Hi there its Peter here. Ill be back on the programme today and tonight, we'll have the latest on the arrest of a Hull councillor on charges of gross indecency. Well have the full story on this breaking news today.
Also, as teenage passengers are ranked as the most vulnerable road users in the UK, we'll be with the school children learning a valuable road safety lesson. We'll ask why a sea bass fishery in Bridlington is being hailed as a fishery for the future. And we'll have the exclusive story about the state of the art computer game that's aiming to get us all fitter. Plus we'll have details of all the winners from last night's Sports Awards including looking at a special accolade for a Grimsby local hero. And we'll have carols from Market Weighton from a choir made up entirely of women called Carol! Thats all tonight on BBC One at half past six. I hope you can join me. Ive Forgotten Perhaps Alzheimers is setting in early for me. Im sure the directors for Look North would say so anyway, when I have to ask them to remind me which camera to look at! But perhaps a chimpanzee would do better as research is now suggesting that they have an extraordinary photographic memory that is far superior to humans. Perhaps this isnt surprising, but young chimps outperformed university students in memory tests. (I hope they didnt ask them questions after a busy night in the pub!) The tasks involved remembering the location of numbers on a screen and correctly recalling the sequence. And although weve always assumed that our closest animal relatives couldnt match humans in memory and mental skills, it seems that we got it wrong. Young chimpanzees at the age of five or so were performing better than humans in these memory tasks. And the university students were slower as well compared with all of chimpanzees in the test. Because of the speed in reaction by the chimps! when it came to recognising the correct numbers in the sequence, researchers believe that they have a special photographic memory, which means they can memorise a pattern in front of them at a glance. Apparently, this skill is often present in young children, but often declines in age. So chimps are better at remembering things than humans! I wish I had a photographic memory. I have to be glued to my scripts during the programme! Something Else To Worry About I do sometimes wonder if I should repeat some of these stories I read about. But there are so many of them warning us not to eat that or drink that, because its bad for you. Heres the latest one to scare us. Women, who eat crisps or chips every day, may double their chances of ovarian or womb cancer. Thats the latest from scientists. Apparently, when food is fried, grilled or roasted and the surface of the food becomes slightly burnt or coloured, then chemicals that are produced can put people at risk. However, scientists warn us not to panic and say that many other factors could be to blame as well. Well, why mention it then!! So what is it now no crisps or chips, no roast dinners and no cheese on toast melted under the grill!! Whatever next? Violent Games I saw this and wondered if this was a problem for parents, who read the Levy Letter. Apparently, a survey just out says that more than 75% of parents are concerned about the content of video games played by their children. Now I havent seen any of these really. I know the sort though and concerns are that they are very sexually explicit apparently, or violent or have lots of swearing in them. And 43% of parents were not aware that computer games are given the same age ratings as films. So presumably that means that parents are buying age eighteen plus games for young kids? What do you reckon about this? Should parents be worried about letting their children play games that perhaps arent suitable for them? Do you worry when you see them playing these shooting games? Id be interested to hear your views on this as Im not really familiar with how graphic these games really are. So get in touch on this or anything else today. Its the usual email address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] uk. Well thats it from me today. I hope youre well. There are lots of colds going about at the moment, so I hope you stay healthy! 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
