Hello, it's Peter here and welcome to Wednesdays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and I hope youll be able to join me tonight as ever on BBC One and today were back to normal. Theres no football to change our time today, so were back at the normal time of half past six.
Ill have all the days news and Lisa will have the forecast and also tonight, we'll be looking at the latest police initiative to cut the number of burglaries in our region. Well, thousands of break-ins are reported every year and Im sure that burglary is something thats affected a great many of us. I'll be looking at why the answer could lie in a simple bottle of water. Curious I know! Well, tune in tonight to find out more about that! Also tonight, I'll be following the region's entry in the Gardener's World competition in Birmingham. If youve never been to the show, then I recommend it. Even if youre not much of a gardener, theres always a good show on there and so many interesting gardens to look at and admire. Well, we'll be there in Birmingham to see the designs and to meet the celebrity presenters of the series. So I hope you can join me for that. My special guest tonight has been requested by so many of the Levy Letter readers. Hes been on the programme before, but hes such a character and has got so many great stories to tell that we never tire of having him on the programme. Of course, Im talking about the former schools inspector and now writer, Gervaise Phinn. Hell be joining me on the sofa tonight and of course hell have more stories from his time working in schools. Always enjoyable, so watch tonight for my chat with Gervaise. Diabetes Well Im involved today with the launch of a diabetes awareness event today. I mentioned it yesterday in the Levy Letter. Ill be going to the Brocklehurst building on Anlaby Road for the launch of a diabetes awareness day at 2pm. Therell be lots of information there for you and people you can get advice from, so if youre going along, then I hope to see you there. Several people have written in on the subject of diabetes. This one from Jo from Hessle, I first became aware of something wrong when watching Hull Citys last home game in 2004. I was seeing forty-four players on the pitch instead of twenty-two. It was very frightening. No, I wasnt drunk Peter. It was diabetes and it was confirmed by my doctor two days later. Thanks for that email Jo and if youre able to come along to the Diabetes Awareness Day today, then I might see you at about 2pm. Dont forget, if youve got a story that I should know about or if there is something I could tackle for you on your behalf on Leave it to Levy, then drop me a line as usual. Its [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me the details and of course a contact telephone number as well. Schools We were talking about schools this week on the programme and talking about playgrounds of course last night. There was a story from Willerby about plans for a playground, which were being opposed by the local council. Several papers have picked up on the fact that boys are failing at school, because many lessons these days are being feminised. (Whatever that means!) But apparently, teachers are not nurturing male traits such as competitiveness and leadership. If anyones got any views on that story, then do get in touch. Radio One are going to fine DJs, who swear. I said last night on the programme that its no wonder Pauls off this week, if the BBC is going to start fining presenters who say bad things. And also, just one other item, were failing to actually grasp the Highway Code. An alarming number of drivers are unable to identify warning signs, which are common on our roads, in a new shock survey. In a test, only twenty-nine out of a thousand motorists recognised all ten highway codes they were shown. Thats incredible isnt it? Only twenty-nine out of a thousand! Women faired worse than men and a quarter of all females thought a warning of an uneven road surface referred to a humpbacked bridge! Surprisingly younger drivers, who have only recently studied the Highway Code signs to pass their tests, came out particularly badly. Many could not identify a sign showing a picture of a steam train and a warning about an unmanned level crossing ahead. Nearly half of those, who took part, could not recognise the sign telling them that they were approaching a cycle lane. Twenty-nine out of a thousand dont know their Highway Code signs! Thats frightening isnt it? Do you think! that might include yourselves as well? Do you know your road signs? Lincolnshire Its the Lincolnshire Show next week. Its a two day event and its on every year of course. It was baking hot last year, so lets hope were going to have good weather again this year. Its Wednesday and Thursday of next week and Ill be there with Paul and well be doing the programme together there live. If you fancy a day out and you can make it to the Lincolnshire Show Ground, then its just off the main road as you go into Lincoln, then come down and join us for the programme. Well be live on Wednesday night. So thats Wednesday the 21st June. If you can make it, then I look forward to seeing you there. Join me and Paul for the programme live at the Lincolnshire Show. Well, that's it from me for today. Join me tonight on BBC One at half past six. Back to normal today, so I hope you can join me then. If you went to the Bon Jovi concert in Hull last night at the KC Stadium, then I hope you enjoyed it. On all accounts, it was a good night, despite the rain! 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
