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Special Needs education; Fake Pregnancy Tests; Thomas Cook

A group of MPs says a generation of children with special needs and disabilities is being let down by the education system. Plus the impact of fake pregnancy tests sold online.

A group of MPs says a whole generation of children with special educational needs and disabilities is being let down by the education system. A mother of a 9-year-old boy who has high-functioning autism says his condition is worsening as their Local Authority fail to find him a suitable school place.

You can buy anything online these days - including fake pregnancy tests that always give a positive result. They are advertised on websites including Amazon and eBay as joke products, but some say women could use them to "find out if you've found Mr Right" or to "sleep with your married boss and then extort him". We speak to a man who says his ex-partner used one to try to convince him to stay with her. eBay says it's removing all ads for these products as they are banned from their platform.

Plus a month on from the collapse of Thomas Cook we hear how much the repatriation process has cost, and how straight forward it has been for customers who have lost holidays to get refunds.

Presented by Winifred Robinson
Produced by Natalie Donovan

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40 minutes

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  • Wed 23 Oct 2019 12:18

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