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 a fresh row brews over how national the 2012 Olympics will be, we speak to local athletes about what they want to help them succeed. Were all looking forward to the Olympics, but whats in it for our region? Well be finding out.
We'll speak to the Hull flood victims marching to the Guild Hall today to demand action. Were also talking to a Greek family badly affected by the fires raging through Greece, find out tonight how you can help villages caught in up in the disaster. Weve all seen the dramatic pictures on television, and as well as the devastation to the land and property, theres a huge human cost. And we have a special report as RAF Waddington is given an active role in Afghanistan. We'll also be live as the replica of The Bounty sails up the Humber estuary to take part in the local maritime festival. Thats all coming up today at half past six on BBC One, and well have the weather forecast tonight from Paul, hopefully well be able to see him tonight! If you saw the programme last night youll know what I mean. We had a little technical hitch that meant Paul did an impression of the invisible man during the forecast, although as one email pointed out, it did mean we got a better view of the weather graphics. Some might even call it an improvement But Im sure Paul will be visible and delivering the latest forecast tonight on the programme. We had a massive response yesterday on our story about parking fines in Hull. A lot of you will of course be affected by this, or know somebody who has been, and we had a deluge of emails, messages, and texts. Thank you for all of those, most of them were against the councils enforcing of fines and their treatment of those punished, but there were also a few saying that motorists should abide by the letter of the law and stop complaining. Thank you for those messages if you sent one in. Rain Now Im sure we all wish we could guarantee a clear sunny day for an outing, an important event, or a trip to a theme park maybe. Now Alton Towers have apparently decided that weather controlling technology could be the answer to making sure rain stays away on busy bank holidays. Its hard to believe isnt it? It sounds like science fiction but its not April 1st so I suppose it must be true. They plan to use cloud-seeding to control rain levels in the area. The technique has previously been used by the Soviets to have good weather for political rallies and China plans to use it for the Beijing Olympics. Im not exactly sure how it works, but it seems that special particles are dropped or fired into clouds to control rain levels. It sounds like the kind of technology a James Bond super villain might employ, but instead its being used by a theme park. Well have to see how this one pans out, it would have incredible implications if everybody started doing it, wouldnt it? Maybe we could get some of those machines around here for next summer. Bank Error I saw this in the news today, its something that a lot of us would be tempted to do I think. A woman is awaiting sentencing after being caught spending £135,000 deposited into her account by accident. She discovered the money in her account when she previously had a balance of just £6.59, and immediately set about spending it, and giving money away to friends and family. The interesting part of the article is where it explains the legality of keeping money thats not really yours. Well the letter if the law is, a person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it. What does that mean? Well if you find your self receiving a bank error in your favour, youre not allowed to keep it. Disappointing, isnt it? A legal expert in the article goes on to say that you could have a defence if it was a smaller amount of money that you might not notice, but if it was a large sum that you couldnt ignore, you dont have much justification for spending it! What do you think, is it dishonest to keep money that isnt really yours? If youve got anything to say on this or anything else, you can contact me on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also if youve got a story to tell us about, or a picture for the programme you can send it to me at the same email address. I mention it a lot in the letter of course, and if you havent had a look yet then youve got no excuse now. Im talking about our Look North website. If you miss the programme and you want to catch up on the days local news, you can now watch Look North on the internet. Go to www.bbc.co.uk/looknorthhull and you can watch the programme in full, or see some of the individual pieces as well. Thats about it from me, have a good day and Ill be here with Look North tonight on BBC One at six thirty. 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
