Hello, its Peter here 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. Paul will have the weather forecast of course and Ill have the rest of the days news.
On tonights programme, Look North has discovered that there arent any NHS dentists taking on patients in Lincolnshire. That will mean, Im sure, that so many of you will be struggling to find a dentist, or paying to go private or simply putting your name on the long waiting lists for a dentist. Ill have more on that story tonight at half past six. If you want to email me throughout the day with your thoughts on that one, then Id love to hear your comments. Of course you can email me at the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] And my special guest tonight is the incredible singer Gene Pitney. He has a huge following of fans in the UK and will be visiting Hull shortly. I hope you can join me then. Sofa Tour Thanks very much indeed to everyone, who came along to Princes Quay today. Paul and I had great fun there. If you came along, then thank you and it was great to meet you. Listen out for the next date and location on the Sofa Tour and Ill put it in the Levy Letter as soon as I know when it will be! Love At First Sight Yesterday, I was talking about love at first sight after reading about it in the paper. Well, theres a note here from Sue Smith, she says, The first time I saw Stuart, I was totally bowled over. Not just by his looks, but by his total ambiance. We became engaged seven weeks after we first met and married eight and half months later. Weve been married for twenty-three years this October. There have been problems, like a lot of couples experience, but I meant my vows on my wedding day and hope we will be together until death do us part! Sue lovely email there, believing in love at first sight. And theres a note here, this one comes from Linda and she works at the Beverley High School. She says, In regard to your diet I saw you on the television tonight with Fat Barry from Eastenders and he made you look like a racing whippet! A proper Yorkshire thoroughbred, lean of limb and all muscle and no fat! My only comment to you is keep eating the beetroot!! So there you are, I think that is a Gillian McKeith fan there, but thank you very much indeed for that one. And I see that eating oily fish may help to prevent the spread of prostate cancer to other parts of the body according to British scientists. Researchers have found that Omega 3 Fatty acids are present in salmon, mackerel, sardines and fresh tuna and could stop tumour cells invading other areas. The findings may also lead to new drugs that stop other cancers, like breast cancer spreading to other parts of the body. So thats good news there on the research front and that was in the paper yesterday. Fear What are your phobias? What do you least like? Well, what about this story. Theres one thing that makes Louise Arnold go weak at the knees and thats the sight of a plate of peas! Almost rhymes doesnt it? Shes so scared of them, that she cant bear to be in the same room. Louise cant watch TV adverts about them and is forced to make detours in supermarkets to avoid the aisles where they are sold. The affliction even prevents her from going into her local pub in Cheltenham, because the restaurant serves peas. It all started after her daughter, Chloe, was born. When I think about peas and talk about them, it makes my throat constrict and if I see any, then it makes me very anxious! So there you are. Can you top that story? Not a local girl, but if she was, then we would try and get her on the programme Im sure. But shes from Cheltenham and has an absolute phobia of peas! Deal Or No Deal Six months ago, Noel Edmonds wasnt even working in television. Hed been out of television for quite a few years. Now hes back as the highest paid presenter and in just six months has taken the programme, Deal Or No Deal, a brand new programme, which nobody had seen before, to the huge monster hit it is now, which is on six nights a week. Deal Or No Deal has twenty-two contestants, who compete for a top prize of £250,000! But its a great success story and the actual format of the programme, most people seem to think is riveting. Im not a great game show lover, I have to say and Ive only seen part of one episode, but I know from talking to people that many people, who like watching Look North, also like watching Deal Or No Deal! Ipods Now if you feel that there are never enough hours in the day, then you are not alone. It seems that we have become a nation of ultra busy Britons juggling careers and families, paying for childcare to ease the burden, snatching meals, eating on the go and listening to music in transit. Things that we used to buy well, we used to buy personal CD players, dining room tables, a grass trimmer or strimmer, dishcloths, chocolate coated biscuits. Those are apparently out now and the in items in 2006 a bottle of champagne, three litre wine box, frozen chicken breasts, nanny fees are up there as number five, after-school club charges, personal MP3 players or Ipods, flat panel TVs and digital camcorders. Water sports equipment is also in there and also a home office desk. How things have changed? Things that are out contact lens solution as we all have one day disposables these days and muesli is out now as well. I dont know why thats come about. And also slippers as well. We! re not buying adult slippers anymore as were not wearing them anymore. What do we wear now then, if we dont wear slippers? Anyway, thats some of our buying habits now. Drop Me A Line Dont forget if you want to send me a picture that you think I should see, or if there is a story that youd like us to cover or a problem for Leave it to Levy, or if you just want to drop me a line about some of the things that are in the Levy Letter today, then its [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, that's it from me for today. I hope you can join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Have a lovely day today. It looks like the weather might be quite nice today, so enjoy it if youre out and about. 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
