X-Ray

X-Ray is back for new series, starting with a scams special. Lucy Owen meets new university students in Swansea, and finds out about the latest tricks criminals are using to fool people into handing over their cash. Rachel Treadaway-Williams investigates a sophisticated scam where fraudsters used 'number spoofing' to convince a man from Newbridge that he was speaking to his bank. He transferred more than £50,000 of his savings before realising he'd been duped. Omar Hamdi tries out the latest futuristic phone boxes to appear on the streets of Swansea. And are you addicted to your smartphone? Lucy challenges a family from Barry to change their habits for a week.

Lucy Owen visits Conwy, the first council in Wales to introduce monthly household waste collections, to find out what residents think of the new scheme. In Aberdare, Omar Hamdi finds out how food waste can be used to power our homes. Rachel Treadaway-Williams is in Port Talbot, where an elderly man paid more than £40,000 for a garden makeover which didn't live up to expectations. Plus the number of potholes has reached record levels - the team have some tips on what to do if you drive over one.

Rachel Treadaway-Williams investigates an organisation collecting on the streets of Wales which claims to help children with cancer. In Tonypandy, Lucy Owen meets a disabled man who is unable to drive in and out of his garage thanks to a telegraph pole. And in Newport, Omar Hamdi visits a government auction where goods under the hammer include cars and luxury watches which have been lost, stolen or confiscated from criminals.

Rachel Treadaway-Williams meets the residents who are fed up with bumpy roads and pavements full of potholes on their housing development near Bridgend. The team is on the trail of an online fraudster advertising cars which don't exist. Omar Hamdi is in Haverfordwest to find out why a bowls player's birthday present hasn't turned up seven months after it was ordered. Plus, almost 100,000 emergency food parcels were distributed to Welsh families last year. Lucy Owen visits a food bank in Port Talbot to find out more.

In a travel special, Omar Hamdi takes to the skies to check out a website which makes travelling by private plane affordable. Rachel Treadaway-Williams meets a woman from Penarth who was faced with a £50,000 bill from an American hospital when she broke her leg and her travel insurance company failed to pay out. A Porthcawl couple reveal how they spent their life savings on a disastrous, dangerous loft conversion.

Do dogs prefer home-cooked food? Omar rustles up a dog's dinner and investigates the trend for home cooking for your pet. Rachel meets a woman who took her prized Porsche to a local garage - only to find they'd been driving it at nearly 90mph down country roads. The programme has the dashcam footage. Lucy finds out how easy it is to hack the latest smart home technology - from doorbells to baby monitors. And the plumber who failed to finish a job, leaving a couple without a bathroom for months.

Omar Hamdi gets a taste of a vegan lifestyle - and gets some nutritional advice. Rachel Treadaway-Williams investigates a mobility company which failed to deliver the goods to an elderly man in Abergavenny. And external wall Insulation is supposed to cut your energy bills and keep your house warm. Lucy Owen meets two homeowners who say their Carmarthenshire home is now leaking and damp after insulation was installed.

Lucy Owen gets some pre-Christmas advice on couriers and on posting parcels, as well as getting a tour of the lost post at the biggest sorting centre in Wales. Omar Hamdi meets some unhappy customers of one well-known courier. Rachel Treadaway-Williams investigates a company which offered a computer grant scheme to a community gym in Holywell but failed to deliver the goods. Plus Lucy also meets a couple who are trying to get their insurance company to refund £5,000 after they had to cancel a holiday to the US due to illness.

Rachel investigates a hard-selling home-improvement company and meets a pensioner who felt under pressure to spend thousands. Omar gets all wrapped up in Christmas and finds that not all Christmas paper can go out in the recycling. He'll have a handy guide.

Lucy Owen investigates fitness trackers - the must have accessory for the health conscious. But how accurate are they? She investigates with the help of scientists at Aberystwyth University. And, in another investigation, Lucy explores her family tree to find out how accurate online DNA tests are in tracing her very international heritage. heritage. Omar Hamdi looks at the small print on a travel agent's advert. How small is small print allowed to be?

X-Ray goes undercover with two wheelchair users to expose the shocking lack of disabled facilities in some of Wales's top night spots. We met the rugby fan who thought she was getting a good deal on tickets for the Six Nations - only to find she had paid way over the original price. And the electricity supplier that is having problems telling the difference between a business and a family home.

Do you have to throw it away? Lucy meets a new army of people fighting the throwaway society by volunteering as repairers. And Rachel catches up with a cowboy builder facing justice at last.

Rachel meets a couple who paid nearly £50,000 for a conservatory that then had to be knocked down. Omar investigates the latest celebrity-backed internet sensation – chewable vitamin tablets that claim to help give you amazing hair at a high price.

The programme investigates the parking attendant who is breaking the rules. Omar investigates the phone shop with some appalling reviews and some very unhappy customers. And Lucy comes to the rescue of a family who've been having problems with a memorial mason

The cowboy call centre bosses in court. Rachel investigates the company at the heart of the latest Welsh scandal. The Elvis suit that left a fan All Shook Up. Now he wants to return it to sender. Plus, the fabulous executive homes with black markings down the walls.