Hi there, its Peter here. On tonight's programme, as a report into Headlands School in Bridlington exposes a catalogue of failures by the authorities to protect its pupils from inappropriate relationships with staff, Look North will be asking what's being done to ensure pupils are protected in the future. Well get the full story on this tonight.
Also, when you visit Lincolnshire's beaches do you take your litter home with you? Thats the question well be asking tonight, because according to a National Marine Conservation group more than 50% of all the litter found on our beaches has been left by tourists. It's a big day for RAF Cranwell with a visit from their Royal Highnesses, the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and Prince William. We'll be behind the scenes as the base gets ready for this important visit to mark the 90th anniversary of the RAF. We'll be on the promotion trail with the Tigers as we look at the crucial five matches facing them as they push for a place in the Premier League. And as the next stage of the round the world clipper yacht race draws near, we'll catch up with the Look North viewer, who is joining the yacht at California. Thats all on BBC One at half past six. I hope you can join me. Election Local elections are coming up. Look North will be covering the process in detail in the following weeks with our Political Editor, Tim Iredale. Just so you know though, theres a full list of the candidates standing in the local elections for Hull and North East Lincolnshire on our website at bbc.co.uk/humber and more information about the elections in Lincolnshire on bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire. Theres also extensive on-going coverage of the election campaign on BBC Radio Humberside and Radio Lincolnshire and of course on Look North too. The full results as they come in will be on your local radio services and Look North will be broadcasting live throughout the night as well. Thats on Thursday 1st May with all the information you need on radio, TV and the web. House Prices I mentioned earlier in the week about the fall in house prices reported in the news. I thought this was a really interesting and concise email from one of our Levy Letter readers, so thanks go to James for sharing these thoughts with us. He writes, Hi Peter, All the "experts" who said houses wouldn't fall work for companies that sell houses! House prices are not based on what houses are worth, they are based on what people can borrow. Most people when they buy a house borrow the maximum amount the bank will let them and then look for a house at that price. They are competing with other people also borrowing the maximum amount the bank will let them have and when banks are lending freely the house prices shoot up. Guess what! Banks are not lending freely anymore! Credit Crunch is here... Suddenly people now need old fashioned things called deposits and the maximum loan size is dependent on their salary. The amount of money the average first time buyer can borrow has dropped ! by MORE THAN a third. If the amount you can borrow drops by a third, guess what happens to the price of a house... 2.5% in March? You ain't seen nothing yet... Its all doom and gloom isnt it? Well, thanks James for that. Coffee I like my coffee, but Im not too sure about this! An apparent gourmet coffee has been blended from animal droppings. And whats even harder to believe is that its being sold in a London department store for £50 a cup! No thank you. Its supposed to me the most expensive coffee in the world. Well, that sounds about right. An Asian bug eats the best and ripest coffee berries, the enzymes in their stomach breaks down the flesh of the fruit, before they expel the bean. The beans are collected by plantation workers, who wash away the dung and roast them. Er, I dont think Ill give it a go. 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
