Tracey Neville, Deep fakes and schools, Pensions
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
In netball, once you’ve got the ball you have to pivot. It turns out that skill can be applied just as neatly to careers for Tracey Neville. The former England netball coach joins Nuala McGovern to discuss her new role as the new managing director of the Stockport County Women Football Club.
A new medical device to assist at birth is now in use in eight NHS trusts in the UK and 40 hospitals in the whole of Europe. The OdonAssist can replace forceps in many situations and is a much gentler way to deliver a baby which is stuck in the birth canal. NHS Specialist registrar Dr Emily Hotton has worked on the UK clinical trials. She describes how the device works and why it can give a much better outcome for both mothers and babies.
New research suggests the age of 28 is a key turning point for women’s finances. Investment platform AJ Bell says that’s when many start to fall behind on pension savings. And women retire with around 48% less wealth. Charlene Young, Senior Pensions and Savings expert at AJ Bell explains.
Mina came to the UK from Iran 15 years ago. She is appearing on Channel 4’s Your Song, a new series celebrating the power of music and storytelling. Growing up where women’s voices were restricted, she learnt to sing secretly as an act of quiet rebellion. On the show, she performs a song that has followed her from childhood through exile to her new life in the UK. For Mina, this performance isn’t just personal — it’s about representing millions of women still silenced. She talks about identity, resistance, and what it means to finally reclaim her voice.
An online safety group, the Early Warning Working Group, is encouraging schools across the UK to rethink how they use photographs of pupils online, amid growing fears that images taken from school websites and social media accounts are being stolen and manipulated into sexually explicit content using AI tools. Nuala speaks to Carole Osborne - a mother of two daughters who used to work in school communications. After hearing growing concerns from parents and headteachers about AI-generated abuse imagery, she decided to try to do something about it herself.
Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Kirsty Starkey
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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 Neula McGovern and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:35.3 | Just to say that for rights reasons, the music in the original radio broadcast |
| 0:39.0 | has been removed for this podcast. |
| 0:41.8 | Hello and welcome to the programme. |
| 0:44.0 | Tracy Neville, MBE, |
| 0:45.7 | a legendary figure in Netball is with us in just a moment |
| 0:48.9 | to talk about changing lanes. |
| 0:51.3 | She's now the new managing director |
| 0:53.0 | of Stockport County's women's football team. |
| 0:56.7 | A lot to talk about. |
| 0:57.9 | Now, you never know where inspiration might come from. |
| 1:01.4 | There is a major innovation in childbirth and it has come from an Argentinian car mechanic |
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