HALF of UK

adults admit to having their boiler serviced more than once in the past two years – but failing to have their eyes tested at all, according to a new report by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and Specsavers. Almost six million people in the UK live with sight-threatening conditions, yet 25 per cent of people are not having the recommended two-yearly eye test.

TV presenter Anne Robinson is supporting RNIB’s eye-test campaign after her father struggled with sight loss. Having ignored his problems for years, he needed surgery for cataracts. Anne said: ‘He’d missed out on reading newspapers and books, but with the cataracts gone he could read comfortably again.’