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Woman's Hour

Sarah Everard's murder 3 years on, Jess Phillips MP and Baroness Ruth Davidson, singer CMAT

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

On the 3rd March 2021, Sarah Everard was murdered by Wayne Couzens, an off-duty police officer. The incident sparked national outrage and a surge in fighting violence against women and girls. Three years on, how much has changed? Emma Barnett speaks to the Detective Inspector who interviewed Wayne Couzens, Nick Harvey, and former Detective Superintendent Shabnam Chaudri.

If you’ve browsed through political podcasts recently, you’d be forgiven for thinking the guys have got that particular market cornered. There’s The Rest is Politics with Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell, Political Currency with Ed Balls and George Osborne, and Politics at Jack and Sam’s. That may be about to change, with an all-female line-up on new podcast Electoral Dysfunction, featuring Sky News political editor Beth Rigby, Labour MP Jess Phillips and Conservative peer and former Scottish party leader Ruth Davidson. Jess and Ruth join Emma Barnett to tell her what they’ll be covering.

Poet Hollie McNish is back with a new book, with her unique and hugely relatable take on all kinds of taboos, on subjects ranging from friendships, parenthood and breastfeeding, to periods, UTIs and vulvas. Her live readings are often blush inducing, with plenty of adult content and strong language. She’s talking to Emma Barnett about her inspiration behind the book of poetry and prose ‘Lobster and other things I’m learning to love’.

Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, better known as CMAT, is an Irish singer, songwriter, and musician. Playing country-tinged pop, both of her albums have topped the Irish Albums Chart. She was longlisted for the BBC's Sound of 2024 and joins Emma fresh from the BRIT awards, where she was nominated for Best International Artist. 

Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Emma Pearce

Transcript

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0:00.0

If you could have a conversation with your younger self, what would you tell them?

0:06.0

Anonymity is our most valuable gift.

0:09.0

I'm Kristi Young, and in Young again, I'll be asking my guests what honest advice they would give their past self.

0:16.0

Believe it when they say that loving yourself is the answer.

0:20.0

Among those joining me will be Jamie Oliver, Jeda Pinkett Smith and Mel B.

0:24.1

I knew that I had a voice and I knew that I wanted to say certain things and represent certain things.

0:30.0

Young again, with me, Kirstie Young,

0:33.0

listen on BBC Sounds.

0:36.0

BBC Sounds.

0:36.0

BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.

0:40.0

Hello I'm Emma Barnet and welcome to Women's Hour from BBC Radio 4. Just to say that for

0:46.9

rights reasons the music in the original radio broadcast has been removed for this

0:51.6

podcast. Good morning and welcome to the program.

0:55.0

You may not have realized it and there is no reason that you should

0:59.0

but yesterday marked three years since the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard.

1:05.2

The killing of Sarah by a serving police officer was one of those moments that stopped us all,

1:10.1

and you just may not have taken in that yesterday was the third anniversary, but for those close to her, her family, it's very much in their minds.

1:18.8

And it's being put on the agenda of our politicians and law enforces to try to grapple with how to keep women and girls safe.

1:26.0

You're going to hear today on women's hour from the male police officer

1:30.0

who first interviewed Wayne Cousins during the hunt for Sarah, Wayne Cousins

1:34.9

is now serving a whole life sentence for her rape and murder. Also on today's

1:40.0

program two politicians who have a lot to say generally but also on women's safety

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