Good afternoon! Its Tim writing your Letter this Wednesday and Ill be taking the helm of the programme tonight on BBC One.
On tonights programme, they're sending a message to the powers that be, but will they listen? We'll be with the hundreds of people today, at several demos across the region, protesting against the closure of their post office counters. We'll be live in Louth tonight speaking with protestors to find out what their local post office means to them. We'll be getting the latest on the Stephen Callaghan murder trial. The prosecution claims Stephen was beaten, shot at and tortured and received a total of sixty injuries to his body. His body was found in December last year in Cottingham. We'll get the latest as the judge sums up the case today. Plus he resorted to DIY dentistry. We'll speak to a Grimsby man, who was forced to use an electric screwdriver and pliers to remove his tooth after he failed to find an NHS dentist. And we always knew he was wild at heart. Paul Hudson will be chatting to me tonight about his new series looking at the wildlife of our region. Thats on BBC One at half past six. And therell be lots of reminders today on the TV and in newspapers about beating the bulge! Tonight on the programme, we'll be taking a look at local plans to tackle obesity as our region gets named as the fattest region in the country. And Ive been reading about a couple of misnomers about obesity too, which I thought Id share with you. Apparently, obesity doesnt just result from over-eating and a lack of exercise, which comes as a shock to me! We can blame instead our modern technology, which has led to weight gain becoming unavoidable for the majority of the population. Do you think thats right? Can you remember when TV remote controls didnt exist? I wonder how many calories we used to burn getting up off the sofa to change the channel or turn up the volume!! But the statistics are fairly shocking. If, as a nation, we continue with the same obesity growth rates, 60% of men, 50% of women and 25% of children will be obese by 2050. And all the associated health problem! s could cost the country an additional £45.5 billion. However, hope is at hand. The shopping trolley may be the bane of many peoples lives with its wobbly wheels and its inability to steer in a straight line, but it could be a helping hand in helping you lose weight. If you try and sneak in a packet of crisps or a bag of sweets into your weekly shop, then itll set off an alarm in your trolley to warn you. Plans for these intelligent trolleys also include installing a computer screen to the handle, which will give you more information about the product you wish to buy with the cost, its nutritional count, country of origin and whether the packaging can be recycled. I like this idea too - the clever trolleys will be able to point you in the right direction if you cant find the aisle where the baking powder is kept for example. That seems very sensible to me! Theyll also store information about you in its memory, so itll know what your favourite items are and whether youre a diabetic or just on a diet. The trolley will the! n tell you where the products are that are best suited to you and what the promotions are. Could it please go round the supermarket itself and pick the items off the shelf whilst I stay in the in-store coffee shop? Now that would be progress!! And speaking of new technology. How about printer ink that disappears off the paper after 24 hours? This is one of those ideas that could have such massive implications for recycling, but which could prove so useless if that all important document vanishes before your eyes! The plan is for the ink to fade gradually over a twenty-four hour period so that the piece of paper can be reused again. Good idea or not? Keep in touch as usual today. If theres any news story that you come across today that youd like to comment on then let us know. Its the usual email address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take care, Tim 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
