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Radio 4,06 Jun 2022,53 mins

Flight delays, Digital journey guides, Fred Perry anniversary

You and Yours

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A new digital guide lets rail passengers discover more about what they see from the carriage window. We travel along one of the routes now using the system and get reaction from passengers. Nearly four hundred flights were cancelled in and around half-term last week, leaving the Government and the travel industry investigating where it all went wrong. Amid the recriminations, the GMB union has called on travellers to take just one bag on board the aircraft in future to reduce disruption at security and check-in desks. But how can you manage with just one case? And what are the financial benefits? We look at some travel 'hacks' with an expert on frequent flying. The cost of living crisis is forcing some people to give up their pets. Food prices are rising - pet food prices are up by ten percent, according to the market researchers Kantar. It's adding to the pressures of the biggest rise in inflation in 40 years. We report on how some charities are looking to extend food banks for pets, to try to keep pets and their owners together in these difficult times. As the latest new car sales figures are released, we hear how used car sales are cooling down. For more than a year now, used car sales have been running at more than 5 per cent. But a combination of factors - worries over the cost of living, improved supply of new cars - are starting to slow the used car market down. And as the Queen's Jubilee weekend comes to an end, a British icon from the world of fashion is marking its platinum jubilee, too. It's a shirt, but not any old shirt - one that has become part of British subculture. It's been worn by different generations of music stars, from Paul Weller, to Amy Winehouse and Sam Fender. And it all began with the famous tennis player, Fred Perry... PRESENTER: WINIFRED ROBINSON PRODUCER: CRAIG HENDERSON

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