THE Talking Telegraph, Bradford's free weekly lifeline for visually impaired people which is celebrating its 30th anniversary urgently needs two volunteers to help run the service.

An occasional editor is needed once every five weeks to chose items for that week's recordings and also an administrator is wanted in Shipley to do two hours work every five weeks to help register returned memory sticks and prepare postal wallets.

An independent charity, established in 1985 by the late Tom and Doris Burgess, the Talking Telegraph (TT) is run entirely by unpaid volunteers.

Over the years, it has delivered news from the Telegraph & Argus to many hundreds of listeners.

The volunteer readers, administrators, technicians and committee members are drawn from every walk of life. Several volunteers have been with the organisation since its inception 30 years ago.

Originally on cassette, the TT has moved into the digital age and now records readings on to memory sticks and posts them out to listeners every week except Christmas and Easter.

Listeners without MP3 players are also loaned ones at no cost.

For further details on volunteering, contact Michael Tomlinson on 01274 571074.