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A cancer diagnosis is one of the most common life-changing events in Scottish life, with more cases than marriages or first births, the latest figures show. Macmillan Cancer Support said that cancer was also named as the disease people in Scotland most feared, ahead of conditions such as Alzheimer's.
Do you fear cancer?

A mum and swim coach in Wigan sparked debate this week after her video, showing her "Self-Rescue" for toddler's technique, went online. The video shows the submerging of a toddler in a pool, followed by the instructor stepping back and allowing the child to fend for itself, turning until their face is up and out of the water. Lynne Watson is a swimming teacher and Michael Dunn is Deputy Director of Education and Research from LSS UK.

On this week's KAYEROBICS theme is rearranging furniture....go grab yourself a chair and join in. Tom Leith owns Holisium Personal Training Gym in East Kilbride.

We speak to the man who hopes to be the first producer of Scottish Absinthe. Oil worker Peter Dignan was spurred on to pursue his dream by the downturn in the oil industry and, along with his friend, both have put their life savings into the venture.

It's the most talked about TV programme around at the moment and boasts celebrity fans such as Adele and Heather Watson. But not everyone is a fan, the Family Education Trust has called it disturbing, and Sex and behaviour expert Dr Pam Spurr fears the show could promote promiscuous sex.
Harmless fun or the work of the devil ...Caroline Frost is an Entertainment Journalist, Che McSorley was a contestant on Ex on The Beach 2017 and Elaine Reid is an English Teacher and writer.

Jamie Doyle is attempting to visit every senior football ground in Scotland over a weekend, via public transport. He's trying to raise money for a stroke treatment to help his friend, ex Airdrie manager Eddie Wolecki Black.

An investigation by the Scottish Mail on Sunday suggests that almost 1,000 four to 18-year-olds who started out in the traditional school system are now home educated, compared with only 500 in 2013.
What's behind the increase?

Will the Snowbergine push the Brussels sprout off your plate this Christmas?