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Emma Barnett: ‘Enough with the toxic positivity – maternity leave is more like maternity service’

WELL ENOUGH: Broadcaster Emma Barnett has had enough of people telling new mums to “enjoy every minute”. She tells Emilie Lavinia why she’s putting maternity – and all that comes with it – in more brutal terms

The Independent UK

Has Today had its day? BBC’s flagship Radio 4 show grapples with podcast age

As it searches for a new editor and presenter, programme is facing questions over its direction and status

The Guardian - UK

Why the hell did Starmer pick Mandelson? The latest mug on the media round had no idea

Nick Thomas-Symonds unravelled under barrage of questions – as PM instead bored some mothers and babies in Belfast

The Guardian - UK

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BBC broadcaster Emma Barnett on maternity leave, IVF, and the unspoken truth of motherhood

This week, award-winning BBC broadcaster, journalist and author Emma Barnett joins us to challenge everything we think we know about the newborn bubble. Emma's new book, Maternity Service, tears through the toxic positivity of early motherhood with refreshing – and often hilarious – honesty.

The Independent UK

Your family would be so proud of you, Queen tells John Hunt and daughter Amy

Louise Hunt, her sister Hannah Hunt and their mother Carol Hunt were killed by Kyle Clifford – Louise’s ex-partner – last year in Hertfordshire.

Evening Standard

Top tips from celebrities, chefs and critics for food shopping in London

Whether you’re doing the final big shop for Christmas lunch or contemplating a meal that doesn’t consist of turkey, here’s where to shop in London

Evening Standard

Queen records radio broadcast with John Hunt and his daughter Amy

A fundraising gala will launch The Hunt Family Fund in memory of Mr Hunt’s wife and two daughters who were murdered in their home.

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Farage turns on broadcasters over racism allegations as number of claims hits 28

Reform leader suggests he would boycott BBC, saying he has had letter from Dulwich pupils defending him

The Guardian - UK

Tice steps up for Farage over past racism claims – and gets nothing in return

You could call it an act of friendship, except Nige sees Dicky less as a friend and more as a useful idiot

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage denies saying anything racist ‘with malice’ as he attacks BBC

Reform UK leader launches tirade against broadcaster in latest effort to address claims of abuse from school contemporaries

The Guardian - UK

Farage criticises BBC over racism allegations and claims one fellow pupil said he was ‘offensive’ but not racist – as it happened

Reform leader claims he has had letters of support over racism allegations, but that those letters also described some of his comments as offensive

The Guardian - UK

Emma Barnett says she felt ‘mugged, robbed’ after perimenopause at 38

Broadcaster says on new BBC podcast that perimenopause made her feel like she had lost her identity

The Guardian - UK

Emma Barnett Fury: BBC Presenter 'Crying For The Community' After Terror Attack Hits Her Childhood Synagogue

BBC's Emma Barnett speaks of her 'sheer rage' and grief after a terror attack at her childhood Manchester synagogue killed two.

International Business Times UK

Emma Barnett ‘crying for the community’ after terror attack at her old synagogue

The BBC Radio 4 presenter said her friends’ parents in Manchester had been locked in a synagogue.

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The Guardian - UK

Demob-happy IFS director tears into Rachel Reeves’s spending review

Blistering analysis by outgoing chief concludes chancellor likely to end up ‘gnat’s whisker’ away from tax rises

Evening Standard

Mishal Husain says personality-focused journalism doesn’t have to be bombastic

The ex-BBC journalist has moved to front a new interview series at financial and data media company Bloomberg.

The Independent UK

Mishal Husain criticises ‘bombastic’ radio presenting after BBC departure

The ex-BBC journalist has moved to front a new interview series at financial and data media company Bloomberg

The Guardian - UK

Emma Barnett: ‘People ask, is that the radio you or the real you?’

The broadcaster and author talks maternity leave, childhood curiosity, and her imaginary radio audience

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The Guardian - UK

Maternity Service by Emma Barnett review – a tour of duty in early motherhood

In this valuable, brutally honest guide, the broadcaster argues that a supposedly joyful time is often steeped in drudgery and social isolation

The Guardian - UK

Maternity Service by Emma Barnett review – baby steps

An energetic attempt to reimagine maternity leave swerves hard thinking about social reform

The Guardian - UK

BBC News presenter Anna Foster to join Radio 4 Today team

Insiders say her skill in reporting on Middle East convinced bosses she was right person to join flagship programme

The Independent UK

BBC presenter cuts off Jenrick in fiery clash over ‘two-tier justice’ claims

Robert Jenrick’s interview with Emma Barnett descended into a row over sentencing guidelines

The Independent UK

Farage says UK needs better post-Brexit deal with EU - but fails to explain what he would do in tetchy interview

The Reform UK leader said the UK’s existing trade deal with the EU, negotiated under Boris Johnson, ‘was not a very good one’, but refused to say how he would improve it

The Guardian - UK

Mel Stride fails to take off when given the chance to talk about Heathrow

Shadow chancellor has few opportunities to make a mark, and this time he returned to the land of futility after just six minutes

Evening Standard

BBC Radio 4's Emma Barnett reveals IVF struggle after endometriosis diagnosis

Former Women’s Hour lead says husband’s support was crucial in pursuing pregnancy options

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