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Woman's Hour: Dame Darcey Bussell; Single Fatherhood; Rape Review with Max Hill QC

18/06/2021

Dame Darcey Bussell; Single Fatherhood; Rape Review with Max Hill QC

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Dame Darcey Bussell; Single Fatherhood; Rape Review with Max Hill QC

Darcey Bussell on the British Ballet Charity Gala;  Two men and their daughters discuss single fatherhood;  Max Hill QC, on the government’s rape review and conviction rates.

Dame Darcey Bussell is the former Principal of The Royal Ballet & Strictly Judge, President of the RAD & creator of Diversity Dance Mix.  She joins Anita to talk about her passion for dance and her mission to rescue Britain’s ballet dancers, and raise spirits and money for struggling dance companies, by creating the British Ballet Charity Gala. The event was performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London bringing together eight ballet companies in one evening of dance.  It will be pay per view streamed from 7pm tonight and available on demand until 18 July.

This Sunday is Father’s Day, and a new film out today on Netflix – ‘Fatherhood’ - explores the life of a single father raising his daughter. What is it like for the men who are lone parents? And how do young women feel growing up without a mother? Anita speaks to two fathers, and their daughters, to share their stories.

The government has just published its delayed review into how the criminal justice system deals with rape in England and Wales. It comes after charges, prosecutions and convictions for rape fell over the last five years and looks at every part of the system from when an allegation is made to whether or not it makes it trial and then conviction.  A crucial part of the legal chain is the Crown Prosecution Service which decides which cases go forward for trial based on the available evidence. The head of the CPS is the Director of the Public Prosecutions – currently Max Hill QC.  He joins Anita to discuss the government’s review and their own plans for increasing conviction rates.

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