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You and Yours - 22/09/2010

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David Cameron's vision for the Big Society includes making it easier for charities to bid to run public services and for people to set up charities. But the Charity Commission is warning charity trustees are 'making too many basic mistakes' and failing to inform them when serious problems occur. Why are lip-reading lessons classed as 'leisure' courses rather than essential learning, which means they can charge higher fees? The RNID says this must change as many older people can't afford to pay and courses are shutting down as a result. As the government seeks your views on the future of the water industry, we delve through the Parliamentary archive to find out which arguments dominated the debate when the industry was first privatised. And we examine the latest technology designed to get rid of fat - would you consider freezing off parts of your body to get the perfect shape? And what's the science behind Coolsculpting?