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12/11/2010

Consumer Focus condemns gas price hike, IVF cutbacks, and Harrison's weight advantage. With Peter Allen and Aasmah Mir. Text: 85058 [charged at your standard message rate].

The latest news, sport and travel updates with Peter Allen and Aasmah Mir.

Eight million British Gas customers face a seven percent rise in their bills. Mike O'Connor from Consumer Focus looks at the prospects of the other energy giants following suit.

Also in the news, the health service in Surrey stops IVF treatment for new patients to try to cut costs. Helen Atkinson, Acting Director of Public Health at NHS Surrey, tells us why there's also bad news for balding men, people who blush, and those who want to get rid of tattoos.

In Sport, Audley Harrison is 3 stone heavier than David Haye for their heavyweight title fight on Saturday. Our boxing commentator Mike Costello explains what the weight difference might mean.

And we meet Michael McMenamin, the former truck driver who was so desperate for a decent breakfast he drove more than 800 miles from London to Falkirk and back again - all in the search for a square sausage.

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