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02/09/2014

Cases of skin cancer in Scotland have doubled over the last 30 years. Louise White asks if people are not getting the message on skin cancer.

TOPIC 1: MARY BERRY
In an Interview with the Radio Times, Great British Bake Off judge Mary Berry has said she does not want to live beyond 90 and would like her children to be able to "give me a pill" if she became a burden to her family. The cookery writer turned TV star, 79, said she had no wish to live as long as her mother, who died aged 105, saying very old age had no appeal "if you haven't got your marbles". Berry added: "I certainly don't want to be a burden, although under British law you can do nothing about it."

Louise asks: Mary Berry fears becoming a burden as she gets older; is she right?

TOPIC 2: SKIN CANCER
Skin cancer cases in Scotland have increased two-and-a-half fold over the last 30 years but survival rates have also soared, according to researchers from Glasgow. Researchers from the Alan Lyell Centre for Dermatology in Glasgow found a significant rise in cases since 1990. But they also noted that 85% per cent of men and 90% of women now survive for at least five years after diagnosis.

Louise asks: Skin cancer cases have doubled over 30 years in Scotland - why are we still not getting the message?

Extra Question
A man hired his local cinema and showed the Beatles' Hard Day's Night to recreate the first date he and his wife had had 50 years previously. We want to hear about your memorable first dates?

1 hour, 40 minutes

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