12/04/2010
Join Julian Worricker for discussions on bright headlights on cars and selling food waste for power.
Julian Worricker finds out why extra bright headlights are such a problem for one taxi driver that he started a petition against cars being fitted with them.
At the moment food waste may well end up in landfill. With the introduction of new feed-in tariffs, (meaning that you can now earn money for generating green power), councils across the country are keen to exploit the potential of food waste as a new source of energy.
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Motorists see red over bright white lights
Car manufacturers are accused of dazzling drivers with ultra bright xenon headlights. Motor manufacturers insist that they are legal and are no brighter than any other headlights.
Duration: 08:28
Holland acts to stop ticket touts
Dutch opposition MP Arda Gerkens tells us about her efforts to bring in a new law banning the resale of online tickets above 20 per cent of their face value in order to combat ticket touts.
Duration: 06:44
Campaign to rid the countryside of cultivated daffodils
A wildlife consultant is encouraging people to dig up cultivated daffodils which he says are threatening native wild daffodils.
Duration: 06:06
Stem Cell Update
A doctor who treated British MS patients did not act ‘in the best interests of the patients’.
Duration: 04:29
Powering the nation using food leftovers?
Most food waste ends up in landfill – find out how it can be used to generate green energy.
Duration: 16:05
Surfing the net in Europe can cost a fortune
The European Commission has taken action to try to stop people being hit with big bills if they’ve used the internet in mainline Europe.
Duration: 05:10
First Aid
A survey says nearly two thirds of people would not feel confident giving first aid. What would the legal position be if somebody gave first aid that went wrong?
Duration: 06:18
Broadcasts
- Mon 12 Apr 2010 12:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 FM
- Mon 12 Apr 2010 12:04´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 LW