Social media ban, Flower farmers, OnlyFans
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
The Prime Minister has announced a social media ban for under-16s to come into force in the early part of next year. The measures are part of the Government's plans to protect young people from harm online and address unhealthy late-night scrolling on phones. BBC reporter Chris Vallance outlines the developments and Nuala McGovern also hears from Professor Victoria Goodyear at the University of Birmngham, whose work explores how social media and digital technologies shape young people's physical activity, heath and wellbeing.
OnlyFans is one of the UK's most lucrative tech platformss. Its success comes from hosting content posted by users, a lot of it sexually explicit, which subscribers pay to access. Now a new BBC3 documentary, Only Fans: Inside the Machine - available on BBC iPlayer from today, investigates how some women adult content creators on OnlyFans say that they are being trapped, exploited and threatened by third-party agents. Nuala speaks to Rebecca and Natasha Cox, director of the documentary.
There is rising demand for homegrown blooms. According to the trade association Flowers From the Farm, small-scale growers now generate £30 million a year — with women making up 80% of members. Today marks the start of British Flowers Week, celebrating both the flowers and the women behind them, while highlighting the sector’s economic and environmental impact. Nuala is joined by two women behind Flowers From the Farm, Olivia Wilson, a florist and flower farmer, and Georgie Newberry who has a flower farm in Somerset.
The Government recently launched a consultation on employment rights for unpaid carers and parents of seriously ill children. It includes consideration of Hugh’s Law, named after Hugh Menai-Davies, who died aged six from cancer in 2021. His parents are campaigning for a standalone statutory entitlement to leave and pay for parents of seriously ill children. To discuss, Nuala is joined by Frances and Ceri Menai-Davies, and Professor Lorna Fraser from King’s College London, who has been researching the impact on parents of caring for a seriously or terminally ill child.
Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Dianne McGregor
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| 0:36.0 | Hello, this is Newell McGovern and you're listening to The Woman's Hour podcast. |
| 0:40.5 | Hello and welcome to the program. |
| 0:42.4 | Well, it's a big day for the country, said the Prime Minister as he announced a social media ban for under 16s. |
| 0:49.4 | We'll get into what we know. |
| 0:51.2 | It is a massive shift and I'm wondering how are you feeling? Relieved, |
| 0:56.3 | concerned, empowered and what is your teenager told you? Well, Sir Kirs Stamer said it will mean |
| 1:02.1 | more time, more freedom for your children. How do you see your teenager using all that time? |
| 1:09.3 | And what would it mean for you? |
| 1:13.5 | Now, I particularly want to hear from parents whose children have been glued to a screen |
| 1:15.5 | despite your best efforts to pull them off it. |
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| 1:28.4 | note. The number is 0-3700-100-144. Really curious your reaction to that news. Also, staying with |
| 1:37.0 | technology, a BBC investigation has found that some women posting adult content on ONi fans |
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