Hi there, its Peter here this Monday. I hope you had a good weekend. Welcome to the start of another week with Look North. Tonight, we'll hear from some school support workers from Hull, who say a loophole has seen them lose out on thousands of pounds of Equal Pay Compensation. Well have their story tonight.
Also, as new figures out today reveal that tourists now spend nearly a billion pounds a year in the county, which makes that industry bigger than farming, we'll find out what places like Lincoln and Skegness can do to keep the tourists coming back year after year. We'll look back at the news blackout that prevented World War Two bombing on the East Coast being reported across the country. And after Hull City's five nil win at the weekend, we'll find out if the players and manager really think they can reach the Premiership. Thats all on BBC One at half past six. It was the BBCs Sport Relief weekend this weekend. The Hull Mile was a massive event for the city. Well done to everyone, who took part. And there were other organised events too, including the Mile in Louth, in which our reporter, Amanda Thomson took part and lots of events in schools too. So well done to everyone. There are pictures from the Hull event on our website. You can see the people, who took part. So take a look at bbc.co.uk/humber. Glaciers I always think its really hard to actually comprehend figures given to the public concerning global warming. Sometimes the figures are so big or seem to have no connection with the area that we live in that its hard to take in the details. However, I read today that the rate at which some of the worlds glaciers are melting has more than doubled. Details from the United Nations environment programme has shown that the average glacial shrinkage has risen from just 30cm per year between 1980 and 1999, to 1.5metres in 2006 and some of the biggest losses have occurred in the Alps and Pyrenees mountain ranges in Europe. Although a glacier in Norway has thinned out the most by almost 3metres in one of the largest reductions in size. Celebs As Role Models What do you reckon to this one? Parents are being warned that childrens educational aspirations are at risk of being damaged by the cult of celebrities. Teachers fear their pupils obsessions with footballers, pop stars and actors are affecting their progress at school, because they limit their career aspirations. Do you think its worrying that this survey saw 60% of teachers saying their pupils most aspired to be David Beckham. More than a third said pupils wanted to be famous for the sake of being famous. 32% of about three hundred teachers said their pupils modelled themselves on the hotel heiress, Paris Hilton. Is that worrying or do you think celebrities are good role models? Get in touch if youve got a comment on this and any other story that you think we should be doing on Look North. Its the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] to get in touch with me direct. Well, that's it from me for now. Enjoy your day! 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
