Hello, it's Peter here. Welcome to Thursdays Levy Letter. I hope your day's going well and you'll be able to join me tonight on BBC One at half past six. We'll have all the day's news and Paul will have the forecast as usual.
We'll be live tonight on Look North from the special planning meeting that will decide whether Grimsby Town will get the controversial new football stadium they've been waiting for. Well be there with the reaction. We'll be with the fish and chip shop owner prosecuted for throwing out the wrong sort of rubbish. For centuries, it was one of Lincolnshire's most popular past times. We'll be looking at why Fen Skating is coming to an end. And on the eve of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery, in which Hulls own William Wilberforce played a key role, we'll have a special report from Sierra Leone where some children are still living as slaves. Hull is twinned with the capital of Sierra Leone, Freetown, so we in this region have a special tie to the African country. Its amazing to think that some people still live in those conditions, and we sent a team out there to bring back a first hand report. Of course well have all the rest of the days news and stories from our region, so dont miss it, tonights Look North on BBC One tonight at six thirty as usual. Response On last nights programme, we were talking about the dog attack that we had in Skegness. We had a huge response last night after an interview from the Dogs Trust, which is the new name for the Canine Defence League. We had lots of messages, mostly in support of the guest that we had on the programme last night, blaming the owners, rather than the dogs. There was a big response on that, so thank you very much indeed for all of those. If you want to email in, of course to the Levy Letter, then the address is the same as usual [EMAIL PROTECTED] We were also talking about the story of somebody being discharged from hospital in the middle of the night. We had a big response on that as well, again a story which came from a viewer to Look North. If you have a story or something that you think I should know about that would make a story for Look North then ring me if its urgent, or just email me at the usual address and leave the rest to me. Kylie Kylie Minogue has been voted Favourite Aussie by people in Britain, according to a new report just out today. The singer beat the other Australian favourites Rolf Harris, Olivia Newton John, Nicole Kidman, Jason Donovan, and Dame Edna Everage. So no surprises there, Kylie Minogue is the most popular Australian in this country. Yorkshire Talking of nationalities, anyone born and bred in Yorkshire will happily tell you that they are Yorkshire through and through, but some sons of Britains proudest county may be a tiny little bit less Yorkshire than they thought. Their roots may lie more in Lagos than in Leeds. Doctors have discovered that some Yorkshiremen carry a rare gene previously only found in folk of West African descent. The men are all white, they have the same typically Yorkshire surname, and were unaware that they had African ancestry. Now their surname begins with the letter R, which means that Geoff Boycott and Michael Parkinson are definitely not in contention. The name itself cant be revealed because not all the men who went in this trial gave their consent to being identified when taking part in the medical research done at Leicester University. However, the possibilities could include Ramsden, Ramsbottom, Ripley, or Readyhough. Out of 18 men tested, 7 had the HGA1 gene, which is passed on fr! om father to son. Its an extraordinary story, you would think it would be a sort of April fools story, but it isnt April the first and it was as I read. Australian Breakfast The morning for the Great Australian Breakfast is coming up. Its this Sunday morning from 8.30am at The Lawn in Lincoln. Its all in aid of some really great charities in Lincolnshire, so I hope youll be able to support this. Ill be popping along and lots of BBC Radio Lincolnshire presenters will be there as well. So I hope to see you there this Sunday. Breast Cancer Women can halve their risk of breast cancer by eating a diet rich in wholemeal bread, and wholegrain cereals, according to researchers. They say that dietary fibre, particularly cereal fibre can protect against the killer disease in younger women. It gave no protection, however to those whove gone through the menopause. The research which has been done in Yorkshire, suggested that women should eat at least 30 grams of fibre a day, the governments recommended intake. Fibre can be found in everything from bran flakes to broccoli, and a typical bowl of bran flakes gives five grams of fibre, and two slices of wholemeal bread gives four grams, and a medium sized apple gives three. So women can halve their risk of breast cancer by eating wholemeal bread and wholegrain cereal, interesting research, and again, that research was done in this county. Slim Well its the month when everybodys trying to lose weight, so many people are on diets, therere so many books and videos around, for many women, struggling to keep slim can seem like a lifetime addiction. Well in fact its more like 31 years. This is how long the average woman spends on a diet over the course of her life, according to researchers. British women spend on average 6 months a year counting calories, and more than a fifth are on a permanent diet. Well the average man spends 28 years slimming, according to a poll for a food company. This actually means that a woman is on a diet for 31 years of her life, which is slightly depressing, isnt it? Anyway, thats it from me today, dont forget that if youve got anything you want to say, keep those emails coming in, and those pictures as well for the big screen, all to the usual address. Have a very good afternoon, and join me tonight on Look North on BBC One at half past six. Bye for now. 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