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Radio 4,17 Feb 2012,55 mins

Local currencies & the taxi drivers helping disabled passengers

You and Yours

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Beware licensees of pubs and clubs who are finding ways to show football on the cheap! BskyB is warning that recent decisions in the courts mean they are cracking down on the practise, but are they justified? After Bristol launches its own pound we find out how other local currencies, such as Stroud, Totnes, Lewes and Brixton, are doing. Giving wheelchair users and the visually impaired a better ride - the taxi drivers trained in how to help disabiled passengers . The difficulties of getting an airline to change the name on a ticket even in exceptional circumstances. Hi-tech eye scanners have been switched off at Manchester and Birmingham, two out of four English airports where they were operating. We find out from the Mail on Sunday's travel editor, Frank Barrett. A new host of smart phone apps are set to revolutionise, once again, the way we use them. Called 'point to know' it means you can take a picture of a scene and the technology automatically tells you what's there. We talk to Dan Grabham from techradar dot com and Big Brother Watch's Nick Pickles. And you can't get the big films you want even with some of the biggest rental providers. The effect of Lovefilm's dispute with Universal studios. Presenter: Peter White Producer: Lesley Duncanson.

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