treat the Scots as the fodder they have often been.
:10:54. > :10:56.Coming into this, I would never have thought the game I would eagerly
:10:57. > :11:00.We have a real prospect of a match at Twickenham and a real
:11:01. > :11:08.Some wonderful performances and great individual players.
:11:09. > :11:13.Regardless of how that match goes, Murrayfield will be fall
:11:14. > :11:15.Regardless of how that match goes, Murrayfield will be full
:11:16. > :11:17.again in three weeks, the first time a game
:11:18. > :11:21.Another reflection of the upturn in Scotland's fortunes.
:11:22. > :11:28.It's over to Judith now for the forecast.
:11:29. > :11:38.Good evening. A reminder that we're not quite out of yet. A settling of
:11:39. > :11:44.snow across Scotland, as you can see from this picture sent in earlier
:11:45. > :11:47.on. The pressure reaching us and bumping into cold air, bringing more
:11:48. > :11:55.in the way of snow to the south, but that has moved away. This low moves
:11:56. > :12:02.away but it is a largely dry, cold night across the UK. The risk of
:12:03. > :12:08.ice, so beware of the ice across the UK in the morning. That will be a
:12:09. > :12:12.concern. Cold and frosty to start and there is the low making its
:12:13. > :12:22.presence felt with showers of rain. Anything inland will fall as rain. A
:12:23. > :12:27.cold start to the day with temperatures around freezing for
:12:28. > :12:32.inland parts of Scotland. Plenty of sunshine across eastern Scotland and
:12:33. > :12:37.the wind starts to pick up across the Northern Isles at -- as we head
:12:38. > :12:46.through the day. The rain, sleet and snow moves eastwards. Confined to
:12:47. > :12:49.the south-west come the afternoon. The low pressure sinks southwards
:12:50. > :12:55.over the rest of the UK, bringing showery outbreaks of rain, but again
:12:56. > :12:59.something brighter and drier later. Feeling cold everywhere and back
:13:00. > :13:06.home highs of around six or 7 degrees. Looking colder than we've
:13:07. > :13:10.seen of late. Plenty of sunshine to end the day and we lose the rain in
:13:11. > :13:14.the south. The wind moves to the north as we go into the evening,
:13:15. > :13:21.producing wintry showers across northern Scotland. Elsewhere, drive.
:13:22. > :13:25.Wednesday and Thursday is shaping up with showers and a cold northerly
:13:26. > :13:28.wind but a lot of dry weather on both days. A cold frost by your
:13:29. > :13:30.forecast. (Whatever happens,
:13:31. > :13:35.stay close to me.) MUSIC: Perfect
:13:36. > :13:35.by Mason vs Princess Superstar # Four, three, two, one
:13:36. > :13:40.One, two, three, whoo!