Hi here, its Peter here. Thanks to everyone, who turned out for the Lord Mayors Parade through Hull at the weekend. And thank goodness we had the weather for it. In fact, wasnt it glorious weather all weekend! There was a text come in from Ken in Hull, which doesnt sound too good for the next bank holiday at the end of May. He writes, Does Paul Hudson know anything about the bad wintry weather that is supposed to be coming back in May, especially the next bank holiday on May 26th? Well, I havent heard about this. Lets hope not! I could get used to this lovely sunshine.
On tonight's programme, we'll be looking at how prisoners may be offered a roof over their heads in a new scheme aiming to reduce the number of criminals who re-offend. As Hull may be the pilot city for this new scheme, we'll be asking if this will work and if you'd want a former offender living on your doorstep. Also tonight, we'll take a look at the plans to improve anti-social behaviour on the East Marsh estate in Grimsby. We'll also investigate claims that pupils with special needs will suffer if their school closes in Lincolnshire. We'll be in Boston tonight where the Boston Bypass party are celebrating their first year anniversary after their surprise win at the local elections last year. It was an important weekend for Hull City. They didnt get the results they needed, and theyre now facing the playoffs. We'll get the latest on the Tigers dream of playing in the Premier League. It had a few problems last time, but fingers crossed this time around. Look North will be at Coningsby where the Vulcan will return for its final test flight. Thats all on BBC One at half past six. I hope you can join me. Germy Desktops Last week, I talked about germ-ridden computer keyboards. One final note on this one from Bill, He writes, If computer keyboards are a germ gathering item, what about the change in our pockets? These can be handled hundreds of times by lots of different people in lots of different situations, so it would be interesting to see how many germs are present on a £1 coin or a fiver for instance. To be honest, I think Id prefer not to know! Bikes Do you remember doing your cycling proficiency at school? Youd probably know better than I do if it still goes ahead at schools nowadays. But I read today that parents are so concerned about road safety that theyre banning their children from cycling to school. Four out of five children are banned from cycling to school by their parents, according to this latest research. And they give us a comparison too. When these parents were at school, 35% of their parents allowed them to take a bike to school. So there you go. I thought we were all supposed to be encouraged to ride our bikes! But it seems parents are concerned about the safety of their children on our roads. Going Green Again, heres a story where Im harping back to my youth! Not that I can remember this far back. But it seems new mothers are reverting back to the re-usable nappy when caring for their baby. Apparently, nearly three billion nappies are thrown away in the UK each year, making up about 4% of household waste and they may take up to five hundred years to degrade. This new survey shows though that the usage of washable nappies rose by 6% in 2005-07. So there we go. Mums are increasingly turning to washable nappies like the olden days! Well, that's it from me for now. I hope you have a lovely day. 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
