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Stephen Jardine sits in. Should we scrap short-term jail sentences?

Stephen Jardine sits in. Should we scrap short-term jail sentences?

Scotland's chief inspector of prisons has called for an end to jail terms of less than 12 months.
David Strang said the evidence was clear that such sentences did not cut crime and called for a "more creative approach" to community-based options.
Should we scrap short-term jail sentences?

Lorna Johnstone from Gartcosh travelled to Turkey to undergo cosmetic surgery after taking up an offer of free surgery in return for promoting the procedure and company. She opted for breast reduction surgery and liposuction on her stomach, waist and thighs but faced major complications after surgery. Gill Baird is the owner of Cosmedicare and Nilesh Sojitra is a Plastic Surgeon.

The mother of a young girl in Aberdeen has talked to us after a video of her daughter being targeted by bullies went viral online.
Should filming violence be against the law? In France it's illegal for anyone other than professional journalists to film violent crimes being committed.
Grazia Roberston is a Criminal Defence Lawyer, Catherine Guilyardi is a French Journalist and Scott Downie is a Web Based Technology Journalist.

The boss of guitar maker Fender has said that there's been an "explosive growth" in ukulele sales. So what is behind the resurgence? And will Stephen finally be tempted to use one of the TWO ukuleles he has managed to acquire in the past few years?

Today marks the centenary of the start of the Battle of Passchendaele - one of the bloodiest of World War One. Half a million Allied and German soldiers were killed, wounded or went missing in three months of fighting. What should we teach our kids about the Battle?

A runner from Manchester. who spent seven days on a treadmill in a world record attempt said that she is "devastated" and "angry" to learn it has been ruled invalid because her boyfriend helped to measure the distance. What are the rules you need to know in order to become an official record breaker?

Should you weigh your children regularly? We speak to the weight-loss expert who thinks putting kids on the scales every 8 weeks is the answer to our child obesity epidemic. Steve Miller is from Fatnosis & presenter of Fat Families, Emma Kenny is a child Psychologist and Tina Woolnough is a mum of three.

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  • Mon 31 Jul 2017 09:00

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