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
Girls in Afghanistan, Female entrepreneurs and life editing, Women’s cricket
Five years on since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, we hear how it has changed women’s lives in the country and beyond. Anita Rani speaks to BBC World Service journalist Mahjooba Nowrouzi in Kabul,...
14 Aug 57min
Simon Levy verdict; the partition of India in fiction; mudlarking
A serial sex attacker who had a 'morbid fascination' with sex has been jailed for the rest of his life after he was found guilty of murdering two women and raping a third. 40-year-old Simon Levy kille...
13 Aug 57min
Eclipse, China's fake brides, Female climbers, Dr Amanda Cole & Tourette syndrome
One of the most spectacular solar eclipses the UK has seen for decades is taking place this evening. The extraordinary celestial event will see the Moon move across the face of the Sun, creating a par...
12 Aug 57min
