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There have been a number of recent court cases where groups of girls have been found to have been groomed and sexually abused by male gangs. These high-profile cases have increasingly raised concerns about the way the young women involved are cross-examined in court. Director, Anna Hall joins Jenni to talk about her documentary , about听the consequences for young victims being questioned by multiple barristers. And barrister Hugh Davies, looks at whether there is a need for a review on how young people are protected in our judicial system.

, one of Britain鈥檚 most successful paralympians and , reveals how life as a top athlete helped her prepare for the rough and tumble of politics.

With their heady perfume and big, blowsy, blossoms you鈥檇 be forgiven for thinking that peonies are more style than substance.听 But as Prof Monique Simmonds could tell you, that is just plain wrong.听 As Deputy Keeper of the Jodrell Laboratory at the, her current research is drawing on Chinese tradition to research the potential modern medical usefulness of peonies.听 What she鈥檚 found has had implications for not just for health but also, as it turns out, for more endangered species of the flower.听 Anna McNamee went along to find out more.

Leanne Benjamin, the Principal Dancer with the Royal Ballet, is retiring after 20 years. Her final performance at the 听will be as Mary Vetsera in the season finale of Mayerling. She joins Jenni to discuss her long and varied career which has seen her dance all the leading classical roles, as well as having work created for her by choreographers including Wayne McGregor.听

Mayerling runs at the Royal Opera House until Saturday 15 June.

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