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Ricky Ross enjoys the company of award-winning singer-songwriter, Karine Polwart.

Tomi Ajayi from the charity Christian Aid has recently returned from Sierra Leone. She explains the impact the outbreak and spread of the Ebola virus is having on communities there.

Nicola Sturgeon is about to make history as Scotland's first female First Minister. But women's role in parliamentary politics is relatively recent - and the contribution made by the first female parliamentarians is largely forgotten. Reporter, Elizabeth Quigley has been finding out about Katharine Murray who was the first woman to be elected as an MP from a Scottish constituency.

"Belfast Days: A 1972 Teenage Diary" is the story of one year in the life of a Catholic school girl in Belfast in the worst year of the Troubles. The author, Eimear O'Callaghan tells Ricky why she decided to publish her most private thoughts from over 40 years ago.

In this week's Listening Project, husband and wife, Steven and Katrina talk about the beginnings of their very close relationship.