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27/10/2014
Consumer news with Shari Vahl.
Call You and Yours: Are you happy with rail services?
Consumer phone-in with Shari Vahl. Are you happy with rail services?
Hidden care home reports, Food allergies, Preserving your tattoos
Melanie Abbott investigates payday loan brokers raiding bank accounts.
Free loft insulation; Fox damage; Disability rights
British Gas says millions are missing out on free loft insulation. With Peter White.
Proposed changes to MOTs; Number-spoofing fraud
Peter White on the criminals hijacking the phone numbers of companies.
Council houses; Lone justice; Online subscriptions
Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. Are we on the brink of a boom in new council homes?
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.
Early Check-In Fees; Student Phone Fraud; Missing Care Managers
Consumer news and features including hotels charging extra for checking in early.
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.
Hydrogen Cars and Supermarket Loyalty Cards
Peter White looks at hydrogen cars and whether supermarket loyalty cards have a future.
Luring GPs to Rural Scotland; Cold Homes; Ethical Jewellery
NHS Highland advertises in England for GPs to fill Scottish vacancies.
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.
Bus Ticketing; Welsh Care Watchdog; Sainsbury's and the challenge of change
Welsh watchdog orders more kindness in care homes.
Tesco Kitchens; Missed Appointments; Indian Sweets
As Tesco closes its kitchen business, what now for the hundreds of customers affected?
Romance Fraud; Illegal Puppy Trading; Bargain Wines
Warnings to those looking for love online and winemakers who fear cheap supermarket deals.
Why increasing numbers of disabled people are having their benefits cut
The disabled claimants having their benefits reduced.
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?
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.
eBay's restricted items and Wonga's compensation
Banned goods found on eBay and Wonga struggles to compensate customers.
Twin Peaks Convention; Legal Aid cuts; Vet fees
Are cuts to legal aid denying people justice? Plus the rise of the fan festival.
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
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?
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?
Supermarket Chickens; Fixed Odd Betting; Global Moving Systems
Report names supermarkets selling 'dirty chicken'; and a crackdown on fixed odd betting.
Unicom, Toys for Girls, Autographs
Unicom: An MP raises concerns about the telecoms company and the ombudsman system.
Hidden Uni Costs; Help to Downsize; Cutting-edge Cinema
Are university students getting value for money?
Call You and Yours: Are we obsessed with getting the best deal?
Have we become obsessed with getting the best deal?
Care 'Auction'; Heated Clothes; Violent Images in Shops
A look at the councils putting people in need of care up for 'auction'.
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.
Pensions; Pubs; Supermarket politeness
More investigations into pension mis-selling. Plus pubs that grow their own produce.
Battle for the Countryside; Green Deal; School Publishing
Should there be better regulation of traffic in areas of natural beauty?
