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You and Yours: Scrapping Pedestrianised Streets; Computer Blackmail; Green Deal Fund; Cabin Baggage

Scrapping Pedestrianised Streets; Computer Blackmail; Green Deal Fund; Cabin Baggage

24/09/2014

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Scrapping Pedestrianised Streets; Computer Blackmail; Green Deal Fund; Cabin Baggage

Pedestrianised streets were supposed to attract shoppers, so why are some being scrapped?

Can removing pedestrianised streets be good for town centres? The hackers blackmailing people whose computers they have hijacked, plus more consumer news with Winifred Robinson.

Pedestrianising town centres was seen as the thing to do to attract shoppers. So why are some councils letting the cars back in?

We report on the hackers issuing blackmail demands after taking control of people's computers 

And the landlords still waiting for payment from a government fund designed to help them make their homes warmer for tenants.

Presenter: Winifred Robinson
Producer: Jon Douglas.

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