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1700 mobile phones are scrapped every hour in the UK
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Mobile Phone Scam
Do not respond to a text message saying ‘Please call me urgently on 09011500065-from KB’.
When called, an engaged, pre-recorded tone is heard making you call again and again with a charge of £5 per minute each time
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Phone Ban
The Department of Transport has announced a new offence of using a mobile phone while driving. The new offence will take effect from 1st December 2003 with the fine starting at £30 rising to £1000 for persons taken to court.
The offenders will also receive 3 penalty points on their driving licences for each offence.
The use of ‘hands free’ devices will still be legal
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