Women's Rugby League World Cup, Matt Hancock in the jungle, Friends Forever - Nina, US midterms

Woman's Hour

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Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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England's Rugby League Women's team play their next World Cup match against Papua New Guinea tonight. Joining Emma to talk about how to get more women involved in the game are the official Women's Ambassador for the Rugby League World Cup Jodie Cunningham and the Captain Emily Rudge. Jodie is also an Ambassador for the RLWC's Social Impact Programme which champions inclusive volunteering. We hear from volunteer Jenny Robinson, who is a wheelchair user and has learning disabilities, who says it's changed her life. Whether you choose to watch or not, you won’t have escaped the news that reality show I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! is back on TV and that Matt Hancock, the former Health Secretary during the pandemic, who had to resign over breaking his own rules when an affair with an aide was exposed by the newspapers - is due to make his first appearance in the jungle camp in Australia tonight. Christine Hamilton, media personality and author, married to former Conservative MP Neil Hamilton - came third in the first series of I'm a Celebrity 20 years ago - back in 2002. She gives her view to Emma, as does Dr Cathy Gardner, who brought a judicial review on the government's discharge policy of hospitals to care homes at the beginning of the pandemic against Matt Hancock, the NHS and Public Health England – and won. Results are being declared in the US midterm elections. The Republicans currently have the most seats in the House of Representatives but it is still unclear which party could gain control of the Senate. Abortion has played a role in these elections, with the first batch of exit polls showing that for 3 in 10 Americans, abortion was the most important issue. The Democrats ran campaigns that focussed on abortion rights and poll as the most trusted party with this issue, but has the importance of abortion rights been overplayed? Emma speaks to Amanda Taub, writer for The New York Times. Over the last few weeks we've been talking about the power and the pain of female friendship. A Woman's Hour Listener we are calling Nina contacted us - she was listening to one of the episodes exploring whether friendships can be repaired - and it really chimed with her. Our reporter Jo Morris met Nina at her home to hear her story.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:05.3	Hello, I'm Emma Barnett and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.
0:10.1	It's striking to note that it was not one but two women who put their heads above the
0:13.8	parapet to alleged bullying behaviour of a powerful government operator, Sagarvan Williamson,
0:19.6	who last night became the first minister to resign from Rishi Sunak's cabinet. Sagarvan
0:24.9	is accused of abusive behaviour towards fellow MPs and civil servants, though he denies
0:29.4	any wrongdoing. Leaked messages between him and Conservative MP and former Chief Whip
0:34.9	Wendy Morton came to light at the weekend in the Sunday Times, and then last night on
0:39.5	Channel 4 News, Ann Milton, his former Deputy Chief Whip and Conservative MP also spoke
0:45.8	out.
0:46.8	But Sagarvan's resignation marks the third time he's been forced from government. In
0:51.4	2019, he was sacked as defence secretary after allegedly leaking sensitive information
0:56.2	related to Huawei's potential involvement in the UK's 5G network, and later that year
1:01.3	he was then made Education Secretary by Boris Johnson. But last year in 2021 was removed
1:07.4	over his handling of A-level examines during the pandemic.
1:11.6	While Rishi Sunak prepares for Prime Minister's questions today at noon, another of his former
1:15.9	cabinet colleagues is also preparing for a different kind of trial. Matt Hancock, the former
1:21.6	health secretary, is preparing for his jungle debut on ITV's I'm a celebrity Get Me Out
1:27.1	of Here. He has defended his decision to appear on the programme, saying it's a powerful
1:32.6	tool to reach young people and an incredible opportunity for him to engage with the 12
1:37.6	million brits who tune in every single night.
1:40.9	Well, in a moment I shall be talking to the woman who took the government to court over
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