Hello, it's Peter here. Welcome to Thursdays Levy Letter. I hope your day's going well and you'll be able to join me tonight on BBC One at half past six. We'll have all the day's news and stories as always.
Well take a look at the concept of community justice... how people in parts of Hull will be able to tell magistrates what sort of punishments they'd like to see given to thugs and criminals. Theres a new approach to battling the bulge in Grimsby with a project offering lessons in confidence as a first step to losing weight. We'll be finding out why Hull City Council sold its share in Kingston Communications and what it plans to do with the hundred million pound windfall. Hopefully itll be good news for the city. Well reveal the secrets of a thousand years of life and death at a church in Lincolnshire. And as Springwatch gets underway we'll have our own guide to how you can get closer to nature. Lisa will be here today with the weather forecast. Join me tonight on BBC One at half past six as usual. Emails Thanks for the emails on a variety of subjects, keep them coming in, and if youve got a line that you want to send or a story that you think we should do then send it to me, [EMAIL PROTECTED] We had a lot in yesterday on our story about wind farms, always a popular subject. Sam from Immingham sent this one in, Many people are always saying that wind farms make places look ugly. Perhaps its about time we started teaching these people that if we dont start making the Earth look ugly, there wont be an Earth to not look ugly. And on the other side of the coin we had one from Mr Purdy in Brookenby, who says, Keep these ghastly monstrosities away from West Lindsay. All power to those who are trying to get rid of them. They are not wanted or even needed. A big and varied response on that, keep them coming in, we look at them all. Home Well we were talking about the home information packs and the fact that theyre delayed until August. Another story here, whether its true or not I do not know, but every home in Britain is to be fitted with a high tech meter to track its energy usage according to the government yesterday. So called smart meters will show precisely how much gas and electricity is consumed by households, down to the nearest penny. They then send the information to the power supplier, ending the need for visits from meter readers. Critics fear the devices will give energy firms the ability to snoop on customers. So there we are, whether its true or not I dont know, but every home could be fitted with a high tech meter. I would have thought that since we have an electricity meter and a gas meter in our homes now that we already have that, but maybe Im missing something. Divorce The first television advert for online divorce services will be screened later this month, offering a low budget break up. The process means that couples who once clicked can end their marriage by clicking again, only this time using the internet. The television campaign depicts a couple with an expensively dressed solicitor, but when the pair find that they can separate cheaply with the new service, the middle man is rubbed out with an eraser. An uncontested divorce can cost on average between £850 and £2,500 and takes several months. But Divorce Online claims it doesnt have to be a long and costly affair when both parties have agreed to finances and child arrangements. Get divorced online for £65 if youre fed up with your marriage. You can do it while youre booking a cheap flight, so says a newspaper story anyway. Average Well are you Mr or Mrs average? Its nothing to be ashamed about, and TV wants to make you a star. Producers are looking for Britains most average person in everything from their salary to their eating habits. To aspire to the title you must be not too sensitive, because they even want to know how many times you go to the loo. They know where to find you too, because youll be in a town like Romford, Slough, or Swindon. The TV men have compiled a list of questions to find out how average you are. Do you know the words to God Save The Queen? The first verse and the chorus? Are you married with two children? Is your house worth approximately £190,000 - £210,000? Do you own a Ford Fiesta? Do you work over 40 hours a week? Do you have 9 to 14 close friends? Do you consider yourself working class? These are some of the questions to find out how average you are. Sounds like a load of rubbish to me, but the programmes obviously on the way in the not to distant future. Doily Once no self respecting cake stand or plate was complete without one, but now the traditional paper doily, for decades a symbol of suburban gentility, is now on the verge of extinction. One major supermarket reported yesterday that it only sold 400 packs last week, compared with an average of 12,000, 15 years ago. The terminal decline in demand is down to changes in social trends. Since the 1950s, doilies have been regarded as a sign of high class and good manners , but now many view them as outdated, and the preserve of snobs, as epitomised by Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances. So only 400 packs bought in the whole of the UK last week. The death of the doily. Weve had some great pictures in these last few weeks. If youve got one that youre particularly proud of and youd like it shown on the programme then send it to the usual address, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont forget, if you ever miss an edition of Look North, if youre home late and youd like to see one of the stories again then just go to out new website, www.bbc.co.uk/looknorthhull. Well thats it from me today, join me tonight on BBC One at half past six. 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