Hello and welcome to todays Levy Letter for Friday. Its a surprisingly nice day here in Hull so far. Not quite time to bring out the short trousers, but it there are signs of Spring on the way at last. I hope you can join me for the last Look North of the week today at half past six on BBC One. Coming up tonight, a damning report claims the gang style shooting of John and Joan Stirland could have been prevented. We'll have a special report tonight and ask were they failed by the police?
On the fifth day of the Simon Murden inquest, we'll hear more about the armed police operation that led to the fatal shooting of the Beverley charity worker three years ago. Where does your recycling really end up? We'll go behind the scenes amid concerns some of it could be being sent abroad. Well meet the Lincolnshire teachers going back to school to brush up on their Polish language skills. And we've got a special preview of Hull FC's match against Wigan Warriors at the KC stadium this weekend. Theyll be hoping to get a victory, third time lucky. Thats all coming up on Look North tonight at the usual time of half past six on BBC One. I hope you can join me then, it looks like a busy programme. Well also have the weekend weather forecast as always, so if youve got anything planned for the next few days make sure you dont miss that. Thank you for your comments and messages this week. Weve had a few massive responses to our stories, keep them coming in. Its one of the wonderful things about our programme that we get so many opinions and stories from the people watching. We read and listen to every one, and of course we use a lot of them on Look North. Thank you and if you have any comments, stories, or pictures for the programme then get in touch via our email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Panto If you went to our BBC pantomime around Christmas, youll be glad to hear that Cinderella raised a great £9684.21 for the 21 selected local charities. We're in the process of sending out cheques to the charities at the moment. Over the last 8 years the staff and friends of the BBC team here have performed in 66 shows, selling over 25,000 tickets and making some £77,000 for 60 local charities as a result. Thats fantastic, and if youve ever bought a ticket or contributed to any of these events then thank you very much. Dozing I had a story in the letter yesterday about the memory benefits of short naps, but if youre an older person Im going to spoil that today by saying regular unintentional dozing off during the day could be an early warning sign of strokes! For those with a habit of nodding off during the day, the risk of stroke was two to four times higher than those who never sleep during daytime hours. Dozers also have higher risk of vascular disease. According to research, people who suffer from sleep apnoea short periods where the breathing stops during the night have an increased stroke risk, and it could be that if you frequently dropping off unintentionally, it may be a sign that youre not sleeping well at night. A few things to think about there. So if you find yourself dropping off uncontrollably, you might want to raise the concern with your doctor. At least you might find your memory improves! Computer doctor I often have stories about the advances in technology, and another one here showing just how quickly machines are catching up to humans in some areas. New software has been developed which can beat a human doctor in diagnosing Alzheimers disease from brain scans. The computer got a success rate of 96%, as opposed to 85% accuracy by humans. Experts say the computers could be cheaper, faster, and more accurate than current methods, and could be in general use in the future. If all these miraculous predictions for the future come true it looks like itll be almost impossible to die of anything! As ever, well have to wait and see Triplets Well having a baby is often a wonderful time in a mothers life, and if you have two or three at the same time theres even more cause for celebration. But what if you have triplets twice in two years? And what would you say if the mother of the six children was a 16 year old girl? Thats whats happened in Argentina this week. Its made the news around the world, and its quite a controversial case in her native country. The mother and her children are all healthy, and even more incredibly, both sets of triplets are all female. Commentators in Argentina are suggesting the girl could do with some advice on contraception! Its an amazing story for a girl wholl celebrate her 17th birthday on Monday. I wonder what kind of celebration shell be having. A very noisy one I imagine with all those babies! Well thats it from me for this week on the Levy Letter. I hope you enjoy the rest of your day and if youve got something planned for the weekend I hope it goes very well indeed. Dont forget if youve got something to let me know about, something for the letter or a story for the programme you can get in touch with me personally on [EMAIL PROTECTED] I hope you can join me tonight on Look North at half past six tonight on BBC One. Take care. 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