Hi there and welcome to Fridays Levy Letter. On tonight's programme, as a major report is published into Hull's devastating floods, we'll have analysis and reaction to the city's worst peace time disaster.
We'll be meeting the youngsters, who are making a name for themselves as they star in a special play about William Wilberforce. And Look North will be roaring into action as we have a special preview for this bank holiday weekend's bike meeting at Cadwell Park. Thats all tonight on BBC One at half past six. I hope you can join me then. Well yesterday we were talking about how competent we may, or may not, be using the Internet. And here we are, sixty-four year old Carol from Hull has got it all down to a fine art! She writes I am a 64 year old lady who loves surfing the net. As I have a daughter in Perth Australia, I am often surfing the net for news items from over there. I also love to go on to online shops to buy things. Recently I bought an Electric Shaver for my husband, which cost £70 in the shops in the town. I got it for £42.95. Hows that!! I also buy insurance on the net, for both my house and car. I have been on auction sites and put in bids for some items and won the race for them. I use e-mail for keeping in touch with my daughter and we are now talking about buying web cams each, but I have yet to learn more about these and how they work. I buy books, CD's, clothes and am now looking for some furniture for the bedroom. I keep in touch with old friends from school via the social ne! tworking sites. If I didn't go on my computer I don't know what I would do instead. I use it to get away from having to watch all the football when it's on. I love surfing the net. So well done to Carol! And thanks for emailing in. Also in the Letter, I like giving plugs and congratulations to people in our area for things theyve done well in. Ive been told about one very special performer called Hannah Priestley from Louth. Shes been chosen to represent the North Lincolnshire Music and Drama festival in Brigg for the regional championships in Yorkshire on Saturday 8th September. Hannah is just seventeen years old, but has been learning the violin since the age of four. Shes now applying to Music College to further her musical education. So well done to Hannah and I hope she does well in representing the North Lincolnshire festival in the regional championships in September. A couple more plugs now. If anyones driven over the Humber Bridge in the last couple of days, then they will have seen the marquees going up and the big stage just outside Barton. Well this is for Humberfest thats the big music festival that previously had to be postponed because of flooding in the area, but is now going ahead this weekend. It starts tonight with Deacon Blue and The Commitments performing. Then tomorrow its the wonderful Jane McDonald, Sunday sees many local bands and groups performing and because its the bank holiday weekend, the music continues with ABC, Go West and Tony Hadley. So if youre going to that, then enjoy! And Burstwick are having a Fun Day on Monday too. One of the organisers, Andy has written in As you are aware, many places in England have been flooded through torrential rain these last few months. We are a small community just outside of Hull called Burstwick which has been devastated by the floods. A majority of the houses were under water. Some of them are not even covered by flood insurance or the cover has just expired which leaves them helpless. Because of this we have set up a committee and from that are going to have fund raising events to help those who need it and to help the community as a whole after such an event has occurred. So theres lots going on in Burstwick on Monday, including lots of things for children and live music and a hogroast. Theres also a static bike ride! Teams from the Humberside Fire and Rescue and Humberside Police are having a go. And our foolish or intrepid reporters, Phil Norton and Matt Richards are taking part too. So if youre a! bout in Burstwick on Monday, then pop down to the Hare and Hounds pub after 6pm and give some encouragement to all the people on bikes! I think theyll need it! Good luck to everyone involved. Well, thats it from me. Have a lovely bank holiday weekend. Take care, 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
