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Jury-free trials, Endometriosis, WI and transgender women, Scruffy hosting

12/3/2025 • 57 min

Justice Secretary David Lammy has announced plans for a sweeping range of reforms to criminal courts in England and Wales. The proposals include scrapping jury trials for cases where sentences are likely to be less than three years and for trials involving ‘particularly technical and lengthy fraud and financial offences’. They will only be kept for the most seri… Play episode

Friendships with exes, Chef Pam, Economic abuse
Former Finland PM Sanna Marin, HIV and women, Left-Handed Girl
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Kids social media ban in Australia, Cassa Pancho, Ra…
Adoption, Camille O'Sullivan, Wicked
Femicide, The impact of the Budget on women, Remembering Pam Hogg
Kids social media ban in Australia, Tracey Emin on Bridget Riley, What you…
Preventing online abuse, Rage rooms, Puberty and sport, Actor Olivia Willi…
Iron deficiency, Malintzin, Budget lookahead, Frida Kahlo self-portrait
Weekend Woman's Hour: Being fired, Boxer Francesca Hennessy, Women in Camps
Covid Inquiry, Poet Andrea Gibson remembered, Supporting survivors of viol…
Boxer Francesca Hennessy, NEETS, Painter Caroline Walker
Saskia Reeves, Childminders, Women in Camps
The pension gap, Rape trial delays, Author Harriet Lane
Bouncing back after getting fired, Brain fog, Sheikh Hasina verdict
Weekend Woman's Hour: Christine Flack, Women’s Football Stadiums, Pelvic G…
Women pursuing peace, Pelvic girdle pain, New musical Coven
Earthshot Prize winner, High blood pressure in childhood, Wild Cherry dra…
Fatherhood, Laura Mulvey, Women's football stadiums
Illegal weight-loss drugs, Actor Jackie Clune, Birth scrolls
Christine Flack, New Ofsted school grading, Emma Barnett
Margaret Atwood memoir, Cat Burns, Choking Porn Law, Dame Elaine Paige
Elaine Paige, Nova Reid on Jocelyn Barrow, Pauline Collins
Cat Burns, Pakistan's period tax, Mary Earps
Margaret Atwood memoir, Racism in public services, Is having a boyfriend e…
Teenage boys and AI, Lynsey Addario, Choking porn law
Fertility treatment, Bella Culley, Traitors' fashion
Weekend Woman's Hour: Malala Yousafzai, Faulty breast implants, Petula Cla…
Malala Yousafzai, Briana Corrigan, Exclamation marks
France rape law change, Women and alcohol dependency, Amina Khayyam
Clare's law, PIP breast implant scandal, Queen Victoria's mental health
Brigitte Macron cyberbullying case, Comedian Laura Smyth, Autism de-diagno…
Petula Clark, Teenagers and online coercion, Clocks going back
Weekend Woman's Hour: Landmark policy change in the Family Court, Essex Wi…
First mum in space, Tiggy Walker, Recruiting women to Formula 1
Wes Streeting, Virginia Giuffre memoir, Pacific Ocean rowers
The Nocebo effect, Women sports photographers, Parental involvement in fam…
Grooming gangs, Eve Muirhead, Lily King, Menopause
Maternity services inquiry, Women in architecture, Witches
Weekend Woman's Hour: Tilda Swinton, Dads at work, Karen Carney, Living wi…
Tilda Swinton, Homelessness, Gwenda's Garage Musical, Romance Scams
Global surrogacy, Karen Carney, Low-income & SEND, Talc trial
Liz Kendall MP, Women & Tourette Syndrome, Andrew Graham-Dixon, Singing to…
Bobbi Brown, Domestic abuse & family courts, Black maternal health film
Dads and working flexibly, Baroness Margaret Thatcher centenary, Diane Kea…
Weekend Woman's Hour: Sally Wainwright, Kellie Bright, AI girlfriends, les…
Pelicot trial, Lucy Guo, Bebe Jackson, Travel writing
Tanita Tikaram, Sally Wainwright, Nature and kids with SEND
Kemi Badenoch's leadership, Manon Garcia on Gisele Pelicot, Joy Gregory
AI 'girlfriends', Japan's PM designate, Hope Reese, Musica Secreta

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