The UKβs only female arm-wrestling referee Kath Whitaker
Anita Rani talks to Kath Whitaker as she prepares to make her debut at the national championships this weekend.
What comes to your mind when you think of βarm wrestlingβ? Burly men taking each other on to see whoβs the strongest in a testosterone charged atmosphere? Well now there is a woman at the heart of this sport in the UK. Kath Whitaker is the UK's only female arm-wrestling referee and is preparing to make her debut at the national championships in Birmingham this weekend.
This week the cricketer Azeem Rafiq candidly described the racism he's suffered. No one could fail to be moved by his testimony on Tuesday, and the other interviews he's given since - sometimes very emotional. His comments will have triggered something in people who've experienced what he's talking about, and know itβs true. We talk to the MP Naz Shah and Halima Khan who works in grassroots cricket.
A new report by the Prison Reform Trust has just launched a new report on how long sentenced women are βinvisibleβ in prison policy and practice. We hear from βJaneβ, a former long-sentence prisoner who talks about her experience of jail and by Julia Killick a trustee from the Prison Reform Trust
In the third of our series on toxic relationships we hear from a woman we are calling Katy who feels that her earliest experiences shaped what she looked for and needed from her partners.
And weβve music from Yazz Ahmed a British-Bahraini trumpet player and composer who is a pioneering figure in jazz in the UK.
Presenter: Anita Rani
Producer: Lisa Jenkinson
Studio Engineer: Tim Heffer
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