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Nuala McGovern hears about a new swab test which could mean women avoid having invasive tests used to detect womb cancer. About 800,000 women per year see a GP because they are suffering from abnormal bleeding from their uterus and then undergo sometimes painful procedures to understand the cause. Instead the swab - known as WID-easy - has been found to be as accurate as an ultrasound scan in detecting the disease and could cut the number of false positives by 87%. The swab has been registered with the medical regulator for approval which could lead to it being adopted by the NHS. We speak to Professor Martin Widschwendter who invented the test and Athena Lamnisos, Chief Executive of the charity Eve Appeal.

We discuss the extraordinary story of how and why an autistic woman was locked up in a mental health hospital for 45 years. For 25 of those she was in long term segregation. Reporter Carolyn Atkinson tells Nuala how the woman was eventually freed. And we talk to campaigner Alexis Quinn who is autistic and spent three years in a mental health hospital, including time in segregation before she escaped. She now campaigns for the Restraint Reduction Network charity about the more than 2,000 other autistic people and or those with learning disabilities who are still in mental health hospitals, many of whom shouldn't be.

A new drama comes to our screens this week about Ruth Ellis, who - seventy years ago - was the last woman to be hanged in Britain. Ruth was found guilty of shooting her violently abusive lover David Blakeley outside a Hampstead pub on April 10, 1955. She was just 28 when she was hanged three months later at Holloway prison. The trial shocked British society and helped changed opinion about the death penalty being used in the UK. We speak to Lucy Boynton, who plays Ruth Ellis in "A Cruel Love" and Laura Enston, Ruth's granddaughter.

Singer Nieve Ella is currently on tour, playing to packed venues and solidifying her place as a rising star in indie music. With a distinctive online presence and an ever-growing fanbase, she's proving that Gen Z artists are reshaping the industry on their own terms.

Presenter: Nuala McGovern
Producer: Melanie Abbott