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Fake Car Insurance & how healthy is the Health Lottery?

Hundreds of drivers have been tricked into buying invalid insurance by a fake internet firm. Plus Britain's newest nationwide lottery is accused of breaking the advertising code.

Hundreds of drivers have been tricked into buying invalid insurance by a fake internet firm.

Britain's newest nationwide lottery is accused of breaking the advertising code.

We hear from a man jailed after distributing his late father's compensation for industrial injury among his family. He says it fulfilled a dying wish, the courts ruled it to be a fraud.

We have the latest on another gap in the High Street as Peacocks goes bust and visit the Choir with No Name - a homeless project funded by Sports Relief.

Presenter: Winifred Robinson
Producer: Jon Douglas.

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55 minutes

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Thu 19 Jan 2012 12:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM

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  • Fake Insurance Firm

    How hundreds of young drivers have been conned into buying worthless motor insurance from a bogus online site.

    Duration: 07:52

  • Health Lottery

    The organisers of Britain’s newest nationwide lottery reveal how much money they’ve given to charity. So is it as little as the critics had feared?

    Duration: 06:28

  • McDonald's and youth training

    Has the McJob got a new image?

    Duration: 11:53

  • Self scan thefts

    How theft from self scanners in supermarkets is being tackled.

    Duration: 07:23

  • Peacocks financial trouble

    The clothing chain Peacocks is in administration and the fate of its 9500 staff are waiting to hear about their jobs.

    Duration: 01:52

  • Sport Relief Choir

    We visited The Choir with No Name - a choir funded by Sport Relief and made up of people who have experienced homelessness.

    Duration: 07:19

  • Disputed Inheritance

    The man jailed after sharing compensation for his father’s death from asbestosis between his family.

    Duration: 09:08

Broadcast

  • Thu 19 Jan 2012 12:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM

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