Hello and welcome to todays Levy Letter for Monday. I hope youre ready for the start of a new week, and if you did anything over the weekend then I hope it went very well.
Coming up on Look North tonight, food prices are rising at a faster rate than ever. The cost of a loaf of bread has risen by almost 30 pence in the last year and we'll find out what impact that's having on shoppers and local food producers. Police in Boston have been targeting drug dealers. After a series of high profile raids, we'll be finding out how they hope to tackle the town's heroin problem. Well also hear about plans to get rid of the flood warning sirens in Lincolnshire, proposals which have angered residents who say they were saved by the sirens in last summer's floods. The Hull and Humber Clipper has arrived in Santa Cruz, California. We'll hear from the crew about how they're feeling ahead of the start of the next leg of the round the world race. And it's the glitziest evening in the TV calendar. Last night's BAFTA awards saw all the stars of the small screen on the red carpet. We'll have a special behind the scenes report. And well have the weather forecast as always, thats all coming up at the usual time of half past six on BBC One. I hope youll join me then. Baftas Well as I just mentioned, last night was the Bafta Television Awards ceremony in London. The BBC Three comedy series Gavin and Stacey was one of the big winners, taking the audience award, voted for by the public. The programmes co-writer and actor James Corden also won best comedy performance. The Best Entertainment Performance award went to Harry Hill, for his TV Burp, which I enjoy very much. The highest accolade of the night went to that old stalwart of British television, Bruce Forsyth. Brucie was awarded the Academy Fellowship in recognition of his outstanding body of work. It seems like hes been around forever, and of course hes still going strong. Well done to him, and if you want to see more from the Baftas, our very own Hannah Moffat was there and will have a report on the programme tonight, adding a little bit of Look North glamour to the red carpet no doubt. Quitting New research has revealed that as many as four in ten workers are considering quitting their jobs in the next year. Lack of motivation, unreasonable workloads, feeling underpaid, and a lack of career path are all factors apparently. Around half of employees said they felt they hadnt been supported beyond their initial induction, and more than a quarter felt unsupported by their managers. Of course the idea of a job for life is something you dont really hear about these days so Im not really surprised people are often on the look out for something new. Without support and effective feedback, the report says staff are likely to drift and depart rather than stay engaged. De-motivation was more common in larger organisations of over 5,000 people, and highest among public sector workers. Thats not a very rosy picture for the work place, but then if workers arent supported its hardly surprising that theyll leave, and in that respect I dont think this survey really tells us anything new, does it? But thats the latest research, if youre not motivated at work you wont stay engaged. Bond He has the looks, the women, and of course he has the car, or does he? The new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, has been hit by a rather embarrassing accident with one of the glamorous cars intended to appear on screen. The film makers only managed to get hold of a single Aston Martin DBS for shooting, but while it was being driven to the scene by a stunt driver, of all people, the car crashed in heavy rain and plunged into Lake Garda in Italy. Now thats bad enough given that the car is obscenely expensive and the only one of its type available for the film, but the stunt driver must be very red faced after that. He was rescued and taken to hospital with minor injuries, but the car wasnt so lucky. There were pictures on Italian TV of the car being winched out of the lake. The film is going to be released later this year, and I wonder if theyll find a replacement for the car. If its difficult to get hold of one for James Bond, it must be very exclusive indeed. I hope the driver doesnt have to pay for it out of his wages! Well thats it from me for today. I hope you enjoy the rest of your day, and I hope you can join me for Look North today at half past six on BBC One. Take care. 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
