Zara Aleena's aunt, Spice Girls stamps, surge in scabies

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.1 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Farah Naz, the aunt of murdered law graduate Zara Aleena, tells of her concerns that her niece’s killer has allegedly been caught having sex with a prison worker. Jordan McSweeney is serving a life sentence at high security Belmarsh Prison in South London.

For the first time, Royal Mail has dedicated set of stamps to a female pop group, to commemorate 30 years since the Spice Girls formed in 1994. We talk to Lauren Bravo, a culture journalist and DJ Yinka Bokinni.

We hear about the start of a new landmark Radio 4 documentary series called Child which follows a child’s development from fertilisation to first birthday from its creator India Rakusen.

There’s been a surge in the number of scabies cases and experts are warning there’s an acute shortage of treatments which is turning it into a major public health threat. Emma Barnett talks to Dr Tess McPherson about who is most at risk from catching it and how best to avoid it.

And we talk to barrister Harriet Johnson about a study which suggests rape convictions are 20% less likely in cases where victims give pre-recorded evidence.

Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Manager: Emma Harth

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0:00.0	Does talking to strangers make you happier?
0:04.5	Could aging disgracefully help you live longer?
0:08.0	I'm Dr Michael Mosley and in my Just One Long Thing podcast series, I'll be chatting to doctors and scientists
0:15.1	we'll be covering topics like sleep exercise happiness and staying young with each of
0:20.9	our experts choosing a health hack they claim is the single most effective way you can improve your life
0:27.0	Just one long thing listen first on BBC Sounds
0:36.0	BBC Sounds BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. Hello, I'm Emma Barnet and welcome to Womonsa from BBC Radio 4.
0:41.0	It's lovely to be with you from a brief holiday and as is customary for me
0:45.7	before a break I did the mad last minute dash to the chemist to top up on some key toiletries.
0:50.8	You know there's ones you always think you have but you don't.
0:53.3	And it was while I was in there and insisted that a woman went in front of me because we both
0:57.2	arrived at the same time that I was reminded of how embarrassed we can all be.
1:02.2	She insisted I went first. So after some polite
1:05.9	wrangling I did, only for them to be another member of staff come out at the same time
1:10.0	and serve her. And it was then she quietly asked for some cystitis medicine.
1:15.0	We've all been there as I told her then and I'm saying again now and yet the shame
1:19.6	surrounding what's wrong with us especially as women can have very debilitating effects.
1:24.8	And I thought back to this scene this morning as we plan today's program with a look at the
1:29.4	surge in the number of cases of the skin disease, scababees amid a treatment shortage in this
1:34.2	country. It can be a particular problem for women as women can feel more shame
1:38.7	as the condition is mistakenly thought to be linked to poor hygiene. We'll talk in more detail about this with a specialist
1:44.7	doctor shortly. But let's blow it all open today. Put it out there. What conditions
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