Hello, it's Peter here and welcome to todays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and I hope you'll be able to join me tonight on BBC One at half past six as usual. I'll have all the day's news and Paul will have the forecast.
On tonight's programme, we'll have the exclusive story about how public funds in the NHS are being poured into a privately run treatment centre at the expense of local services. Ill be getting the full story on this one and getting answers from the NHS. And from next week on Look North, on our radio stations and websites, the NHS is going under the microscope. We'll be examining our National Health Service to find out what kind of care patients are receiving and whether the money's being spent in the right way. And of course, as always, you can set the agenda on this one! We want to hear your stories and we want to find out what your concerns are for the future of the NHS. What has your experience of the NHS been in the past? Do you have a story you'd like us to investigate for you? If you do, then please email us as soon as you can. Weve got a special email address all set up for our big week focussing on the National Health Service. So email us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you want to write to us, then the address is The Big Check Up, BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, Queen's Court, Queen's Gardens, Hull HU1 3RH. And make sure you're watching or listening next week when we start to give the NHS its Big Check Up!! Also tonight, at the start of this week, she faced her grandson's killers in a Hull court room. Tonight we'll have an interview with Lee Conman's grandmother as she tells us how his murder has devastated his family. Thats tonight on BBC One at half past six. Its a very busy weekend coming up. And its Easter! Of course, this is the last Levy Letter from me until Tuesday, because Im making the most of the Easter weekend. Whatever youve got planned, then I hope it goes very well indeed. Its a very important weekend for many Christians and of course, for many others its a chance for a break from work and some time with family or friends in the sunshine. At least, heres hoping that the sun will be shining. The weather forecast could not be better though. It looks like it might be absolutely super, so fingers crossed that Pauls got it right for once. Good luck to you if your team are playing this week. Theres a big derby between Hull FC and Hull KR and well have full coverage tonight on that and a preview with the teams at half past six. Whatever youre doing at the weekend, then enjoy! And tune in tonight because well have a few suggestions to keep the family entertainment this Easter weekend. If youve got a spare moment, then you might like to visit our revamped Look North website. Its the usual address, but this now has lots of new features on there and its www.bbc.co.uk/looknorthhull. Theres a chance on there now to watch the programme back in full, if you happened to miss it first time around or you can find out more about specific stories or campaigns. Go to the website and watch again! And as always, let us know what you think about the new look website. What else would you like to see on there? Get in touch with me and let me know. Travelling If youre travelling this weekend, then best of luck! Its reckoned that billions are going to be going across the country and also across the continent as well. And Ive seen a story about British Airways. Its been dubbed The Worlds Favourite Airline and again its number one at losing passengers bags. It had the poorest performance on missing luggage last year in a list of twenty-four European airlines. For every thousand passengers it carried, it managed to mishandle twenty three bags! Maybe some of that could be down to the fact that they are one of the biggest airlines. But theyre number one for getting your luggage lost. Thats my worst nightmare! Wouldnt it be awful to carefully pack your suitcase, travel across the world for an exotic holiday, only to find your suitcase has disappeared at your destination! Im sure thats happened to many of the Levy Letter readers. Let me know your holiday woes with missing suitcases! X Factor We reported in the Letter a few weeks back that Louis Walsh is no longer going to be the judge on the X Factor when it comes back for its new series. But Danni Minogue is to replace him! The pop singer, whos thirty-five, has been locked in talks with the bosses at the TV show ever since. Sources have confirmed that she has now accepted a £250,000 contract to appear alongside Sharon Osbourne and Simon Cowell in this years X Factor series, which is about to start. Wilberforce House A couple of weeks ago, if you remember, Look North came from Wilberforce House in Hull. Thats the new museum and the birth place of William Wilberforce thats been closed for nearly two years and refurbished with the cost of £1.6million pounds. Its the oldest slavery museum in the world and was officially opened by the Prime Minister of Barbados, the Right Hon Owen Arthur, to mark the bicentenary of the passing of the Slave Trade Abolition Act on the 25th March 1807. Well, many school children and families have been going to the museum to take a look and some of their comments after their visit havent been too favourable. Well, we want to know what you think. Have you visited Wilberforce House in Hull to find out about the MP, who set about to abolish the slave trade? Or perhaps, this weekend, you might go and have a look yourself. Well, afterwards, go and take a look at our web site. Go to www.bbc.co.uk/humber/abolition. Take a look at the main article called Barbados M! P Opens Museum and at the bottom of the page, theres a little space to add your own comments. Let us know what you think about the new museum in Hull. Has the refurbishments been worth £1.6 million pounds? Take a look at that webpage and tell me what you think! Fridays There are more road accidents on Fridays than on any other day of the week, according to research. A study found that the end of the week rush accounts for more than 70% of accidents. The worst time is between four and five when millions of workers are heading for home, presumably in a hurry to get their weekend started. Some 9.8% of the days accidents happen then. So if you are a driver, then watch out for Fridays, because thats the day when most accidents happen and between four and five is the worst hour on our roads. Take care if youre travelling this Easter weekend. Pictures If youre out and about this weekend, enjoying the beautiful sunshine, then dont forget to take your camera with you. Send your pictures to me to the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] And if you can think of a story for us that we should be looking into, especially your NHS stories, then think of us first. Well look into it for you and if we can, then well put it on the programme. Drop me a line to the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have a very good weekend and a very Happy Easter! Enjoy and join me tonight on BBC One at half past six. Look out for your Levy Letter from me on Tuesday. Take care and Happy Easter! Peter And for the latest news and more where you live, go to: http://bbc.co.uk/humber and http://bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the BBC Look North newsletter, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/looknorthhull/newsletter/newsletter_index.shtml, enter your email address in the unsubscribe box. 1.94.4
