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Notes On Blindness

27-06-2016

RNIB Connect Radio's Alice Glossop chats with the writers & directors of a new film which details the effects of sight loss on John Hull, a leading writer and academic.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 8.51MB - Duration: 9:18 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)


Colcloughs Episode 31

27-06-2016

Mark's press-ganged into finishing Uncle Bill's draft excluders, Sybil's on the horns of a romantic dilemma - but ends up fancying a fella in a photo!

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 13.25MB - Duration: 14:28 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)


Colcloughs Episode 30

27-06-2016

Uncle Bill's getting a bit friendly advice - whether he likes it ... Or not!

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 13.07MB - Duration: 14:17 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)


No Need To Push The Button

27-06-2016

Imagine being blind and struggling to find a crossing and activate the green man to cross safely? Smart technology has the answer. Allan Russell spoke to Gavin Neate from NeateBox to find out more about their app that will make this happen.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 14.31MB - Duration: 15:38 m (128 kbps 48000 Hz)


Colcloughs Episode 29

23-06-2016

Wendy leaves town, Bryn gets a bit too cosy with Reenie and... Connie smells a rat!

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 13.68MB - Duration: 14:57 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)


Dangers of Contact Lenses Coming Into Contact With Water!

23-06-2016

Irenie Ekkeshis has won a Vision Pioneer Award for her campaign to tell contact lense wearers about the dangers of water coming into contact with their lenses. Allan Russell spoke to Irenie about the campaign, her own sight loss and the big win.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 6.19MB - Duration: 6:46 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)


Colcloughs Episode 28

22-06-2016

Wendy's alarmed when she overhears a private telephone conversation ... Sybil's boyfriend decides to leave town... AND... Reenie bears her soul to Bryn!!

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 13.45MB - Duration: 14:41 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)


Charity Fights For Visually Impaired Parents Rights.

22-06-2016

The National Federation of the Blind in the United States is fighting to change State laws that can remove a child from its parents, if the Mother and Father are blind. Allan Russell spoke to Chris Danielsen to find out why.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 10.76MB - Duration: 11:45 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)


Colcloughs Episode 27

21-06-2016

Reenie has one or two health and safety concerns, Ray tries to track down Mark's boyfriend - Bernard, and Peter and Sybil are back together again

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 13.38MB - Duration: 14:37 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)


Great News For Many With End Stage Macular Degeneration!

21-06-2016

Manchester Royal Eye Hospital (MREH) has become the first NHS hospital in the UK to offer the CentraSight telescope implant for end-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 7.76MB - Duration: 8:29 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)


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