control of the council from labour. counting is getting under way for the local elections in scotland and wales, and also in northern ireland, where voters have been having their say over forming a new government. and in other news, the un says a new convoy is heading to the ukrainian city of maruipol in an attempt to rescue scores of civilians trapped underground with little food or water. good morning and welcome to bbc news, with continuing coverage of the election results across the uk. so far, it s been a mixed picture for all the parties. in england, the conservatives have lost control of three symbolic london councils westminster, barnet and wandsworth to labour. the liberal democrats and greens have also made gains across england. counting has onlyjust begun in council elections across scotland and wales. and in northern ireland, where voters have been electing members of the stormont assembly. so here s the state of play for the parties.. our political correspond
for football shirts. in sport. a blow to england s rugby world cup hopes as captain owen farrell sees his ban reimposed meaning he ll miss their first two matches of the tournament. happy birthday to blackpool s big dipper thrilling holidaymakers for the past century and 100 years old today. today we have showers across the north and west of the country. the rain currently across wales, the midlands and northern england will ease. most will have a largely dry day with sunshine. all the details later. it s wednesday, 23rd august. surgeons have successfully carried out the uk s first womb transplant, giving hope to dozens of women who are currently unable to have a baby. this kind of life changing surgery could help women born without a womb and those who lose their organ to cancer or other conditions, as our medical editor fergus walsh reports. a uk first as surgeons transplant a womb into a 34 year old woman, donated by her ao year old sister. the surgery in next door ope
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now, you today have a very powerful, unique, creative voice. you use it loudly. how difficult was it to find that voice, to make that move away? now, i should say, i do come from a traditional observant background. however, my father is a professor of history. so from that perspective, i came from an intellectually very open culture, even whilst, yes, i have been to a talk as a young woman on the subject, the beauty of a woman is in her silence. so, yes. and you were brought up in a religion and you talk about it quite openly in stuff you ve written about your past, where at school, every morning, everybody said, thank you, god, for not making me a slave. and then the boys said, thank you, god, for not making me a woman. yes, and the girls say, thank you, god, for making me according to your will. yes, it s, in some ways, quite a misogynist religion. i think that is a very misogynist type of prayer. i think i became increasingly. well, i certainly increasingly had the
naomi alderman, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. i want to start at the beginning. you were raised in a very traditional, observant orthodoxjewish community in north london where, i think it s fair to say, women and girls were expected, by and large, to stay in the background. now, you today have a very powerful, unique, creative voice. you use it loudly. how difficult was it to find that voice, to make that move away? now, i should say, i do come from a traditional observant background. however, my father is a professor of history. so from that perspective, i came from an intellectually very open culture, even whilst, yes, i have been to a talk as a young woman on the subject, the beauty of a woman is in her silence. so, yes. and you were brought up in a religion and you talk about it quite openly in stuff you ve written about your past, where at school, every morning, everybody said, thank you, god, for not making me a slave. and then the boys said, thank