Hello, its Peter here and welcome to the start of another week of Levy Letters. I hope your day is going well and I hope youll be able to join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm.
As well as all the days news, on tonight's programme, we'll have the latest on the ongoing parking row in Hull. I'll be putting your concerns to the city council. More on that later. Plus I'll have the exclusive pictures of the police's crackdown on illegal off road bikes and mini motos in Scunthorpe. Many of them are uninsured and unlicensed and police are now confiscating any found to be used illegally in our neighbourhoods. I'll be talking to the hottest band in Hull, who next month will be playing alongside The Who in London and theyll be performing for us on the programme. We'll be with a shepherd as he prepares for the longest running sheep dog trials in Lincolnshire. And it's Look North's one thousandth programme. We'll be celebrating today and looking back to the early days. I hope you can join me tonight. Weekend Whatever you had planned this weekend and whatever you got up to, then I hope it went very well indeed. The weather was just appalling on Saturday. I know there were a couple of shows on, which were just a complete washout. This weekend was the Sea Shanty festival in Hull. Saturday was just dreadful for rain, but it bucked up by Sunday lunchtime. And yesterday afternoon, there was a great atmosphere down there. Well done to everyone, who took part and thanks to those people I met and I had a great time down there at the Sea Shanty festival at the Marina. If youre involved in an event, which is all in aid of a good cause and youd like a little plug, then let me know. Also, if youre with an amateur group or society and youd like a mention in the Levy Letter, then drop me a line. If youve got a problem too that you think I could help with in Leave it to Levy on the programme, then send me the details. Also, leave a contact telephone number as well. You can get me at any time, direct of course, no one else will see it, to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Television There were a couple of things to mention and one of them is Charlotte Churchs chat show. I didnt actually see it, I have to say, but readers of the Levy Letter obviously did. And theyre all telling me that its absolute rubbish. So even though a week ago, I was saying Id quite like to see it, because Im quite a big fan of hers, now Im not so sure Ill bother. She didnt sing and she tried to do comedy. Everybody seems to be moaning about the programme. The test will be today to see what the figures will be to see if its done well or not. Thanks for the emails about Charlotte Church and her new show. Does anyone disagree? Did you enjoy the programme? Slimming Slimmers have always known it, but now scientists have confirmed it your body does not want to lose weight. The latest research shows that were programmed by evolution to keep the weight on in times of famine. Obesity experts have identified a plateau effect when slimmers lose a few pounds before hitting a resistance point. From then on, they cant seem to lose any more weight. The study, which shows the human body is designed strongly to resist losing weight, was presented to the International Congress on Obesity at the weekend. So there you are. If you cant lose weight, then thats the reason why. Were programmed not to lose weight when you diet. Youll get to a certain weight and then you cant lose any more. Does that make you feel better? I hope so. Floods We will, of course, be talking about this on the programme. Two of the highest tides in twenty-five years are on their way - on Thursday this week, September 7th and again on October 7th. Thousands of homes on the coast and around major estuaries could be flooded if the natural forces of an exceptionally high tide coincide with the right weather. Or maybe I should say the wrong weather! The MET offices storm/tide forecast service is on full alert as the highest tides for twenty-five years arrive. Now if the tides coincide with particularly strong weather like cyclonic weather patterns, then the result would be catastrophic. Ill be asking Paul all about this. As you might have read yesterday in the Sunday papers, the experts at the Environment Agency are warning that places particularly under threat include the Thames estuary, Portsmouth, Cardiff and Hull. So Paul will have the forecast tonight for us as usual, but as I say, Ill be asking him about this as well. Hell be! giving us all the details about how this will be affecting us in our region. Driving If youre learning to drive at the moment or are about to take your test, then the very best of luck .One of the best driving lessons ever is from a story that the press at the weekend got hold of. I thought I would read it to you. A woman in China crashed her car, while teaching her dog to drive. The woman from Inner Mongolia decided to give the dog a try at the wheel, while she operated the accelerator and the brake. Unfortunately, she crashed into an oncoming car. So just to stress again a woman was giving her dog driving lessons! Can you believe this? Money Men need to earn about fifty thousand pounds a year, before women consider them wealthy and successful, a survey has found. One in ten women have even higher expectations looking for a salary of more than one hundred thousand pounds before they are really impressed. Men are a little less demanding. They regard women, who earn forty-two thousand pounds, as wealthy and successful. (They certainly are!!) 45% of women said that a healthy bank balance was their top priority when looking for a partner. Thats in contrast to a mere 22% of men, who said the same about women. Women also expect men to have a large stash of cash to fall back on with expectations of around £24,000 in savings. Men bank on their partners building up only about £15,000 for a rainy day. How important is money to you if youre looking for a partner? Do they need to earn as much as that or even more than that? How much do they need to have as savings for you to be impressed? Let me know. Well, that's it from me for today. Dont forget, if youve got any photographs then let me take a look. Did you take any at the weekend? If you did, then theyre probably of a rainy view, but let me have a look anyway. We might be able to use them on our Big Screen half way through the programme. Send them to me. And if at any time you have any pictures or video of anything thats happened in your local area, then think of Look North first. Wed love to have a look. Drop me a line and send them to me to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have a good day and join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm and again for a news update after the One Show at twenty-five past seven. 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