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Radio 4,06 Feb 2015,45 mins

Blacklisted Mobile Phones; Care Home Fees; Ukuleles

You and Yours

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We hear from a woman who was presented with a bill by her father's care home weeks after he died, for not giving 28 days' notice of his departure. The mobile phone industry operates a blacklist to block lost and stolen mobile phones, but finding out anything further about it is difficult, especially for people who bought a new handset only to find - months later - that it's been blocked from ever working again. And sales of ukuleles have soared in the UK, apparently because they're easy to play. So easy that Peter White can learn a song within minutes? WARNING: contains Peter White singing. Presenter: Peter White Producer: Joel Moors.

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