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Move over Wilma Flintstone! We meet the woman who spent 105 hours in a cave. Lisa Bowerman from Stump Cross Caverns hatched the plan after her business was hit by the pandemic. She dressed up to join emmabarnett live from her cave earlier

A High Court ruling that could help survivors of trafficking. Plus the woman who spent 105 hours in a cave to save her business.According to a new survey on mental wellbeing in agriculture, 58% of women in farming experience anxiety compared to 44% of men. What's the reason behind it? How much impact has Brexit and the pandemic had on the problem? We discuss with Alicia Chivers, Chief Executive of the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution, and East Yorkshire pig farmer Kate Moore.

Conservative MP Sir David Ames, who was killed on Friday had been in Parliament since 1983 . Issues raised by the people he represented were top of his agenda. When a woman called Carla came and told him about how her life was blighted by endometriosis, he took up the cause. We hear from the former Labour MP for Dewsbury, who he worked with on this issue while she was in the House, despite them being politically poles apart.

We've been following the work of the Salvation Army who have the Home Office contract to support all victims of modern slavery in England and Wales and have been given exclusive access to their annual report which shows that demand for their services is soaring. Young Albanian women make up the largest group of survivors who escape from their traffickers after being sexually exploited.

We hear from Ahmed Aydeed from law firm Duncan Lewis the woman's solicitor. Plus reporter Carolyn Atkinson talks to a survivor and to Kathy Betteridge, Major Director of Anti Trafficking and Modern Slavery at the Salvation Army. Plus Emma the Yorkshire woman who spent over a hundred hours in a cave. Lisa Bowerman owns Stump Cross Caverns, She runs the caves as a family business and they'll usually a big attraction for tourists. She explains why she hopes the stunt will give the business a lift post-covid..

 

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Kate Moore - 'i voted brexit to put a block on immigration' - next breath - 'when are we getting these butchers in from ...er...South America' followed by 'this isnt about Brexit its about pigs' - What hope have we got when we face this kind of weapons grade stupidity

Emmabarnett Why wouldn't you ask it 'Especially' of your female guests?

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