Hi there, its Peter here. Its the last day of the week and as always, weve got a busy programme to finish up. Its a go for take off as BAE at Brough confirm plans to reopen their runway to allow aircraft to once more fly in and out of the factory. We'll be getting the reaction of local residents to this news.
And emotions are high amongst staff and managers - we'll be getting the latest on the future of Bridlington hospital following the plans to cut acute services at the site. Plus he's been told to move on - we'll be speaking to the Boston busker, who the local council says is too repetitive with his songs. And is our region in a moral decline? Im sure youve got a view on this. I'll be speaking to a local Bishop after a BBC survey claims that manners are now a thing of the past. Its a busy weekend of events. We'll be live in Cleethorpes tonight as the resort launches this year's jazz festival. And they may be the bane of your life, but Europe's biggest trade show of caravans opens in Cottingham today and we'll be finding out what's the hottest tourer this year! Lots of students will be heading off to University shortly, but I read today some worrying news for graduates. Apparently, surveys are showing that theres been a huge increase in the number of graduates joining the workforce, which is actually devaluing their degrees. The report has shown that male graduates in arts and humanities subjects are now earning no more than those, who left education after their A Levels. At the moment, theres pressure on the Government to increase the number of students taking on further education, which at the moment is down at about 43% and their aim is to increase it to over 50%. Questions are whether they should promote further education, if at the end of the course theres no guarantee of a better paid job for graduates compared with A-level students. So big decisions for our students at the moment. Would do you reckon to this one? Do you think a degree gives you better opportunities for work? Its the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] I look forward to hearing from you. And talking of education, this one is concerning as well for parents. Standards of reading, writing and maths amongst seven year olds are in a long term decline. The Government has ploughed a massive £21 billion into preschool provisions for children, but the latest national curriculum results show a fall in the number of children aged seven mastering basic writing skills and have seen no improvements in reading, speaking, listening, maths or science. These results are showing a steady decline since 2001. If youre a parent, what do you think about these latest figures? And I read that the best way to make money is to tarmac your driveway and rent it out! The housing market may be unstable at the moment and interest rates may be rising putting off many potential buy-to-let house buyers, but heres one idea to make your wallet bulge. Your driveway could be the answer to your problems if you hire it out as a parking space. Companies are springing up that match up employees with homeowners and they promise to make the driveway work hard for its money possibly earning you up to £5000 a year. All you have to do is allow a stranger to park in your driveway during working hours. This is big news for employees, who are often on the desperate search to find a car parking space in busy urban areas and these offers can help them avoid congestion charges, on-street restrictions, vandalism and extremely high parking charges. So perhaps you should start looking after your driveway by removing the weeds, sprucing up the tarmac, because I read that people ! are now renting them out as parking spaces! And finally, Im sure this is one award they really dont want to win. David and Victoria Beckham have been nominated for an award called the Funniest Double Act. Of course, theyre up against stand up comedians like Alan Carr and Justin Lee Collins from Channel 4s The Friday Night Project and David Mitchell and Robert Webb from Peep Show. Im sure thats not on the Beckhams list of awards theyd most like to win! Thats it from me. Have a lovely weekend and Ill be back with the Levy Letter on Monday. 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
