With dementia than the general population, though it doesnt try to say exactly why. How many times have you seen two players go up to compete for the ball and have managed to collide heads, get a head injury . So, thats the kind of risk that is there. So, what were saying is, lets just take that one changeable thing we can do, which is just cut down the risk of head injury, cut down the risk of head impacts and that may make a big difference long term. Commetator astle nodding it on. Jeff astle developed dementia and died in 2002 at the age of 59. A coroner ruled that heading had contributed to the cause of death. His wife and daughter have since campaigned for more research and are frustrated its taken so long. That coroners ruling was a landmark ruling and in any other industry, it would have had earthquake like repercussions for that particular industry. But not football. Today at wembley, i asked the english Football Associations medical chief why the research hadnt been launched s
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Christiano ronaldo has been named the worlds best player. He pips messi and neymar to the ballon dor. And the winner is. Coventry a night of celebration for the city, after its awarded the next uk city of culture. And snow has been falling overnight. Warnings of disruption later in the day. Carol has the full forecast. Snow has been falling in the north and west of the uk and in the midlands. That will continue through today. Some snow showers getting into eastern areas and there is ice to watch out for first thing. A cold day as well and windy, but not as windy as yesterday. A full forecast in15 windy as yesterday. A full forecast in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may has just arrived in brussels after intense negotiations which continued throughout the night to try to break the deadlock over the irish border in brexit negotiations. We can talk now to our Political Correspondent chris mason whos in westminster. You are really where the story began ina you are
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On her trip to the country. Now on bbc news all the latest Business News live from singapore. Leaders of the worlds two leading economic powers are set to meet as President Trump stops off in china. And one year after indias shock de monetisation, we look at how will rural villages are coping with going cashless. Welcome to Asia Business report. When us President Donald Trump arrives in china today he will be joined by the bosses of more than 200 american businesses. During their visit they will look to strike billions of dollars worth of deals, but there are many sticking points, including americas huge trade deficit with china, which dealt with over 300 billion dollars worth of goods last year. Earlier i spoke to the chief Investment Officer for the asia pacific at credits. I asked if mrtrump was asia pacific at credits. I asked if mr trump was likely to make much headway. Certainly there will be a number of large multibillion dollar deals announced, but whether or not simple trade c