Mornings

Original version

BBC Radio Shetland

Factual

Entertainment

Getting to the heart of the stories making the news.

BBC Radio Orkney

BBC Radio Scotland Extra

BBC Radio Scotland FM

Mornings: with Connie McLaughlin

02/02/2020

with Connie McLaughlin

BBC Radio Scotland - Mornings, with Connie McLaughlin

On the phone in Connie asks - How are you coping with the cold weather?

On the phone in Connie asks - How are you coping with the cold weather? Also on the show, home births, hooded blankets & litter

PHONE-IN
Scotland is on course for its coldest December in over a decade after the UK's lowest maximum temperature for 12 years was recorded in Aberdeenshire.
The Met Office confirmed the highest temperature recorded in Braemar was -9.3C after overnight temperatures plummeted to -15.7C.

Some homes in Shetland could be without power until the end of the week as engineers face "extremely challenging conditions", an energy firm has warned. About 3,800 households are without power after snow and ice caused "extensive damage" to overhead cables. SSEN Distribution said local teams described conditions as the worst they had seen in 20 years. They hope to restore energy on Yell and Unst on Tuesday but customers in outlying islands face a longer wait.

Connie asks - How are you coping with the cold weather?

HOME BIRTHS
Why are more mothers choosing home births?

HOODED BLANKETS        
Could toasty hooded blankets help save on your heating bills? 

DEAF CHILDREN 
What is support like for deaf children in Scotland's schools? 

COURT OF KAREN VERDICT 
Judge Karen Mackenzie is back to rule on another conundrum. This week - do I have to buy my friend’s boyfriend a Christmas present? 

COLD SORES
How quickly can you get rid of a cold sore?

CHRISTMAS COMEDY
We’ll speak to three rising Scottish comedians about why comedy is so important at Christmas

LITTER
New research suggests the ‘litter gap’ between the best and worst off areas is the highest it’s been since records began - so what’s the picture where you are?

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Mornings

with Connie McLaughlin

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio Shetland

About BBC Radio Scotland