with Brian Widlake and Valerie Singleton
A Licence to Breed Money
In America, scientists are rebuilding the farm-yard animal. Genetically-engineered cows will produce more milk and pigs will grow less fat. Imagination, the scientists say, is the only limit to the new technology. Companies insist these new animals should be patented. As these genetic blueprints become reality Michael Robinson reports from America on the growing dispute over the commercial future of animals made by man.
Are You Being Served - Badly?
Battered from struggling through Christmas shopping and the sales? You'll be glad to hear that one high-street chain is training its sales assistants to be 'warm and fuzzy' - so will stores now be competing to coddle the customer? Francine Stock reports.