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The new law that will affect care homes, vegan food trends, and cosmetic surgery figures.

The vulnerable care home residents who could be about to lose an important independent advocate, why vegan food has become such a big trend, and new figures on cosmetic surgery.

Campaigners say they're worried about a new law which affects vulnerable people in care.
At the moment people in care who don't have the mental capacity to make their own decisions are provided with a 'best interest assessor' by their local authority.
Campaigners say this role is going to be axed under the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill which is currently going through the House of Lords.
They're worried the responsibility for deciding what's in the best interests of residents will fall to care home managers instead.
But the Department of Health and Social Care says care homes will have a role but local authorities and CCGs will still decide which people should be deprived of their liberty.
We speak to Judy Downey of the Relatives and Residents Association and Rhidian Hughes from the Care Providers Alliance about how the new legislation will affect those in care and those who provide it.

Our reporter Melanie Abbott looks at why vegan food has become such a big trend. Only 4% of us follow a strict vegan diet but most retailers now have a vegan range.
She looks at the challenges involved with making food without staples like butter, eggs and cheese. 

The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons is releasing new figures today about a type of cosmetic surgery known as the "Brazilian Butt Lift".
The procedure, which is used to make buttocks look bigger by injecting fat transferred from other parts of the body, was found to have a mortality rate of 1 in 3,000.
Earlier this year, a 29-year-old woman from Leeds, reportedly died after travelling to Turkey to undergo the surgery. 
Our reporter Tony Bonsignore has the latest on the procedure.

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Producer: Tara Holmes

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