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. Ill have all the days news and also Ill be talking to the singer, Daniel ODonnell. It always creates a lot of interest whenever hes on. Hes got a huge fan base over here and Ill be talking to him tonight.
Ill also be revisiting the dentist crisis in our area. Ive been hearing from so many of you, who are having problems finding an NHS dentist and many of you are either being forced to go private or face huge waiting lists. Well, Ill be talking to one NHS dentist about why hes going private and of course, Ill be looking at more of your stories. Ill also be looking at phobias today. Last week in the Levy Letter, I started talking about a girl, who was scared about peas! Well, Ill be meeting a man, who faced his phobia of horses head on. And you may recognise her as the psychologist from Channel 4s Big Brother and ITVs This Morning programmes, Linda Papadopoulos. Linda will be offering us some advice about how to control and overcome our worst phobias. All that tonight on the programme at half past six. I hope you can join me then. Emails Thanks for a big response on lots of subjects. First of all, this one from Marian, Ive only seen Countdown a few times, so I dont think its anything to do with Des Lynam. Carol Vorderman is just loud and likes to take the limelight whatever show shes on! There are a few more emails like that as well. And one here from Janet Binns, she says, I like candles. I have about ten in the living room. I was saying that people, who like candles in their house, will have about ten dotted about at any one time. Scents of lavender, coffee/mocha, peppermint, cranberry, blackcurrant and a selection of Chinese good luck ones! It must smell nice in your house Janet! And also about market stalls. I was saying yesterday in Doncaster that shouting in the market is now banned. This has prompted a lot of interest. This one from Jack Barker, he says, Its the officials, who are the hazard. Whoever heard of a market without stall holders shouting about their wares? Its political correctness gone stark staring mad! And theres an interesting story here that comes from Vince and Nora. They say, Your piece about banning market traders from shouting struck a chord with us, because on Saturday night we went to a monthly big band dance at the Festival Hall in Kirkby in Ashfield near Mansfield. Its a great venue, with great music from the Terry Peters Big Band providing an evening like Strictly Come Dancing on the BBC. It was raining outside and trying to dance with damp shoe soles was like trying to slide on your feet on a rubber surface. In the past they have always sprinkled ballroom chalk on the floor and we asked for it to be done on Saturday, only to be told that, youve guessed it, for health and safety reasons chalk was now banned. Weve been ballroom dancing for the best part of sixty years and this is a new one on us. Everyone uses ballroom chalk. The H&S rules in this country are going completely crackers and its time we all stood up and told the bureaucrats and their mates in ! Europe that we have had enough just like the market traders are doing! So there you are. A big response on that one. Keep the emails coming in. If you want to write in on any subject then its [EMAIL PROTECTED] Teachers Many times weve read about the problems that teachers face the different hazards of being a teacher, but this one is a new one. Adverts for a popular brand of mens deodorant claims it makes users more attractive to the opposite sex and is causing a stink in Britains classrooms. Teachers say that this particular advert proclaiming, the girls are ready are you? is proving irresistible to teenage boys, who are spraying themselves with this particular product rather too liberally. One teaching website has been swamped with complaints from staff in schools around the country. They describe having to open classroom windows when pupils return from P.E., because of the combination of body odour and this particular smell from a well known brand. They say its so strong that its making it difficult for teachers to breathe! Can you believe that? Pictures Dont forget, keep your pictures coming in. If youve got a picture that you think we might like to use on the Big Screen or any interesting or funny photographs that youve taken, then drop me a line. Its [EMAIL PROTECTED] Talking of dropping me a line. I see that texts and emails are killing off handwriting. Several papers have had this story. You might have read about it that almost half of fifty to twenty-four year olds now send text messages on a daily basis. 28% fired off emails. Its only the slightly older people that still use handwriting and even that figure has dropped. Many of the newspapers, including one that Ive got in front of me now, have done this whole feature about the fact that handwriting is dying off. They say whats your view on it? If you have a view, then text or email in right now. Well, that just about says it all, doesnt it!! Lynne Perrie Coronation Street legend, Lynne Perrie, has died after suffering a stroke. You might have seen this on the news. Lynne played Ivy Tilsley for fifteen years. She was seventy-five. She passed away peacefully with her husband, Derrick and her son Steven, by her bedside. She was a real character. She was born in South Yorkshire and she achieved her big break when she secured a lead role in the 1969 film, Kes. Do you remember that one? She joined the Street in 1979 and played the role of Ivy until 1994. A couple of times, Ive interviewed Lynne on Look North and she was always larger than life and a great character. So she will be sadly missed. Competition Dont forget weve got an exclusive competition for the Levy Letter. This is your last chance to see Cannon and Ball in their new show in Hull. If you think you know the answer to this one, then get in touch they were in pantomime at Christmas in Hull, but what pantomime was it? So what pantomime were Cannon and Ball starring in at Christmas? If you think you know, then email in and listen out for the winners on the programme and in the Letter tomorrow. Thats it from me for today. Join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Take care, enjoy your 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
