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The latest news from home and abroad, along with regular sport, travel and weather updates.
Scottish Government statistics reveal 1 in 3 pupils regularly miss school. What can we do about it?
And Deacon Blue drummer Dougie Vipond has become an Honorary Doctor. Show more
News updates from Scotland and beyond, plus all your lunchtime sport, travel and weather.
The Afternoon Show
Michelle McManus speaks with Scottish musicians Midge Ure and Sandi Thom
2 hours, 28 minutes
on BBC Radio OrkneyAvailable for 8 months
Scottish music legend Midge Ure chats with Michelle McManus. She also hears from a dancer who’s choreographed Beyoncé and the cast of a genre-busting new Sunday night TV drama. Show more
Get it On with Bryan Burnett
What Were They Thinking?
2 hours
on BBC Radio OrkneyAvailable for 8 months
When Beyonce released B-Day did she not think about sanitaryware? Were Guns N Roses in a trattoria when they came up with The Spaghetti Incident and really Edi? X that was it? Show more
Anna Massie celebrates Spring with the very best of folk and roots music from around the world. Show more
From 50's rockabilly to country to jazz to the latest indie sounds, Natasha has it all, plus regular features 'The Late Great', 'Talk of The Town' and 'Something By The Beatles'. Show more
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