Hi there, its Peter here with your Letter as usual. On tonights Look North, the misery goes on four months after the floods in June, for one teenage mum in Hull. We'll be spending the day with her to find out what problems she faces on a daily basis and we'll be asking the Floods Minister what he plans to do for the region after the EU pledges £120 million as flood aid.
And we'll have a special report on plans to boost Hull's rail links to West Yorkshire and London. Well find out what this will mean for local businesses. Plus we'll be talking to local MP, David Davis, about his concerns for the future of the BAE plant at Brough. And it's a new look for a new tour - we'll have a special report with the Red Arrows as they prepare to jet off to the Middle East for six weeks. And there's a new man at the helm. We'll be asking the new manager of Lincoln City if he can kick the Imps into touch after their poor start to the season. And we'll be live in East Park for a Halloween special. Plus the weather forecast with Paul tonight. One email this morning in the Look North inbox said he looked like a budgerigar in that yellow shirt last night. I wonder if hell be digging that orange one out for tonight? If he does, then Im sure the pumpkin references will be coming in thick and fast! For The Silver Surfers The headline for this story was Good News For The Oldies, so Im not sure why my eye was drawn to it! Ive talked about some of those social networking sites before like Facebook, Wayne and Bebo. Well, they can now be left for the younguns as theres a new social networking site just for old people run by a well known insurance company, which specialises in caring for pensioners. And itll probably take off fairly quickly. Research shows that about 16% of over sixty-fives use the Internet regularly and more impressively the over fifties account for nearly one third of the total time spent on the Internet in Britain. Thats a lot of silver surfers! And those trendy networking sites may have forums for the latest pop tune, but this more sedate website for the wrinklies will have discussions on gardening tips. Sounds like your kind of thing? Well, it wouldnt be much use to me would it? I dont think you need many gardening tips for a pot plant. Culture Looking for a bit of culture this weekend? Heres a plug for you, which might be of interest. Theres been a few of these creative art events running in Hull and the last one is this Saturday. Its called Seeds and Bridges 2007 and Jez has sent me an email about this. He says itll be an evening of warming music and visuals from Finland. So if that sounds up your street, then its at Artlink on Princes Avenue in Hull from 7.30pm on Saturday 3rd November. And dont forget, if you ever want a little plug in the Levy Letter for an event youre organising, then get in touch with me and Ill see if I can help. Its the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Corrie Itll be the end of an era! The wonderful Vera Duckworth from Coronation Street is to be killed off in a storyline to be screened early next year. And I always think its amazing how far soaps have to go to keep the storyline under wraps. Three alternative endings have been written and will be filmed so that the way in which she leaves the soap will be kept secret from the media. Vera is played by Liz Dawn, whos been on the street for more than three decades. Can you imagine playing the same character for so long? Our thoughts are with her though as shes having to leave the show due to ill health. The shows producers have admitted that shes even having trouble walking across the set. Shes always been a smoker and was diagnosed with lung disease five years ago, but quit the habit in 2002. Apparently only a third of her lungs work properly now, so shes quite poorly at the moment. So Corrie probably wont seem the same when Vera leaves, but shes due for a dramatic exit e! arly next year. Well have to watch out for that! Well thats it from me for today. Children In Need is fast approaching. So get brainstorming for fundraising ideas. Therell be lots going on with Look North and in our region, so Ill keep you posted on how you can get involved. All of the latest news on Children In Need from the BBC is at the main national website on bbc.co.uk/pudsey. Take care and enjoy this lovely sunny weather were getting at the moment. 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
