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Afternoon Edition: 20/04/2015

20/04/2015

BBC Radio 5 Live - Afternoon Edition, 20/04/2015

SNP manifesto launch, extreme morning sickness and Christopher Eccleston.

Nicola Sturgeon has promised an end to austerity at the launch of the SNP manifesto. Actor Christopher Eccleston talks about his gritty new drama Safe House.

The SNP promise an end to austerity and no renewal of the Trident Nuclear Deterrent at the launch of their manifesto. A woman who terminated her pregnancy because of hyperemesis gravidarum or extreme sickness says more needs to be done to help women like her get the treatment they need. The actor Christopher Eccleston talks about his new drama Safe House, his love of football and looking after his father who suffered from Dementia. Plus 'the blind man of Hoy' - Red Szell - who conquered the 449 foot sandstone column in the Orkney Islands despite his disability.

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