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You and Yours: Bin collections, Care home inspections, Mobile phone scams

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11/04/2016

Bin collections, Care home inspections, Mobile phone scams

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Bin collections, Care home inspections, Mobile phone scams

Winifred Robinson presents discussion on coping with once-monthly refuse collections.

Consumer affairs, including discussion on whether care home inspections are in chaos. The programme hears from workers who say they are and investigates the reasons why.

Winifred Robinson hears how a new type of mobile phone scam has left victims hundreds of pounds out of pocket. 
As Fife council pilot monthly bin collections we hear from people who say 3 weekly collections have led to an increase in rats.
Lay inspectors, who are part of important care home inspections, tell us that the current system is in chaos after a private contractor took over.

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