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With Stephen Jardine

Would you give up flying for a year for the sake of the environment? 0808 5 92 95 00. Text 80295.

Two Swedish mums have persuaded 10,000 people to commit to not taking any flights in 2019. Their social media initiative, No-fly 2019 (Flygfritt 2019), is aiming for 100,000 pledges, and has been asking participants to post their reasons for signing up. Maja Rosen and her neighbour Lotta Hammar say they started the campaign to show politicians what needs to be done to halt climate change.
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Would you give up flying for a year for the sake of the environment?

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CAT'S WEE DILEMMA
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NEATEBOX
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ACCENTS
Fans of international DJ Calvin Harris have been asking the internet how he's managed to keep his Dumfries lilt despite living in LA and living an international lifestyle. Why do some Scots keep their accents and others lose them when they move away? Robert Millar is a Professor in Linguistics at the University of Aberdeen and George P Littlejohn is a proud Scotsman with a Canadian twang.

ROWS
We find out how rowing in front of your kids could be good for them. Ruth Coppard is a Child Psychologist and Stacey Devine is a mum of 2.

OBESE AND PREGNANT
As new figures show over half of pregnant women in Scotland are overweight - what effect does this have on mother and baby, and what are we going to do about it ? Hayley Matthews is a columnist and has just had her second child, Cass McNamara is Midwife, Wendy Macleod is a Pre and Post Natal Fitness Specialist and Linda Bauld Professor of Public Health at the University of Edinburgh.

SERIAL RETURNERS
Recent figures from Barclaycard, which sees nearly half of the nation's credit and debit card transactions, say a quarter of retailers have seen returns increase over the past two years. Apparently serial returners, people who buy items and then return them, are on the rise, putting already struggling shops under pressure What are your rights when it comes to returning goods, and can you ever take it too far?

DAD KISS
David Beckham has received yet another backlash online after sharing a picture his daughter kissing him on the lips. Do negative attitudes deter dads from showing affection to their children?

3 hours

Last on

Wed 28 Nov 2018 09:00

Music Played

  • The Beach Boys

    Surfin' USA

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Wed 28 Nov 2018 09:00

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