HI there, its Peter here. Welcome to Thursdays Levy Letter. On tonight's programme, it's decision day for the future of Bridlington Hospital. It's understood that a last minute deal will mean the huge job losses that had been on the cards now won't happen. We'll have the latest on what the future holds for NHS services in the region.
And an amazing story here - we'll speak to the Scunthorpe mum, who gave birth fourteen weeks early, thirty thousand feet up in the air whilst returning from a holiday in Greece! And we talk about houses a lot in the Levy Letter, but generally I mean two bed semis or something like that. This house is a bit different though. We'll take a look at the house being built near Wragby medieval style using ancient skills handed down from our ancestors. Plus find out tonight why the pride and reputation of men in the north is on the line as a BBC programme hopes to find an athlete, who's prepared to travel the world and become the Last Man Standing. Thats all tonight on BBC One at half past six. I hope you can join me then. Sometimes I think I just write about doom and gloom in the Levy Letter. But unfortunately, those sort of stories about rising costs of living and increases in debt are the most frequent stories that appear in the newspapers and on the TV. Heres one though that must be concerning for families childcare costs are pushing families into debt. The proportion of young families borrowing from grandparents to pay for childcare costs has doubled in just twelve months. And research shows that grandparents are shelling out about £1200 a year to help adult children. Childcare has been the hot topic in the government for many years, but despite millions of pounds worth of help for families, British parents are still paying the most expensive childcare bills in Europe. So thats the latest survey on childcare costs. Do you think that sounds about right? Are you a single parent, but are getting financial help from the bank of mum and dad? Are you a grandparent, who is helping out grandc! hildren? Get in touch on this one if you want. Its the usual email address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yesterday, I was talking about house prices as usual! Jan Mills got in touch about this one. She writes When we bought our first house in 1954, it cost us £1,800. This was a large amount then as my husband was only earning £8 per week and the mortgage company were very reluctant to grant us a mortgage in the first place. In those days they would not lend you more than one third of your weekly salary and you had to have at least 2/3rds of your money left to live on. Nowadays it is so easy to get a mortgage and they don't seem to worry too much about what you have left. So thanks Jan for that message. Its true isnt it? It does seem to be a lot easier nowadays for people to get a mortgage than it used to. And another note here, but for a plug this time. Fiona Robbins from the Holbeach and District Civic Society wrote in If you are giving coverage to the Annual Heritage Weekend events, please would you mention Holbeach (near Spalding). We are opening the doors of the Reading Room, Church Street (next to the Library) from 2pm - 5pm on Sunday 9 September for an extended display of photographs and memorabilia. This year we have added a short slide show. Entrance is free, with Tea/Coffee and biscuits so people can sit around and talk about old times. Also, at 2.30pm and 3.15pm we are taking guided tours of All Saints Church (again in Church St, Holbeach - just a few steps away from the Reading Room. So theres the plug for Fiona! Get your diaries out and make a note of Sunday 9 September. So this Sunday take a tour down to Holbeach! Now then, a last email here and this one is of particular interest for families! Deb Covel got in touch with me. She is one of the managers of Ruskington Lions Football club. They have various age groups, who play football, from the under-7s, through to under-16s and they play in the mid-Lincolnshire league. Heres the note from Deb The reason I am writing is about the team I manage, the under 13s boys. We have at present eight boys signed on and are in need of eleven at least (a few more for reserves would be lovely but I'm not greedy!) and so far my advertising campaign, posters throughout our community, word of mouth, contacting other clubs, have proved ineffective in gaining more players. Another year on, after continuing our training and another trials night and lots of advertising, we are faced with the same problem - just eight signed. However, the boys are still adamant that they want to enter the league and play football, so who am I to argue!!! All I ask is that! they turn thirteen before August next year to meet FA rules of players ages. My phone numbers are 07834556155 and 01526 833460, So theres the note from Deb. Do you have the future David Beckham in your family, who wants to join the team? Well, there are the numbers and get in touch with Deb, if you want your children to join in! Well, well see if we can help Deb with that one, but if youve got a problem, then get in touch with me and Ill see if I can help. Its the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have a good day, 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
