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You and Yours: Skin-lightening creams, betting shops, parental locks

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14/03/2014

Skin-lightening creams, betting shops, parental locks

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Skin-lightening creams, betting shops, parental locks

Peter White talks to gamblers about high-stakes fixed odds gaming machines.

The trade in legal and illegal skin-lightening products, the betting industry's new voluntary code for fixed odds gaming machines, and parental locks on tablet computers.

Peter White talks to gamblers about high-stakes fixed odds gaming machines, where bets of £100 can be placed every 20 seconds. Betting shops are limited to four terminals in each branch, and have adopted a new code that allows users to set - and override - a limit on time and spending.

We hear why one MP thinks large cosmetics companies should explain their marketing policy, if they're prepared to sell skin-whitening products overseas but not in the UK.

Two parents explain why they were horrified to learn what their son had accessed on his tablet computer, despite switching on the parental lock.

And 62% of people have never switched their energy supplier, according to Ofgem. A campaign has convinced two of the 'Big Six' providers to drop their exit penalties for any customers who leave them over the coming weekend.

Presenter: Peter White
Producer: Joel Moors.

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