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Radio 4,28 Sep 2011,45 mins
The cold case archive; gastric bands in the under 25s; women and parking
Woman's HourAvailable for over a year
Presented by Jane Garvey. The closure of the Forensic Science Services (FSS) is scheduled for next March as part of Home Office cost cutting - what impact will this have on justice for women? Garden writer Margaret Willes joins Jane to explain why the history of the English garden does not begin and end with Capability Brown. She claims a "horticultural revolution" took place between 1560 and 1660 resulting in an enduring British obsession with gardening for both business and pleasure. The numbers of overweight under 25's being given weight-loss surgery on the NHS is rising and eating-disorder groups are concerned about this increase and the amount of support being given before and after the surgery. Why are more young people opting for such life changing surgery and what are the long term consequences for their health? And Jane manoeuvres her way through a discussion on women and parking: some men like to suggest that they are better drivers than women in particular when it comes to parking and new figures have revealed that almost a third of women who failed their driving test last year came unstuck on the parking element.
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