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25/11/2013

Mary J Blige; Louise Casey; Women on Bikes

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Mary J Blige; Louise Casey; Women on Bikes

Mary J Blige, social isolation among the elderly, and Louise Casey on Troubled Families.

Jane Garvey meets Louise Casey, DG of the Troubled Families scheme. Plus Mary J Blige, the 'Lady Tenor' Ruby Helder, women cyclists, and avoiding social isolation for the elderly.

Mary J Blige. Social isolation among the elderly - Sam Nicklin, Age UK and Jill Shaw Ruddock, founder of the Second Half Foundation give their ideas on how best to avoid it. Louise Casey, Director General of the Troubled Families scheme. We talk to Bristol historian, Jim McNeil about The Lady Tenor, Ruby Helder who died 75 years ago. Why are there so few women cyclists on the road? We discuss with Dr Rachel Aldred and Kirsteen Torrance.

Presented by Jane Garvey
Produced by Kirsty Starkey.

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