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Stephen Jardine gets to the heart of the news and offers listeners the chance to have their say. It's Gender Pay Gap Day - would it help if we were all more open about our pay?

PHONE IN: Gender Pay Gap
Are women working for free from now 'til the end of the year? Today is the point in 2017 when a woman on an average wage stops being paid relative to her male counterparts - and some campaigners are warning that it could take 100 years to close the gap. Stephen asks: Do we all need to be more open about our pay?

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GREAT WAR HEROINE
On Remberance weekend, Stephen talks to the great great great niece of a Great war heroine.

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