Global food prices; Cakeage; Social internet tariffs

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GLOBAL FOOD PRICES Food prices are at the highest since records began 60 years ago. The war in Ukraine is affecting production costs of a range of everyday items - mostly notably wheat. Sam Page, from sandwich maker Simply Lunch, and Boubaker Ben Belhassen, from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, explain how and why it’s affecting the price of your lunchtime sandwich. SOCIAL INTERNET More than 4 million households in the UK are eligible for discounted broadband deals known as Social Tariffs - but Ofcom say just 50,000 homes have signed up. CAKEAGE Is it right for a restaurant to charge cakeage - expecting you to pay to bring your own cake? Screenwriter Ivor Baddiel on how a restaurant wanted to charge him £10 a head to bring a cake to his son's 18th birthday meal. BLACK ORNAMENTS A business selling Christmas decorations featuring people of colour has won a £50,000 investment on Dragons’ Den. Natalie Duvall and Alison Burton explain how their children inspired the idea and how they plan to grow their company. VOICE NOTES Seven billion WhatsApp voice notes are sent every day but are they an effective means of communication? Cristina Criddle, tech reporter for the Financial Times and Bernie Hogan, senior research fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, discuss. PRESENTER: NICOLA BECKFORD PRODUCER: CATHERINE LUND