Victoria Derbyshire's Interviews of the Week
Summary: The best moments from Victoria Derbyshire's morning programme, Monday - Friday on BBC Radio 5 live. Exclusive, news-making interviews, and powerful human interest stories.
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Sarah was raped by her father. She was taken into care - but then returned to her father, who raped her again. She's now had his child - and Bradford council are paying £160000 in compensation.
WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS. Victoria speaks to 'honour' attack victim Jageer Kaur, who was beaten and partially blinded by her father-in-law, whilst her children watched.
Prisoners' children share their stories. 'Bethany' was eight when her mother went to prison, while 15 year old 'Jack' has spent his teens with both parents in jail. The charity Person Shaped Support, that helps children whose parents are in prison, says that if the Government doesn't start funding support, even more young people will end up offending and suffering with mental health problems. Around 230 thousand children in the UK have a parent in jail, a recent study showed that over two thirds of boys with a father in prison go on to offend themselves.
West Ham midfielder Jack Collison wrote fans a 2,800-word farewell letter to tell them how much his time at the club meant to him. The player, who wrote the letter after learning his contract would not be renewed after 9 years, says he "feels blessed" for his time at the club. Hammers fans told Collison that they didn't want him to leave.
Downton Abbey actor David Robb talks to Victoria about his wife’s suicide. Briony McRoberts threw herself in front of a train a year ago, she was 56. David Robb talks about his wife’s battle with anorexia and says the condition was responsible for her death.
How many days a week do you need to chair the BBC Trust? Victoria discusses the sudden change of advert for the top job at the corporation with Labour's deputy leader, Harriet Harman, and former BBC chairman, Sir Christopher Bland.
A man who was jailed after his girlfriend falsely accused him of rape says it's left him emotionally scarred. Paul Fensome's accuser, Rhiannon Brooker, has now been sentenced to three and a half years in jail. Victoria speaks to Mr Fensome and to his wife Diane.
A first hand account from listener Sarah Butters of how victims of crime can be treated by the criminal justice system. Her brother Paul was killed in a hit and run. Sarah recorded a diary of her experience of endless delays, barristers calling her “irrelevant” and her wheelchair bound mother being told off for having a sip of water in court.
This programme can reveal that the 209 children in care in the London borough of Hackney come from just 49 mothers. This comes as senior judges says some parents whose children keep on being taken into care should be told to use contraception. Vicotria Derbyshire discusses the problem of multiple siblings going into care with a judge, a social worker and a director of children’s services.
In a special programme, Victoria Derbyshire pays tribute to Rachel, the alcoholic doctor who called into the programme about her addiction and inspired many others to get treatment. She died in April. Listeners tell Victoria how Rachel’s example helped them on the road to recovery.
In a moving call to Victoria Derbyshire on the anniversary of the D-Day landings, 88 year old Gordon, a D-Day veteran and 5 Live listener, explained that he wanted to remember "all his comrades"
Victoria Derbyshire talks to EU vice president Viviane Reding about the “right to be forgotten” ruling which grants citizen the power to ask search engines to remove material about them that is no longer relevant or accurate. Critics have said it is a form of censorsip – but the commissioner insists the law will not “erase history”. Victoria also hears from Bradley, who has asked Google to remove all information about his drink driving conviction.
This programme can reveal that in the last year 18 million pounds has been stolen by fraudsters in what's known as online romance scams; we hear live from a victim who lost 26,000 pounds and from a Nigerian scammer about how he did it.
He thought he was dead – but somehow crawled to safety. Mountaineer Dr John All tells describes to Victoria Derbyshire how he fell into a crevasse in the Himalayas. His arm and ribs were broken, he was bleeding – but from a small ledge he inched his way out over several hours – filming it as he did so.
Rani Abraham, the PA to Premier League CEO Richard Scudamore, who leaked his sexist emails, speaks to Victoria Derbyshire.