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now on bbc news, former southampton football captain lesley lloyd asks if former team—mate sue lopez's dementia is linked to heading the ball, and asks if we should do more to protect youngsters. tonight, football and dementia. even after a short spell of heading, your memory starts to slow down, your brain starts to slow down. there is a lot of heading, a lot more then when i used to play. also, what happens when superstition takes over? it is like having a curse. and, can fast cars make safer drivers? hello and welcome to inside out. first, it is the most popular sport in the world, football. but off the pitch there are concerns that one particular aspect of the game could be having a damaging long—term effect on the health of players. a former saints and england star has told us that she has dementia

and thinks that she knows why. her ex captain and best friend, lesley lloyd, has been looking into it. the roar starts as the lionesses come out. women's football has never been so popular. nearly 80,000 people packed out wembley to watch england play germany last year. brilliant finish! england 1, germanyi, that is thoroughly deserved. the game has come a long way since the 70s. when i played on southampton common with my best friend sue lopez. we won that game. i was the one who gave the ball then. i tried to get you the ball.

lesley, that is me. lesley lloyd, captain of southampton women's football club. we're very confident, anyway. we hope they're not feeling so good. sue was our star striker. you never thought you'd get this far. back then, it wasn't the norm for women to be on the pitch. i used to go with my grandad to watch saints so i was really pushed by my grandparents and my mum. sue was a pioneer. have you played men's teams instead? we have done yes. they might start thinking it's a big joke but afterwards they complement us. sue's dedicated her life to the game, winning 22 caps for england. but now, her memories are fading. that was you, that is a lovely photograph getting an mbe. yes, thank you. who gave you the mbe?

i don't remember. i think it might have been prince charles. it was obviously before the dementia. 2 years ago, sue was diagnosed with dementia. she thinks she knows the cause. i think my dementia has been caused by the heading of a football. sue is the first woman to blame her dementia on football but she is not the first player to make the link. in 2002, former england striker jeff astle died at 59. he had dementia. my dad was the life and soul of everything. and to watch that change in him, it was just a shell.

jeff's daughter, dawn, set up a foundation in his name to help ex footballers living with brain injuries. i said to my dad, if football has done this to you then i will make sure the whole world knows about it. i'll getjustice for you. cte is a form of dementia that can be found only after death. 12 years after his death, experts confirmed jeff had cte, a brain disease thought to be caused by repeated blows to the head. in 2017, former saints and england striker, alan shearer, met neuropathologist doctor willie who examined jeff's brain. it was so badly damaged that the structure of the brain has begun to disintegrate on it. doctor stuart has found that ex footballers are 3 1/2 times more likely to die of dementia

than the general public. football has got times a fivefold increase in alzheimers disease. motor neurone disease about a fourfold increase. at the moment, he can't say heading a ball is the cause. doctor, can you tell me what happens to a brain when you head a football? what we do know is that even after a short spell of heading, your memory starts to slow down, your brain starts to slow down and we can do blood tests that can detect brain proteins in your blood. so, short answer, we don't really know. long answer is we are beginning to get some idea. sue doesn't have time on her side and wants action taken now to protect the next generation. anything to do with football now i am always sort of thinking, i hope people are being more careful now. not letting young kids head the ball.

the football association in england does issue best practice advice for young players. it recommends avoiding unnecessary heading and using smaller footballs in heading practice. here at bournemouth, they have gone a step further. joe is manager of the youth academy. the policy we got at the moment is that we don't do any heading in the younger age groups, talking about under twelves. they're all physically and mentally developing so the brain is developing as well. we asked all 20 premier league clubs if they stop younger age groups heading the ball. bournemouth were the only ones to say they do. we have got to appreciate what occurred with certain players that have been well—publicised. in the united states, under elevens have been banned from heading the ball since 2015 and the scottish fa are expected

to follow suit soon. but in england, the fa's advice hasn't changed. and a lovely goal! sue is convinced her dementia is a result of heading the ball and the concussions that caused. but information on how concussion affects women is surprisingly hard to come by. there isn't any data on women. catherine founded the organisation pink concussions. they promote research into female brain injury. in a sport where you compare football to football, women concuss at a higher rate and depending on the study two or three times women have more concussive symptoms, a more complex pattern of their symptoms and seem to feel more pain and women's recovery seems to take longer. catherine wants women

to donate their brains for research when they die. most top scientists have only looked at a couple of female brains, if any at all and i figure we don't need our brains after we pass away so why not keep them so we will get more research and more studies that are helping the living. romsey town, home to southampton‘s women's football club. i have probably covered all of these blades of grass because i was the midfield player that did all the running. i would love to be 50 years younger and be out there now. they could do with a striker like sue lopez, yes. there is a lot of heading in the game, certainly a lot more than when i used to play. manager aaron smith says in just one month they have had three concussions.

he says they stick to the fa concussion guidelines. a player doesn't train or play for 14 days and then there is a five—day return to play phase if you like and we are really hot on that. you cannot take a risk. and they would want to play. and they do want to play but they can't, you just have to say to them, sorry these are the concussion guidelines and we have to stick to it for obvious reasons. every club would be the same. they should be, but they're not. that's interesting. i have witnessed teams where goalkeepers have been knocked out or centre backs have been knocked out and then the next time they are down on the team sheet. it shouldn't happen. with more women now playing football in england, i wanted to ask the fa if they should be doing more. they wouldn't meet me but in a statement said they had recently reissued their guidelines on coaching heading and concussion management.

they say more research is needed as currently there isn't enough evidence to make further changes. football introduced me to my best friend but is it also taking her away? we had some good times, didn't we? yes. you'd do it all again, wouldn't you? yes. we'll always be friends, won't we? yes. now, don't forget, if you want to get in touch with the show, why not drop me an email? and it's always great to hear from you. still to come, young

drivers, fast cars. it's pretty crazy that i can do this at 111. next, are you superstitious? well, according to one survey, more than three quarters of us are. for one woman from the south, her life has been taken over by an anxiety about magpies, and that's led to an extraordinary daily routine for amy and her mum, mary. my feet are freezing. have you not seen any this morning? no. so where'd you want to head? so i'm amy and i have to go out every day to see two magpies. and it has to be before 12 o'clock, otherwise it's bad luck. instead of good luck.

everyday come rain or shine, snow, anything. we're out looking for them. with any luck, because it's a wet morning, you'll see them... never see them out there. no. those sheep have gone. oh, no they're over there. i think the worst,four hours for i was driving around looking for magpies. i always think those things on top of telegraph poles are birds. amy suffers from panic attacks and anxiety, which seems to heighten and escalate if she doesn't see magpies, if she doesn't see them, she just becomes panic stricken. there would be an excuse made to have to go to a shop or a garage or somewhere where we had to drive so that she would see two birds, and then i started to click that there's a bit of a pattern here. so they used to like this

roundabout, but i notice they're not here hardly ever now. no. sometimes life is like that. i've just got to get on with something and i'm trundling her around the countryside looking for two magpies and my mind's going, i've got get to work. i mean, i've got to get to work and i'm thinking, please, let's see two magpies so that i can get on with whatever. well, there was one sitting at the top of that tree. you obviously missed it. idid. and there was only one. if i see them, then i know someone won't die. but they shouldn't die if you get what i mean and i wouldn't be hurt or my panic attacks would stay away. if i don't see them, something bad is going to happen to someone that i love.

four years ago, amy woke to hearing a noise, which she at the time thought was one of our dogs just howling or whatever and she got up and found me having some massive fits. and i got rushed to hospital to find i had a brain tumour. because amy found that, it brought about the panicking more, was that a pigeon? it was a pigeon. i am a superstitious person because i won't i walk under a ladder because it's bad luck but i honestly don't know why it's magpies and not rabbits or not not black cats or anything like that.

we can have a walk over there. we might see them over there. have you ever not seen magpies? no. that scares me when people say that. shall we go and see? it's like having a curse. it's become such a curse. i won't go on holidays because i'm petrified that if i go on holiday i won't see them. i went on holiday, but it was only in southhampton with my friend. but she went and looked at the place to see if she could see magpies. and that's the furthest i've been on holiday. it's like i've got handcuffs. and i'm only allowed to do a certain thing before it starts whipping me back.

don't cry. it must be hard for them to see what i'm doing to myself. but then, i can't help the way that my brain is working. when you hear her trying to piece it into words of how much of a ritual it is to her, you know, although it affects us, it's not internally in our mind. so the battles that she must have with herself. so right on the post, down there. one, two, three tree. oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. i don't know whether it's a phobia. i don't know whether it's 0cd.

it's trying to fathom out in my head what it is and then trying to find someone professional to help me to sort of control it better. proud of her because she doing this to sort it and not let it carry on any more. but it does hurt. because there's nothing i can do to change it. apart from ferry her around. sorry. you've got nothing to be sorry for.

one for sorrow, two forjoy. three for a girl. four for a boy. five for silver. six for gold. seven for a secret. never to be told. and amy and her mum, mary, are continuing to explore ways of managing her anxiety. just to quickly mention if you've been affected by any of the issues raised in that film, there is a bbc action line, details on the screen now and we will leave them there just for a couple of moments for you. now, finally, one in four, 18 to 2a—year—olds will have a crash within two years of passing their driving test. so how do we make young drivers safer? well, obviously, we give them

the keys to a ferrari. so they sent me instead. can't tie up my laces. you could be stig for the day, the producer said, you'll look so cool, john, they said. test your car handling skills against two school girls, they said. easy peasy, i said. my mission, should i choose to accept it, is to take on target one. and target two.

in a skills based driving evaluation, no problem. 0n ground operatives say they have been spotted at a local racetrack. when my parents heard about it they thought it was brilliant so i joined. it is a big thing for pa rents joined. it is a big thing for parents when their child goes out on the road. 17, 18 —year—olds are more likely to crash and with the under i7 likely to crash and with the under 17 car cloud it does reduce that risk. i don't want to know how much this car is worth. it is such a surreal experience being handed the keys to something that is so

powerful and with so much money. i can imagine how many speeding tickets you would get with something like this. did someone just say speed? it's time for me to break cover and show target one just want this stock, i mean, stig, is made of. iam i am almost 17. i have driven 94 different ca rs i am almost 17. i have driven 94 different cars in the last 2.5 yea rs. different cars in the last 2.5 years. i have driven an original fiat 500. a bmw ia. the tt was definitely my favourite one to drive.. it is crazy that i can do this at 14. i firstjoined because my dad one day was like, come to this driving thing with me. the second i came, i loved it.

what have you driven? i've driven ferrari an aston martin... what do your friends think about it? they don't believe me. they're just amazed. one of my friends came to see because she didn't believe me and her mum was in shock. she was like, you do everything you like, do the gears. and i was like, yeah. well, funny you should mention car parks. time to put the pedal to the metal. lizzie, alice and i will all attempt the course in the same reasonably priced car overseen by car club graduate. we'll have to reverse into tight spaces, parallel park and slalom round hazards. the aim is to be the quickest, points will be deducted for hitting cones. first up, it's alice.

she's really good. now it's lizzie‘s turn. and dressed in a jumpsuit made for someone much shorter than me. it's my go. 20 quid, i can give you £20.

you are not allowed to get out and have a look?! where's the mirror thing? and then you're going hard into this black... 0h, did i hit it? time to get the results. alice. alice had no faults. and did it in two minutes, 51 seconds. lizzie had one fault,

but was quicker in 2 41. john was last with 5 faults with a final score of 63. 3:12. this is a fix! time to accept defeat with dignity. i was actually trying, shows how good you are. i was beaten fair and square. that's it for now. i'm off to practice my reverse parking if i can find the gear. i'll see you same time next week. that's it. bye.

this is where the rain is through the early hours and you can see through the south in the north—west of england, northern ireland as well but scotland is dry at five in the morning in the northern half in the central and northern parts of scotland, even with a full frost but the rain will reach glasgow and edinburgh by mid—morning, moving through the north—west of england. notice letters in the morning and into the afternoon the weather im proves into the afternoon the weather i m proves across into the afternoon the weather improves across the south of the country with some sunshine for places like norwich birmingham and london. extremely mild for this time

of year, 14 degrees. the wind will blow strong around the west and it will continue to blow some showers through the afternoon and into the evening as well. monday is going to turn windy across scotland and stormy with severe gales and strong wind will last until tuesday as well..

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