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Sarah Beeny, Rebekah Staton, Spanish football kiss update, Deborah Bonello on Narcas

TV presenter Sarah Beeny on what home means to her, and her breast cancer journey.

The TV presenter Sarah Beeny has spent much of her life in the unpredictable world of property renovation. You'll find her in programmes such as Help! My House is Falling Down and Sarah Beeny鈥檚 New Life in the Country. Her latest book, The Simple Life - How I found Home, is about the many homes she's lived in and her latest move to a former dairy farm in Somerset. While she was writing it she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Sarah joins Nuala McGovern.

Nuala speaks to actor Rebekah Staton, who stars in the new 大象传媒 drama The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies. It follows two women who have nothing in common - except conman and celebrated so-called ecopreneur Rob. Staton plays Alice Newman, who had been trying to move on from Rob鈥檚 schemes that left her family penniless and his subsequent disappearance - until she sees him one day by chance.

The Spanish Football Federation's regional leaders have called on their president, Luis Rubiales, to resign. He faces widespread criticism for kissing footballer Jenni Hermoso on the lips at the World Cup ceremony in Sydney just over a week ago. Hermoso has said the kiss was not consensual. Now his mother has gone on hunger strike in protest against the treatment of her son. Nuala speaks to Semra Hunter, Spanish football journalist.

VICE Journalist Deborah Bonello has written about the hidden power women wield in Latin American drug cartels for her first book, Narcas. It is the first in-depth exploration of these women. She joins Nuala to discuss.

And the next in our series Women on Wheels - where we hear women speak about the cars that mean or meant a lot to them. Today, we hear from listener Rachel. Her choice of a Morris Minor bemused her friends and family but the adventures she had in it still make her smile.

00:00 OPENER
01:54 JENNI HERMOSO
13:57 SARAH BEENY
29:14 LAS NARCAS
41:58 WOMEN ON WHEELS
46:41 REBEKAH STATON

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