iPM: We Start With Your Stories

iPM's second programme from Islay, after listener Chris suggested the Hebredian island for an outside broadcast. What's it like for the younger residents of the island? What makes non-Ileachs choose to move there? And what about the families who've been there for generations? Plus, a bumper edition of our Your News bulletin, read by iPM favourites Martha Kearney, Paddy O'Connell, Jane Garvey and Simon Mayo. Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

The first of two programmes from Islay, after iPM listener Chris suggested the Hebredian island for an outside broadcast. Who lives there? What makes them tick? And how do they keep local traditions alive? We also hear from Ileachs - the residents there - about the booming whiskey industry, the impact its growth is having on Islay's infrastructure and how it attracts huge numbers of tourists to the island each year. iPM is the programme that starts with your story - iPM@bbc.co.uk And Newsnight's Kirsty Wark reads our Your News bulletin. Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

iPM listener, Aiden, shows us round the business he set up in a prison, roasting and packaging coffee at Feltham Young Offenders Institute, South West London. He wants to give the young men working with him experience and skills they can use when they're released, and the prison governor tells iPM it's schemes like this that help cut re-offending rates. Also - Jonathan Dimbleby reads our Your News bulletin. iPM is the programme that starts with your story - email iPM@bbc.co.uk Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

Social media companies are in the spotlight about the harmful content that can be found on their platforms. In this programme, an iPM listener explains why she used to seek out such images, and how she doesn't want to quit social media now she's recovered. We'll have more news about our future programmes coming from Islay. Also, Ken Bruce reads our Your News bulletin. iPM is the programme that starts with your news - send us yours, in a sentence, to iPM@bbc.co.uk Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

Listener, Alex, has a son with autism who's in a mainstream school. She explains how, after a difficult week, she was told to rethink how much she works in order to spend more time with her son. Paddy O'Connell - presenter of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House - reads our Your News bulletin. iPM is the programme that starts with your story - email iPM@bbc.co.uk. Presented by Becky Milligan. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

This week, an iPM listener explains how she came to sign a non-disclosure agreement with her employer, how it made her feel, and why she’s never quite gotten over it. LBC’s Shelagh Fogarty reads our Your News bulletin. iPM is the programme that starts with your story. Email us: iPM@bbc.co.uk. Presented by Becky Milligan. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

iPM listener, Vicky, learned her father had died 10 days after it happened. She then found out the funeral had already taken place. She describes the impact this has had on her - and her family's - ability to grieve. BBC 5Live's Emma Barnett reads our Your News bulletin. iPM is the programme that starts with your stories - send us yours: iPM@bbc.co.uk Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

Listener Sara Tasker first appeared on iPM in 2014, when she was a superuser on the photosharing platform, Instagram. Five years later, we hear how she's made a full time career out of posting pictures, whether she gets paid to advertise brands, and what she makes of calls for social media companies to better protect vulnerable users. Channel 4's Jon Snow reads our "Your News" bulletin. iPM is the show that starts with your story. iPM@bbc.co.uk is how to get in touch. Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

iPM listeners often get in touch about their marriages and relationships. This week we hear form a woman how joining an extra-marital dating site is actually keeping her marriage together. And from another woman who’s gone down the same route to save her relationship. iPM is the show that starts with your story. ipm@bbc.co.uk is how to get in touch. And Sue MacGregor reads our Your News Bulletin. Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

Two iPM listeners take their hobby to extreme. Rachel ran a marathon when she was a teenager. Then a few years ago she challenged herself to run 26 marathons in 3 years, one for every letter of the alphabet. Twenty down, and six to go, she takes Luke for a training run. Meanwhile, Mary wanted to make a difference so for 18 months has been protesting, on her own, outside a government department dressed in a badger outfit. Luke finds out why. Richard Madeley reads our Your News bulletin. iPM is the show that starts with your story. ipm@bbc.co.uk is how to get in touch. Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth

iPM listener Robert describes the six months he's spent without his wife while they wait for her visa to settle in the UK, and find out if they'll be reunited soon. We have news on the iPM Outside Broadcast "OB" not a competition chance to host a whole iPM programme. And Sara Cox takes a break from her new Radio 2 Drivetime show to read our "Your News" bulletin. iPM is the show that starts with your story. ipm@bbc.co.uk is how to get in touch. Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth

"In the same way that they were saying 'no pets, no smokers', they were saying 'no LHA'." Listeners Graham and Sara tell how difficult it was to find their daughter - who has cerebal palsy and learning difficulties - a flat because landlords wouldn't accept tenants who received housing benefits. We find out why landlords are saying no to tenants who get Local Housing Allowance (LHA), the impact this has on vulnerable people like our listeners' daughter and how they found her a home in the end. Jeremy Vine reads our Your News bulletin - email your sentence of news to iPM@bbc.co.uk Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

iPM listener, Nicola on why a cancer diagnosis gave her the impetus to try something new. Dame Esther Rantzen reads our Your News Bulletin. IPM@bbc.co.uk Another listener shares a letter she found from her grandfather, written on the front line in World War One. Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

With news that Shetland is set to lose two thirds of their churches, iPM takes a closer look at the houses that God built. Sue Lawley reads Your News. Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Scott Adam. iPM@bbc.co.uk

A listener on the deathbed promise she made, and whether she fulfilled it. Another listener describes finding parents halfway around the world and overcoming the guilt she's felt about it all her life. Plus Stephen Fry reads our Your News. Send us your news: ipm@bbc.co.uk Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

How one woman became a surrogate for her childhood friend, and Sarah Jones from Surrogacy UK explains how it all works in the UK. Adam Boulton from Sky News reads our Your News bulletin. Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth Send us your news Ipm@bbc.co.uk

Retirees and teenagers who meet once a fortnight for a chat. iPM@bbc.co.uk Evan Davis reads our Your News bulletin. And we have an update from the iPM listener who hadn't yet fulfilled the deathbed promise she'd made to her stepmother - has she done it now? Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

After suddenly losing her husband after 30 years of years of marriage, our listener Ann tells us about moving on. iPM starts with your story. iPM@bbc,.co.uk Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth

"People just didn't get it... He was in a lovely family now, he had lots of support from loving parents, it was in the past. It was already starting to be in the past. But no; this is our present". A listener explains how her son's adoption in infancy affects him as a teenager, and the impact it has on the family. Send us a sentence of Your News: ipm@bbc.co.uk Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth

iPM visits a pre-term pregnancy clinic at St.Thomas' Hospital in London, which tries to prevent miscarriages and help mothers carry to term. A few weeks ago we spoke to a listener who had decided not to try again for a baby after miscarrying. A trainee doctor heard this and invited us to the clinic which might be able to help. iPM starts with your story. Let us know yours on iPM@bbc.co.uk Presented by Luke Jones Produced by Frankie Tobi