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The Kaye Adams Programme: Does the internet need to be brought to heel? Plus Name the Place and vet Ross Allan taking questions

06/06/2017

Does the internet need to be brought to heel? Plus Name the Place and vet Ross Allan taking questions

BBC Radio Scotland - The Kaye Adams Programme, Does the internet need to be brought to heel? Plus Name the Place and vet Ross Allan taking questions

Kaye asks if there should be controls on internet freedom to crack down on extremism.

Kaye Adams asks if there should be controls on internet freedom to crack down on online extremism or if civil liberties take precedence.

Prime Minister Theresa May has said more must be done to tackle terror online.
In a speech on Sunday, following the terrorist attack in London, she said the internet provided a "safe space" for extremist ideology to breed. But technology companies and cyber-security experts have warned that tighter regulation of the internet will not solve this problem.
Do we need to put controls on internet freedom to crack down on online extremism or do civil liberties come first?

Vet Ross Allan will be with us to take your pet queries. Also - could your smoking give pets cancer?

How life has changed for the young cystic fibrosis sufferer who finally got her double lung transplant. Lisa Hertwig had a double lung transplant in November, River City actress Leah MacRae met Lisa three years ago whilst she was in a wheelchair and dependent on oxygen and Jamie MacFarlane is one of the Directors of the Butterfly Trust.

How important is a driving licence to getting a job? 
Amy-Jo Randalls is a young person who wants to work in the Aviation industry, Richard McShane is a Community Developer in Easterhouse and Jane Wylie-Roberts is a Chief executive of Staffinders Recruitment and Kingpin International Recruitment


CAN YOU NAME THE PLACE? With Carole Hough, Professor of Onomastics from Glasgow University 
CLUE 1: Most place-names are very specific descriptions, intended to differentiate one place from others. however, this description could apply to much of scotland.
CLUE 2: It forms one of a set of three.
CLUE 3: As with many place-names, there is a link with religion. however, here there is also a more distant link with cabbages and wine.
CLUE 4: It has an 800-year old living attraction.
CLUE 5: Typical of the legends that grow up around place-names, this one has been attributed to mary queen of scots.
CLUE 6: Most place-names in Scotland are from the celtic languages brittonic, gaelic and pictish, or the germanic languages old english, old norse and scots. however, today's place-name is from one of the romance languages.

Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills' show has been cleared of breaching broadcasting rules over jokes made about Essex girls. 
Do cultural stereotype gags make you giggle?

Six countries including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt have now severed diplomatic ties with Qatar in a growing diplomatic row
So what travel disruptions should we expect? Simon Calder is a Travel journalist.

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