Southport inquiry, Young-onset dementia, Actor Tessa Peake-Jones
About this episode
The episode discusses the Southport inquiry's findings on a tragic knife attack, highlights the challenges of young-onset dementia, and celebrates Sade's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
A public inquiry has concluded "catastrophic" failures by the parents of the Southport killer and various agencies meant the murders of three young girls could have been prevented. Alice da Silva Aguiar, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Bebe King were killed during an indiscriminate knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop on 29 July 2024. Inquiry chair Sir Adrian Fulford says the sheer number of missed opportunities for intervention with the killer is "striking". Presenter Nuala McGovern talks to Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, a human rights lawyer, who formerly sat as coroner in England and is the former Ireland's Special Rapporteur on Child Protection. Figures show there are close to one million people diagnosed with dementia in the UK, of which two thirds are women. A campaign to highlight the caring duties that fall on the families of those diagnosed with young-onset dementia launches this week. We hear from Emilia, who spent her teenage years tussling with the medical community to get her mother - in her late 40s - diagnosed, and Amy Pagan from the charity Younger People With Dementia. The singer Sade has become the first black British women who will be inducted into the Rock…
People in this episode
Host: Nuala McGovern
Guests: Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, Emilia, Amy Pagan
Topics covered
- Southport inquiry
- young-onset dementia
- Tessa Peake-Jones
Keywords
- dementia
- child protection
- knife attack
- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Smooth Operator, Your Love is King, The Sweetest Taboo, Grantchester, Only Fools and Horses, Invisible Me
Places: Southport, England, Ireland, UK, Staffordshire
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