Calling out sexual abuse and harassment in the UK TV and film industry. Emma speaks to Meriel Beale merielbeale
Ellie Simmonds: British Paralympian swimmer, Gynaecology waiting lists, Meriel Beale, Threads
In 'A World without Dwarfism', a new BBC doc, Ellie Simmonds raises the question - if cutting edge medicine can stop disability in its tracks, should we use it?The Paralympic five time gold medallist Ellie Simmonds was born with achondroplasia, the most common type of dwarfism. A new drug currently being trialled in the NHS and now approved for use in the USA aims to help children with achondroplasia grow taller.
More than half a million women across the UK are on gynaecology waiting lists. In an exclusive report from BBC news, this speciality has seen the steepest rise in waiting times in England since the pandemic began – that list is now 60% bigger than it was in 2020. The needs of those waiting range from first outpatient appointments, or for scans, right through to surgery. Soon we will hear from some of the women affected – some are in extreme pain.
Over the last couple of weeks we've been hearing about the emotional power of clothes in our series Threads . Today, it's the turn of listener Lucy from Oxfordshire whose very short beaded black dress holds special memories of the day she and her now husband became 'official' . This week the Metropolitan Police announced that actor Noel Clarke will not face a criminal investigation over sexual offence allegations, which he has always denied, because the information given " would not meet the threshold for a criminal investigation." Emma Barnett speaks to Meriel Beale who co-ordinated a letter in the Guardian with 2000 signatures from people calling for reform to the UK film and TV industry after the allegations were made against Clarke.
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BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Sister Bliss, DC Comics character, Nubia, the Ockenden Review, Lucy Easthope, Ukrainian MPs, Listener DorothyOn Weekend Woman’s Hour: Music and your mood with thesisterbliss, a closer look at the Ockenden maternity care report, disaster planner Lucy Easthope, Ukrainian MPs on their fight for their country and listener Dorothy on her £4.99 dress. Listen at 4pm:
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Cyclists share their experience of London's bike storage crisisThousands of Londoners are looking for a safe space to store their bikes – but the number of residents waiting for a spot massively outweighs the number of hangars currently available.
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‘A beacon’: Victoria police praise teenager who used watch to signal helicopter during kayak rescueThe 13-year-old boy and a 51-year-old woman were rescued from the Glenelg River near South Australia border in early hours of Sunday
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