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🗓️ 13 November 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Runa Khan is a globally recognised leader in social innovation. She founded Friendship in 2002, an NGO helping marginalised communities in Bangladesh. Last week, the organisation won the Earthshot Prize in the Fix Our Climate category. Founded by Prince William, the prize is the world’s most prestigious and impactful environmental award. They will use the £1 million awarded to scale up their projects to repair the climate and deploy solutions that are replicable across the globe.
We discuss a new drama about the impacts of social media on girls. Nicôle Lecky is the creator and one of the stars of Wild Cherry, a series that launches on BBC One and iPlayer this Friday. It’s the story of a group of mothers and teenage daughters growing up in the super privileged, (imagined) gated community of Richford Lake.
A global review has found that high blood pressure in children has nearly doubled over the last 20 years, driven by unhealthy diets and inactivity. The study found that more than one in 20 children, across 21 countries under the age of 19 had high blood pressure in 2020. We talk to Dr Simon Russell from the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health who specialises in obesity research alongside Nichola Ludlam-Raine, dietitian and nutritionist.
Eleanor of Castile was England’s Queen as wife of Edward I. When she died in Lincoln in 1290, heartbroken Edward brought her body back to London with a 200 mile funeral cortege, commissioning 12 elaborate crosses to be created at every place her body rested. Historian Alice Loxton retraced the walk last year on the anniversary of the procession, a mere 734 years later. She joins us to tell us why.
Presenter: Kylie Pentelow Producer: Simon Richardson
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| 0:38.8 | Hello, this is Kylie Pentelow and you're listening to the Woman's Hour podcast. |
| 0:43.3 | Hello and welcome to the programme. Thank you for joining me. Now today we'll be looking into a review |
| 0:48.7 | that's found the rates of children living with high blood pressure has almost doubled in 20 years. Unhealthy diets |
| 0:56.1 | and inactivity have been blamed. It's been called a substantial public health concern, |
| 1:01.9 | so we'll be looking at the consequences of that on children's health and why it's increased. |
| 1:07.9 | Also, we speak to Nicole Lecky, the writer and one of the stars of a new drama coming to the BBC, |
| 1:14.3 | which explores mother and daughter relationships through the complex social media world that |
| 1:19.4 | teenagers are going through. It is a fascinating watch. So we'd like to hear from you on this. |
| 1:24.9 | Are you the mother of a teenager who is going through puberty while |
| 1:28.4 | you're navigating menopause? How has that been for you? Maybe you feel like your daughter's |
| 1:33.7 | blossoming while you're struggling with ageing. Also, do get in touch if you had a complex |
| 1:38.7 | relationship with your mother and let us know how you resolved it. As always, you can text the |
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