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Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman’s Hour: Chronic UTIs, Welsh women’s football, Kathryn Turman, ‘Trad wives'

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

If you've ever had the bad luck of getting a UTI - or urinary tract infection - you'll know how painful they can be. It's a bacterial infection which can affect the bladder, urethra or kidneys and give a burning or stinging sensation when you urinate. Yesterday, in a powerful parliamentary session, the Labour MP Allison Gardner spoke through tears as she described her experiences of chronic UTIs. The MP for Stoke-on-Trent is now hoping to launch a cross-party parliamentary group to look at chronic UTIs. Allison joined Anita Rani, along with GP Ellie Cannon.

This week, the BBC launches the Women’s Summer of Sport, marking the start of a bumper summer of coverage including the Euros, the Rugby World Cup and Queen’s tennis tournament. The Welsh women’s football team have been called 'history makers' after qualifying for the European Championship for the first time. Three of the players, Josie Green, Lily Woodham and Elise Hughes, tell us what this means for them and how they are preparing for their debut tournament.

The Bombing of Pan Am 103, is a new BBC drama series. It's based on the true story of the bombing of a passenger flight over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie on 21 December 1988, in which 270 people were killed. Kathryn Turman was an assistant to a federal senator at the time of the bombing. After the trial, she joined the FBI, where she founded the agency’s first-ever Victim Services Division. Her experience in the aftermath of the Pan Am bombing proved invaluable to the FBI’s response to the 9/11 attacks, and she has aided victims and families throughout major moments in history, including the Las Vegas shooting and the Boston marathon bombing. She discusses her mission to help victims, and what inspired her work in public service.

Five years after the murder of George Floyd, a black man, by a white police officer in Minneapolis, a new BBC documentary is reflecting on the wave of Black Lives Matter protests that followed, including in the UK. Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd tells the story through the eyes of some of those who found themselves on the frontline during the spring and summer of 2020, including Khady Gueye, who made headlines after a local protest she planned in the Forest of Dean was initially cancelled. She joined Nuala McGovern, along with author and producer Nova Reid, to reflect on the impact the events of that time have had on their lives, and what has changed since then.

Liane Child’s novel The Trad Wife’s Secret is inspired by influencers who believe in traditional gender roles in marriage. So is this a wholesome phenomenon or a dangerous and sexist regression? And what is the appeal to the millions of people who follow 'trad wives' online? Liane Child joined Nuala along with British 'traditional housewife' and influencer Charlie Gray.

Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Annette Wells Editor: Andrea Kidd

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, it's Lucy Worsley here and we're back with a brand new series of ladies swindlers.

0:07.5

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0:10.1

Join me and my all-female team of detectives as we revisit the audacious crimes of women trying to make it in a world made for men.

0:19.5

This is a story of working class women trying to get by.

0:24.4

This is survival.

0:25.3

Join me for the second season of Lady Swindlers, where true crime meets history with a twist.

0:31.4

Listen first on BBC Sounds.

0:36.3

BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. Hello, I'm Anita Rani, and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.

0:45.6

Hello and welcome. Over the next hour, you will hear a few choice highlights from the week.

0:51.0

Coming up, chronic UTIs, urinary tract infections.

0:55.3

We hear from a Labour MP who's calling for better recognition and treatment for them.

1:00.3

Trad wives or traditional wives, these are women who embrace stereotypical gender roles within marriage.

1:07.0

So is it a wholesome phenomenon or a dangerous and sexist regression?

1:11.9

Also, Catherine Terman, who founded and shaped the FBI's Victim Services Division,

1:17.2

and as we kick off the BBC's Summer of Sport,

1:19.4

we have three of the Wales football team, Josie Green, Lily Woodham,

1:23.1

and Elise Hughes, who've qualified for the Euros for the very first time.

1:27.3

As Welsh people, the nation is just, we're so passionate, we're full of pride and kind of

1:32.4

being able to pull on the jersey for everyone in the country and kind of do that. I think, yeah,

1:38.1

there's a lot of emotion that goes into it and it's a real honour for everyone that's involved.

1:42.7

So grab yourself a cup of whatever you fancy and let's settle in for the next hour.

1:47.2

Now, if you've ever had the bad luck of getting a UTI or urinary tract infection, you'll know how

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