She said: “I found the experience to be an amazing one, filled with opportunities, challenges, and cultural education. Women are treated fantastically in Abu Dhabi, in particular. We are treated with respect and UAE is incredibly safe. Women even have their own designated parking levels in shopping malls! At first it was an opportunity that I didn’t take too seriously and I didn’t think would become reality.

One radio station in the West Bank city of Ramallah has for 20 years been a way for Palestinian families to try to maintain a connection with relatives in detention. Callers send in voice notes to radio presenter Murad Abu Al Saba, which he then broadcasts on Radio Ajyal. While a life in the Middle East was something she had never previously thought of, Chiara has embraced her career in a different country. Eight years ago, Helen stabbed Rob in self-defence to protect herself and her children. This weekend, she got to walk away on her own terms – her family free at last. Swingeing cuts have hit The Archers team as they have throughout the BBC, and it is worth celebrating how this now decimated department has managed to deliver a storyline with such relevance and cut through.Chiara Glorioso, from Birmingham, studied for a degree in Media and Communications at the University and now works as the presenter of Radio Bahrain’s breakfast show, the country’s national radio station. Another family – revered by many Palestinians but deemed a threat by the state of Israel – also awaits the return of its loved ones. The news came via text message from Rob’s toad-like brother, Miles. After an episode spent dodging his calls, Rob’s ex-wife, Helen Archer, finally caught up and had a moment of release 11 years in the making. Death by a fast-growing brain tumour put an end to years of psychological torture, for the audience as much as Helen and her family. Following her graduation in 2006, Chiara became the voice of traffic and travel or the BBC. She then joined Talksport, doing the same role on the Alan Brazil breakfast show, before then getting her first role as a presenter, when she was headhunted for the BRMB Free Radio breakfast show with Foxy and Giuliano, where she worked for five years.

In February 2021 we received complaints from radio amateurs in the area, who told us they had been subjected to deliberate interference of their transmissions, as well as receiving abusive messages. The culprit had been using radio bands illegally to do this, as he didn’t have a licence to do so. an impressive array of stars, including Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber, Olly Murs, One Direction, Alesha Dixon, Five, The Sugababes, and she has interviewed Die Hard movie director, Renny Harlin, who subsequently invited her to his 60th birthday party. There have been no further instances of interference, jamming or abuse on these amateur radio frequencies since the beginning of September 2021. More than 3,000 of them are being held in what Israel calls “administrative detention,” Fares told CNN, adding that this means they are being held without knowing the charges against them, and without an ongoing legal process.The families have no way of knowing if the prisoners get to hear their messages, but that doesn’t stop them from sending them. Qadura Fares, head of the Palestinian Commission for Detainees and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs, speaks during an interview with Reuters at his office in Ramallah on November 15, 2023. James Oatway/Reuters Chiara’s passion for radio started through opportunities created in the classroom, and her future ambition is to return to the classroom to study psychology. She wants to harness the experiences she has encountered, and use her broadcasting platform and personality status, to champion mental wellbeing and the ongoing fight against the stigma of mental health.

While Ofcom assesses all reports of spectrum non-compliance, not all of these result in an investigation. This case was an extreme incident which required our involvement.A University of Wolverhampton graduate has forged a career by establishing herself as a renowned radio presenter in the Middle East. Most of the Palestinian prisoners listed as eligible for release are male teenagers aged 16 to 18 – children under the United Nations definition – although a handful are as young as 14. Some 33 are women, according to a CNN count. The defendant failed to cooperate with our investigation, and didn’t offer an account of what had happened in this case, despite being given the opportunity to do so. The Israeli government on Wednesday published a list of 300 Palestinian prisoners for possible release, as Israel is offering a potential second phase of exchanges.