You and Yours

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18/08/2014
New peak-time rail fares, knowing your neighbours and unlocking mobile phones.
18 Aug 2014,45 mins
Insurance from abroad; Tax discs in Northern Ireland; Very wet wiring
Consumer news with Chris Warburton.
15 Aug 2014,45 mins
Cavity Wall Insulation; Charity Shops Online; Click and Collect
Why cavity wall insulation may be making your home damp.
14 Aug 2014,45 mins
University tuition costs; Green Deal chaos; New writing from people with dementia
Have tuition fees made university the preserve of the rich? With Winifred Robinson.
13 Aug 2014,45 mins
Call You and Yours: Do you drink too much?
Would warnings on wine and beer bottles help you to give up drinking before it harms you?
12 Aug 2014,45 mins
Green Deal; Airline compensation; £1 homes
Winifred Robinson asks why the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund closed so suddenly.
11 Aug 2014,42 mins
Superfast broadband; Beating Himalayan Balsam; Beer gardens
Peter White on the roll-out of superfast broadband and the invasion of Himalayan Balsam.
08 Aug 2014,45 mins
Plain-packaged cigarettes; Patient Choice; Boots
Winifred Robinson asks if plain-packaged cigarettes could reduce rates of smoking.
07 Aug 2014,45 mins
Supermarket price wars; More complaints about Unicom
Winifred Robinson on the curious case of the missing TalkTalk emails.
06 Aug 2014,45 mins
Call You and Yours: Can you retire?
As we live longer and work more, do you think you will ever be able to retire?
05 Aug 2014,45 mins
Telephone bank scams, Night-time economy, Smart meters
Winifred Robinson asks if it's time for the banks to repay the victims of telephone scams.
04 Aug 2014,45 mins
The New High Streets Minister; Broadband Cancellation Costs
Peter White asks the new minister for high streets how to better support small retailers.
01 Aug 2014,56 mins
Affordable homes, nuclear waste and space age make-up
Winifred Robinson asks why it is so difficult to build enough affordable homes in the UK.
31 Jul 2014,56 mins
Cheap Chicken; Portas Towns; Driverless Cars
How raw chicken is being bulked out with extra hidden water. With Winifred Robinson.
30 Jul 2014,56 mins
Call You and Yours: Fracking
As new licences are made available across the country, would you welcome fracking?
29 Jul 2014,55 mins
Timeshare deals that last a lifetime and beyond
The Portas towns two years on.
28 Jul 2014,56 mins
Affordable Housing; Care Home Costs; Is the End Nigh for the £1 Slot on Your Shopping Trolley?
Peter White on affordable housing and Morrisons scrapping its shopping trolley coin slots.
25 Jul 2014,56 mins
School Holiday Hunger; Reform of Private Healthcare; The Truth About Surveys
What do children who normally get free school meals eat during the summer holidays?
24 Jul 2014,56 mins
Energy Savings; Y Cube Housing; Cath Kidston in Asia
MPs tell the goverment to reform 'gravely flawed' back-to-work benefit.
23 Jul 2014,30 mins
Call You and Yours - Right to Die
Winifred Robinson answers calls on the right to die debate.
22 Jul 2014,55 mins
Classic Cars, Care on the Continent and Graphology
Classic car cover, medical cover on holiday and what your handwriting says about you.
21 Jul 2014,56 mins
Timeshare Misery; Seaside Tourism Boom; Rating NHS Services
Seaside tourism is bucking the recession, expanding and providing more employment.
18 Jul 2014,56 mins
Wedding Dress Secrecy; Phone Theft and ITRA
Top secret dresses: Why wedding shops are keeping it confidential.
17 Jul 2014,56 mins
The in-house energy company debt collection services that aren't what they seem
Peter White investigates how energy companies use in-house debt collection services.
16 Jul 2014,26 mins
Call You and Yours: Should we pay for using the NHS?
Should you be paying for some NHS services, and what would you pay for?
15 Jul 2014,55 mins
Cold calls, Country and Western, Fast e-cars
Why cold calls could be a fishing trip for your information, and are e-cars a racing cert?
14 Jul 2014,56 mins
English sparkling wine; Tax credit debts; Recycling confusion.
How English sparkling wine is finally giving champagne a run for its money.
11 Jul 2014,56 mins
Access to Work
The websites that charge to find you a payday loan and Access to Work.
10 Jul 2014,56 mins
Top Gear's James May goes electric
Top Gear petrolhead James May tells us why he has bought an electric car. With Peter White
09 Jul 2014,30 mins
Call You and Yours: What Makes Us Happy?
Phone-in show on happiness. Should public money be spent making us happier?
08 Jul 2014,55 mins