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Clare English asks listeners when they last made time for an elderly neighbour.

TOPIC 1: GAZA
Glasgow City Council is flying the Palestinian flag over the city chambers today. Lord Provost of Glasgow City Council Sadie Docherty said it would be raising the flag in solidarity with people who had been affected by the conflict in Gaza. However, the Glasgow Jewish Representative Council president Paul Morron has spoken out against the decision, saying that flying the flag does nothing to alleviate the suffering on either side of the conflict. West Dunbartonshire have already flown the flag in July and Fife Council also has plans to fly the flag for a week.

Clare asks: Should Scottish Councils be flying the Palestinian flag?

TOPIC 2: ELDERLY NEIGHBOURS
A campaign backed by Downing Street to tackle loneliness has launched across the UK. The charity, Friends of the Elderly, wants people across the country to get to know their older neighbours. It's looking to recruit thirty thousand in the first year - the equivalent of 10 people in every town, village and city across the UK.

Clare asks: When did you last make time for an elderly neighbour?

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