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Britain鈥檚 Number One female tennis player says that the appointment of Amelie Mauresmo as Andy Murray鈥檚 coach is a boost to the woman鈥檚 game.听 As the grass court season gets underway in the UK听 we look at the current state of the women鈥檚 game with British Number One Annabel Croft and Laura Williamson, a sports writer for the Daily Mail. Who are the new stars of the women鈥檚 game and could this be a real breakthrough year for Britain鈥檚 Heather Watson?

Dr Lorna Wing, the first person to use the term 鈥淎sperger鈥檚 Syndrome鈥�, died on Friday aged 85.听 Lorna was spurred to co-found the National Autistic Society in 1962 by her daughter Susan鈥檚 autism and she began to investigate the work of Hans Asperger who, in 1944, had studied and described children in his Austrian practice who lacked non-verbal communication skills.听 In 1981 Lorna published the paper 鈥淎sperger鈥檚 Syndrome: A Clinical Account鈥�, which popularised the diagnosis.听 Jane speaks to Lorna鈥檚 colleague Judith Gould.

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The number of one-child families in the UK has increased. Jill Rutter from theexplores the social, political and economic factors which are shaping our families.

Hailed as an icon of underground music across the Arab world, and described by Rolling Stone magazine as 鈥楾he Bedouin Lady Gaga鈥�, Lebanese born music is an elegant blend of Middle Eastern soul and electro folk pop rhythms. She will be live on the programme to sing 鈥楽amar鈥� from her new album Ya Nass, and to speak about her musical inspirations, which range from PJ Harvey to the legendary Syrian vocalist Asmahan.

, which opens on Friday, is a film about an illegitimate mixed-race woman who is brought up in an aristocratic family in 18th Century Britain.听 It is based on the true story of a childless aristocrat鈥檚 decision to adopt his great-niece, Elizabeth Dido Lindsay, whose mother was a slave. Joining Jane to discuss are Gugu Mbatha Raw, who plays the title role, and historian James Walvin.