Hi there, its Peter here with Tuesdays Letter. Tonight, we'll be looking at Humberside Polices plans to get rid of three hundred front line police officers and replace them with office staff. Well be getting the full story on this tonight.
With all the talk in the news at the moment about credit crunches and shares falling, we'll take a look at the county's growing debt problem and we'll hear from one man, who lost his house, after running up debts on credit cards. And we'll talk with the region's debt councillors to find out how they're coping with the increasing number of people struggling with debt. Also tonight, we'll be tracking down the graffiti artists leaving their marks on the streets of Hull. And find out why the man, who designed Princess Diana's wedding dress, is now launching a new range of budget clothes in Grimsby. Thats all on BBC One at half past six. I hope you can join me tonight. See-Saw Energy I always like to hear about new inventions and technology. I wish I could come up with ideas like this one! A simple see-saw in a childrens playground could be used to generate electricity. The thought is that this invention could help power classrooms in Africa and just five or ten minutes use on the see-saw could light up a classroom for one evening. I think Id quite like one too! It might reduce my heating bills! Fly Me To The Moon Call me old well dont! But doesnt it seem amazing that companies now are considering developing the space tourism industry! Plans are that a production line of rocket planes will be needed to satisfy the demand of holidaymakers wanting a somewhat exotic holiday in space! It seems these companies think that up to fifteen thousand people a year would be prepared to part with £160,000 for a trip of a lifetime. Would you spend that amount of money to be propelled with a combustion of liquid oxygen-methane propellant, which would provide more than the 1km/s punch needed to break through the top of the Earths atmosphere? Sounds terrifying right? Unbelievably 50% of the mass of the plane at take-off is just fuel and that fuel would propel the aircraft to above 100kilometres above the Earth and into Space. Weve certainly come a long way havent we? Well, on that note thats it from me. Join me tonight if you can. And keep in touch with me if you see anything unusual whilst youre out and about and let me know! Take care, 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
