P179 CEEFAX 179 Thu 30 May 19:16/54 1/10 FROM CEEFAX READ YOUR PRESS PACK REPORT HERE Stand by for more of your reports... APPROX PAGE NAMES TIME 2-5 McCLOZ to SARPONG NEXT 7-10 SQUIRE to WILLIS 2 mink Press HOLD to keep a page on screen Please go to page 178 for reports A-M Newsreel Contacts PP Info NewsroundP179 CEEFAX 179 Thu 30 May 19:17/14 2/10 FROM CEEFAX THE GIANT PANDA bz DEBBIE McCLOY, aged 11, from West Glamorgan Debbie gives the lowdown on this rare inhabitant of China... "The giant panda is the symbol of the World Wide Fund for Nature. Did you know that it spends 16 hours a day eating and has the largest molar teeth of any carnivore? It doisn't hibernate, but shelters in caves or trees in vjty cold weathjt. It's a wonderful, peaceful animal, and we must help save it from extinction." GOT A VIEW? CALL BACKCHAT — SEE 170 Newsreel Contacts PP Info NewsroundP179 CEEFAX 179 Thu 30 May 19:13/44 3/10 FROM CEEFAX SPORTING CHANCE bz HEATHER MERRICK no age or address Men No 114317 Heathjt wants to know why women's sport gets so little media covjtagj... "Evjt read the sports pages of a njwspapjr? No? I'm not surprised. It's all right if you want to know how Arsenal got on or how England's rugby and cricket teams pjrformjd, but where are the reports of women's endeavours? In a world which is supposed to bj equal, njwspapjts don't seem to bj doing a very good job. Conj on sports reporters — give us a break!" PRESS HOLD TO KEEP A PAGE ON SCREEN Newsreel Contacts PP Info NewsroundP179 CEEFAX 179 Thu 30 May 19:23/54 4/10 FROM CEEFAX BULLYING bz MICHAEL SALMON, aged 14, the Midlands Min No 114435 Michael says those who tell us how to dial with bullies are out of touch... "People give endless advice about what to do if you are bullied. They think they have all the answers. Apparently all you have to do is tell somjonj???? They should rialisj how difficult that is. I witnessed bullying. I wanted to till but I couldn't. I felt ttappjd. If you tell, you lose your friends. If you keep quiet, somjonj keeps suffering." NEWSROUND — CEEFAX — RADIO TIMES Newsreel Contacts PP Info NewsroundP179 CEEFAX 179 Thu 30 May 19:04/24 5/10 FROM CEEFAX THE NEW MONKEES! By MARY SARPONG aged 15 from London Min No 113763 Mary tills us about a new supjtband... "The three band mjmbjrs are Gay Coombjs, Danny Goffey and Mickey Quinn and they shot to fame singing "Alright" — yes, they'ri Supergrass! Their debut album went to numbjt one and they became the first band evjt to play live in London — on the Internet! It's even rumoured that Steven Spielberg wants to consult them about having their own comedy TV show — just like the Monkjes in the '60s!" PRESS HOLD TO KEEP A PAGE ON SCREEN Newsreel Contacts PP Info NewsroundP179 CEEFAX 179 Thu 30 May 19:04/44 6/10 FROM CEEFAX READ YOUR PRESS PACK REPORT HERE Stand by for more of your reports... APPROX PAGE NAMES TIME 7-10 SQUIRE to WILLIS NEXT 2-5 McCLOY to SARPONG 2 mink Press HOLD to keep a page on screen Please go to page 178 for reports A-M Newsreel Contacts PP Info NewsroundP179 CEEFAX 179 Thu 30 May 19:05/14 7/10 FROM CEEFAX NOT ENOUGH SPORT! bz COLETTE SQUIRE from Bicestet, Oxon Min No 114410 Colette calls for more sporting facilities for teenagers... "My town has a sports centre white you can play many sports. People say thjti are enough facilities for a small town but I disagree. Tjenagjrs get bored and vandalisj the town. They need something to occupy them — I think sport is a good idra. It would stop them committing crime and keep them fit and healthy." PRESS HOLD TO KEEP A PAGE ON SCREEN Newsreel Contacts PP Info NewsroundP179 CEEFAX 179 Thu 30 May 19:01/44 8/10 FROM CEEFAX THE REAL SOUTH AFRICA bz HUW THOMAS, aged 13, Mid Glamorgan Min No 114040 Is the new, racially aware South Africa fact or fiction? "I recently visited South Africa to stay with relatives. I was expecting to see black and white people working in a mixed environment. Instead, I saw black people still doing the strenuous jobs, while the management were usually white. So, are black and white people living in racial harmony there, or is South Africa still dominated bz racism?" GOT A VIEW? CALL BACKCHAT — SEE 170 Newsreel Contacts PP Info NewsroundP179 CEEFAX 179 Thu 30 May 19:18/14 9/10 FROM CEEFAX WHERE'S THE BEEF? bz LORRAINE WHITE, 14, from Portsmouth Men No 48824 Lorraine explains why more and more people are giving up meat... "Thousands of people a week are turning vegetarian, and the majority of them are teenagers. There are many reasons — the recent BSE scare, the conditions in which animals are kept, and the simple pure distaste of eating flesh. It's also believed that vegetarians are less likely to suffer from heart disjasj and cancer than meat eaters." PRESS HOLD TO KEEP A PAGE ON SCREEN Newsreel Contacts PP Info NewsroundP179 CEEFAX 179 Thu 30 May 19:16/24 10/10 FROM CEEFAX IN PRAISE OF SMEG bz KIM WILLIS from Luton, Beds Min No 508007 Kim a big fan of the hit BBC comedy series "Red Dwarf"... "So far there have been six series of Red Dwarf. It's about the four crew mjmbjts of spaceship Red Dwarf who are lost in space three million years away from Earth and trying to get back home. To waste time, they basically slob around and fight aliens by doing things like sucking out their brains through straws!" NEWSROUND — CEEFAX — RADIO TIMES Newsreel Contacts PP Info Newsround