大象传媒

27/10/2014

Consumer news with Shari Vahl.

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Call You and Yours: Are you happy with rail services?

Consumer phone-in with Shari Vahl. Are you happy with rail services?

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Hidden care home reports, Food allergies, Preserving your tattoos

Melanie Abbott investigates payday loan brokers raiding bank accounts.

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Free loft insulation; Fox damage; Disability rights

British Gas says millions are missing out on free loft insulation. With Peter White.

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Proposed changes to MOTs; Number-spoofing fraud

Peter White on the criminals hijacking the phone numbers of companies.

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Council houses; Lone justice; Online subscriptions

Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. Are we on the brink of a boom in new council homes?

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Call You and Yours: Have You Benefited or Lost Out from EU Freedom to Travel?

Winifred Robinson asks listeners about their experience of EU freedom to travel.

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Early Check-In Fees; Student Phone Fraud; Missing Care Managers

Consumer news and features including hotels charging extra for checking in early.

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Lost and Stolen Mobile Phones; Self-build Homes; Online Car Sales

Lost and stolen mobile phones, self-build homes and online car sales. With Louise Minchin.

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Hydrogen Cars and Supermarket Loyalty Cards

Peter White looks at hydrogen cars and whether supermarket loyalty cards have a future.

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Luring GPs to Rural Scotland; Cold Homes; Ethical Jewellery

NHS Highland advertises in England for GPs to fill Scottish vacancies.

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Call You and Yours: Weight loss surgery - Would you go under the knife?

Call You and Yours asks listeners if they would ever consider having weight loss surgery.

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Bus Ticketing; Welsh Care Watchdog; Sainsbury's and the challenge of change

Welsh watchdog orders more kindness in care homes.

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Tesco Kitchens; Missed Appointments; Indian Sweets

As Tesco closes its kitchen business, what now for the hundreds of customers affected?

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Romance Fraud; Illegal Puppy Trading; Bargain Wines

Warnings to those looking for love online and winemakers who fear cheap supermarket deals.

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Why increasing numbers of disabled people are having their benefits cut

The disabled claimants having their benefits reduced.

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Call You and Yours; Was a grammar school place your ticket to a better life?

Could grammar schools be the answer to the decline in upward social mobility?

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Switching Energy Providers and the Rise of the Food Assembly

Cuts to the time it takes to change energy provider. And a new way to buy local produce.

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eBay's restricted items and Wonga's compensation

Banned goods found on eBay and Wonga struggles to compensate customers.

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Twin Peaks Convention; Legal Aid cuts; Vet fees

Are cuts to legal aid denying people justice? Plus the rise of the fan festival.

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Horses on Housing Estates; The UK Bicycle Industry; Unlimited 3G

Mobile phone customers with no 3G service and Billy the Horse kept in a garden in Bradford

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Call You and Yours: Have you struggled with loneliness and what have you done about it?

Have you struggled with loneliness or managed to work with it?

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NHS complaints; Colouring books for adults; Murderous addresses

Who hears healthcare complaints? Plus would you buy a house that's the scene of a murder?

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Supermarket Chickens; Fixed Odd Betting; Global Moving Systems

Report names supermarkets selling 'dirty chicken'; and a crackdown on fixed odd betting.

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Unicom, Toys for Girls, Autographs

Unicom: An MP raises concerns about the telecoms company and the ombudsman system.

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Hidden Uni Costs; Help to Downsize; Cutting-edge Cinema

Are university students getting value for money?

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Call You and Yours: Are we obsessed with getting the best deal?

Have we become obsessed with getting the best deal?

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Care 'Auction'; Heated Clothes; Violent Images in Shops

A look at the councils putting people in need of care up for 'auction'.

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Venice's battle with pull-along luggage; the longest switch; Supermarket price wars

The two-year switch to a new energy company, and Venice's battle with wheelie suitcases.

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Pensions; Pubs; Supermarket politeness

More investigations into pension mis-selling. Plus pubs that grow their own produce.

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