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Next week we’ll be talking technology with the President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Lord Alec Broers, who’s giving this year’s Reith lectures. It’s part of a special series which will include a survey of your views and a vote on the most significant technological innovation of the last two hundred years. If you have any questions or comments you would like to put to Lord Broers on the growth of technology and its implications for us as consumers get in touch.
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| Monday 22nd March |
 Listen to You and Yours for Monday 22nd March
| TODAY: There are more than 100 directory enquiry services – do you know what each one costs? 60% of carers are at breaking point – are you one of them?
118 CONFUSION
Once there was one directory enquiry service, then there were 14 and now there's 121 and the number is rising. Martin Ashfield runs "118Tracker.com", a website that monitors the 118 market. Matthew Peacock is the director of communications at Ofcom. He explains what Ofcom is doing about reducing the confusion and costs for customers.
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CARERS AT BREAKING POINT
Louisa Spivack has two grown-up sons with severe autism - Danny and Joel. She’s just one of the 60% of carers who are not getting the breaks they need. Jo Williams, the Chief Executive of Mencap says that its report ‘Breaking Point’ shows that Louisa is not alone in feeling she cannot cope, and Sarah Pickup from the Association of Directors of Social Services explains what can be done.
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RECYCLING BUSINESSES
Edward Douglas Miller recently set up a company in west London to turn plastic cups into pencils and pens, and transform old tyres into mouse-mats and personal organisers. It’s been remarkably successful. Kent Barker went to meet the founder of Remarkable Pencils Ltd, in his factory.
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VACCINES
Scientists appear to agree that there is no link between MMR and autism. But in America, new investigations are underway into a potential link between autism and whooping cough vaccines that use a mercury-laced preservative called thimerosal. Dr David Elliman, a consultant in community child health in London, Dr Richard Nicholson, the editor of the ‘Bulletin of Medical Ethics’, and Dr Terri Apter, a social psychologist at Newnham College, Cambridge, discuss the pros and cons of vaccinations.
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EQUITY RELEASE
Sales of equity release schemes that allow people to turn some of the value of their homes into ready cash, were up by almost 70% last year and now amount to one billion pounds annually. But the Consumers Association and National Consumer Council have warned that the schemes are complex and can offer poor value for money. Sarah Pennells finds out more.
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CALL YOU AND YOURS TOMORROW - THE NHS
Was the government right when it said that the media is to blame for our negative perceptions of the NHS and in fact our own experiences are favourable? Jocelyn Cornwell from the Commission of Health Improvement which inspects our hospitals tells us what she thinks and we want to know your experiences. If you have used the NHS recently tell us what it was like. E-mail us here.
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