内容摘要：Unlike their human and real canine counterparts, robotic dogs aren’t distracted by visuals, sounds or smells they encounter.

Unlike their human and real canine counterparts, robotic dogs aren’t distracted by visuals, sounds or smells they encounter.

However, notes and coins were used in a fifth of shop transactions last year, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC), as shoppers found cash helped them to budget better.It was the second year in a row that cash use in shops had risen following a decade of falls.

Recommendations will be made in the coming weeks from the Treasury Committee after its inquiry into the acceptance of cash.Ms Reynolds' evidence was the final session, but earlier they heard from disadvantaged people who still rely on paying with cash.Speaking to the BBC after giving evidence, Constantine Louis said he wanted choice over ways to pay.

"For older people, when they use cash, they feel as though they are in control," said the 84-year-old, who lives in a one-bedroom flat."Young people will get older one day and may have the same problems we have - they may start forgetting their Pin numbers.

"For those who get on the bus and pay with their mobile - that's fine with me. But I can't do it. I don't know how to do it."

Caroline Cawley, from Edinburgh, has a disability and said every penny counted in her life.before they travel on several key routes.

It said reduced train services are running from Newbury station, which was closed by flooding on Monday, but some platforms remain shut.The Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service said flood alerts were in place in the county and motorists should avoid driving through flood water.

The Met Office said it will conduct a full assessment of Storm Bert but that it was "well forecast" in advance with a number of warnings issued.A man whose property flooded for the second time in months in Didcot