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Next week we’ll be talking technology with the President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Lord Alec Broers, who’s giving this year’s Reith lectures. It’s part of a special series which will include a survey of your views and a vote on the most significant technological innovation of the last two hundred years. If you have any questions or comments you would like to put to Lord Broers on the growth of technology and its implications for us as consumers get in touch.
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| Friday 4 June |
 Listen to You and Yours for Friday 4 June
| TODAY: We hear how postal voting may create problems for blind voters, how the student population is spreading over university towns, and Esperanto – is there still a future in the universal language?
SUNNY
Our new series that looks behind the most dramatic eye catching newspaper headlines continues. Today, the newspapers report on Derby City Council’s proposal of cancelling school trips. It fears that children may contract skin cancer because of over exposure to the sun. Adam Kirtley finds out more from Simon Longley of Derby City Council.
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CITY V COMPANY
Despite the news reports, M&S is still the market leader in clothing sales with profits of £760 million, as endorsed by its former chairman Sir Richard Greenbury. But is being a PLC, and being at the mercy of the City necessarily a good thing? Tony Craze a broker and analyst, and Christopher Pearce of Proteome Sciences discuss, along with Henk Potts of Barclays stockbrokers.
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BLIND VOTING
On June 10th local and European elections, (and the mayoral elections in London), will take place. In four regions, for the first time, there will be all postal voting with no option of going to a polling station. But many people with visual impairments believe their needs have not been catered for, saying they are effectively being disenfranchised as highlighted by Liz Silver from Nottingham who is blind. Julianne Marriott of the RNIB and Chris Leslie of the Department of Constitutional Affairs discuss the issue.
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For further information on election issues, contact the Electoral Commission helpline on 0800 3 280280
STUDENTIFICATION
Since the Government announced in 2000 that it wanted 50% of school leavers to go onto university, the student population has already grown by 71,000. In some parts of the country students now make up almost two thirds of the local community. So is this having the effect of changing some of our towns and cities irrevocably? Discussing this are Dr Darren Smith of Brighton University, Adrian Bailey of Loughborough University, David Thompson of the Local Government Association, and Mandy Telford of the National Union of Students.
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ESPERANTO
As ten new countries joined the European Union last month, translation is set to rise by 40% - the cost reaching about 810 million euros. It seems unlikely that the EU will ever choose a single language, but Esperanto has continued to be used in 82 countries having annual congresses around the world. Its popularity is underlined with the centenary of the British Esperanto Association. Sarah Woolman finds out what Esperanto has to offer and why there are still so many passionate proponents of the language.
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 Liz Barclay:
Liz Barclay has presented You and Yours since 1998 ...more info |
 Winifred Robinson:
Winifred Robinson joined the You and Yours team in 2001 ...more info |
 John Waite:
John Waite has presented You and Yours and Face the Facts since 1986 ...more info |
 Peter White:
Since 1995 Peter White has been the BBC's Disability Affairs Correspondent ...more info |
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