Hello and welcome to Mondays Levy Letter. I hope you had a very good weekend, its the start of a new week and of course that means Im back with the Letter and also on Look North tonight at half past six on BBC One.
Coming up on todays programme, as Police forces in our region crack down on anti-social behaviour, we'll be investigating the true picture in towns and cities across our region, and taking a closer look at Police work in Scunthorpe and Cottingham. The BBC Panorama programme will reveal tonight that councils across the countryside are contributing to the growth of the massive bottled water industry. The worst culprit is East Riding of Yorkshire Council which spends almost £70,000 a year on bottled water, but East Lindsey District Council are bucking the trend by not providing any bottled water for their staff! Well have the story on the programme, and of course you can watch the report on Panorama tonight at 8.30pm on BBC One. And Damian is back with our Monday night sports round up. We'll be speaking to Dean Windass as he goes back to his old home on Hull's Gypsyville estate, and we look ahead to Grimsby town's game tomorrow along with all the rest of the regions sport. Of course well also have the detailed weather forecast as always. Thats all on Look North on BBC One at half past six. Thank you once again for the huge response we got last week after Fridays programme. We had stories on the Humber Bridge tolls and electricity meters. Both of those are subjects that a lot of people obviously feel very strongly about, and weve got lots of opinions and possible stories to look into. Dont forget, if youve got a story you want to let us know about, on any subject, get in touch and put it in an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] We read them all, and if you watch the programme regularly youll know how many of our stories come from things weve been told about or sent in by viewers. I look forward to seeing what the next big story on the programme will be this week. 2029 I saw this in the news over the weekend, a leading inventor and scientist has predicted that by the year 2029, machines will have achieved human level intelligence. Ray Kurtzweil also says he believes humans and machines will come together through implants and new technology to boost intelligence and health. Not only that, but he believes that machines will also equal us at emotional intelligence as well. These are some quite startling claims arent they? It sounds incredible, but then looking at some of the stories and new developments that pop up in the news regularly you start to wonder. The funny thing is that this made the news, when effectively all hes doing is making predictions which are so far off they could really be called science fiction. Excuse me for being a little sceptical, but I remember hearing so many claims of imminent revolutions over the years. Does anybody remember the Sinclair C5 car? Non-rocking chair Heres a new invention that seems like it could have a much more immediate impact. A former teacher has invented a chair for the classroom that cannot be tipped over by leaning back on it. Its the scourge of classrooms of course, and I read some amazing statistics on this, over 7,000 pupils are admitted to hospital every year in chair related accidents, 70% of these were from rocking back in the chair. Thats from government statistics. The chairs distinctive design features curved legs which make it almost impossible for a child to rock it over, and the designer has already taken orders from 18 schools since going into business. Im sure itll be popular with teaching staff everywhere. Doggy Music Just before I go heres a little story for dog lovers. The New Zealand based makers of a chart topping hit hope that their song will go on to become a global success with a difference. The song, entitled A Very Silent Night is only audible to dogs, and incredibly went to number one in New Zealand at Christmas. The songs popularity might have something to do with the fact it was for an animal charity. Unless dogs around the island nation were walking into record shops themselves I cant see that the quality of the song had much to do with its success. It was recorded at a frequency humans cant hear. A spokesman apparently admitted he didnt know how it would sound to dogs well how would you? The funniest thing about this story is some of the reactions reported from animals listening to the track. One of them went berserk and attacked and destroyed the radio it was playing on, while others have been reported doing nothing at all. Obviously not music lovers. Well thats it from me for today. Enjoy the rest of your afternoon and dont forget to join me tonight on Look North at half past six on BBC One. 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
