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The Kaye Adams Programme: Can you still afford to go to gigs? Should midwives be allowed to opt out of abortion work? And Ask the Dr: Strokes Special

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08/02/2018

Can you still afford to go to gigs? Should midwives be allowed to opt out of abortion work? And Ask the Dr: Strokes Special

BBC Radio Scotland - The Kaye Adams Programme, Can you still afford to go to gigs? Should midwives be allowed to opt out of abortion work? And Ask the Dr: Strokes Special

Kaye Adams gets to the heart of the stories. Can you still afford to go to gigs?

Kaye Adams gets to the heart of the stories making the news, offering the listeners the opportunity to have their say. Can you still afford to go to gigs?

According to a new BBC study, average ticket prices for big arena gigs have doubled since the late 1990s, and they're up by 27% after adjusting for inflation.
Wake Up to Money has studied data from the National Arenas Association, which tracks prices across 21 venues.
Can you still afford to go to gigs?

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In 2014 a landmark case took place involving two Glasgow midwives. Mary Doogan and Connie Wood lost their fight to be allowed to opt out of supervising colleagues carrying out terminations. Now retired, Mary Doogan is renewing her call to allow medical staff to opt out of abortion work. We're also joined by Mary Neal who is Senior Lecturer from The Law School at Strathclyde University.

Move over activewear #bathleisure is the new instagram craze of wearing your inside clothes outside - but is there anything wrong with wearing your bath and nightwear clothes outside? Marina Mclean is a Fashion Designer and Merle Brown is a Freelance Fashion Journalist.

In this week's health surgery we focus on Strokes.
The Horizon Documentary "My Amazing Brain: Richard's War" told the story of former UN Peace keeper Richard Davies who suffered a massive, near fatal, stroke. But four and a half years later, Richard fought his way back to independence. His journey was documented by his wife who is a film maker and we're joined by Fiona Lloyd-Davies to hear about his incredible recovery. Dr Fiona Kinnon will also join us to answer your calls on signs, prevention and recover time. If you have a question, Call us on 0808 5 92 95 00 TEXT 80295

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has received a backlash after interrupting a woman at a town hall event for using the word MANKIND. So how important is language when striving for Equality?
Fraser Myers is a writer for Spiked Magazine, Catriona Stewart is a Journalist and Donna Carty is from Challenge Consultancy.

Could turning to lower strength wine and beer make you drink more?
A Cambridge University study has suggested that some supermarkets are promoting these drinks as an alternative to soft drinks.

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