Hi there, its Peter. Today the city of Hull will be welcoming the floods minister, John Healey, has he returns once more to the city. Tonight on the programme, we'll be with the schools and residents, who are demanding more money to help pick up the pieces after the floods in June.
And could turkey be off the menu for Christmas? We'll have a special report on the effects the recent avian flu scare will have on our local poultry producers. And ahead of Children in Need, we'll be going behind the scenes at a youth centre to see how your donations last year helped benefit the community. Plus, heres one Im very excited about, because Im a huge fan of the series. We'll be with the star of a new play of the lost episodes of Dad's Army. It seems incredible doesnt it that back in the seventies, those recordings with the original cast were erased! Well, theyve now been restored and recreated in a stage show and tonight on the programme well be finding out why thirty years on it's still so popular with audiences. Thats all tonight at half past six. Last night we were in Skegness where already they were celebrating Christmas. It seems we cant avoid getting into the festive cheer even though its just November. Heres a plug for the town of Caistor in Lincolnshire for their Christmas Tree lights switch on. Thats on Saturday November 24th at 6pm. The tree is very special Ive been told. The forty foot high tree was donated by the people of Enebakk in Norway. Children from Caistor schools will be singing and parading in a candlelit procession at 6pm and Father Christmas will be making an appearance too! So Caistor will be getting into the festive spirit on Saturday November 24th! Wizard Schools This may sound like every childs ultimate dream to go to Hogwarts and learn how to fly on a broomstick and make potions and spells. Well, pupils in Nottingham are actually being allowed to attend wizard-themed classes. Children are allowed to dress up as their favourite Harry Potter characters, chant spells and wave their wands about in class. And if parents are thinking what on earth has this got to do with education, then take a look at these results. This school has gone from the bottom 25% of schools three years ago to the top 25%. Allowing kids to chant subtraction sums like a Harry Potter spell has seen behaviour in classes improve enormously. In English classes, pupils perform their own stage version of the books and in PE pupils are taught how to balance as if they were flying a broomstick, geography lessons include locations featured in the films and herbology has a place in science classes. So what do you reckon to this? A brilliant idea for getting kids engaged i! n learning or have these teachers in Nottingham lost the plot? Get in touch as always on this one. Its the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cat Bizarre story of the week and Im not sure if its strange because of this particular cats behaviour or the owners! A cat in Bournemouth is disappearing every night, but arriving in the same place every day at the same time and expecting to be picked up by the owner in her car. Sgt Podge is the name of this peculiar cat, who disappears every night, but appears again one a half miles away. The owner though isnt put out by her moggys behaviour. She drops her son off at school every morning and then collects her cat on the pavement just after 8am. What might make you chuckle is that she still has to do that even at the weekend or during school holidays. After his nightly excursions, Sgt Podge is apparently all tuckered all and has his breakfast before retiring to sleep by the radiator! Thats it from me. I hope youve got lots planned for Children In Need this week. Angela emailed in to say that the Ist Ingoldsby Rainbows raised £89.68 on a fun night. So many thanks to them! Keep letting us know if youre doing anything to raise money for Pudsey. Its the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] And best of luck with your fundraising. Take care, 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
