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PHONE-IN
- Should over 75s continue to get the license fee for free?
- Should all drivers be made to go on cycling safety courses?
- Are you buying into ‘Black Friday’?

GEMMA LUMSDAINE
We hear how sport transformed the life of Gemma Lumsdaine. She has cerebral palsy and recently won the Young Coach of the Year award. Tina Gordon, disability talent and pathways manager at Basketball Scotland will also be joining us to talk about the power of sport to change lives for the better and what the sporting options are for people with disabilities.

BUTLER SCHOOL
According to the man behind Scotland’s only Butler Academy the demand for properly trained butlers is outstripping supply. He’s urging more people to don the white gloves and take up the profession. So what’s it like to be a butler in 2018? Simeon Rosset is the owner and head butler at Rosset Bespoke Butlers. Edward Stuart is a recently trained professional private butler.

CLEFT PALATE
Matilda Lansdown has had over 20 operations for a cleft palate and didn’t have nostrils until she was 21. She’s recently hiked through Italy to raise money to help kids with the condition in the developing world and plans to visit Ethiopia soon to see first-hand how the money she’s raised can improve lives with ‘forever smiles’.

FLU JAB
Who should be getting the flu jab this winter, and how effective is it? Dr Tom Smith gives us the lowdown.

ETHICAL CHRISTMAS TREES
What’s the most environmental way of picking a Christmas tree? Real? Plastic? Replantable? Cath Seeds is a lecturer at Scotland’s Rural College and we’ll be joined by a spokesperson from ‘pines and needles’ a carbon neutral Christmas tree company.

CONSPIRACY THEORIES
A study by researchers at Cambridge University suggests that 60% of Britons believe in conspiracy theories about how the country is run or the veracity of information they have been given. Why do people want to believe in conspiracy theories?

ARTEFACTS
A report commissioned by president Emmanuel Macron has called for thousands of African artworks in French museums taken without consent during the colonial period to be returned to the continent. Should a similar thing happen with artefacts in museums here?

THE RULES - PDAs
In our weekly slot where we collectively draw up the definitive list of does and don’s to live by Josie Smith will be compiling The Rules on Public Displays of Affection.