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You and Yours: Potholes, Airport Parking and Property Service Charges

Potholes, Airport Parking and Property Service Charges

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Potholes, Airport Parking and Property Service Charges

With poor weather and declining roads quality,  could it be a bumper year for potholes?

Poor weather and  stretched road maintenance budgets mean more cars are being damaged by potholes, and why parking off site at airports isn't always the cheapest option.

More cars are being damaged by potholes - latest figures suggest a 20% year on year rise in incidents - why is this happening and what can be done about it?

Last week on You & Yours a government minister's advice on recycling take away food trays provoked a response from listeners who claim she got it wrong. This week  Suez, one of the UK's biggest waste companies, will give us their take.

There's just over a week to go before the Rail Delivery Group's consultation on closing ticket offices winds up, our reporter Bob Walker spends a morning talking to travellers at Sleaford Railway Station in Lincolnshire. 

Retailers are increasingly moving their marketing budgets away from the likes of Facebook and Instagram to Tik-Tok where a new breed of influencers is operating. They aren't bothered about attracting millions of followers just thousands who take their advice and buy the products that they are paid to promote.

Police warn motorists to check out off site airport car parks before entrusting their vehicles it follows a holiday season where more people have found they've literally been taken for a ride by unscrupulous operators ..and anyway there are some cheap parking bargains to be had at airports if you book in advance. Which? travel editor Rory Boland explains.

Some owners of retirement flats  are being trapped in a spiral of falling prices unable to sell up because huge service fees are putting off potential buyers. We hear one man's story.

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