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You and Yours: Supermarket Loyalty Cards, Killer Cows and ADHD Medicine Shortages

Supermarket Loyalty Cards, Killer Cows and ADHD Medicine Shortages

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Supermarket Loyalty Cards, Killer Cows and ADHD Medicine Shortages

Are supermarkets using loyalty card discounts to hide price rises?

Are supermarkets using loyalty card discounts to deflect from other price rises? Death and injury because of cow attacks are rising, is enough being done to warn of the dangers?

Are supermarkets using loyalty cards to deflect from other price rises? We speak to shoppers about whether they trust the discounts offered by supermarkets with loyalty cards.

After more than 90 years the last Wilko shops closed for good two weeks ago.  12,500 staff were made redundant.  Most of them worked in the shops.  But around 1500 of those worked at the retailers head office and distribution centre in Worksop,  Nottinghamshire. How do they remember the day firm collapsed? And how are their lives now? 

There's been a rise in the numbers of people killed and injured in attacks by cows. Is enough being done to warn the public of the dangers a herd of cows can pose to walkers in the countryside?

Ever get the feeling you are being watched at work? New technology makes it easy for employers to check up on what you are doing  by recording video and audio of you at your desk or even monitoring keystrokes on your computer. But is it legal? The Information Commission says   probably not and wants to hear from workers if they think they are being secretly put under surveillance.

We've been reporting on how innocent people's home addresses are being used by criminals to set up fake companies and fake bank and fake credit card accounts.
A listener named Clarissa, a teacher from West Yorkshire, wanted to share what happened to her. She did everything she could to try to stop what was happening but it didn't work.

There's a shortage of ADHD medicines which means tens of thousands of people with the condition are having difficulty getting their medicines.

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