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Has been in the newspapers this morning but as far as i can tell the Equalities Minister is one of those calling for the guidance to be strengthened from original drafts who wanted to go further in restricting the ability of people at school to identify as a different gender. We have reached this place where we do not know when the government is going to do in terms of the timetable for issuing new guidance, we do not knowing exactly when it will arrive when it comes to what it should look like ...

has been in the newspapers this morning but as far as i can tell the equalities minister is one of those calling for the guidance to be strengthened from original drafts who wanted to go further in restricting the ability of people at school to identify as a different gender. we have reached this place where we do not know when the government is going to do in terms of the timetable for issuing new guidance, we do not knowing exactly when it will arrive when it comes to what it should ...

And then there is an elite group of people who have actually been turned into barbies. my name is dr maggie aderin—pocock. im a space scientist - and a science communicator, and this is my very own barbie doll. how did you come to get a barbie doll? well, it was a total surprise to me, but it turns out that every year, i mattel, the people who make barbie, they nominate six scientists - from across the world, and make a barbie doll figure of them. i and i think its trying to promote i a sort o...

To any kind of music! and a growing emphasis on encouraging young girls to pursue careers. this is one here called peaches and cream. shes really collectible and she is one that i had as a child. claire rawling from blackpool has one of the uk�*s biggest barbie collections. the barbie collection that ive got, i genuinely stopped counting. so what i have here and what you see in the background isjust a very small selection of what ive actually got, and its probably somewhere in excess of about ...

1959. ruth handler, a co—founder of the toy company mattel, creates barbie, named after her daughter. until then, us children had only played with baby dolls. barbie would change everything. targeted advertising aimed at kids during the mickey mouse club led to the rise of pester power — children nagging their parents to buy them something. by the end of the year, 350,000 barbies had been sold. now mattel announces live action, barbie, live action pj, the new fashion dolls that you can reall...

>> this was my first project. >> reporter: but barbie wouldnt be barbie without her. >> i was a design if the barbie doll starting in 1963 for over 35 years. and i loved every minute of it. >> while carol helped make barbie, barbie helped make mattel. as other toys have come and gone, barbie is still strutting. >> barbie carryied mattel for a great many years. sglu i thought if every child had played with a bar by doll as my child, let me tell you, i have a big family. and i love it. >> reporter...