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23/12/2011
Consumer news with Peter White.
Call You and Yours
The Big Society: Have you got involved and has your community benefitted?
28/12/2011
Winifred Robinson with first-time buyers, self-sufficient town and vintage mobile phones.
Road building, regional supermarkets and Cuban cigars
Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. Why recessions are good for great innovation.
Who will be running our railways in 2012?
Who will be running our railways in 2012? Could new food labels lead to more confusion?
Sporting Nation?
Sporting Nation? As we enter the Olympic year, what's our attitude towards sport?
Your Sport: What exercise do you do regularly and why? How affordable is it to stay fit?
04/01/2012
Travel industry forecast 2012; face-recognition technology; charity Disability Rights UK.
Change 4 Life Nutrition
Cosmetic surgery update, Change 4 Life, illegal battery hen eggs, and killer apps.
06/01/2012
Car wash and car hire firms under the spotlight and fish and chips South African style.
Private investigators, online piracy and North South divide.
Julian Worricker asks if private investigators should be regulated.
Is it time to make the tax system more equitable?
11/01/2012
A whistleblower helpline for NHS and social services staff; and affordable rural housing.
TripAdvisor, flood insurance and cars - winners and losers
Tripadvisor's co-founder Steve Kaufer answers critics and outlines its future.
Why Arsenal is top of the league for diversity and equality
Arsenal win diversity award, technology and the future of travel, the 拢100 cruise.
Nursery School Food and Dragons' Den Websites
Nutritional therapists accused of dangerous advice and the new crowdsourcing websites.
Remaking the Self. The growth of cosmetic surgery
Has cosmetic surgery been normalised?
18/01/2012
Shari Vahl presents Radio 4's consumer affairs programme.
Fake Car Insurance & how healthy is the Health Lottery?
The drivers tricked by a car insurance scam and is our newest lottery breaking the rules?
Broadband speed, exercise in parks, and crumbling heritage
Park charges for fitness coaches, broadband speeds, and shoring up the Coliseum.
Paying councils to take on public health duties and does it matter if Roma dominate the Big Issue sales force?
Councils as health police, Big Issue sellers and what not to wear at Ascot.
Call You and Yours: Will the benefits cap force more children into poverty?
Winifred Robinson takes calls on the government plans to cap household benefit.
Solar panels, free schools and Woolies in Germany
Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. Why has Woolworths been so successful in Germany?
26/01/2012
Consumer news with Winifred Robinson.
How are car dealerships coping with the downturn?
Car dealerships in a downturn, the popularity of drive-thrus and the future of the A380.
Why high street pharmacies are still running short of vital drugs
Chemists short of drugs, rear-facing car seats for children and how shops manipulate us.
Call You and Yours: What are our police for?
With radical reform of our police service underway, what should the role of the police be?
Is compensation culture a myth?
No win no fee legislation and the pull of the nail bar.
Spending confiscated drug money, and telehealth pilots
Spending confiscated drugs money, the future of cars, and how 'telehealth' saves lives.
Accessible websites, airline fees and community libraries
The airline sued over its 'inaccessible' website plus new ways to save libraries.
Council run broadband, carbon in China and low alcohol beer
Julian Worricker looks at a council-run broadband scheme in South Yorkshire.