Hello, it's Peter here and welcome to Wednesdays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well so far 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 Paul will have the forecast.
On tonight's programme, we'll have the shocking story of one patient at Bridlington Hospital, who was left soaked in her own urine. We'll be talking to the family, who are demanding answers from the Trust. Plus we'll have a special report on the funeral of the Howden solider, who was killed in Iraq. More on those later on the programme. We'll be going behind the scenes with the RNLI team at Spurn Point, who say it's been the charity's busiest year on record for rescues off the East Coast. If you like the fright of things going bump in the night, then find out how you can join a ghost hunting club in Bridlington. Or if you want to see your child on the stage, then we may have just the thing for you. Tune in tonight to find out more about those. And find out why nine hundred Dutch pop fans are invading Lincoln and why the city is trying to snatch tourists from York. And well be with one music chart star today, who is playing a gig in a chip shop in our region. All that tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. Jobs We were talking about jobs for the over fifties last night. Quite a few emails came in on that subject with people saying how difficult it is and how some people feel as if theyre on the scrap heap. Your views on that and indeed on anything else as well, gratefully received. The usual address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] I see the big banks, as well, are very much in the news at the moment. Theyre about to announce record profits. They took £4.7 billion in illegal charges last year. There is a bit of a customer revolt at the moment over that news. And we were talking to a gentleman on the programme a few weeks back, who was telling us how we can get our bank charges back via his scheme. Hes got a lot of information on that on his website. We had a lot of emails in telling us how people got on and how much money was refunded back to them from the banks. If youre still interested in getting more information on that one, then his website is www.moneysavingexpert.com. And banks and building societies are moving in, allegedly, according to some of the reports, to kill off free banking, as they prepare to unveil huge profits. Industry leaders claim that compulsory monthly fees on current accounts, which are common in many places abroad, are the fairest ways to charge. The new boss of one of the building societies, says that I do believe that fee based banking is a fairer proposition. His remarks stunned consumer groups and politicians, who have accused the banks of pure greed. Your bank stories, of course, are gratefully received. Get in touch and let me know what they are [EMAIL PROTECTED] House Prices House prices are always a subject that gets a lot of coverage in the Levy Letter and theres always a huge response from you about them. The era of rising house prices and low interest rates could soon be at an end, according to expert economists. In a red alert to Britains eighteen million pound home owners, they said that rates could rise, whilst house prices fall. This would leave many people in a real mess. Last week, the average house price went up above £200,000 after more than a decade of increases. This is mainly because interest rates have been low, meaning most people could afford their mortgages, but a hundred and six page document published by the Bank of England has contained several warnings. So some gloomy news rising interest rates will mean the end of the boom in house prices. We, of course, will continue to follow that story. Picture On the programme last night, we had yet another sunset. People like taking pictures of sunsets. But heres just a little hint weve got quite a few of those. What would be really good, would be to have something just a little bit different. Maybe something a little bit abstract or even something funny! The more unusual the better please! Send it in and well see if we can show it on the programme in the next few weeks. Either send me a hard copy in the post or send it to me electronically at the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stress It seems that were all feeling the strain more than ever before according to new research. One list has been drawn up now of how we can beat stress. Half of the British population feels more stressed today than they did five years ago. According to a survey, commission by The Samaritans, more than one tenth of people say that they have felt suicidal. Thats twice the proportion recorded in 2002. Some of the top tips are understanding what stress is, getting your company on the case, and also living abroad or moving up north. It seems that people in the north are less stressed than in the south. Go out to work women suffer from more stress than men, according to this report. A boy joining a successful organisation Im not sure why that is. Turning off your mobile and taking a nap that could help beat the stress. And always talk to someone, if youre having problems. Those are some top tips to beat stress, and thats apparently at record levels and women are more affect! ed than men. Do you have any top tips for beating stress? Let me know. I could probably do with some hints working in this newsroom. Well, that's it from me for today. If theres a story that you think we should know about, then get in touch. Often many of our stories on the programme are prompted or given to us by people who get in touch with us or with me. Our story last night about the couple, who were conned out of £4000 when they were selling a car over the Internet, came directly from a call made to us. So if youve got a story, then let me know. Its the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have a very good afternoon. 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