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The latest news from home and abroad, along with regular sport, travel and weather updates.
Do you welcome Rishi Sunak’s decision to call an election? What are your priorities? And therapist to the rescue: Anna Williamson on the new series of Celebs Go Dating. Show more
News updates from Scotland and beyond, plus all your lunchtime sport, travel and weather.
The Afternoon Show
Colm Toibin on Long Island and Huw Stephens on Wales: 100 Records
2 hours, 28 minutes
on BBC Radio OrkneyAvailable for 6 months
Michelle McManus is in conversation with Irish novelist, screenwriter, playwright & poet Colm Toibin, hearing about his new book Long Island which picks up 20 years after Brooklyn Show more
With the Bank Holiday ahead of us, we want to hear about your weekend plans and the song to match. Maybe you're heading to the garden, getting on your bike or working overtime? Show more
Travelling Folk
Orkney Folk Festival with The East Pointers in Session
1 hour, 55 minutes
on BBC Radio OrkneyAvailable for 6 months
Anna is live from Kirkwall at the start of the Orkney Folk Festival with live music from Norwegian fiddler Alexander Aga Røynstrand and a session with The East Pointers. Show more
Natasha pays tribute to American punk record producer Steve Albini in The Late Great spot. Scottish rock band Nazareth provide this week’s Talk Of The Town song about Shanghai. Show more
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