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New figures show that although a near-record number of places were offered on nursing courses this year, both applications and acceptances were down, especially from mature applicants. We explore why nursing has become an unattractive option for prospective students.

The next in our series, The Fix: Women and addiction, Joanne became addicted to heroin and pregnant when she was 16. She went on to have several more children while remaining addicted to drugs. She felt she couldn't access treatment without losing her children. She talks to our reporter Milly Chowles about how she now supports other addicted mothers in the community and describes the power of hearing stories about mothers in recovery.

Dubbed as the 'beauty boys' of social media, young male make-up bloggers are a growing trend online. But do young boys wearing make-up face the same stigma and criticism as young girls wearing make-up? And is there a fear that this trend will only heighten pressures around young men and appearance? Vicky De Maid is the mother of Reuben, a 12-year-old beauty blogger from Cardiff with over 43,000 followers. Glen Jankowski is a senior lecturer in Psychology at Leeds Beckett University. His work focuses on men and body image.

And another in our series on women working in the Cornish fishing industry; 39 year old Lorna Lawrence worked for her father for five years fishing out of Helford in West Cornwall. Reporter, Hannah Stacey from Radio Cornwall went to visit her.

Artist Abigail Booth shares her love of natural dyeing techniques. She explains how she uses leftover vegetable scraps and foraged plants and flowers to add colours to textile projects.

Presenter: Jane Garvey
Producer: Lucinda Montefiore.