Hello and welcome to Fridays Levy Letter. I hope your days going well. Yesterday Look North was at the opening night of Lincoln Christmas market, so if you havent got anything planned for this weekend you could do a lot worse than going down and enjoying some of the produce and atmosphere, it looks lovely this year.
Coming up on the programme tonight, we're debating cannabis on Look North. The Chief Constable of Humberside Police says it should be reclassified as a class B drug, but major drug charities disagree. We'll look at both sides of the argument. Im sure lots of people will have something to say on this, well be giving out our contact details as always during the programme. We're at the second day of the inquest into the death of a man who became trapped in a grate and died in the flood waters. We'll report on the accident in Hull which claimed the life of a 17 year old driver. Well have the latest details. And as I mentioned, Lincoln Christmas market continues today. Well be travelling to the market from London with the tourists happy to pay £300 for a day trip. Well be with them as they arrive in style. We celebrate a sporting success tonight as we bring Hull golfer Richard Finch back to his old club fresh from his first major title success in the New Zealand Open. And would you like to adopt part of Lincoln Cathedral? £25 will get you a gargoyle, and £250 will get you a figurehead. All the proceeds go to the upkeep of the cathedral. It could even be an unusual Christmas present! And of course well have the weather forecast from Paul with the all important predictions for the weekend. Thats all coming up at half past six on BBC One tonight in the last Look North of the week. Thank you as always for the big response we received yesterday on our email, text, and phones, particularly about the floods, which is still such a huge story affecting so many people. Thank you for all of those and also the stories and information we receive daily, lots of those end up as pieces on the programme, so dont forget if you have a story or anything you want to let me know about, or something for the letter, drop me a line at [EMAIL PROTECTED], thats my personal email address and I read every message. Speaking of emails, I received a couple about bits I had in the letter yesterday, Mike from Willerby commented on the story about the Greek monks avoiding cancer with an austere lifestyle, he said, It doesn't say at what age they die. Probably a young age, because they must die of boredom. Well I think I have to agree with you on that one. And on the subject of dolphins attracting mates by carrying sticks and bits of seaweed, Bernice sent me an email saying it reminded her of her husband and his pipe! She even included a handy illustration of a gentleman with a pipe, so thank you for that, although Im impressed if he can make a pipe a signal of sexual virility! Bringing up baby Well I had a story a little while back about some of the extravagant things you can buy for your baby. I think most parents must spoil their children, but there were some rather extreme examples. Well according to new research published today, the cost of raising a child and education are the most expensive commitments faced by parents. To raise a child from birth until the age of 21 costs an incredible £186,032. That breaks down into £8,859 a year, for 21 years! If youve got a young child or youre looking forward to having one, you might want to sit down for this. The average family spends £50,538 on childcare including childminders, after school clubs, and nurseries. To pay for your childs education will set you back on average £47,310, and thats assuming youre going to a state school. That includes things like stationary, uniforms, and also tuition fees for a three year university course. This is of course an average, so some parents will spend a lot more than that if they pay for private schooling. And if youre childless, this will doubtless make you feel glad and quite smug. Warm and Windy Dont worry, Im not going to start including Pauls weather forecasts in the letter, although he might agree with this story. The Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has unveiled research claiming that our climate is projected to get warmer and windier. The average land temperature has increased one degree Celsius since the 1970s, which I have to admit doesnt sound a lot, but then I dont really understand these things. Severe windstorms have also become more common in recent decades, and of course as Paul is always saying, we can probably expect more extreme weather in the future. Not very good news then, but at least I hope well be able to enjoy some of the warmth without getting blown off our feet, that would ruin the benefits somewhat. Well thats it from me for today and this week on the letter. I hope you have a good weekend, and if youre a keen photographer and you take some nice and unusual pictures over the next few days, send them in to me, either in a hard copy to our offices in Hull, or email them to me, the address again is [EMAIL PROTECTED] I hope you can join me tonight for Look North at half past six on BBC One, have a very good weekend. 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
