Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Thursdays 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. On the programme today we'll be investigating why internet users in Hull and some parts of East Yorkshire only have the option of one supplier - Now the European Parliament has been asked to investigate Karoo's Broadband monopoly. I know a lot of people are affected by this, so dont miss the story tonight.
We'll be looking at GCSE results revealing some parts of the region where 7 in 10 youngsters leave school without good grades in Maths and English. There are controversial plans to lower the speed limit on one of Lincolnshire's main roads. Will lives be saved by going slower on the A52? Well investigate tonight. We have news of another big movie expected to be filmed in Lincolnshire. And we've been in Skegness as the town promises to rise from the ashes after the devastating fire last week. Im sure you saw the pictures of the terrible destruction, but theyre a resilient lot. And Ill be speaking to a Grimsby woman hoping to win big money in the world of poker. The sun is shining today in Hull! Things are looking up for the region apparently, hopefully that will still be the case by the programme tonight. Well have the detailed forecast as always. Thats all on Look North at half past six tonight on BBC One. Exams Its exam result season, and today the GCSE results were released. The results for A-Levels were also published recently, and both qualifications have seen further rises in the top grades. Its incredible, they just seem to get better year after year dont they? This year, 1 in 5 GCSE entries received either an A or an A*, which is an A plus to those of older generations. Either youngsters are getting cleverer or the exams are getting easier - now thats a lengthy topic of discussion, but well done if youve recently got your exam results and you got what you wanted. If you didnt do as you expected, dont worry, its not the end of the world, believe me. Interestingly, the gap between boys and girls is narrowing slightly. Girls of course have a lead in results over their male classmates, but there are signs that the boys are catching up. So thats another year of improvements in exam results, where will it end? Technology The Levy Letter is of course delivered by email, so I think I can assume you have some grasp of modern technology. A new report claims that people of all ages are increasingly using developments like the internet, MP3 players, and mobile phones, and that its revolutionising the way we do things. Not much surprise there, but you might be interested to learn that apparently women in some age groups are the dominant web users, and that older people spend more time online than any other group. The report compares our usage of gadgets and technology to back in 2002, and it seems were not shy of changing our habits. Daily mobile phone use is up 58% on 2002, and in the last 5 years our usage of the internet has gone up 158%. We now spend much less time watching television, listening to the radio, or chatting on a fixed line telephone. 75% of 11 year olds have their own TV, games console and mobile phone, thats a little surprising to somebody of my generation. Maybe more surprising is this statistic: the 16% of the over-65s that use the web spend 42 hours per month online - more than any other age group. Its the rise of the silver surfers it seems. Maybe you love surfing the net, or maybe you cant understand what the fuss is all about. If you want to let me know, or if you have anything to say, a story to tell us about or a picture to send us for the programme you can reach me as always on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well thats about it from me today, have a good day, enjoy the sunshine, and join me tonight on BBC One at half past six for tonights 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
