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Radio 4,02 Apr 2012,55 mins

02/04/2012

You and Yours

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Radio 4 consumer affairs programme A health charity is calling on Trading Standards to clamp down on bogus cancer cures which claim that various exotic food products can halt or cure the disease. Too few young people are choosing a career in butchery and it is posing a bigger threat to the high street butcher's shop than supermarket expansion, says the industry's trade magazine. A Manchester based firm has developed a £300 'box' which can shave up to 12% off your electricity bill we'll be looking at one in the studio and finding out how it works. The bids are in on You Tube from over 300 communities hoping to be chosen to receive £100,000 and advice from Mary Portas to help them regenerate. Town planners are calling for a comprehensive Map of England incorporating at least 100 sets of data to help planners and developers make better decisions.

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