Hello, it's Peter here and welcome to Monday's Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and I hope you'll be able to join me tonight on BBC One at half past six. I'll have all the day's news and Lisa will have the forecast. Whatever you had planned, then I hope it went very well indeed. We had fabulous weather both days. No breeze and lovely warm sunshine. It was just like early Spring. Two fabulous days! Its a bit different this morning though.
Join me tonight if you can on BBC One at 6.30pm. Ill have all the days news, including going to the cemetery in Hull where robbers are targeting mourners. And we'll be looking at the spate of tyre slashing in Grimsby, which is costing motorists thousands of pounds worth of damage. Also tonight, I'll be meeting the woman taking part in the world's toughest race from Canada all the way to the North Pole. And we'll be looking at the moves of Oscar winning movie star, Jim Broadbent, as he tries to save the theatre that his father founded in Wickenby near Market Rasen. Plus, we'll be getting the latest on the row over the William Wilberforce celebrations. All that tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. Emails Dont forget, if youd like to email in, if youve got a story that you think I should know about, or if youve got something that you think would make an item for the programme, or if youve got a problem that you think we could deal with on Leave it to Levy, then give me the details. You can write to me about anything you like. Itll come straight to me, no one else will see it [EMAIL PROTECTED] I look forward to hearing from you. Desks A tidy desk, they say, suggests a tidy mind. Unfortunately, the average desktop is absolutely filthy. It harbours a massive four hundred times more bacteria than the average toilet seat. Can you believe this? And women, apparently, have much dirtier desks than their male colleagues. The researchers blame this on the fact that women tended to keep snacks closer at hand or stored in the drawers. Make up and hand lotions also helped to encourage bacteria as well as a collection of phones and handbags. Women had up to four hundred times more germs on their desk than men had on theirs. But men are a long way from being able to declare themselves the kings of clean. Some things, it seems, are even germier than womens desks. The worst offender, the researchers found, was the mans wallet. Its in their back pocket and is nice and warm and its a great incubator for bacteria and is full of germs! So womens desks are worse than mens desks, but even worse than that are mens wallet! s for harbouring bacteria! Wardrobe If youre feeling a little down at heel, then have a look at your wardrobe. Theres probably a brand new pair of shoes inside, just waiting to be worn. If the statistics are right, there are 7.5 million unworn shoes stashed in wardrobes across the country. One in three women admit to owning at least one pair they havent even tried on since leaving the shop. Can you believe that? According to a survey, unworn shoes come with plenty of matching accessories and they found that 2.2 million unused handbags and 5.2 million unworn cocktail dresses were tucked away in cupboards and wardrobes as well. Unbelievable! 7.5 million shoes that nobody has worn anywhere! Very hard to believe, or maybe not. Your views on that, then get in touch. Super Food As you know, Ive been trying to take heed of Gillian McKeiths tips on eating healthily over the last few months. The latest food in this quest in the war to beat cancer watercress! Eating that every day could cut the risk of getting cancer, according to research. Watercress is able to protect white blood cells from damage, as well as boost levels of healthy antioxidants, this is claimed. Experts believe that damage to DNA in cells is the first stage in the development of cancer. Preventing that stage is thought to be vital. If you want to do that, then watercress is the thing to eat! And pretending that your daily walk to the bus stop is a marathon and the supermarket shopping trip is your gym session could help you lose weight, according to researchers. It seems that people, who believe that every day tasks such as cleaning are good for them, may literally be thinking themselves thin. A new American study has found that when people were told that vacuuming, dusting or s! imply walking to work, counted as proper exercise, then they saw their blood pressure drop and they also lost weight. So walking to the shops, or going up and down the stairs or doing the hoovering, will lose the weight, but only if you think it will! Think yourself thin and it will happen! So say the researchers. I only read about this and relay it, I dont make it up! Pictures Dont forget if youve 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. The usual address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ill have another of the excellent pictures that are sent in tonight on the programme. If youve got one, then let me take a look! Well, that's it from me for today. Have a very good afternoon. Join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. 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