Menopause and ADHD, Flatpack World Champion, Women and Crime
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Menopause can be challenging for many women, but for those with ADHD, the experience can often feel like life is completely unravelling. For some women in their 40s, 50s and 60s it can also be the first time they realise they may have ADHD, as fluctuating hormones amplify their challenges with sleep, mood, attention and overwhelm. GP and Menopause expert Dr Helen Wall joins Anita to talk about her new book Menopause and ADHD, which aims to debunk some of the myths and support women navigating the combination.
A "cunning" and "manipulative" former imam in east London has been given a life sentence with a minimum prison term of 20 years for a series of sexual attacks on women and girls as young as 12. Abdul Halim Khan, 54, was described as having abused the trust and authority that came with his position to carry out attacks against seven victims from the local Muslim community between 2005 and 2014. Presenter Anita Rani is joined by BBC Religion editor, Aleem Maqbool, and Aisha K Gill, a professor of criminology at the University of Bristol and expert witness in the case.
Love it or dread it, flat-pack furniture tests us all. But for Hayley McAuley from Wigan, it’s a sport - she’s just defended her title as Flatpack World Champion and tells presenter Anita Rani how she did it.
The Government wants to change how women are sentenced, with new courts designed to keep them out of prison and stop them reoffending. Instead, women must commit to change and have regular check ins with a judge. They are called intensive supervision courts and the first is already running in Birmingham, now ministers want to roll them out more widely. We hear from Joy Doal of the women's centre Anawim, who helped set up the pilot, and criminologist Professor Simon Pemberton on whether they really work.
We meet the award-winning farmer running free workshops where food starts in the field, not a packet. Milly Fyfe has just been named Farming Woman of the Year at the National Women in Agriculture Awards. Her business, Countryside Kitchen, provides free workshops to show children how to shake cream to turn it into butter and teaches them exactly where their burgers and chicken nuggets come from.
Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Sarah Jane Griffiths
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:07.3 | On BBC Sounds, there are podcasts to help you look after your body and your mind. |
| 0:12.7 | From increasing your immunity to feeling more confident. |
| 0:16.6 | Or tips on how to focus. |
| 0:18.5 | Sorry, what will you say? |
| 0:19.7 | If it matters to you, it matters to us. |
| 0:22.6 | Feel good inside of them. |
| 0:24.3 | With What's Up Docs. |
| 0:25.9 | And Complex with Kimberly Wilson. |
| 0:27.9 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:30.6 | Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:35.7 | Good morning, welcome to the program. The newly crowned farming woman |
| 0:40.3 | of the year. Millie Fife is here. Passion, her passion is connecting us to our food through farming. |
| 0:47.2 | So today we'll be heading back to the land. A three-year pilot scheme designed to prevent women from |
| 0:52.6 | re-offending by keeping them in the community rather than putting them in prison is now going to be expanded by the Ministry of Justice. |
| 0:59.2 | We'll be hearing more. Navigating menopause can be tough. |
| 1:03.8 | Throw into the mix, ADHD, and it can feel like a complete unraveling if you even know your neurodivergent in the first place. |
| 1:11.9 | Dr. Helen Wall, a GP and menopause expert, has written a book to aid women going through |
| 1:16.2 | this. |
| 1:16.8 | She'll be here. |
| 1:17.8 | And if you have any questions, then please send them our way. |
| 1:20.4 | And I will put them to Helen during the program, the text number 84844. |
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