Hello, it's Peter here and welcome to Mondays 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 for all the days news.
On tonight's programme, after the weekend's news that bird flu has now been found in the UK, we'll be talking to local farmers to examine the effect this will have on our region's poultry industry. Well be asking what precautions are being taken to help prevent the spread and whether or not restrictions placed on poultry farms are threatening farmers livelihood. Id love you to get in touch with me on this one. Do you work or own a poultry farm and are you concerned about this outbreak of bird flu in the country? Do you live near a turkey or chicken farm or do you own birds at home as pets? Are you worried about their safety? Get in touch with me on this one and let me know what youre thinking about this outbreak of bird flu! Its the usual address to get me direct on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also tonight, we'll be getting the full story on the arson attack on a troubled housing estate in Hull, which left a stroke victim having to leap to safety. Plus we'll be talking to the school staff, who have vowed to get their building open after an arson attack damaged their facilities. Ill be getting the full story on those tonight. I'll be talking to the sixty-five year old man, who after looking for work for ten years, has now got a job as a life model. Plus after the Rumble on the Humber boxing match at the weekend, I'll be talking to Hull FC's captain after his epic charity fight. All that tonight on the programme at half past six. And Paul will have the forecast. What a fabulous weekend it was too - beautiful sunny days and really mild, although, it was a bit cold at night, but there were some beautiful sunny days. Whatever you had lined up at the weekend, then I hope it went very well indeed. I did virtually nothing, but that was very enjoyable nevertheless. Its the start of another week. Lets hope its going to be a good one. Silver Surfers Am I one? Well probably and going more silver by the day. It seems that pensioners now prefer surfing the net to gardening, DIY or going for walks. Thats according to a new survey. Its found that the computer is a new favourite past time for four out of ten retired people, who typically spend an hour a day at the screen. The major attraction is emailing friends and family, but other interests are searching for information, online banking and also reading the news. So there you are. The report says that the silver surfers find it extremely enjoyable. And the myth that spending hours at your PC is anti-social can be dispelled once and for all. If you are a silver surfer, then let me know! Emmerdale The programme is still riding high. Its interesting to know that fifty episodes of the Yorkshire soap have just been sold to Romanian TV! Can you believe this? Television chiefs in the central European country, famous for vampires and the legend of Dracula, believe that viewers will want to get their teeth into a typical British dish of scandal, intrigue and controversy from the Dales. Fifty episodes, dating back to the year 2000, have been sold to Romania and will start on their TV shortly. Problems Dont forget if youve got a problem or an issue or something that you think we could deal with on the programme, then give me the details. Give me a contact telephone number as well. Get in touch and let me know. And it could be that your story is on the TV shortly. Last week, one night after the show at about five past seven, an email popped up from a viewer. That viewer was telling me that he was a big Beautiful South fan and hed heard that the band were splitting up. We got that story first all thanks to that Look North viewer. We broke that story first on the programme the following day ahead of the rest of the UKs media. Thanks to that viewer of the programme, who emailed me! So if youve got a story then email me whenever you like [EMAIL PROTECTED] And just a reminder that a documentary, which was made a few years ago, on the Beautiful South is having a re-run tonight to mark their splitting up. Its on BBC One tonight at 10.35. Allergies The number of people suffering from allergic reactions to hair dye has doubled in the past six years, so say Doctors. Experts believe that a substance used in dyes, which is already banned in many European countries, is the cause. They blame the current obsession with looking young for wasting NHS money when victims need medical treatment for their allergic reactions. This has to be put in perspective though. Obviously loads of people use hair dye, but this affects only a small number. Nevertheless that number has doubled in the past six years. It seems that the warning is that you need to do a patch test on your skin every time. So even though you might use the same hair dye all the time, you still need to do a patch test every time. This is the warning, which has come out from all this research. So if you use hair dye, then be warned! Some of us, of course, dont havent and wont! Well, that's it from me for today. Have a very good afternoon. Join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm as usual. 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
