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Tuesday 1 October 2002
Listen to the In Touch for 1 October PRO- HUNTING MARCH On Sunday the 22nd of September an estimated 407 thousand people flocked to London for the countryside march. Jill Hays Fisher comes from a farming family and she told Cheryl Gabriel how she got on as a visually impaired countryside resident and what she made of the march. PHONE/INTERNET SHOPPING The introduction of an internet or shop by phone service by many of the big supermarkets has come as a real boon to some people. However, threre are plenty of horror stories about people being frustrated by late, incomplete or even non-existent deliveries. EYE SURGERY Mike May, from California, lost his sight at the age of three in a chemical explosion in his parent's garage. Since then he's lived as a totally blind person. Until recently, when he was offered an operation which would replace his cornea and restore some of his sight. The operation was not guaranteed to be a success, but even if it were, Mike would also have to adjust to being able to see. A BBC TWO programme, part of their current What's Your Problem Season of programmes about disability, tracked his progress. The Man Who Learned to See, documented Mike's personal journey into the seeing world, and explored some of the medical issues relating to the business of learning to use newly acquired sight. More on Mike May POPSTARS The search is on, as part of ITV's Saturday night schedule, for five boys and five girls to form two bands who'll go off in pursuit of chart success as the latest Popstars. A visually impaired seventeen year old from Liverpool was kicked off the show - one of the judges on Popstars seemed to think that Andy's lack of sight would go against him as a band member. CONTACTS RNIB 105 Judd Street London WC1 H9NE Tel: 0845 766 99 99 (UK callers only - Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm) Tel. 0207 388 1266 (switchboard/overseas callers) Fax. 0207 388 2034 Interpreters are available: please call for details Textphone users call via Typetalk 0800 51 51 52 The RNIB provides information, support and advice for anyone with a serious sight problem. They not only provide braille, Talking Books and computer training, but imaginative and practical solutions to everyday challenges. The RNIB campaigns to change society's attitudes, actions and assumptions, so that people with sight problems can enjoy the same rights, freedoms and responsibilities as fully sighted people. They also fund pioneering research into preventing and treating eye disease and promote eye health by running public health awareness campaigns. COUNTRYSIDE ALLIANCE The Old Town Hall 367 Kennington Road London SE11 4PT Tel - 020 7840 9200 Fax - 020 7793 8484 E-mail - info@countryside-alliance.org The Countryside Alliance promotes the interests of rural people, including all field sports , sensible wildlife management, and wider countryside concerns such as jobs, landscapes and freedoms. It represents these interests in the media, in Parliament, in schools and throughout the UK. COUNTRYSIDE ALLIANCE MARCH HELPLINE Tel: 020 7840 9300 Fax: 020 7840 9310 Email: march-info@countryside-alliance.org LEAGUE AGAINST CRUEL SPORTS LIMITED Sparling House 83-87 Union Street London SE1 1SG Tel. 020 7403 6155 Fax : 020 7403 4532 Email: info@league.uk.com NFU 164 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2H 8HL Tel: 0207 331 7200 Fax : 0207 331 7313 Email : NFU@nfu.org.uk The National Farmers' Union is a democratic organisation representing farmers and growers in England and Wales. Visit the In Touch Message Board Back to the In Touch page The BBC is not responsible for external websites |
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