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The Kaye Adams Programme: Credit cards, ADHD, Language bugbears

25/09/2017

Credit cards, ADHD, Language bugbears

BBC Radio Scotland - The Kaye Adams Programme, Credit cards, ADHD, Language bugbears

Who should control your credit - the credit card companies or you?

Who should control your credit - the credit card companies or you? ADHD - what is it like to get diagnosed later in life? And a woman who has a fear of pregnancy.

The Labour Party has said that they would bring in legislation to limit the amount of interest that can be charged on credit card debts.
Under the proposed changes, nobody would pay more in interest than they had originally borrowed. Shadow chancellor John McDonnell says more than three million people are "trapped" by credit card debt.
Who should control your credit - the credit card companies or you?

Kaye speaks to the parents of Scottish aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was captured and then killed in a botched rescue in Afghanistan, about how they have carried on her legacy

According to a recent study, the use of the split infinitive has almost tripled over the past three decades. Does this spell the end of 'minding your language'?

St Johnstone legend Roddy Grant talks to us about being diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 47. Tony Lloy is the CEO of the ADHD Foundation.

A recent study indicates that 14% of women suffer from Tokophobia - a fear of pregnancy and labour. Midwife Geraldine Butcher runs the only clinic in Scotland for women with pregnancy phobias and Stephanie Calman had two children despite suffering from the condition.

The ride-hailing app Uber is seeking out talks with London Mayor Sadiq Khan after Transport for London said the company wasn't fit to hold a private hire operator license. But what about Uber in Scotland - does it work for you?

The Headmistress of a boarding school in Surrey has branded parents who buy their children unlimited data packages as 'wretched'. After you've made the decision to allow your child to have a phone, what next?

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