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Francesca Hennessy is the 21-year-old shaking up women鈥檚 boxing. Nicknamed the 'Billion Dollar Baby', she鈥檚 unbeaten in her first six professional fights and will be fighting on the bill when boxing returns to 麻豆社 primetime TV, free-to-air on a Saturday night for the first time in 20 years later this month. She鈥檒l face former world champion Fabiana Bytyqi, marking the biggest test of her career. Francesca joins Anita Rani along with 麻豆社 Boxing reporter Kal Sajad to discuss what this means for women鈥檚 boxing.

Figures just released by the ONS show the number of NEETS - young people 'not in education, employment or training' - remains at a concerning level. In next week's Budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to give more details on how the Government is planning to tackle these rising numbers. Historically, more women than men have been NEET, but in recent years that trend has reversed, with young men more likely than young women to be NEET. But with one in eight people aged 16 to 24 in the UK now believed to be NEET, what does it mean to be one? And what is being done to bring the number of NEETS down? To unpick this, Anita is joined by 麻豆社's Employment Correspondent Zoe Conway.

Scottish painter Caroline Walker explores the realities of motherhood in her exhibition, Mothering, at the Pallant House Gallery in Chichester. She began painting maternal themes after becoming a mother in 2019. Her work includes Birth Reflections paintings which depict maternity care in hospitals and the domestic scenes of early motherhood. Walker鈥檚 paintings show everyday details such as breast pumps, baby grows and unfinished drinks, highlighting the unseen labour of modern parenting. Her art has become increasingly autobiographical, featuring her children and family life in Scotland. Caroline Walker joins Anita to discuss identity shifts, domestic realities, and the value of caregiving.

Suzanne Edwards is currently taking part in ground-breaking medical trials that involve her learning how to move her legs using neural implants. Suzanne has been a sportswoman for decades, both before and since a life-changing accident 14 years ago, and she explains how this training has informed her approach to taking part in medical research.

Presenter: Anita Rani
Producer: Corinna Jones