KEEPING an eye on potential health threats. That's Bury Lions.

To mark the movement's World Service Day, club officials set up a stand in the Mill Gate centre, Bury, to alert the public to the dangers posed by diabetic eye disease and glaucoma.

They chatted to shoppers and distributed campaign leaflets.

Earlier this year, Bury and other sister clubs in the country launched the Lions Eye Health Programme.

This initiative is described as the most effective scheme aimed at unncessary blindness to be launched by Lions Eye Health Clubs in Britain and Ireland in the last 50 years.

The aim of the campaign is to highlight the threat posed by diabetic eye disease and glaucoma and to help reduce the level of sight loss caused by these conditions.

Last Saturday's (Oct 7) World Service Day display was the latest in a series of events planned under the Lions Eye Health Programme.

Glaucoma affects about two per cent of the population over 40 and diabetes around 1.4 million in the UK.

Sight loss to both these diseases is irretrievable, which is why early detection and treatment is vital.