You and Yours

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20/08/2012
Is prison the place for inmates with severe physical disabilities? With Julian Worricker.
20 Aug 2012,41 mins
Tickets for the Paralympics, sport for older people and housing regeneration
Tickets for the Paralympic Games, sport for older people, and housing regeneration.
17 Aug 2012,41 mins
Unfair and inefficient - why is the university clearing system so slow to improve?
Does university clearing provide students with what they need? A ban on smoking in parks.
16 Aug 2012,41 mins
Automatic car insurance renewal, and recovering from locked-in syndrome
When automatic car insurance renewal goes wrong, and recovering from locked-in syndrome.
15 Aug 2012,41 mins
Call You and Yours: Sunday Opening Hours
Should the relaxation of Sunday trading laws for the Olympics be made permanent?
14 Aug 2012,41 mins
Pay for a day, free entry all year
Who really wins from tourist attractions offering 'free' annual passes?
13 Aug 2012,41 mins
Payday loan fine, Olympic PR and the TVs of the future
How other nations are using the London Olympics to promote themselves.
10 Aug 2012,41 mins
09/08/2012
Why the bank account you pay for may not deliver the product you thought.
09 Aug 2012,41 mins
The future of the tobacco industry
Winifred Robinson debates plain cigarette packaging and how to spend a PPI windfall.
08 Aug 2012,26 mins
Call You and Yours: Ensuring a lasting Olympic legacy
How do we ensure a lasting Olympic legacy? Consumer phone-in with Julian Worricker.
07 Aug 2012,41 mins
Can patients with private medical insurance still choose their doctor?
Changes to BUPA insurance, competitions for ideas, and the market for posh pants.
06 Aug 2012,41 mins
Spam texts
A threat to ticket offices at train stations, solar-powered skyscrapers and spam texts.
03 Aug 2012,41 mins
Great British Day Out
How is the Great British Day Out coping with the wet weather, the Olympics and recession?
02 Aug 2012,41 mins
01/08/2012
How to get hold of those elusive remaining Olympic tickets. Consumer news with Shari Vahl.
01 Aug 2012,26 mins
Call You and Yours: Are you cheerful or cynical about the Olympics?
Julian Worricker asks listeners how they feel about the Olympic Games.
31 Jul 2012,41 mins
First work day of the Olympics: can the transport cope?
How is the transport system coping with the first day of the Olympic Games?
30 Jul 2012,41 mins
Green-fingered thieves, and the future of milk in the UK
Garden theft, the future of milk, and the Y&Y postal experiment. With Nick Ravenscroft.
27 Jul 2012,41 mins
The Olympic effect in Barcelona and London, and 'Mate Crime'
What impact have the Olympics had on business? We ask firms in London and Barcelonan.
26 Jul 2012,41 mins
25/07/2012
What can and what can't you take into an Olympic venue? Shari Vahl has a definitive guide.
25 Jul 2012,26 mins
Call You and Yours: Prepared to pay more?
Consumer phone-in with Julian Worricker. Is price the bottom line?
24 Jul 2012,41 mins
Making money from the Olympics, collective energy buying and a fair price for milk
The county clubbing together to haggle for cheaper energy bills.
23 Jul 2012,41 mins
Trading standards at the Olympics, burial plots, and extended Sunday hours
Peter White explores the cost of dying and why Sundays should be kept special.
20 Jul 2012,41 mins
How well do the police deal with detainees with mental illness?
Olympic transport, the police and mental illness, and the cure-all 'miracle' solution.
19 Jul 2012,45 mins
The insurance fraudster caught in the act
Do first-class stamped letters really arrive before those posted with second-class stamps?
18 Jul 2012,26 mins
Call You and Yours: The Railways
Consumer phone-in with Julian Worricker on the package of investment in the railways.
17 Jul 2012,41 mins
The right to walk away from your mobile phone contract
Breaking mobile phone contracts, barring disabled people from buses and local shop parking
16 Jul 2012,41 mins
Bribery in business, cheap theatre seats and football kit
Bribery in the grocery trade and images of ageing in advertising. With Peter White.
13 Jul 2012,41 mins
O2 network problems, should libraries ever get rid of books, and When I'm 65: The University of the Third Age
The latest on O2's network problems, and should libraries ever get rid of books?
12 Jul 2012,41 mins
Social care, Spanish properties and age-friendly cities
The future of social care in England. Presented by Shari Vahl.
11 Jul 2012,26 mins
Call You and Yours: Working when I'm 65
Consumer phone-in with Julian Worricker. Working beyond 65 - who benefits most?
10 Jul 2012,41 mins