Hello, it's Peter here and welcome to todays Levy Letter. And on this Wednesday, its Lincolnshire Show day. The programme will be live at the 122nd Lincolnshire Show. If you can make it down, then Paul and I would love to see you there.
Tonight on the programme, youll be able to see Paul and I swap roles. Paul will have a go reading the news and Im going to try my hand at reading the forecast! Thats at the News On Tour marquee at the Lincolnshire Show. If I dont manage to get the forecast quite right, then, dont worry, Paul will have the real detailed weather forecast. And my special guest tonight is the broadcasting legend Johnny Ball! Ill be talking to him tonight at the Lincolnshire Show. And Ill have the rest of the days news. Therell be a report on the decline of farming in Lincolnshire and what is being done to tackle this. And Look North will have an exclusive report on the bail hostel in Hull that houses child sex offenders, which is on the doorstep of a local primary school. More on that later. Be there at six thirty at the Lincolnshire Show or watch us live on BBC One. Sleep As you know, this is something close to my heart, but if youve ever nodded off with a glass of wine in your hand and woken up with red wine stains on your lap, then dont blame yourself for overindulgence. Blame the wine! Scientists claim that a substance found in a glass of red wine, helps us to get to sleep more easily. If this isnt an excuse to attack the red wine before you go to bed, then I dont know what is? Grape skins, which are removed before making white wine, are bursting with melatonin, the hormone, which helps keep our body clock in check. It tells us when its time to go to bed. The researchers found that their findings could explain why so many of us reach for a bottle of red wine to help us wind down after a long day. Melatonin, which is produced in the brain by the pineal gland, is good for the health in many ways. The hormone, which is also linked to libido and ageing, is a powerful antioxidant. So if you have trouble sleeping, then you know what to do. ! A glass of red wine is ok, its official! Fathers David Cameron has said that fathers should be in the delivery room at the magic moment of child birth. At the key speech yesterday, the Tory leader said that the experience will help mothers and fathers to bond and improves parental responsibility. He also declared that looking after his family is more important than becoming Prime Minister. Well, thats what he said in a speech to the National Family and Parenting Institute yesterday. He said that some relationship experts have described the moment of child birth as the magic moment, which can either play a key part in bonding a couple and increasing parental responsibility or can be a missed opportunity. So there you are. Thats David Cameron on fatherhood and why fathers should be present at the birth of their children. Reminder And dont forget if youve got a problem or something that you need us to investigate, then thats what we do on the programme in Leave it to Levy. Give me the details of the problem and well see if we can tackle it for you. Again, a useful thing to do, is to also give me a contact telephone number for you as well. If you want to email in, then its [EMAIL PROTECTED] And just a reminder that if you know anyone, whos not signed up for a Levy Letter and you think they would like a daily email from me, then point them in the direction of either one of the two addresses at the bottom of the page. Get them to click on those and just sign up. Theyll then get their first Levy Letter after that and every day from that point. Going On Holiday As youre going on holiday and youre sitting on a plane, what is your absolute worst nightmare? Well, at one time, it would have been sitting next to or close to children. But finding a drunk in the next seat is apparently an airline passengers biggest dread. Disgusting drunks have overtaken crying babies as the travellers top pet hate, taking 40% of the votes in an annual survey. Bawling children werent far behind, however, securing 39% of the votes of a poll of over two and half thousand flyers. Thats somewhere ahead of the other irritants, such as the tiresome talker, who insists on regaling you with endless anecdotes and the demanding diva, who is never satisfied with the service on board. But the thing that we dread the most is being sat with a drunk! Pictures Dont forget if youve got a picture that youre particularly happy with and youd like to see it on the Big Screen on the programme, just before Pauls weather forecast, then send it to me. Either electronically or a hard copy in the post and well show it one night. Email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Events As you know I like being able to give plugs to local events and charity events in your area. Joyce Clarke has been in touch with me about the Open Gardens at Nafferton on Sunday 2nd July from 11am until 5pm. She writes, We usually have a fantastic day with over twenty gardens open to the public. The Church will be decorated to commemorate the life of the Rev. James Davidson, who was vicar of the Parish from April 1854 until June 1906. And she goes on to say, A few weeks ago, my husband and I were spending a little time relaxing up on the Country Park at Filey, sat in the car watching the sea, when another car pulled up at the side of us. In a short while, an elderly gentleman came for a chat with the occupant of the other car. We had our car windows shut, but we could hear the conversation clearly. It went something like this if it wasnt for that Paul Hudson that Paul Hudson said that Paul Hudson is always saying ! Dont worry Paul, we think you do a very good job! T! hanks Joyce for that! And of course, if you want to get in touch with me to tell me about your event, then Id love to hear about it. Let me know the details and email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] And Ill see if I can give a little plug in the Levy Letter for your event. Ticket Scam We ran a story the other day and I know that its also had coverage on the national press as well, but hundreds of schoolchildren were back from Germany as police investigated the alleged scam where they were sold non-existent World Cup tickets. Around four hundred and fifty youngsters, aged between eleven and fifteen, at schools across the UK, travelled to Germany to attend the match. But hours before the kick off, the children, some of them in tears, were told their tickets had failed to arrive. Now police are investigating. Youve probably read about this story and several people have written in to me to say that this was just such an awful story and that they felt so sorry for the kids. And of course, its just one of those things where nothing can be done to make any difference whatsoever to the disappointment they must be feeling. To travel all that way, and to get so excited at seeing a World Cup football match, only to find that they couldnt get in. Its very sad. T! hanks very much to everyone, who has emailed me in on that one. Thats it from me for today. Join me tonight live from the Lincolnshire Show and that will be at half past six as ever on BBC One. Look out for your Levy Letter again at the same time tomorrow. Take care, bye for now 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
