Nine To Noon

UK correspondent Matthew Parris in the UK, where more fines have been handed out to partygoers at Number 10 - this time for a gathering on the eve of Prince Philip's funeral, conversion therapy is banned - except for trans people and two Tory MPs face separate sexual harassment and assault allegations.

Space-age efforts are underway to keep pests and diseases, including Covid, out of New Zealand. MPI's recent Ko tatou Biosecurity Supreme Award Winner is Central Otago-based Xerra Earth Observation Institute.

The newly-formed AUKUS defence pact is expanding its cooperation to high-speed , so called hypersonic missiles. Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States formed the alliance in September last year, announcing the building of a class of nuclear-propelled submarines.

Science correspondent Dr Siouxsie Wiles shares some quirky studies with Kathryn. Today: how bright is too bright when it comes to lighting and its impact on our health? Can you teach a fish to count? Turns out, yes you can. And what impact can including smell in the VR experience have?

We get no training for intimate relationships and often don't look at our own behaviour within them until things go wrong. Psychologist Karen Nimmo has written a do-it-yourself guide for anyone who wants to better understand their own reactions and vulnerabilities to become – and be a match for – a good partner.

Lisa Finucane reviews 'Threads of Caring, A History of the Anglican Trust for Women and Children' by Ruth Greenaway and Megan Hutching, published by the Anglican Trust for Women and Children.

Gay Gordon-Byrne has been described as the most important political advocate for consumer rights in the United States. In her role as executive director of the Repair Association, she's spearheaded the Right to Repair movement in the US, focusing on some of the world's biggest corporations.

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about a federal election date being set before week's end - how tight are the opinion polls? Petrol prices have fallen dramatically since the Morrison government slashed petrol excise by 50% in its federal budget last Tuesday. Covid is still raging across Australia, yet mask use has dropped and restrictions eased. And Sydney's Opera House is bestowed a very great honour.

A DNA test has been developed to screen patients for a range of neurological and neuromuscular genetic diseases quicker and more accurately than existing tests. The technology is able to identify over 50 hard-to-diagnose diseases, including Huntington's disease, muscular dystrophies and fragile X syndrome. It's hoped the test will end the 'diagnostic odyssey' for patients, which can sometimes take decades.

Just over a month ago, Roman Shulyar was leading a busy life as a partner at a law firm in Kyiv. He's a transaction lawyer, and was largely concerned with everyday tasks; finance projects, mergers and acquisitions, billable hours, and financial KPIs. But on the 24th of February, his life was turned upside down when Russia invaded Ukraine. Roman Shulyar tells Kathryn how he has had to temporarily leave his old life behind, and is now serving with the territorial defense unit in his hometown of Kyiv.