Hi there, its Peter here with your Letter. Yesterday and this morning looked fairly dank didnt it? I dont want to jinx it, but the suns coming out just in time for lunchtime! Lets hope it lasts!
Theres lots of the news at the moment about the protests by lorry drivers at the price of fuel. Today, as Gordon Brown asks petrol producers to bring down the price of fuel, we'll find out what impact the price at the pumps is having on our rural communities. The price of diesel and petrol keeps going up. So tune in tonight for more on this story. Also tonight, we'll look at the hugely ambitious ideas to transform Boston's waterfront as the council look at plans today. It's hoped it will make the Lincolnshire town into a centre for tourism and leisure. Well take a look at whats planned for the town. We'll be finding out why Hull has been revealed as the stomach stapling capital of the country. Apparently more obesity operations were carried out in the city last year than anywhere else in the country. Look North have taken a trip to Wigan to find out what boost Hull can expect in tourism after Hull Citys promotion to the Premier League. And as the Lincoln City boss, Peter Jackson, returns to work today whilst still being in the middle of treatment for cancer, we'll have a chat with him to see how he's doing. Thats all tonight on BBC One at half past six. I hope you can join me. Hoopoo Last night I had a wonderful chat with Bill Oddie. Its always a pleasure chatting with him. Hes so enthusiastic about wildlife and his knowledge about birds is incredible! And didnt that house look lovely in Fakenham. I believe thats where they film Springwatch. After the interview, our sound engineer said there were lots of buzzing insects and bird calls he could hear down the microphone! So, I was asking Bill about the rare Hoopoo bird that was spotted by Mike Gough from Fillinghome. Apparently, only around a hundred or so make it all the way to England each year from Africa and Madagascar. Ive certainly never seen one before. I mentioned it would be great if you could get in touch if youve seen these before or even if youve got photos of these special birds as well. Well, Ive seen a number of emails this morning come in. So thanks for those. Heres an email from Sandie, who now lives in Norfolk, but used to hail from Friskney. She said she had seen some Hoopoos in! her back garden in Lincolnshire about three years ago. She writes, we enjoyed them for about a week in the garden. We thought they were parrots escaped from someones aviary! And thats not all! John Tomkins has emailed in with some photos as well! John tells me that his grandson took some photos of the bird in their back garden on the 19th May near Caistor. So thanks to Sandie and John for letting me know about your bird spotting! Thats very much in the spirit of Springwatch isnt it! Prescott He was the deputy prime minister and of course the MP for Hull East. It now looks like John Prescott is looking at a different career as an actor! Hes making his acting debut on Radio Four in a radio play, playing a policeman! Thats coming up on Radio Four at the beginning of June. Well, that's it from me for now. Im sure you know Im a big fan of watching TV! I missed the Apprentice last night, because I was presenting the late bulletin of course. So dont tell me what happened! Im hoping to catch up with it on the Iplayer at some point. Something else that Ill miss, but I hope to watch later is the Mary Whitehouse story called Filth. Its got the wonderful Julie Walters in it. Ive seen the adverts for it and it looks great, so looking forward to that tonight. Take care today, 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
