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Radio 4,05 May 2025,53 mins

Balkan Holidays, Rail Fines and Renting v Buying

You and Yours

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What's cheaper - paying rent every month, or a mortgage? We'll hear about some new research. Fare dodging, innocent or not, is a huge problem for the rail industry. But how should people who don't buy the proper tickets for a rail journey be dealt with? Ahead of the publication of a review into this very question, we'll hear from someone unhappy at how he was dealt with for using an expired railcard. Is Costco with its giant warehouse stores a threat to the regular supermarkets? And the UK arm of the travel company Balkan Holiday has collapsed - we'll hear what that means for people with bookings. PRESENTER: WINIFRED ROBINSON PRODUCER: TOM MOSELEY

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