HPV home-testing kits, Women-run hospitality map, Digital wardrobe apps
Women who have missed a cervical screening appointment in England are to be offered HPV self-testing kits by the NHS. Over the next year, nearly four million women will receive invites on the NHS App ...
25 Aug 57min
Author Louise Doughty, Scottish women offenders, Boxer Chantelle Cameron
After the death of both her parents best-selling novelist Louise Doughty made a startling discovery whilst clearing out the family home. Inside a black suitcase, she stumbled upon a treasure trove of ...
24 Aug 57min
GCSE resits, Hotel safety, Baby milk, Alisha Palmowski
Are GCSE's working for all children? Figures show resits in Maths and English are dragging down the overall results in those subjects. Whilst post 16 education has evolved with A levels, BTECs and T...
21 Aug 57min
Amelia Dimoldenberg, Vaping, Bigamy, Angel Blue
Doctors are warning that vaping could be harming children's health and say more needs to be done to make vapes less attractive and accessible to young people. The warning comes from experts from the R...
20 Aug 54min
France's mass drugging case, Olympian Jade Jones, Air pollution research
A senior French civil servant stands accused of drugging hundreds of women. Police say Christian Nègre kept a spreadsheet documenting what he described as his ‘experiments’ in which he forced them to ...
19 Aug 57min
Sex offenders and ID change, IVF Investigation, A History of Bandanas
The revelation that a paedophile had changed his name more than 20 times to hide his past has renewed pressure on the government to change the law. Jason Brown was first convicted 12 years ago and has...
18 Aug 57min
Quadruple gold medallist Amy Hunt, Charlotte Church, Child maintenance, Comedian Lucy Porter
Amy Hunt became the first athlete in the 92-year history of the European Championships to win four gold medals in a single event, claiming titles in the 100m, 200m, women's 4x100m relay and the new mi...
17 Aug 56min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Women in Afghanistan, Composer Gabriela Ortiz, Tourette Syndrome
Five years after the Taliban took over Afghanistan, we hear how it has changed women’s lives in the country and beyond. Anita Rani speaks to 21-year-old Purvin Juma who fled to the UK from Afghanistan...
15 Aug 56min
