Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Thursdays Levy Letter. I hope your day is good and I hope you can join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm for all the days news.
On tonight's programme, we'll have a report on a series of racist attacks on Polish people living in Grimsby. Ill have the full story on that one. And we'll have an exclusive report on the concerns over a possible staffing crisis at Grantham hospital following an email leaked to the Look North newsroom. More on that later. I'll be speaking to the parking watchdog about the ongoing row over the parking attendants in Hull. This has really got you hot under the collar. Ive had so many emails from you about this, so thank you very much indeed for all of those. Ill be putting forward your concerns tonight on the programme. We'll have the latest at the Burghley Horse Trials as the toughest equestrian challenge gets underway and well be meeting the latest rising star in the competition. Hes Oliver Townend and hes the brilliant young Yorkshire Rider who we will be following during the event. Its a wonderful success story for our region. Also tonight, Grimsby MP Austin Mitchell will be telling me about his thoughts over Tony Blair's troubles in Downing Street. And Look North will be looking back at the smuggling routes on our East Coast. So a very busy programme. I hope you can join me tonight. And of course Paul will be with us for the forecast. Students How things have changed since my days at the Hammersmith College For Further Education! Mind you that was many years ago. We didnt even have calculators in those days. We had something called the slide rule. Did anybody else ever wrestle with the slide rule? And the teacher had an enormous slide rule, which was about eight foot long on her platform at the front of the class. I never really understood what slide rules were all about, but then that probably doesnt surprise you! Anyway, I digress. A college is handing out free Ipods to students so that they can listen to lectures at their leisure. Thats nice isnt it? This is at South Kent college, which is down in Dover. The £100 Ipod Nanos were given out as students enrolled in their courses yesterday. Its a hard hard life isnt it? Your views on that and indeed on anything else, all gratefully received. Get in touch to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apparently the Ipods could be a subliminal tool to allow students to learn as the! y carry on with their normal everyday activities. Well, its a hard life isnt it? Diet Eating a handful of nuts could help keep your heart healthy, claim doctors. Just two portions of nuts a week cuts the risk of dying from a heart attack by 11%, according to a new major study. Experts say that findings from research involving almost four hundred thousand people and shows that even a small amount of nuts in the diet could help beat heart disease. Well, Im one step ahead of the pack there, because since the start of the year, Ive been doing the old Gillian McKeith diet. I am actually already in there and munching on my daily nut intake. So thats one thing I dont need to worry about. Extras It was the comedy that Ricky Gervais did after his hit smash, The Office and its called Extras. One series has already come out with many guest stars. The most memorable episode from the first series was with guest star, Les Dennis. He was very funny in it and of course Kate Winslet as well. Several people have emailed in to ask if we could have Ricky on the show. Well, I dont think we can to be honest, because Ricky hasnt done anything locally. But I can tell you, because Ive heard this on the quiet, that a new series of Extras is on the way with more guest stars. Now theyre trying to keep the list quiet, but I gather that one of them will be with Keith Chegwin and also Richard and Judy. So that promises to be good. Ive got the first series on DVD now and Im looking forward to the new series immensely. Not sure when it starts though. Soon I hope! Telephone Telephony Can you imagine this scenario? The phone rings and on the end of the line is the very person that you were just thinking about. Its amazing isnt it? According to a new study, this is no coincidence. Doctor Rupert Sheldrake believes that its a case of telephone telephony. His research suggests that those on the receiving end could correctly guess whos ringing 45% of the time. So when you imagine whos calling you, then 45% of the time you will get it right. This is far more frequent than if its just down to chance alone. His controversial research was presented to the British Association Festival of Science, where obviously lots of scientists have nothing better to do than guess whos on the other end of the phone! They questioned the reliability of his study, which involved only four people! And said that there was no evidence that telephony was anything more than a charlatans fantasy. How could you do research with just four people? Well, telephone telephony? Do you b! elieve in it or not? Jeremy Clarkson Jeremy has enraged Lincolnshire several times just recently, but now he has zoomed ahead of his rivals to be named as televisions Personality of the Year at the GQ awards this week. The Sun columnist and Top Gear host was presented with his gong by Rod Stewarts fiancé Penny Lancaster. So Jeremy is TVs Personality of the Year as voted by GQ readers. Well, thats a lads mag, so theyre bound to like him! The former Doctor Who star, Billie Piper, was Woman of the Year and Big Brother host, Russell Brand, was the most stylish man. I hate to say it, but Ive never heard of him! Whats On If youre involved in any event and youd like a plug, then get in touch. Christina writes In your Levy Letter you are asking for any events. Well, please read the following. We need a plug. We especially need to get the tickets for the quiz night sold. So if you can give it a mention, then I would be very grateful. This is Advice Week Quiz Night and its on Tuesday 12th September from 7.30pm til late. There are bar prizes. This is at Hull YPI on Chanterlands avenue, which is next to the crematorium. Tickets are £1 each with teams of five for £5 or teams of ten for £10. If you want to give Christina a call, then ring her on 01482 336161. Thats the Advice Week run by the Citizens Advice bureau and their quiz night on Tuesday 12th September. Theres another note here from Maureen. She says, Im Brown Owl of the second Welton Brownies. On Thursday 21st of September, we are celebrating our 30th anniversary. We have placed an advertisement in every Welton and Dunholme news since January this year. Ive only had two phone calls to date. Well, where are the Brownies then, which have been associated with the unit since its start? Anyone, whos been a Brownie, young leader or unit helper or guider, please ask them to get in touch. Weve had these adverts in, but not one Brownie has got in touch in the village. If you want to get in touch with Maureen, whos a Brown Owl at Welton near Lincoln, then give her a call. Her telephone number is 01522 812470. Well, that's it from me for today. Join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. 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
