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The Kaye Adams Programme: School Meals, Tech Talk, Music and Dementia

04/06/2018

School Meals, Tech Talk, Music and Dementia

BBC Radio Scotland - The Kaye Adams Programme, School Meals, Tech Talk, Music and Dementia

How healthy are school meals? Plus Tech Talk, music and dementia, and BGT.

Kaye Adams gets to the heart of the stories making the news. How healthy are your children's school meals? Plus Tech Talk, music and dementia, and Britain's Got Talent.

Today sees the launch of a consultation by the Scottish Government on school food nutrition regulations. Following a review by health, nutrition and education experts, views are being sought on proposals to further reduce sugar and other measures to promote healthy choices and help tackle childhood obesity.
How healthy are your children's school meals?

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MOBILE PHONE
Simon Cowell has revealed he hasn't used his mobile phone for 10 months - saying the change was "so good" for his mental health.
Could you give up your mobile phone? Can you persuade Kaye to ditch hers?

TECH TALK
Find out about THE hack to stop people asking you what your wifi code is AND have your techie queries answered. Carrie Marshall is a technology expert and Louise Blain is a games critic & youtube producer for Dialect Inc.

MUSIC AND DEMENTIA 
At the start of Dementia Awareness Week we find out how music can transform the lives of people living with dementia. Kirsty Yanick is from Alzheimer Scotland. We also hear from members of Alzheimer Scotland's 'Every Voice Community Choir'. Bryan Marshall is the choir's musical leader and husband and wife Joe and Ellan Mulvena sing in the choir. Sarah Metcalf is the Chief Executive of playlist for life.

LOST VOICE GUY
Lost Voice Guy has been crowned the winner of Britain's Got Talent 2018. The Newcastle comedian, whose cerebral palsy affects his ability to speak, uses a voice synthesizer for his act. Could this help change the way society sees people with disabilities?

CHEMOTHERAPY
About 70% of women with the most common form of early stage breast cancer can be spared the "agony of chemotherapy", researchers say. How much of a 'game changer' could this be - we find out what it's like to go through chemotherapy.

WORKING AWAY FROM HOME
Top Gear presenter Matt Le Blanc has said he's leaving the show because the time and travel takes him away from his family and friends "more than he's comfortable with". What are the challenges of working away from home and how can you manage them? Peter Duncan is an ex Conservative MP who now has his own consultancy. Sarah Macleod's partner Stephen works at sea. Fiona Cook is Head of practice for counselling at Relationship Scotland.

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