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You and Yours: Facebook cloning, Air passenger duty, Travelling during pregnancy

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29/02/2016

Facebook cloning, Air passenger duty, Travelling during pregnancy

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Facebook cloning, Air passenger duty, Travelling during pregnancy

What happens when your Facebook page is cloned, and how can you avoid it happening?

What happens when your Facebook page is cloned? Air passenger duty on economy tickets for all children is being abolished. How well are pregnant women treated on public transport?

One of the biggest complaints from Facebook users is their difficulty in trying to report fake or bullying profiles to the company and You and Yours has received a number of e-mails from listeners who have had their Facebook profiles cloned. In the case of Sue Henning, criminals copied her Facebook profile and then used it to try and get money out of her friends. Sue tells us her story. Winifred is also joined by computer security expert Graham Cluley who is a computer security expert who gives advice on how to spot the fake Facebook accounts.

The easyFoodstore 25p trial comes to an end today but the store will continue to trade through March and April with a reduced range of items priced at 29p each. Opened with great fanfare at the beginning of February, within 48 hours Stellios's latest business venture was forced to close because it had run out of stock. When it reopened a couple of days later, customers were told that they could buy no more than ten of any one product. The easyFoodstore's slogan is "No expensive brands. Just food honestly priced." But has it found a successful business model? Carolyn Atkinson is inside the pilot store in North West London with Richard Shackleton, Director of Communications at EasyGroup.

Some large companies insist that their smaller suppliers sign up with a so-called Portal, or middle-man, who will handle payments. But according to the Federation of Small Businesses, many of their members are being forced to sign punitive contracts with Portal companies. Susie Maynard talks about how her business suffered at the hands of one of these middle-men. Tim Coleman from the Federation of Small Businesses also discusses the problem. 

Many people are turning to Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), many of which are being offered by top universities. MOOCs are available in 'free' and a 'paid' versions. If you pay for one of these courses, you receive a certificate when you complete it. But is this certificate - costing anything from £30 to £200 - worth the money? E-learning expert Donald Clark takes a look. 

From the 1st March, Air Passenger Duty on Economy air tickets for all children under 16 is being abolished. Last May, the Chancellor removed Air Passenger Duty for children under 12 but he caught the the airlines slightly on the hop as he'd given them less than six months to change their ticketing systems. This meant that parents had to apply for refunds as the tax was not automatically removed during the booking process. Having had over a year to get ready for the removal of Air Passenger Duty for 12 to 16 year olds, why have some airlines still not managed to change their ticketing software? This means that some parents do not know that they have to apply for a refund. Winifred talks to Hannah Maundrell, a personal finance expert from money.co.uk.

If you are pregnant and travelling on public transport, the charity of fellow passengers in offering up their seat can be a little bit hit-and-miss. Nina Warhurst, whose baby is due in April, has been on trains, trams, buses and tubes, to find out how well pregnant women are being looked after when they travel.

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