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Mornings: With Laura Maxwell 11/03/2019

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With Laura Maxwell 11/03/2019

BBC Radio Scotland - Mornings, With Laura Maxwell 11/03/2019

Is football hooliganism getting worse - is it time for the Government to step in? 

Is football hooliganism getting worse - is it time for the Government to step in? Call 0808 5 92 95 00 [standard rates]. Tech talk, basic first aid lessons and famous parents.

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PFA Scotland wants "open and candid discussions" on crowd trouble and warned there is "every chance" the Scottish Government will intervene if football does not eradicate it. A 21-year-old man was arrested after Rangers' James Tavernier was confronted during Friday's draw with Hibs.  It came six days after a glass bottle was thrown at Celtic's Scott Sinclair - also at Easter Road.
Is football hooliganism getting worse?  Is it time for the Government to step in?

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FIRST AID
MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton tells us about how he saved his four-year-old daughter from choking to death on a coin, after "muscle memory" kicked in from a first aid course he took 25 years ago.  He now wants to encourage others to take basic first aid lessons.

PENSIONS
Age Scotland and Citizen Advice Scotland are warning that more and more Scots will need to work past retirement age or face living in, or close, to poverty once they finish work.  Age Scotland want people over the age of 50 to have a career MoT - so what would this look like?

NO CHEW STEW
Scotland has the highest incidence rate for mouth cancer in the UK.  Liz Grant is co-founder of TRACtion Scotland and has created the 'No Chew Stew' cookbook to try and change the lives of people with oral cancer.  Helen Johnson is a throat cancer survivor and has had her throat removed.

TECH TALK  
Gadget of the week, an app to make your life easier and all your tech questions answered it can only be tech talk. This week with technology expert Carrie Marshall and Louise Blain is a games critic & Youtube producer for Dialect inc.

HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT 
Is being the 'household manager' too much for one person?  Ros Taylor is a psychologist, Debbi Marco is a journalist and mum of two and JoJo Fraser is an author, podcaster and runs the mummy JoJo Blog.

ROBOCHEF
Are robotic chefs the future? Adrian Mars is a technology journalist and futurist and Gary McLean is Scotland's national Chef & 2016 Masterchef winner.

FAMOUS PARENTS
TV presenter Kirsty Gallacher has recently said that she was bullied and experienced a lot of jealousy towards her at school because of who her dad is.  What's it like growing up with a famous parent?  BBC News Scotland editor Sarah Smith says that she's always been worried people will think she got her job because of who her dad was.   BBC weather presenter Judith Ralston tells us about the impact on her children.  Jane Prince is a child psychologist.

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