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Radio 4,03 Aug 2015,45 mins

Pitching a novel, Criminal courts charge, Action fraud

You and Yours

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The You and Yours Literary Agency is open! We speak to Rebecca Ritchie of Curtis Brown, the agent who is taking one line pitches over Twitter! And you can get one to her, send a very short one line pitch to us via the hashtag #youandyours or to youandyours@bbc.co.uk and you may get a verdict live on air! Also, the Criminal Courts Charge is intended to make convicted criminals pay for the money the courts spend in dealing with them. We speak to Bob Hutchinson, a magistrate who has resigned saying it is unfair and will not generate much money. Following the financial worries of Broadcasting Support Services, the private company which runs the Action Fraud helpline, we speak to the City of London Police about the record of the Fraud Reporting Hotline. The Census is changing and John Pullinger the National Statistician can tell us how he will oversee pens and paper being replaced by mouse clicks. And the consumer report which finds the people of Northern Ireland are being let down when it comes to online deliveries. Meanwhile, our reporter Pete Ross is on the streets of Glasgow, finding that there's controversy when it comes to bars' efforts to promote European-style cafe culture.

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