Stuart Mitchell, Josie Long, Kim Blythe & Jamie Macdonald

from Breaking the News · host BBC Radio Scotland

Des and the teams break up the week's news: the presumptive prime minister Andy Burnham's plans, Steve Clarke standing down as the manager of Scotland’s men’s team, plans to connect islands in Shetland with undersea tunnels, the cost of weddings and more.Lead writer: Madeleine Brettingham Additional material: Iain Christie, Rebecca Bain & Alex Garrick Wright, Claire Cox, Nathan Cowley, Robbie Fox, Dominic McGladdery, Alan Hazlie, Nik Ilukkumbure, Lucy Rycroft-Smith and Chris Willshaw.Producer: Chris Quilietti Senior Producer: Lauren Mackay Researcher: Jodie White Script Editor: Keiron NicholsonAn Eco-Audio certified Production

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