Hello, it's Peter here. Welcome to todays Levy Letter, the start of another week. I hope your day's going well and you'll be able to join me tonight on BBC One at half past six. Despite the weather, I hope you had a good break and relaxation, and here we are again at the beginning of another week. We'll have all the day's news tonight including the latest on the international tug of love dispute over a seven year old girl from Scunthorpe. Her father wants her come back to Spain with him, but her mother wants her to stay in this country.
Humberside Police launch a major knives and gun amnesty to clean up our region We'll find out why no Lincolnshire attractions are in the top ten of the English tourist board's recommended places to visit. Why not indeed. We'll also be meeting the people fighting to live in the Humbserston fitties all year round. And why have seven identical road signs been put up within yards of each other in Scunthorpe? Its a mysterious occurrence, and well be trying to get to the bottom of that on the programme, its at the usual time of half past six on BBC One. Of course Paul will also be here with the detailed weather forecast. Stars Thank you very much indeed to everyone who turned out, 1,200 on Saturday night at the New Theatre in Hull, and also to many of the people back stage on Look North and Radio Humberside for putting on a terrific show. We raised quite a few thousand pounds for comic relief on Saturday night. If youre one of those who were there then thank you very much for supporting it, and thank you to everybody involved for giving their time and putting on the show, and also to our judges who came along and helped me. Moving Well how many times have you moved in your lifetime? How many times do you think you will move? Well once a mans home was his castle, and there was very little chance of him packing up and leaving it for another. These days however, Britain is a little less settled. The average number of times that we move in a lifetime is 16 according to research just published. The research suggests a generation has turned into nomads who move 11 times move than their grandparents. It seems that back in the 50s and 60s wed only move about five times in out lives. Now its 16. Think about that, 16 times the stamp duties and solicitors fees. Its slightly frightening. Unusual Well it might be an unusual and acquired taste, and were not really allowed to do adverts in the Levy Letter, but this is such an extraordinary story I thought it was worth mentioning. Theres some Guinness flavoured Marmite on sale, meant as a one off to celebrate St Patricks day. 300,000 jars have been produced, it went on sale in supermarkets, and already 200,000 have been sold in just two weeks. Demand is so great that Ebay sellers are doing a roaring trade and asking for as much as £7 a jar, a mark up of more than 180%. Theres currently 103 auction listings on Ebay with sellers offering to ship the jars anywhere in the world. Only a few hundred thousand released, but its been such a hit that presumably theyll stick with it. It is Guinness flavoured Marmite to celebrate St Patricks day. Curtains Well think about your house, have you got curtains or blinds? How many windows have got blinds? Maybe there are just as many that have curtains. Well it seems that it is curtains for curtains these days because sales of blinds have soared by 62% in five years as windows suffer a net loss. Well theres a little clue there, very few people put up net curtains these days. It seems keeping an eye on the neighbours used to be a lot easier. These days its a little more difficult to twitch the curtains because more people have blinds. Roman, Venetian, Austrian, and even vertical blinds are rapidly replacing swathes of fabric on the best dressed windows. Demand for curtains has stalled while sales of net curtains have actually started to decline. Blinds are very much up. Snorers If youre a snorer, or more importantly if you live with a snorer, you might be interested in anything about snoring because it is one of the most irritating things for people. Well for wearing pegs on their noses to having tennis balls or marbles sewn into the back of their pyjamas, snorers have tried a host of solutions to their partners nocturnal misery. Paul Cattell has come up with a cure that sounds much more sensible. The dental technician has invented an adjustable gum shield which brings the lower jaw forward and opens up the throat, allowing air to pass through quietly. Unlike other similar devices, the £49.99 device is adjustable, which means the wearer can move the jaw only as far as is necessary. Its called the Snorekill, and its already won an international design award. So there we are, if you want a nights sleep for your partner, all youve got to do is pay £50 for one of these gadgets and tell him to put that in. Notice I say him there, which is slight! ly sexist, but I think most snorers tend to be male so Im reliably informed of course, not that I have first hand experience nobodys ever told me that I snore. Thats my story and Im sticking to it. Stories Dont forget if youve got a problem or a story that you think we might be able to tackle on the programme, or some photos to show us, then drop me a line, give me the details, and give me a contact telephone number as well. The address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] We had loads of photos of the moon after Saturday night. Unfortunately well only be able to show one or two of them. Enjoy the afternoon, and join me tonight on BBC One at half past six for Mondays Look North. 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
