'People would run up behind me and say: ‘Well done fella’’

🏃‍♀️ Laura Bird ran the London Marathon yesterday with a 25kg fridge strapped to her back.

She told Krupa Thakrar Padhy why she wanted to 'do this for the girls' &said she hopes it'll inspire others to chase their dreams ⬇️

Muriel Spark’s novel The Girls of Slender Means follows the hopes and dreams of a group of young women living in post-war London in 1945.

Gabriel Quigley tells Krupa Thakrar Padhy how she adapted the great novelist's seminal work into a play for The Lyceum.

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❓ What happened when journalist Kitty Ruskin set out to have a year of casual sex?

She tells @krupapadyBBC about her new book documenting her experiences, Ten Men.

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❓Have you heard of Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder?

Commonly underdiagnosed as ‘picky eating’, it involves people avoiding food or certain types of food. Krupa Thakrar Padhy speaks to Lisa, a mother whose son has the eating disorder, and Professor Sandeep Ranote from Beat

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❓ When are you old?

A study suggests that the perception of when old age starts gets higher the older people become.

76-year-old hockey player Steph Daniels speaks to @krupapadyBBC about what old age means to her.

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Victims’ counselling notes will now have better protection during criminal investigations such as rape cases.

That’s thanks to an amendment tabled by Baroness Gabby Bertin – she joins Krupa Thakrar Padhy to explain why she thinks this is a step forward.

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❓ When are you old?

A study suggests that the perception of when old age starts gets higher the older people become.

76 year old hockey player Steph Daniels speaks to @krupapadyBBC about what old age means to her.

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On @bbcwomanshour today:

❓ What happened when journalist Kitty Ruskin set out to have a year of casual sex?

She tells @krupapadyBBC about her new book documenting her experiences, Ten Men.

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‘Love and solidarity towards her has to be louder than the abuse’

Actor Susan Wokoma told anita rani why she co-authored an open letter to actress Francesca Amewudah-Rivers.

The black actress received racist backlash for being cast as Juliet, opposite Tom Holland as Romeo.

‘Registering to vote is the start to our voices being heard’ 🗳️

@jesscreighton1 spoke to @SharonNGaffka and Rosie Campbell
about the trends among young women voters, and why it’s so important to vote ⬇️

'People would run up behind me and say: ‘Well done fella’’

🏃‍♀️ Laura Bird ran the London Marathon yesterday with a 25kg fridge strapped to her back

She told Krupa Thakrar Padhy why she wanted to 'do this for the girls' & said she hopes it'll inspire others to chase their dreams ⬇️

‘It’s such a treat as an actor’

📺 As Blue Lights returns to our screens for series two, Sian Brooke, who plays Grace, a rookie police officer, spoke to Jessica Creighton about taking on the role for another series ⬇️

‘I wasn’t expecting it to be me who broke the record’

🏃‍♀️The morning after she broke the women's only world record at the #LondonMarathon , Peres Jepchirchir shared her reaction with @krupapadhybbc 🙌 ⬇️

❗️ ‘It’s not about criminalising parents, this is about keeping children safer’

RCPCH is calling for parents to be banned from smacking their children.Rowena Christmas told Jessica Creighton why she would support a ban in England & Northern Ireland ⬇️

'I used to have moments on set when I'd be like: 'Is this happening?''

Actor Jing Lusi told @jesscreighton1about acting in ITV’s new series, Red Eye, and how much it meant to take on the role as an East Asian woman.

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'If one person was inspired yesterday from doing what I did, then job done'

🏃‍♀️ Laura Bird ran the London Marathon yesterday with a 25kg fridge strapped to her back.

She told Krupa Thakrar Padhy that she hopes it'll inspire others to keep going, even when it gets difficult ⬇️

‘I wasn’t expecting it to be me who broke the record’

🏃‍♀️ The morning after she broke the women's only world record at the #LondonMarathon , Peres Jepchirchir shared her reaction with @krupapadhybbc 🙌 ⬇️

❓ How would you feel if a man deliberately sat next to you on an empty bus or train?

🚌 A photo taken by Revd Grace went viral this week after a man chose to sit right next to her on an empty bus.

She told anita rani about the huge response she received ⬇️

'I had an email from a client saying: 'Please tell me Lord Sugar's not going to be at the front of my class next week''

This year's winner of The Apprentice, Rachel Woolford, told anita rani how it felt to win & whether Lord Sugar could have a new gig in one of her gyms 👀

🗣 'Could you imagine if your whole life was defined by something you'd done wrong? That's what life's like for some of these kids'

Did you miss our series Breaking The Cycle, with Jo Morris reporting?

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