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Should you be taking grandparents on holiday to prevent loneliness?

Should you be taking grandparents on holiday to stop them from being lonely?  0808 5 92 95 00.  Text 80295

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Grandparents should be taken on family holidays, the UK minister responsible for tackling loneliness has said.  Mims Davies said British people could learn from how Mediterranean nations involve grandparents in their lives.  She also suggested that employers should give staff more time off to look after lonely relatives.  The new sport and civil society minister told the Sunday Telegraph that communities had a "moral duty" to stop the elderly feeling abandoned.  In Scotland, Scotland's first-ever strategy was launched earlier this month to tackle loneliness and social isolation.
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Should you be taking grandparents on holiday to stop them from being lonely?


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GOOD NEWS REVIEW
There's no denying that 2018 has been a fairly divisive year and, looking back, some of the biggest stories of the year are pretty depressing - Brexit continuing to split the nation, the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Cambridge Analytica, a flagging retail sector, the Skripal poisoning....but this morning, we are going to remember the good things that happened in 2018.  And there is plenty to celebrate.  Jennifer McKiernan is Westminster Correspondent for the Press and Journal, Emma McConnachie is Spokesperson for the College of Podiatry & Lead Podiatrist at Stirling Podiatry, Cat Cubie is a broadcaster and Paul McNamee is Editor of the Big Issue.

TECH TALK 
Monday means Tech - our techsperts are in the building with a handy app you could use TONIGHT!  Carrie Marshall and Louise Blain are here to answer all of your tech questions - TEXT 80295

GIFT CARDS
SNP MP Patricia Gibson is calling on the UK Government to introduce a law to protect consumers from losing out on lost or out of date gift cards.  So how do you make sure you are getting the most out of gift cards you've received this year?  Adam French is a consumer rights expert at Which? And Paul Connelly has lost out on a couple of gift cards.

NYE 
Is New Year’s Eve the worst holiday on the Calendar? Do you love it or hate it?  We're joined by Journalist and Columnist Angela Epstein and hairdresser Taylor Ferguson.

SKIN CANCER
We speak to Graeme Barrett from Greenock who says he was left jobless due to the skin cancer scars on his face.

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