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Nuala McGovern

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Presenter @BBCWomansHour @BBCRadio4 & Newshour @BBCWorldservice
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Author Bernardine Evaristo has been awarded The Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award - a one-off literary honour to mark the 30th anniversary year of the Women’s Prize for Fiction 📚🏆 She joins @bbcnuala from 10am to tell us more ⬇️

Author <a href="/BernardineEvari/">Bernardine Evaristo</a> has been awarded The Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award - a one-off literary honour to mark the 30th anniversary year of the Women’s Prize for Fiction 📚🏆

She joins @bbcnuala from 10am to tell us more ⬇️
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'When my kids went off to college I didn't feel done. You're never done' Actor Julianne Moore joined Nuala McGovern to discuss her role as a mother in the upcoming thriller, Echo Valley. She shared her advice for any parents facing ‘empty nest syndrome’ ⬇️

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Natalie Dormer: Why I’m ‘abstaining’ from social media The Games of Thrones actor joined @bbcnuala to talk about her new stage role in Anna Karenina. She also spoke about why she doesn’t use social media or have her own accounts ⬇️

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‘I’m about to throw a netball for the first time’ Introducing… Nuala’s Super Shot Challenge! 👀 Yesterday, @bbcnuala joined One Show to take part in their netball challenge - to mark the Netball Super League introducing their two-point super shot for the 2025 season ⬇️

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Human rights lawyer Stephanie Case crossed the finish line of the Snowdonia Ultra-Trail 100km race in first place despite giving birth six months ago & breastfeeding along the way 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ She joins @bbcnuala to share her experience ⬇️

Human rights lawyer Stephanie Case crossed the finish line of the Snowdonia Ultra-Trail 100km race in first place despite giving birth six months ago &amp; breastfeeding along the way 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ 

She joins @bbcnuala to share her experience ⬇️
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In 2015, Alice Figueiredo was 22-years-old when she took her own life while being treated in a mental health unit. Her mum, Jane, joins @bbcnuala to talk about her 10-year fight for justice after the hospital trust & a staff member were found guilty of health & safety failings.

In 2015, Alice Figueiredo was 22-years-old when she took her own life while being treated in a mental health unit.

Her mum, Jane, joins @bbcnuala to talk about her 10-year fight for justice after the hospital trust &amp; a staff member were found guilty of health &amp; safety failings.
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‘To know that I can still win, that was massive’ 🏆 In May, Stephanie Case won the 100km Ultra-Trail Snowdonia, despite stopping to breastfeed her daughter three times. She told @bbcnuala she hopes her achievement will show other mums that they can pursue their interests ⬇️

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Showing off their netball talent 💪 Guests on BBC The One Show took on a netball themed challenge with NSL stars Funmi Fadoju, Olivia Tchine and Chelsea Pitman lending a helping hand 🎯 #nameswillbemade

Showing off their netball talent 💪

Guests on <a href="/BBCTheOneShow/">BBC The One Show</a>  took on a netball themed challenge with NSL stars Funmi Fadoju, Olivia Tchine and Chelsea Pitman lending a helping hand 🎯

#nameswillbemade
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‘I don't want to spend another seven years waiting for answers that we already know’ @maggieoliveruk joined @bbcnuala to give her reaction to the announcement of a full national statutory inquiry into grooming gangs.

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Great to join Nuala McGovern on BBC Woman's Hour this morning to continue the conversation about grooming gangs and talk about children's play. Here with the great Rosie Jones also on the show.

Great to join <a href="/BBCNuala/">Nuala McGovern</a> on <a href="/BBCWomansHour/">BBC Woman's Hour</a> this morning to continue the conversation about grooming gangs and talk about children's play.  Here with the great Rosie Jones also on the show.
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‘Being disabled is not a personality’ Comedian and actor Rosie Jones joined us on the programme today! She told @bbcnuala why it was so important to her to have more than one disabled actor in the cast of her first sitcom, Pushers, which she also co-wrote ⬇️

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Considered one of the most promising young drivers in world motorsport, 22-year-old Abbi Pulling is making waves in the male-dominated sport 🛞 🏎️ She joins @bbcnuala to discuss winning the 2024 F1 Academy season, and what it’s taken her and her family to pursue her dream ⬇️

Considered one of the most promising young drivers in world motorsport, 22-year-old <a href="/AbbiPulling/">Abbi Pulling</a> is making waves in the male-dominated sport 🛞

🏎️ She joins @bbcnuala to discuss winning the 2024 F1 Academy season, and what it’s taken her and her family to pursue her dream ⬇️
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❓Do you co-sleep, share a bed with your school-aged children? Parenting columnist Genevieve Roberts & Sarah Blunden, Head of Paediatric Sleep Research at Central Queensland University, join @bbcnuala discuss how common it is and the advantages and disadvantages ⬇️

❓Do you co-sleep, share a bed with your school-aged children?

Parenting columnist Genevieve Roberts &amp; <a href="/blunden_sarah/">Sarah  Blunden</a>, Head of Paediatric Sleep Research at Central Queensland University, join @bbcnuala discuss how common it is and the advantages and disadvantages ⬇️
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‘My mother is 99 and I still have quite an intense relationship with her’ 🎭 Award-winning actor Fiona Shaw spoke to @bbcnuala about her changing relationship with her mother & the complexity of mother-daughter relationships, as she stars in Hot Milk 🎞️ Listen on @bbcsounds ⬇️

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Coming up: Actor Harriet Webb, known for her role in Channel 4’s Bafta-winning series Big Boys, joins @bbcnuala in the studio!   She’s returning to our screens with series two of Sky Original’s Mr Bigstuff, starring alongside Danny Dyer & the show’s creator Ryan Sampson 📺 ⬇️

Coming up: Actor Harriet Webb, known for her role in Channel 4’s Bafta-winning series Big Boys, joins @bbcnuala in the studio!
 
She’s returning to our screens with series two of Sky Original’s Mr Bigstuff, starring alongside Danny Dyer &amp; the show’s creator Ryan Sampson 📺 ⬇️
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Black women in the UK continue to face disproportionately high risks during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period, according to a report by the community interest company Five X More.   @bbcnuala talks to Five X More’s co-founder, Tinuke, to discuss ⬇️

Black women in the UK continue to face disproportionately high risks during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period, according to a report by the community interest company Five X More.
 
@bbcnuala talks to Five X More’s co-founder, Tinuke, to discuss ⬇️
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'No one believed I was in labour' Black women in the UK face disproportionately high risks during pregnancy, childbirth & the postnatal period, according to a report by the community interest company Five X More. Five X More’s co-founder Tinuke Awe joined @bbcnuala ⬇️