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Two years ago 18-year-old Sophie Carrigill was paralysed in an accident.Ìý A keen sportswoman Sophie thought she would never be able to play any kind of sport again.Ìý But, just 18 months after taking up wheelchair basketball, Ìýshe’s been selected to play for the British team in the in Frankfurt on June 28th.ÌýSophie joins Jenny in the studio to talk about how basketballÌý has changed her outlook on life.

Two reports out this month raise Ìýnew concernsÌý about the way careers advice is being delivered toÌý pupils in school.Ìý Research by educational publishers, Pearson UK, ÌýfoundÌý that over a third of secondary school pupils use televisionÌý programmes to help them decide what jobs they might do once they leave school.Ìý In its own report, the National Careers Council isÌýÌýcalling forÌý major cultural changes toÌý address theÌý worrying mismatch between the career aspirations of young people and the reality of the jobs market. In 2011 government took the responsibility of providing careers advice away from local authorities and made Ìýit the statutory duty of schools instead.ÌýÌý So is careers adviceÌý working any better as a result? Jenni talks to Deidre Hughes, Chair of the , and to Alan Chapman a careers coordinator at aÌý state school in Manchester.ÌýÌý

It’s an event likely to strike terror, fear and dread into the steeliest of hearts – an invitation to a hen party. The stereotypical British hen party has gained a reputation for being loud, tacky and debauched and a quick online search reveals hundreds of thousands of sites offering all kinds of events, from the quirky to the frankly outlandish.Ìý But despite its tarnished reputation, does the hen party serve an important social function?ÌýÌý

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, co-authorÌý of Hen Parties: Bonding Or Brawling and writerÌýÌýjoin Jenni to discuss.

New research emerging in The States claims that women in professional jobs are 1.7 times more likely to get breast cancer than other groups of women. The findings, based on a 55-year study of women who were in their thirties in the 1970s, links job stress and cancer, and suggests that the longer a woman holds a higher status job, the greater the risk. The authors also maintain that while women going into management in the 1970s were breaking new ground, the same kind of stress still affects women today. Jenni discusses the findings with lead author for the study, Dr Tetyana Pudrovska of , and withÌýTony Howell, Professor of Medical Oncology at the University of Manchester and .

A group of Muslims say they want to open up mosques to everyone regardless of their gender or sexual orientation. (IMI) says it would allow men and women to pray side-by-side and openly welcome the gay community. It's a controversial move that's sure to anger many people in the Islamic community, but the group says it wants to make mosques more accessible.ÌýShaista Gohir MBE is Chair of Muslim Women’s Network UK and joins Jenni from Birmingham.