26/01/2017 Timeline

Tonight - are we too quick to hand out antidepressants to kids?

Plus - tennis, Trainspotting and Attenborough on Trump -

Hello and welcome to the first ever Timeline.

And great to see Shereen back on the telly -

Yes, ten years - it's good to be back.

So tonight - on the week the whole country has gone a bit Trainspotting

mad, we get a different view from one of the film-makers.

We have an exclusive interview with Judy Murray who says Scotland's

too late in capitalising on her boys' success.

That was Inti the armadillo from Edinburgh Zoo who I got to hold

when I went to see Sir David Attenborough.

Sir David will be talking about the future of the planet.

First - what will be a difficult story for many parents -

would you want to know if your child was being prescribed

Annette McKenzie wishes she'd been told before her 16-year-old

daughter Britney died from an overdose last summer.

Annette's grief is still very raw but she's taken a petition

to the Scottish Parliament demanding a change in the law.

She told me earlier what happened when Britney went for help.

The day Britney went to the doctors,... Did she tell you she was

going? No. It was three days after Father's Day. Thinking back, Britney

was working, getting up in the morning, going to work, chatting to

her friends. She didn't do anything out of the ordinary. Back then, in

June, we would have been out on a family occasion for my son's ninth

birthday and she was so happy. So fun loving. She was even being a big

kid on the dodgems and things like that and having a good time. To me,

it was like, whatever she was dealing with, she was doing OK and

getting better. And then I noticed, I would say the last two weeks, her

mood changed a lot. She didn't want to get out of bed, she didn't want

to do the simplest task of going to the shop. She wasn't really eating.

And I would say to her, what is wrong? And she would say nothing. I

asked her why she wouldn't eat and she said she wasn't hungry. There

were no signs that she was going to do what she did. None at all.

Britney was quite vocal. A lot of people have jumped on her Facebook

account and said, you can quite clearly see she was upset and

feeling down. Did they not think I could see those things as well and

that I would speak to her? I would speak to her as her mother and get

to the bottom of whatever it was. She was having trouble online? I

don't know, if that interpreted to her thoughts and feelings that night

alone. When did you realise she had been taking these pills? When her

friend came, at 3:17am and knocked on the front door. She asked me if

Britney was OK. I was, yes, she is in bed, she is fine and she was

like, no, she has taken an overdose. My partner, I can't remember events

properly from that night but I can remember, I was shouting back to the

girl, she came back into the room after me and she was saying, her own

pills. I rang the emergency services and they asked me what Whitney had

taken and I said I didn't know. -- Britney. I didn't understand, I

didn't think Britney had her own pills. I didn't properly find out

Britney had been given these pills until... I think it was when the CID

came to see me a couple of days later. That is when I found out how

many tablets Britney had been given for the month. At 16, she was

legally able to make those health decisions. In the eyes of the law,

yes. I know a lot of people think, at 16, you can move out, you can do

certain things, and it is like, physically, I would say, maybe you

are ready, but emotionally, it lags behind. Do you think Britney

understood all the tablet she was taking? Not at all. The tablets

Britney was taking, she had antibiotics twice in her life, she

never went to the doctor, she wasn't a sickly child. No reason to take

her to the doctor. So what they gave her, the dosage, it was high. No

guidelines to say a child of a certain age is only allowed a

certain dose or only allowed this tablet under the watchful eye of a

mother or father or guardian, they are 13, they go into that doctors

and sit in front of them and have the conversation with the doctor.

That doctor then Dean is if you understand and are capable of

administering and understanding your medication. I don't understand how a

doctor can assess that in 15 minutes. This is where it Britney's

plea comes in, you have taken a petition to the Scottish Parliament.

What do you want to see happening? More talking about mental health.

Not completely taking away the medication but understanding

situations where kids do need to be medicated. Some people have

experiences in life that they can't control and they do need medication

for it. I think when we are just giving kids medication from the ages

of 13, 14, 15, at those ages, there are a lot of life changes going on

at the same time. Something you would take as an everyday event,

they are taking at the end of the world because they are not mature

enough to realise, I had just split up with my boyfriend or fallen out

with my best friend, that things will get better, they just think the

world is caving in. You can treat mental health wrongly in so many

children for that reason. I know it has been difficult for you to talk

about this but thank you very much. You have given parents a lot to

think about. Let's have a look at prescribing in

numbers. 850,000 Scots prescribed

anti-depressants last year. 1,123 were children

under the age of 14. Well, Dr Miles Mack

from the Royal College Are GPs too quick to

prescribe antidepressants? Ake or anti-anxiety drugs? Drugs

have an important part in our treatment for mental health

problems. I don't think that is the first line and I believe our role is

to be there, really as the first point of call for people, the unique

position GPs have got, is that quite often, we have known these people

since they were quite young. We may well have an inkling as to the

social circumstances if we're lucky enough to have built that long-term

relationship. When they come to us, our job is to make that assessment

and start to think about what help they need and what support.

Sometimes, it is a helping hand, sometimes they just need help making

some difficult decisions. That doesn't need to be a GP to do that

but obviously, we are recognised as the first point of call.

Is it true that GPs don't have to tell the parents,

even if they are giving a child as young as 13 antidepressants?

At the age of 16, in Scotland, they are treated as adults. We are very

mindful of our responsibility for patient confidentiality. It is

incredibly important to actually make sure people do access us. There

is a real issue about people not getting help. Under 16, it is on a

case-by-case basis. If we feel that patient understands their treatment

and the implications of that treatment, we would support their

confidentiality. That doesn't mean to say we won't encourage them to be

in contact with their parents or other people close to them. We would

absolutely convinced the best chance of successful outcome is if they

have got that social support around them. When you listen to a net,

isn't it the case that she or indeed any parent would be a better able to

help the child if they had that information? We absolutely agree we

want the parents involved. We want to make sure they have as many

supports close to them. If they decide they don't want to have them

contact, we have to respect that. Wouldn't you want to know,

if it was your child? I am a parent and I understand what

they are going through. It is tough, always wondering but as a parent, I

always want to know that if they don't feel they can speak to me,

they can go to someone who is trusted and who knows the system and

can help navigate them through the difficulties they will have to get

through. Thank you. If you've been affected by any

of the issues we've been discussing and would like details

of organisations which offer advice and support, you can go online

to bbc.co.uk/actionline or you can call free any time to hear recorded

information on 0800 066066. In the past hour we've heard the sad

news that the former Labour MP Tam Dalyell has died,

at the age of 84. He sat in the House of Commons

from 1962 until 2005, representing Lots of tribute still coming in. He

ended his career in Parliament as father of the House of Commons

because he was at that point, the longest serving MP after more than

40 years. Many tributes coming in from across the political divide.

Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour Party says, sad to hear of the death

of my friend. Fearless in pursuit of truth, thoughts with the family.

From the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon of the SNP, she says very

sad to hear of the death of Tam Dalyell, a giant of Scottish

politics. Ruth Davidson saying very sorry to hear of his death, he was

unique, thoughtful, gracious, dignified and utterly tenacious. You

knew him well, what was he like? He was a gentleman first and foremost,

hugely intelligent and fiercely independent. No lengths to which he

wouldn't go to pursue what he felt strongly about. The creation of the

Scottish Parliament, he thought it would be a motorway without exit

without independent Scotland. He was thought of as a thorn in the side of

whatever government was in power. The title of his biography, The

Importance Of Being Awkward. Tennis now, Judy Murray is the mum

of a tennis Singles World No One She's also very vocal on how kids

from poorer areas aren't getting the chances that her boys got

and that more could be done to capitalise on Andy and Jamie's

sucess.She's been speaking Andy Murray remains for now, world

number one. His success has put Scotland on the sporting map. Much

of that is down to the hard work of this woman, his mum, Judy. I met up

with her just before she headed out to Melbourne and we began by talking

about who really gets opportunities in sport. I am a private schoolboy

and played rugby at private school. Do you think sport is a level

playing field for every one of different income levels? Absolutely

no chance. I also went to a private school and will always be grateful

to my parents forgive me that opportunity because I love sport and

I played for every school team available. It was great for me. But

if I hadn't gone to that school, I would not have had those

opportunities and therefore, I wouldn't have become what I became.

It is funny because if I hadn't gone to private school,... And if you

hadn't gone, they might not be Andy Murray, Jamie Murray, it doesn't

feel right, does it? It does not, I think so often now, if there are not

opportunities within the state schools and within the locality in

which you live in, that make it easy for kids to go into a sport and

develop at it, then it really is again up to the parents to try to

support that love or desire of what the child wants to do. If you are in

the east end of Glasgow for example, hosted two semifinals of the Davis

Cup and doesn't have one public tennis court for anyone to play, so

anyone inspired by that, isn't going to be the play and that is my point.

You put on the big events, you get people excited, but then the

opportunity is there. And it has to be cheaper. It has to

be cheap and affordable. If I look at my experience with the boys, they

played every sport under the sun when they were little, and settled

on a couple that they liked. But anti-it was football, and tennis. I

could never have afforded for my kids to do terrace if I had not

played tennis myself. No chance. It is not a level playing field is it?

No chance. No question. They have long called for more investment in

tennis and are often back in tennis promoting the grassroots game.

Recently sport Scotland, announced a ?15 million investment in indoor

courts, is that enough? 50 million in itself would build about 30

indoor courts and we could do with a whole lot more than that. It has

been an enormous source of frustration to me because I have

seen the opportunity that the success of the boys has presented to

our sport and yet nobody has really grasped it and seen what we can do.

Until Jamie starts treating. I think somebody has to do draw attention to

it. -- Jamie starts tweeting. What was clear to me over the last year

and a half, was when we bought Davis Cup matches to Glasgow the two

semifinals that were at the Emirates Arena, they were sold out within

hours and the atmosphere was incredible, and then we had and

the's exhibition match at the Hydro which was the first thing any thing

like that had been done in Scotland and that sold out very quickly.

There is a huge appetite for it. For people to watch it in Scotland and

what has worried me is seeing that nobody else is really grasping this

opportunity to grow our sport at this boom time. Andy and Jamie may

only play for another few years and when they stop playing, that is too

late to start creating a legacy, you have to jump on it now. If you wait

two or three years, when they have gone, tennis could go back to being

largely available in this country again. Should have started nine

years ago. Exactly. Well I don't know about the next

generation of tennis stars but the film Trainspotting

is reaching a new generation with the release of T2 tomorrow.

You'll have no doubt seen shots from the premiere in Edinburgh

at the weekend, indeed it was a star studded occasion but we've taken

a slightly different perspective on how the movie brand continues

to make an impact 20 years on. Filmmaker Garry Fraser was brought

on board to work on the new movie Choose life, choose a job, choose a

career... It is a cult classic and one of Britain's greatest ever

films. It told the study of the capital's drug culture. In 1996 when

the first film came out I was dealing and kicking heroine. My life

was spiralling out of control and I was chaotic. -- dealing and taking

heroin. The drugs and inequality destroyed communities and very

quickly I had the realisation when I looked to my son's eyes that I had

to turn my life around and that is what I did. I started making short

films and enrolled in the cause of Edinburgh College. It was a new

life, but I was always trying to tell the story of the old one. A

full generation of people died here. My first feature film got me a BAFTA

and attention. Irvine Welsh solid and it was him that told Danny Boyle

that I should be involved in the Trainspotting sequel. -- Ivan Wells

saw it. The new film looks at life after addiction. A battle that I

know well. You are an addict. Do you think I haven't had that so many

times. So, be addicted to something else. Like running until I feel

sick? Yes. And it wasn't just my talent that Danny Welbeck ignite, he

decided to cast these guys to after he came to our acting class. It was

brilliant, Danny Boyle made us feel welcome and talk to others about

normal stuff, like football and music, treated us like normal

people. The addiction stuff, the way bet they put it across in the film

is good, because it is about moving forward and channelling their energy

into something positive and making healthy choices. I think they

captured that well. I think it is great how they looked at addiction

and didn't just covered the drugs, they could Facebook, food, exercise,

addiction covers a wide range of stuff and I think Trainspotting has

captured that. I am really looking forward to you having your position

where you are sitting in the cinema and yous are part of the most

anticipated film of 2017. An Edinburgh has massively changed

since the first Trainspotting, it has a new parliament, shiny new

trams and lots of money blowing in. But there has also been

gentrification and working class communities pushed to the edge of

the city. It has become more multicultural and diversity is a

good thing. Now, I can appreciate Trainspotting was a film than what I

did back then. What I have come to realise after all these years is

that Trainspotting is a work of fiction made for Hollywood and not a

documentary. You are creating something for a large audience and

you have to do make something magical. Now I am part of that

magic, as well. Gary Fraser and his role in

Trainspotting two. our Timeline's available

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so head there to join Already Judy Murray has been having

a conversation with solitude. -- there with some of you.

There's also a chat with Professional MasterChef

A behind the scenes film of our studio.

Sir David Attenborough answers the questions you wanted asked.

I did and Sir David is worried by the news that last year the world

There has been an increase in the world temperature and we know now

that it was human activity that contributed very largely to that

with the release of carbon dioxide and other gases, which greenhouse

gases which means that the rays from the sun carrying he'd come in, but

instead of escaping Bay of reflected back onto the earth. This was

predicted 20, 30 years ago that this was going to happen. Some people

said rubbish, but it was not show, that temperature has been

increasing. Here in Scotland we might include could do with a bit

more heat. Maybe, and it would be silly to say that such a global

change wouldn't have effects that were both good and bad, that is

true. You may lose things from up in the North of Scotland but you might

get interesting butterflies coming up from your work. From that point

of view, yes. But, that is a very special point of view. If the

temperature of the oceans increase and the temperature of the world

increases, there is a possibility that the ice caps, particularly in

the North will melt. It is a triggering effect that as you rise,

and it gets warmer, suddenly, the moment comes when instead of being

solid it is liquid. If that happens to the ice cap in the Arctic, the

level of the oceans of the world will rise and man has always built

his city is close to the sea because of trade in communication, so many

of the most important cities in the world, or in danger of being blooded

over a long period of time unless we do something about it. -- floated

over a long period of time. I remember that you had a famous and

privileged conversation with Obama. Would his successor be as receptive

to your point of view? We will have to see, I don't know enough about

American politics to know how powerful, President Obama said a lot

of marvellous things in support of conservation but was frustrated in

putting them into effect because of the way that American politics were.

He doesn't have absolute power. We will see, Quaker S specs -- we will

see greater expats than me will be up to see how far president from

will be up to put the statements he has made into effect. He has talked

about taking America out of the United Nations's agreements and

climate change. If he invited you into the White House, what would you

say to persuade him that he does need to stick with that? I don't

know, it doesn't seem to me that he listened a lot to some of the

arguments that are put to him if he doesn't agree with them. Not the man

who changes his mind recently. Theresa May is meeting him in the

White House, should she put this high on her agenda? I hope so, but

she will have a big agenda and I don't know how long they have the

top. Can we successfully reverse climate change and its effect we do

not have the US on board? It will be very much more difficult and the

fact was that America wasn't and bought about climate change in the

days before Obama. So, we will have deceived. I wonder when you look

ahead to your hundred birthday, what could be the best way someone who

spent their life exploring the natural world to celebrate that

landmark? -- so, we will two C. To see the graph of global warming

levelling out a little, that would be a fantastic birthday present.

As we said earlier we'll be keeping the conversation going throughout

the week on social media - get in touch if you've got a story

you think we should be talking about.

be sitting down to a Burns supper in the coming days we've put

together a wee poem to the Bard with a few well ken't faces

You can see the full version online, but we'll leave

We timorous beastie, oh what... When murdering... I am truly sorry man's

Dominion has broken nature 's social union... Which makes you startle at

me die poor earth bound companion and fellow mortal. The best laid

schemes of mice and men... Still, their art blessed compared with me,

the present only touches... I.e., cast my eye and prospects. Forward

though I had nisi, guess.