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Stephen Jardine sits in: volunteering with young people, the male pill and the Canadian coffee chain coming to Scotland

Stephen Jardine sits in for Kaye Adams and asks listeners what stops them volunteering with young people, plus he discusses the male pill and a Canadian coffee chain in Scotland.

There are 51,000 children on a waiting list to become Scouts, Beavers, Cubs or Explorers, according to the organisation behind the movement.
The Scout Association, which is open to girls and boys between six and 18, blamed a shortage of volunteer leaders.
What's stopping you volunteering with young people?

After a long campaign, the cancer drug Kadcyla is now available for NHS use. We speak to two of the four women who fought for women to have that right.

Every fortnight we have a check in with vet Ross Allan. Ross is having a break this week, and instead we're going to be joined by Animal behaviourist Dr Roger Mugford.

Glasgow University graduate Corien Stael has invented a cushion for athlete wheelchair users that will greatly reduce suffering caused when their body over heats. Michael Kerr is a double Paralympian and former captain of Team GB's wheelchair rugby.

CAN YOU NAME THE PLACE?
Clue 1: This place is named after a river also found in Wales.
Clue 2: It has a namesake in the USA.
Clue 3: There's also a link with Australia.
Clue 4: It has two streets named after Robert Burns.
Clue 5: It used to have a big idea.

Doctors are on the cusp of launching the first male contraceptive in more than a century, while researchers at Dundee University are also working on a "male pill".
Professor Chris Barratt, Professor of reproductive medicine at the University of Dundee and Susan Douglas Scott is a freelance consultant in health issues.

Canadian chain Tim Hortons has chosen Glasgow as its first base in the UK causing great excitement on social media.
Some caffeine fans admit to shelling out hundreds of pounds for their morning latte or cappuccino every year, but will there ever be saturation point when it comes to coffee shops in Scotland?

British Vogue has confirmed Edward Enninful as its first male editor and the first ever black editor of a mainstream British style magazine.
Enninful, who has previously worked for Italian and American Vogue, will take over from Alexandra Shulman, who announced her departure in January. We get reaction from Scottish fashionistas.

The National Secular Society say that Monks who make Buckfast tonic wine should be stripped of charitable status. The Buckfast Abbey trust said it was surprised at the complaint. Who is right?

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  • Tue 11 Apr 2017 09:00

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