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Margaret Thatcher and the North, Finance and missing persons and Shirley Woodman

Was Margaret Thatcher responsible for the north/south divide? Jenni speaks to Shirley Woodman, who sued the man who tried to rape her. Plus the morality of the implant scandal.

Was Margaret Thatcher responsible for the north/south divide? Jenni speaks to two former northern MPs Elizabeth Peacock and Joyce Quin to get their take on the 1980s. Shirley Woodman fought a long battle to be able to sue the man who tried to rape her - after he won seven million pounds in the lottery. She tells Jenni about her long campaign. Plus - if a person goes missing should it be easier for families to access that person's finances? There's a call to bring the law in England and Wales in line with that in Scotland and Northern Ireland. We also examine the morality of the present breast implant scandal.

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Fri 13 Jan 2012 10:00
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  • Shirley Woodman

    Shirley Woodman made legal history after she won the right to sue the man who tried to rape her. Jenni speaks to Shirley and her daughter Shelly Wolfson

    Duration: 09:44

  • Margaret Thatcher and the North

    Did Margaret Thatcher fan the flames of the North/South divide? Elizabeth Peacock the former Conservative MP for Batley and Spen in and Joyce Quinn, the former Labour MP for Gateshead discuss.

    Duration: 10:50

  • PIP implants

    Listener feedback on PIP implants. And Jenni talks to Anna Smajdor – Lecturer in Biomedical Ethics at the University of East Anglia.

    Duration: 10:30

  • Finance and missing persons

    Vicki Derrick whose husband has been missing since 2003 and Peter Lawrence whose daughter has been gone for nearly 3 years and Nicola Sharp Missing People discuss the impact.

    Duration: 42:43

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  • Fri 13 Jan 2012 10:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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