Hello, it's Peter here and welcome to the start of another week on the Levy Letter. I hope your weekend was good and I hope youll be able to join me tonight at half past six, of course, for todays Look North. If you missed the little man, then Paul is back after his week off tonight.
Also on the programme tonight, I'll be talking to the parents, who live in Hull, but refuse to send their children to the schools of Hull. Victoria Dock was promised a school of its own, but now the council are going back to the drawing board as they set up a commission to reinvestigate the issue of secondary schools in the area. Ill have more on that later. Plus I'll be looking at why school children from Lincoln are returning desperately disappointed after their dreams of watching the World Cup have been shattered. They were sold fake tickets for the games in Germany and now twenty-five children are having to return to England. You can imagine how disappointed they all are. Well, Ill be asking how this could happen and how these fake tickets came to be on the market. Ill have the full story later. Tonight on the programme, I'll be hearing the concerns of parents in Lincoln. Yesterday, the Home Secretary banned child sex offenders from a hostel in the city, but the parents of the area are asking why these sex offenders were placed there in the first place. I hope you can join me for that one. Plus we'll be looking at the illegal traveller encampments in Southern Lincolnshire and asking whether new laws will help manage them. And Ill have the exclusive pictures of the ducklings that survived the odds thanks to caring children in Hull. So a busy show to start off the week. I hope you can join me tonight on BBC One at half past six. Lincolnshire Show Its a busy week this week, because its the Lincolnshire Show on Wednesday. I believe its the 122nd! I think Ive been to most of them as well! 122nd Lincolnshire Show - Paul and I will be there all day on Wednesday and the programme will be coming from there live. Theres going to be a lot of BBC personalities there as well, so Im led to believe, as well as the usual stalls and attractions. So if you can join me and make it down to the showground, then I look forward to seeing you. Thats Wednesday at the Lincolnshire Showground. If you cant make it down, then I hope you can tune in and the programme will be coming from there live. Honours The Queens birthday honours list has been published. As you probably know, if you read about it at the weekend, Rolf Harris has clearly impressed the one person who counts. Well, he painted the Queen didnt he? Shes given him a CBE, so presumably that means that she likes his picture. Hes seventy-eight now. Also getting an award is Esther Rantzen and Darcey Bussell, the ballerina. Beverley Knight becomes an MBE and also the man, who founded EasyJet, Stelios Hajioannou, becomes Sir Stelios after being knighted for his services to entrepreneurship. So there you are. Those are some of the people, who have been awarded in this years birthday honours list. Birthday Are you about to celebrate your 25th birthday? Were you born on July 17th 1981? Or were your children or grandchildren born on that day? Or is your birthday close to that date? If so, then please get in touch. I would love for you to have a chat with one of our producers, Caroline Le Beau. Shes preparing some special features all about the 25th birthday of the Humber Bridge and shed like to speak to you if you share a birthday with the Bridge! Email her directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED], because shed love to hear from you. And we could be featuring you on Look North! I hope we hear from you soon if your birthday is on or near the 17th July 1981. Pictures Dont forget if youve got a picture or a photograph that youve taken recently in our part of the world that youre particularly proud of, then Id love to see it. We show one picture a night on the programme. Then please send it to me. If you want you can send me a hard copy in the post or electronically to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Education The devastating scale of poor English and Maths skills amongst adults was laid bare recently. Almost half of the working population lack the numeracy skills expected of a fourteen year old. Ill say that again half of the working population lack mathematic skills expected of a fourteen year old. So says the Education Secretary, Alan Johnson. Fifteen million adults would not scrape the lowest G grade in the subject at G.C.S.E., because theyre not properly numerate. Another five million cannot read according to Mr Johnson. The sheer scale of the problem reflects decades of failures at schools. That was the story that has made the papers this week. But thats frightening statistics isnt it? A Musical Revolution If singing in the shower really isnt your style, then this could be the perfect gadget. Its not April the 1st is it? Its called the ICarter. It combines a portable music player and also a lavatory paper dispenser. It allows you to listen to your favourite tunes in the comfort of your own bathroom. Its merging an Ipod docking station with a dispenser and its design, according to the manufacturers, is to enhance your experience in the smallest room. In other words, you get your toilet paper off it and you can put your Ipod on the socket at the top and it plays all your favourite music. You can then relax and enjoy the music. As I say, its not April the 1st is it? Its called an ICarter and Im not quite sure why its called that. But if youve got an Ipod and you spend a lot of time in the loo, then you know what to do! Thats it from me for today. Join me tonight on BBC One at half past six as usual and look out for your Levy Letter again tomorrow. 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