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Radio 4,10 Oct 2019,39 mins

Begging Online, Phone Spoofing and Posh Fashion App

You and Yours

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The rise in the use of crowd funding platforms by people who are struggling with Universal Credit. The rise in posh fashion apps which let's you dress up in the latest couture. The criminals who hijack your phone number and use it for criminal purpose and why there's nothing you can do about it. Despite the terrible weather but perhaps because of the sinking pound there's been a small rise in the number of us taking 'staycations' Unsafe cyclists delivering food for the Deliveroo and Uber eats are putting pedestrians at risk. The charity that looks after our waterways is being accused of making it difficult for families to live on houseboats by insisting they must travel a minimum distance every fortnight if there're not going to pay for a home mooring.

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