Grooming gangs, Eve Muirhead, Lily King, Menopause

Woman's Hour

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🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Two sexual abuse survivors have resigned from their roles on the national inquiry into grooming gangs. Fiona Goddard and Ellie Reynolds both stood down from the victims' liaison panel which was overseeing the process. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced in the summer that there would be a full national statutory inquiry into grooming gangs covering England and Wales. Ellie Reynolds joins Nuala McGovern.

Lily King is the award winning writer of six novels. She talks to Nuala about her latest work - a love story set on a university campus exploring early experiences of romance, emotional risk, temptation and loss.

Women’s health academics at University College London are calling for an education programme to combat misinformation and unregulated advice on the menopause.Their study found that millions of women are being exploited by what they call the ‘menopause gold rush’ amid a lack of reliable information. The lead author of the study is Professor Joyce Harper, from UCL’s Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women’s Health - she and presenter and journalist Kirsty Wark discuss.

'Ice Queen' Eve Muirhead is considered a titan of British Sport. She became the first woman to captain a British team to Olympic Gold in curling and is the Chef De Mission for Team GB at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan. She discusses the significance of this being the first time a British team has reached 47% female participation and she also talks about her recently published memoir.

Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Kirsty Starkey

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:07.3	Welcome back to the home of the oxymoron.
0:10.5	Evil genius.
0:11.6	He asked the newspaper to print his obituary early so he'd enjoy it.
0:15.5	That's like hiding at your own funeral.
0:17.1	Yeah, a bit great gig.
0:18.6	I'm Russell Kane.
0:19.6	Join me to weigh in on whether the biggest players in history are more evil or genius. Becoming that rich, I'd say that is some level of genius. It also helps that it's a long time ago, right? It's like the podcast version of telling your kids the ice cream van plays music when it's out of ice cream. Listen to Evil Genius on BBC Sounds.
0:43.2	Hi, I'm Nula McGovern and you're listening to The Woman's Hour podcast. While you're here,
0:48.3	I wanted to let you know about the Woman's Hour Guide to Life, your toolkit for the juggle,
0:56.6	the struggle and everything in between. Life is complicated and often incredibly busy. So whether you're fixing a problem at one of life's crossroads or just looking to shake things up a bit, this is the guide you'll
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1:08.3	with women sharing their honest, powerful stories, offering real
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1:25.5	It's your companion, your life coach, it's your Woman's Hour
1:29.2	Guide to Life. Join us only on BBC Sounds, but now back to today's Woman's Hour.
1:35.4	Hello and welcome to the programme. Well, Olympic gold medalist Eve Muirhead will be with us.
1:40.4	She is preparing to lead Team G.B. in the upcoming Winter Olympics as the chef demission.
1:46.5	I am looking forward to speaking to her.
1:48.3	Also today, one of the two abuse survivors who have resigned from their role in the National Enquiry into grooming gangs,
1:55.3	Ellie Reynolds will tell us why she felt she needed to take that step.
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