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We've been reporting for many years on how people in care homes have been given notice to leave or threatened with eviction when their relatives raised concerns about their care. New research from Kings College, London says nearly 6,000 people were given notices to leave care homes last year - affecting one in 70 residents in care homes. The figures emerged from a Freedom of Information request to the regulator, the Care Quality Commission. Currently providers only have to give 28 days’ notice for a resident to leave their care home. We hear from the daughter of a 96-year-old woman who was served notice shortly before she died. Another listener tells us how her parents, both in the same care home, were also asked to leave but not given a reason. We also speak to Dr Caroline Green from the National Institute of Health Research at Kings College, London, who compiled the research.

We take a look in the massive boom in people buying second hand from charity shops. The British Retail Consortium says the charity sector grew by nearly 17 percent in the last year. At the same time, the traditional High Street has been in decline with an average of 47 shops closing each day. Our reporter, Josie Le Vay, goes to a charity shop in Chorlton, Greater Manchester, to meet people working there and their customers. We also speak to Lauren Bravo, author of Preloved, a novel set in a charity shop.

We investigate a new website called PARISH.UK which asks small businesses for money but isn’t what it seems to be. Our reporter, Shari Vahl, speaks to businesses, parish councils and National Trading Standards about the behaviour of PARISH.UK and its similarity to Government websites.

Presenter: Winifred Robinson
Producer: Tara Holmes