22/02/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)

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Good afternoon. A Sheffield mother whose 10`year`old son suffered

permanent scarring to his eyes after using a laser pen is warning of the

dangers of such products. Celine Jackson bought the pen over the

internet for just a few pounds as a Christmas present for her son.

Shirley Henry reports. Ten`year`old William loves to read,

but this became a struggle when a laser pen was accidentally shone

into his eyes. I couldn't see stuff, like stuff close to me, and it was

kind of like a blur. The laser pen was brought over the Internet for

just a few pounds and within a few days, his site deteriorated and

doctors warned that he might go blind. `` his eyesight deteriorated.

It was horrible, we feared what the rest of his life would be like, but

it would be like if he went blind at this age, and all of the hopes that

you have your children and the plans that they have for themselves. It

could all change in a second. These look like ordinary pens, but they

include a laser to highlight words. Doctors say they can be extremely

powerful and dangerous. The problem is the power output is anything

between 40 to 80 times more normal than your British safety standards

laser, even for momentarily being exposed, it can cause serious

problems to your vision. His eyesight is back to normal, but his

mother says these laser pens are too easy to buy. I do not think they

should be as easily available, maybe they should be more expensive, they

shouldn't be ?3, ?4, ?5. There are plans for more control over their

sale, but this will not include products brought outside the EU over

the Internet. This weekend marks a month since the

disappearance of York student Megan Roberts. The 20`year`old was last

seen near Lendal Bridge in York on January 23rd. Police believe the

York St John University student fell into the River Ouse after drinking

with friends. Via Facebook, Megan's mother has asked people to light a

candle to mark the anniversary. A demonstration is being held in

Doncaster this lunchtime against cutbacks which will see more than

1,000 jobs go as part of a bid to save ?109 million. On Thursday,

campaigners demonstrated outside the council offices in Doncaster ahead

of the budget meeting. Today they'll gather in Askern where they say the

library, swimming pool, leisure and day centre will be affected by the

cuts. Rugby league and Kevin Sinfield has

vowed to be fit for Leeds' trip to France next weekend despite an ankle

injury picked up late on in last night's match against Warrington.

After a try from Tom Briscoe, and two from Zak Hardaker, including

this in the second half, Leeds had what looked like a comfortable lead.

But, a late run`over from the visitors kept home fans watching

right to the end... As Leeds held on to win 18`12.

A reminder that the Super League Show is on Monday night at 11:50pm

on BBC One. Now, the weather.

A lovely morning outside for many of us, but things are set to turn a

very windy through this evening and overnight and into tomorrow. It is

dry, the best of the sunshine in the east and it will steer that way this

afternoon. Lead increasing from the West and a touch of rain moving in.

Tebbit as of nine Celsius. The wind will pick up from the south`west.

Some patches of rain from the West, but for many of us, dry and mild

with temperatures dropping to seven Celsius and turning very windy with

gales or severe gales. Thank you.

That is it from us, we are back at 6:05pm, goodbye.

Good afternoon. It has been a lovely start with some very welcome winter

sunshine. For the rest of the day, the further east you are, you will

hang onto that for much of the time. The further north and west you

are, the wind will pick up, that will be dragging in rain. You can

see where this is coming from. Out in the Atlantic this area of boat is

approaching the west of the United Kingdom, and ahead of that, it will

be a dry afternoon. -- this area of cloud. Further north and west you

can see some rain setting in. For the Southwest I think it will be

fine and dry, but increasingly windy. Through the Midlands, East

Anglia and the south-east it is a lovely afternoon. It will be mild.

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