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You and Yours: Calderstones, Christmas Dinners and Family Department Stores

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17/12/2014

Calderstones, Christmas Dinners and Family Department Stores

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Calderstones, Christmas Dinners and Family Department Stores

Consumer news, including an interview with Dermot Nolan, head of energy regulator Ofgem.

Consumer news, including Ofgem head Dermot Nolan, endocrine disrupter compounds, supermarkets offering pick-and-mix of prepared Christmas dinners, and the Blackberry Classic.

The CQC reports today into the Calderstones NHS Trust. The last report was highly critical. The Trust runs one of the controversial Assessment and Treatment Centres meant for short term use only, but some residents have been in the centre for very long periods.

We spend around £40 million each year in ethical cleaning products & another £500 million on ethical cosmetics - all to protect ourselves from chemicals known as Endocrine Disrupter Compounds. But what are these compounds and just how dangerous are they?

Writer Shirley Conran once said "Life is too short to stuff a mushroom". Now it seems Christmas Day is too short to stuff a turkey. Supermarkets have an answer, but is the time it saves worth the extra cost?

Interview with Dermot Nolan the new head of the energy regulator, Ofgem

It used to be the handset of choice for the busy executive. Then Blackberry's fortunes took a tumble due to low sales and increased competition in the mobile phone market. But now the brand is hoping for a return to form with the launch of a new handset - the Classic - which is released today. It's already sold out on pre-order in the United States.

Randall's department store is closing down after 120 years of trading in Uxbridge. Our reporter Henrietta Harrison went to the store as it prepares for the closing down sale.

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