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Parole and victims, Met Police vetting, Women鈥檚 Prize for Non-fiction

Rape survivor Ellie Wilson on why she's campaigning for victims to be admitted to parole hearings.

Ellie Wilson, a rape survivor, is campaigning for the right for victims to be able to appear at parole hearings, after being denied permission to attend one for her attacker. She tells Nuala McGovern why she wants the law changed in Scotland, and barrister Harriet Johnson explains more about the process.

The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley says that rooting out people who should not be in the force, has been made harder due to a High Court ruling that an officer accused of rape could not be dismissed because the process was fundamentally unfair. So, what does this ruling mean exactly and what could the wider impact be on women? Nuala McGovern discusses with the 91热爆's Senior UK correspondent Sima Kotecha and former Met Detective Superintendent Shabnam Chaudhri.

Did you know anyone can legally call themselves a nurse, regardless of qualifications? Labour MP Dawn Butler introduced a ten minute rule bill in Parliament yesterday seeking to make 'nurse' a protected title in UK law. Professor Alison Leary, Deputy President of Royal College of Nursing joins Nuala to explain why she believes this move is important.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Women鈥檚 Prize for Fiction which was established to recognise the literary achievements of female writers. There have been huge improvements in sales for fiction written by women since then, however only 34 per cent of the top 500 non-fiction books in 2022 were written by women. The Women's Prize awarded its inaugural non-fiction category last year and have just released their 2025 longlist. Will it have the same impact as the Fiction Prize? Nuala is joined by Women鈥檚 Prize co-founder Kate Mosse and this year鈥檚 Chair of the Non-Fiction Prize, journalist and author Kavita Puri.

Presenter: Nuala McGovern
Producer: Lottie Garton

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