You and Yours - 01/09/2008

Presented by Winifred Robinson and John Waite. Purpose-built 'off the road' motorcycle test centres are required to meet new EU regulations coming into force at the end of the month, but only just over half are ready. Are consumers still taking the burden for disposing electrical waste? Supermarket promotions are allegedly leading us into unhealthy eating habits A charity says that the cost of care for vulnerable older people has now risen by 16 percent in the last year to an average of £13 an hour. Critics say that proposed legislation to regulate internet use could herald the end of privacy and freedom on the net. After a decade of falling prices, mobile phone costs are likely to go up. The National Association of Estate Agents is forecasting that the industry will shed 20 percent of its workforce this year because of the effects of the credit crunch.