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14/11/2017

Colliders - Tactile Hadron, Pedestrians and 'A' Boards

BBC Radio 4 - In Touch, Colliders - Tactile Hadron, Pedestrians and 'A' Boards

Bradford Council bans street advertising boards. A tactile version of the Hadron Collider.

News the blind and partially sighted. Stuart Ross reacts to Bradford City Council's ban on 'A' boards. Plus Tom Walker reports on a tactile version of the Hadron Collider.

Cllr Alex Ross-Shaw tells Peter White why Bradford City Council have taken the decision to implement a total ban on advertising boards on pavements.
Stuart Ross lives in Ilkley and is one of those who campaigned to get the ban introduced. 
Tom Walker visits St Vincent's School in Liverpool where a new tactile version of the Hadron Collider is being shown to blind and partially-sighted science students. The scientist behind the project is Dr Rob Appleby who described the tactile collider to former students Derek Heyes and Callum Stoneman.

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