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The Kaye Adams Programme: 21/02/2017

21/02/2017

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Kaye Adams asks if there is too much pressure on grandparents to help out with childcare.

Kaye Adams asks if there is too much pressure on grandparents to help out with childcare and what a spaceport would mean for Prestwick.

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According to a new report, an "army" of grandparents looking after their grandchildren are saving parents more than £16 billion a year in formal childcare costs. The same report indicates that grandparents spend an average of over eight hours a week looking after their Grandchildren.
Are we putting too much pressure on grandparents to help out with childcare?

Carl Gorham created a cardboard mum for his grieving daughter after his wife died from cancer. So how do you help children to cope with the death of parent?

Badminton Scotland has called for government intervention after UK Sport confirmed funding cuts to seven sports.
UK Sport chief executive Liz Nicholl has said none of the seven sports had provided "critically compelling new evidence" that changed the assessment of their medal potential. Is it the winning or the taking part that counts?

As the big search engines vow to crackdown on internet piracy, there is one loophole that is being exploited by many...streaming via computer software. But just because you aren't technically breaking the law, is it morally right? Adrian Barnard is a telecoms and technology expert. Eddie Harrison is a film Critic and writer and Dan Sodergren is a Social Media & Technology Expert 

NAME THE PLACE
Clue 1: In previous weeks, we have looked at place-names from the Pictish, Brittonic and Gaelic languages. Some areas of Scotland had substantial Scandinavian settlements, and today's place-name is from Old Norse. It refers to an animal that is now extinct in Scotland.
Clue 2: The place-name refers to a farm, but this animal would not have been welcome there.
Clue 3: The same animal appears in Graden (Scottish Borders), from yet another language.
Clue 4: The modern town was designed by Thomas Telford.
Clue 5: It is the home town of the Demoman in the video game Team Fortress 2, and of Rahne Sinclair in Marvel comic books.


A couple from Lossiemouth overcame odds of 30 million when mother Zoe Sullivan gave birth to a second set of twins that share the same birthday as the first. The new identical twins, Erin and Leah, were born on the same day as their nine year old non-identical twins, Charlotte and Isabelle, on January 25th 2016. 

The UK government is expected to unveil its proposals for spaceports in the UK. Ministers say they want the first launches to happen in 2020. If Glasgow Prestwick airport becomes the host UK's first spaceport, what would it mean for the local area?

You may have heard about a 150-year-old wedding dress that was lost after being sent to the dry cleaners, has been located after an online campaign that went viral. So what does your wedding dress mean to you? 
Rhianna Gordon wore a wedding dress that was passed down generations.

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