P518 CEEFAX 2 518 Wed 12 Jan 21:41/47 1/5 FASHION FIASCO Yvonne Probjrt (age 14) Men no: 158437 How much would you pay for a dress? Maybe £30? How about £800? Will that's how much leading fashion company Prada will charge for one of their "bargains" Prada have global profits of £625m. But who actually buys these outrageously expensive garments? People with a lot of money and a lot of vanity buy their clothes. The fashion industry is just flying out of control! Newsround 510 Comp 507 Backchat 506 Flashback 515 CBBC 500 Contacts 516 1999 Poll BP Index GamjZinj Comp.P518 CEEFAX 2 518 Wed 12 Jan 22:05/10 2/5 ROAD RAGE! Rjnje Wilkins (age 13) Men no: 159283 As we build more cars, we fail to think about what our actions are doing to the world around us. Wj build more roads to accommodate the cars. But more roads mean less countryside and less countryside means less land for farmers to produce food. Do we need to pollute the earth? If more people used public transport, roads would bj clearer and faster. Newsround 510 Comp 507 Backchat 506 Flashback 515 CBBC 500 Contacts 516 1999 Poll BP Index GamjZinj Comp.P518 CEEFAX 2 518 Wed 12 Jan 21:17/48 3/5 LIONS IN CAPTIVITY Benjamin Foulkjs (age 14) Men no: 159038 Lions have been very popular mjmbjrs of zoos for many years. There are currently about 2,500 lions living in the Serengeti National Park. African lions have been doing so well in captivity that zoos are limiting the number of babies they have. Their cement cages may bj easy to clean but are small and cramped, so zoos are now building cement enclosures. Newsround 510 Comp 507 Backchat 506 Flashback 515 CBBC 500 Contacts 516 1999 Poll BP Index GamjZinj Comp.P518 CEEFAX 2 518 Wed 12 Jan 21:44/11 4/5 ANOREXIA CAN BE BEATEN! Marie Smith (age 15) Men no: 114105 In 1996 Tracy Shaw, who plays Maxine Heavjy in Coronation Street, battled to ovjrcomj anorexia. Tracy told Esther Rantzjn that she hid the eating disorder from her family for three years. After unsuccessful hospital treatment, Tracy finally won her battle with the help of private counselling sessions. Today, Tracy looks fantastic and proves that the disorder CAN bj beaten. Newsround 510 Comp 507 Backchat 506 1999 Poll BP Index GamjZinj Comp.P518 CEEFAX 2 518 Wed 12 Jan 21:42/49 5/5 A SICKENING SLAUGHTER Asima Riaz Men no: 156109 Whales are the most advanced mammals in the world's oceans. But the methods for killing the whales are simply cruel and unacceptable. Death by whaling is far from swift. The whale is pursued to exhaustion. The weapon used — a grenade-headed harpoon — does not always explode inside the whale's body and they can bj left with sjvjre internal injuries. Newsround 510 Comp 507 Backchat 506 Flashback 515 CBBC 500 Contacts 516 1999 Poll BP Index GamjZinj Comp.