Hello and welcome to Fridays Levy Letter. I hope youve had a very good week and if youve got anything planned for the weekend then I hope it goes very well indeed. Coming up on tonights Look North, well have a special report as the coroner delivers his verdict on the death of a Cleethorpes teenager following claims from Bradley Parkin's mum that he could have been saved.
Pensioners in Gainsborough say they can't afford to pay their council tax after a £100 rise imposed to fund the police authority. We'll hear from firefighters after they dealt with a small explosion in Grimsby which damaged several buildings. They claim they were deliberately targeted. And in sport, were live at the KC stadium as Hull FC try to kick start their season following four defeats in five games. We'll also speak to the Lincoln Ladies football team as they head into the semi final of the FA Cup against Arsenal. And well have a round up of all the Sport Relief events in our region, including the staff at RAF Conningsby who are running a mile around the runway. All the best to them. Of course well have the weather forecast for the weekend as well. Thats all coming up on Fridays Look North at half past six on BBC One. I hope you can join me then. Sports Relief As I mentioned, lots of people are already involved in fund raising for the BBCs Sport Relief. I gave a mention to Thoresby Primary School in Hull on Look North last night. Both yesterday and today, the whole school will be participating in a Sports Relief by walking a mile on Friday and are raising money by having a non-uniform day as well. Well done to them and thank you to Mrs Dawson of Thoresby School for sending me that. If you want to get involved in anything for Sport Relief then you can find some information at the website http://www.sportrelief.com/. Its not too late to get involved and of course its all for a good cause. There's two races taking place from Queen Victoria Square in Hull on Sunday. The first at eleven o'clock in the morning, and then another at twelve noon. Coverage of the day starts on Radio Humberside from nine-thirty. If youre taking part, good luck and I hope you have a very good time. Animal Communication Heres an interesting story from the natural world. Its been reported that a dolphin was seen to talk to two stranded whales before leading them to safety. The apparent rescue took place on the East coast of New Zealand, where two pygmy sperm whales were in clear distress. That was before Moko the dolphin turned up to lend a fin. Experts say that despite appearing to communicate, the creatures dont use a sophisticated language like we do, but may share some common signals. The two species are also similar in size and colour. Inter-species communication does occur in the animal kingdom, with some creatures taking advantage of the behaviour of others in order to survive. Examples include monkeys that listen to bird calls to find out what predators are about, and geckos that beg insects for food. You might have seen that on the recent BBC series, In Cold Blood which was marvellous. It all sounds lovely, doesnt it, that animals might want to help each other or work together, but according to the experts, "It's a mechanism that's relatively automatic, it's not about forming a plan. The animal is trying to optimise its own survival chances and extracting the best possible information." Well its still a fascinating story. Terminal 5 Today sees the opening by The Queen of Heathrow Airports new Terminal 5. Its been a controversial development, and lots of people have protested on environmental grounds, but it is a quite remarkable building and is expected to transform the service at the airport. It cost an incredible £4.5 billion, is claimed to be the UKs largest freestanding building, and its construction involved diverting two rivers. The construction work began back in 2002, and by 2010 it will have space for 60 aircraft stands. Its opening for business on the 27th of March, and if youre planning to drive down to catch a flight there should be room for you, as there are 3,800 parking spaces. Theyre also claiming to be able to process 12,000 bags an hour. For anyone whos ever been delayed at an airport because youre waiting for your bags, that should be music to your ears, even if Ill take that with a pinch of salt for now. Its an incredible building, even if it is a controversial one. Campaigners say its a bad day for people living near the terminal due to the extra noise and pollution theyll have to put up with. If you head down to the new Terminal 5 then let me know how the experience is for you. Office I saw a very interesting article on the new European offices of one of the worlds biggest software companies in the news this week. They do things a little differently over there, see what you think of this. If you cant wait to get to the cafeteria to have lunch in the middle of a busy day, then you would probably appreciate the slide that employees can use to zip to the lunch room as quickly as possible. Firemans poles provide a quick way to get between floors, and the working space is dotted with lava lamps, free food and games, and an aquarium where employees can lie in a bath of red foam and look at fish. I wonder how they every get any work done! It must make the working day a lot more interesting and fun. I think many workplaces could take a few tips from that office as to provide a creative workplace, we certainly dont have slides or fish in the Look North office! Id be interested to know how happy workers are in that environment compared to a conventional office. If you have any ideas on that then let me know at the usual address. If youve got anything to let me know about for the Levy Letter, or a story or picture for the programme then you can drop me a line at [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you do anything interesting over the weekend for Sport Relief then let me know about that as well. Have a very good weekend, enjoy the rest of your day, and I hope you can join me tonight for 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
