Hello and welcome to Thursdays Levy Letter. If you did something spooky for Halloween last night I hope you had a good time, and todays the first day of November, so just over a month and a half to get those Christmas presents bought and wrapped! Coming up on Look North today, Humberside Police has been criticised again for the way it keeps personal information. In the past serious failings were identified over the force's record keeping about the child killer Ian Huntley. We'll have the full story on the programme.
Can more be done to protect drivers in Lincolnshire where roads run alongside rivers or drains? A man in his twenties died yesterday after a van plunged into the River Witham, we covered it on the programme, and it follows other tragic recent events in the same stretch of the river. We'll hear from the man who's been fighting for more than fifty years for compensation after Britain's nuclear testing programme on Christmas Island. Theres more on the sixty foot whale that became stranded in the Humber this morning. We're on board with the Humber Rescue as marine mammal experts try to find out what happened to the whale and why it died. Well also be finding out what the research vessel the RRS James Cook is doing in Hull, it's a state of the art ship which carries scientists around the world. And of course well have the detailed weather forecast for our region as well. Thats all coming up at the usual time of half past six tonight on BBC One. I hope you can join me. Shows Well as the cold weather draws in and the evenings get darker, nows a good time to cosy up in the theatre, and there are a couple of very good shows Ive picked out that are heading our way in Hull this month. Dads Army is heading to the New Theatre starting on November 12th, and it stars Barton-Upon-Humber actor Peter Martin in the lead role as Captain Mainwaring. The role was of course made famous by Arthur Lowe in the much loved television series. You might have seen Peter in Emmerdale and also in The Royle Family, and that sounds like a good night out, if its half as good as the television series itll be fantastic. Another show called Magic of the Musicals is opening on November 15th at Hull City Hall. If youre a big fan if musicals, as I am, this should be a great show. Its a selection of songs from some of the most successful West End musicals of all time, it starts Wayne Sleep and Melanie Stace, formerly of the Generation Game. So if youre looking for a show to see over the next month, there are a couple of the big ones. If you get tickets, have a great time and let me know how it was. If you want to contact me to let me know about anything, a story for the programme or the letter perhaps, you can contact me on [EMAIL PROTECTED] as always. Sex Ban I wrote section in the letter recently about the new giant Airbus A380, or Superjumbo, which is an amazing feat of engineering, but it seems some people might not be able to enjoy it as much as they hoped. A number of the aircraft produced feature suites with double beds, but Singapore Airlines has imposed a ban on couples engaging in inappropriate activity as they put it. Its quite a bizarre thing to impose I suppose if youve paid out what must be a lot of money for one of those private suites, and how are they going to check! It wasnt something that affected the first couple to book a double bed on its first flight from Singapore to Sydney. Apparently 76 year old Tony and his 51 year old wife Julie had barely enough time for a kiss because they were besieged by media and photographers, interested in snapping pictures of them on their romantic journey. Im not sure what effect some inappropriate activity might have on the operating of a state of the art plane, but if youre travelling with Singapore Airlines you might want to take the time to get some sleep and keep your hands to yourself rather than break airline rules! Genius of Photography I dont know if youve seen this advertised on the television lately, but tonights the second episode of a fascinating programme about the history of photography. Its on BBC Four, a digital channel, and its called The Genius of Photography. Its a really wonderful programme if youre interested in pictures and want to see some fantastic images, and if youre a bit of an enthusiast with a camera you might pick up some useful tips. I look forward to seeing some excellent pictures sent in to us at Look North in the next few weeks! Dont forget to watch the programme tonight at half past six on BBC One, but if you get home late or cant see the programme live then you can catch Look North on our website at www.bbc.co.uk/looknorthhull. You can also watch some of our top stories individually as well, so theres no excuse for ever missing a programme now! Thats it from me, enjoy the rest of your day and I hope you can join me later. Bye for now 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
