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Hannah Deacon hit the headlines because of her relentless campaign to legalise medicinal cannabis, driven by the fact that her son Alfie has a rare condition which escalated to cause up to 30 seizures a day. Rather than sitting back and accepting the treatment which was available, Hannah recognised that it was inadequate and even dangerous and so has researched, travelled abroad and relentlessly campaigned to get the UK government to change their policy on the use of medical cannabis. This is the full interview with Hannah

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Hannah Deacon hit the headlines because of her relentless campaign to legalise medicinal cannabis, driven by the fact that her son Alfie has rare condition PCDH19 which escalated to cause up to 30 seizures a day. Rather than sitting back and accepting the treatment which was available, Hannah recognised that it was inadequate and even dangerous and so has researched, travelled abroad and relentlessly campaigned to get the UK government to change their policy on the use of medical cannabis.

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In this edition of Women Making Waves we speak to two incredible women. Hannah Deacon has featured In the media because she fought to allow her son to be given medical cannabis which has brought his severe epilepsy under control . Mother of two Hannah tells her story of frustration and success which involves the most powerful people in the country.Sheila Kissane-Marshall has degrees in Aeronautical, Mechanical and Civil engineering and 20 years in construction and Sheila can safely say she likes, in facts, Sheila loves building bridges, highways, runways, tunnels and buildings like the Shard! Then came breast cancer and another road to build…….

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Who is the Geek Whisperer? Well Adelina Chalmers loves engineers. She speaks their language and many other languages too and gains both their trust and those who work with engineers and achieves extraordinary results connecting on all levels and opens up to Women Making Waves Suzie Thorpe about her journey so far.

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Dr Nicky Dee works in entrepreneurship and innovation for sustainability. She tells Women Making Waves contributor Liz Barker about how she got into the work and about the projects she has been involved with.

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Why is it hard to find a role model at the bar? Not just any bar, we mean the legal bar. Someone who looks like you and someone to aspire to. Aphra Bruce-Jones thinks we need more women barrister role models. These women barristers not only need to be called to the bar but be called to talk to girls in schools and universities as well.

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Promo For Program on 1 December 2018 by Women Making Waves Podcast

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Lucy Cavendish College undergraduate Bonnie Samuyiwa was selected by Powerful Media as one of the UK’s top 100 most outstanding undergraduates from an African/Afro-Caribbean background and will feature in Powerful Media’s Future Leaders magazine.Bonnie talks to Linda Ness about her trip to 10 Downing Street - and the work she has done to achieve the accolade.

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Sharon Williams went on a writing course which she really enjoyed. What she didn’t expect was that one of her stories would be turned into a short film by an award winning director. Sharon tells Linda Ness how it all came about and also described the poignant story she wrote - the Apricot Tree.

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