Inside Out East - 08/03/2010

David Whiteley investigates donated organs. The quality of donor organs is in decline. Improvements in medical science mean we now live longer and changes to seat belt laws and improvements in road safety have led to fewer fatalities. And because road deaths usually involve young drivers, it means there are fewer younger organs. As a result, organs that were once deemed 'marginal' - from people over the age of 80, or from donors who have had cancer or are known drug users - are being used in transplants. In 1999, marginal organs accounted for 13 per cent of all transplants; by 2009 such organs made up 26 per cent of the total. Stilton cheese is one of thousands of foods protected by regulations to make sure it is made in a traditional way, in a specified geographic area only. One place where it cannot be made is the village from which the cheese takes its name - Stilton in Cambridgeshire. Local historian Richard Landy lives in the village and discovered a recipe for stilton cheese which it said was produced in the village. If this is true, it must surely mean that the EU designation would have to be altered, and cheese-making could begin again in the village. The final say is with the Stilton Cheesemakers Association. Across the region there are landmarks that make our towns and cities distinctive. Many of them are well-loved and looked after - but where are the ones that are all but forgotten? They can be buildings, or places that have real significance such as Ness Point in Lowestoft. Ness Point is Britain's most easterly point, but some locals say it is hard to find, unkempt and is missing a trick for tourism. So why are some landmarks unloved?