Hello, its 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 on BBC One at half past six as usual. Ill have all the days news, including meeting the Elloughton man, who has just returned home after controversial stem cell treatment. Look North will be investigating claims of whether or not it can improve quality of life for sufferers of multiple sclerosis. Ill have the full story on that one tonight.
Plus we'll have exclusive pictures as scientists, on a hovercraft, survey the Humber estuary. They say that despite the river becoming increasingly busy with traffic, the estuary is teeming with wildlife. Our reporter, Matt Richards, who always seems to get the daredevil jobs, will be going out with the scientists onto the river. More on that later. And we'll have more on the story of the piglet stolen from a farm in Scunthorpe, but who was rescued by a good Samaritan. Plus tune in tonight to find out how you could win tickets to see the Buddy Holly musical. We'll return to the Boston family in our Homegrown series, who are living entirely off locally grown and produced food and find out more about Humberside Airport as it expands with two new routes and with Egypt as a brand new holiday destination. I hope you can join me tonight for all that, plus the detailed weather forecast from Lisa. Weather Well, as I sit here and I start to write the Levy Letter, it is Tuesday evening and it is still dry and very humid. By the time I finish the letter and by the time you read it, I suspect it will probably be raining, according to the forecast. But the weather has been incredible. Theres a great picture in one or two of the papers, which you might have seen of a beach in Cornwall. Theres beautiful sunshine and a lovely green sea, which is superbly clear and everyones bathing and then, right at the side, theres an enormous shark! But apparently, we dont have to worry. There are lots of basking sharks that come in to the coast, but theyre not bothered by humans. But nevertheless, if youre swimming along the beach and you look up and suddenly see a shark that size, then Im sure youd get a shock. But theyre getting closer into our waters these days, because of the rising temperatures. Thanks very much indeed for all the emails in on a variety of subjects. Theres just a quick one here. Yesterday I was talking about flip flops and if you wear them for job interviews, then youre likely to be turned down or get a black mark, because theyre seen as not being very professional. Rachel and Jenny have emailed me in from Lincoln (thank you ladies!) Just read todays Levy Letter and you should check out a shop in Skegness, which sells a variety of flip flops for not £3, Peter, but for an amazing 97p! So there you are. Go to Skegness and you can get a pair of flip flops for 97p. And as we saw on Look North last night you can also get your car cleaned by bikini clad ladies! If you are in the Skegness area and you have a view on that story, then do get in touch. After the show last night, we had loads of emails from you all. So thank you very much indeed for all of those. Guests Dont forget if youve got a guest or story idea that you would like to see on the programme, then just drop me a line and let me know. We had a very successful Leave it to Levy last night where we managed to get the Council to come and fix a gate for a pensioner. If youve got a problem that you think we could deal with on the programme as a Leave it to Levy, then drop me a line. Send me the details and also a contact telephone number to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shift Work For many years I worked shifts, getting up very early in the morning and finishing early, so I was interested to read, as Im sure many shift workers will be, that scientists have discovered a key reason why shift workers are more likely to suffer from poor health. It seems that working irregular hours disrupts the liver, preventing it from breaking down meals and harbouring more toxins in the body. In other words, working anti-social hours or shift work is bad for your health. You wouldnt really think that it would take a team of scientists to work that out would you, because Im sure wed all say how dreadful we feel whilst working odd hours. This places shift workers at a greater risk of developing conditions, such as heart disease and diabetes. The findings are particularly relevant to the four million Britons, who work unsociable shifts to fit in with todays twenty-four hour world. So there you are. If you are a shift worker, then remember it is bad for your health an! d thats official. Competition Thanks very much indeed to everyone, who entered our Fireman Sam competition. The answer of course to the voice of Thomas The Tank Engine is Ringo Starr! Thanks to everyone, who entered. The show, Fireman Sam To The Rescue is on this week at Hull New Theatre and the winner is Jason Walker from Bridlington. So well done Jason! I hope, with whoever youre going to take to see the show, that you all enjoy it! Kylie Minogue I think Ive mentioned this once or twice just recently. Although I was never really that bothered about Kylie Minogue, other than she was a pretty girl, who can sing quite well, but since her health situation and being diagnosed with cancer, Ive become an enormous fan. Shes setting such an example. Shes revealed her dramatic new image to herald her return to show business. The Australian singer and actress showed off her cropped beach blond haircut and healthy glow in her first television interview, since she was diagnosed. Kylie is thirty-eight now and shes convalescing after treatment. Shes filmed a documentary in which for the first time she talks about her year of Hell since diagnosis. It was in May last year that doctors told her that she had breast cancer. After a partial mastectomy and months of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, surgeons pronounced her cancer-free at the start of this year. She looks glowing in health now and looks just radiant. Its a great story ! and Im sure many of her fans are very pleased at her news. The interview is going to be broadcast in a couple of weeks time, so Im looking forward to seeing that. Well, that's it from me for today. Thanks very much indeed for reading the Levy Letter and join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. 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
