Scotcast

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Police Scotland's Alan Waddell (pictured) has said people were 'attacked because of the colour of their skin' during a demonstration sparked by the Belfast knife attack.
The BBC’s Myles Bonnar and Jax Sinclair tell us what they saw in Glasgow city centre, and journalist Felix Pope explains what’s driving street protests across the UK.
Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler.
Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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Mobile phones will be banned in all state secondary schools in Edinburgh after the summer holidays, and the UK Government looks set to ban the use of social media for under-16s.
Dr Elizabeth Nelson (pictured), a researcher from the School of Education at the University of Glasgow, tells us why bans are not the answer.
Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler.
Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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Opposition politicians are calling for ex-SNP chief executive Peter Murrell (pictured) to repay the taxpayer-funded legal expenses spent on his embezzlement case.
We ask Simon Brown of the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association and the BBC’s David Henderson about the prospect of recovering the costs of Murrell's legal aid bill.
Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler.
Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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Sai Venkat (pictured) is a quantum engineer working in Scotland’s booming space sector at a time when computers are about to get smarter.
With so-called 'Q-Day' looming, he tells us about the work he is doing at Edinburgh-based Rhea Space Acitvity to protect us from cyber-attacks.
Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Laura Miller.
Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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Natalie and Lynsey and the BBC’s James Cook talk about the questions raised by Peter Murrell's embezzlement of SNP funds; the release of more files relating to Lord Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador; and a shake-up to First Minister's Questions.
Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode of the Politics Show is hosted by Natalie Higgins and Lynsey Bews.
Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk