Hello its Peter here, welcome to Thursdays levy letter. Hope your day is going well, hope youll be able to join me tonight BBC 1 at half past six.. All the days news, Paul will have the whether. W=Well have the latest on the search for Alison Davies as police release CCTV footage of her arriving at Hull Station with her son Ryan, who was found dead. Well be talking to Sally Pearson from Grimsby who shares her birthday with the twin. As the Queen prepares for her birthday well take a look at what her HGrimsby twin is up to. And therell be music from a local Jonny Cash tribute band, Keep it Cash. The group are due to play in London at the DVD release of Walk the Line, the new film about the life of Jonny Cash.
Emails Thanks for all the emails on a variety of subjects. I was talking yesterday and got onto the subject of too many trailers somebody wrote in saying there were too many trailers on the TV, spoiling the plot of the shows, talking specifically about Dr Who. A little note here from Lois, I agree wholeheartedly with this issue. On Monday I was waiting eagerly for the start of the new series of New Tricks and they put on about six trailers before hand, each one showing a different bit of the programme. We kept turning the sound down, but if wed watched them all we wouldnt have needed to watch the programme, wed have know what was going to happen. There we go, some support on that one, less trailers giving away the plots and the storylines. Dont forget if you want to drop me a line on any subject or youve got any pictures you think Id like to see, or if there are any problems you think we can tackle with Leave it to Levy then drop me a line, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Coronation Street The advertising campaign at the moment for Coronation Street calling it Temptation Street or Confrontation Street has got more than twelve million fans tuning in to watch Mike Baldwin die in the arms of Ken Barlow last Friday week. Over the past few months, millions of ITV viewers have watched the factory boss decline after being struck down with Alzheimer s disease. As Ive said before the Easter break, it was played brilliantly by Johnny Briggs. Many people, though, dont actually understand why Johnny Briggs had to leave the programme. He was in the Street for thirty years and is aged seventy. Twelve million people tuned in to watch him leave the Street. Cellulite Well, it sounds like the wonder treatment that millions of women have been waiting for. Scientists have invented a fat seeking laser that melts away at unsightly cellulite without damaging the surface of the skin. Not only that apparently, but the hi-tech breakthrough can also be used to target the fatty clogs that build up in the arteries and lead to heart attacks. If the technique proves successful, then the sight of orange peel skin that even plagues glamorous women like Demi Moore, could become the thing of the past. Well, there you are. Thats a laser that can get rid of cellulite without damaging the surface of the skin. Im sure thats the answer to all womens prayers, so Im reliably told. Tea break It was something that years ago people used to have for 10 or 15 minutes, I can remember my very first job, we used to get 15 minutes apart from on a Thursday when you used to get 20 minutes. These days the tea break is a thing of the past, the traditional tea break, the age old custom of downing tools for a few minutes in the middle of the afternoon is a distant memory. Millions now sip their tea or coffee while stuck at their desk. Life is even worse for working women who dont have time for a breather when they get home before getting straight down to the housework. Staff themselves is strangely the strongest opposers of the tea break; apparently they feel guilty about tearing themselves away from the computer screen even for a few mins. Im surprised at that. Anyway, the death of the tea break. Petrol Thanks very much indeed for all the emails moaning about petrol going up yet again. Theres not much point in me reading them out as there is not much I can do about it, I know that feelings run strong on this one so thanks you for all the emails, I appreciate that. Osteoporosis This is a subject that weve touched on in the past in the levy letter, osteoporosis. Well a drug in common use to prevent osteoporosis also helps guard against breast cancer so its been written yesterday. Ivista also has fewer serious side effects and could offer a powerful new defence against the most common female cancer, which strikes mainly women over the age of 50, according to an article Ive just been reading. One of the most extensive trials of its type theyve ever carried out, the drug was compared with tamoxifen and the only treatment previously shown to reduce the risk of breast cancer. Both lower the treat in post menopausal women, by about 50%. If this is true, as I say its just some research Ive been reading, then this is extremely good news, the drug once again is called Invista. Pensions I was a freelance at work, myself for many many years; I never had a staff pension and didnt take out a private pension until I was about 40 I think. Which is far too late. According to figures just out, workers should start saving for a pension by the time they are 22, or they could spend the rest of their life catching up. Financial expert have warn the three pillars of financial planning: save for retirement, getting on the property ladder and saving for the future should all be started well before 30, sadly then I left it much too late. Ideally the independent advisors said that people should start saving into a pension by the age of 22, bought their first home by the age if 25 and starting saving money regularly by the age of 26, otherwise life is going to be a lot harder. In reality people are considerably older before they take the three vital steps little consolation for most of us, but if you start it early enough then good on you. I wonder who the youngest reader ! of the levy letter is? It would be interested to know- let me know if you think you could have that title. Pens Dont forget the Levy Letter pens, if youve not got yours yet send a stamped addressed envelope to me as soon as you can. Send it into me Peter Levy at BBC Look North, Queens Court, Queens Gardens, Hull HU1 3RH. Well thats all from me today, join me tonight, BBC 1 at six thirty for Thursdays Look North and look out for the Levy Letter again tomorrow. Bye for now 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
