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Research for You and Yours carried out by the property sales website Rightmove has found that the number of UK pubs up for sale has risen by nearly 30% over the past year. Pubs faced a tough year in 2023 - nearly 400 closed in the first six months alone with rising energy costs proving too much of a financial burden for many. Now they face a new challenge - a special 75% discount on business rates, announced by the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, ends on March 31. We've been to look at one of the pubs currently on the market...the Trotting Mare Inn, near Wrexham.

Supermarket staples such as rice, tea and seafood are among goods facing price rises of between 5-15% in the coming weeks due to the disruption to shipping routes in the Red Sea. The warning comes from the Institute of Export and International Trade after a spate of attacks on container ships by the rebel Yemeni Houthi group.

Energy companies are once again starting to offer customers the chance to fix the price of their gas and electricity bills. But is that wise? Experts are predicting prices could fall from around Easter onwards. We talk to one such expert to help you make sense of what looks to be a very confusing picture for energy consumers.

And, talking of confusion, we look at a new study which suggests that many people using e-scooters don鈥檛 know what the rules are. The study, by Nottingham Trent University, calls for a national training campaign on scooter safety. (E-scooters are currently only legal on private land or through official trial hire schemes)

PRESENTER: WINIFRED ROBINSON
PRODUCER: CRAIG HENDERSON