Hello there and welcome to the start of another week! Ill be with you for tonights Look North as always. On the programme, we'll have the latest on the tragic accident last night after a car carrying nine people, including seven children, crashed into the River Witham. Well have the full story on that tonight.
Plus we go behind the scenes for a report with custom officers as they try to stop a flood of illegal cigarettes coming into the region. And with the Hull and Humber clipper on its way in the first stage of the round the world yacht race, we'll take a look at its progress and what this race could mean for the economy of Hull and East Yorkshire. It's a vital service for people with kidney disease, but it could be lost if volunteers don't come forward. Find out tonight how you could help keep this service going. Our sports reporter, Damian Johnson, will be with us live as usual for a round up of all the sports news from the weekend. And Look North will be in Willoughby where the whole village has come together to stage a play about their most famous son, Captain John Smith. Thats on BBC One at half past six. I hope you can join me then. Well, they say its the prerogative of the judges to change their minds, but it certainly meant heartbreak for one singing hopeful from our region. I dont know if you saw the episode, but a local girl from Skegness sang for the X Factor judges at the weekend and I thought she was pretty good! The judges initially agreed too and put her through to the next round at Boot Camp. But as soon as shed left the room, the judges changed their mind and Simon Cowell had to go outside to meet Katie Boothand and say sorry, but you cant go. The reason behind this had nothing to do with her voice or how well she sang, but because she was five and a half months pregnant! So Simon did a quick calculation and realised that she could give birth during the final shows! Well, that would be a first wouldnt it? So despite the fact that Katie had sung her way into Boot Camp, the judges decided that she shouldnt go through because she was five and a half months pregnant! And you know that Im not really all that keen on going to the gym or going for a jog or anything like that. But perhaps I should get my trainers out of the wardrobe as apparently most UK adults are so unwilling to do exercise that not even the threat of an early death is enough to get them off the sofa. Does this sound familiar with you? Only 38% of people said theyd do some exercise if their life depended on it. The British Heart Foundation are the people looking into this research and they say only a third of people manage to do enough exercise to achieve just the minimum recommended amount. Im sure I must be included in that statistic! The aims are for us to do at least thirty minutes of exercise five times a week to raise our heart rate and that will help us keep healthy. Last week was the funeral of the fundraiser, Jane Tomlinson, who died after her long battle with cancer. Although Jane wasnt from our region, the tributes are still coming in, which shows just what an amazing woman she was and how many people she touched with her charity work. Heres an email from Richard and his family, who write Jane was an inspiration for future sporting stars whether in road cycling or road running and her charity work was tremendous for people of Yorkshire and beyond. Please give our deepest sympathy to Mike and his family. So peoples thoughts are still with the family of Jane Tomlinson at this difficult time. We wish them well of course. Well, that's it from me for today. Keep emailing me throughout the week. Id love to know what youre up to at the moment. I see that lots of emails have come in with pictures from the region. Well be showing some of those in the programme Im sure. Lots of pictures have come in of the QE2, thanks for those. Get in touch about anything at all - [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
