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PHONE IN: UNIVERSITY ACCESS
Pupils from Scotland's most deprived areas should have lower thresholds to get into University according to recommendations by the Commission on Widening Access. Is this the kind of bold action required to redress inequality in access to higher education in Scotland or should we select on exclusively academic grounds?

Stephen Asks: University entrance - lower threshold for most deprived pupils, is this fair?

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CREDIT CHECK
Stephen finds out what's involved in calculating your credit rating and offers listeners the chance to get advice on their own - email kaye@bbc.co.uk or text 80295

CANNABIS - DO WE UNDERSTAND THE RISKS?
Cannabis is in headlines - A World Health Organisation study reports that one in five Scots 15 years old boys have tried the drug and a teenager accused of deliberately running over and killing a police officer has told the court he'd been smoking "weed" since six years old and suffers bad memory loss. Stephen finds out if we underestimate the dangers of cannabis?

DOG BREEDING DANGERS
Are we breeding unhealthy animals? Crufts has come under criticism from the RSPCA over a dog that won best in breed. Some observers claimed the German shepherd dog looked unhealthy and wasn't "free moving" - Stephen finds out what can be involved in rearing "best in breed".

DINOSAURS IN SCOTLAND
We speak to Edinburgh based Palaeontologist who's spends her time digging for dinosaurs in Scotland and hear about her discovery of an 80 million year old egg.

SUPERFOODS
There is no such thing as a superfood according to the clinical expert Stephen hears from this morning - where does that leave us with this weeks' claim that blueberries can help prevent dementia?