Hello, its 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 tonights programme, we'll have a special report on the school that's using finger print technology to track what their pupils eat for lunch. A strange one this one, but Ill have the full story later on the programme. Plus it may be an illness that people are embarrassed to talk about, but bowel cancer is the second biggest cancer killer in the UK. We'll be finding out about the new screening scheme for people over sixty in Hull and the East Riding. More on this tonight. We'll be getting more reaction on the story of the school in Lincolnshire, which banned Tig and other contact sports in its playground. We'll hear from the Campaign For Real Education, who think the answer to schools' problems lie in better discipline. All that tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. I hope you can join me then. Emails Thanks for the emails on a variety of subjects. I was talking yesterday about one particular school. Its not in our area, but the teacher is banning the making of mothers day cards by the pupils. They think it might upset some pupils, who dont have a mother. And last night, they were talking about the fact that one school in Lincolnshire has banned playing Tag and other contact games in the playground. We had a huge response on that story. Theres one here from John. Why cant the teacher give the 5% something else to do and the other 95% let them make their mothers day cards. Its pathetic. What a country we live in. And this one from Bob, I felt I had to react to the case of the school head banning the making of these cards by children. There will be those, who condemn this head, but I will not, because I know exactly where shes coming from and I applaud her action. Please pass on my thanks to this headteacher. And this one from John, It was sad to read and hear ! about the primary schools, who banned the mothers day cards and physical contact in the playground. It says a lot about the insecurity of the two headteachers and their inability to use situations to their advantage to discuss life, to be flexible and to be able to compromise and make children aware of others around them. If this trend continues, I suppose the banning of Christmas cards will be next in one school and running in the playground will be banned in the other. Thanks for your response on those. Thanks very much indeed. Sports Talk There are some exciting things happening with our local sports teams at the moment. The Superleague show is back on BBC one on Sundays. And you may be interested to learn that the Hull City chairman, Adam Pearson, is the guest presenter of BBC Radio Humbersides new programme. Its called Sports Talk and itll be on tonight. If you want to hear him in action, then tune in to 95.9 FM. I hope you enjoy it! Bird Box You saw Paul Hudson build a nest box in his garden last night. Well to try at least. Dont forget, if you want more information on nest boxes, then go to either of our two websites. The addresses as usual are bbc.co.uk/humber and bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire. There are quite a few events running in our area, so have a look on the website and find out where the nearest one is to you. Wine Scientists have developed a new way to preserve grapes and wine, which could lesson the effects of the morning after hangover. Many drinkers develop a headache and other symptoms after a few glasses of wine. And maybe you dont know this, but this isnt caused by the alcohol. Its actually caused by the sulphite that goes in the wine to preserve it. They occur at low level, but theyre routinely put in, especially into red wines, to preserve the colour and to stop it going a muddy brown. But a significant number of wine lovers are allergic to the chemicals and will suffer from headaches, skin irritation and will have difficulty in breathing. Therell be less of a hangover soon though, because scientists have developed a new way to preserve grapes and wine without using them. Junk A staggering eighteen billion pounds worth of junk is stashed away in our homes doing nothing. Hundreds of pounds worth of items will never be used again. Theyre dotted around our homes collecting dust. If we turned our cast offs into cash, then it would make the average household £325 each or £17.7 billion in total. So whats hanging around that we no longer use? Books are number one, watches are number two, records are number three, old mobile phones are number four. VHS videos are in there, so are soft toys, jewellery, camera and also old computers. So is it time for a car boot sale? Photos Dont forget, if you've got a photograph or a picture that you're particularly proud of that you think we could use on the programme, then send it in to me. Or if youve got a problem that you think we could deal with on Leave it to Levy, then send me the details and let me know how I can help. Give me the details and email me. Its [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
