Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Tuesdays Levy Letter. I have no idea when youll get this letter. We have some problems, as you might have noticed, just at the moment. Its all to do, apparently, with the BBC computer server in London, which means that the letters have got held up and in one case, Thursdays Levy Letter arrived at two thirty on Sunday afternoon! So please accept my apologies. Its not my fault. I am pressing the right buttons! Its just a computer server in London and Im told that it might take a little while to get sorted, but Im sure it will eventually.
I hope youll be able to join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm for tonights Look North as usual. At least thats not delayed! On the programme tonight, we'll be looking at the performance of our police force as, yet again, Humberside Police have been named as the worst performing force in the country. I'll be trying to get some answers from the Chief Constable on these new figures. And we'll be finding out what it means for Lincolnshire Police and how they could better improve their service for the residents of Lincolnshire. Ill have the full story on that tonight. They seem to divide opinion, whenever I talk about them on the programme, but how do you fancy never having another electricity bill? We'll be meeting the families putting up their own wind turbines in their own gardens and on the houses. Ive mentioned it in the Levy Letter before about the new turbines you can buy from a well known DIY store that you can attach to your house. The law will be changing shortly so that you dont even need planning permission for these turbines. Well be talking to the families in Lincolnshire about why theyre keen to generate their own electricity. Also tonight, we'll be meeting a man from Hull, who's making his living as a professional ten pin bowler. And we'll be in the Oxfam shop in Lincoln where BBC's Cash in the Attic antiques expert, Jonty Hearnden, is there valuing the donated goods! Perhaps there are a few bargains there! Well be finding out. Ill also be talking to the acclaimed writer, Ian Rankin. Hes coming to Lincoln today to talk about his new book. Tune in tonight to find out how you could win a copy of this! Thats tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. I hope you can join me then. And also Paul will have the forecast. Peace and Quiet We all like a bit of peace and quiet when we go to the countryside, but now theyve made a list of the top ten most tranquil places and the top ten of the least tranquil places in the UK. And we do really well on this one! The sixth most tranquil place in the UK is Lincolnshire and the seventh is the East Riding of Yorkshire. Thats only beaten by Northumberland, Cumbria, North Yorkshire, Durham and Devon. Its quite surprising that Durham is in there and Cornwall isnt there at all. Not that Im biased of course! But Lincolnshire and East Riding are at number six and seven. The worst places for tranquillity are Slough, Greater London, Luton, West Midlands, Blackpool, Portsmouth, Southampton, Derby, Reading and Bournemouth. Theres no great surprises there. Tranquillity, apparently, is one of the greatest benefits that we can all get. So there you are. Thats a new list thats just published from the Campaign to Protect Rural England. They asked more than thirteen hundred pe! ople to define what tranquillity is. The top answers were a natural landscape, bird song, peace and quiet, natural looking woodland and seeing the stars. Lincolnshire and the East Riding did extremely well on that one. Orange Well, the future is orange and the future is up 30p a litre! A world shortage of juicy oranges could force up the price in shops by 30p a litre according to growers. Frost and floods in many growing areas and hurricanes in Florida have produced one of the worst crops on record. The price warning came from the Serious Food Company, which makes around half of the freshly squeezed orange juice on sale in the UK supermarket shelves. So be warned! Orange juice is on the way up. Speaking Clock If you saw Look North last night, then youll know about this hunt for the new speaking clock to be replaced after twenty one years by a member of the public. A national wide competition is being launched to find the new announcer. Contestants will submit a telephone recording of their voices and all the proceeds will go to Children In Need. The winner will be announced on Children In Need night on the 17th November. If you want to take part then there is a special telephone number to call that we gave out on Look North last night. And it is 09067 533 533. So have fun doing that and all the best of luck. It could be you! It would be great if it was someone from our part of the world. There is every chance, apparently, that this time the speaking clock could have a regional accent. So the very best of luck. And talking of Children In Need, there are only a few tickets left for the Evening With Peter Levy with our star guests and Paul as well. If you want to be there, then book soon. Go to the Hull Truck box office in person or give them a call on 01482 323638. Walnuts Sales of walnuts have rocketed after research, two weeks ago, indicated that they could keep heart disease at bay. One supermarket has seen sales of organic walnut kernels surge by 80% in two weeks. Sales of pre-packed organic walnuts in shells have risen by 72%. Two weeks ago, it was reported that scientists found that eating a handful of nuts a day could keep heart disease at bay by preventing fatty foods from damaging the arteries. Since then everybody has been eating walnuts. If you have, then you can eat them guilt free for once, so enjoy! Well, that's it from me for today. Join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. Dont forget, if youve got a problem or an issue or a story that you think we should know about, then drop me a line and give me the details. The address, as usual if you want to get in touch with me, is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or if its urgent, then give me a call on 01482 323232! Take care, see you tonight, 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
