Energy prices are soaring and the advice we're getting sounds simple: if you want to save money on your fuel bills, switch supplier. Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has recently been telling us all to switch, while the companies themselves have been telling us to do it for years.
Sounds simple enough, but is it really? The complaints we've received from energy customers at Watchdog suggest otherwise - Riz Lateef reports on five viewers' switching nightmares.
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Whether it's dropping the kids off at school, commuting to work or doing the weekly shop, a city car seems to be the perfect solution for the urban driver.
And they come with some tempting incentives too like being low on emissions, low on tax - and if you chose a diesel car, you could save money on fuel consumption. But did you know that nearly all new diesel cars are fitted with an eco-friendly car component which is leaving some motorists with huge bills to pay? Chris Hollins investigates.
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To celebrate the last Rogue Traders of the series, we have updates on Rogues who have previously featured on the programme.
Some viewers have wanted to know why the rogues who have featured on the programme have appeared to get away with their activities. They want to know why Rogue Traders doesn't bring them to justice. Rogue Traders is here to expose them - and it is then down to police and trading standards officers to prosecute or take other appropriate action if they can. And often, they do. So, we are going to show you what happened to some of the rogues after our cameras stopped rolling.
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