0:00:00 > 0:00:00Here on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
0:00:11 > 0:00:12Good evening.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15New figures show that day-to-day spending on Scottish public services
0:00:15 > 0:00:19will be cut by nearly £200 million in the coming year, after inflation
0:00:19 > 0:00:22is taken into account.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24But the overall package for Scotland - including
0:00:24 > 0:00:26capital spending and loans - is up.
0:00:26 > 0:00:30The fallout from yesterday's UK Budget provoked furious
0:00:30 > 0:00:32exchanges at Holyrood, watched by our political
0:00:32 > 0:00:38editor Brian Taylor.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40The Chancellor in Leeds today with the Prime Minister insists
0:00:40 > 0:00:42he has delivered for Scotland.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43£2 billion more over four years.
0:00:43 > 0:00:51But Scottish ministers say it is a con.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Nicola Sturgeon said that more than half the money
0:00:54 > 0:00:56is in financial transactions - that is loans or funding
0:00:56 > 0:01:01for private projects.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04It is not for front line public spending and it has to be
0:01:04 > 0:01:07repaid to the Treasury.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10But Ruth Davidson of the Tories said that they were happy with such cash
0:01:10 > 0:01:12deals when they were announcing Scottish investment.
0:01:12 > 0:01:18She accused Nicola Sturgeon of hypocrisy.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22Only the First Minister could be handed an extra
0:01:22 > 0:01:29£2 billion of spending power and still sounds...
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Like someone has stolen her scone.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33The First Minister insisted that Scotland was left short.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Scotland is facing a real-terms cut in our day-to-day budget next year
0:01:36 > 0:01:40of more than £200 million.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43If Ruth Davidson is prepared to stand up in this chamber today
0:01:43 > 0:01:47and somehow argue that that is a good deal for Scotland,
0:01:47 > 0:01:51then Ruth Davidson is even more of a party stooge
0:01:51 > 0:01:55for her Westminster masters than I thought she was.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59The Independent Scottish Parliament Information Centre has
0:01:59 > 0:02:01crunched the numbers.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03They found that the Scottish block grant from the Treasury
0:02:03 > 0:02:06is up 0.1% in real terms.
0:02:06 > 0:02:12But within that, capital investment is up 6.2%.
0:02:12 > 0:02:17And those financial transactions are up 8.1%.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Day-to-day spending on health, education and the rest is down
0:02:19 > 0:02:25by 0.8%, or £199 million.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Richard Leonard, the new Labour leader, used his first appearance
0:02:28 > 0:02:30at First Minister's Questions to demand higher spending
0:02:30 > 0:02:34and higher taxation.
0:02:34 > 0:02:40A quarter of a million children in Scotland living in poverty.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Hundreds of thousands of pensioners this winter facing the choice
0:02:42 > 0:02:46between eating and heating.
0:02:46 > 0:02:47More of the same.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51It just won't do.
0:02:51 > 0:02:56Scotland needs real change and radical change.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57Nicola Sturgeon said she would defend public services
0:02:57 > 0:03:00but also protect the lowest earners.
0:03:00 > 0:03:10To do so she may need a deal with the Green Party.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Glasgow University and the SFA's Hampden Sports Clinic are leading
0:03:13 > 0:03:15a major study into whether former footballers develop
0:03:15 > 0:03:17conditions like dementia because of repeatedly
0:03:17 > 0:03:20heading a ball.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22It comes after growing concerns about the link between excessive
0:03:22 > 0:03:25heading and long-term brain damage.
0:03:25 > 0:03:35Here's our sports reporter, David Currie.
0:03:38 > 0:03:43A centre forward who scored many of his 60 plus goals with his head.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47He admits to being concerned.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50There is a possibility that the job he loved may lead
0:03:50 > 0:03:51to problems later on in life.
0:03:51 > 0:03:52If there is a link.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55I would be quite worried about getting dementia later
0:03:55 > 0:04:05but I can't worry about something I don't know.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Until the study becomes more clear, we won't stop talking about it.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16More than half a century ago, the scorer of this goal
0:04:16 > 0:04:17was helping Kilmarnock become Scottish champions.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Now in his 80s, he has dementia.
0:04:19 > 0:04:24His son is convinced that heading a football was to blame.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29About 50% of Dad's squad have brain-related illnesses,
0:04:29 > 0:04:34but Scotland as a whole is only about 6%.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38That is an awful lot of difference.
0:04:38 > 0:04:44A lack of research data has meant that experts can't prove or disprove
0:04:44 > 0:04:46that repeated heading of a football can cause long-term
0:04:46 > 0:04:54damage to the brain.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Staff here at the Hampden Sports Clinic and Glasgow's
0:04:57 > 0:05:01Elizabeth University Hospital will address that.
0:05:01 > 0:05:06They will compare dementia in 15,000 former professionals with that
0:05:06 > 0:05:13of the public to determine if there is a specific link.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16It is a very big moment, not just for football but for sport.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20This is a great opportunity to look into a sport
0:05:20 > 0:05:25without any bias or influence, look at the dementia risk
0:05:25 > 0:05:28that we have been concerned about for many years now.
0:05:28 > 0:05:33If a link between repeatedly heading a football and dementia
0:05:33 > 0:05:36is established, there will be wide-ranging implications for anyone
0:05:36 > 0:05:44who plays the sport.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47There have been some calls in some quarters for a ban or restriction
0:05:47 > 0:05:51on heading the ball at some levels of youth football.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Police Scotland officers are under investigation for gross misconduct
0:05:59 > 0:06:01for their response to concerns raised about the Emma
0:06:01 > 0:06:06Caldwell murder inquiry.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08The officers were found to have obtained communications data
0:06:08 > 0:06:10without judicial permission while trying to identify
0:06:10 > 0:06:11a journalist's sources.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13The inquiry's being conducted by the Police Service
0:06:13 > 0:06:15of Northern Ireland.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Ms Caldwell was working as a prostitute when her body
0:06:17 > 0:06:24was found in woods in Biggar in Lanarkshire, 12 years ago.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26The Scottish Youth Parliament is being investigated by the police
0:06:26 > 0:06:31after claims of possible harassment and inappropriate behaviour
0:06:31 > 0:06:32by members and former members.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35SYP says it referred the matter to Police Scotland after becoming
0:06:35 > 0:06:37aware of a new series of historic allegations.
0:06:37 > 0:06:42Lisa Summers reports.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44The last time the Scottish Youth Parliament met
0:06:44 > 0:06:47it was here at Holyrood last month.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Normally they will meet at various places across the country
0:06:49 > 0:06:51to campaign about issues that concern young people,
0:06:51 > 0:07:00like mental health or poverty.
0:07:00 > 0:07:07There are 150 MSYPs aged between 14 and 25.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10It is unclear, the exact nature of these claims.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12They issued a statement to us earlier this afternoon whereby
0:07:12 > 0:07:15they said they take any allegations very seriously and investigate
0:07:15 > 0:07:19in line with their policies.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22They said they referred the matter to the police when it became clear
0:07:22 > 0:07:26about a new series of historic claims earlier on this month.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29The police say that an investigation is underway and enquiries continue
0:07:29 > 0:07:34to see whether there are any criminal allegations being made.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Dundee's bid to be European Capital of Culture in 2023 has been
0:07:37 > 0:07:41stopped in its tracks.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44The European Commission has announced that no UK city can now be
0:07:44 > 0:07:46considered for the title because of Brexit.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Dundee was one of five UK cities vying for the accolade.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Andrew Anderson reports.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Not the Christmas present Dundee was hoping for.
0:07:54 > 0:08:01More of a bombshell.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Just a few month ago hopes were high that the city could win
0:08:04 > 0:08:05a huge cultural prize.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Now Brexit has put paid to that.
0:08:09 > 0:08:14It seems unfair.Willing to pay that price for Brexit.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17It is going to put a stop to all these kinds of things.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20It cannot be good for Dundee as a city.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Dundee came together in a blaze of colour last month to send
0:08:22 > 0:08:25off its bid to be European Capital of Culture in 2023.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27If successful, huge benefits were anticipated.
0:08:27 > 0:08:34Like this museum due to open next year on the waterfront.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38The news that it and the other four UK contenders can't take part just
0:08:38 > 0:08:40days before they were meant to meet the judges.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Our transport was all arranged.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46We were flying down to London on Monday to make that page.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48It is gutting for all involved and it is gutting
0:08:48 > 0:08:50to everyone in the whole city.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52It was a great bid and it was energised and refocused people's
0:08:52 > 0:08:58mindset on what Dundee was becoming.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01The European Commission said that given...
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Back in 2013, Dundee lost out on its bid to be this
0:09:19 > 0:09:22year's UK City of Culture.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26The Capital of Culture prize would have been even bigger.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29I wrote one year ago to the UK Government to make
0:09:29 > 0:09:31sure that they would do what they could to make sure that
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Dundee could be a City of Culture.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36They need to be making sure that they rectify this
0:09:36 > 0:09:38issue, that they contact the European Commission and they put
0:09:38 > 0:09:46these bids back on track if that is at all possible.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50So Dundee's hopes from a month ago may have been dashed, but tonight
0:09:50 > 0:09:56there was a determination to bounce back.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Setting a minimum price for tobacco could drive down
0:09:58 > 0:10:00the number of smokers, according to public health experts.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03A study published by the University of Edinburgh and NHS
0:10:03 > 0:10:08Health Scotland also suggests reducing its availability.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10The Scottish Government is due to publish its tobacco strategy next
0:10:10 > 0:10:16year but says it has no current plans to look at minimum pricing.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19The UK Government has revived its plans to re-privatise
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Royal Bank of Scotland, aiming to sell £15 billion
0:10:21 > 0:10:25worth of shares by 2023.
0:10:25 > 0:10:31It wants to have the first tranche sold by the end of March 2019.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Derek McInnes will not be leaving his job at Aberdeen
0:10:33 > 0:10:35to become the Rangers manager, according to his club chairman.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Stewart Milne says McInnes has told him that he has no intention
0:10:38 > 0:10:41of leaving the club any time soon, and wants to win more
0:10:41 > 0:10:43trophies for the Dons.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46McInnes has been Rangers' preferred candidate since the departure
0:10:46 > 0:10:49of Pedro Caixhina a month ago.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51The former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale faced
0:10:51 > 0:10:54a stomach-churning task as she made her debut
0:10:54 > 0:10:57on the reality TV show I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00She struggled to complete a challenge to retrieve a number
0:11:00 > 0:11:04of red stars buried in boxes filled with raw meat, fish guts
0:11:04 > 0:11:06and a variety of creepy crawlies.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Ms Dugdale was denied permission by political bosses to take
0:11:09 > 0:11:10part in the programme, and her appearance
0:11:10 > 0:11:14has divided opinion.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Now over to Christopher for tomorrow's forecast.
0:11:16 > 0:11:17How's it looking?
0:11:20 > 0:11:29Cold. Good evening. A cold night ahead. Frosty and icy. We have a Met
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Office be aware yellow warning in force from now until mid-morning
0:11:32 > 0:11:36tomorrow. Overnight, we hold on to a number of showers. A mixture of
0:11:36 > 0:11:39rain, sleet and snow, mainly in the West. Also in the north. Many
0:11:39 > 0:11:44central and eastern parts it is dry but cold. Ten bridges in towns and
0:11:44 > 0:11:48cities down to freezing if not lower. In the countryside, as low as
0:11:48 > 0:11:52-52 minus eight. Especially with snow on the ground. Tomorrow
0:11:52 > 0:11:56morning, a cold morning and icy in places. Especially on untreated
0:11:56 > 0:12:00roads and services. Across western parts, cloudy with frequent showers,
0:12:00 > 0:12:08a mixture of rain, sleet and snow.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10a mixture of rain, sleet and snow. A great start but still cold in the
0:12:10 > 0:12:13south. Temperatures well below freezing weather is snow on the
0:12:13 > 0:12:18ground. Final, frequent showers and we with gales or gale force gusts
0:12:18 > 0:12:21coming in from the west. Through the cause of the morning tomorrow,
0:12:21 > 0:12:27cloudy in the West with frequent showers. Mixture of rain, sleet and
0:12:27 > 0:12:31snow. Perhaps some snow to low levels. At the East, sunshine,
0:12:31 > 0:12:35reasonably dry. A few showers here through the cause of the day. Across
0:12:35 > 0:12:39the UK as a whole, for England and Wales, plenty of sunshine and after
0:12:39 > 0:12:43cloudy start around southern coastal areas, it improves, drier and
0:12:43 > 0:12:47brighter. A crisp date for Northern Ireland. 10 degrees in the cell.
0:12:47 > 0:12:59Volley, much colder. Three to 5 degrees at best. Add the winds
0:12:59 > 0:13:01degrees at best. Add the winds in the far north and the Northern Isles
0:13:01 > 0:13:04and that will give a bitter feel. In the sunshine, a crisp feel. Tomorrow
0:13:04 > 0:13:06night, frequent showers once again. Frosty and icy. The weekend,
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Saturday very similar to tomorrow. A brisk north-westerly driving in
0:13:08 > 0:13:11showers. Winter it, perhaps to low levels. Drier the further east and
0:13:11 > 0:13:16south you are. It will be cold. Sunday probably the better of the
0:13:16 > 0:13:20two days. A small ridge of high pressure affording largely dry, fine
0:13:20 > 0:13:22and sunny weather but will be cold.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Thanks, Christopehr.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25And that's all from us tonight.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27There are updates from 6.25 tomorrow morning, during Breakfast.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29From everyone on the late team here in Glasgow,
0:13:29 > 0:13:31and around the country, goodnight.