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You and Yours: Probate Delays, Bus Regulation and Fresh Food Deserts

Probate Delays, Bus Regulation and Fresh Food Deserts

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Probate Delays, Bus Regulation and Fresh Food Deserts

It is taking twice as long to get a grant of probate compared to last year. Why is that?

The waiting time for probate in England and Wales has doubled this year, why? After 36 years, Greater Manchester buses are back under council control. So what will change?

It is taking twice as long to get a grant of probate in England and Wales compared to last year. Why is that?

The cost of energy has fallen a little but other charges added to bills have gone up. On top of that the payment from the government that everyone got to cushion rising prices has gone. Help is being targetted this winter on the poorest households. We ask Ofgem what the help will look like.

The Food, Farming and Countryside Commission surveyed two thousand people about their food buying habits and spoke with dozens of families, mainly on low and middle incomes, hoping the findings will help the government plan its food policy. We'll look at what the findings really mean.

There's a big lobby against this link between gambling and sport, part of the objection is that children are among the fans. Premier League football clubs have agreed to take gambling sponsor logos off the front of matchday shirts from 2025. A new study is questioning how effective that will be.

You could probably guess that if you return a hire car late you might get charged a bit more, but how about being charged more for taking a hire car back early? 

and Greater Manchester is taking back control of its buses for the first time since they were de-regulated outside London in 1986. It's not risk free, but Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham thinks it'll help power the regions economy.

PRODUCER: KEVIN MOUSLEY

PRESENTER: WINIFRED ROBINSON

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