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Radio Scotland,30 Oct 2026,28 mins

Jay Lafferty, Mark Nelson, Eva Peroni and Stuart McPherson

Breaking the News

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Des and the teams break apart this week's news, including: a successful student uprising in Serbia; some outrageous claims from Liz Truss; the best cover band names and the surprising reason mummies have been removed from a Scottish museum. Lead Writer: Jennifer Walker Additional Material: Lucy Rycroft-Smith & Chris Willshaw, Dan Welton & Sarah Tattersall, Alan Hazlie, Lucienne Cummings. Mike Cooper, Claire Cox, Nathan Cowley, Neil Bratchpiece and Gregor Paton Producer: Chris Quilietti Senior Producer: Lauren Mackay Series Producer: David Flynn Researcher: Jodie White Script Editor: Keiron Nicholson An Eco-Audio certified Production

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