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Food waste and Scrabble

Reports this week suggest that we are wasting 50 per cent of our food globally. Ruth Alexander discovers why this number is years out of date.

Also are the values on Scrabble tiles correct? They were first assigned in the 1930's. With our changing language do we need to reassess the values?

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Sun 13 Jan 201303:50GMT
BBC World Service Online

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