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The Kaye Adams Programme: 04/01/2018

04/01/2018

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What has social media ever done for us? Text 80295 [network rates].

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The children's commissioner for England has warned that children cannot cope with social media when they move to secondary school. And the Mental Health Foundation in Scotland has said that their research indicates 30% of 18-24 year olds say social media is driving them to feel socially isolated.
What has social media ever done for us?

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ASK THE DR COLD AND FLU SPECIAL
NHS 24 in Scotland has said that they have experienced their busiest festive period in 15 years and they are putting that mainly down to cold and flu queries. So this week's Ask the Dr is a special cold and flu surgery. As well as resident GP Dr Tom Smith, we're joined by Pharmacist Liz Roddick and Laura Ryan, Medical director of NHS 24,

LIFESAVER
Firefighter Chris Kendall had given a stranger CPR for 15 minutes at the side of the A1 in south east Scotland but had been told that he'd passed away. 5 months later, Chris received a thank you text from the man he had saved, Allan Hainey. They are now campaigning for more people to learn CPR in the hope of saving lives

IRN BRU 
According to the front page of today's Sun, Irn-bru fans are 'panic-buying' the soft drink before recipe is changed this month. The Cumbernauld-based firm, AG Barr, is to cut Irn Bru's sugar content from about 10g per 100ml to just below 5g. We speak to the founder of the Save Real Irn-Bru campaign.

BEEKEEPER
Kaye speaks to the policeman turned Scottish Parliament's beekeeper in residence Stuart Hood.

CASH FOR CLOTHES
A new study indicates that we have £10billion worth of clothes we never wear stored away in our cupboards and wardrobes. But could you make money from your clothes hoard?

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