TheBlindJournalist: BBC Ouch January 2017 Social Media Update

TheBlindJournalist: Bandaid Cover

TheBlindJournalist: Should Manchester have its very own music museum?

TheBlindJournalist: My Smart Cane

TheBlindJournalist: Black Friday

DO YOU HAVE FOMO? WELL YOU’RE NOT THE ONLY ONE, AND BLACK FRIDAY DOES NOT HELP. A SURVEY OF ONLINE SHOPPERS HAS SHOWN THAT NEARLY A QUARTER OF THOSE SURVEYED SAY THEIR “FEAR OF MISSING OUT” LEADS TO THEM LETTING THEIR GUARD DOWN WHEN SHOPPING ONLINE. SHOULD YOU BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS THAT COME WITH THIS AMERICAN TRADITION? OUR REPORTER MOHAMMED SALIM PATEL DONNED HIS MAN BAG TO FIND OUT MORE.

TheBlindJournalist: Using A Smartphone Whilst Driving

Smartphones should have "drive-safe" modes similar to the flight-safe option as too many people can get "distracted or overwhelmed with information" at the wheel, according to the RAC Foundation.

Britain has 38.5 million drivers, and two-thirds of the population now owns a smartphone.  We went out in Blackburn to ask local drivers if they’d use a drive-safe option.

TheBlindJournalist: Saying Goodbye Routine

New research from charity British Heart Foundation reveals that 3 in 5 people neglect to tell their partners they love them before they leave the house each day and with more than three quarters of all deaths being caused by heart and circulatory disease I asked local residents if they have a saying goodbye routine when they leave the house..