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The Kaye Adams Programme: Would you support women-only train carriages?

23/08/2017

Would you support women-only train carriages?

BBC Radio Scotland - The Kaye Adams Programme, Would you support women-only train carriages?

Would you support women-only train carriages? Staycations in Stirling, and where do you stand on nuts - should they be banned on flights?

Women-only train carriages could combat the rise in sexual offences on public transport, a Labour MP has said. Shadow fire minister Chris Williamson said it would be "worth consulting" on the policy after such crimes doubled in the past five years. The idea for women-only carriages was dropped by Jeremy Corbyn two years ago after fellow members of his party criticised it and Mr Williamson's comments have again been attacked by colleagues. Walthamstow Labour MP Stella Creasy tweeted: "Can we make all carriages safe for all passengers rather than restricting where we can go?
Would you support women-only train carriages?

Chief Imam Qari Asim wants to stamp out regressive "cultural practices" and promote progressive Islam by having a centralised authority for British Muslims. Qari Asim is Chief Imam of the Makkah Mosque in Leeds, Talat Yaqoob is a campaigner and feminist and Omar Afzal is a Board Member of the Muslim Council of Scotland.

This week on ITV's This Morning their former producer Amy May Shead, helped by her parents, made a powerful case for banning nuts on flights. Amy nearly died after eating just a mouthful of a meal she had been told was nut-free and has been left paralysed and unable to speak. In the same week, TV medic Dr Dawn Harper launched a campaign to encourage parents to give their kids nuts as a snack. Where do you stand on nuts?

It's been four weeks today since 25-year-old Dylan Brown from Dennistoun suffered serious head injury in a bike accident in South America. He's stuck in Ecuador because his insurance won't pay out. What are your rights if medical tragedy strikes while abroad? Darryl Foley is Dylan's lifelong best friend and Alison Rice is a travel journalist.

If you are a parent, there is a wealth of information out there about how to bring up your children, but when you have to look after your parents are we too tight lipped? Lynne cared for her elderly father for six years and Dr Ian Robertson is the author of The Stress Test.

This week we're off to Stirling. Dr Calum Watson is the battle coordinator at Bannockburn centre and Julie Ennis, Artistic Director, MacRobert Art Centre.

Ecologists at the University College London and the University of Gloucestershire have said they want to 'harness the public's hatred of wasps' by encouraging them to trap wasps in alcohol traps in their gardens and then post the dead carcasses back to them, so the insects can be identified and counted.

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