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Drugs, Sandie Peggie and dementia—Best of the Week
The best bits from the past seven days of the BBC's Scottish news podcast.

Scientist: ‘We can stop dementia in a generation’
How new testing and treatments could stop future generations developing dementia.

Independence manoeuvres, council shake-ups and political GIFs – Politics Show
Political analysis with Natalie Higgins, Phil Sim and former MSP Paul O’Kane.

Sandie Peggie takes on her trade union
Nurse has taken Royal College of Nursing to employment tribunal.

The new killer drugs flooding Scotland
How gangs are producing synthetic opioids 500 times more potent than heroin.

Can Michael Marra stick to his indyref2 position?
Scottish Labour’s new leader has rejected referendum calls.

'I had brain surgery to deal with chronic pain'
Scottish Green MSP Cara McKee on life after trigeminal neuralgia.

Cardiff talks, data centres and Scottish Labour leader – Politics Show
Political analysis with David Wallace Lockhart, Lynsey Bews and Shona Robison.

Octopus CEO on energy bills, Jackdaw and heavy metal
Greg Jackson leads the UK's biggest domestic energy supplier.

AI and data centres: what now?
MSPs to vote on blocking construction of new AI data centres.