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Should there be a tax on online retailers? Would this save the high street?

Should there be a tax on online retailers? Would this save the high street? Call 0808 5 92 95 00. Text 80295.

Mike Ashley has called for a new tax on online retailers to help revive ailing town centres.  The Sports Direct owner told MPs that the "internet is killing the High Street".  His answer is taxing all retailers that make more than 20% of their turnover online - and not just online-only operators.

Should there be a tax on online retailers - would this save the high street?

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IDLING ENGINES
Scottish Mum Ciara MacLaverty is on a one woman environmental crusade against people sitting outside her daughter's primary school with their engine running.  Dr Miranda Loh is a Senior Scientist at the Institute of Occupational medicine.

SUHIT AMIN
The schoolboy entrepreneur from Glasgow who is building a business as well as studying for exams AND undergoing chemotherapy

ENGAGEMENT RINGS 
Matilde Suescune, a journalist from New York, says that it's time that men stopped 'putting a ring on it'.  She thinks that engagement rings are anti-feminist.  Nicola Creen is a Life and business coach who has been engaged 3 times, and still has the rings to prove it.

SOFT DRINKS
Professor Linda Bauld, Cancer Research UK's prevent expert, has said that it's scandalous that sugary drinks are now a routine part of what children in Scotland are consuming daily.  What is the best drink for kids when water just isn’t cutting it?

SEXISM
Andy Murray has said that the level of sexism in sport is unreal after Norwegian footballer Ada Hegerberg, who'd just won the inaugural Women's Ballon d'Or, was asked to twerk by host DJ Martin Solveig.  Is sexism alive and kicking in sport?

INTERIOR DESIGN SURGERY
Property expert Brian Gilmour is joined by interior designer Emily Moor.  This week's surgery is focusing on the inside of the house. Any design or decorating queries get in touch: 80295 on the text or 08085 929500

CAN YOU NAME THE PLACE with Professor Carole Hough from Glasgow University
Clue 1: The first clue to today's place-name is in the first line of a well-known Christmas song.

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