According to a new survey on mental wellbeing in agriculture, 58% of women in farming experience anxiety compared to 44% of men. What's the reason behind it?  How much impact has Brexit and the pandemic had on the problem?  We discuss with Alicia Chivers, Chief Executive of the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution, and East Yorkshire pig farmer Kate Moore.

We've been following the work of the Salvation Army who have the Home Office contract to support all victims of modern slavery in England and Wales and have been given exclusive access to their  annual report which shows that demand for their services is soaring.   Young Albanian women make up the largest group of survivors who escape from their traffickers after being sexually exploited.  Many of these women are waiting to hear if the Home Secretary will appeal against what's described as a  landmark High Court ruling last week.  It was brought by a Vietnamese woman who was trafficked to the UK and if upheld will affect hundreds of others like her.
We hear from Ahmed Aydeed from law firm Duncan Lewis the woman's solicitor. Plus  reporter Carolyn Atkinson talks to a survivor and to Kathy Betteridge, Major Director of Anti Trafficking and Modern Slavery at the Salvation Army.

Plus Emma catches up with a woman in the Yorkshire Dales who's spent over a hundred hours in a cave. Lisa Bowerman owns Stump Cross Caverns, and on Friday night she completed 105 hours underground. She runs the caves as a family business and they'll usually a big attraction for tourists.  She explains why she hopes the stunt will give the business a lift post-Covid.

Presenter Emma Barnett
Producer Beverley Purcell

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