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🗓️ 7 July 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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It’s been 20 years since the 7/7 attacks in London, which claimed the lives of 52 civilians and injured almost 800. Krupa Padhy talks to Gill Hicks, who was on the Piccadilly line Tube that morning and lost her legs in the blast, and nurse Kate Price, who was working in intensive care at St Thomas’ Hospital. They discuss their memories of that day and the aftermath, as well as the lasting bond they have formed.
Ministers are facing calls to keep education plans for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. An EHCP is a legally binding document which ensures a child or young person with special or educational needs gets the right support from a local authority. In a letter to the Guardian newspaper, charities, campaigners and parents have said that without EHCPs in mainstream schools, "many thousands of children risk being denied vital provision, or losing access to education altogether". Krupa is joined by Branwyn Jeffries, the BBC's Education Editor, to explain what's been happening.
Writer Bolu Babalola hit the bestseller lists with her debut collection of short stories, Love in Colour, which remixed ancient love stories for a new audience. Bolu joins Krupa to talk about her latest novel, Sweet Heat, a sexy romance about Kiki, whose stable life is thrown into disarray just as her first love Malakai comes back into her life. She explains she’s a romance connoisseur and discusses the timeless appeal of the love story.
There have been some shake-ups in the way netball is played in the UK recently. New teams, new rules, and a new venue for the Netball Super League Grand Final. The BBC’s lead netball commentator Lindsey Chapman talks to Krupa about what happened in that final, and what impact the recent changes to the sport have had on matches.
Presenter: Krupa Padhy Producer: Andrea Kidd
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0:35.5 | Hello, this is Krupa, party and you're listening to The Woman's Hour podcast. |
0:39.8 | Hello and thank you for being with us this morning. |
0:42.8 | It is a date that is etched on the memory of our nation. |
0:47.0 | Many of us will recall where we were on the 7th of July 2005 |
0:51.6 | when we heard the news of the London bombings and indeed how we felt in the days and the months afterwards. |
0:58.5 | We're going to start the programme this hour with a conversation about a unique friendship that formed that day, |
1:04.4 | a lifelong bond that two women shared that emerged through the trauma between one injured and one healer. |
1:11.7 | Twenty years on, they continue to be the closest of friends. |
1:16.6 | Sometimes the most unforgettable friendships come about in the most unlikely of ways, |
1:22.5 | and that is what we want to hear from you on. |
1:25.5 | Tell us about a special friendship that has come about in a |
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