Hello, it's Peter here and welcome to Tuesdays 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 and Paul will have the forecast.
On tonight's programme, I'll have the latest on the renewed efforts to get the Humber Bridge debt written off and the tolls reduced. This has been a very long running campaign and I know it has a lot of support. Today a delegation has gone to Westminster to put their case to government ministers. Ill have the latest on this tonight. Also on the programme, we'll find out more about the potential terror threat to Easington gas terminal. Armed patrols are now protecting the site from today. Ill be getting the full story on why they are so concerned about this gas terminal in our region. And should ancient trees be given the same protection as ancient buildings? Well, we'll meet the campaigners, who want to see trees, like the Belton oak, protected for future generations. This old oak tree started life as a sapling when Henry the Eighth was on the throne! Can you believe that? And well be speaking to the campaigners who think it should be protected. And this isnt for the squeamish! We'll have a stretchy man from Grimsby on the show. His unique ability to stretch his skin has earned him a place on the tour with the Circus of Horrors. Ill be meeting him tonight! All that on BBC One at 6.30pm. I hope you can join me then. Emails Thanks for the emails on a variety of subjects. Keep them coming in. If youre involved with something for charity and youd like a plug, then get in touch. And if youre involved with an amateur production thats coming up, then do let me know. Or if youve got a problem that you think I might be able to tackle on Leave it to Levy, then the address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont forget, if you have any pictures and photographs that youre particularly proud of that we can show on the Big Screen, half way through the programme, then its the same address to send it to. If its a good one, then look out for it on the programme in the next few weeks. Chewing Gum It sounds like a dream come true, doesnt it? - an appetite suppressing chewing gum, which will stop the soaring obesity epidemic and could save millions of lives. Its being developed by British scientists. Theyve identified a drug based on a natural hormone, which mimics the bodys feeling for response. This will be seen as a huge step towards curbing the spiralling scourge of obesity, which threatens to cripple the NHS and researchers have fast tracked the development of the drug. Its an anti-appetite suppressing chewing gum and could be on sale in the not too distant future. It follows on from our story last night with the gentleman, who needed a knee operation and because of his Body Mass Index he had been refused. Any stories like that, or if theres a story that you think we should know about, then of course get in touch and let me know. Australian Breakfast This is a date for your diaries. I went last year and had a great time meeting you all. Its the Great Australian Breakfast in Lincoln on Sunday 28th January. Its at the Lawns in Lincoln, up at the top of the hill near the Castle, so its a lovely setting. Presenters from Radio Lincolnshire will be there and I will be as well. So pop along on the morning of Sunday 28th January for the Great Australian Breakfast. Its for lots of very worthy causes and charities in Lincolnshire, so I look forward to seeing you there! January If youre finding yourself waking up regularly at the moment in the middle of the night, well, youre far from alone. January is the most sleepless month of the year. 3am is the time when real life stresses are most likely to rise to the surface in your subconscious, turning dreams into nightmares and waking us up. One out of five adults regularly experience anxiety hour in the middle of the night, waking up to worry about finances, family issues, stress and work. As a result, a predicted 49% of sleep-starved Britons are liable to throw a sickie at work later in the day. So if youre waking up in bed at 3am, worrying about all sorts, then youre not alone! It seems half the country are doing the same. The good news is that January is the worst month of the year and it does get easier! And were already at 16th of January, so not long to go now! And if you look at the clock at about twenty-past four, then there is still a little bit of light out there. Just think, just before! Christmas, it was dark at quarter to four. So we are in fact getting there and summer will be here in the not too distant future, albeit slowly! Weight I was talking about that chewing gum earlier. I see the latest craze to get fit is not going to the gym or going running, but its the traditional game of hula hoops! Ive not seen hula hoops since I was a kid, but the revival is being promoted by a big campaign at the moment and also many people are trying it on the TV. It is the latest craze and its great for the hips! Youll shed pounds, and get fit and look sexier, according to Beyonce, who is heavily into hula hoops apparently. So all you need is a hula hoop and they are dirt cheap! Well, that's it from me for today. Just a reminder that if you know someone, whos not signed up for a Levy Letter and you think they would like one, then point them in the direction of either one of the two addresses at the bottom of the page. Tell them to click on there, sign up and theyll then get their first daily email from me the following day. Thanks for reading. Have a very good day and Ill see you for Look North on BBC One at 6.30pm. 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