Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Fridays 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. Ill have all the days news, plus find out why nursery school managers say that they may be forced to cut back on free places for toddlers. They say that their state-funded nurseries are heading for financial crisis, because theyre claiming that the County Council is failing to pass on all the money provided by government. Well be in Grantham tonight to find out more about the nurseries concerns.
Also tonight, we have a special report on the Boston businessman providing a controversial service allowing schools and businesses to hire drug sniffing dogs. Im sure youll have a view on this one. What do you think though? Get in touch with me during the day. Let me know if you think that this sounds like a good idea to protect our children in schools? Get in touch to [EMAIL PROTECTED] We'll also visit a North Lincolnshire village, which has been sent back to the dark ages after a series of power cuts. Businesses say theyre suffering and residents are furious. Well try and get some answers from YEDL for them. It's one of the biggest weekends of the year for Hull. We'll be live at Hull Fair - Europe's biggest travelling event. And we'll have special previews of the Robins and Black & Whites games as they both battle for glory. And I'll be speaking to Pulitzer prize winning author, Frank McCourt as he heads to our region. More about Frank later in the Levy Letter. And also Paul will have the forecast as usual. Join me tonight, if you can, at the usual time of half past six. Well, the week is nearly over. I hope its been a good one for you. And Im sure youre looking forward to the weekend. Of course, the weekend forecast is pretty lousy. I dont want to do Pauls job for him, but maybe youd like to be pre-warned about the awful weather coming up. But well get all the details from Paul tonight. But whatever youve got planned, then I hope it goes well, but remember your brollie! Dont forget, as I mentioned on the TV last night that we have the highest tides in Hull that weve seen for twenty years. Theres two dates Saturday and then one day next week. But tomorrows tides are the highest weve seen for twenty years. 6.42am is the high tide on Saturday morning and then in the evening at 7.23pm. So if you live near the water, like me at Victoria Dock, then Im sure youll be keeping a look out! Books After I mentioned Kathryn Apanowiczs book yesterday, loads of you have been writing in talking about good books that are out at the moment. Ill mention some of those over the next few days. Of course Kathryns book is all about Richard Whiteley and is out now. And so is the new story all about his childhood life by Alan Titchmarsh, which I mentioned yesterday as well. Theres also another book, which looks extremely interesting. If youre fascinated by dreams and what they mean, then this might be of interest. Of course, some people dream more than others. Well, theres the encyclopaedia of twenty thousand dreams, which has just been published. It looks like a really good read, so look out for that one. And tonight, theres the author of a new book called Teacher Man by Frank McCourt. Hes the best selling author with Angelas Ashes and hell be talking to me on the programme. Frank is on his way to the Beverley Literature festival, which is next week. Also Lord Roy Hatter! sley is going there as well and I was talking to him last night on the programme. Shoes The price of most shoes, which is bad news for the ladies here, is likely to rise by up to £4 a pair. Why is this? Well, this prospect follows an EU decision to levy an import charge of up to 16.5% on leather shoes from Asia. Can you believe that? European manufacturers, especially those in Italy and France, have complained that cheap imports from China and Vietnam were damaging their business. So expensive shoes, apart from those from Italy and France, will be going up by £4 a pair! Medical Breakthrough Any medical stories always go down quite well in the Levy Letter. Theres a new drug that stops people going blind later in life and could help some people regain their vision, according to researchers. Around twenty six thousand people in this country could benefit from using Lucentis. This is designed to combat the wet form of age related macular degeneration. AMD normally affects the over sixties. The wet form progresses quickly and can cause blindness. So thats a good medical breakthrough and a new drug, which could help blindness. Children In Need Children In Need is only a few weeks away now and therell be more details about this in Mondays Levy Letter that I dont want you to miss. It will be all about a special fundraising event, which you might like to come along to. Therell be details of that in the Levy Letter, so look out for it in Mondays edition! Tea I probably drink too much tea. Im sure theres too much caffeine in it. I did say that I would cut down on coffee, which I did do, but now Im drinking too much tea, so I dont know what I should do. In time of trouble, Britons have always taken comfort in a cup of tea and theyre right to do so, so say scientists. Theyve found that the average cup really does have restorative powers. According to researchers, regular tea drinkers are able to de-stress far more quickly. See, Im able to de-stress far more quickly! Thats surely a good thing in this newsroom! If you are a tea drinker, then drink it with a clear conscience! Well, that's it from me for today. Have a very good weekend. Dont forget, if youve got a digital camera and youre taking any pictures over the weekend and you capture a particularly scenic view or Autumnal view, then send it to me. And of course look out for it on the programme next week. Also, if youve got a problem or an issue that you would like us to deal with on the programme in Leave it to Levy, then drop me a line to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me the details, tell me the story and also give me a contact telephone number for you as well. Thats it from me. Look out for your Levy Letter again on Monday. 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