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You and Yours: Begging, divorce, blue plaques and energy in Northern Ireland

Begging, divorce, blue plaques and energy in Northern Ireland

10/01/2013

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Begging, divorce, blue plaques and energy in Northern Ireland

Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. Aberdeen plans to ban begging on the city's streets.

Begging is illegal in the rest of the UK, and now Aberdeen wants to ban it too. English Heritage say they can no longer afford blue plaques. Consumer news with Winifred Robinson.

Radio 4's consumer affairs programme with Winifred Robinson. It's illegal in the rest of the UK and Aberdeen want to ban it too - begging. 

What do Jimmi Hendrix, Virginia Woolf and Fred Perry have in common? They all have a Blue Plaque? There are almost 900 around the UK but English Heritage say they can no longer afford them.

And how the lack of legal aid for divorce means many people have to represent themselves in court or lose out.

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