Hello there, and welcome to Fridays Levy Letter. On tonight's programme, we'll be in court as a former Boston primary school head teacher is due to be sentenced for possessing over one hundred thousand child porn images.
Also tonight, we'll be with the Scunthorpe residents, who are condemning plans by their council to stick with fortnightly bin collections despite government advice saying food waste should be collected weekly. Find out which of your MPs claim the most expenses under the House of Commons allowance scheme. Plus we'll be with a Hull woman with sight problems, who's putting Hull's Interchange to the test. Also from Myton Bridge to Manhattan! We'll have the remarkable story of the piano, which helped a Hull community get through the blitz and which is now gaining legendary status in New York. And he's the man, who can turn back time - we're with the Lincoln clockmaker, whose job it is this weekend to reset hundreds of clocks across the city as the days get shorter and the nights get longer. Thats all tonight on BBC One at half past six. And heres a story that perhaps insomniacs like myself really shouldnt read about as Im sure its one to ponder upon into the wee hours of the night! A huge study has taken place with one thousand and four hundred scientists looking at the rate at which mankind has used the Earths resources over the past twenty years. This result sounds incredible, but these scientists have discovered that each person in the world now needs a third more land to supply their needs than the Earth can supply. And as a result of this, 30% of amphibians, 23% of mammals, 12% of birds are under threat of extinction. Plus one in ten of the worlds major rivers will run dry every year before it reaches the sea. I know environmentalists are always talking about this change in our planet as just another blip in the Earths development, which has been happening for millions of years just like the Ice Age. But it seems terrifying that so much could change in just a few generations time. I mentioned this earlier in the week on the programme. It was a plea for help for a bugler! Not many about I suppose, but there must be one bugler in the region at least! Ive been asked to help find one to play the Last Post and Reveille at Brandesburton Church on Remembrance morning. The service begins at the war memorial at 10.50am. So can you play the bugle? If so, then your services are required. Get in touch with me straight away and Ill put you in touch with the organisers! Its the usual email address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] And this lovely chap has been into the studio a few times to wow me with his magic and hes still doing really well. Thirteen year old Jack Gleadow from East Hull has been awarded the Magic Circles Young Magicians Club Junior Day Trophy! Just an amazing achievement as hed got down to the final from hundreds of other competitors. And not only that, he then went on to win a comedy award for being the Funniest Act too! So were really proud of him, well done to Jack. As you all know, I really love watching magic and Im sure Jacks got a very long career ahead of him! Well done Jack! And another wonderful talent, who I had the pleasure of meeting a couple of years back, Russell Watson, is said to be in a critical condition today. The opera singer has had to undergo emergency surgery to treat a bleeding brain tumour. I believe he has a young family, so our thoughts are with Russell and his daughters at this time. We wish him well. And thats it from me for today. Have a lovely weekend. 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
