Hi there and welcome to Tuesdays Levy Letter. Tonight on the programme, as the government outlines its aims to improve exam results at failing schools across England, we'll be hearing from the head of education in Lincolnshire about plans to turn things around in the county.
Also tonight, as the latest plans for an offshore windfarm along the East Yorkshire coast are shown to the public in Withernsea, we'll hear from the company behind the plans and from the fishermen who are concerned about it. We'll be meeting the fashion student, who started his training in Lincolnshire and who now hopes to go all the way to the top of the industry. Plus we'll be meeting the brothers whose new baby daughters were born within an hour of each other. Thats all on Look North tonight at the slightly later time of 7.15 this evening. I hope you can join me then. Welcome Break Of course, the good weather comes just in time for poor students studying frantically for their exams! Ive had an email from three such students Luke, Matt and Sam from Beverley Grammar School, who are all taking their GCSEs. This is what they say, We are organising a charity walk which we hope to begin on the 9th of July. The three of us plan to walk from Southport (west coast) to Hornsea (east coast) along the 215 mile Trans Pennine Trail. We hope to complete all 215 miles in 8-9 days. We are raising money for the charity Cerebra. This is a charity that helps babies and young children who suffer from brain damage. So Im sure such a huge walk like that will be quite a welcome break for Luke, Matt and Sam after their exam ordeal! Good luck to them all for that challenge, both for the exams and the walk! Milk I mentioned yesterday about milk taking on a bit of an image shift with environmentally friendly packaging in the shape of a plastic bag. Well, two responses on this one! This email came in from Alan Macpherson from Grimsby, This is nothing new. This was done in the North of Scotland in about 1980. The Milk Marketing Board issued all households with a jug to hold the plastic bag of milk. It was not a success. And Derek, writes, Milk in plastic bags is not such a new idea. About thirty years ago, I used to go with my family for holidays to Eccles in Norfolk, and the shop there used to sell milk in one pint bags. They also sold the plastic jugs to take the bags that you had to wedge into a slot at the front of the jug and then snip the corner off to pour. A bit messy at times, but it solved the problem of milk bottles being dumped and making a mess around the place. Thanks Derek and Alan for getting in touch on that one! Hearing Damage The headline of this caught my attention, because initially I couldnt see why this was. I read that smoking and obesity could both cause permanent hearing damage, according to scientists. Apparently, either could threaten the flow of blood to the ear, which could lead to hearing impairment. And the worry is that unlike other organs, once the damage has been done to the ear, it cant repair itself. However, the biggest risk to our hearing is still high levels of noise at work. Well, that's it from me for now. With all this lovely weather were having, I hope youre taking your camera with you at all times! If you have any photographs from our region that youd like to share with us, then do send them to me. Id love to see them! Its the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take care and enjoy your day, 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
