Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Tuesdays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and I hope youll be able to join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Well have all the days news and Paul will have the forecast. Tonight, well be investigating the fatal A52 crash involving a minibus carrying immigrant workers and Ill be talking to the producer of a documentary examining new fears over the safety of the petroleum industry. The documentary will be looking at the fire at the Conoco oil refinery and the more recent fire near Hemel Hempstead. Also tonight, well have tips on flirting and well be talking to the man who makes the food of love, chocolate, in our region. Of course, its Valentines Day today, so if youre looking for some last minute tips for flirting or for a gift for your loved one, then join me tonight for Look North.
Cook Books I see that our kitchen shelves are often creaking under the weight of exotic looking cook books, many costing a fortune. Well, it seems unfortunately that thats where many of them stay - on the book shelf! A survey has shown that although a typical family owns a thousand recipes, the average person will try and make only thirty-five of them in their lifetime. The revelation comes despite numerous attempts by celebrity chefs, such as Nigella Lawson and Jamie Oliver, to entice families away from a diet of ready meals. Although, they have succeeded in selling their books, the study shows that two thirds of us keep them on display simply to make our book shelves look cool! I fear that I may be guilty on that front! Although, I have to say that I didnt actually buy the cook book, but was given it, but Ive got a very sad one on the book shelf at home as well Delia Smiths Cooking for One! Ive had that one for donkeys years! Stories Have you got a story or an idea, or a problem for Leave it to Levy, which you think we could do on the programme? If you want to get in touch with me, then all youve got to do is drop me an email to the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont forget as well that weve got our competition on at the moment, which is due to finish in April, if you want to draw or paint the Humber Bridge. Dont send us the original painting or drawing, but get a photograph of it and send it in to me. This is all part of the 25th birthday celebrations of the Humber Bridge. So if you want to paint or draw the Humber Bridge, maybe when the weather gets a little bit better, then drop me a line and send me the photograph of your finished work! I look forward to seeing it! Valentines Thanks to everyone, who sent in a Valentines message. Some were a little bit cryptic, but some are fairly straight forward, so Ill read a few out now for you. Thanks for the great response. Theres one here that comes simply from E To Helen, Sitting beside you makes the working week fly by like a dream and the weekend drag like no other. If only you knew All yours. So there you are Helen! Thats from E. Another one here. I would like to dedicate this message to my husband, Bill, on this special day. This comes from Joan Fowles. Happy Valentines Day darling. I love you more now than I did twenty-eight years ago, when we tied the knot. And as our Wedding Anniversary is on the 24th February, I am sending all my love for this day as well. I love you darling and I always will, Love always, your devoted wife, Joan. And one here. Dear Peter, please could you include my two Valentines in your letter for my husband, Steve, and young son, Jordan Havell. Tell them I love them very much indeed. And that comes from Lianne. So there you are. That message is for Steve and Jordan. Hi Peter, If you could put in a Valentines message for me, I would be very grateful. I would like the message sent to my wife, Anne Bridle, and with the message Have a great day Anne, lots of love, David xxx And that comes from David Bridle. David, thank you for that. Could you please send a very happy Wedding Anniversary wish to my aunt and uncle, who have been married for over fifty years and are still in love with each other. It would mean a lot to us as my aunt is not well. So could you wish Joan and Ernie Lister a very happy Wedding Anniversary with all our love. And that comes from Angela, Paul, Matthew, Rachael, Kirsty-Mae with the message, we love you both very much! And this one is for Steve Taylor, Thank you my darling for twenty-four happy years. You are my Valentine and always will be. All my love forever. And Steve, that message is from Pat! And just one final one. Dear Peter, on reading yesterdays Levy Letter, I would very much like it if you could put a Valentines message in it for my greatly loved husband, Ken. We will have been married for fifty-nine years on 22nd of this month and I am even more in love with him now than I was then. We have four wonderful children, ten grand-children, and eight great grand-children. Please tell Ken that he is the best thing that ever happened to me. He is so kind and thoughtful, and even though I cant walk properly now, he makes life wonderful. So Ken, thats from Doris Banham for you. So those are all the Valentines messages. Thank you very much for sending all of those in. And I wish you a very happy Valentines Day, however you are spending it! Postman Its long been held that dogs and their owners look alike. Now its been suggested that they sound alike too! Scientists are claiming that if his masters voice has a distinctive regional twang, then the dog will eventually bark with the same accent. Recordings made from phone calls, where owners persuaded their dog to bark down the receiver, showed the difference between a Terriers yap and a Bulldogs growl, which cannot be explained by size alone. Instead the area that the dog lives in and the owners accent apparently influence the pitch and tone of its bark! Barking more like! So if you have a view on that, then do get in touch and let me know. Apparently, a dog with the strongest accent is a Scottish dog. The accent was also obvious in Liverpool, where the dogs bark were higher pitched, emitting a strong Scouse accent! It seems dogs are able to imitate stronger more distinctive accents than the softer ones. So, is there anybody in our part of the world, who thinks the! ir dog barks with an accent? Then, Im sure youll rush to tell me. Cherries The first cherries of the summer season will go on sale in March. They will be on sale in Harrods and the store has already taken bookings. You might not think thats much of a story, but each cherry will cost 95p each, because theyre ready and in the shops by March! Apparently, theyve already taken bookings, so obviously, there must be people with more money than sense in London or maybe just a lot of very keen cherry lovers! Well, thats all from me for today. Join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm for Look North and look out for your Levy Letter tomorrow. Take care, have a good day. 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
