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Global food study, Rage rooms, Dirty jeans

Why can't smart meters track power from solar panels? Some say if you wash them you ruin them - how do you take care of your favourite jeans?

How more of us are dying as a direct result of what we eat; that is according to a global study published in the Lancet medical journal.

How do you look after your jeans? The boss of Levi's won't machine wash his favourite pair - what do you do?

The boxed subscription market is booming but are consumers being fleeced by unscrupulous traders tricking them into signing up for products they don't want. Citizens Advice say we need new rules to govern how and when money is taken from us, while the boss of one of the most successful boxes explains what's in it for him and his customers.

If you are feeling a bit tense, how would going in to a room and smashing up a few things with baseball bats work for you? We visit a "Rage Room".

It's the games industry's big night tonight as the BAFTAs honour this year's most successful releases. It's an industry that earned over 拢5bn in the UK last year but it is also coming under closer Parliamentary scrutiny for some of its practices.

Producer: Kevin Mousley
Presenter: Winifred Robinson

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  • Thu 4 Apr 2019 12:18

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