Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Tuesdays Levy Letter. I hope your Tuesday is going well and I hope youll be able to join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm for tonights Look North. Ill have all the days news and also a special report on our health in our region. As new figures are released showing that one third of people in Boston are obese, we'll have a special report on the health problems in the town and region. Apparently, we all drink, smoke and eat too much! Do you think thats true? Well, well have more on that later.
Also tonight, we'll finding out about the seventy-two refugees, who arrived in Hull six months ago. We'll be looking at how they've settled in and whether or not theyve felt welcomed to this country and our city. We'll be chatting with the author of a new book all about Lincolnshire dialect and Conningsby may not be the obvious place for a day out, but for plane spotters, it's the only place to go. We'll find out how this hobby boosts the local economy. And as calls are put out for darts to become an Olympic sport, then we'll be finding out about a new School of Excellence for darts to be set up in Hull. All that tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. I hope you can join me. Panto I was talking about panto in yesterdays Levy Letter. Theres a bit more to add to that. Theyve been blamed for fuelling the national obesity epidemic, but now chips are going to be given a boost to their image. A deal has been done between a chip manufacturer and Qdos, the worlds biggest pantomime producer. Its going to put chips into the plot of, can you believe, Aladdin, Cinderella and Dick Whittington, at more than twenty venues across the country. Its all a big promotional thing of course. In a bid to keep the sponsors happy, theyre going to sing, halfway through the pantomime, Food Glorious Food, or something like that. Theyre going to sing Chips Glorious Chips to the tune of Lionel Barts tune from Oliver. How chips can suddenly make an appearance in the middle of Dick Whittington leaves a lot to the imagination! And just a reminder that Dick Whittington is actually our own Radio Humberside pantomime this year. Details, of course, on how to get tickets for this,! will be given out nearer the time. An Evening With Talking of tickets, just a reminder, were planning a big show for Children In Need. Its called an Evening with Peter Levy and its on Sunday November the 12th. Ill be there to host the evening at the Hull Truck theatre. Therell be guests and live music as well and all the proceeds are going to raise money for Children In Need. So its an Evening with Peter Levy and its on Sunday 12th November at Hull Truck theatre. If youd like to come along and join me and Id love you to be there, then the tickets are £15.00 and £12.50 for concessions and theyre available from the Hull Truck theatre box office. The Hull Truck number is 01482 323638 so get booking your tickets! Credit Cards Britains love affair with the credit card is cooling off rapidly it seems. Lending on cards fell by three hundred and eleven million pounds last month. Can you believe that? Its the first fall for years since the country was gripped by recession back in 1994. But some nineteen of the biggest credit card companies have pushed up interest rates sharply in recent weeks, so its the end of the plastic meltdown and we have fallen out of love with credit cards. I have to say that Im one of the few people, whove never actually had one. Leave it to Levy Dont forget if you have a problem or an issue that you think we might be able to tackle on the programme one night, then give me the story and the problem and also a contact telephone number as well. Drop me a line either to the BBC reception at Queens Court on 01482 323232 or directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baldness Well, the cure could be only three or four years away, according to some articles just out. Hundreds of tiny jabs in the scalp could tackle hair loss, which is dreaded by all men. At last there is some hope for fellas, who at the moment are limited to choosing between a comb over, a toupee or a transplant. Well, scientists, working on a cure for baldness, believe they could perfect the technique by the end of the decade. Their remedy, which involves a series of injections, has improved hair growth in almost three quarters of those tested. Now the government, perhaps hoping to win votes from the nations 7.4 million baldies, has backed this research with 1.9 million pounds of tax payers money. The treatment actually centres on tiny scalp cells called dermal papilla found at the bottom of the hair follicle. They are responsible for the growth of new hair. So a baldness cure could be available by 2010! Waste We often put these pleas into the Levy Letter and youre always great at getting in touch with me. And Ive got another one for you. Loads of you have got in touch about the problems you have with your rubbish bins and the council collections of rubbish. Well, are you a family that has problems recycling your household waste? Do you struggle with the different bins provided by your council? Are your refuse collections frequent enough to cope with your waste? Or would you like to recycle more, but your council doesn't have the right system in place to help you? Look North is planning some special coverage on the subject of waste and recycling and we'd like your help. Please get in touch with us. We want to know all about your situation and we may want to feature you and your rubbish on the programme. So if you dont mind us rummaging through your rubbish on television, then get in touch! Email me and tell me about your rubbish! I cant believe Im saying that! Tell me about y! our rubbish gripes and email me to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you could be featured in our special programme all about rubbish. Guests Dont forget, if theres a guest that youd like to see interviewed on the programme, then drop me a line and let me know. Or if youve got a story that you think I should know about, then get in touch at the usual address. Thanks very much indeed for reading the Levy Letter. If you know someone, whos not signed up, then get them to go to either one of the two addresses at the bottom of the page and get them to sign up. Theyll then get their daily Levy Letter from me from the day after. Thanks very much indeed for reading. Join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. 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
