Employment Rights Bill, SEND, Neath RFC tweet, Spitfire Girls
Katie, 17, on her experience of SEND and what she'd like to see from the government.
The government has said it supports bereavement leave for couples who experience a miscarriage before 24 weeks gestation. Business Minister Justin Madders told MPs he "fully accepts" the principle of bereavement leave for pregnancy loss and promised to look at adding the right to the Employment Rights Bill. Nuala discusses the issues with national baby loss campaigner and founder of George鈥檚 Law Keeley Lengthorn and the 成人快手's Employment Correspondent Zoe Conway.
A couple of days ago the owner of a Welsh Rugby club put up a social media post to promote an upcoming match against a local rival. He hoped a few thousand people would maybe 鈥榣ike鈥� it and 鈥榮hare鈥� it and some would come along to watch the match. What he didn鈥檛 expect was that the post would get more than a quarter of a million views, generate outrage and condemnation and become national news. Accompanying the text was an image of rugby players, with the words, 鈥楴ot For Girls鈥� stamped across the top. Nuala discusses the idea behind the tweet and the reaction with Matthew Young from Neath Rugby Football Club and the sports broadcaster, Stella Mills, one of the first people to see the post and comment.
Yesterday the Education Committee heard evidence from professional membership organisations, charities聽and young people with lived experience of the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system, as part of its inquiry into solving the SEND crisis.聽One teenager invited to address the committee was 17-year-old Katie. Katie is autistic and was a member of the panel for Woman鈥檚 Hour鈥檚 SEND: Mums Bridging the Gap programme that was broadcast in September 2024. Katie, her mother Ruth Nellist and Helen Hayes MP, Chair of the SEND Education Committee all join Nuala to discuss the committee鈥檚 work so far and the importance of the cross-party MPs who make up the committee hearing the experiences of children and young people with SEND.
Have you heard of the 鈥楢ttagirls鈥�? They were pioneering women pilots who flew RAF planes throughout the country during World War Two, and achieved equal pay in 1943, but their work as part of the Air Transport Auxiliary has often been overlooked. A new play 鈥楽pitfire Girls鈥� is inspired by the true stories of these women. Nuala speaks to cast members Katherine Senior and Laura Matthews to find out more about what it was like for women pilots and why it鈥檚 important to celebrate their stories.
Presented by Nuala McGovern
Producer: Louise Corley
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