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26/05/2011

Down the drains with a flusher clearing up the disposable wipes we insist on throwing down the loo, NHS reform and storm in a growbag - consumer news with Winifred Robinson.

Consumer news with Winifred Robinson.

Down the drains with a flusher - we count the cost of clearing up the baby wipes and face cleaners we insist on flushing down the loo.

The death of a child in a nursery playground has highlighted how the regulator, OFSTED, does not always publish information which parents might view as vital. John Waite reports.

Last week David Cameron outlined the areas where Ministers will be rethinking NHS reforms in England. But what do GPs think about this change of heart, and what will it mean for them?

Why are we finding it so hard to wean ourselves off peat? Jamie Oliver's put his name to a compost containing it and Alan Titchmarsh admits using it - but in 1990 the British government set targets to reduce peat use by 90% by 2010. Garden writer Mark Diacono, Head of Gardens at River Cottage, and Tim Briercliffe of the Horticultural Trade Association, discuss.

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  • Health Reforms

    The Department of Health has ordered a pause to make space to listen to the people worried about changes to the NHS. The BMA and the Royal College of GPs are two organisations who have concerns.

    Duration: 10:08

  • Blocked Drains

    Baby wipes are causing havoc in our sewers. Reporter Melanie Abbott visits a sewage works to find out more.

    Duration: 07:35

  • 50p Train Fares

    Southern rail are offering 50p rail fares, but if they can do it today, why not all the time?

    Duration: 07:52

  • Children's Nurseries

    The death of a child in a nursery playground has highlighted how the regulator, OFSTED, does not always publish information which parents might view as vital.

    Duration: 12:26

  • Peat

    Peat is at the centre of a gardening row. Even the government want to see it removed from our grow bags, so why do we find it so hard to wean ourselves off it?

    Duration: 07:58

  • ActionAid and ASDA

    A new report criticises conditions in ASDA's clothing factories, ASDA say the charity have got their facts wrong.

    Duration: 05:33

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  • Thu 26 May 2011 12:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM

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