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Surgeon Kevin Lafferty shares the miracles, the tragedies and the camaraderie he experienced in hospital operating rooms as now chronicled in his book ‘Cutting It’.

Marking Mother’s Day with Sir Geoff Palmer, scientist and human rights activist, painting a vivid and moving picture of the love of his mother, and the decisions she made that shaped his life.

The first jurors have been picked in the trial of a former police officer over the May 2020 killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man. Tony discusses how you maintain balance and impartiality in the courtroom with Dr Rhonda Wheate, director of the clinical law programmes, University of Strathclyde; Dr Lee John Curley, decision scientist and lecturer in psychology at the Open University; and Usman Tariq, founder of the Scottish Ethnic Minority Lawyers Association

Entrepreneur Adeem Younis took the rewards from creating a successful dating app for single Muslims in his stride until a journey to his father’s and grandfather’s village in Pakistan made him re-evaluate his life, leading to the founding of his charity, The Penny Appeal.

If you’re single and you want to date, this year has been particularly challenging. But if you also want to find someone who shares your religious beliefs, that can make the search even harder. Tony chats to three people of different faiths about their experiences: Pall Singh, a Christian and director of community engagement charity Building Bridges in Edinburgh; Sydney Switzer, a Jewish community youth worker based in Glasgow; and Adeem Younis, founder of the Muslim dating website SingleMuslim.com.

And on this Mothering Sunday, Adeem Younis, Pall Singh and Sydney Switzer talk to Tony about the lasting influence their mothers have had on them.