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Facebook Ticket Scam, Business Nimbys and Smart Meter Update

The Taylor Swift ticket scam being run by what look like legitimate Facebook moderators. Once they literally couldn't give them away, now smart meter waiting lists are growing.

The Facebook moderators that aren’t. They look like the real thing that run millions of special interest groups on the platform but in fact they are criminals gaming the system - their latest wheeze is selling fake tickets for Taylor Swift's extra London dates.

When they launched, energy companies had difficulty giving them away for free. Today smart meters make more sense. If you want to export energy from your solar panels or power your EV, for example, you’ll need one. The complaint now is energy companies can't keep up with demand or are botching installations.

Beach huts sell for some crazy prices, although latest data shows demand has plateaued. Still, the most prized could set you back hundreds of thousands of pounds- but what's the appeal of what is basically a box on the beach.

The Crowdstrike outage caused chaos and cancellations at airports and it pointed up something most travellers probably don’t know – it is better to trust your airline app than the airport departure boards, a mistake that cost a Y&Y listener £700.

Nimbys may be the bane of home-builders but small businesses aren’t keen on them either. New research shows a quarter of businesses have had growth plans blocked by planning objections.

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