Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Fridays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well, and that youre looking forward to the weekend. If youve got something planned, then I hope it goes well! I hope you will be able to join me for the last Look North of the week. Well have the detailed forecast for the weekend from Paul and also tonight, if youre a fan of Strictly Come Dancing, then therell be something of interest to you in the programme tonight. If youre a big sporting person, then well be talking about the Look North sports awards. Theyre taking place on Monday at Scunthorpe and theyre being hosted by Rob Bonnet and well be talking to Rob tonight on the programme at 6.30pm, the usual time.
Mail Thanks very much indeed for all the emails and letters and texts over the past week. Its been an extremely busy week indeed. I was talking about dentists in the Levy Letter yesterday. Just a quick one here from Donna. She says, You mentioned in your Levy Letter yesterday that the dentist situation around the country is appalling and I just found out that in Driffield, its about to get worse. After being one of the lucky ones being kept on by one practice, I have just been informed that my children aged six and three, will now have to be private patients, at a cost of £5 each. Im not sure what to do. Obviously I cant afford more outgoings a month. I have a pretty good job, but I dont know how others are going to cope in the area. Im just about to look at getting dental care by some other means, but what, I do not know. It just annoys me no end that I pay national insurance for dental care, yet have to pay again for myself and my children. So that was one of several em! ails on the subject of dentists. Dont forget if theres something youd like to write in about, then its [EMAIL PROTECTED] And thanks to Donna for that one! Just a quick note here. This one comes from the Community Voluntary Car Service from Pat. She says, Can you please slip in a quick mention for the Community Voluntary Car Service in Sutton-on-Sea, who are holding their Christmas Fayre on Saturday 3rd December. We do loads for the local community and were hoping to raise some funds. Therell be loads of goodies, including gifts, cakes and raffle. So good luck to the Community Voluntary Car Service with their Christmas Fayre tomorrow 3rd December in Sutton-on Sea. And a quick mention here. This one comes from Brian, who says, Would you please give a mention and wish my wife Hazel a very happy anniversary of forty-four years for the 2nd December! That comes from Brian Abey. So happy anniversary to Brian and Hazel! Twins Whenever you write about or talk about twins, it always generates a lot of interest, even amongst those of us who havent got twins in the family, its always fascinating. I was reading this morning that twins are less intelligent than their single brothers and sisters. By the age of seven, twins have an average IQ of 5.3 points lower than the single boy children in the same families a study has revealed. At nine years old, they are scoring six points lower. The researchers said that the difference may be because twins are more likely to be born prematurely and have a low birth weight. A previous study showed that smaller babies grow up to become less intelligent. The 2001 research, from the University of Edinburgh, found that children who weighed less than five and a half pounds at birth have lower IQs at the age of eleven. So there you are on the subject of twins. If you are a twin and you disagree with that research, then do drop me a line over the weekend. Levy Letter If theres someone you know who hasnt got a Levy Letter or who isnt signed up for the Levy Letter, then get them to sign up over the weekend. All theyve got to do is to go to either one of the two addresses at the bottom of the screen, click on Levy Letter and then follow the instructions through. And you should receive your Levy Letter on Monday morning! Climate Ill have to speak to Paul about this one, but every day I pick up the paper and theres another story about climate and the future. Well, its an environmental hiccup that could leave Britain in the cold. Well, what am I talking about? Its something called the Deep Sea Conveyer Belt that carries warm water to Britains shores. Apparently, its slowing down. Scientists have found evidence that the force driving the Gulf Stream, the warm current responsible for (can you believe this) Englands mild climate, is weakening. This could lead to a possible one Celsius drop in temperature over the next two decades. More alarmingly, it may indicate the start of a much more dramatic change with more severe effects on the climate. If the conveyer actually ground to a halt, as more extreme forecasts predict, the average temperatures could drop by ten Celsius in Britain and north west Europe. So there you are. I dont know why Im talking about this, because weve got a trained Met Man ! in the form of his lordship, but its an interesting one to read about. I must ask Paul about it. Pictures Dont forget if youve got a picture or a photograph that youre particularly proud of from around the region, then send it in. Either send in a hard copy in the post, or via email. Every night we use one of those views on the programme on the Big Screen. So send it in as soon as possible to either BBC Look North Pictures, Queens Court, Queens Gardens, Hull, HU1 3RH, or electronically to [EMAIL PROTECTED] And also just a reminder that its not too late to pick up one of the Children in Need calendars! Theyre still on sale at our receptions in Lincoln, Grimsby and Hull and on our two buses. Theyre £5 of course and all proceeds go to Children in Need. And finally, thanks to everyone who has written in about Im A Celebrity. I found it almost impossible to write about this as no sooner have I written it, then its out of date, because it gets so much coverage. Nevertheless, everyone seems to be talking very highly about Carol Thatcher, saying what a star shes been. I have to say that I like Sheree Murphy as well. And of course, we have to have an interest in Bobby Ball staying in one piece, because of course, hes got to come straight to Hull for rehearsals for pantomime! Well, thats it for now and for this week. Have a very good weekend, whatever youre doing and join me tonight, BBC1 at 6.30pm. 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.
