You and Yours - 15/08/2008

Presented by Carolyn Atkinson and John Waite. Including: With rising fuel prices, several American states are offering public em[ployees a four-day week to help cut the cost of commuting. What are other countries doing to reduce their consumption? With Mike Shelton, Oklahoma State Representative. How one woman aims to set up Britain's first 'scam-free village'. Problems associated with taking the fingerprints of people over 75 might jeopardise the national ID Card system. With Mike Fairhurst, Professor of Computer Vision at the University of Kent. The BBC's Chris Jeavens is half-way through a month-long experiment of living without buying plastic. What are the biggest problems she has faced and how does she respond to those who think the whole exercise is a waste of time? Face The Facts: John Waite investigates the Dore programme, advertised as a cure for dyslexia. Is the programme's marketing misleading and is it really a cure?