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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 16 July |
 Listen to You and Yours for Friday 16 July
| TODAY: Aspirin – a cure for all ills? We find our more about the little white pill. We hear how the Rotary Club is trying to boost numbers. And the dating game – how more people are playing for the prize of a partner.
DISABILITY ACCESS – Part 1
From October 1st the final part of the Disability Discrimination Act comes into force which means disabled people must have full access to high street shops and services. If premises including libraries, doctors and solicitors, gyms and pubs don’t comply by making reasonable adjustments, they risk breaking the new law. Disability reporter Carolyn Atkinson challenged wheelchair user Mik Scarlet to do a test drive in his local shopping centre in London. And they took access expert Vin Goodwin with them.
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TOXIC WASTE
Today’s the day when the number of landfill sites licensed to take hazardous waste falls, to comply with an EU directive. Where once 200 sites could take hazardous waste, now there are only 12. Discussing the issues are Sir John Harman of the Environment Agency and Dirk Hazell of the Environment Services Association.
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DISABILITY ACCESS – Part 2
Mik Scarlet and Carolyn Atkinson alongwith Vin Goodwin continue their wheelchair tour of Camden High Street in London and visit a café.
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ASPIRIN
At one time Aspirin was widely believed to be the only answer to pain relief and fever reduction. Aspirin was eventually overtaken by paracetamol, as its downside was that it can irritate the stomach lining and cause bleeding. But more recently it has been hailed as a potential wonderdrug to stave off heart disease, cancer and even infertility. Discussing Asprin are Diarmuid Jeffreys author of Asprin the Story of a Wonder Drug and Dr Tom Smith, GP and medical journalist.
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DATING
The dating industry is worth an estimated £600 million-a-year. And nowadays one in five single adults in the UK admit to using it. A recent reports shows that around 10,000 people a month attend speed-dating evenings in more than 40 towns and cities in the UK. Discussing the popularity of the dating industry are Judith Meskill, a senior editor of Weblogs Inc, Conrad Morris, marketing director of YooMedia Dating, and Jo Hemmings, author of The Dating Game.
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ROTARY
The Rotary Club and its women’s section The Inner Wheel, is trying to boost its falling membership. It has typically been bolstered by businessmen and their wives but the combination of the long hours culture and women going out to work seems to have reduced membership numbers. So as Rotary prepares to celebrate its centenary, it is looking to recruit a new and more diverse membership. Angela Robson reports.
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DISABILITY ACCESS – Part 3
In the final part of their tour, wheelchair user Mik Scarlet, disability reporter Carolyn Atkinson and access consultant Vin Goodwin find out the access availability at a pub which is a part of a chain in London.
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 Liz Barclay:
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Winifred Robinson joined the You and Yours team in 2001 ...more info |
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