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Mornings: With Kaye Adams - 21/02/2019

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Can Scotland afford a child smacking ban?

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Holyrood's equality and human rights committee has received letters of support from the Church of Scotland, Social Work Scotland and the Law Society of Scotland, amongst others, towards a smacking ban.  Some organisations have warned that the introduction of legislation may 'increase demand on child protection services, and the police, to investigate reported incidents of child physical punishment'.
Can Scotland afford a child smacking ban?

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ASK THE PODIATRIST 
This week's health surgery gets to the bottom of your feet problems with podiatrist Emma McConnachie. So get your questions in - text 80295 or email kaye@bbc.co.uk

LOVE BEYOND POLITICS 
Divisions over Brexit are spilling over into the world of romance. According to a London based dating agency, Brexit is now the number one  relationship dealbreaker.  Gillian McCallum is a matchmaker at Drawing Down the Moon Matchmaking.  Also joined by journalist Naomi Firsht, who is married to someone with opposing political views and blogger Liam Beattie who says he's walked away from a date with a Brexiteer. 

REHOMING PETS 
Six year old Star the Staffie has been looking for a forever home for five years...why are we reluctant to take a rescue pet?  Lindsay Fife-Jardine is the Deputy CEO of the Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home and Micky Gavin is presenter on Forth One who rehomed Stella the staffie.

BBC SCOTLAND CHANNEL
BBC Scotland launches a brand new TV channel on Sunday night . We'll be joined by the man in charge Steve Carson, to find out what's on offer.  

HAVE A BUTCHERS 
When all the buzz is about vegan is and plant based food what's the future for your local butcher?  Gary Peline from Anniesland Butchers is so concerned about the way things are going  he's taken to Facebook to ask his customers for help. Rachel Sweeney is the social media manager for creative brand agency Made Brave and Gordon Wallace is a lecturer in Butchery at City of Glasgow College.

FEMININE JOB TITLES 
French 'language police' have reportedly given up in their battle against feminine job titles.  Why do we make sexist assumptions about job titles?

ERG
Former Conservative MP Anna Soubry, who now sits with the Independent Group, has said that the "hard-line anti-EU awkward squad" was now running her former party.  What do you need to know about the ERG?

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