Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Wednesdays 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. Well have all the days news as always.
On Look North tonight we'll have the very latest on the maternity ward closures at Bridlington Hospital. We'll be speaking to local mothers to find out what they think about having children in the area. This is a huge story at the moment, and well be keeping you up with the very latest. People living near a North Lincolnshire wharf fear for their peace and quiet as it re-opens. After gridlock, noise, dust and smell the new owner says he'll operate in the best way possible. We hear from locals. And bad weather in the North Sea is causing difficulties for the Round The World Clipper Race. Our reporter is on her way back to dry land with the latest. Also tonight, the suffering continues after the floods. A shortage of hay is becoming critical for local horses. It just goes to show us humans arent the only ones suffering after the floods. And Paul will be here with the weather forecast as usual. Thats all coming up at half past six tonight on BBC One. We had lots of emails and messages about yesterdays programme where we revealed that the Scarborough Health Trust are planning to cut hundreds of staff and employ two new executives at £75,000 each. Lots of furious responses on that. This was from Dorothy, The answer to the problem is to get rid of all the highly paid Managers and BRING BACK the Matrons. The Hospitals would then run smoothly. And we had this one from Mike in Willerby, If they only require two thirds of the staff to run it, then, surely, they only need two thirds of the directors on two thirds of the salaries to run it, as the job is obviously not as big as they thought. An interesting point. Im sure well hear more on this story. Forgotten City Dont forget, theres a special programme tonight at half past seven on BBC One, Its called A Forgotten City and its the story of how the city of Hull is recovering from the terrible floods. Its presented by Paul Hudson, and hell be visiting some of the worst hit areas and seeing how people are rebuilding their lives. Its a very good programme and even if you havent been affected by the floods itll be a really interesting watch. Thats at half past seven tonight on BBC One. Guides An interesting story in the news today, I see that the Girl Guides, long considered a bastion of tradition, and innocence, are getting themselves a little more up to date. According to a survey of 1,000 Guides, some of the top skills they wanted to learn included how to practice safe sex, how to manage money, unpacking flat pack furniture, and how to surf the internet safely. Its a little different to how to start a fire and baking cakes. Apparently the organisation is to take on board the findings of the survey and try to keep up with the demands of its members. I didnt know this, but there are more than 500,000 Girl Guides in the UK, thats a very significant number. So thats the Girl Guides moving into the 21st Century. I have to admit those suggestions for skills sound a little surprising at first coming from an institution like the Guides, but when you think about it they all seem to be quite sensible suggestions. Well thats about it from me. If you want to send me anything, if theres anything you think we should know about or a picture you want us to see for the programme, send it to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have a good day and join me tonight at 6.30 on BBC One for Look North. 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
