Money and Mental Health, Magazines, Evri Customer Service Scams

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Have you ever tried to solve a problem with a company through social media? Our reporter Shari Vahl speaks to someone who thought they were dealing with parcel delivery firm Evri but were in fact dealing with criminals trying to obtain their bank details. On Sunday, there was a large fire in a Victorian building next to Glasgow Central station. It has caused huge disruption to the city, with the station yet to fully re-open and more than a hundred businesses impacted. We’ll hear about the recovery efforts and what help will be on offer for those affected. According to mental health charity Mind, one in ten people in the UK will report symptoms of severe mental illness in any week. This has increased from one in twenty in the early 1990s. At the same time, our financial lives have also become more complicated, with price comparison website GoCompare estimating that we each have an average of thirty active accounts. We’ll hear from Martin Lewis’ charity about why the system needs simplifying for vulnerable people. When was the last time you bought a magazine? The amount of money that the average consumer spends on magazines fell by 62% from 2010 to 2024, according to Enders Analysis, and the latest ABC figures show an average 9% drop in print sales. We’ll discuss the future of the magazine industry and hear from the editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar UK, a magazine that is bucking the trend.