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Mornings: With Rona Dougall

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20/08/2018

With Rona Dougall

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Are working mums being sold an impossible dream about work-life balance?

PHONE-IN
Communications manager and journalist Christine Armstrong has published a book describing the work life balance as an 'impossible dream'. She says that modern working life doesn't combine with having a family and that the social expectations of mothers have not moved much in the past few decades.

Are working mums being sold an impossible dream about work/ life balance? 

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ANNE McDERMOTT
Anne McDermott lost her 35 year old son to a drug overdose at the start of this year. Scott had battled drug addiction since the age of 17 and, when he died, the toxologist found 3 illegal drugs and 3 prescribed drugs in his system including methadone. 

METHADONE
Anne McDermott doesn't think Methadone is the answer for drug addicts- so how do we help those who need it most? Dr Iain McPhee is a Specialist in Drug Use & Drug Addiction (who also acts as an expert witness in criminal cases) and David Raynes is a member of the National Drug Prevention Alliance.

WONKY FRUIT
What's our problem with ugly fruit? According to new research, more than a third of farmed fruit and vegetables never reaches supermarket shelves because it is misshapen or the wrong size.

DRAG QUEENS
One of the biggest drag events in Europe, Drag World UK was held in London this weekend. Since last year, attendance has almost doubled, and drag culture is growing in popularity. So what is the drag scene like in Scotland?

TECH TALK 
It's Monday which means Carrie Marshall and Louise Blain are here to answer all of your tech queries! If you have a question or desperate for some advice give them a call on 0808 5 92 95 00 TEXT 80295

KILLED ABROAD
A one hour documentary is due to air on BBC One Scotland tonight in which retired detective David Swindle investigates the deaths of two young Scots abroad, Kirsty Maxwell and Craig Mallon. 

LEGO SPIDERMAN 
We speak to the Aberdeen teenager whose Lego Spiderman video has been viewed over 1 million times online.

MENOPAUSE 
Should workplaces introduce menopause policy to support female employees? As South Lanarkshire Council create a menopause policy for female employees we find out from women on how they coped with menopause while working full time. Cllr Collette Stevenson is Depute Provost at South Lanarkshire Council, Helen O'Neill is a Retired Support Worker and Mary Golish is a Social Worker.

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