Welcome back after the Bank Holiday weekend. It wasnt the scorcher we were hoping for, but at least there was no rain to dampen our BBQs! So Im back for another week of Levy Letters and for Look North. Theres one not to miss tonight! Find out how one Hull motorist hopes to overturn his parking fine, which could have serious implications for the whole of the parking system in Hull. Ill have the full story on this tonight and what it means for people parking in the city!
Also tonight, after a terrible day of accidents on the roads over the Bank Holiday weekend, we'll be asking if the road safety message is getting through to Lincolnshire's motorists. And whether your music taste is classical or rock, we'll have something for you tonight on the programme. We'll be following the region's unsigned bands, including The Talks from Hull and The Idlers from Lincolnshire as they perform at Leeds festival. Plus we'll be discovering the romance of chamber music across the region. Thats all tonight on BBC One at half past six. I hope you can join me then. And I see that there are fears that our children arent getting enough sleep. I remember hating having to go to bed early as a child, especially when it was still sunny outside during the summer. But nowadays, kids arent wanting to run outside and play until all hours of the night, theyre wanting to switch on the TV and play computer games. Researchers say that one in three children are surviving on as little as four hours a night and are turning up at school absolutely exhausted. Experts are also warning parents that lack of sleep is linked to weight gain, with teens craving sugary or high fat foods as they battle to keep their eye lids open. And I certainly wasnt that privileged when I was little, but kids nowadays say that 99% of them have a phone, music system or TV in their bedroom! So are you a parent, and do you know if your children are staying up late at night? Are they difficult to wake up in the morning? And if youre a teacher in schools, then do you notice mo! re and more of our teenagers finding it difficult to stay awake in class? Well, surely thats nothing new is it! Anyway, its the normal email address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you want to get in touch. With these latest education results out for A-levels and GCSEs, researchers are seeing certain trends again in university applications. With all the pressure on universities amid concerns that our students are getting into huge debt whilst studying, all eyes on the education establishments to see if applications drop. Well, no news on that just yet, but I read that boys are apparently turning their backs on higher education believing that its who you know and not what you know! One in three boys said that they do not intend to go to university, because they do not enjoy learning! Well, thats not rocket science Im sure! Most kids dont like learning do they? And yet another technology story here. Ive heard about this wireless broadband that lots of people can get now in their homes. That means that they can connect to the internet no matter where they are in their home, even in the garden. However, this also means, if your signal is strong enough, that you can access the internet on the road outside your house too, or if you live close enough, you can connect through your neighbours connection. Well, this news is being seen as a milestone case - A man, who was spotted in the street using his laptop to access the internet through someone elses wireless internet connection has been arrested. He was questioned by some community support officers and the man, who was sitting on a wall outside a home in Chiswick, admitted that he was nicking a wireless internet connection to browse online. So if you see anyone sitting on your wall outside your home with a laptop, then he could be up to something illegal possibly! What I thought was! interesting though, was that heres an example of a crime, that didnt really exist that long ago when wireless internet was extremely rare in households. Well, that's it from me for now. Please get in touch with me this week, if theres anything going on in your lives that you want to share with the Levy Letter readers. If theres a problem happening where you live and its affecting yourself or your friends and family, then get in touch and let me know. Perhaps I could help! As always, keep in touch to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have a very good day and join me tonight on BBC One at half past six. 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
