Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Fridays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and I hope youll be able to join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm for all the days news and Lisa will have the forecast. Tonight, well have a Leave it to Levy and also one of the most distinguished actors in this country, John Hurt. John is in town to receive a special award in Hull and Ill be talking to him on the sofa tonight.
This special chat with John will be available throughout the weekend on our website. Just go to www.bbc.co.uk/humber and click on the link to John Hurt and watch my chat with John. In fact, all of Look North bulletins can be viewed again on our website and are updated each time a new bulletin is broadcast, so have a look at our websites at www.bbc.co.uk/humber or www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire for more info on this. Also tonight, Ill be helping out many viewers in Hull, who have contacted me about a continuing problem with power cuts in Hull. Many businesses are suffering in the affected areas, so Ill be speaking to a representative from YEDL to get some answers for you all. Also tonight, well be live in Bridlington. Find out why rail passengers are set to enjoy a train journey with a difference, which will make the orient express look tame! A busy show tonight, so I hope you can join me at the usual time of 6.30pm. Funny Things I was reading yesterday in the letter, some of the funny things that have been said on quiz shows on radio and TV. Its prompted quite a few emails in, so thank you very much for those. Keep those coming in about anything youve heard thats funny on the TV. This one comes from Graham Avery from Boston. This happened on a Kentish radio station quiz a few years ago. The question was, - what day of the week did Good Friday fall in 1945? And the answer from the contestant, who was on the phone to the radio station was Thursday! This one comes from Peter from Louth. He sends a few in from Radio Lincolnshire Phone-In. Which is the largest Spanish speaking country in the world? Contestant Barcelona! The presenter says, I was really after the name of a country! The contestant on Radio Lincolnshire says, Im sorry, I dont really know the name of any countries in Spain! Well, thats wonderful! A few here from the Weakest Link. Anne Robinson asks, Which Italian city is overlooked by Vesuvius? Contestant Bombay! What insects are commonly found hovering over lakes? Contestant Crocodiles! Can you believe that? Another one from Anne Robinson In olden times, what were minstrels? Were they travelling entertainers or chocolate salesmen? Can you believe this? The contestant answered chocolate salesmen! Theyre wonderful arent they? If youve got any more suggestions, then do let me know. Keep them coming in if youve heard of any on the radio or TV. Carbon Monoxide I just wanted to put a quick line in. I did mention it on the TV last night. We mentioned about the carbon monoxide detectors last night and weve had so much response on this. Loads of phone calls and people getting in touch. We only had five detectors to give away, so obviously a lot of very disappointed people, so Im sorry about that. Many people are making the point, that if theyve got the money to have a computer and to email, then theyve got the money to buy a carbon monoxide detector and what about those people who havent got a computer. I have taken those comments on board for future things that we do. So thank you very much for those comments. I have done some research on the carbon monoxide detectors and they do vary in price from some as cheap as a fiver, which obviously arent as sophisticated as others, which go up to about £35.00. I think we all know the benefits of them now, and for everyone who got in touch for a detector, then thank you very much. Awards Look Norths coverage of the Joanne Nelson murder case is in the running to win a top television award. The TVs equivalent to the movies Oscars are held in London in February. The Look North reporters, Jo Makel and Linsey Smith, produced and researched the special programme, which we broadcast on the day the case came to an end. And now theyve both got a nomination at the Royal Television Society awards. Its a great tribute to the intelligence and sensitivity, which they approached such an emotional and tragic story. So our congratulations to Look Norths reporters, Jo Makel and Linsey Smith. Of course, well keep you up to date on the result. The dinner is held in London in February. Well let you know the outcome. How Long You Have To Start A Family Many women, who put off having babies to pursue a career, suffer from the constant worry that theyre leaving it too late. Now a test kit is on the market, which tells them how long they have remaining on their biological clock. The £180 kit works out how many healthy eggs a woman has left in her ovary. The creators say that this will help her judge when is the best time to start a family and provide an early warning of any potential problems. Other experts warned, however, that it could give women a false sense of security. They said that, as well as a decline in eggs, other problems such as blocked fallopian tubes or low sperm counts can be to blame for infertility. The best age for a woman to conceive apparently, its between eighteen and thirty-five. But at the moment, 15% of new mums in Britain are actually older than thirty-five. Stress Making love is the best way of keeping stress at bay, research is suggesting. Scientists have discovered that a night of passion with your partner can have a dramatic effect on your ability to cope with high pressure. They found that when people were put in a stressful situation, their blood pressure returned to normal much faster if they had made love recently. So there you are, if youre under stress, then get making love, because that will help! By the way, Ive had a lot of people asking me how Ive been sleeping since I had the acupuncture the other night on the programme. Well, I have to say that even though its only been two nights, I have been sleeping very well. Im not sure if thats just coincidence or psychological or if its a direct result of the treatment with acupuncture. But I have to say that if it is down to the acupuncture, and one has to be reasonably sceptical, then I would certainly go back and try some more, because I have been quite impressed so far. So touch wood, for the last couple of nights, I have had a good sleep! Photographs If youve got any photographs that you think I should see we had a funny one of a road sign yesterday, which we used on the programme, or any moving pictures that you think Id like to see, then send them to me in the post or via email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Our postal address is BBC Look North, Queens Court, Queens Gardens, Hull, HU1 3RH. Whether its newsy, or just funny, or just unusual, then please send it in to me. Id love to hear from you. Well, thats it from for today. I hope you can join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Enjoy your weekend and thanks for reading the Levy Letter this week. 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