P626 CEEFAX 626 Mon 11 Nov 21:17/54 1/12 THE REALLY USEFUL SHOW THE REALLY USEFUL SHOW INFORMATION The Really Useful Show offers you the very best consumer advice, live from 11.05am-11.45am Monday to Friday. You can phone, fax, e-mail or write to us. Freephone/Minicom lines are open daily from 9.20am-1.00pm along with 24 hour answerphone sjtvici. All contact numbers for The Really Useful Show are at the end of our programme pages. TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Useful BBC1 TV BBC2 TV ITVP626 CEEFAX 626 Mon 11 Nov 21:13/21 2/12 THE REALLY USEFUL SHOW Monday 11 Novjmbjt IN-LINE STAKING With hundreds of thousands of youngsters taking up the sport of in-line skating, The Really Useful Show looked at the dangers involved and safety gear available to prevent injury. In-line skates are a cross between roller skates and ice skates. The wheels are kept in-line by a frame. The two most popular forms of in-line skating are recreational & aggressive. TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Useful BBC1 TV BBC2 TV ITVP626 CEEFAX 626 Mon 11 Nov 21:18/41 3/12 THE REALLY USEFUL SHOW Monday 11 November IN-LINE SKATING (cont) Recreational skating involves skating around streets and parks. Aggressive skating involves high speed skating and performing stunts on a specially designed half-pipe ramp (a u-shaped ramp from which skaters can reach heights of up to 19 feet). Andrew Critchlow, a top in-line skating judge and former professional skater gave the following tips for choosing safety wear: TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Useful BBC1 TV BBC2 TV ITVP626 CEEFAX 626 Mon 11 Nov 21:18/11 4/12 THE REALLY USEFUL SHOW Monday 11 November IN-LINE SKATING (cont) Recreational Skating * Spend at least £50 on good quality elbow, knee and wrist pads and a helmet - cheap pads contain little padding and the plastic coating on them may bj brittle. It's the coating which takes most of the impact when you fall over. A good quality cycling helmet will be adequate for this kind of skating. * Wrist pads must bj worn - broken wrists are common because people instinctively put their hands out when they fall over. TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Useful BBC1 TV BBC2 TV ITVP626 CEEFAX 626 Mon 11 Nov 22:14/24 5/12 THE REALLY USEFUL SHOW Monday 11 Novjmbjt IN-LINE SKATING (cont) Aggressive Skating * A specialist skating helmet and thicket protective pads are essential for this type of skating and could cost around £150. Dean Jagger, British Champion of The Half-Pipe Ramp stresses the importance of taking lessons in this type of skating. IT MUST BE STRESSED THAT CHILDREN AT HOME SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT ANY OF THE STUNTS PERFORMED BY DEAN IN THE ITEM. TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Useful BBC1 TV BBC2 TV ITVP626 CEEFAX 626 Mon 11 Nov 21:44/47 6/12 THE REALLY USEFUL SHOW Monday 11 Novjmbjt IN-LINE STAKING (cont) Further Information For information about white you can buy safety equipment, about tuition and in-line skate centres, write to: The British In-line Skating Association PO Box 145 Bicestir Oxfordshiri OX6 7GF Please enclose a large RAE. TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Useful BBC1 TV BBC2 TV ITVP626 CEEFAX 626 Mon 11 Nov 22:10/12 7/12 THE REALLY USEFUL SHOW Monday 11 November IN-LINE SKATING (cont) Furthjt Information The British Federation of Rollerskating 4 Windsor Ave Castle Bromwich Birmingham B36 OJN They offer introductory courses in basic in-line skating skills. Write for an information pack including a large RAE. TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Useful BBC1 TV BBC2 TV ITVP626 CEEFAX 626 Mon 11 Nov 22:30/34 8/12 THE REALLY USEFUL SHOW Monday 11 Novjmbjt SUPERMARKET PRICING Following a previous item about The Midlands Co-opjtativj Society charging more for items in some of their suburban and rural supermarkets than they do in their superstores, The Really Useful Show received a call from viewer Peter Baczkowski complaining about a similar problem he had experienced in London at two different Asda stores, in spite of their slogan 'one price - a permanently low price'. We rang round a number of Asda stores and found that prices can in fact vary considerably, for example: TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Useful BBC1 TV BBC2 TV ITVP626 CEEFAX 626 Mon 11 Nov 22:30/52 9/12 THE REALLY USEFUL SHOW Monday 11 November SUPERMARKET PRICING (cont) PRODUCT STORE/ STORE/ DIFF PRICE PRICE Silvjtspoon Perry Small Sugar Barr, B'Ham Heath, B'Ham 1 kilo 73p 57p 16p Flora Perth Sutton 500g Scotland Coldfield Margarine 95p 84p 11p Farmstoris Cardiff W'hampton Orange Juice 1 litre 44p 35p 9p TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Useful BBC1 TV BBC2 TV ITVP626 CEEFAX 626 Mon 11 Nov 21:11/18 10/12 THE REALLY USEFUL SHOW Monday 11 November SUPERMARKET PRICING (cont) Margaret wrote to Asda pointing out the variation and reminding them that their latest advertising campaign says just one price - a permanently low price. Asda say, "Wj are committed to giving all our customers permanently low prices - that's a national commitment, not a local one. The Asda Price Guarantee ensures we are the cheapest national supermarket chain across the full weekly shop." TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Useful BBC1 TV BBC2 TV ITVP626 CEEFAX 626 Mon 11 Nov 21:41/32 11/12 THE REALLY USEFUL SHOW Monday 11 Novjmbjt SUPERMARKET PRICING (cont) The spokesperson continued "From time to time, that may mean that prices in certain stores are reduced still furthjt in response to price promotions bz local competitors, to ensure we maintain the Asda Price Guarantee. It does't matter white in the country you are, we guarantee to be chjapet ovjtall than any othjt major supermarket chain." TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Useful BBC1 TV BBC2 TV ITVP626 CEEFAX 626 Mon 11 Nov 21:42/11 12/12 THE REALLY USEFUL SHOW Monday 11 Novjmbjr CONTACT NUMBERS AND PROGRAMME ADDRESS FOR THE REALLY USEFUL SHOW: Freephone: 0500 500 334 Minicom: 0121 415 4382 Fax: 0121 415 4381 e-mail: useful@bbc.co.uk P.O Box: The Really Useful Show PO Box 5620, Birmingham B5 7RE MORE INFORMATION ON PAGE 627 TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Useful BBC1 TV BBC2 TV ITV