Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Mondays Levy Letter. I hope you had a good weekend and youll be able to join me tonight on Look North at half past six as usual. Well have all the days news and stories as usual, including the news that from today two schools in our region will be run by a religious organisation. We'll find out what it means for pupils and well look at why these so called academies have proved so controversial.
Have you ever been tempted to buy a pirate DVD or CD from a car boot sale? Well police in our part of the world were cracking down on dealers this weekend, we went with them and well have a special report tonight. Also we're taking a look behind the scenes at the company in rural Lincolnshire that's designing and manufacturing the armoured vehicles protecting our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan And our sports reporter Damian Johnson will be live tonight from Hullensians, the rugby union club that's risen from the ashes. He'll have the clubs story plus a round up of all the sports news. And of course well have the weather forecast as always. Thats all coming up on Look North today at half past six on BBC One. Ive got a plug here for a show in Boston, Lincolnshire. Heres the email from one of the actors involved from the One Voice group, We are an amateur group who are putting on a musical production of The Little Shop of Horrors at the Blackfriars Theatre, Spain Lane, Boston from Wednesday12th to Saturday15th at 7.30pm with a matinee on Saturday at 2.30pm. As I am sure you are aware it is a Sci-Fi musical comedy show with one manslaughter, two murders, and a suicide and thats just the start!! We particularly want to encourage the immigrant worker community here in Boston to participate, and come and view the show. We have one Eastern European lady member of the cast and all the words for the songs in the show are being reproduced for the audience in Portuguese, Polish, and Russian. Also all advertising for the show has a synopsis of the plot in English and the other three languages. Tickets are £6.50 and concessions are £5.50. You can reach the theatre box office on 01205 363108, and that show sounds like a fun way to spend an evening, although as anyone who knows the show will say, it might get a little gruesome! Cars I read a story in the news today thats sure to send a chill down the spine of any drivers or commuters. Apparently by the year 2031 there will be 6 million more cars on British roads then there are today, leading to 33.5 million cars clogging up the nations roads. Theres an amazing claim here, it says that would be enough cars to completely fill a 52 lane motorway from London to Edinburgh. Thats based on figures released by the Department for Transport. Just think about that, its frightening isnt it? And you thought traffic was bad these days Reading Ill bet that while youve been reading this email you havent given much thought to exactly how youre doing it. Now a new study by scientists from the University of Southampton has shed some light on our reading mechanisms. It was previously thought that when we read text, both eyes focussed on a single letter at a time, but new research claims each eye can look at separate letters simultaneously as our eyes jump in tiny movements over the page rather than moving smoothly as we take in information. According to the researchers, almost 50% of the time, our eyes are looking at different letters about two characters apart, and out brain fuses these two images together, giving us the appearance of just one picture. Thats fascinating, isnt it? Its incredible how many things our bodies and brains are doing that we just dont realise until somebody analyses it. The research could be used to find better ways of teaching reading to children, and helping those with dyslexia, so watch this space with both eyes if you can. Well thats about it from me for today. As always, if you have a story you want to let me know about or a picture for the programme you can contact me on [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have anything for the letter or a plug for an event for a good cause then you can let me know about that as well. I hope you have a good day, and join me tonight for Look North on BBC One at half past six as usual. 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
