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You and Yours: Shoreham air disaster; Stroke hearing loss; Food fraud fears

Shoreham air disaster; Stroke hearing loss; Food fraud fears

03/03/2017

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Shoreham air disaster; Stroke hearing loss; Food fraud fears

Shoreham Air Disaster report. New technology helps stroke victims recover their hearing.

The final report into the cause of the Shoreham air disaster in 2015. New technology helping stroke patients with hearing problems.

The final report is released by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) into the crash that killed 11 people at the Shoreham Airshow in 2015 . We examine the AAIB's findings and ask how new safety measures introduced after Shoreham have affected the industry. Over 5 million people go to airshows in the UK each year. How safe are they and how has the experience of attending one changed?

Changes are predicted in the buy to let industry. From next month landlords will lose some tax relief on their mortgage interest payments as part of changes aimed at cooling the market. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors predicts that landlords will sell some of their properties over the coming year in response to the changes, leaving tenants with fewer flats and houses to choose from and higher rents.

Researchers at University College London say that around 40% of stroke victims have hearing loss that goes undetected. Peter White goes to meet Dr Doris Bamiou at the UCL Ear Institute. She's been working on technology that could help patients to recover their hearing. Dave Mills had a stroke four years ago and he allows Peter to join him during a hearing test.

One of the UK's leading food fraud experts is warning that a trade deal with the US will result in imports of lower quality food that the British public doesn't want. Professor Chris Elliott, founder of the Institute for Global Food Security at Queen's University Belfast, says that a trade deal after Brexit will mean accepting imports of food that is currently not sold in the UK because of current EU regulations. He warns that such foods will be vulnerable to mislabelling and food fraud.

Some people resort to poetry when they feel the need to protest about how they are treated by large corporations. We hear from one listener who took on British Gas after they incorrectly referred her account to a debt collection agency. She was left so frustrated that she turned to rhyme. We thought we'd share her musings with you. 

Producer: Beatrice Pickup
Presenter: Peter White.

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