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Radio 4,02 Nov 2011,57 mins

Combating shoplifting, Shisha row and Science and UK PLC

You and Yours

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Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. Why car insurance premiums rocket if you live near an accident claims management company HQ. How can Britain make the most of our scientific expertise? We'll hear from the Science Minister David Willetts. Retail businesses in the UK lost nearly £5 billion pounds last year to shoplifters and organised crime - how are they responding to escalating attacks. And Shisha bars are popping all over the UK- an exotic addition to our high streets or a health hazard ! We'll hear from both sides of the hubble-bubble divide. The Solar panel industry is aghast at planned cuts to the feed in tariff. Do they have a point or are there better ways to spend £8 billion cutting carbon and heating and lighting our homes.

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