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The government is planning to stop anyone under the age of 16 in England buying energy drinks from shops, restaurants, cafes, vending machines and online. A consultation will now run for 12 weeks to gather evidence from health and education experts, as well as the public and retailers and manufacturers. We'll hear the view from the retail sector and Trading Standards. How this will work in practice, what is the impact for consumers, and what are the challenges of policing such a law?

Ginnels, or alleyways, found at the back of many Victorian terraced housing are usually where you鈥檒l find bins, cars, and sometimes piles of fly tipped rubbish. It鈥檚 not the place you鈥檇 expect to find beautiful gardens and wildlife corridors. We visit Rochdale Council which has tens of thousands of old mill worker terraces across the borough - over 600 of them have been transformed in to protected alleyways - and the council now runs a competition for the best alleyway garden.

And outdoor fashion, or as it鈥檚 also known Gorpcore*, is very popular with leading brands seeing big growth. But why has it become so popular, and who is seen as the leading light of the fashion movement? We will be speaking to shoppers in Manchester and finding out more with the Future Laboratory.

(*Gorpcore is from the acronym GORP, which stands for 鈥淕ood Ol鈥� Raisins and Peanuts鈥� - nickname for trail mix often eaten by hikers and campers.)

Presenter - Winifred Robinson
Producer - Dave James