Hello and welcome to Thursdays Levy Letter. Thanks for all the emails last night about people jumping the lights at level crossings. Lots of emails and messages this morning. And still emails are coming in about speeding motorbikes. Its great to hear your responses about the stories that we cover and obviously this one is something youre very interested in. So keep in touch with me. If theres a story that you want us to cover, or even a story that youd like an update on, then let us know. Were always following stories to see how they develop and if theres a particular one that youd like to know what happened next, then send me an email and let me know and well see if we can get an update on the programme. Its the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On tonight's programme, we'll be looking at the scenes that could have been from the blitz. Tonight we'll show the dramatic footage of last night's suspicious fire at the old Birdseye factory in Grimsby and we'll be speaking to the council about what can be done to improve security at the site to prevent such a blaze happening again. Lots of amazing pictures have come in from locals in Grimsby. Many thanks for all of those. Theyre just incredible photographs. And one email has come in with some photos of the fire from Mary in Grimsby. She wanted me to say a big 'thank you' to all the firemen for the great job they did in containing the huge fire at the Birdseye factory last night. It's thanks to their efforts that the fire didn't spread to nearby houses. So thanks there from Mary in Grimsby. Yesterday we looked at bad drivers jumping the lights at level crossing and today were carrying on the theme of reckless drivers. Today the message is don't put your life in jeopardy and others too by falling asleep at the wheel. We'll be speaking to the Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership about their warnings for drivers in the region. And it's make or break time yet again for our region's farmers as the foot and mouth outbreak puts more restrictions in place. We'll find out what it means for our local pig farmers. And tonight, we'll tell you when and where you can catch a glimpse of the QE2 as it sails past Flamborough Head at the weekend. Plus Paul will be here with the forecast as usual. Thats on BBC One at half past six. I hope you can join me then. Well as you know Im a bad sleeper, but these figures sound dreadful I read that new mothers survive on an average of three and a half hours sleep a night for the first four months after their babies are born. Im sure there must be some bleary eyed new mums reading the Levy Letter! What researchers have found though is that those figures are half as much as their own mothers had. And the sleepless nights wont improve until their babies reach eighteen months and then only to about five hours sleep for the first year and a half. And you know how I like to hear about the latest gadgets, but these are to blame apparently for new parents lack of sleep. The last generation used to let their babies cry for a while before going to investigate, but these new baby monitors and breathing sensors wake up the new parents at the slightest stirring of the baby. So advice is to not let the baby scream and scream, but neither to rush upstairs to the cot at each murmur from the baby and! obviously this will improve the amount of sleep that new parents have. But theres criticism for fathers though. 55% of dads say they still get a full nights sleep in the early months of having a baby. About 23% of dads say they dont even wake up when their baby cries! If youre a new mum, then let me know what you think about that. And if youre a new dad and youre taking on the lions share of the middle of the night baby check ups, and youre cross at that research, then let me know. Its [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you havent seen any of the Harry Potter films, then it seems youre very much the minority. The five Harry Potter films have taken $4.47 billion at the world box office. Thats smashed all records of $4.44 billion for all twenty-two James Bond movies. So just five Harry Potter films have smashed all twenty-two James Bond films. Just amazing that isnt it? Ive mentioned this on the programme, but the BBC are looking for this years Sports Unsung Hero. We want to hear from you if you know someone, who helps others take part in sport in your area. We want to award somebody, who, on a voluntary basis, gives up their time to share their passion for sport. This can be any sport that happens regularly near you. Last year, Wally Owst from Hull Sunday League was recognised for more than fifty years of service. He is a wonderful character in Sunday League and was truly deserving of the accolade. So have a think about who youd like to nominate. The regional winners will be invited to attend the BBC Sports Personality of the Year programme on Sunday 9th December where the overall winner will be announced. Theres a form on our website where you can nominate someone at bbc.co.uk/humber. So take a look on there. Yesterday in the Letter, I was talking about air conditioning units in cars. Theres an email come in about that. Take a look You said that it uses 10% more fuel. I recently saw a programme on TV, which said that as much fuel is used when driving with your car windows open, as when using the air conditioning. We seem to be bombarded with different statistics all the time. I do agree though about reducing your speed. I have read before that it is much better for the wear and tear on a car to reduce the driving speed to 55mph. I can't see many drivers sticking to that! So thanks for that email go to Jackie Kirk. Best wishes to her and thanks for the email. Well, that's it from me for now. Join me tonight for Look North if you can. 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
