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Radio Scotland,14 Aug 2026,28 mins

Jay Lafferty, Ray Bradshaw, Alana Jackson and Chris Thorburn

Breaking the News

Available for 89 days

Des Clarke and the teams break up this week's news, including the PM's tour of the UK, the solar eclipse and new research telling us all to smile at dogs! Lead Writer: Nathan Cowley Additional material: Jennifer Walker, Jon Paisley, Chris Stanners, Simon Paul Miller, Gregor Paton, Katy Swainston, Rebecca Bain, Alex Garrick-Wright, James Docherty, Uttom Chowdhury and Steve Trott. Producer: Lauren Mackay Senior Producer: Dave Flynn Researcher: Chris Quilietti Script Editor: Keiron Nicholson An Eco-Audio certified Production.

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