How to help your child spot fake news online
Helping your child to spot fake news online; Online GP appointments; The impact of scars; 'Wayfaring Stranger': travelling in the American South: learning to play bluegrass fiddle;
How can you help your children to identify fake news on the internet? With the explosion of different platforms it can be hard to keep tabs on what they are watching. Jane finds out from the editor of 'The Week Junior', Anna Bassi, and Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck, the founder of 'Lie Detectors', an award-winning news literacy project which empowers schoolchildren to identify propaganda and distorted facts online.
Matt Hancock announced on 30 July that we should move towards more 鈥榸oom medicine鈥�, but how does this impact women and women鈥檚 health issues? We speak to Dr Clare Gerada who advocates for a mixed approach - she believes patients should always be given the choice between a face to face or online appointment
Over the next two weeks we are talking to women about their scars. They all talk about physical and emotional pain, and the business of having to deal with other people鈥檚 reactions on a day-to-day basis. And they speak of coming to terms with the skin they are in. Ena Miller went to meet 49 year old Jayne in Shropshire and heard her story.
Journalist Emma John is also a classical trained musician who鈥檇 fallen out of love with her violin. A chance trip to the American south introduces her to bluegrass music. It feels like a homecoming. Emma gives up her job and undertakes a musical quest into the Appalachian mountains. The result a book: Wayfaring Stranger: A musical Journey in the American South. Emma talks to Jane about the breakthroughs and difficulties of her musical journey
Presenter: Jane Garvey
Producer: Kirsty Starkey
Interviewed Guest: Dr Clare Gerada
Interviewed Guest: Anna Bassi
Interviewed Guest: Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck
Interviewed Guest: Jayne
Reporter: Ena Miller
Interviewed Guest: Emma John
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Will online GP appointments affect women鈥檚 health issues?
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Teaching your children to spot fake news
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