Original version

BBC Radio Scotland Extra

Mornings

Factual

Entertainment

Getting to the heart of the stories making the news.

BBC Radio Shetland

BBC Radio Scotland FM

BBC Radio Orkney

Mornings: With Laura Maxwell

Laura Maxwell.jpg

With Laura Maxwell

BBC Radio Scotland - Mornings, With Laura Maxwell

Is a 20mph speed limit the answer to safer streets?

Is a 20mph speed limit the answer to safer streets?  Plus second chances, junk mail and having 'the perfect bump'.

Professor Steve Turner of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has said that cutting the speed limit to 20mph in all urban area could help counter Scotland's obesity epidemic. Professor Turner said the move - being proposed by Green MSP Mark Ruskell - would help encourage more families to get outdoors with their youngsters and take part in physical activities.
Is a 20mph speed limit is the answer to safer streets?

Also on the show....

RUNNING SAVED MY LIFE
We speak to Journalist and Author Bella Mackie about how running literally saved her life.

JUNK MAIL 
Listener Carol Thomson got in touch with us last week about her crusade against junk mail writing "The Royal Mail is guilty of littering my home". One man who has campaigned tirelessly to reduce unwanted advertising through our mail boxes is Robert Rijhkof of Stop Junk Mail campaign. We also speak to journalist Jackie Grant from Dumfries who gets junk mail every second day.

BUMP BOASTING
Is there too much pressure on pregnant women to have the perfect 'bump'? Hayley Matthews is a columnist and mum to newborn Oryn and Cass McNamara is a Midwife.

SECOND CHANCES 
Ellen Degeneres has urged Kevin Hart to reconsider hosting the Oscars and has said that he deserves a second chance. Should we be giving more people a second chance and how easy is it to do so? Liz Fraser is a Parenting Author and Broadcaster.

TECH TALK
There was a lot of buzz around the issue of screen time at the end of last week - we discuss that, and more, with our Techsperts Carrie Marshall and Louise Blain in our weekly Tech Talk!

REFEREES 
According to the Prospect Union, the abuse of referees in Scotland has reached "crisis point". What's it like to be a referee in Scotland and what needs to change?

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Mornings

With Laura Maxwell

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio Scotland Extra

About BBC Radio Scotland