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20/03/2020
News and discussion of consumer affairs.
Shop closures, Restaurant staff, Coping with loneliness
Will non-essential shops close? Plus, shutdown of restaurants and coping with loneliness.
Call You and Yours: How has your day-to-day life changed because of coronavirus?
Coronavirus; Online Deliveries; Dating Apart
Coronavirus, online deliveriesand dating apart.
Recruiting Carers; Lockdown after Flooding; DIY
Care home urge hospitality staff to join them, plus living in lockdown after a flood.
Student Rents, House Moves and Peak Lockdown
Mixed picture for students as some landlords enforce payment for rooms they'll never use.
Stranded travellers, Moving relatives out of care homes, Coronavirus poems
Stranded travellers stuck abroad. Moving relatives out of care homes. Coronavirus poetry,
Call You and Yours: How has coronavirus affected you financially?
Warehouse Workers, Food Parcels and DIY Haircuts
Coronavirus; Warehouse Workers; DIY Haircuts
Universal Credit Confusion; Tourism Slow-down; Viral Videos
How the benefits system is coping with hundreds of thousands of new applications for help.
Wholesale food; Wills surge; Virtual sport
Buying food from wholesalers; surge in will-making; sport goes virtual.
GPs, Convenience store boom and Rehoming pets
The vulnerable people in isolation waiting on food and medicine.
Call You & Yours: What are you doing to keep a business going through this crisis?
Winifred Robinson asks: What are you doing to keep a business going through this crisis?
Flour shortage; Jay Blades; Free school meals
Why are there still shortages of flour? Plus presenter Jay Blades on how to get fixing.
Housing market; Lockdown recipes; Puppy breeders
Frozen housing market; New lockdown recipes; Changes in lockdown rules for dog breeders.
Plants destroyed; Multiple dwellers; Hen heaven
Bedding plants destroyed; Social distancing with multiple tenants; Hen heaven or hell?
NHS volunteers, Vulnerable deliveries, Romace fraud
Hundreds of thousands volunteered to help the NHS, but many haven't heard a thing since.
Call You and Yours: How confident are you that your relative in care is being properly protected from coronavirus?
Do you feel your relative in care is being properly protected from coronavirus?
Funerals; Alcohol; Book Sales
Warnings not to delay holding funerals, as limited numbers are allowed to attend services.
Spiralling Debt; Season Ticket Refunds; Hairdressing Help
One of the UK's largest debt charities experiences its busiest ever day on its website.
Delivery drivers; Care Homes; British Gas
Demand for home deliveries is really high, what's life like for a delivery driver?
Furlough Pay, Hand Sanitiser and Post-Lockdown Restaurants
What is it like to live for weeks without pay?
Call You and Yours: How are you preparing for life after lockdown?
Coronavirus, Online shopping, Good companies
Supermarkets grapple with the shift to online grocery shopping brought about by Covid-19.
Homeless In Lockdown; Food Prices; Bird Seed Sales
The homeless charities working hard to get people off the streets during the lockdown.
Care Homes, Flood Insurance and Car Loans
Care homes worried about being sued. Insuring against floods. Struggling with car loans.
Flight Refunds, Changing Businesses and Caring Author
A row over flight refunds. Businesses change to survive. Author Deborah Moggach on caring
Call You and Yours: How is the lockdown affecting your health and wellbeing?
We want to hear from you if you're struggling with your weight or mood.
Free school meal vouchers; Pub rent; Music streaming
Delays for parents needing free school meal vouchers, and pubs warn of mounting rent debts
Cycling Boom; Vets Still Working; Coronavirus Business Pressures
The boom in bike sales since lockdown. How vets have adapted to work through the pandemic.
Care homes survival, Lockdown drinking, DIY stores
Care homes going bust. Making lockdown alcohol free. Is a trip to a DIY store essential?