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Shopping figures; Charity letters; Christmas lights sabotage

The Office for National Statistics releases its last shopping figures before Christmas.

A listener asks if it is ethical for charities to keep sending donation letters to his elderly relative.

A husband exacts his revenge on his wife over festive lights by writing his own Christmas letter.

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Thu 19 Dec 201312:00
BBC Radio 4 FM

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Chapters

  • Christmas Spend

    What do the latest official figures tell us about shopping in the run-up to Christmas?

    Duration: 05:40

  • Charity Letters

    A listener tells us an elderly relative was bombarded by charity letters.Is that ethical?

    Duration: 09:20

  • Christmas Lights

    A husband's story of revenge and skullduggery to switch off Christmas lights

    Duration: 04:09

  • Claims for the Deceased

    What do you do if a dead relative was mis-sold insurance?

    Duration: 04:58

  • Beauty Products

    More on just how many products contain methylisothiazolinone – known as MI or MIT

    Duration: 06:46

  • Boilers

    Is it always better to bin your old boiler for a new one?

    Duration: 05:25

  • Click and Collect

    How ordering online and picking up your purchases is the best way to shop this Christmas

    Duration: 06:15

  • Green Deal Latest

    Is the government's green deal a hit with the public?

    Duration: 06:15

Broadcasts

  • Thu 19 Dec 201312:00
    BBC Radio 4 FM
  • Thu 19 Dec 201312:04
    BBC Radio 4 LW

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