Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Tuesdays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well!
Join me tonight for all the days news, including a story on the award winning toilets in Scunthorpe, can you believe it! Also tonight, Ill be talking to the very talented singer and songwriter Lucie Silvas. Lucie has previously penned hits for Liberty X, Gareth Gates and Michelle McManus, but is now being recognised for her own singing talents. Shes tipped to be the next big success story and well be talking to her tonight on the programme, so join me then! Paternity Leave I read in the paper that new fathers are to be handed a legal right to six months paternity leave in Labours latest round of radical childcare reforms. The ministers apparently hope that the move with help break the culture of men working through their childrens early lives, but the plan is expected to be unveiled this week and has upset many business groups and those who run industry. I was interested to read as well in the paper that in comparison with places abroad, as far as parental leave is concerned, there are great differences. For example, in Australia there is no maternity pay, theres no paternity pay and the leave is just one year and that is unpaid. So theres quite a difference abroad on the subject of parental leave. Countdown I mentioned in the Levy Letter a couple of days back that after the sad death of Richard Whiteley, Des Lynam is to take over in the hot seat as Countdown host. Hes starting next week and I think itll be on the telly about four weeks later. I also read today that Paul OGrady was actually offered it first of all. The Scouse comedian and chat show host also known as Lily Savage revealed that he turned down the job presenting Countdown. He said he was approached to replace Richard Whiteley, but shunned the chance of working with Carol Vordeman, because he feared his lack of education would let him down. Paul OGrady said, To be honest I would have been bored stiff. Im far too thick to host a show like Countdown. I dont know a consonant from a conundrum! Wizard of Oz I just wanted to give a quick mention to The Northern Theatre company and their production of The Wizard of Oz. I was stopped by a very nice young lady on Saturday in Princes Quay shopping centre who was giving out leaflets and also sweets promoting Northern Theatres recent production. The Wizard of Oz of course has some great songs in it. The timeless classic first reached our screens in 1939 and has been enjoyed by subsequent generations on TV and video. Well, if you want to go and see the Northern Theatre production, then it is on between the 1 5 of November. Gyms I can see as well from the paper this morning that you can forget pricey gyms and exercise classes. Apparently a brisk, daily, twenty minute walk significantly lowers your risk of heart disease say the doctors. Now, this contradicts previous claims that you need to exercise for 30 45 minutes to feel the benefits. So all you need to do is to have a 20 minute walk so really from Victoria Dock to the centre of Hull will do it! Do that once a day and thats good enough! The health message is that you only have to walk briskly for twelve miles a week. Get In Touch Dont forget if youve got a problem that youd like me to take on in Leave it to Levy or if you want to drop me a line on any subject, including as well birthdays in the Levy Letter (a few of those have come in, in the last few days) then if you want to write to me direct its [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thats all from me for today. Enjoy the rest of your Tuesday and join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Look out for your Levy Letter again tomorrow. Thanks for reading and have a good day! 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.
