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You and Yours: Flying cars, Bread sales, Southern Rail

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09/11/2017

Flying cars, Bread sales, Southern Rail

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Flying cars, Bread sales, Southern Rail

The flying car is coming - will it ever take off?

Consumer affairs programme. The flying car that is in production and 'Our Daily Bread' - how artisan bakers are helping mass producers respond to falling bread sales.

The industrial action by the train drivers on Southern Rail has been resolved. The drivers' union ASLEF agreed to run trains without guards and accepted a pay rise of over 25% spread over the next five years. The dispute which impacted millions of commuters had lasted 18 months.

What's the most treasured present you received last Christmas?

Sales of loaves have been on the decline for nearly ten years but the big bakers profits are up - so what how have they managed that?

The government's plan to revive high streets in the wake of the credit crunch saw a dozen small towns get extra finding to help them recover. Known as Portas Towns, they received £100,00 to help - what did they do with it and what impact did it have?

In visions of the future- from children's comics to cinema - flying cars often feature ; could it be that we will finally see them? we hear from the men working to get them off the ground in as little as two years.

New research shows that if you want to get ahead in retail ; put on an in store event.

It's reckoned that added extras on airlines are now keeping many of them in profit. It's a market worth over $20bn and they are working overtime to come up with wheezes to get us to part with even more of our money when we fly.

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