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The Stephen Jardine Programme: 17/03/2017

17/03/2017

BBC Radio Scotland - The Stephen Jardine Programme, 17/03/2017

Stephen Jardine asks who should decide the date of Scotland's referendum.

Stephen Jardine asks who should decide the date of Scotland's referendum, plus he discusses a mother dealing with the death of her zookeeper daughter, who was killed by a tiger.

Phone in: Prime Minister Theresa May has stated "Now is not the time" for Nicola Sturgeon to call for another independence referendum. The Conservatives are "running scared of the people's choice" Westminster leader of the SNP Angus Robertson will claim at the party's Spring Conference today. Are we heading towards a constitutional crisis? Stephen Asks: Who should decide when Scotland has a referendum?

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Zoo Keeper Mum 
Fiona McClay tells us about living through the horror of her daughter being killed in a tiger attack while working at a zoo.

Autism follow up
Following listener reaction to last week's hard hitting "Autism Diaries" we follow up the story and find out more about other parents' experience of living with a child with autism

Great British Bake off
The unlikely combination of Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig are set to join the cast of the Great British Bake Off on Channel 4. Stephen asks how important is on screen "chemistry" and can you engineer it?

Do men feel excluded from The Church?
Stephen hears from a group that believe the traditional church has become dominated by women doing flower arranging and they feel excluded. 

Health Fads
Fancy a charcoal Latte? Stephen finds out about the latest health fads and asks if a can of "fresh air" is really worth buying?

Sight loss
We find out what the number one cause of preventable sight loss is.

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