World at One

It's been 50 years since the Sexual Offences Act 1967 was passed in England and Wales. The act was to amend the law and decriminalise homosexual acts in private between two men.

In a time where public opinion of homosexuality was viewed negatively and MP's "were afraid of voting it in parliament for fear it would lose their seats,” David Owen supported the bill in a speech addressing the House of Commons on December 19th 1966.

The former Labour MP tells our reporter Becky Milligan that as a society "we were in denial" regarding homosexuality and since amending the law society has "moved light years since the sixties".

(Image: Lord Owen, credit: BBC)

To mark 50 years since the Sexual Offences Act in 1967 decriminalised private homosexual acts, Becky Milligan spoke to George Montague.

Like many homosexual men of his generation, George got married, had children and kept his gay relationships secret. In 1974 he was convicted of gross indecency with a man - the law was repealed in 2004.

The 93-year-old, who has fought for an apology for his conviction, finally received one from the Home Office.

(Photo: George Montague. Credit: BBC)

Time to Change, a campaign run by the mental health group Mind, have published a survey which found that half young men in the UK would not feel comfortable speaking to their father about their mental health. When asked why, more than a third said it was because their fathers do not talk about their feelings and 31% said they would not want to burden them.

The survey also revealed that over half of young men (54%) who are experiencing mental health problems 'put a brave face on' or 'keep it to themselves.'

Richard has Contamination Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Barry is his Dad. Becky Milligan talked to them about what they've been through.

Michael Gove gives his first interview on radio or television since his failed bid for the Tory leadership.

He tells Martha Kearney about the mistakes he made in the days following the EU referendum, his thoughts on the government's education policy, his new review into preventing children in care from ending up in the criminal justice system and...whether he'd return to government.

(Photo: Michael Gove and Martha Kearney. Credit: BBC)