Scotcast

Is a lack of access to NHS fertility treatments driving single women to find sperm donors on social media?
Scotcast’s Rebecca Tierney explores the murky, unregulated world of online sperm donation and former MP Hannah Bardell (pictured) tells us about her own IVF experience.
Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Laura Miller.
Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk

David and Lynsey talk to ex-Scottish Labour MSP Paul O’Kane about the future of Anas Sarwar’ (pictured) as Andy Burnham closes in on succeeding Sir Keir Starmer; the press ‘pen’ dispute at Holyrood; and more fallout from Peter Murrell’s crimes.
Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode of the Politics Show is hosted by David Wallace Lockhart and Lynsey Bews.
Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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Andy Burnham (pictured) looks increasingly likely to be become Prime Minister unopposed after Cabinet minister Darren Jones ruled himself out of the Labour leadership contest.
Former Scottish Labour MSP Neil Findlay tells us why he believes Burnham could shift the party’s position on Scottish independence.
And Scotcast’s Caitlin Fairlie picks out some of the eye-catching proposals in the Makerfield MP’s 2024 book ‘Head North’.
Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by David Wallace Lockhart.
Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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Peter Murrell (pictured) has been sentenced to more than five years in jail after embezzling £400,000 from the SNP.
We ask the BBC’s David Henderson, who was in court for the sentencing of the party’s former chief executive, and Glenn Campbell, who has made a documentary about the case, why Murrell did it.
Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by David Wallace Lockhart.
Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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Andy Burnham is expected to become UK prime minister after Sir Keir Starmer’s resignation.
We ask former Labour adviser James Mathewson and Jack McConnel, who is campaigning for an independent Scottish Labour party, whether Burnham can reverse the party’s fortunes in Scotland.
Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by David Wallace Lockahart.
Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk