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Rugby World Cup; Deborah Frances-White; Town v country

The latest on the Woman's Rugby World Cup; comic Deborah Frances-White on the inspiration behind her new show; and town v country - is the rural idyll all it's cracked up to be?

The latest from the Women's Rugby World Cup in Paris.

According to new NHS figures for England the number of children aged between 10 and 14 turning up at hospital after deliberately hurting themselves has risen by 70 per cent in the past two years, a rise of more than 2,700. Child Line says they have had a 41% increase overall in calls about self-harm since 2011. Jane talks to Lucie Russell, director of campaigns and media from the charity Young Minds.

Many women who suffer from pelvic pain have a 'hypertonic pelvic floor', which means that their pelvic muscles are in spasm. Jane is joined by Vicky Keates, a specialist women's health physiotherapist to discuss how pelvic pain can make sex and even sitting down almost impossible, and why more GP's need to refer women with this problem to a physiotherapist.

If you've just spent the last couple of weeks on holiday in the country has it made you think about moving there full time? What are the implications of uprooting your family and moving out of the city for a life in countryside? Does it offer a better lifestyle or is the rural idylls not all it's cracked up to be?

And stand-up comedian Deborah Frances-White talks about how searching for her birth mother inspired her one woman show Half a Can of Worms.

Presented by Jane Garvey
Producer Beverley Purcell.

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45 minutes

Chapters

  • Self-harm

    Lucie Russell, of the charity Young Minds, on the increase in self-harm amongst children

    Duration: 07:17

  • Hypertonic Pelvic Floor

    Sufferer Francesca, & women’s health physiotherapist Vicky Keates, discuss the condition

    Duration: 10:52

  • Deborah Frances White

    The comedian, who was adopted as a baby, on the experience of tracing her birth family

    Duration: 07:57

  • Family Life & The Countryside

    Chris Kearns, who moved back to the country, & Jane Alexander, who wants back to the city

    Duration: 09:21

  • Woman's Rugby World Cup Update

    The 91Èȱ¬'s rugby reporter Sara Orchard on the latest from the Woman’s Rugby World Cup

    Duration: 05:20

Self-harming

According to new NHS figures for England the number of children aged between 10 and 14 turning up at hospital after deliberately hurting themselves has risen by 70 per cent in the past two years, a rise of more than 2,700. says they have had a 41% increase overall in calls about self-harm since 2011. Jane talks to Lucie Russell, director of campaigns and media from the charity .

Hypertonic Pelvic Floor

Many women who suffer from pelvic pain have a ‘hypertonic pelvic floor’, which means that their pelvic muscles are in spasm.Ìý We all know that we are supposed to strengthen our pelvic floor but what happens when they become too tight? Jane is joined by Francesca who suffered from acute pelvic pain and , a specialist women’s health physiotherapist, to discuss how pelvic pain can make sex and even sitting down almost impossible, and why more GP’s need to refer women with this condition to a physiotherapist.

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Deborah Frances White

Stand-up comedian Deborah Frances White was adopted at just 10 days old. She had no idea who or where her biological parents were living until stumbling across her birth mother’s electoral records during a late-night Google search in 2012. She’s turned her experiences of tracing her family into a one-woman show called Half a Can of Worms which is running at the Edinburgh Fringe this month.Ìý She joins JaneÌýto talk about the life-changing experience of tracing her birth family and about her roots in Australia.

Family Life and the Countryside

If you’ve just spent the last couple of weeks on holiday in the country has it made you think about moving their full time?Ìý What are the implications of uprooting your family and moving out of the city for a life in countryside? ÌýDoes it offer a better lifestyle or is the rural idylls not all it’s cracked up to be? The Interior designer Chris Kearns, has moved back to the North West with her husband and two young daughters, and Jane Alexander, who has lived in Exmoor for 20 years but wants to moved back to city life, join Jane to talk about the joys and the pitfalls of the urban-rural divide.

Woman's Rugby World Cup Update

We have the latest from the in Paris.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest Vicky Keates
Interviewed Guest Chris Kearns
Interviewed Guest Jane Alexander
Interviewed Guest Deborah Frances-White
Interviewed Guest Lucie Russell
Interviewed Guest Nora Stapleton
Producer Beverley Purcell

Broadcast

  • Mon 11 Aug 2014 10:00

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