“And the award ( a nice trophy for the cabinet to show their grandchildren ) for putting an incinerator and many gypsy sites in the middle of a communities against all their wishes goes to ..... ? Bestof luck to you Esther for trying to keep a straight face .”

“@willems

Not 'smoke' willems, fine toxin laden particulates!!!

That's death!”

“'The new blossoming of Plymouth'. God Almighty,more smoke,and mirrors.”

“While not denegrating Childline, the former presenter was a consumer voice, entertaining as it was on That's Life.

She was not 'just a presenter', but also researched the stories, unlike journalism today, alongside other notables who became household names and even MP's. Think more of a Martin Lewis (http://tinyurl.com/9tlk4l) with teeth - (no pun) after all, quite a lot of the consumer law was created or changed by her work.”

“This must be the same Miss Rantzen who wrote the foreword to the WWF 'Compromising our Children - Chemical impacts on children's intelligence and behaviour' report.

She says "Reading this report I was struck by the significant threat that man-made chemicals in current use pose to our society, our children and our future. Unborn, developing babies and children may be disproportionately affected. This is unacceptable. We should not be using synthetic chemicals that have not been assessed for their safety. . . . We don't want chemicals that build up in our bodies and in the environment. Nor do we want chemicals that interfere with children's development or that affect their intelligence and behaviour. For the baby developing in the womb, no risk is acceptable."

The report adds under the heading 'Hidden dangers' (p10); Hazardous man-made chemicals that can interfere with hormone systems and which may affect the intelligence and behaviour of our children occur in many sometimes surprisingly familiar places.

Incinerators, coal and oil power stations, industrial combustion sources, chlorinated chemical
factories, metal processing factories, and open burning and accidental fires are all sources of
highly toxic chemicals called dioxins and furans (see note below). These are only accidentally produced, and arise when chlorinated compounds are incompletely burned. Our intake of dioxins is mainly through food. Particularly elevated levels may occur in food from areas where there are local emission sources, or when contamination of animal feed has occurred.

(source) DEFRA (Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs) (2002).
Dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in the UK Environment: Consultation Document. October. DEFRA, London.

What can I say? Don't eat local meat, grain or fish after 2014?

Plymouth, heart of the Wastecountry”

“Ali Luya it has nothing to do with Miss Rantzen having any connection with Plymouth. She has simply been booked (i.e. being paid) as a personality/speaker to host the event. By all accounts she is very good at it as she does have a bit of experience!”

“@jabbathehut

That's Life”

“I am sure Ester is a very nice person but what on earth has she got to do with business awards...other than her son just happened to go to Plymouth university at some point.I am guessing those asscociated with real business success declined to come to Plymouth. An aging presenter from a show that few will remember is not a great reflection of Plymouth achievement.”

“There will be loads of people lining up to be photographed with Esther .... guess which one will be in the Herald ?”