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Disputed flights, Mortgage insurance, Microadventures

An investigation into a company selling cheap flights, the financial ombudsman on complaints about Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance, and the new trend in 'microadventures'.

The Civil Aviation Authority has launched an inquiry into a company selling cheap flights. It follows a You and Yours investigation into a website called Viman. The company has been accused of putting up the price of flights after tickets were sold. The company has blamed technical problems. We speak to people who bought tickets and an airline industry expert and lawyer.

The Financial Ombudsman Service has told You and Yours that almost a quarter of all complaints about payment protection insurance are about mortgage cover. The banking watchdog says it's dealing with nearly 40,000 complaints about the mis-selling of policies meant to cover mortgage payments when people lose their income through accident, sickness or redundancy. Like PPI, mortgage payment protection insurance, was mis-sold to some people whose policies would never have paid out because of their medical history or age or because they were self-employed.

We look at the new trend in people taking much shorter breaks closer to home. These holidays are called microadventures.
We hear from the adventurer Alastair Humphreys, who coined the phrase microadventure and he's written a book about it too.
He tells us what he thinks is the secret to finding the right adventure.

Presenter: Winifred Robinson
Producer: Tara Holmes.

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45 minutes

Chapters

  • M&S Store Closures

    Marks and Spencer announces plans to close 14 stores

    Duration: 03:15

  • China Waste Ban

    Illegal dumping of rubbish is set to rise after the ban on importing UK rubbish to China

    Duration: 05:47

  • HS2 Pub

    Award-winning London pub is being demolished to make way for HS2

    Duration: 06:38

  • Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance

    Almost a quarter of PPI complaints to the Financial Ombudsman are about Mortgage cover

    Duration: 05:05

  • Electric Cars

    Are local councils in England preventing progress when it comes to electric cars?

    Duration: 06:52

  • Microadventures

    The growing trend in people taking shorter breaks known as microadventures

    Duration: 05:07

  • Disputed Flights

    The CAA has launched an investigation into a company offering cheap flights

    Duration: 04:50

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  • Wed 31 Jan 2018 12:15

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