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You and Yours: Another Green 'Failure', French Anti Waste Laws and Pub Closures

Another Green 'Failure', French Anti Waste Laws and Pub Closures

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Another Green 'Failure', French Anti Waste Laws and Pub Closures

Another green home scheme branded a failure - what's gone wrong?

Another green home scheme branded a failure - what's gone wrong with plans to put more heat pumps in homes. And we're buying less food in pubs but drinking more... is it a trend?

Arnold Clark is one of Britain's largest car dealers.  Before Christmas it was hit by a cyber attack; customers are only finding out  now.. It's likely  customer data including bank details, and passport data  have been offered to criminals on the dark web. .

Last year drinks only pubs owned by a chain had stronger sales than those selling food.  Those figures are from the research agency CGA. It also found that the 500 pubs that closed last year were almost all independents and that closure rates were highest among the pubs that did hot food. 

France has introduced some of the toughest anti-waste laws in Europe. Food businesses aren't allowed to use disposable cutlery, crockery or packaging to serve people who eat-in and there is a ban on unsold non-food items being sent to landfill. At the same time they have made it easier for people  to recycle their rubbish 

Food is still rising in price. According the calculations by retail analysts Kantar this week,  it's gone up 17.1% in the last 12 months, which is more than half as much again as the general inflation figure of 10.1%  But if you are allergic to wheat, gluten or milk  and need to eat 'Free From' products, the costs are even higher. 

The government's latest green heating scheme for England and Wales has been described as "seriously failing" by politicians who looked into it at the House of Lords.
The Lords Climate Change Committee said the take-up is so low the national target for green heating is very unlikely to be met.

Wizz Air customers are still waiting for compensation 7 months after having their flights cancelled or delayed by hours. The Civil Aviation Authority has described its treatment of passengers as "unacceptable" after finding more than half of its UK arrivals were late.

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