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You and Yours: 25/10/2010

25/10/2010

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Marine Stewardship Council's blue logo, disbanded Quangos and learning language online.

Is the Blue Tick Logo misleading customers? Plus, a new series looking at some of the disappearing quangos, beginning with the Hearing Aid Council, and learning languages online.

The Marine Stewardship Council's blue tick logo was set up 10 years ago to help consumers know what they were getting when they went to buy fish. The Logo certifies fish as being sustainable so the idea is that if you buy products with their logo on you can be confident that you are not depleting fish stocks. But now some scientists are arguing that the logo is actually misleading consumers.

We begin a series looking at the Quangos that were recently disbanded. We ask will they be missed and who does the work now. First in the series is the Hearing Aid Council 

A new website has been launched that connects students in the developed world with teachers in the developing world. But can language websites really be a substitute for the classroom?

The appointment of a new Chief Coroner in England and Wales was supposed to speed up coroners' courts, making them more consistent and ensuring families need not wait longer than absolutely necessary for an inquest into a loved one's death. Peter Thornton QC was appointed to the post in February....but now the government's said his services won't be needed. It's bitterly disappointing for campaigners who have long been calling for a shake-up of the system and fear other reforms will be ineffective without a Chief Coroner at the helm. 

And the Midlife Crisis is starting earlier than ever before with the 35 - 44 year olds being the most unhappy. Charlotte Smith has had hers and has emerged stronger, wiser and yes older.

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