Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Wednesdays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well. I hope youll be able to join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Ill have all the days news and Paul will have the forecast. Ill also be talking to a psychic tonight as well! The well-known psychic, Derek Acora. So for some spooky and ghostly goings on, tune in tonight for that!
Also tonight, Ill be talking to some villagers in Lincolnshire, who claim the MOD are breaking their own rules with low flying military helicopters. Well also be revealing how tidal power may be used to power our homes in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Ill be finding out the latest on a Hull companys bid to harness the tidal power of the river Humber. As you know, I launched an exclusive Levy Letter competition the other day to win a pair of tickets to see David Gray perform. Lots of you knew the answer to the question in which 1992 film did David Gray make a cameo appearance and for which same film did he also write the title track, which appeared on his White Ladder album? Well, tune in tonight, because Ill let you know the answer and Ill be announcing the winner as well! I hope you can join me then. Sofa Tour Dont forget tomorrow is the big day when were starting something called the Sofa Tour where Paul and I will be visiting two or three shopping centres in our region. Well have nothing to do for two hours other than sit on the sofa and talk to you. You can come and sit with us on the sofa of course. So come and say hello. If you want to come along and meet up and have a chat, then its the Freshney Place shopping centre in Grimsby tomorrow, Thursday, from between 11am and 1pm. I hope you can make it along. So thats Grimsby tomorrow from 11am, I hope to see you there. Maternity On the programme and in the Levy Letter on Monday, we were talking about the maternity and birthing unit at Castle Hill Hospital and the fact that it is currently under review. Ive had loads of emails and messages from people, who have had their babies there and are giving great support to the centre. Let me just read you one. This one comes from Kay I gave birth to my daughter there in 2004 and thought it was the most wonderful experience that any new Mum could have. In such wonderful surroundings, with fabulous staff, the prospect of closing such a tremendous place fills me horror. I shall be writing to my MP and will be doing my bit to try and save it. Women should be given the choice for a natural birth and the Jubilee Centre is a wonderful place to have a baby. There were loads more messages like that one, so thank you very much indeed for all that response. Most grateful to you. Dont forget, if you want to get in touch on any issue, then drop me a line. Also, if youve got some photos (were looking for some more pictures for our Big Screen), if youve got a good view, which you think we could use on the programme, or if youve got a problem that you think we could deal with on Leave it to Levy, then of course you can get me direct on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lettuce This one will be of interest to our part of the world. Of course, a lot of lettuce is grown in Lincolnshire. Sales of salads are actually up, big style, but sales of lettuce in the traditional form that we buy it, is down. We buy now already cut up lettuce in plastic bags. Sales of some varieties of pre-washed and pre-prepared salads have soared by more than 600% in one year! The increase has been at the expense of the more traditional whole lettuce where demand has gone decidedly limp! Bagged salads didnt exist before 1992, yet about two thirds of households now buy them regularly. Consumers have been drawn to them, because they save on washing and chopping lettuce! Their popularity has helped turn lettuce into a year-round product, rather than just a summer one, whilst boosting the salad market to more than 1.25 billion pounds a year. So, were eating more salads and were opting for the lazy option of pre-washed, pre-prepared salad in bags! Brain I see that as we all get older we want to stay alert and sharp. It says here, in this article Ive been reading that your brain has astonishing capabilities, but like the rest of the body, it needs to be exercised regularly. There are some top tips here to help keep your brain younger, if youre getting on in life, a bit like me. Always have breakfast, eat more fish, eat curries! The compound that gives the curry its mustard yellow appearance is thought to ward off Alzheimers. Learn an instrument or a foreign language. Too late for that Im afraid. Drink wine yes, will have some of that! Drink coffee again, yes, Ill have some of that, although I dont think Gillian McKeith will approve of that. Listen to classical music! Particularly classical music makes your brain work faster. One study of a classroom of unmanageable teenagers showed that classical music made them more receptive. Sleep is needed to regenerate certain parts of the body, especially the brain. Take up a! hobby and chew gum I dont know what thats all about. And finally, have sugary drinks. Again, I dont think Gillian McKeith would be happy about that. But anyway, some tips there to keep your brain younger! Well, thats it from me for today. Join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm for all the days news and Wednesdays Look North. Look out for your Levy Letter tomorrow. And if theres someone you know, whos not signed up for the Levy Letter, then get them to do so. Tell them to go to either one of the two addresses at the bottom of the page, click on Levy Letter and follow the instructions through. They will get their first Levy Letter the first day after they sign up and then every day after that! Thanks for reading. 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