Hello and welcome to Thursdays Levy Letter. Its just one day until Children in Need, were all busy with the preparations as you might imagine. If youve got something planned to raise funds, or if youre going to an event or planning to sit at home and enjoy the broadcasts, I hope youre looking forward to it, it should be a day of fun and of course its all for a very good cause.
Coming up on the programme tonight, Look North has been given a first look at the results of a study into free dinners for all in Hull schools. The pilot scheme came to an end after the plug was pulled on the funding but a new study claims this is damaging children's education. We'll have the story behind Lincolnshire's road traffic accident statistics, well hear the personal experiences of a man who's struggled to rebuild his life after surviving a horrific crash. Theres the latest on the investigation into the death of a Tornado navigator who ejected over North Norfolk. We'll have all the reaction to the news that the Hull KR player Paul Cooke has been suspended from playing for 4 months, if youre a Rugby League fan youll no doubt be aware of the controversy surrounding his move across the city. Weve got a special report from the darts championships in Bridlington where world champion Andy Fordham is showing off his new look... a whole ten stones lighter! And with Children in Need just a day away, as I mentioned, we'll be in North Lincolnshire to find out how your money is being spent. Weve had some very touching stories on the programme showing how valuable that money is of course, and how it can change peoples lives. Thats all coming up on BBC One at the usual time, half past six. Of course well also have the detailed weather forecast from Lisa Gallagher. I hope you can join me for Look North tonight. Exercise There are always a lot of health stories in the news, and in the Levy Letter, and one of the themes I think is that as a nation we need to do more exercise. A new report claims that only a fifth of women are doing enough exercise to be healthy. The Womens Sport and Fitness Foundation says that women feel more pressure to be thin than healthy, and are put off sport at an early age by school PE lessons. I think PE lessons put a lot of people off sport, all that running around in frosty playing fields in just a t-shirt and shorts. Well apparently women are taking the wives and girlfriends of famous footballers as their sporting role models, which of course is a little worrying as theyre not known for being overly athletic themselves. The report says that young women are only half as active as their male counterparts, and 40% of girls as young as seven said they didnt want to be seen as sporty. I would have thought that the pressure to be thin would encourage girls to exercise more, but it seems not. The foundation suggests that a way to combat this trend is to promote more sporty women role models. It sounds like a good idea to me, and weve certainly got a few in our region, one of the notable up and coming examples of course is UK number one female tennis player Katie OBrien from Hessle in East Yorkshire. Hopefully well see more of her in years to come and a lot more female sports stars as well. Pollution I saw a story in the news today about the levels of pollution produced by different countries, and I have to say its a little surprising. What would you guess is the worlds worst carbon dioxide producing country? Incredibly, its Australia. Down under they produce more CO2 per person than any other, with 10 tonnes per head, per year. This is a marked contrast to the image we have of clean beaches, blue skies, and healthy living, but maybe we just watch too much Neighbours. The biggest producer of carbon dioxide outright is the US, theres maybe no surprise there, with 2.5 billion tonnes released into the air nationally every year. Thats a frightening amount of pollution. Also at the top of the list are China, Russia, India, and Japan. The UK is in the top ten in ninth place, with 192 million tonnes. The Drax power station which isnt too far from our area, is rated the 23rd highest polluting power station in the world. Its quite a depressing story isnt it? But the hope is that the data will spur on cleaner power production in future, lets hope so, they say every cloud has a silver lining Well thats it from me today, if you have any interesting stories for the programme or an unusual picture we can show before the weather, send it to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] And a little plug for our website her as well, if you get home late after work, or if you cant see the programme live then you can watch it on the internet at www.bbc.co.uk/looknorthhull. So theres no excuse for missing a Look North programme now. I hope you enjoy the rest of your day and join me tonight at the usual time, half past six on BBC One for tonights Look North. 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
