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 BBC One at 6.30pm as usual.
Ill have all the days news, including a very controversial story that always gets you talking. For the last ten years, the government has been telling us that speed cameras can help reduce the number of accidents on our roads. But a new study is showing that casualty figures are the same as ten years ago. Does that show that these traffic calming measures are not working? I'll have the full story on that one. And of course, I want to hear your views about it and Ill be asking for you to get in touch on the programme. Also, get in touch with our Producer as soon as you can, because he wants to speak to you if youve lost your licence or clocked-up lots of points on your licence thanks to speed cameras. So have a chat with Paul Lead, my producer today, as soon as you can if youve been caught speeding by these cameras. Are you about to lose your licence or have you lost your licence, because youve amassed lots of points from speed cameras? If so, then phone him on 01482 314501 as Paul will want to speak to you before tonights programme. And thanks for your help! Also on the programme tonight, Ill be looking at the historic British beach hut. Theyre a cherished part of our seaside vista, but for many years they have been left to fend for themselves against the elements. Needless to say many of our beach huts are looking a bit dilapidated. Well, the future is looking a bit brighter with plans for refurbishment for many huts in our East Coast resorts. Ill have more on that later. And we meet two rescued seals, Bonsai and Willow, being nursed back to health in a seal sanctuary in Skegness. They were both prematurely born and will need lots of TLC before being returned to the sea, but theyre being well cared for by the Skegness Natureland Seal Sanctuary. So Ill have more on that later. I hope you can join me then. Emails Thanks for the emails on a variety of subjects. I was talking yesterday about Gordon Ramsay and the fact that these days theyre having to blur out his mouth because he swears so much. Theres an email in from Neville Sissons If the programme makers are so fed up with his swearing and are now having to blur his mouth to stop us lip reading, then the answer is to take him off the television for good. He may be a good chef, but enough is enough. So strong words there from Neville. Somebody will probably write that about me now as well! And something a little bit different. Theres one here, which says, Dear Peter, will you please make an appeal for our school for a prize for our summer fayre this Sunday 2 July? We, at Westcott Primary School, organised our summer fayre around a promised limo, coming on site full of balloons as a free raffle prize. By guessing how many balloons were in the limo, then you won a free trip in the limo to the seaside. Unfortunately, weve been let down and the prize is no longer available. The children were all very excited by this taking place at the fayre and we were hoping to raise enough money for our playground refurbishment, but without the main attraction, this may not happen. We are asking for anyone from a limo company, who could provide a free ride in a limo as a prize, to get in touch! And the contact number there is Pam Southwell on 01482 783576 between 8.45am and 4.00pm at Westcott Primary School. So a bit of a desperate plea there to help rescue their Summer Fay! re. If you think you can help them, then please get in touch with Pam at Westcott Primary School on 01482 783576. Screening A simple test has been developed to identify people at risk from bowel cancer. A new screening will now allow doctors to identify those most likely to get the disease. Bowel cancer claims a staggering three hundred and twenty two lives in Britain every seven days. Thats the equivalent to a jumbo jet crashing every week. Thats just extraordinary isnt it? So three hundred and twenty two lives in Britain every week to bowel cancer. Just unbelievable. The test, which would check for faulty genes, could save thousands of lives every year by detecting the disease much earlier. Pictures Dont forget if youve got a picture or a photograph that you would like us to show on the Big Screen, then get in touch. Send it to me as usual to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cinema Music Now its the music, which for millions of British filmgoers has become inextricably linked with the excitement of going to the movies. Now the decades-old Pearl and Dean signature tune has had a twenty-first century makeover. And this can be available to download from music sites. The advertising firm has commissioned a revamped version of the asteroid theme tune. A new two minute version has been recorded by the original composer, Pete Moore, at the Abbey studios in London with a thirty piece orchestra and two singers. The tune was first recorded in 1968 and lasted for just twenty seconds. Its the one piece of music that I think just about everybody knows, but now there is a new version and you can download it and play it on your computer or your mobile phone or MP3 player. Dream Pill A one-a-day pill to help obese patients to lose weight was launched yesterday. The drug helps to suppress appetite and blocks signals to the brain, which cause people to comfort eat. Its maker hopes that it will revolutionise the treatment of obesity, which is fast becoming one of Britains biggest health time bombs. As an added bonus, the pill, in addition to stifling the appetite, is also said to combat the craving for cigarettes and nicotine, but there are fears that it may not be approved for widespread NHS use, because of the cost. For many of course, it will be seen as a dream pill! And it was launched yesterday and is said to stifle the appetite and to help people lose weight. Opera If you havent been to the Big Screen in Hull yet, for one of the special nights they have with opera and ballet on show, then I highly recommend you go. Last night, it was the Marriage of Figaro from the Royal Opera House and it was just a wonderful evening. Its quite long actually. The performance started at 7pm and we finished at half past ten with an interval as well. The chairs are provided and it was fabulous entertainment. People took along picnics and drinks and we all sat there and enjoyed the Marriage of Figaro. The next big night is a week on Friday and the entertainment starts at quarter to seven and the music will start at seven thirty. Ill give you more details a little nearer the time about that one. But make a note in your diary, if you fancy coming along to the Big Screen, then the next event is on a week on Friday. And we mentioned last night on the programme that weve got those special Keane tickets to give away when they come to Hull to perform in October. All youve got to do is to answer this question name their new album! Whats the name of their brand new album, which theyve just released. Let me know and email me in and those tickets could be yours. Email me as soon as you can to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Its your last chance to enter and Ill be announcing the winners tomorrow in the Levy Letter. Well, that's it from me for today. Thanks very much for being there and for reading the Levy Letter. Join me tonight on BBC One at half past six. Take care and good luck for that competition! 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
