Hello and welcome to Fridays Levy Letter. I hope youre having a good day and you can join me as always for the programme tonight. Its a nice day today outside at the moment, a little damp but sunny. Its strange weather weve been having, but hopefully itll brighten up for the weekend. Of course well have the forecast from Paul on the programme later. Coming up on todays Look North, the search goes on and we'll have the very latest on the attempt to find and rescue missing Bridlington fisherman John Collinson.
We'll hear from the Carcraft customers claiming that customer service isn't what it should be. I'll speak to the boss of Carcraft live on the programme tonight and put some questions to them. We'll have the latest on the debate over whether to scrap tolls on the Humber Bridge, its still rumbling on, we always get a big response on that issue, you can email your comments in to us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] as usual and maybe well read some of them out on the programme. We're live at the country's biggest pumpkin festival in Spalding as up to 10,000 people prepare to take part in a special parade. Well also have the story of 3 owl chicks being nurtured back to health in a Lincolnshire wildlife hospital. And finally, find out why a Hull boat shed is host to an award winning play about slavery. Thats all at half past six on BBC One. I hope you can join me. Chinese Cultural Concert Ive got a plug here for a very interesting sounding event, its a Chinese Cultural Concert at the state of the art Freedom Centre theatre on Preston Road. Therell be music, Chinese traditional opera, colourful costumes, and a Tai Chi demonstration. There will also be the chance to take a closer look and learn more about the costumes, the makeup, and the instruments. So if you fancy experiencing something a little different and getting to know another culture then thats on Tuesday 16th October, at 7pm at the Freedom Centre on Preston Road. Tickets are priced £10, concessions £5, and they can be purchased in advance from The Freedom Centre, Tel: 01482 710100. Tickets are also available on the door. Primary School Stress If you read the letter regularly youll know I often talk about research to do with health, and stress, but this is a little different. Theres a new report out that, incredibly, claims that children as young as seven are suffering deep anxiety about modern life, and theyre being forced to grow up too soon. Its really worrying that young children are already living with anxieties over things like government tests, life outside school, road safety, global warming, and violence, but thats the result of the study by the researchers at the University of Cambridge. I think most of us remember childhood as being a time of care free innocence, but although some people argue that adults tend to mythologise their own childhoods, the report claims that stress increases are very real. It is difficult to compare different generations, I think we all do it, and people have always worried about the newer generation, havent they? Interestingly, the some people, including the government, have rejected these findings with the argument that children have a much better standard of life then they ever have before. But then others say that although they may be materially richer than older generations, they spend too much time in front of computer and television screens, and theyre subject to too many government tests, and too many stresses of modern life. As I said, its a difficult issue, and maybe theres no real answer. One thing Im sure of though is that in 30 or 40 years time these children will be worrying about their children as well and saying It was better when I was young. But it is thought provoking to see these things in the news. Why did the Chicken Cross the Road? No, its not my joke of the day, this is actually a true story! Thousands of Chickens being transported to a Scottish Slaughterhouse escaped when the lorry carrying them overturned on the road, causing a five mile tailback. The Scottish police who arrived on the scene spent the next five hours attempting to catch the birds. What a scene that must have been. There are a few choice quotes from the article I read about this. One eyewitness reported, There were dead chickens all over the road, live chickens running about everywhere, and policeman and chicken catchers trying to grab them by the legs and put them into containers. Im not sure if youve ever considered a career as a chicken catcher before, but there you go. Another eye witness described the scene, saying Most of them were huddling together, theyre not used to being out of doors. They were sitting calmly at the side of the road and some were starting to perch in the bushes. Unfortunately, it wasnt to be a great escape as most of the birds that werent killed in the accident were rounded up and sent on to their original destination. There are also some fantastic facts about chicken catching here. Apparently, the easiest way to catch a chicken is at night when its dark, as the birds wont see you coming. A helpful tip there. A team of chicken catchers can catch 5,000 birds in one hour, by catching the birds by the legs and bundling them into a crate. And one last tip for any prospective chicken catchers reading this, the most common method of rounding up chickens is by guiding them with a bit of wood into a pen. So now youll know what to do next time youre rounding up chickens. Work under cover of darkness. Well thats about it from me for this week. I hope you can join me tonight at half past six for Look North on BBC One. And dont forget if you want to contact me over the weekend with a story, a comment, or something for the Levy Letter, you can drop me a line on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have a good weekend, if youve got something planned then I hope it goes well, and join me for the last Look North of the week tonight. 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