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Kaye Adams gets to the heart of the news and offers the listeners the opportunity to have their say.

PHONE IN: Child Protection
Bear Grylls, Britain's chief scout, says that as many as 35,000 children are on the waiting list to join the organisation as they are struggling to recruit enough adult volunteers. Some pressure groups claim checks and paperwork involved in child protection are putting some people off. Kaye Asks: Is child protection doing as much harm as good?

I WOKE UP WITH A SCOTTISH ACCENT
Kaye talks to the Canadian woman who started speaking Scots after falling off a horse.

TEACHING KIDS WITHOUT ENGLISH
A Glasgow Primary school where none of the pupils speak English as a first language is appealing for funds to help with teaching. Kaye finds out what it's like for a teacher when so many of the pupils don't have great English and what the experience is for pupils.

LEICESTER CITY
Champions of England and one of the greatest ever stories of sporting success - but what does it mean for the entire local population? Can they use sporting success as a springboard for the local economy?

SANITARY PRODUCTS FOR AFRICA
It's something UK women take for granted but how do you design a feminine hygiene product for people who don't even have access to running water.

VOLUN-TOURISM
Combining foreign travel and volunteering has been dubbed 'voluntourism' - Kaye asks, with so much poverty closer to home, would charity work be better focused closer to home?

IS IT OK TO RAID THE KIDS' PIGGY BANK?
Nearly half of parents have 'fessed up to the crime. Should the piggy bank be sacred? And what kind of example are we setting about money management to our young ones?

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Tue 3 May 2016 09:00

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