Hello, its Peter here. 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. Well have all the days news and Paul will have the forecast.
Theres some breaking news coming in at the moment regarding an explosion at a North Sea gas rig. News coming in suggests that two people were injured and many were airlifted to safety. Well have more on that of course tonight. Plus, Ill have the latest on plans to improve Lincolnshire roads after the fatal accident on the A52 near Grantham this week. Plus, do you remember in the early days of Breakfast television, the Green Goddess, Diana Moran? She was the first keep-fit lady first thing in the morning and shell be joining me on the programme tonight for a chat. And are you green fingered? Well, allotments are apparently coming back into fashion with many people turning back toward the Good Life and cultivating their own vegetable patch! Amid growing concerns for a healthy living lifestyle with home grown food, more and more of us are picking up the spade again. Well have all this tonight on the programme at 6.30pm on BBC1. Sofa Tour Thanks very much indeed to everyone, who came along to the Sofa Tour today in Lincoln. We were in the Waterside shopping centre. Lots of people came down to see us. We had a lovely morning and it was great to meet and chat with people. If you came down, then thank you very much indeed. And stay tuned for the latest news on our next port of call with the Sofa Tour. And also in the coming weeks, well have some special Levy Letter pens. So stay tuned for news on those. When they arrive, then Ill send you the details on how to get hold of your own free Levy Letter pen! More on that shortly. Smoking Ive had loads of emails on the subject of smoking - many from people, who go to pubs and clubs and are concerned that they wont be able to smoke anymore and asking if we could talk about it on the programme. Well, I think every programme going is talking about smoking at the moment, so what well do is, well keep the comments on smoking contained to the Levy Letter. So if youve got a view either for or against these latest changes that have been announced, then get in touch. Let me know what they are and Ill read them out in the Levy Letter. If you want to write in on any subject at all, or if youve got an idea for a guest for the programme, or if youve got a Leave it to Levy that you think we might be able to deal with and tackle on the programme, then drop me a line. Just email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Babies Of course, on Valentines Day, David Cameron became a father again with the birth of his baby boy. So congratulations to David and to Samantha. And talking of babies, singing to babies really is good for them, scientists have confirmed. Not only does a lullaby stop them crying and makes them less irritable, its also good for their health as it makes them less likely to cry in the future. This is because babies, who cry less, have more energy to devote to getting well when theyre sick. Can you believe this? Australian researchers, who carried out a three year study, said that newborns, who cry less put on weight more rapidly and therefore are able to go home sooner if they are hospitalised. So there you are, lullabies really are good for babies! Pictures Dont forget that Im looking for photographs of nice scenic views. If youve got one of the region that youd like us to show in the middle of Look North, just before Paul comes on with the forecast, then send me the picture that youre particularly proud of. Either send me a hard copy in the post or if youve got a digital camera, then send it to me electronically. And then, watch out for it to be shown on the Big Screen half way through the programme. Newquay At Christmas time, I was lucky enough to go down to Cornwall for two or three days to visit my family and on Christmas Eve I went down to a place called Fistril Beach. Its very trendy and fashionable at the moment with all the surfers and you might have seen the pictures in the papers this week of an absolutely enormous wave. Fistril Beach is well known for surfing, but this was a wave forty foot high and travelling at 40mph! These were apparently the biggest waves ever seen in Britain and people were out surfing in them and even managed to survive. If youve seen the pictures, then youll know what Im talking about. But just imagine a wave forty foot high! It was caused by a rare phenomenon known as the cribbar a giant swell occurring just once or twice a year and lasting no more than an hour or two. On Monday afternoon, only four professional surfers braved the water as the colossal waves crashed in. It is extraordinary. Theres a picture of a man absolutely dwarfed by! the size of the waves. I dont suppose weve got any surfers in our part of the world, but there you are. But if you ever go to Cornwall, then I recommend you go to Fistril Beach to watch the surfing. Its quite something. Even in the middle of winter, they were still surfing on Christmas Eve in the freezing cold! Levy Letter Dont forget that were trying to spread the word and increase the number of Levy Letter subscribers even more. If you get somebody interested in the Levy Letter, and they sign up, then do let me know and Ill try and give you a mention. Just direct them to one of the two addresses at the bottom of the page and then click on Levy Letter and get them to follow the instructions through. If they do it tonight or over this weekend, then theyll get their first email from me through either tomorrow or on Monday. Well, thats it from me for today. Have a very good afternoon and join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. 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