SEND, Kate Burton, Yehudis Fletcher
The Department for Education has just released the latest figures that show another rise in the number of Education, Health and Care Plans, or EHCPs, in England. These are the legal documents that out...
26 Jun 202557min
Christiane Amanpour, Child Q, Melissa Febos
Christiane Amanpour has been at the forefront of international news for more than 40 years, reporting from all over the world as a journalist and war reporter as well as being CNN’s Chief Internationa...
25 Jun 202557min
Porn review, Maternity inquiry, Dr Laurie Marker, Return of the bullet bra
One in three adult pornography users are exposed to violent or abusive content online, with the majority backing new legislation to prevent publication of harmful content. That's according to a survey...
24 Jun 202556min
Child criminal records, Screen time, Heart valve disease
Following the publication of Baroness Louise Casey’s highly critical report into grooming gangs involved in the sexual exploitation of children, we look at one of her 12 recommendations in detail. The...
23 Jun 202557min
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Natalie Fleet MP, HIV prevention, Trisha Goddard, Older surrogacy, Comedian Rosie Jones
Natalie Fleet is the Labour MP for Bolsover whose path into politics has been far from typical. From a very young age, teachers told her she was destined for university – something almost unheard of i...
21 Jun 202556min
Natalie Fleet MP, a spike of botulism cases and Kethiwe Ngcobo on her mother Lauretta
Natalie Fleet is the Labour MP for Bolsover whose path into politics has been far from typical. From a very young age, teachers told her she was destined for university – something almost unheard of i...
20 Jun 202557min
Trisha Goddard, HIV prevention, Family favourites, Air pollution
Trisha Goddard rose to fame as a TV journalist. She was the first black TV presenter in Australia and is best known in the UK for her eponymous TV show which aired on ITV and Channel 5 in the late 90s...
19 Jun 202557min
Abortion vote, Crime writer Karin Slaughter, Co-sleeping with older children, Racing driver Abbi Pulling
In the biggest shake-up to reproductive rights in almost 60 years, MPs have voted to decriminalise abortion for women in England and Wales. This would mean a woman could not be prosecuted for ending h...
18 Jun 202557min
