The brilliant ⁦lyse doucet⁩ back in the ⁦BBC Radio 4 Today⁩ studio this morning talking about the protests in Iran

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'This policy is an intervention at the most important time in a child's life'

Lord Bethell, former Health Minister, tells Mishal Husain he understands the Prime Minister's concerns but there are important economic reasons to extend free school meals

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On #R4Today Deputy PM Therese Coffey suggested the amount you earn in England to stop being eligible for free school meals if on universal credit 'may be even higher' than in Scotland

It's not - England is £7,400 and Scotland is £7,920
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Important food stories on BBC Radio 4 Today this am.incl Jamie Oliver explaining why giving kids access to healthy foods & regulating unhealthy ones doesn’t = anti-growth coalition + response from Thérèse Coffey but in need of positivity: I give you 🍎 diversity bbc.in/3TbXPZf

'I'm up for the fight'

Chef and campaigner Jamie Oliver tells Nick Robinson he doesn't believe Liz Truss - like previous PMs - will put child health first. He thinks there is too much marketing of junk food and wants more children to get free school meals in England

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“We know in every way, shape and form that kids that have a lunch and a breakfast that’s decent learn better, they do better”. ⁦Jamie Oliver⁩ makes the case for increasing the eligibility for free school meals on ⁦BBC Radio 4 Today⁩ ⁦BBC Sounds⁩

Very serious that Russia hitting centre of Kyiv. When I was in the capital during first 6/7 weeks of war missiles hit the suburbs. Mostly Kyiv centre was left alone.

Thank you to BBCWomensHour and Emma Barnett inviting me to talk about Martha's unnecessary death. Listen below [Original Guardian article here: theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2… ]

‘There is a deep-seated problem of arrogance and overconfidence and ‘doctor knows best’ that I think we need to challenge’

Exclusive: The journalist Merope speaks to @emmabarnett about her anger at her 13-year-old daughter Martha's preventable death in hospital.

'This is a feminist revolution'

Masih Alinejad, activist and journalist, tells Mishal Husain the Iranian regime is now scared of the women it's treated 'like second class citizens' for years, as protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini continue.

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Tomorrow (probably) at 0810 on BBC Radio 4 Today we’ll be looking at the extraordinary protests by these girls - and others - in Iran and exploring what it means with Mishal Husain

I know there’s a lot of politics about, but if you listen to one thing today, make it this.

One of the most important and moving conversations I’ve had for a while. So much respect for the brave women in the #IranProtests

She was full of life
Her name is Nika Shakarami. She was only 17.
Nika joined #IranProtests on Sept 20. Ten days later her family was asked to go to Kahrizak prison to get her body. The authorities didn’t allow the family to have a funeral for her while arresting her aunt & uncle