Welcome to the start of another week of Look North newsletters. Its Tim Iredale here. Peters on holiday, so Ill be with you for tonights Look North.
First of all I just want to send a big thanks to the flood-hit residents of Winthorpe Road in Hessle, who invited our cameras along to their street party on Sunday. I was there for the Politics Show and despite the unseasonable weather I am sure a good time was had by all. The party was organised by Anita Wilkinson, a regular contributor to BBC Look North and BBC Radio Humberside over the past twelve months, who's spend much of that time living in a caravan. Anita said she wanted to thank her friends and neighbours for all the help and support they had given her since last June. I am sure Anita has been a tower of strength to many people herself during some of the darker moments of the past year. You deserve a drink or two Anita! Bike Ride In the inbox this morning, I read about a local event that of course Im completely in awe of a charity bike ride. Karen Greetham from Lincoln emailed us I will be cycling from Crystal Palace to Paris on 27th June to raise money for the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance. Well thats quite a trek! Good luck to Karen and thanks for letting us know. Special Algae The price at the pumps is continuing to rise, but alternative means of powering our cars are being researched. I believe Peter mentioned last week about genetically modified bugs that excrete crude oil. Well, heres a similar thing. Japanese researchers are developing algae that sweats crude oil. And it sounds like the recipe is quite simply give this green slimy algae light and lots of carbon dioxide and crude oil is produced. The tiny globules of oil that appear on the surface of the algae can be refined in much the same way that oil is currently converted into petrol and diesel. So Im not sure what you think of this, but would you prefer to see giant fields of algae or a couple of nuclear power stations on your landscape. The scientists say that to power a country the size of Japan, theyll need fields of algae the size of Yorkshire. But the statistics look good a field of corn converted into biofuel ethanol can produced about 0.2 tonnes of oil per hectare. Rapesee! d can produce about 1.2 tonnes, but this special algae can theoretically produce between 50 and 140 tonnes. So exciting times ahead. And these sort of inventions will surely affect every one of us! I hope you can join me tonight for the programme. And Ill let you know now that weve got a special programme on Wednesday. Itll be from the top of Hulls Tidal Barrier quite a unique structure in itself isnt it? Well, well be looking back at the incredible flooding we all experienced last year. Well be live in Louth too, one of the worst food-hit communities. Plus well take a look at what we can all do in the future to protect our homes and businesses. Thats a special Look North this Wednesday, a year on from last years flooding. Well, that's it from me for now. If you want to get in touch with me about anything at all, then its [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bye for now, Tim 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
