Fabulous Film Opportunity

We are all looking forward to the broadcast journalism film competition which we are running for 13 to 19 year olds. The deadline for entries has been extended to the 9th of December so if you have an idea for the film look at the instructions.

I had a great time learning some of the ground rules of mentoring from the Mediabox team who are providing the funding for five winning ideas. The five film makers will be given a day's workshop on the 15th of December and assigned a mentor.

Can I encourage you to enter this (or encourage youngsters that you know), because this is a valuable opportunity for kids who don't normally get a chance to gain media experience. The whole process will be fun and hugely rewarding. And thanks to Colin at Bradford's National Media Museum who'll be hosting the workshops.

Mark

We lurve music!

We've just launched our music channel which focuses on some of the best unsigned talent in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

As part of the new channel we invited in a famous Leeds face. If you'v eever walked around Leeds city centre on a weekend the chances are you will have come across The Bedroom Orchestra - a busker who loves to entertain.

We brought him in from the cold to have a chat about life in Leeds and becoming a signed artist, plus he played on of his favourite tracks - check out this sneak preview:

Steve McClaren's Stars

What do the stars hold for Steve McClaren? Steve may not have seen it coming but Russell Grant is way ahead of the game.

You'll need to "Get away from it all' was Russell's prediction.

See Russell's advice full here

The flood that never was

We were on high flood alert last Friday. The talk was of a storm so bad it would rival the east coast floods of 1953 when parts of Lincolnshire were demolished and many people lost their lives.

It wasn't as bad as that, thankfully. The flood defences managed to hold.

We rummaged through the YTV archives to find material from those floods of '53 and it was amazing to hear the tales from those that were there and see the devastation caused.

For a special look back at the floods of 1953 click here: East Coast Floods 1953