Scotcast
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The BBC's Scottish news podcast, hosted by Martin Geissler. Conversation with trusted journalists and experts about the country's biggest stories.
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Would a wealth tax work?
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Sturgeon’s book stirs up Rowling row
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Sturgeon memoir: news or hype?
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Making the news with Kirsty and Brian
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Irvine Welsh: Mobile phones destroy culture
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Darren McGarvey on oversharing, fame and Farage
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Do we need a minister for disco?
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Why Kate Forbes has had enough
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Are our festivals for everyone?
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Nobel scientist on AI and finding cures
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Trump visit: what has it changed?
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Referendum plan revealed
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Why Trump's really here
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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Trump visit, Green ‘civil war’ and Finnie
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Sandie Peggie, Labour rebels and Scottie’s soliloquy
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Kneecap, migrant deal and booze at football
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Rachel Reeves, welfare U-turn and 'proper' jobs
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Wingsuit flyer: Why I do it
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Is taxing private schools pointless?
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Could Iran shake our economy?
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Humza Yousaf: Iran will hit back
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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What’s really going on in our schools?
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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A minimum income for all
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Is AI coming for your job?
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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What Tommy Sheridan did next
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Is Swinney really under pressure?
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Acorn: a ‘greenwashing scam’?
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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'One lawyer quit to become cabin crew'
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Who hacked M&S?
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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By-election: a tale of two winners?
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Labour wins Hamilton by-election
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Is Gen Z ready to fight a war?
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Flamingo Land ruffles feathers on Loch Lomond
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Has Swinney gone shy on independence?
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Gangsters gunned down in Spain
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Devi Sridhar on how we can live longer
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May 29, 2025 |
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Star chef: ‘Our crazy, unreasonable business’
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May 28, 2025 |
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Farage digs in over Sarwar racism row
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May 27, 2025 |
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Why are kids carrying knives?
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May 22, 2025 |
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Net zero: what’s in it for us?
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May 21, 2025 |
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Should buying sex be a crime?
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May 20, 2025 |
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Fishermen’s fury over PM’s Brexit reset
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May 19, 2025 |
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'I’d go to prison over abortion buffer zones’
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May 15, 2025 |
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Dry spell prompts water warning
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May 14, 2025 |
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Assisted dying backed by MSPs
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May 13, 2025 |
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A matter of life and death
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May 12, 2025 |
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Is AI a threat to musicians?
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May 08, 2025 |
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Booze back on tracks
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May 07, 2025 |
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Election 2026 predictions
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May 06, 2025 |
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Why we need more babies
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May 05, 2025 |
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Karen Dunbar: ‘What is laughter?’
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May 01, 2025 |
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Grangemouth: what happened?
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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In defence of Kneecap
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Is Sturgeon ducking gender debate?
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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River City goes to Holyrood
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Is Swinney scared of Farage?
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Is gender self-ID dead?
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Take 2: Drug supervision room
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Take 2: Weight-loss jabs
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Take 2: Farmers v. lynx
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Take 2: The porn industry responds
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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What happened in a Highland dungeon?
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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The author who beat Adolescence to it
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Assisted dying: what happens next?
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Should Scots pay for uni?
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Getting to know Sally Magnusson
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Explained: Trump’s tariff trade wars… and us
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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How much could your rent go up?
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Our problem with drugs
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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A quick take on the Spring Statement
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Is live music a rip off?
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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What’s going wrong with our mental health?
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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What’s it like to be a police officer?
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Why Scots are warming to Farage
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Jeane Freeman reflects on Covid
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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Sturgeon cleared over Operation Branchform
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Tour de France: how we won the race
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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How Scots are hit by Labour’s benefit cuts
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Fans hit out at Old Firm policing
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Rise of the litter pickers
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Sturgeon quits parliament
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Can weight-loss jabs save the NHS?
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Who’d be a councillor?
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Mhairi Black on ADHD and quitting politics
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Would you leave school at 14?
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Rangers takeover: soccer with stardust?
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Martin Compston: 'I want to bring jobs here'
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Jagtar: jailed for terror in India
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Defending ourselves: Ukraine, Trump and Trident
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Fewer teachers = better schools?
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Abortion buffer zones: is prayer a crime?
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Gender: are politicians pivoting?
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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People v. the pylons
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Why are energy bills still so high?
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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What now for Scotland’s Ukrainians?
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Is it time to scrap council tax?
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Who thinks lynx should roam the Highlands?
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Uncovering a scandal
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Life inside our packed prisons
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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What’s it like to be homeless?
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Humza Yousaf on Trump and Gaza
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Water: is it as plentiful as we think?
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Can we backtrack on Brexit?
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Rosebank and the political climate
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Stopping the scammers
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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What Waspi women want
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Fixing the NHS: where do you start?
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Tourist tax: the answer to overtourism?
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Mary v. the porn industry
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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'Petrifying' failings at hospital baby unit
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Is Trump Scotland's friend?
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Why housing is so expensive
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Why Lockerbie is back in the news
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Is shoplifting out of control?
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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UK's first drug supervision room opens
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Hello from Scotcast
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Jan 06, 2025 |