with Stephen Jardine
On the phone-in with Stephen Jardine this morning: as the summer holidays roll on, how are you coping with summer childcare? And the gardening surgery returns to answer your Q's.
PHONE-IN
We are only a few weeks into the summer holidays but parents across Scotland are struggling to find and afford Summer holiday childcare for their kids. Research from childcare charity - CORAM suggests places in holiday clubs now cost more than twice as much as term time after-school clubs. They estimate the average price for a price of holiday childcare per week Scotland is now Β£167.49
This morning Stephen asks how are you coping with summer childcare?
Also on the show…
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL
How does Alastair Campbell hope to get children interested in politics?
GARDENING TEASE
The most helpful gardening expert on Radio Scotland, Nicola Singleton returns to take your gardening questions
WHAT'S ON GUIDE
The weekend has come round again but if you’ve got no ideas with how to fill it – panic not! Our What’s on Guide is full of ideas. If you’ve got a community event you’d like to tell us about get in touch: email stephen@bbc.co.uk
POLITICAL PHOTOS
Starmer and Harris enjoying a Guinness – we go behind a political photo-op
THE FRIDAY SHOWDOWN PAY-OFF
We're joined by 2 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland listeners who got the question correct, answered their phones and were free to join us to thrash it out for the title of Friday Showdown champion.
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Calvin Harris
Ready For The Weekend
- Ready For The Weekend.
- Columbia.
- 1.
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ABBA
Dancing Queen
- Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
- Polar.
- 001.
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Paul Heaton
Fish 'N' Chip Supper
- WHITE LABEL.
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Del Amitri
Roll To Me
- Twisted.
- A&M.
- 007.
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Blue Γ–yster Cult
(Don't Fear) The Reaper
- The Collection.
- Camden.
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- Fri 19 Jul 2024 09:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
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