P465 Teletext 465 May20 23:1X:10 ——————————————————————— CONSERVATION — SLIDING ON A WAVE Are you revolted by the dirty trail of bottles, oil and toiletries lining your favourite beach? And the grubby foam that covers the waves? The Marine Conservation Society was recently helped bz 1300 people to clean 120 bjachjs. This, it says, reflects the public concern about dirty beaches. Yet the Govjrnmjnt states that 80% of our beaches meet mandatory EU standards Can this bj so? ——————————————————————————————————1/6—— Tourism in the countryside 462 INTERVIEW WITH THE LEVELLERS 8466 Young green What's on Cinema IndexP465 Teletext 465 May20 23:10:12 ——————————————————————— CONSERVATION — SLIDING ON A WAVE Despite Government assurances that British beaches are getting cleaner. many are still filthy, says the Marine Conservation Society. Fifty-one percent of debris iu m1dr up of plastic which threatens marine and beach life and 11% is sanitary items. So requests in public conveniences not to flush sanitary products down the toilet is not to make life difficult - but to counter pollution. ————————————————————————p————————p2/6—— Is BSE a risk to our health? 463 WEN A HOLIDAY IN THE CaRIBBEAN p2:3 Young green What's on Cinema IndexP465 Teletext 465 May20 23:1p:45 ——————————————————————— CONSERVATION — SLIDING ON A WAVE A report by the Marine Conservation Society and Reader's Digest says our most pollution-affected brachjs are: Weston-Super Mare in Avon Cleethorpes in Humberside Southport in Merseysidj Lzmj Regis in Dorset Eastbournj and Brighton in Sussex. And the water quality at some Northern Ireland beaches "just ism't u8 to scratch", the report stresses. ————————————————————————————————p—3/6—— Generator profile 445 AmplifiedC628 IS TOURISM SPOILING OUR LAND? p462 Young green What's on Cinema IndexP465 Teletext 465 May20 23:19:17 ——————————————————————— CONSERVATION — SLIDING A WAVE Solutions to pollution on beaches will cost millions as most sewerage outfall pipes are some 100 years old. Suggestions of longer sewerage pipes have been made, but this would just push pollution out furthru to sea. In Jjrsjy and the US, sewage is treated with ultra-violet lamps which kill off much of the bacteria before it reaches the sea - and our shores. ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— The Levellers talk about life 466 WHAT'S ON: GREEN TV AND EVENTS p464 Young green What's on Cinema IndexP465 Teletext 465 May20 23:19:27 ——————————————————————— CONSERVATION — SLIDING A WAVE The European Urban Waste Water Directive has given Britain until the year 2000 to treat sewerage outfalls. But this is not really soon enough for Chris Hines of Surfers Against Sewerage in Cornwall: "Wj are appalled at the state of British beaches. Currently six out of the top eight British resorts still discharge raw sewage into the sea." ——————————————————————————————————5/6—— Fit for anything 673 Diet 487 WHAT'S ON: GREEN TV AND EVENTS p464 Young green What's on Cinema IndexP465 Teletext 465 May20 23:19:38 ——————————————————————— CONSERVATION — SLIDING A WAVE The Marine Conservation Society has plenty of ideas for ste88ing u8 pressure for cleaner beaches. It needs volunteers for its September beach clean up - the MCS Dirty Weekend. For more details, contact the MCS 1t 9 Gloucester Road Ross on Wze, HR9 5BU. —————————————————————————————————p6/6—— Is tourism spoiling our land 462 IS BSE A THREAT TO HUMAN HEALTH? 463 Young green What's on Cinema Index