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Shocking moment female thug, 31, breaks 89-year-old woman’s arm in violent robbery at bus stop before fleeing the scene with £300 and her car keys Kirsty Moxon hit the victim on the back of the head and snatched her handbag The 31-year-old was caught on CCTV fleeing with £300 and 89-year-old’s keys South Yorkshire police … Read more
Countryfile presenter and former Strictly Come Dancing star Anita Rani is to join Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, the BBC has announced. The 43-year-old, who grew up in Bradford, West Yorkshire, will present the Friday and Saturday editions of the programme, with her first broadcast being on January 15. Ms Rani is joining Emma Barnett, who hosts … Read more
Jane Garvey has revealed she left Woman’s Hour because she was getting too ‘cosy’ – adding that she has always found Radio 4 listeners a ‘puzzling breed.’ The broadcaster, 56, signed off her final show after 13 years on January 1 – declaring that it ‘needs to move on and now it can’ – and … Read more
Beware of what you wish for… I’ve long complained about the lack of police around here, then one lunchtime last week my 25-year-old son was driving our little Fiat 500 when he was pulled over by a flashing unmarked car. Out leapt four plainclothes officers, screaming at him to keep his hands where they could … Read more
Robber steals elderly woman’s purse containing £200 from under police officer’s nose after battering her to the ground and pretending to be Good Samaritan Jay Makwana, 40, knocked an 81-year-old victim over after she left a bank He went on to steal her purse containing around £200 in front of police officers Makwana was jailed … Read more
An actress refused to appear on Woman’s Hour this morning after accusing host Emma Barnett of making ‘degrading and vile’ comments about her. Kelechi Okafor was set to talk on the BBC Radio 4 show to discuss the #MeToo movement with new presenter Emma Barnett. But as the programme was live on air, the British … Read more
The show started with a message from the Queen and ended with her latest impersonator, as The Crown’s Imelda Staunton admitted she practises her royal voice on the dog. We had Spice Girl Mel C singing, a sacked special adviser and Richard Ratcliffe, whose wife Nazanin is still imprisoned in Iran, telling us how their … Read more
The Queen sends her ‘best wishes’ to mark the 75th year of the BBC’s Woman’s Hour and thanks the show for playing a ‘significant part in the evolving role of women across society’ Her Majesty, 94, sent message to mark 75th year of the BBC’s Woman’s Hour Told how it ‘played a significant part in evolving … Read more
A Polish businessman who was accused of an anti-Islam hate crime had an assault case against him thrown out by a judge after the Muslim woman’s key witnesses gave conflicting stories in court. Aniso Abulkadir claimed that she and her friends Luxika Rajeswaran and Oyindamola Olatuyi were assaulted at Baker Street Tube station by Pawel Uczciwek … Read more
‘The show needs to move on and now it can’: Parting shot as Jane Garvey leaves Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour after 13 years and Emma Barnett takes over Jane Garvey signed off from Woman’s Hour saying show needs to ‘move on’ Emma Barnett, 35, will take over the Radio 4 staple, on air since 1946 … Read more