Hello, Peter here, on this wet and windy Thursday. A quick reminder that this weekend is when we put the clocks back. It is really tricky to remember back or forwards I like to think of spring forward and fall back to help me. Do you have any special way of remembering?
Bloodhound Rocket Car to Challenge Land Speed Record The British team that claimed the land speed record in 1997, taking a car through the sound barrier for the first time, is planning to go even faster. RAF pilot Andy Green made history in 1997 when he drove the Thrust SSC jet-powered vehicle at 763mph (1,228km/h). Now he intends to get behind the wheel of a car that is capable of reaching 1,000mph (1,610km/h). Known as Bloodhound, the new car will be powered by a rocket bolted to a Typhoon-Eurofighter jet engine. The team-members have been working on the concept for the past 18 months and expect to be ready to make their new record attempt in 2011. Bloodhound project leader Richard Noble told BBC News: "This is one of the most exciting things you can do on God's Earth; and when you've the opportunity to do it really, really well, with the latest technology, you can't resist the challenge." The initial studies have illustrated just how grand a challenge it will be. The 12.8m-long, 6.4-tonne Bloodhound SSC (Super Sonic Car)! will be expected to travel faster than a bullet fired from a handgun. Its 900mm-diameter wheels will spin so fast they will have to be made from a high-grade titanium to prevent them from flying apart. The car will accelerate from 0-1,050mph (1,690km/h) in just 40 seconds; and at its maximum velocity, the pressure of air bearing down on its carbon fibre and titanium bodywork will exceed 12 tonnes per square metre. Those speeds are really hard to comprehend arent they? Swanky Sarah The Republican National Committee has reportedly spent about £92,000 on Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's wardrobe since she was chosen as John McCain's running mate less than two months ago on a new look. A self-professed adorer of high heels, she has sported a number of new styles on the campaign trail. It looks as though Mrs Palin's "the heels are on, the gloves are off" comment was more firmly based in reality than was previously thought. It is not the first time a political candidate has come under fire for spending large sums of dollars on improving his or her image. Senator Hillary Clinton's expensive trouser suits provoked comment, while former presidential candidate John Edwards was criticised for his $400 haircuts. Do you think it matters what the candidates are wearing during an election campaign? I heard today that in the States the most requested Halloween costume for Halloween this year is a Sarah Palin costume whatever next! Hamster Hunt Eight fire-fighters have been called in to help find an escaped hamster in East Lothian. Two crews used a chocolate-covered camera and a vacuum cleaner to try and locate missing Fudgie at six-year-old Zoe Appleby's home in Dunbar. Fire crews spent five hours trying to recover the pet after it scuttled down a hole in the kitchen floor. But, the hamster, which was being looked after for a friend during the holidays, is still refusing to come out. How awful would it be to lose a pet that you are looking after for a friend? Zoe's mother, Angela Appleby, a nursery nurse, told BBC Scotland how she had to reassure neighbours when two fire engines from Dunbar and Newcraighall pulled up outside their house on Monday afternoon. "In the search for Fudgie, fire-fighters took the family cooker and gas pipes to pieces. In the end we left it in the hands of the SSPCA". Watch that space .. At least it was a hamster and not a snake! Take care Bye 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. 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.
