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Buzz Aldrin is trying to help disabled people learn to fly

With Julian Worricker. Featuring council tenants with spare rooms taking in the homeless, what to do if your mobile provider cuts off your neighbourhood and Islamic branding.

Crawley Borough Council is proposing a new voluntary scheme whereby council house tenants take in a homeless person who might otherwise have been put in B&B accommodation. Under the new housing benefit laws due to come into effect next year, tenants with spare rooms could see their benefits cut by up to a quarter. So is this a sensible use of resources and help for homeless people? Or an unwarranted intrusion into tenants' homes.

What can do when your mobile phone provider stops providing a signal in your neighbourhood? Should the company be obliged to make an effort to alert customers? And, do you have the right to break your contract without penalty?

Bespoke Islamic branding. What is it? Why do we need branding and advertising agencies aimed specifically at Muslim consumers?

Main Image: Buzz Aldrin in the 91热爆 Radio Car. Copyright Peter Langdown.

Presenter: Julian Worricker
Producer: Paul Waters.

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55 minutes

Chapters

  • Road tolls

    The Confederation of British Industry calls for control of highways to be handed to private companies and for improvements to be funded through tolls.

    Duration: 06:12

  • 91热爆less lodgers

    Should council tenants take homeless people into their spare rooms?

    Duration: 10:20

  • Disabled flight simulator

    Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon, comes to the UK to help people with disabilities learn to be pilots.

    Duration: 10:05

  • Islamic branding

    What is Islamic branding and do we need it?

    Duration: 05:15

  • No signal from Vodafone

    Medical professionals try to find out from Vodafone why they've had no signal for three weeks.

    Duration: 09:00

  • Jam jars

    The truth behind the headlines claiming that homemade jam could be banned from your summer fete.

    Duration: 04:50

  • Haggis

    The factory that makes the world's bestselling haggis is threatened with closure.

    Duration: 03:20

Broadcasts

  • Mon 8 Oct 2012 12:00
  • Mon 8 Oct 2012 12:04

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