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18/03/2016

BBC Radio Scotland - The Stephen Jardine Programme, Colin Kelly sits in

Colin Kelly sits in for Stephen Jardine and gets to the heart of the news.

Colin Kelly sits in for Stephen Jardine and gets to the heart of the news. School gate congestion - should there be a traffic ban around your local school?

PHONE IN: School Gate Congestion
Perth and Kinross Council is considering joining several other local authorities who close the roads outside schools during the peak morning and afternoon drop-off and pick-up times. Colin asks: school gate congestion - should there be a traffic ban around your local school?

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PHIL REDMOND
The creator of Grangehill, Brookside and Hollyoaks talks to Colin about the important role that soap operas can have in influencing society and the challenges of casting working-class actors.

AUTISM AND LIFE EXPECTANCY
People with autism are dying, on average, sixteen years earlier than the general population according to research done by the charity Autistica. We look at the life challenges faced by people with autism.

PIG THAT THINKS IT'S A SHEEP
It's not a Disney movie, it's a perplexed porker in Dumfries that refuses to be separated from its new woolly friends.

ARE YOUR TROUSERS MAKING YOU FAT?
Colin looks at claims that elasticated waistbands can actually make you fatter as they disguise your expanding waistline.

HOLIDAYS WITHOUT THE KIDS
Colin asks if this could be a benefit for the whole world - or a first-world indulgence.

DEFAMATION
Why can't you defame the dead? As the Scottish Law commission recommends a review of the law in Scotland, we look what defamation means and, in the age of social media, whether we should all be more wary of it.

PRISONERS WORK PLACEMENTS
Would you employ an ex-offender? As NHS Lothian start to offer non-violent offenders work placements in their hospitals we look at how much support is on offer.

ONLINE NEWS
Stay connected - Nicky Marr drops in with the latest big stories that are trending across the internet and social media.

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