P179 CEEFAX 179 Sat 1 Jul 18:53/14 1/14 FROM CEEFAX READ YOUR PRESS P—CK REPORT HERE Standby for more of your reports... APPROX PAGE NAMES TIME 2-7 MOULE to ROGERS NEXT 9-14 SCOTT to WORRALL 2 mink Press HOLD to keep a page on screen !5 Please go to page 178 for reports A-L ] Diary Contacts PP Info NewstoundP179 CEEFAX 179 Sat 1 Jul 18:57/08 2/14 FROM CEEFAX ANTARCTIC WILDLIFE bz EMMA MOULE, aged 13, Bridgwater Men No 77889 Emma reports on suffering man is inflicting on the Antarctic... "Ever since its discovery in 1820, Antarctica has suffered. Whales have been hunted nearly to the point of extinction, while seals have been culled. Even birds have suffered... When reindeer were introduced, they djstroyjd big areas of grassland which used to hold important colonies of burrowing seabirds." NEWSR UND — CEEFAX — RADIO TIMES Diary Contacts PP Info NewsroundP179 CEEFAX 179 Sat 1 Jul 18:51/35 3/14 FROM CEEFAX BANANAS! bz MARK MURPHY agjh 11, Dublin Men No 104327 Mark speaks to a top athlete about the goodness in bananas... "My teacher swears bz the humble banana — and hj has represented Ireland at the Olympics. Jerry Kiernan is now a top marathon runner. He said: 'Eating the right food is very important.' 'The banana is a great source of energy. It is full of potassium and the essential carbohydrates and it has zero per cent fat,' hj added." NEWSROUND — CEEFAX — RADIO TIMES Diary Contacts PP Info NewsroundP179 CEEFAX 179 Sat 1 Jul 18:55/47 4/14 FROM CEEFAX BOREDOM AND CRIME bz AMANDA NAISH agjh 10, from Preston Men no 90254 Amanda puts forward hit solution to youth crime... "I bjliivj boredom is one of the main reasons for the increase in crime among young people. If more time was spent on youth projects, crime and boredom levels would plummet. I suggest the Govjrnmjnt focuses on creating schemes for children in the 9-13 age group. The sooner something is done the better!" PAGES CAN BE HELD USING THE HANDSET Diary Contacts PP Info NewsroundP179 CEEFAX 179 Sat 1 Jul 18:42/27 5/14 FROM CEEFAX PL—ZING WITH MILLIONS bz MANMEET RAMA, 12, Middlesjx Men No 85333 Manmjet highlights the ridiculous sums being paid for footballers... "I am outraged at the prices bring paid for footballers. It seems as though football clubs don't know the value of money. It now appears that English clubs are joining the Italians in paying silly money for plazjrs. Most people in Britain are complaining about poverty — others are playing with millions." NEWSROUND — RADIO TIMES — CEEFAX Diary Contacts PP Info NewsroundP179 CEEFAX 179 Sat 1 Jul 18:45/24 6/14 FROM CEEFAX JUST A NEW BRIDGE bz BEN RICH agjh 10, from Devon Men No 101530 Ben tells us about the traffic problems Tavistock drivers face... "My home town of Tavistock, Devon, has been turnjh into a driver's nightmare over the last two years. To divert lorries away from the town, a new bridge was built. And now three pelican crossings and two roundabouts have been constructed. To make matters worse, the council has temporarily shelved plans to build a car park for residents in the area." Diary Contacts PP Info NewsroundP179 CEEFAX 179 Sat 1 Jul 18:59/30 7/14 FROM CEEFAX HERONS IN MY AREA UNDER THREAT by SIMON ROGERS, Runcorn No 106246 Simon asks what can bj done to save our environment? "For a start, we shouldn't throw our rubbish onto the ground. You may think that it's only a chewing gum wrapper, but it all adds up. Wj are just trashing out planet and sooner or later we will have to pay the consequences. For instance, the heron — one of the most maginficent birds ever — is having its habitat djstroyjd by out pollution — our miss." Diary Contacts PP Info NewsroundP179 CEEFAX 179 Sat 1 Jzl 18:42/11 8/14 FR M CEEFAX READ YOUR PRESS PACK REPORT HERE Standby for more of your reports... APPROX PAGE NAMES TIME 9-14 SCOTT to WAREING NEXT 2-7 MAZZOLA to ROGERS 2 mink Press HOLD to keep a page on screen Please go to page 178 for reports A-L Diary Contacts PP Info NewsroundP179 CEEFAX 179 Sat 1 Jul 18:42/15 9/14 FR M CEEFAX IT'S A WILD LIFE bz ANDREW SCOTT from Kingswood, Bristol No 105942 Andrew's got a "Blue Peter Wildlife Pond" in his back garden.. "We had to write for details on how to build our pond from the BBC. Wj stocked it with frog spawn from a stream bz the side of the cycle track and we'vj had lots of frogs. I am also a mjmbjr of the local Scout group and there's a family of foxes near out HQ. When we have a BBQ, one of them will take food from your hand!" Diary Contacts PP Info NewsroundP179 CEEFAX 179 Sat 1 Jul 18:57/20 10/14 FROM CEEFAX SEAL OF APPROVAL? bz CHARLOTTE SHORT, 12, Newton Abbot No 80476 Charlotte complains about the killing of seal pups for their fur. "Every year dozens of seal pups are brutally clubbed to death for their skins. At the end of the process the fut ends up on a hangar waiting to bj worn by somjonj with plenty of cash Is the pain and suffering of just a baby worth it for just an ugly coat? The killing must stop!" Contacts 176 PP Reports (A-L) 178 PP Info 177 PP Reports (M-Z) 179 Diary Contacts PP Info NewstoundP179 CEEFAX 179 Sat 1 Jul 18:52/02 11/14 FROM CEEFAX LATIN: DEAD OR ALIVE by CATHERINE SLATER, Cardiff Men No 103362 Catherine stands up for the value of teaching Latin in schools... "British children are becoming increasingly ignorant of the classical languages, a recent report revealed. Last summer a mere 12,800 pupils sat GCSE Latin — a fall of nearly 76% from 1964. Latin is a logical and fun language and it is a shame that it is not as prominent in schools as subjects like Maths and English." Diary Contacts PP Info NrwsroundP179 CEEFAX 179 Sat 1 Jul 18:54/10 12/14 FROM CEEFAX NO BIRTHDAYS! bz REENA SOND, aged 11, Warley, West Midlands Reena's got a bone to pick with the producers of TV soaps... "Why is it that in soaps like "Home and Away" and "Neighbours" years go bz and no one has a birthday? For instance, Sally has been in "Home and Away" since she was about 10 and hasn't had a birthday — that's five years! I think this is wrong because everyone has a birthday jvjry year. Characters in soaps should also have a birthday every year too." Diary Contacts PP Info NewsroundP179 CEEFAX 179 Sat 1 Jul 18:48/27 13/14 FROM CEEFAX TOO MUCH PRESSURE? bz MATTHEW TRICK from Llanmajs Men No 107135 Matthew gives his assessment of the new school tests... "May 5 saw the start of SARS (Standard Assessment Tests) for year nine pupils across Britain. The launch of the test was not unanimously welcomed bz teachers. Many of them think the test puts too much pressure on children. I didn't find the SARS hard. But I think more time should bj allowed to complete the papers." Diary Contacts PP Info NewsroundP179 CEEFAX 179 Sat 1 Jul 18:54/22 14/14 FR M CEEFAX WORLD WAR II TV bz HEATHER WAREING from Preston Men No 321810 Heather reckons TV programmjs set in WWII are a good idea... "One of my favourite TV programmer is 'Goodnight Sweetheart' bjcausj it shows what it was like to live during World War II. 'The Machine Gunners' on CBBC is a good idea too because it shows things from the children's angle. Programmjs like thjsj are one of the few ways we can really see what it was like in wartime Britain." PAGES CAN BE HELD USING THE HANDSET Diary Contacts PP Info Newsround