Jay Lafferty, Ray Bradshaw, Alana Jackson and Chris Thorburn

from Breaking the News · host BBC Radio Scotland

Des Clarke and the teams break up this week's news, including the PM's tour of the UK, the solar eclipse and new research telling us all to smile at dogs!Lead Writer: Nathan CowleyAdditional material: Jennifer Walker, Jon Paisley, Chris Stanners, Simon Paul Miller, Gregor Paton, Katy Swainston, Rebecca Bain, Alex Garrick-Wright, James Docherty, Uttom Chowdhury and Steve Trott.Producer: Lauren Mackay Senior Producer: Dave Flynn Researcher: Chris Quilietti Script Editor: Keiron NicholsonAn Eco-Audio certified Production.

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