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.
As well as all the days news, on tonight's programme well be continuing to look at the illegal and uninsured mini motorbikes in our region. Many people have emailed me in to tell me how they think they are dangerous when driven around estates and villages and how noisy they are too. Weve been reporting on Humberside Polices crackdown on these bikes where many of these motorbikes have been confiscated and crushed. Well, we'll be looking at a new way to deal with them in Hull, which has just been announced. Ill have the full story for you tonight. And you may not be aware, but we have one of the best examples of a Victorian kitchen garden in our region at Normanby Hall. The wonderful park is just outside of Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire and there are some lovely gardens and deer park and I think they have open air concerts there every so often. Well worth a look if youre in the region. Gardener's World will be filming there today and Look North will be joining them to find out why this garden is so special. I'll have the latest in our Coast series in Mablethorpe looking at how the coast and the sea have changed the lives for many people in our region. And we'll be live at Sleaford train station tonight at the launch of a new music train. Sounds very bizarre doesnt it? Find out more tonight about that! Plus we all know we should recycle more. Weve heard a lot recently about councils changing the way they collect our rubbish with different bins for different types of rubbish. Im sure were all finding it quite difficult to sort out our rubbish. So tonight on the programme, I'll be finding out how new technology, being produced in Lincoln, could make it all so much easier! More on that later and of course Paul will be here with the detailed weather forecast. Emails Thanks for all the emails on a variety of subjects. Theres one here from Daphne making reference to something I was talking about before I went away. She says, You were talking about the people in Bristol, who couldnt have doormats. Well, over the weekend, I heard on the radio that the council have had a change of heart and people can have their mats back after all. Power to the people! So that was the story about the council taking doormats away, because they are a trip hazard! Holidaymakers I see from a report out today that holidaymakers from Yorkshire and Lincolnshire are getting more adventurous, according to a new survey, which found that one in ten wanted adventure and action rather than relaxation in their holiday. Women are more adventurous than men and the most adventurous travellers come from the East Coast. And also, one in six holidaymakers from Yorkshire and Lincolnshire take a naturist holiday! There you are. Thats from a survey just out today! Career VS Money Young British women are more independent than ever before according to some figures just out. And most women prefer a successful career than finding a wealthy husband. Instead of inspiring to be a footballers wife, like Colleen McLoughlin and living the lifestyle of a WAG, women would rather be like J K Rowling or BBC news presenter, Fiona Bruce and own their fortune. Around 88% of those questioned said that they put their career ahead of finding a rich partner. So the days of finding a rich man allegedly are over! Pictures Dont forget if youve got a picture that you think we could show on the programme, then email it to me. And if youve got a problem or a story that you think we could do on the programme, then drop me a line. Its the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debt You might have heard this story on the news just yesterday, but it is fascinating. The average person in this country has got £3000 worth of debt. Well, for many youngsters, especially ex-graduates, that will seem like nothing. Many of them have £16,000 or £18,000 worth of debt, but debt has become a way of life for young people, with record numbers being plunged into insolvency, according to these figures. Now the number of under-thirties declaring themselves insolvent has nearly doubled between March and August compared with the same time last year. Thats frightening isnt it? The study shows that around a hundred and ten thousand young people owe more than £5000 on their credit cards and around 2.4 million eighteen to twenty-four year olds have unsecured debts of up to £3000. If you want to comment on that then get in touch. Now as somebody, who enjoyed the seventies more than any other decade, then its great to read that many of the leading shopping and grocery brands from the 1970s are staging a revival. The type of thing that Im talking about is Blue Nun wine and those matches. Do you remember those matches where we used to use the bottle and you could buy a bulb holder that had some plastic on the bottom and you could stick it into an old wine bottle and you could make a table lamp out of it? Do you remember that? Cinzano is back in fashion. Smash do you remember the Smash men back on the telly? And Spam! This is according to the trade magazine, The Grocer. High street industry experts have spotted a gap in the market for old favourites. Many of these items are back on the shelves! Alongside watching programmes like Starsky and Hutch, The Dukes of Hazzard and Shaft, The Bee Gees and 10CC were playing on the radio. So there you are. Watch out for the old seventies brands back on the shelv! es, like Cinzano advertised by Joan Collins and Leonard Rossiter. Well, that's it from me for today. Join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. 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