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The Kaye Adams Programme: Louise White sits in: women in sport, plus Dr Tom's weekly surgery

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06/04/2017

Louise White sits in: women in sport, plus Dr Tom's weekly surgery

BBC Radio Scotland - The Kaye Adams Programme, Louise White sits in: women in sport, plus Dr Tom's weekly surgery

Louise White sits in and asks if more media coverage is needed to attract women to sport.

Louise White sits in for Kaye Adams and asks if more media coverage is needed to attract women to sport. Plus Dr Tom Smith is here for the weekly surgery.

A lack of media coverage of women's sport has been highlighted in a message on a new away kit for Scotland's most successful women's football team. Glasgow City, who have won 10 Scottish titles in a row, launched a purple and white kit featuring the words "You can't be what you can't see".
Do we need more media coverage to attract women into sport? 

What's the reality of learning to live with a prosthetic leg? BBC ALBA's documentary Step by Step follows some Scottish amputees - we're joined by Iona Hay and Murdo Morrison allowed the cameras to follow them. Sarah Moran is a physiotherapist at WestMarc.

It's a startling statistic but in Africa an elephant is killed every 15 minutes. It's an issue that's become very personal to presenter and journalist Nicky Campbell who has been so moved by the cruelty of the ivory trade that he's decided to take action

Are audiences ready for increased diversity? Marvel Comics' Vice President of Sales has blamed a fall in sales on people not wanting diverse characters. Olivia Hicks is a Comic fan, Sara Shaarawi is a playwright who actively promotes diversity and Markus Wohlfiel is a lecturer in marketing with research in fan studies at the University of Stirling 

GP Dr Tom Smith joins us to examine the week's big medical stories and answer your questions - if you've got something you'd like help or advice on get in touch now: call 0808 5 92 95 00, text 80295, email kaye@bbc.co.u. 
Stories include:
- THE VACCINE CREDITED WITH HPV VIRUS REDUCTION IN SCOTLAND
- COULD MARMITE BOOST THE BRAIN AND HELP STAVE OFF DEMENTIA 
- THE 'GAME CHANGING' MENOPAUSE PILL CUTS HOT FLUSHES BY THREE QUARTERS

There's much speculation that David Miliband will return to the UK and politics after saying that he "grieves" for the state of his party. It's rumoured however that a move back to London is actually on the cards because his wife Louise Shackelton would to return to her career within the London Symphony Orchestra. How hard is it to move for the sake of your partner's career?

We find out why Dutch men are holding hands on to social media to stand against homophobia.

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