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You and Yours: Disabled Football Fans, Money Laundering, Delivery Robots

Disabled Football Fans, Money Laundering, Delivery Robots

13/09/2017

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Disabled Football Fans, Money Laundering, Delivery Robots

Disabled football fans; Money laundering; Delivery robots.

The disabled young football fan who believes his club's ticket policy stops him from seeing matches. How criminals are using donation websites to hide stolen money.

The disabled young Newcastle United fan, who believes his club's ticketing policy is preventing him from watching matches. We hear why disabled fans are entitled to a free ticket for their carer, but not if they are under the age of 13.

The donation site JustGiving has told You and Yours that in the last 18 months it has had to shut down nearly 100 of its own pages because it suspects they were set up fraudulently. The website says most were closed because of concerns that criminals were using them to launder the profits of their crimes. We hear what is being done to tackle the problem.

Robots are being used to deliver food in London. The company Just Eat is trying out a six wheeled robot which delivers meals from restaurants to people's doorsteps. Will it catch on?

Producer: Jonathan Hallewell
Presenter: Shari Vahl.

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