Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Tuesdays Levy Letter. I hope your days going well and youll be able to join me tonight on Look North at half past six as usual. It looks like a lovely clear day today so far, but who knows how long that will last? Well have the weather forecast today with Paul as usual so watch that to find out the latest predictions.
Thank you for all your emails, texts, and phone calls recently, were continuing to get lots of messages about our coverage of the floods, its a story that people are still directly affected by in lots of our region. We had a lot of messages on our story yesterday about the elderly woman fined £75 for dropping a cigarette end on the floor, a big response on this one with people coming out on both sides. Lots of people thought it was an over reaction compared to some of the punishments for other offences such as speeding, but there were also lots of people who thought littering was a serious crime and should be punished. Thank you for all of those and keep them coming in. On tonights programme well be continuing our coverage of the floods and their impact on our region, plus all the days tops stories, and I dont know if youve seen the trails for our special flood programme tomorrow night but its going to be on BBC One at 7.30, its called A Forgotten City and its presented by Paul Hudson. Paul will be looking at the city of Hull and how its recovering from the floods, its got some of the amazing pictures weve gathered, and if youve been affected by the floods or if youre wondering how people are dealing with the devastation then its a must see. Thats A Forgotten City, its on Wednesday night at 7.30 on BBC One and its presented by Paul. Rain Well its one of the questions everybodys been asking after recent events, why has the rain been so bad and have we done anything to cause it? A new study published by scientists is the first to find a human fingerprint in the recent weather. The study by the Met Office is based on a world wide comparison or weather data going back as far as 1925, and it claims that greenhouse gas emissions are causing our climate to change, and is part of a long term rise in rainfall due to emissions. Thats not really what we wanted to hear is it? The study, while not conclusive, claims that we could be in line for drier summers and wetter winters. So this years extreme weather could actually become the norm from now on. Rock Stars Well hes a rock music legend, and he does have big hair but you might not know that Brian May is due to complete a PhD he began back in 1971 before he joined the band Queen now thats not exactly a rock cliché is it? Apparently the guitarist is a keen astronomer and recently published a book on the subject with Sir Patrick Moore. May is going to spend time in the Canary Islands to observe zodiacal dust clouds. I dont know what those are, but it doesnt sound very rock and roll. Hes due to present his thesis to academics at Londons Imperial College where he will be questioned on his work before any Doctorate is awarded. Thats what it says here anyway. Well done to him, and swapping the guitar for a telescope does prove that you can go against type, even if it seems like an unlikely career move. If you have any events for a good cause you want mentioned in the Levy Letter you can send them to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and Ill see if I can give it a plug. I received this yesterday from Phil, Hi peter, A couple of months ago there was an item on "Look North", about the Humber Lifeboat, and it inspired me to build the latest Airfix kit of this lifeboat. The kit was donated by "The Modelshop" in Ferensway, and it took 3 weeks to build. We are planning to have a raffle, with the model as 1st prize. All monies received will be donated to the RNLI. The tickets are available at the Modelshop, priced £1.oo ea. There will 2nd & 3rd prizes as well of unmade lifeboat kits. So if you fancy having a chance to win a model of a lifeboat then try to make it along to that shop on Ferensway in Hull. It might be worth going down to have a look as well, it sounds interesting, and of course its all to a very good cause. If you know somebody whos not signed up to the Levy Letter and you think theyd like one, get them to go to www.bbc.co.uk/looknorthhull and click on Levy Letter and they can sign up and start receiving their free daily Levy Letter from the very next day. Well thats about it from me today, I hope you can join me tonight on BBC One at half past six as usual. Bye for now. 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
