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Woman's Hour

World record Atlantic rowers, Police culture, Women and investing

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Two women with no previous rowing experience have smashed the world record for the fastest female pair to row across the Atlantic. We hear from Jessica Oliver and Charlotte Harris who rowed 3000 miles over 45 days in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, battling 30 ft waves, sharks and sleep deprivation. Photo credit Atlantic Campaigns Vile text messages have come to light which were shared between police officers belonging to the Metropolitan Police. The IOPC has said: "We believe these incidents are not isolated or simply the behaviour of a few 'bad apples'." The Met has said that it is 'sorry'. We hear reaction from Zoe Billingham, former Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary. And we hear from listener Amanda,. Her son, George, is planning to join the Police later this year and she is worried but he is determined to be part of the change. Big investment firms are missing out on up to 2.37 trillion pounds of potential investment because of their poor record in attracting female investors. That was a warning this week from the giant investment bank BNY Mellon, which revealed only 28% of women feel confident in investing their money. Anne-Marie McConnon is the bank's chief client experience officer, and she tells us more about their findings. She’s joined by Sarah Turner the founder of Angel Academe, a network for mostly-female angel investors. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Dianne McGregor

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:05.0

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

0:10.4

Welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour, a short and sweet edition.

0:14.0

You might be inspired to make a few Bob today as we hear from two women about investing your money

0:18.6

and the challenges of rowing across the Atlantic.

0:21.8

It all started going wrong, kind of like ten days out from the end.

0:24.8

That's when we capsized, that's when our auto-hound, the watermaker broke,

0:28.4

we hit the other boat, lost the music.

0:30.8

I think I had one playlist download, never.

0:32.4

I was like, if I had K2P or one more time, I'm at the front of the board.

0:36.8

Jessica and Charlotte, who smashed the world record

0:39.1

by becoming the fastest female pair to row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic,

0:44.0

more from them later.

0:45.6

But first, this week, a new report exposed vile, abusive

0:50.4

and offensive text messages sent between police officers

0:53.7

mostly aimed at women.

0:55.7

The words were exchanged by serving metropolitan police officers

0:59.0

between 2016 and 2018.

1:01.6

The messages were uncovered by the police watchdog,

1:04.2

the independent office for police conduct during an investigation,

1:07.6

which found disgraceful misogyny, discrimination,

1:11.2

bullying and sexual harassment.

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