Julian Worricker talks to the electronica band Faithless about why they've ditched their record company and are now promoting Fiat. Could this symbiotic relationship be the future of the music industry? We find out why one online retailer believes high street opticians are being short-sighted when it comes to prescriptions, look at the contenders to run the the country's only high speed route from St Pancras International to the Channel Tunnel and, three years on from the Credit Crunch, we examine how the recession has affected ordinary people's pay.