Welcome to Wednesdays Levy Letter. Its Peter here. Tonights Look North is back to normal today. Well be on air at half past six as usual, so I hope you can join me. Tonight, we'll speak with the twelve year old bone cancer sufferer from Lincoln, who is trialling two innovative treatments for the disease. Now on the road to recovery, schoolboy Zack Hagan has a special metal bone in his leg to combat the disease. We'll have his story on the programme and what his treatment will mean for future bone cancer sufferers.
Also tonight, we'll report from the scene of a dramatic accident near Spalding after a car crashed into a house in the early hours of this morning. We'll have a special report as the Duchess of York returns to Hull to lend help to a new healthy eating scheme to combat obesity in the city. In sport, we'll hit the courts with Hull's Paralympics basket ball team as they bid for 2012 glory. And we'll have the latest on Boston United's battle to avoid their third relegation in just over a year as the FA hear their appeal today. And well have the forecast as usual for you too. Balloons Now this is quite common practise I think for high profile events, especially with charities, but Ive even seen recently a huge balloon release at the first Euro 2008 match in Basel. But now marine conversationalists are calling for a ban on mass balloon releases, because of the problems the balloons can eventually cause for wildlife. Well, I suppose not many of us think about what happens to the balloons when they eventually fall to the ground. Well, I certainly didnt anyway. Apparently a lot of marine wildlife will be attracted by the bright colours and may try to eat the balloons or get entangled in them. The Marine Conservation Society says that in the last ten years theyve seen a 260% increase in the number of balloons found on beaches. Many of the balloons are biodegradable, but they can take a while to decompose, especially if they land in the water. So there you go. There are concerns for balloon releases apparently. Well, I certainly hadnt thought about that bef! ore. Harry Shes like gold dust isnt she? She cant do anything wrong! J K Rowling must need to pinch herself regularly to make herself believe what a success shes become. I read today that a short Harry Potter prequel has been sold at auction for £25,000 after a bit of a bidding frenzy. I can imagine that lots of people would be interested in getting their hands on that! But for £25,000 you only get an eight hundred word story! That wouldnt take you too long to read would it? Apprentice Yes, its the final tonight on BBC One and everyone in our newsroom at least are talking about it and debating wholl win. Have you been watching this series? I certainly have. So to recap, tonight will see a slight change in the format Helene Speight and Alex Wotherspoon will team up and go up against Lee McQueen and the mouthy Claire Young. Each team will also choose three of the previously fired candidates to help them complete the task. I cant wait! Ill have to set the recorder though, because Ill be working late tonight, so please no one tell me the results! Thats it from me. 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
