Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Wednesdays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and hope youll be able to join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm as usual. On the programme tonight, I'll have the latest on the second spate of dog poisoning cases in North East Lincolnshire. Ill have the full story on that one and will be finding out what the local council and police are doing to prevent further incidents.
And it's the penultimate day for campaigners trying to save the last Vulcan bomber. We'll reveal how the plane, famous for flying from RAF Waddington during the Cold War, could be lost forever. More on that later. Plus find out why a row has broken out in Cleethorpes over the lack of visitors to the resort staying overnight in local guest houses. We'll be putting Lincoln's new car parking system to the test, which allows motorists to pre-book their own parking space and receive updates and information direct to their mobile phone. I'll have the latest in our Homegrown series where Look North will be behind the scenes of the East Yorkshire farm shop as they prepare for their big opening. And the acclaimed actress, Maureen Lipman, will be chatting to me as she sings the praises of local landmarks. All that and Paul will be here with a forecast as usual. Talking of landmarks, there is a special vote now on to choose your favourite local landmark. Maureen Lipman will be talking about what are her favourite landmarks, but if you want to take a look and vote, then go to www.bbc.co.uk/magazine. Theres a link on that page to for Landmark Final. Click on there and then you can learn more about the final list of eight landmarks across the country. Weve got two special structures in the list Grimsby Dock Tower and the Humber Bridge. So take a look and get voting! The closing date is today. Emails Thanks for all the emails. I touched a nerve on the subject of neighbours yesterday. Im still collecting your thoughts and comments on how neighbours apparently dont get on nowadays and many of us dont know each others names either. Im going to collect them all together and read some of them out to you in the Levy Letter this week. So do you know your neighbours? Do you know their names? It says that most of us dont and that Yorkshire is one of the worst places in the country for this. London is the friendliest, can you believe that? So your thoughts on neighbours, get in touch to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Its also the same address if youve got any problems that you think I could tackle on Leave it to Levy. Do get in touch. Leave me the details and a contact telephone number as well. Cider Now, a glass of cider or scrumpy, to give it its proper name from down Somerset way, is better than an apple a day to keep the doctor away. Pardon me for being a bit slow, but I thought scrumpy was made from apples! English cider apples can help stop strokes, heart disease and cancer. It was discovered the chemicals, phenolic, which gives cider its taste and colour, can have major health benefits. Scientists will test the theory on a dozen volunteers, who will each be asked to down a pint of the drink. Their blood and urine samples will then be checked to find out if scrumpy passes the disease-fighting antioxidants into the body. So scrumpy could be good for you. It wasnt fashionable a few years back, but now cider and black seems to be a drink that Ive noticed in the pub a lot. Health Just a quick one here. Its only been running for over a year, but a project that aims to promote awareness of HIV and AIDS amongst African orphans through football has already proved popular. Coaching For Hope is run by the international service charity and gives football coaches in some of the worlds poorest communities the skills and confidence tools to provide football sessions and HIV and AIDS education for disadvantaged youngsters. A charity night has been organised to raise money for this project. Coaching For Hope was set up in July last year. There is a special charity night and its taking place on Friday. Its been organised by Dr Preea Gill, whos an anaesthetist at Hull Royal Infirmary and I promised her I would give it a mention in the Levy Letter. If youre going to support the charity on Friday, then I hope you enjoy it and we send our best wishes to the charity. Back To School Its nearly here the first day back at school for many of course. For mums, they tell me, that the first time their child goes to school is one of the most nerve wracking days in their life. Now there are some tips for calming those nerves for the first day at school. Listen when your child wants to talk about Big School. Visit the school beforehand, either by driving past or attending open days. Find out the teachers name and use it in conversation. Talk about how your childs friends will be there too. Plan ahead and establish sleep patterns. Start a sensible sleep routine several weeks before the child goes to school. Set your alarm half an hour earlier on the big day so that you feel relaxed before you leave the house. Dont worry if your child says little about their first day its normal. They will be more talkative when they settle in. If youve got children, who are just starting school, then the very best of luck to you both! Fingers crossed that there are no t! ears! And let me know how you get on. Cake Its been more than two hundred years since Marie Antoinette allegedly uttered those words Let them eat cake! Sweet toothed Britons have been doing that ever since. But now the National Trust have said they sell more than two million slices of cake a year in its tea shops. Its compiled a definitive list of Britains favourite sweet treat. Not surprisingly chocolate cake has come out on top. Anyone surprised at that? Carrot cake is at number two. Fruit cake is number three. Its interesting that carrot cake beats fruit cake. I dont think my grandmother, if she was alive today, would agree with that one! Coffee and walnut cake is at four. Victoria sponge at five. Lemon Drizzle at six. I never had that one when I was a kid either. Scones at seven, flapjack at eight, Battenberg at nine and bizarrely enough, banana cake at ten. But chocolate, carrot and fruit are our top three favourite cakes. Bethany I did an interview last night with a girl, who used to weigh thirty-four stone. Shes called Bethany and she had a stomach stapling operation. Shes now down to about thirty stone and her weight is still going down. She was the subject of a TV programme, which was on the other night on BBC3. Since I spoke to her last night, loads of people have mentioned how lovely she was and how modest she was, which I completely agree with. I had to ask her about why she ate so much food when she was younger. And that is a difficult question for her to answer. But she came across very well and shes won herself a lot of admirers around the office and with people Ive spoken with this morning. I just wanted to say that if you were interested in watching that programme again, its being repeated. Its called The 34 Stone Teenager and its on BBC3 on Thursday night at half past ten. And of course, our best wishes go out to Bethany. I hope she keeps in touch and lets us know about her prog! ress. Pictures If youve got some pictures of a view that you think I should see, then send it to me and watch out for it on the programme, because we could use it. If youve got one that youre particularly fond of, then show it to me. Either send me a version by email or send it in the post to Peter Levy, BBC Look North, Queen's Court, Queen's Gardens, Hull, HU1 3RH. If you want your hard copy back, then dont forget to include your name and address on the back of the photograph. Or email me your picture to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thats it from me for today. Join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm and look out for your Levy Letter again tomorrow. 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