Hello. Peter here and it is very busy in the BBC on Children in Need day. There is an air of anticipation and many of our team are heading over to the Bridlington Spa this afternoon for the dancing extravaganza. It is a sell out and we are hopeful of great things for the CiN coffers.
Thanks for the comments about wonky veg. Trevor Webb grows his own and thinks odd shapen veg sometimes look better and always taste the same and remembers the featured veggies on Thats Life. David in Bridlington makes the point that everyone is worried about the cost of food and the EU are worrying about knobly carrots! Here, here! Did you see the programme on Prince Charles reaching 60 years of age this week? He has reached the age at which most people retire. Yet Prince Charles is still waiting to undertake the role for which he was born. Indeed, Charles, who is celebrating his 60th birthday, has been the heir to the throne for so long that he is now the longest-serving monarch-in-waiting in British history - and there is the prospect that it could be many more years before he finally gets the chance to achieve his birthright. No-one who knows the prince has ever suggested that Charles would wish to hasten the only circumstance which will give rise to his succession. The Queen will never abdicate. Period. And even if this 82-year-old monarch were to become incapacitated in some way, she would remain on the throne, albeit with the sovereign's powers transferred under the Regency Act of 1937 to Charles. But he would be Regent, not King. Despite his occasional petulance and the tangled imperfe! ctions of his private life, all the evidence of the past 40 years suggests that Charles is a fundamentally decent man who has spent his adult life striving to make a difference for the better in Britain. The Prince's Trust was his idea and, in the 32 years of its existence, it has helped more than 500,000 disadvantaged young people to improve their lives. He has spoken out about the environment, inter-faith relations, GM foods, architecture, education, holistic medicine, and much more. After so much lobbying and campaigning on the issues which matter to him, will he be able to stop when he becomes King? Do you have any views on this? If you do, I would love you to share them with me. Big Mike Canadian authorities have released a 37 year old prisoner, sentenced to five years in May this year, known as Big Mike who was found to be too fat to fit in his cell. Michel Lapointe is a convicted drugs gang member arrested in 2006 who weighs 450lb (205kg). I think that works out at just over 30 stones! He could not fit on the chair in his Montreal prison cell and his body protruded six inches on either side of his bed, press reports said. In its justification for the early release, the Quebec Parole Board also cited Mr Lapointe's good behaviour, his non-violent crime and the support of his wife and mother. I have a great show planned today at 12 noon on BBC Radio Humberside with Paul Duffin (Chairman) and Phil Brown (Manager) of Hull City. If you dont manage to listen live, you can hear it again on bbc.co.uk/Humberside. Have a good day, especially if you are fundraising for Children in Need. Let us know what you did and how much you managed to raise. Take care. 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.
