Fertility treatment postcode lottery, Super-gentrification
How access to IVF treatment varies across the UK. The surprising fraud that starts with thieves breaking into a mailbox. A row over Birmingham's traditional silver hallmark.
For many couples, IVF offers their best or only hope of having a baby. In Scotland, couples will soon be entitled to three cycles of the treatment funded by the NHS. In Wales, two cycles are funded, but in England the provision is patchy and depends on decisions made locally by clinical commissioners. Fertility experts are concerned that a postcode lottery in the UK is becoming more pronounced.
We investigate a surprising fraud that starts with thieves breaking into a mailbox.
Is it now socially unacceptable to hang your washing out to dry? We hear that some residential areas have become "super-gentrified", with a new generation of incomers bringing with them surprising expectations of how others should behave.
Producer: Kevin Core
Presenter: Winifred Robinson.
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IVF
Couples with fertility problems in Scotland will be offered 3 rounds of IVF on the NHS
Duration: 10:57
Ibiza
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Mailbox Fraud
How post stolen from an outside mailbox stripped a man of his financial identity
Duration: 05:32
Birmingham Silver
There are plans to use the traditional Birmingham hallmark for silver - in India
Duration: 07:18
Super-Gentrification
Why has one Notting Hill resident been complained at for hanging out her washing?
Duration: 03:10
Wet Wipes
Concerns that non-biodegradable wipes cause problems for water companies and marine life
Duration: 05:26
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