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21/09/2011

A scam on website Gumtree that left a would-be tenant homeless and out of pocket; is our fondness for celebrity chefs leading to food waste?; and councils' assets for sale.

We hear from the man who was left out of pocket and homeless when he found a house-share on the website, Gumtree. We ask whether our fondness for celebrity chef recipes is leading to expensive foods being thrown away in the bin. And we report on the local authorities selling off valuable assets like theatres, pubs and golf clubs.

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Wed 21 Sep 2011 12:00
大象传媒 Radio 4 FM

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Chapters

  • 鈥楳iracle Babies鈥� preacher to be extradited

    A preacher who claimed he could make infertile women pregnant is to be sent back to his homeland of Kenya to face child abduction charges.

    Duration: 06:33

  • Online Rental Scam

    We look at a rental scam where tenants replying to ads placed on Gumtree, view the property, pay a deposit and rent, only to discover it's an elabourate fraud.

    Duration: 07:14

  • Financial waste at Fire control centres

    Another 拢85 million is being spent to make sure the fire brigades control centres can talk to each other. More than four hundred million has already been wasted on new fire control centres.

    Duration: 12:20

  • Energy prices crack down

    The Energy Secretary has said he is going to crack down on "predatory pricing". But will his proposals make any difference to what we pay for gas and electricity?

    Duration: 05:23

  • What your council owns

    Why do councils own pubs, theatre and hotels? We examine whether they might be better off selling some of these assets.

    Duration: 06:51

  • Latest Developments in Retail Technology

    Automated checkouts, self scanning and smartphone shopping. We report on the latest gizmos retailers have developed - but how keen are we to use them?

    Duration: 08:22

  • Food Waste

    Nineteen families had their shopping, cooking and eating studied. How much of their food went in the bin, and can we blame celebrity chefs for some of their food waste?

    Duration: 06:27

Broadcasts

  • Wed 21 Sep 2011 12:00
    大象传媒 Radio 4 FM
  • Wed 21 Sep 2011 12:04
    大象传媒 Radio 4 LW

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