Are you going dry this January? What would you do Wednesday and Tissue Donation.
Are you going dry for January? What would you do if you won the lottery? And the science of love.
Figures from Google show a spike in searches across the UK for "dry January" on New Year's Day - higher than other terms or phrases normally associated with fat-fighting and fitness fads. According to Alcohol Concern, five million Britons took part in Dry January last year.
Are you going dry for January?
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TISSUE DONATION
Katy Portell was not expected to live after being born with several heart defects. At the age 4 she received the gift of a donor heart valve transplant. Over 20 years later, Katy set out in search for information about her donor and his family, learning about the young boy who chose to save her life.
She is now an NHS Organ Donor Ambassador Coordinator and Dr Sharon Zahra is the Consultant and Clinical Lead, Tissue and Cells, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO WEDNESDAY
An Irish footballer has scored his first big victory of 2018 by winning a millionaire lottery. Kevin O'Connor's uncle Peader Murphy bought him the Irish National Lottery ticket as a present. But are lottery tickets good gifts? What would you do if you won the lottery after being given the winning ticket or scratch card as a present?
ARGOS CATALOGUE COLLECTION
Professor Leigh Sparks, head of the retail studies department at Stirling University, believes that he is the owner of the UK's only entire private collection of Argos catalogues - dating back more than 40 years. But what does the collection say about how our buying habits have changed over the years
CAREERS SURGERY
According to a recent survey, 72% of employees just go to work to be paid with little satisfaction. If that's you, stay tuned for our careers surgery after 11. Ann Duff is Careers manager at the University of Glasgow.
WHAT WILL 2018 HOLD?
What does 2018 hold for Tech, politics, entertainment and sport? Andy Collier is a Political Commentator, Martin Hannan is Sports Columnist for the National, Bev Lyons is a showbiz journalist and Carrie Marshall is a Technology Journalist.
THE SCIENCE OF LOVE
A dating website's claim that it used a "scientifically proven matching system" to pair up those looking for love has been banned. Is there such a thing as a 'perfect match' and how do you find it?
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