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How to save childhood

As schools return, former head teacher Willie French tells Martin Geissler why keeds need more play time.

Willie French is a former head teacher with four decades of experience in primary schools.

He tells Martin why schools should delay formal education and help children learn old-fashioned life lessons like falling off bikes and out of trees.

And Rose Docherty, the first person charged with allegedly breaking Scotland’s abortion buffer zone law, learns she’ll face no further action.

Scotcast is the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s Scottish news podcast, with Martin Geissler, Laura Miller and Natalie Higgins.

Get in touch with us by emailing scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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Fri 15 Aug 2025 00:00

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