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You and Yours: High Street Struggles, Giving Tuesday and Meat Substitutes

High Street Struggles, Giving Tuesday and Meat Substitutes

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, High Street Struggles, Giving Tuesday and Meat Substitutes

Sales have dived at the world's largest meat-substitute makers, has fake meat had its day?

Sales are down a third at the world's largest meat-substitute makers, has fake meat had its day? And will the future of the high street be more about community than consuming?

The boss of one of the North West's biggest student letting agents has resigned from his role on the board of Propertymark  after an investigation by this programme. We followed up a housing complaint from students and received a falsified document from the business claiming they’d  agreed to live there despite the need for repairs..  

After the frenzy of Black Friday next week it'll be Giving Tuesday - but how can you be sure that donations make the impact you would want?

This century has not been kind to High Streets, many have struggled and are now depressing places, so do we need a new way of thinking about what a High Street is for and what might that be?

Has fake meat had its day? Redefine Meat, who already supply upmarket hotels, restaurants and caterers around the world with meat substitute,  don't think so. They have moved in the UK retail space this week by striking an agreement with Ocado to sell their product, but can it ever be as good as meat and does that matter?

The government have ruled that food and drink products can't have more than 10mg of CBD, a non-toxic by-product of cannabis. The move comes after a large rise in the use of CBD in a range of products from food, drink and even pet food. 

From the new year, pharmacists in England will be able to prescribe a range of medicines for seven common conditions that usually require a doctor’s prescription - it's designed to free up 10 million appointments at GPs. SO what will that mean for patients and the staff in the pharmacies?

PRODUCER: KEVIN MOUSLEY
PRESENTER: WINIFRED ROBINSON

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