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You and Yours: 24/10/2011

24/10/2011

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Cuts to bus services, avoiding care home fees and the online boost for new bands.

How local councils plan to provide sites for travellers. Can care home fees really be avoided? Plus, the continuing rise in metal thefts.

Why local councils are trying to increase the number of travellers sites in order to avoid expensive evictions such as Dale Farm. How will the localism bill affect this? 

New austerity measures by local councils could leave parts of the countryside with few or no bus services. 

We hear from some elderly people who agreed to pay more than £3000 for a scheme that promised to save them thousands of pounds in care fees. But is it possible to avoid fees for care homes? We investigate.

The online service which offers new bands access to hundreds of gig venues and helps them to hone their performance skills and promote themselves online. 

The cost of postage stamps could soon rise, but how will this affect our mailing habits?

We catch up on the progress in the fight against scrap metal theft. Catalytic converters, which contain platinum, and plaques from York Minister are the two of the latest targets for thieves.

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