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🗓️ 24 June 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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One in three adult pornography users are exposed to violent or abusive content online, with the majority backing new legislation to prevent publication of harmful content. That's according to a survey out today from the British Board of Film Classification. It's also the first meeting today of the Independent Pornography Review Taskforce led by the Conservative peer Baroness Gabby Bertin. Four months on from the publication of her government commissioned review into the challenge of regulating online pornography, Baroness Bertin joins Clare McDonnell in the studio to discuss what's been happening.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said 'we must act now' as he announced a national investigation into maternity care in England. The inquiry, which will look at the ten worst-performing services in the country, as well as the entire maternity system, is designed to be a rapid review reporting by December this year. Families say they feel let down by a system that's supposed to care them and midwives have told us they dread going in to work because of pressures and lack of resources. So will this investigation bring about the lasting change that parents and professionals so badly want? Clare hears from BBC Investigative Journalist Divya Talwar and Clare Walton, chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives.
Cheetahs are the fastest land animals in the world with speeds of around 70 miles per hour. Over the past 100 years, the cheetah population has drastically reduced by 90 per cent and it’s estimated that there are less than 7,000 animals still left. Clare speaks to Dr Laurie Marker, who has made it her mission to ensure their survival. She’s the executive director of the Cheetah Conservation Fund based in Namibia.
The bullet bra has made a recent return to the catwalk and to the cover of British Vogue, where singer Dua Lipa can be seen sporting a blush satin Miu Miu creation in the July issue. But will the silhouette, once favoured by Marilyn Monroe and Madonna, cut through to the high street? And what does that mean for the comfortable t-shirt bras that have been going strong since lockdown? Julia Hobbs, British Vogue’s contributing senior fashion features editor has recently road-tested the bullet bra. She joins Clare to discuss the experience, along with Karolina Laskowska, a lingerie designer and the director of The Underpinnings Museum.
Presenter: Clare McDonnell Producer: Andrea Kidd
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0:43.8 | Hello, this is Claire Macdonnell and you're listening to the Woman's Hour podcast. |
0:48.3 | Hello and welcome to Woman's Hour. I'm Claire McDonnell with you for the next few days. |
0:55.8 | Now yesterday, Health Secretary West Streeting announced a rapid investigation into the worst performing maternity and neonatal |
1:01.8 | services in England. But many families who lost babies in the most horrific circumstances |
1:07.5 | say an investigation is inadequate and what's needed is a full statutory inquiry. |
1:14.0 | We will talk today to the Royal College of Midwives, who say the system is at breaking point |
1:18.9 | and that many of their staff now dread going in for a shift. We'll also hear from the woman |
1:24.2 | who has made it her mission to save one of the most under threat big cats on the planet. |
1:29.3 | The Cheetah. Dr. Laurie Markle will join us live from Namibia. |
1:33.6 | Cheaters have declined by 90% over the past 100 years. |
1:38.2 | She'll tell us how she's trying to reverse that trend. |
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