Robin Braidwood from Braidwoods Solicitors is in the studio talking about your rights with faulty or “not as described goods”.

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Alive Radio’s Burns Supper today, on air from 12 noon until 1pm. Hosted by Cameron Murray, with input from Dumfries, Italy and Canada it is truly international. You can listen worldwide here by clicking on the links on the top right.

Don’t miss it! This is one of the events in the Big Burns Supper festival in Dumfries, which runs over the coming weekend.

Last Friday, 20th January, Top Cat and Officer Dibble interviewed Frankie, well known as the professional skating partner of TV Presenter Mark Rhodes.

Frankie Poultney began skating at the age of 10. She says her first attempts on ice were disastrous as all the other kids were whizzing around and Frankie couldn’t let go of the barrier. However, she persevered and soon competed in regional competitions before entering the world of professional shows aged just 18. Frankie started as a chorus skater at a show in France and soon got promoted to Principal Adagio skater which she continued doing across Europe for five years. She has also toured, South America, the States and Canada.

Listen again to her appearance live on Alive last Friday.

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Thanks to Pauline Jack from Hollywood Carpets for the Style Council today.  Lots of good ideas and tips.

Are you wanting to declutter for the spring?

Pauline gives use some top tips!

1. Deal with your clothes. Clean out wardrobes and drawers. Throw out anything that you no longer love or that no longer fits you. If it’s beyond repair, out of style, unflattering, or useless (like one sock only), then au revoir. 
2. Clear out your loft. Let go of those old love letters, broken chairs, old baby clothes, mouldy rugs, useless tools, old towels and sheets, extra blankets, anything you no longer need. If you haven’t used it for the past 2 years, chances are you don’t need it, and perhaps someone else could make use of it. 
3. Kitchen. Remove everything from your kitchen counters that is not essential for every day cooking (blenders, mixers, jars of dried beans, rice, flour, etc.). These items should be stored in cupboards. Clean out the cupboard and fridge to make sure nothing is expired, moldy or rotten. Make sure to also check under the kitchen sink.
4. Recycle paper. Magazines, junk mail and newspapers should be tossed out weekly. Books – especially paperbacks that you’ve read can be donated to the charity shop. Keep only books that are essential and irreplaceable. Old textbooks, paperback classics, can be given away to book car boot sales and friends. 
5. Don’t forget the garage. Broken items, scraps of wood, rusty tools, parts of appliances, electrical equipment that no longer works are all candidates for the recycle bin, refuse bin or skip. Fix it, use it or let it go.
6. What about your bathroom. Clean out medicine cabinets often. Keep a minimum of towels out. Make sure the linen cupboard is up to date and neat.
7. Stop clutter at the front door. Only buy what you need and have a place for it. Stop buying purely on impulse, throw out junk mail, it has a tendancy to grow. Accept other people’s stuff only if you really need it. If you acquire a new piece of furniture, let go of a piece of furniture that someone else can use. Recycle cans, bottles, papers, and plastic at least monthly.
8. Clean out your car. A car is an extension of your personality.  Is it tidy?  It speaks volumes about you. 
9. Ask yourself these questions:
• Do I love it?
• Do I need it?
• Is it essential?
• Does it enhance my life?

Then: Sort your things into 3 piles:

• Yes – I love it and I need it, it works and it’s useful
• No – Someone else can have it

No – Toss it out

More in a fortnight!

Join Topcat for an icy delight this Friday! He will be chatting with Frankie Poultney, Dancing On Ice Professional and a firm favourite with fans everywhere.

4-6pm this Friday Topcat with special guest Frankie Poultney!

Join our Interior Design and home furnishings guru Pauline Jack from Hollywood Carpets today at 4.15.

Today, clearing out your home, getting it looking good, what to clear and why.

Listen in to Drivetime tomorrow from 4.15 for the Style Council.  Local Interior Designer Pauline Jack from Hollywood Carpets at Kingholm Quay will be in the studio every fortnight talking about how to get the most out of your home.  Want a new colour scheme? Want to make your rooms look bigger? Just moved in? Or  looking to sell and want your house to look as good as possible? Listen in to Pauline and get the “Style Council”.

Win a super Burns Supper kit from Mogerleys Butchers which includes their amazing haggis!

Go down to the shop on Friars Vennel, Dumfries and enter our “Guess the Name of the Haggis” competitions.  We have two haggii, a boy and a girl.   Guess the name of either correctly and you win!!!

At only £1 per guess it is a fun way to support your local Community Radio Station.

With Christmas past, we may have presents that are faulty, perhaps unwanted or are not as described.  What can you do about it and what are your rights?  Listen in between 4and 5pm on Mark Smith’s Drivetime Show as Solicitor Robin Braidwood has the answers.

Tune in on Thursday morning to hear Graham Main – Big Burns Supper chat to Annette Richards about this big weekend packed with events

Any questions to hello@aliveradio.net