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Hear from Wiltshire resident Simon Rowe and former police sergeant Richard Goodman who helped keep Salisbury people safe.
Emma Volney and Francesca Ebel helped to tell this story and reflect on it's impact on a close-knit community.
In 2018, Francesca was working as a journalist in Moscow and couldn’t believe her home city of Salisbury was on the news. Meanwhile Emma was in the city, working for BBC Radio Wiltshire and preparing to cover a series of events she could never have predicted.
Authorities move to minimise spread and contamination of the nerve agent.
Hear from Tracy Daszkiewicz who was director of public health for Wiltshire Council in 2018 and was responsible for tracing the Skripal's movements to minimise spread and contamination of the nerve agent.
A skilled team battled to save the lives of the Skripals, who'd been poisoned by a deadly nerve agent.
Featuring discussion with Dr James Haslam, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at Salisbury District Hospital, and Lorna Wilkinson, Head of Nursing at the hospital in 2018.
Freelance Journalist John gives his perspective from Ukraine looking back at the events in Salisbury.
Anita is joined by 1972 Lioness Jeannie Allott and Tom Garry, women's football reporter for The Telegraph, to explore what's next for women's football and what obstacles stand in the way of its development.
Presenter: Anita Asante.
Siobhan Chamberlain and Sue Whyatt describe their experiences as goalkeepers for the Lionesses with Anita Asante, sharing stories of motherhood, careers and muddy pitches.
Presenter: Anita Asante.
Lionesses Lynda Hale, a 1972 goal scorer and Manchester City's Esme Morgan sit down with Anita Asante to explore how much the women's game has changed.
From overnights in train stations to being reliant on parents for lifts, they uncover how much the game has developed for players through the decades; the training, the money and the support.
Presenter: Anita Asante.
Anita Asante is joined by 1972 Lioness player Wendy and Calum Best, who is now taking his football heritage and using it to help promote the women's game.
Find out how much the women's game has changed and hear Wendy's account of the iconic match and her encounter with Calum's dad, George Best.
Presenter: Anita Asante.
Anita Asante is joined by Patricia Gregory and Elsie Cook looking back on the first ever official women's international football match for both England and Scotland.
Patricia organised England's efforts and Elsie was securing a pitch and helping prepare the Scotland team. Hear how the game came together, the difficulties for the women at the time and Anita reflects on her own experience in women's football.
Presenter: Anita Asante.
From the publisher's feed
Sharing personal stories from lives forever changed by history.
Series 6. Katrice Lee: A Father’s Story
Previous series:
1. The Falklands War - People whose lives have been intertwined with the Falklands War, share their stories.
2. Expelled from Uganda - Rupal Rajani shares her story, 50 years since the expulsion of Ugandan Asians by Idi Ami.
3. Kicking Off The Women's Game - Anita Asante explores the first ever official women's football international for England.
4. The Salisbury Poisonings - Looking back at events in Salisbury in March 2018.
5. Claudia Lawrence: A Mother’s Story - Joan Lawrence discusses her daughter’s unexplained disappearance in 2009. Listen on BBC Sounds.