Hello its Peter here, and welcome to Tuesdays Levy Letter. I hope your days going well, and youll be able to join me tonight at half past six for tonights Look North. Well have all the days news, and Paul will have the forecast...
Coming up tonight, well have the police investigation into the suspicious death of a woman in Bridlington. We look at another new initiative to stop graffiti on our streets. There have been a few schemes targeting young people lately. Anybody remember the mosquito siren? Prince Charles is in our region to visit RAF Waddington. This is his first visit to RAF Waddington since he flew out of it to Scotland in 1979 apparantly. Well be at the funeral of Hull Rugby Legend, Peter "Flash" Flanagan. Well also meet the former Status Quo drummer campaigning for the deaf. His years behind the Status Quo drum kit have irreparably damaged his hearing. No jokes please about the effects of listening to Status Quo And a British legend, or a load of rubbish? We visit the museum that's paid good money to restore an Austin Allegro to its former glory. Yesterday Well you got through it! If you were feeling particularly down and fed up yesterday then it was Blue Monday - the experts say the unhappiest day of the entire year. Christmas bills, failed new years resolutions, and nasty weather combined to make yesterday the gloomiest day in the calendar. The good news is that we got through it and we are onwards and upwards! The evenings are starting to get that little bit lighter as well. It stays light now until about 4:25 in the afternoon, so things are getting better. Were through the worst day of the year. Babies Women are paying £2,500 for a baby planner to take care of the organisational aspects of having a child. It means they can hand over the task of choosing a pushchair, a pregnancy class, and even a nanny to another woman. The service is growing in popularity amongst those with busy working lives who have little time to prepare for babys arrival. It all seems a bit clinical, doesnt it? Its something called Baby Planners, which describes itself as an all-embracing service for women expecting their first baby. All the work is done by somebody else, all youve got to have is two and a half thousand pounds. Im sure thatll be a big hit in Hull and surrounding districts. Not. Weather Paul of course will have the weather forecast tonight, and therell be weather updates on BBC Radio Humberside and BBC Radio Lincolnshire throughout the day, but according to one of the tabloids, winter will finally arrive this week with temperatures going as low as -9 degrees Celsius. Do we believe what the tabloids say about weather? Well as I told you a few weeks back, Paul told me that the tabloids have told the Met office that if they put a weather story on the front page, they sell an awful lot more papers. So theres no surprise why they like the old weather stories. As I say, Paul will have the full weather forecast tonight at half past six. Dont forget, if youve got a nice weather picture, or a nice sunset or anything really that you think would be good to show on the programme then do get in touch at the usual address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australian Breakfast Weve got a great charity event coming up, which I hope you can get involved with. Its called the Great Australian Breakfast and its on the morning of Sunday 28th January. It starts at 8.30 in the morning, and all the proceeds go to lots of very deserving charities in Lincolnshire. Its a barbeque style breakfast, and its held at The Lawns in Lincoln. Have you ever been to the Lawns? Well, its a lovely place. Its up at the top of the hill in Lincoln, very close to the Castle walls. Its a very relaxing place up there and some spectacular views of the city of Lincoln can be found from just down the road. It is definitely worth climbing up the steep hill in the city for that. So pop along to the Great Australian Breakfast on the morning of Sunday 28th January. Ill be there and so will the presenters from BBC Radio Lincolnshire. I hope to be able to meet you there! Bankrupt Thousands of women are advised to declare themselves bankrupt, but refuse to because theyre too ashamed, according to a new study. Their reluctance to tackle their debt in this way leaves them facing even greater problems. The Consumer Credit Counselling service says that many of those who they recommend to go bankrupt are women. Three quarters of these are single. However, more than half refuse, seeing it as a sign of shame and failure to go bankrupt. I think you can understand that. Many of the older women have been plunged into sudden financial crisis by the break up of a relationship or job loss. The average debt of those recommended to declare themselves bankrupt and you always think it must be a huge sum is £30,293. That was made up mainly of credit card borrowing, and loans and overdrafts. Sat Nav Theft Thieves are stealing satellite navigation systems from cars so that they can burgle the owners house while theyre out, according to the Police. Criminals take the gadgets from vehicles parked in public places, and use details stored on them to find out the owners address. They then burgle the house, knowing that the owner is likely to be out with their car of course. Yesterday, the police urged motorists to wipe their details from satellite navigation systems. Theyre warning motorists to be on their guard. Whats interesting is that I didnt even know that you had to put your home details on the sat nav system, but the advice from police is dont do it. Well thats it from me today. Dont forget, if youve got a story that you think we might like to use on the programme, or that would make interesting viewing, or one that we might not know about, then drop me a line and give me the details. If youve got a problem that you think we might be able to deal with on Leave it to Levy, then the address as usual is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for reading, enjoy your afternoon, and join us tonight for Look North at half past six on BBC One. 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
