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It is suggested that complaints of rape and sexual assault increase around Christmas time. We’ll hear from the Sexual Offences Investigation Team in Hertfordshire to see how they deal with allegations of sexual violence. A young woman explains to us why she immediately reported being raped to the Police, and Deputy Assistant Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police Martin Hewitt talks about his concerns as national policing lead for sexual offences at ACPO.

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We visit Polesden Lacey near Dorking in Surrey to experience an Edwardian Christmas.ÌýThe house was the country home of the fabulously wealthy heiress, Margaret Greville, who’d married Ronnie, the eldest son of Lord Greville. Margaret was widowed young, but as ‘Mrs Ronnie,’ she became the confidante of royalty and hosted lavish Christmas house parties.ÌýPolesden Lacey is now owned by the National Trust and this weekend visitors can see how the house would have looked at Christmas in her time.ÌýWe find out more from Siân Evans, the author of ‘Mrs Ronnie – The Society Hostess Who Collected Kings’ and from Vicky Bevan, House and Collections Manager for the National Trust at Polesden Lacey.

If you’d like to see Polesden Lacey dressed for Christmas, the last chance is this Saturday or Sunday - December 21st and 22nd.ÌýMore information about the house and opening hoursÌý.

Sandi Toksvig is the surprise behind the latest window in the .

Martha Fernback was 15 when she died after taking half a gram of MDMA or ecstasy.ÌýThat was 5 months ago ans since thenÌýher single mum, Anne-Marie Cockburn,Ìýburied herself in writing as a way of channelling her immense pain of losing her only child. Her outpourings have now been published, and her book 5,742 Days – the number of days Martha lived - documents her agonising journey. Anne-Marie Cockburn talks to Jenni about her daughter and the positivity that’s helping her face the future.

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