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The Kaye Adams Programme: Named Person Legislation, City Escapes in Liverpool and Is Bake Off Unrealistic?

27/09/2017

Named Person Legislation, City Escapes in Liverpool and Is Bake Off Unrealistic?

BBC Radio Scotland - The Kaye Adams Programme, Named Person Legislation, City Escapes in Liverpool and Is Bake Off Unrealistic?

Is it time to call it quits on the Named Person Legislation or is it worth saving?

The Named Persons Legislation is being discussed at Holyrood again today.
In evidence to the Scottish Parliament's Education and Skills Committee, the Country Manager for the Scottish association of Social Worker Trisha Hall has said that some social workers think the bill has become toxic and should be repealed.
Is it time to call it quits on the Named Person Legislation or is it worth saving?

In the past fifteen years online dating has gone from more or less zero to becoming the preferred way to meet a partner with nearly eight million people using online dating. The downside is that fraudsters also live on the internet and last year people looking for love were conned out of thirty nine million pounds.
Colin Orr was duped by a woman he met online and says he wants to share his story as a warning for others. Alan McCloskey is Director of Operations at Victim Support Scotland.

Travel Writer Cat Harvey takes us on this week's city esKapes where we visit the city that holds the Guinness Book of Records title for being the Capital of Pop.....Liverpool.

You may remember the story of Colin Campbell from Inverness who was diagnosed with MS and planned to travel to Switzerland to end his life and his suffering. Rona Tynan was key to changing Colin's mind and, during this time, she was raising £60k in order to travel to Mexico for potentially life changing stem cell therapy. Katy Roberts is from the MS Society and Helen Puttick is Health Correspondent at The Times.

Nigella thinks that baking has become too 'glossy'. Is Bake Off to blame? And is it really achievable or desirable to bake 18 identical biscuits........we find out.

Stephen Fry has recorded a bedtime story for adults that aims to make you "fall asleep with 24 minutes". Can audio books really give you a better night's sleep?

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