Hi there, its Peter here with the last Letter of the week. On tonights programme, we'll be with the Hull residents, who say their street is a no-go zone. We'll be investigating their claims that they live in the city's most dangerous spot.
Plus we'll have a special report on a pioneering new scheme where heart patients give themselves their own check up in the comfort of their own home. It's a new look for a new century and we'll have a special preview of a beach hut festival taking place this weekend in Mablethorpe. We'll have a live performance from a gospel choir tonight, remembering the abolition of slavery and celebrating the baptism of William Wilberforce. Plus is he heading for Hollywood? We'll meet the Bridlington teenager, who's turning heads in the animation world. And Hull FC coach, Peter Sharp will tell us how he thinks the black and whites can go all the way to the final ahead of this weekend's play off against Huddersfield. Thats all tonight on BBC One at half past six. I hope you can join me for that. And first off today, I want to give you a plug for a huge event for Newland Avenue in Hull. Its a week long festival celebrating all things international. Im going to be there on Monday morning to open it at the Community Church on Newland Avenue at 11am. So I hope to see you there. Theres lots of events going on all week including workshops on African languages, samples of Nigerian food, Argentinean tango and Islamic art and costumes. And thats just a sample of whats going on! Theres lots more. So I hope to see you on Monday morning at the Community Church and good luck to the organisers ahead of an extremely busy week of international events. Every year when the publishers start updating the dictionary, I always think its interesting to hear of the new words that are becoming so common that they must be included in an English dictionary. Well, this note here isnt about a new word as such, but really about something thats being removed from the dictionary! The hyphen is apparently struggling to maintain its prominence in the Oxford English Dictionary. The latest edition has removed the hyphen from sixteen thousand words. Heres a sample of the words that have changed. Fig-leaf is now fig leaf, pot-belly is now pot belly, pigeon-hole has been joined together for pigeonhole and leap-frog is leapfrog. And the reason behind the hyphens difficult time is because of our typing skills! Researchers think its because many of us struggle to find the hyphen key on our keyboard, so we just dont bother to write it anymore. Well, as Im sure youre aware I cant really comment on that, because my typing skills are so appa! lling! But what do you think? Do you mind the fact that words in the dictionary are changing because as a nation we cant type very well? How many of you reading the Levy Letter today has said I do? Til death do us part is a common phrase that many married couples, standing at the altar, must feel slightly daunted by when they tie the knot. So Germany has come up with what they think is a brilliant plan to solve the notorious seven year itch that many couples suffer through when they first get married. Suggestions are that civil marriages are deemed to be a seven year contract and after that time each partner would have to say I do again in order to prolong the marriage or simply leave it at that. They think this will save the great emotional and financial cost of divorces. So what do you reckon to this? Are your mouths open in amazement as you read this? Well, whatever your thoughts on this, then Id love to hear them. Do you think you should sign up for a marriage, as you would for a mobile phone contract? Sign up for seven years and then at the end of it walk away or sign up for another seven years? ! Well, its got the people of Germany in uproar, but some of the politicians there think its a good idea. So get in touch on this one if youd like to comment its [EMAIL PROTECTED] as usual. It may be Friday and office workers might be feeling a bit down in the dumps as they watch the clock tick closer to the start of the weekend. However, were to be warned today after nine office workers lost their jobs after bosses discovered theyd been spending up to two hours a day on an internet auction site. Weve heard about this before, havent we, after employers expressed their concerns at allowing workers to look at social networking sites fearing that itll distract them away from the job at hand. So be warned if you fancy whiling away a few hours this afternoon whilst sitting at your desk! Employers are cracking down on workers wasting time on the internet. So thats it from me for today. Join me if you can on Newland Avenue at 11am on Monday morning for the International Festival. Have a wonderful weekend, whatever you get up to. 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
