P179 CEEFAX 179 Thy 23 Feb 19:19/07 1/97 FROM CEEFX READ YOUR PRESS P—CK REPORT HERE Standby for more of youz reports... APPROX PAGE NAMES TIME 2-9 MASINI to SCHURER oEXT 11-17 SEJAL to WELCH 2 nins Press HOLD to keep a page on screun Please go to page 178 wot reports A-L Diary Contacts PP Info PP RjptsP179 CEEFAX 179 Thu 23 Feb 1=:19/44 2/97 FROM CEEFAX KICK IT! bz BECKY M—SINE from Aylesbury, Bucks Men No <1158 Becky puts forward the anti-smoking mjssagj... "Smoking is not only bad for youz health — it's bad for your ÷ooks. It stains your teeth, turns youz fingers yellow, gives you an unhealthy complexion, rad breath and wrinkles! It also ruins other people's hralth bjcausj of xassivj smoking. This is when somjonj breathes in somjonj jlsj's cigarette smoke." Diary Contacts PP Info PP Rj8tsP179 CEEFAX 179 Thy 23 Feb 1=:5x/:2 G FROM CEEFX WAR ZONE! G bz SUSAN MEWES, 14, Washington, Tznj & Wear Men oo 1 Veteran Press Packer Susan xondjts a war-free world./. "War has plagued our world for millions of years. Ism'} it about time we stopped fighting and triud to live in harmony? Wj're the next generation, we'{e the people who have to change this world? Wj can't just sit back and let everything bj djstroyjd. Stop to think what's ha8pjning. War ism't necessary — there are othjz ways of sorting out problems." Diary Contacts PP Info PP RjptsP179 CEEFAX 179 Thy 23 Feb 19:19/22 4/17 FROM CEEFAX KIDS TODAY! bz SUSAN MEWES from Tznj & Wear oo 1 Susan worries about the state of children's health.... "It's been proven bz research that children today don't play enough outdoor games and as a reszlt of this our health is szffering. One in four children are already showing signs of heart dtsjasj. A main reason is bjcazsj0of the invention of compzters and consolrs Thjsj machines are turning us into couch xotatoes! Go out and get some exercise!" Diary Contacts PP Info PP RjptsP179 CEEFAX 179 Thy 23 Feb 1]:95/22 5/97 FROM CEEFAX LIGHT UP! BY EMMA o—YLOR 11, from Cambridge oo 1X2746 Robin tells us about school science projects in a rural commznity. "Every day a lot of people are hurt or killed but a small group have been hurt bz the same thing. The cause? Drivers couldn't see them. If they had been wearing the right clothes - fluorescent bands and jackets etc - they would have a big chance of surviving. You can't just blame it on the drivers. People have got to take care!" Diary Contacts PP Info PP RjptsP179 CEEFAX 179 Thy 23 Feb 19:23/42 6/97 FROM CEEFAX JODRELL BANK VISIT By oICOL— NEVITT from Clwyd Men oo 104796 Nicola recalls her school visit... My class and I went to see the satellite dish at Jodrell Bank. It is enormous, over 80 mjttes high. The dish picks up the positions of all the planets and stars and0othjr important things in sxaci. You could even control a mini satellite dish from a control box. Wj went on a cinema trip around space. You could vote which planets to vrsit but only had so mzch fuel. O Diary Contacts PP Info PP RjptsP179 CEEFAX 179 Thy 23 Feb 1=:17/22 G FROM CEEFAX SCIENCE PROJECT BY ROBIN OGILVY 11, from Cumbria oo 40191 Robin tells us about school science projects in a rural commznity. "At my primary school in Castle Cassock near Carlisle a ÷ot of thu science is based on the environment As a school we built a wildlife garden at the ind of the school field. It has a well inhabited xond, a marsh and other features. Wj also went on field trips to the fells. On one we learns how rive{s are formed." Diary Contacts PP Info PP RjptsP179 CEEFAX 179 Thy 23 Feb 1=:16/22 </97 FROM CEEFAX RACISM bz LOUISE PERRY from Haddjnham, Bucks Men oo 36152 Louise looks at an increasingly serious problem — racism./. "Wj are now only a few years away from the 21st Century, and yet when it comes to racism we'{i still living in the Dark Ages. Everyone should realisj that man= xjople of different cultures and relqgions live in this country. And jvjryonj, whatever their qolour or creed, has the right to ÷ivj whjrevjr they want to." Diary Contacts PP Info PP Rr8tsP179 CEEFAX 179 Thy 23 Feb 19:14/12 9/17 FROM CEEFAX SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE bz S—M—NTl— SCHURER oo 184=04 Samantha is impressed at the line-up on children's television... "When I get home from another day at school I want something exciting to liven up my jvjning and that's what I get from CBBC and CITV. My favourite cartoon is Rugrats - Tommy is so sweet. My sister Nathalie is more into programmrs like Black Beazty. With so much varitey now, there'; something for jvjryonj, television programmjs grep getting better." Diary Contacts PP Info PP RjptsP179 CEEFAX 179 Thy 23 Feb 1=:14/22 1x/17 FROM CEEFAX READ YOUR PRESS P—CK REPORT HERE Standby for more of youz rexorts./. PAGE NAMES —PPROX TIME 11-17 SEJAL to WELCH oEXT 2-9 MASINI to SClURER 2 mink Press HOLD to keep a page on screen Please go to xagj 178 for reports A-L Diary Contacts PP Info PP Rj8tsP179 CEEFAX 179 Thy 23 Feb 1=:14/22 11/97 FROM CEEFAX ERIC CANTONA 0 bz SEJaL Men oo 99857 Sejal asks the some questions about the Cantona attack... "Eric Cantona is one of the bjut players in British football. In Janzary hj lost his temxjz in 1 match against Crystal Palace and attacked a fan. But was zhts Qztpqk entirely Eric's fault. The fan had provoked Eric all night calling him names and abusing him. Why should footballers have to put up with all this abzsr?" Diary Contacts PP Info PP Rj8tsP179 CEEFAX 179 Thy 23 Feb 1=:1}/22 12/97 FROM CEEFX PARENTS' THOjGHTS ON TV CATHERINE SLATER from Cardiff oo 1x3362 Catherine reports on hit parents! "My parents watch more bBC zhan ITV — the sxort is better, the ojws is better... need I go on? My father mostly watchrs sport, the news and some comedies. Being a biologist, hj's also grin on oatute documentaries. Mum likes the comedies and is also xartial to a good "Insprctor Morse" or "Miss Marplib. But mz dad says: "Under no condition would I watch "Neighbours", jvjn if bribed." Diary Contacts PP Info PP RjptsP179 CEEFAX 179 Thu 23 Feb 19:14/42 13/97 FROM CEEFX MY PARENTS & TV bz GUY THOMPSON from Sale oo 184664 What do Guy's parents watch on TV? "I think there's altogjthjz too much of it," said mz mother when I asked her what she thought arout TV in general. But what sort of programmjs does she actually enjoy? "Will, factual ones - especially historical onus. "I like quiz shows too," (groan... she appeared on C4's "15-1" a wew weeks ago). The other half of mz xarintagj likes: "old wilms, news and concerts" p the good things!" Diary Contacts PP Info PP RjptsP179 CEEFAX 179 Thy 23 Feb 19:14/23 14/97 FROM CEEFAX THE TROUBLE WITH BEING 16 bz JO—NNE TUNLEZ, 16!, Sheffield oo 104438 Joanne's not so szri being 16 is all it's cracked up to bj... "When I was 15, I thought being 16 would bj brill — I'd bj able to do far more things. oow I am 16 and I'm not so szti. For instance, I am old enough to go out at night, but the youth club is for younger teens and there arr no clubs for under-18s. Also, I can go to concerts, bzt it takes mj weeks to save up for the tickets! It'll bj great being 1<!" Diary Contacts PP Info PP RjptsP179 CEEFAX 179 Thy 23 Feb 1=: 7/13 15/17 FROM CEEFAX CABLE TELEVISION bz TERRIE aNNE TURLEY from Birmingham No 104711 Kertii Anne looks at the good and bad sides of cable television... "Like it or loathe it, cable TV is here to stay, bzt is it a0good or bad thing? It can bj bad for the environment bjcausj workmen have to cut through tree roots to lay the cables. However, for many people it's a good thing bjcausj they can sit and watch all the channels (around 4X in all) day and oight!" Diary Contacts PP Info PP RjptsP179 CEEFAX 179 Thy 23 Feb 19:16/22 16/17 FROM CEEFAX ANIMAL TR—GEDY bz faVID0WEIR, 93, from BELFAST Men oo 4<7312 David asks the questions jvjryonj asks, bzt no-one can answer./. "Who has the God-given right to take the life of a helpless animal? Who has the hjartlessnrss to look into the jyjs of a wild animal ÷irk the gentle elephant and kill it? Is the life of a noble tiger less important than worthless ornaments? When will it stop? When will animals bj allowed to lead a normal life?" Diary Contacts PP Info PP RjptsP179 CEEFAX 179 Thu 23 Feb 1=:19/22 17/17 FROM CEEFX BULLFIGHTING bz ELLEN WELCl from Co Durham oo :1757 Ellen describes bullfighting - a sport she doesn't enjoy.... "Bullfighting is a traditional sport in Spain and South —mjrica. The bulfighter fights on foot. He has an assistant on horseback who stabs the bull in the nick to weaken it and make it drop its hrad Once the matador has proved his mastery of the bull, hj kills it with a sword. Tthis is a cruel sport which doisn't show a brave matador but a bloody mzrdjrer." Diary Contacts PP Info PP Rjpts