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Millie Bobby Brown is a 19-year-old actress best known for her award-nominated performance as Eleven in Stranger Things, and for producing and starring in Enola Holmes. Now she has written a debut novel, Nineteen Steps, based on her grandmother鈥檚 life in the East End of London during the Second World War. She joins Nuala to talk about why she wanted to write the novel and why it鈥檚 so personal for her.

In recent months there鈥檚 been increasing momentum for what has been called Martha鈥檚 rule which would give patients the power to get an automatic second medical opinion from other experts. This comes after the death of 13-year-old Martha Mills who died in hospital. An inquest concluded that her death had been preventable. So what difference could Martha鈥檚 Rule make to how much say patients have to question the decisions made by doctors? Paediatrician and health campaigner Dr Guddi Singh wants to empower people so that medical care works in their best interests and joins Nuala.

Three quarters of police officers and staff accused of violence against women are not suspended by their force. That鈥檚 according to a joint investigation by the Independent newspaper and Refuge Charity. Nuala is joined by Ellie Butt, Head of Policy at Refuge.

Mercury Prize Winning Musician Arlo Parks has turned her hand to poetry with her debut book, The Magic Border. It combines original poetry, song lyrics and images and she joins Nuala for an interview and live reading of one of the poems.

Presenter: Nuala McGovern
Producer: Emma Pearce

Opener 00:00
Martha鈥檚 Rule 01:23
Police accused of violence against women 12:50
Millie Bobby Brown 23:49
Arlo Parks 42:48