You and Yours - 30/04/2010

The US electricals giant Best Buy opens its first UK store in time for the bank holiday. In coming weeks further outlets will open in Southampton's Hedge End, Liverpool's Aintree and Merry Hill in the West Midlands, as well as a shop in Croydon, London, in the autumn. Best Buy say they'll focus heavily on customer service, both in-store and remotely through their 24-hour home computer support service, Geek Squad. We investigate reports which suggest Japanese visitors to the Lake District will pay a surcharge to help with the upkeep of footpaths and the like. And listener Ben Manning emailed to say how excited he'd been when his SciFi novel was accepted for publication with the well known publisher Pegasus McKenzie. However he was less excited when he received the contract which stated the publisher required him to pay £2,500 towards the cost of publishing. Rather than the more traditional non-contributory contract he was being offered a "contributory contract". The publishers concerned say they are not vanity publishers and say that this kind of partnership between publisher and author is now becoming common. But is it? How does the Gaelic Athletic Association explain its success despite the recession? The purely amateur organisation last year reported £17 million in profits. And an update on the story about the national newspaper ad for top wines from bankrupt restaurants which were never delivered. West Yorkshire Police have named a man they are trying to trace. If you can help, contact West Yorkshire Police: 0845 6060606 (ask for economic crime unit) or email [email protected].