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Call Kaye: 08/11/2012

08/11/2012

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As the number of lone households increases, Kaye asks: is it okay to live alone?

The number of people living alone has grown by a million over the last 25 years. Kaye asks what it is like to live on your own. And why are Scotland's reoffending rates so static?

Alone again, naturally? The Office for National Statistics has released figures this week showing a big increase in the numbers of people living alone - 7.6 million of us live on our tod in the UK.

But is living alone liberating or lonely? And, is there a bit of a stigma about living on your own, or are we getting better at flying solo?

Kaye asks...Is it okay to live alone?

And as the reoffending revolving door keeps spinning, Kaye asks. why do Scotland's reoffending rates stay so static?

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