:00:00. > :00:07.prison for life. And we find out why this landslip
:00:08. > :00:09.Good afternoon. A Sheffield mother And we find out why thi Good
:00:10. > :00:12.Good afternoon. A Sheffield mother whose 10`year`old son suffered
:00:13. > :00:17.permanent scarring to his eyes after using a laser pen is warning of the
:00:18. > :00:21.dangers of such products. Celine Jackson bought the pen over the
:00:22. > :00:29.internet for just a few pounds as a Christmas present for her son.
:00:30. > :00:34.Shirley Henry reports. Ten`year`old William loves to read,
:00:35. > :00:41.but this became a struggle when a laser pen was accidentally shone
:00:42. > :00:47.into his eyes. I couldn't see stuff, like stuff close to me, and it was
:00:48. > :00:50.kind of like a blur. The laser pen was brought over the Internet for
:00:51. > :00:56.just a few pounds and within a few days, his site deteriorated and
:00:57. > :01:01.doctors warned that he might go blind. `` his eyesight deteriorated.
:01:02. > :01:05.It was horrible, we feared what the rest of his life would be like, but
:01:06. > :01:08.it would be like if he went blind at this age, and all of the hopes that
:01:09. > :01:14.you have your children and the plans that they have for themselves. It
:01:15. > :01:18.could all change in a second. These look like ordinary pens, but they
:01:19. > :01:23.include a laser to highlight words. Doctors say they can be extremely
:01:24. > :01:27.powerful and dangerous. The problem is the power output is anything
:01:28. > :01:33.between 40 to 80 times more normal than your British safety standards
:01:34. > :01:37.laser, even for momentarily being exposed, it can cause serious
:01:38. > :01:41.problems to your vision. His eyesight is back to normal, but his
:01:42. > :01:46.mother says these laser pens are too easy to buy. I do not think they
:01:47. > :01:52.should be as easily available, maybe they should be more expensive, they
:01:53. > :01:56.shouldn't be ?3, ?4, ?5. There are plans for more control over their
:01:57. > :02:00.sale, but this will not include products brought outside the EU over
:02:01. > :02:04.the Internet. This weekend marks a month since the
:02:05. > :02:07.disappearance of York student Megan Roberts. The 20`year`old was last
:02:08. > :02:10.seen near Lendal Bridge in York on January 23rd. Police believe the
:02:11. > :02:13.York St John University student fell into the River Ouse after drinking
:02:14. > :02:18.with friends. Via Facebook, Megan's mother has asked people to light a
:02:19. > :02:21.candle to mark the anniversary. A demonstration is being held in
:02:22. > :02:25.Doncaster this lunchtime against cutbacks which will see more than
:02:26. > :02:27.1,000 jobs go as part of a bid to save ?109 million. On Thursday,
:02:28. > :02:32.campaigners demonstrated outside the council offices in Doncaster ahead
:02:33. > :02:35.of the budget meeting. Today they'll gather in Askern where they say the
:02:36. > :02:40.library, swimming pool, leisure and day centre will be affected by the
:02:41. > :02:44.cuts. Rugby league and Kevin Sinfield has
:02:45. > :02:47.vowed to be fit for Leeds' trip to France next weekend despite an ankle
:02:48. > :02:51.injury picked up late on in last night's match against Warrington.
:02:52. > :02:54.After a try from Tom Briscoe, and two from Zak Hardaker, including
:02:55. > :03:00.this in the second half, Leeds had what looked like a comfortable lead.
:03:01. > :03:04.But, a late run`over from the visitors kept home fans watching
:03:05. > :03:09.right to the end... As Leeds held on to win 18`12.
:03:10. > :03:15.A reminder that the Super League Show is on Monday night at 11:50pm
:03:16. > :03:20.on BBC One. Now, the weather.
:03:21. > :03:26.A lovely morning outside for many of us, but things are set to turn a
:03:27. > :03:33.very windy through this evening and overnight and into tomorrow. It is
:03:34. > :03:36.dry, the best of the sunshine in the east and it will steer that way this
:03:37. > :03:40.afternoon. Lead increasing from the West and a touch of rain moving in.
:03:41. > :03:46.Tebbit as of nine Celsius. The wind will pick up from the south`west.
:03:47. > :03:51.Some patches of rain from the West, but for many of us, dry and mild
:03:52. > :03:55.with temperatures dropping to seven Celsius and turning very windy with
:03:56. > :03:59.gales or severe gales. Thank you.
:04:00. > :04:08.That is it from us, we are back at 6:05pm, goodbye.
:04:09. > :04:17.Good afternoon. It has been a lovely start with some very welcome winter
:04:18. > :04:21.sunshine. For the rest of the day, the further east you are, you will
:04:22. > :04:25.hang onto that for much of the time. The further north and west you
:04:26. > :04:30.are, the wind will pick up, that will be dragging in rain. You can
:04:31. > :04:33.see where this is coming from. Out in the Atlantic this area of boat is
:04:34. > :04:40.approaching the west of the United Kingdom, and ahead of that, it will
:04:41. > :04:44.be a dry afternoon. -- this area of cloud. Further north and west you
:04:45. > :04:47.can see some rain setting in. For the Southwest I think it will be
:04:48. > :04:53.fine and dry, but increasingly windy. Through the Midlands, East
:04:54. > :04:57.Anglia and the south-east it is a lovely afternoon. It will be mild.
:04:58. > :04:59.The