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The public should stop giving money to beggars, according to a leading Scottish business figure who says they are putting shoppers off visiting city centres and damaging trade. Stuart Patrick, chief executive of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, has said that beggars are putting shoppers off visiting city centres and having a serious impact on businesses.
Should you give money to beggars?

According to a new study, parents are divided about whether it is right to post photos of one's children to social media. Ofcom reported that just over half of parents it surveyed said they avoided sharing pictures of their kids all together.
Where do you stand on 'sharenting' - do you post pictures of your children online?

Could spinach cause Alzheimer's disease? Dr Nick Dunn joins us this morning to shed light on this week's health headlines and answer your medical questions.

47 years ago Andy McNichol's son John was put up for adoption, against his will, and he never got the chance to hold him.
Thanks to the help of ITV's Long Lost Family, Scot Andy received the news that his son had been found.

Should sanitary products be free in Scotland?
Shauna Gauntlett, from Dundee, experienced Period Poverty after her son was born. Monica Lennon is a Labour MSP who has campaigned on this issue and Dave Simmers is Chief Executive of Community Food Initiatives North East.

As the 大象传媒's Gay Britannia season continues, we explore the history of LGBTIQ communities in Scotland.
Father Paul Morton, of St Bride's Parish Church in Cambuslang, put a post on the church's Facebook page saying that the Catholic Church must redress the harm it has done to gay people - and it has gone viral. Can you be part of the LGBTQI community and religious?
Peter Candy, attended an all-boys Anglican school and is a player in Scotland's first LGBT football team, Graham McGeoch is a Minister at Broughton St Mary's Parish Church and Mona Siddiqui is a Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies at Edinburgh University.

We speak to the man who built an extension on his house in order to give a home to 80 animals. David Low from Aberdeen has lizards, snakes, tortoises, insects, tarantulas and scorpions, giant snails, millipedes, hedgehogs, racoons, rabbits.....

Fancy experiencing all the thrills of the Edinburgh festival without the queues, traffic, flyering and expensive beer....we hear about the new virtual reality project that promises to bring the sprit of the city right into your home. Dennis Club is one of the creators behind the project.