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Radio 4,21 Jul 2025,53 mins

Glutathione drips, Plant theft, Rogue builders

You and Yours

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In today's You and Yours, there's a warning about a skin-lightening procedure being promoted on social media and administered in an unregulated beauty sector with potential health risks. Plus there are signs that plant theft is on the rise - from parks, from garden centres and from gardens. We'll hear why it's happening and which plants in particular are being plucked. And a new report from the Federation of Master Builders has found that 37 percent of people have hired a builder who turned out to be unreliable or unqualified. When things go wrong, what are your options? We hear how currently those options are limited - but there are growing calls for a regulatory system to change all that. Presenter: Shari Vahl Producer: Catherine Earlam

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