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Radio 4,25 Jan 2012,55 mins

Solar panels, free schools and Woolies in Germany

You and Yours

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Radio 4's Consumer Affairs Programme with Winifred Robinson. The passing of Woolworths marked the end of a chapter in British retail history but Woolies has survived in Germany and is expanding - how has it achieved its success? The Lake District village that has been without mains electricity since Christmas Eve. And we find out how some people in Cornwall have been getting much faster broadband.

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