Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Wednesdays Levy Letter. I hope you can join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm for all the days news. And tonight, Ill be talking to Paddy McGuinness. He works of course on Max and Paddy with Peter Kay and hes just about to go on tour and is coming to our part of the world shortly. Ill be talking to Paddy tonight and Lisa will have the forecast tonight as well.
Also, as you may remember, we reported on the deaths of three people from a carbon monoxide leak in their home in North Hykeham. Well, Ill be offering tips and advice as to how you can keep your loved ones safe and help to prevent a similar tragedy occurring again. Ill also be giving away carbon monoxide gas detectors on the programme tonight, so tune in to learn how you can get your hands on one. Ill be looking at pioneering new research into asthma and the studies going on in our region for a new vaccine. Something of interest there for many people Im sure. And tune in tonight as Ill be announcing the winner of the Jo Brand competition to win tickets to see Jo perform in York. A very busy show, so I hope you can join me then. Emails Thank you for all the emails on a variety of subjects. Keep them coming in and of course keep your photographs coming in. Also, if theres a story that you think we should know about that we might be able to cover on the programme or any pictures that you think we might like to see, then get in touch with me direct at [EMAIL PROTECTED] I look forward to hearing from you. Paintings Weve got a special competition, which we launched on the programme on Monday night, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Humber Bridge. We want you to paint or draw the bridge and the best pictures will go on show in an exhibition later this year. The competition is open to anyone. You dont have to be a great artist. You can get more information on this by going to our Humber website and that address is www.bbc.co.uk/humber. Theres plenty of time to enter this competition, which will run until April. Dont send in your original painting though, just in case it gets damaged or spoiled. Just get a photograph of your painting and send that in instead. Of course, stay tuned for more details on who has won. I look forward to seeing your paintings and receiving the photographs of your paintings as soon as possible. Porridge As you know, I was saying yesterday about doing Gillian McKeiths diet at the moment. Well, not only does Gillian recommend porridge, but also the GI diet, which everyone is talking about as well, recommends porridge. And now all the papers are singing the praises of eating porridge first thing in the morning as well. Experts say it has many benefits, including helping in weight loss. Experts at Oxford University found that those eating low GI foods were less likely to binge on sugary snacks. Its good for pregnant women as its high in folic acid. It improves your sex life oats can boost the libido by helping rebalance testosterone and oestrogen in the body. Its good for the heart. By eating fibre-rich foods, it reduces the risk of heart disease. It also lowers cholesterol and improves the skin. All those benefits from one little bowl of porridge. Especially good for psoriasis and eczema apparently! So there you are, get eating your porridge in the morning! Singles Its not the first time weve talked about this, but yet again its in the news theyre talking about the number of single people in this country. Those, who are free agents, are more likely to be loaded, than lonely, a study has found. More than 40% of the population, thats fourteen million people are now single and its reckoned that their extra spending power gives them much more happiness than romance ever could. So, it sounds like were getting much more materialistic and greedy. More than a third of the women interviewed and 28% of men said they preferred to have money than love. Only 16% said that finding a life partner was likely to have the greatest impact on their lives. So there you are. Fourteen million single people and theyve got plenty of money and theyre happy with their lot! Im not saying a single word. Queues Well, they always say that the English love to queue that it gives us something to moan about. Well, yesterday there was one queue forming that I would have loved to have joined. A cash machine yesterday was doubling peoples money! If you typed in £10, then it gave out £20, if you requested £100, it gave you £200! My sort of cash machine! As you can imagine, word got about and huge queues started forming as people wanted to take advantage of this ATMs generosity. Well, its not often the bank is generous, but lucky customers were told that they could keep their money as it was the banks mistake and not theirs! Well, lucky them! Well thats it from me for today. Join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. And dont forget, if theres someone you know who is not receiving a Levy Letter and would like one on a daily basis, then you know what to tell them. Direct them to either of the two addresses at the bottom of the page, click on Levy Letter, follow the instructions through and then theyll get their Levy Letter everyday from tomorrow. Thanks for reading. Dont forget if you want to drop me a line, then do so straight away at [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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. 1.94.4
