Hello, it's Peter here and welcome to todays Levy Letter. Its Thursday already and its the start of a new month as well! The weekend is looming. Ill have all the days news and of course the detailed forecast will be coming from Paul. The rumours are, as Im writing this first thing on Thursday morning, that today is going to be even milder than yesterday. And it was the mildest day of the year so far. Even though theres only been a month of this year, the weather is exceptionally mild. There were those unusual pictures of daffodils in the garden already on the main news last night. But if youve got any pictures as well of bulbs springing up already, then send them to me. And indeed about anything else get in touch too. We had a Leave it to Levy last night on the programme calling for people to help the Louth Rescue Team. They wanted people to be bodies to help train their dogs to find them! Well, do you fancy getting drooled on by a search and rescue dog? If you do, o! r if like them youve got a problem too that you think I could help with, then get in touch. Its the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for the emails so far on all the subjects weve covered this week.
On tonight's programme, find out why Austin Mitchell is ashamed to be a Labour MP today. We'll be getting reaction from his constituency in Grimsby to his controversial remarks today. And well be getting the latest on the deportation case that Austin has taken to heart. Weve been following the plight of the Bokhari family from Grimsby, who were deported in a dawn raid from their home in Grimsby. Austin has pledged to help them and Ill be speaking to him tonight on the programme. Plus find out how one parish council in North Lincolnshire is getting tough with dog owners and why one postman is set to wear shorts for the whole of next year. All of that on the programme tonight at BBC One at half past six. Beautiful South We broke the news yesterday about the rumours that Beautiful South are splitting up. Your thoughts and views on that gratefully received. Weve had quite a few emails in already. Some of them read like theres been a bereavement. Theyre so sad. Lots of you are gutted that after eighteen years of making records that theyre to stop. Theres an email in from Steve in Hull. He says, I would just like to say how sad I am to hear that the Beautiful South have split up. I travelled 3,500 miles to see them in New York last year and actually met them backstage. A fantastic Hull band and they were so down to earth. Its such a sad day for all us Beautiful South fans. Thank you Steve for that one. They reckon that one in four households have a Beautiful South CD in their collection. Well tonight on the programme, Ill be getting more reaction from some huge fans of the band, but in the meantime keep your thoughts coming in to me about that news of their split. University Women outnumber men in all subjects and make up 57% of first time graduates. Men are becoming an endangered species on university campuses, according to education officials. Latest figures show that women made up a remarkable 57% of all first time graduates in 2006. Theyre outnumbering men in every subject, including engineering and science. Its amazing how things have changed. So there you are. Women are outnumbering men at university. Shopping The fading shopping list may look familiar, but the weekly bill is certainly food for thought. A book of handwritten lists, left gathering dust since the fifties, reveals that the nations favourites have hardly changed. Its dated 1959, when the Conservatives were re-elected with Harold Macmillan as Prime Minister and families were buying tomato ketchup, marmite, oxo cubes and Fray Bentos pies. As the iconic Mini car went on sale, laundry was being plunged into Omo washing powder, whilst the kettle boiled for a cup of Camp coffee and Delsey toilet paper was in many homes. Thats how we lived in the fifties. Prices well Ill give you an example to compare with todays prices in the supermarket. A pound of Magic margarine in those days at 1 shilling and one pence, which is 5p. Today its 31p. Maybe its not such a change then! It just goes to show that after all these years later, fifty years or so, we still buy the same basic things. And some products are still there all t! hose years later. Will marmite ever disappear off the shelves? And tomato ketchup? Thats still a favourite on our dinner tables. Stories If youve got a story that you think we should know about, then put pen to paper, drop me a line. Just send me an email and let me know and well see if we can tackle it on the programme. We were also talking last night about the fact that two of the regions MPs handed in a petition to number ten to press for an upgrade on the A1079, which links Hull and Beverley to York. Greg Knight and Graham Stuart were handing in a petition calling for more money to be spent on the road. Sixteen people have been killed over the past five years. Your thoughts on the A1079 are gratefully received. Send me an email and Ill be reading some of them on the programme tonight. Well, that's it from me for today. Have a very good afternoon. Join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. Take care, 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
