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Twenty-two year old dressage rider won two Gold medals and broke a new Paralympian record in the freestyle, with her horse Cabral at London 2012. When we spoke to her earlier this year, as part of our, her dream was to win one gold medal. She talks to Jane Garvey about her win, equestrian dressage and the legacy of the games.

Last week sent to all civil service HR directors asking them to outline plans to make working conditions ‘more like those of the private sector’. It is suggested that several aspects of working life are open to change including a number of family-friendly policies such as childcare, compressed hours working and working from home. Women have made up more than half of civil servants since 2001, with their number increasing year on year. Will family friendly employment take a step backwards for civil servants? Are there wider implications for other public sector employers? Jane Garvey is joined by Preethi Sundaram, Policy and Campaigns Manager for theand Mark Wallace, Head of Media Relations at the .

Entrepreneur Samantha Kelly has set up a business selling gift packs for girls who’ve just started their periods and anthropologist Tamsin Bradley has studied the rituals around menstruation. Is getting your first period something to celebrate? Did you celebrate your first period as a coming of age milestone or as something you’d just rather keep quiet about?

Older women are being denied surgical treatment according to a new report by Age UK.shows that when it comes to conditions like breast cancer and gall stones women over the age of 65 are less likely to receive surgery than their younger counter parts. Research by also backs this up. So why are older women less likely to receive surgical treatment and what impact does this have on an ageing population? Michelle Mitchell from Age UK joins Jane Garvey.