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Allan Russell introduces the Afternoon Edition every day from 4pm to 7pm, Monday to Friday. Every day the show starts with a topical discussion, talking to one or two contributors who have something to say on a topic of interest to you. These can range from health to technology, from education to benefits, even football to comedy. You can join in on the usual number or email address. We then take a look at the UK's evening news. We feature papers from London, Yorkshire, Glasgow, Edinburgh and stories from Wales and Ireland as well as the rest of the UK. Scroll down for a look at the papers featured. There's a selection of local UK papers that changes daily, so if you'd like your local paper featured on the show email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it We have the best entertainment and sport stories, with some great music everyday. Also, on a Friday there's a round up of all the audio described movie and DVD releases of the week. For more information head to www.yourlocalcinema.com. ITV's Vidar Hjardeng also joins us to review the latest in audio described theatre. ***Retrofest*** - As featured recently on the programme, Allan Russell attended this year's Retrofest festival at Strathclyde Country Park in Lanarkshire, Scotland. You can listen to his reports right here... Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. As featured on the show, Westminster Abbey have a braille guided touch tour, free to blind or partially sighted visitors their carers ... Wesminster Abbey Website At Vision 2008, the Afternoon Edition interviewed Marc Renaud of the Centre d'Information sur le Glaucome or McGill Glaucoma Information Center. Find out all about them here ... Glaucoma Information Center
Live from Vision 2008, Marc Renaud Allan went to Retrofest in September of 2007 ... click here to see who he met. Allan chatted to 'Living Paintings', By providing pictures that can be "œfelt" in Albums and books, with audio commentary, Living Paintings enables people who cannot see to enjoy a wide range of visual treats, be they popular children's books, science, history, famous works of art, the natural world, city tours, gardens, topical themes or great buildings ... Living Paintings website. The Bulgarian Orphange and 'ski-a-thong' featured on the show can be found here ... http://www.orphanagestoikite-bg.org/ Some of the newspapers featured are ...
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