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Trading standards at the Olympics, burial plots, and extended Sunday hours

Is the Olympics making it a good time to get up to bad business? Plus, Peter White debates whether Sundays should be kept special as trading laws are relaxed.

Is the Olympics making it a good time to get up to bad business? You and Yours investigates.

Sunday trading laws are to be relaxed for the Olympics. We debate whether it should be kept as a special day.

The cost of dying is rising as the price of burial plots and funerals soar. Can you make money out of death?

Plus, how effective are flood defences? You and Yours goes to find out.

Presented by Peter White.

Produced by John Neal.

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41 minutes

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Fri 20 Jul 2012 12:00
大象传媒 Radio 4 FM

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Chapters

  • Trading Standards At The Olympics

    50 Trading Standards officers are being seconded from their day jobs to work on the Olympics. The ODA tell us they've paid nearly 拢900 000 to the local councils but where is the money going?

    Duration: 09:35

  • Do flood defences work?

    Seven years ago Carlisle experienced the worst flooding in its history - and two people lost their lives. Since then a flood defence system, has been built. We explore if it works.

    Duration: 05:27

  • Football club share scam

    Football fans are receiving calls out of the blue offering big prices for almost worthless shares. Shari Vahl investigates.

    Duration: 05:37

  • Sunday shopping laws to be relaxed

    Sunday Trading laws are to be relaxed over the next weeks. So, should we keep Sundays special or is this a law that needs to be updated?

    Duration: 04:55

  • Can you make money out of dying?

    Depending on where you live, the cost of finding somewhere to be buried could have doubled, or even quadrupled in the past year. So, can you make money out of dying?

    Duration: 08:02

  • Trading Standards At The Olympics

    Paul Bettison from the Local Government Association responds to our earlier discussion.

    Duration: 03:36

  • Post Experiment Update

    An update on You and Yours test to find out the difference between delivery times of first and second class post.

    Duration: 02:57

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  • Fri 20 Jul 2012 12:00
    大象传媒 Radio 4 FM

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