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Feb 2021
31m 55s

Investigation: One bruise and they took ...

THE TIMES
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If one day, you saw your newborn baby with a little bruise you couldn't explain, what would you do? Many people like Holly Kobayashi would ask a professional for advice and reassurance. Instead Holly set in motion a process which led to her son being taken away and a four-month long fight to win him back and prove that she could care for him.

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Guests: 

-Emily Dugan, Social affairs correspondent for The Sunday Times.

-Holly Kobayashi, mother of Adventure. 

Host: Manveen Rana.


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