Hello, its Peter here. Thank you for joining us and welcome to Thursdays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and I hope youll be able to join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm.
Tonight, well have all the days news, plus well reveal the answer to our exclusive Levy Letter Jo Brand competition. We asked what Jos profession was before she became a comedienne. Well the lucky winner is Dave Barron from Thorngumbald, but for all of you, who dont know the answer to the question, well tune in tonight to find out. But for Dave, therell be tickets to go see Jo Brand perform in York, so I hope you enjoy it Dave! Congratulations! Well also be talking to the best selling author, Ian Rankin, on why hes in Hull. All will be revealed on Look North at 6.30pm if you can make it. Also, a scheme in our region has been launched to tackle speeding drivers. Have you heard of this? Speed-setters are driving on our roads at the speed limit, in order to keep us all driving under the speed limit! More than two hundred people have already signed up to the Speed Setters scheme and are our on our roads now, driving at the speed limit to keep us all under the legal limit. What do you think of this one? Also tonight, were looking at the growing number of thefts from our churches. Parishes are facing the dilemma of protecting themselves from vandalism and thefts by keeping their doors closed to the public, but by doing so are they no longer the sanctuary they should be for visitors? I hope you can join me tonight for Look North on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Lunch Now if youre grabbing a sarnie whilst sitting at your desk at work, then youre not alone. Theres a survey out today that says lunch breaks are getting shorter. Apparently, the average is now down to (can you believe this?) nineteen minutes and forty-two seconds thats six minutes shorter than six months ago! So much for the lunch hour! Its all to do with the macho culture and dedication to work. Now lunch is thought to be for wimps! So there you are. If youre getting a lunch hour then youre doing very well. Apparently, the average is now down to nineteen minutes and forty-two seconds. I have to say, that thats true for me! If you have a view on lunch hours then let me know. One in four UK office workers claim they never take a lunch break at all. Two thirds of the office workers surveyed say they feel that working through their lunch break is having a positive impact on how they are viewed within the work place. In other words, people are scared to take their lunch ! hour. Seven out of ten people, thats 69%, eat their lunch at their desk, juggling phone, screen and sandwich, ignoring the advice about the improvements a break can have on well-being and productivity. Your views on lunch hours are gratefully received as always. Dont forget if you want to drop me a line on that or on anything else, then its [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paul Paul is on holiday now from yesterday for a few days and I think hes picked the right time. According to the paper, Britain shivers at minus ten with icy blasts from the east and temperatures plummeting. The Big Chill was set to worsen as Britain prepares for temperatures of minus ten! And the cold spell is to continue into the weekend with easterly winds bringing cold air from Siberia that has left Russia at a January low of minus thirty-eight Celsius. So, we can only see from that, that Paul knew what the weather was going to be like, which is why hes decided to take some time off! Quiz Shows Those of us, who have done the quiz shows on the radio or TV, will know that sometimes people can say the daftest things under pressure. Well, some of them now have been compiled and they are quite funny. Eamonn Holmes on the National Lottery Jet Set Whats the name of the playwright commonly known by the initials G.B.S.? Answer given William Shakespeare! On University Challenge what was Ghandis first name? Answer was Goosey Goosey! Anne Robinson from the Weakest Link In traffic, what J is where two roads meet? Answer given from the contestant was jool carriageway! On BBC Radio Newcastle (Im sure they never have anything like this on BBC Radio Humberside or Lincolnshire) - How long did the six day war between Egypt and Israel last? The contestant answered, after a long pause, fourteen days! And finally, on Family Fortunes (how we loved it!) - Name a bird with a long neck Answer Naomi Campbell! So there you are. If youve got any favourites to add to this li! st, then let me know. Kathy Kirby I remember, as a little boy, although I cant remember how old I was, but I was absolutely mesmerised by Kathy Kirby. She used to have those very shiny lips. If youre of a similar age, then Im sure youll remember her too, especially if youre male! Well, a three-way race is emerging with Denise Van Outen, Katherine Jenkins and Jane Horrocks for the lead in the new West End show based on the life of the sixties singing legend Kathy Kirby. Theyre all battling it out for this musical, which is about to open. I would have thought that Katherine Jenkins was perhaps the natural choice for playing Kathy Kirby. And by the way, Katherine is going to be giving that concert at the Humber Bridge in the summer to mark the 25th anniversary and Ill be talking to Katherine on the programme on Friday. Thats tomorrow, BBC1 at 6.30pm. Contraceptive Pill For many years, as you know, women have been put off taking the contraceptive pill for fear that they will pile on the pounds. The popular believe has been that taking the oral contraceptive pill can make them put on extra weight. Well, a review, which is just published today, shows that this is a myth. A large scale review showed there to be no link between using the pill and significant weight gain! And talking of weight gain, by the way, I mentioned briefly the GI diet earlier in the week when I was talking about Gillian McKeith. Ive had loads of emails in from people saying that theyre on the GI diet and are having great success. I think we should draw a veil now over healthy eating and diets for a bit, because we seem to have been stuck on it for four or five days now. But thank you very much for getting in touch with me about that and also thank you to those of you, who have written in giving me advice on how to get VHS tapes on to DVD. I gather, as several people ha! ve written in to tell me, that I need to buy a machine, which is available and Im going to try and find one on Saturday. So thanks for all the help and advice on that and also on the digital camera as well. By the way, were also working on a way to get digital pictures out to you on email in the Levy Letter. So thats looking like it might be possible. But for everyone, whos asked about the digital camera, then thank you very much indeed. Im getting on with it reasonably well, although I could do with some decent weather so that I can take some good pictures. Along with everyone else, as soon as the sun came out last Saturday, I went out and took pictures of the Humber Bridge, but I think they leave a lot to be desired. Kissing And finally for Thursdays Levy Letter regular kissing is good for your health and women prefer it to making love, a survey has suggested! In the study of more than five hundred men and women, aged between sixteen and ninety-one, most men said they felt that kissing was more of a duty and obligation, but, listen to these figures carefully, 56% of women said they enjoyed kissing and willingly kissed. 60% of women said that kissing was more important than sex compared to only 24% of men! So there you are. The only fly in the ointment on this one, was that the study was carried out in Germany and Austria! So do we think it would be any different if the survey was carried out over here? Well, I suspect that it wouldnt one jot! Thank you for reading. Join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Dont forget, if you want to write to me, then drop me a line. You can contact me anytime. If youve got any pictures or photographs, that youd like me to see or a story that you think we should know about that one of our journalists could look into, then send me the details and your contact telephone number to [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
