Hello and welcome to the Levy Letter. Its Wednesday, and its another busy week on Look North. I hope youve been watching, and I hope you can join me tonight at half past six on BBC One for all the days news and stories from our region. Keep your comments and stories coming in too, we look at everything that we receive and if youve got something interesting you think we should know about then send it to us and you might see it appearing on the programme.
Tall Ships Heres an interesting story from the news today, tall ships could be making a comeback as a viable alternative to engine powered craft due to high fuel costs. A French shipping company is planning to complete a six day voyage to Dublin this week, carrying 30,000 bottles of wine. They turned to a 108 year old tall ship, powered by sails, in a move which could set a new trend for merchant shipping. The ship travels about half the speed of a conventional modern craft, but is said to be entirely pollution free. It was last used commercially back in 1960, before being brought back into service again. Its a fascinating idea, and wouldnt that be a nice sight to see tall sail powered ships working again? As well as saving fuel costs, its environmentally friendly, although it is slower. Its estimated that 1.1 billion tonnes of carbon pollution is generated every year by the worlds merchant ships, contributing nearly 4.5% of global carbon dioxide pollution. And interestingly, one of the countrys major supermarkets claims to have taken 50 lorries a week off the roads by transporting wine on barges. So the way forward for the future could be to go back to the past, and a lot easier on the eye as well. Ducks You often see families of ducks waddling along together along paths and even crossing streets, with the little ones following their mother in neat single file. Well have you ever wondered where theyre going? A lucky brood of ducklings were given directions and an escort recently by a parking attendant in Middlesbrough after they appeared to be lost in a car park. The man spotted the ducks with their mother about 250 yards from their pond, and decided to give them a safe escort back to the waters edge, protecting them from predators. Now that must have been a very interesting sight indeed. I dont know how that made it into the news, but its a heart warming little story. I wonder if theyre going to expect the special treatment every time from now on? Last Choir Standing Theres still time to get your tickets for the Last Choir Standing event in Hull, coming up soon. Therell be a giant sing along next month in the city at Queen Victoria Square underneath the Big Screen on Saturday 9th August at 3pm. And there will be some choral performances as well. If you want to be part of the seated audience, then you need to register for the tickets on the website bbc.co.uk/lastchoirstanding or by telephone on 03700 100 150. The deadline for registering for tickets is this Sunday 27th. I hope youll come down and join me there, it should be a great event. Well thats about it from me for today. Ill be bringing you the days news on Look North tonight at half past six on BBC One. I hope you can join me for that. If you absolutely have to miss an edition of the programme then never fear, you can still keep up with whats going on in our part of the world by going to our website at www.bbc.co.uk/looknorthhull. You can see the most recent bulletin online, and also some of our top stories in individual bite sized pieces. Its been a great success since we introduced the videos on our website, and of course it means that theres no excuse not to watch now, whether youre busy at half past six, or even if youre on holiday in another country. All you need is an internet connection and a computer. I hope you have a very good day, dont forget to get in touch if theres anything interesting you know about that you think we should be covering, and join me tonight at half past six for Wednesdays Look North. Bye for now Peter Your email address will be held by the BBC and kept confidential, and will only be used in relation to this newsletter. You will be given the option to unsubscribe from this newsletter each time you receive it. Please visit the BBC's Privacy & Cookies Policy (www.bbc.co.uk/privacy) for more information 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
