Hello, it's Peter here and welcome to todays 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. Lets hope that today is going to continue how it is at the moment. Its a beautiful sunny day. Enjoy it if you can.
On tonight's programme, as a local MP puts Tony Blair on the spot over the safety of Yorkshire troops in Basra, we'll have a special report from RAF Leconfield. Well be finding out how the MOD is hitting back over the claims that they're not doing enough to help soldiers. Ill have the full story on that tonight. Plus we'll be making waves in Withernsea where campaigners say that not enough is being done to regenerate seaside towns on our East Coast. And we'll have a sneak preview of the new exhibition of the whale that inspired the story of Moby Dick. Also tonight, we'll be catching up with the Bishop of Lincoln, who's joining the anti-slavery campaigners on their march through our region to London. And find out which lucky school girl has won the right to star in the musical Annie at Lincoln Theatre Royal. All that tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. Rock Challenge On Friday, 30th March, the proceeds of a dinner will be helping the pupils of Archbishop Thurstan schools Rock Challenge team. Itll be taking pupils and teachers to Australia. We did the story on the programme a few weeks back and Ive had a letter from the Preston Road committee, who are having a dinner. Pupils from the East Hull school became the Northern Premier champions in a performing arts competition, which gives youngsters a natural high and promotes a healthy lifestyle. They now want to take their production to the home of Rock Challenge in July 2007 in Sydney. Well, to achieve this the pupils have to raise more than £100,000. Theyve already made significant progress with that towards a trip of a lifetime. The Preston Road Neighbourhood Development group is helping out with a three course dinner at the Freedom Centre on Preston Road thats at 7.30pm on 30th March. Entertainment will be by the West End star and Archbishop Thurstan pupil, Liam Mower, wholl be doin! g two routines from Billy Elliot. So fingers crossed for the pupils of Archbishop Thurstan school in raising money for that trip of a lifetime to go to Australia this summer. Alan Titchmarsh One of the most famous Yorkshire men there is, Alan Titchmarsh has landed his own chat show, according to some of the papers. Hes fulfilled an ambition to land a daytime chat show. The former Ground Force host impressed ITV bosses with his pilot episode and have offered him an entire series. The new show will be featuring guests and live music. Hes signed a six figure deal to begin filming forty episodes in the Autumn. Im not quite sure yet though when itll be on screen, so Ill be looking out for that. Alan Titchmarsh just goes from strength to strength. Hugh Grant Last Saturday week, I went to see the new film, Music and Lyrics starring Hugh Grant. Hes forty-six now by the way and he certainly didnt look his age in the film. He has let us into a secret about why he looks twenty years younger in the film when he has to look like an eighties pop star. He had an elastic lift! Its a tight piece of elastic band that goes around the face and is invisible, but it makes you look as if youve had a face lift. He says, I loved it so much that I refused to take it off for a week. What I want to know is where I can get one! A lot of people though have moaned about his new film, Music and Lyrics, but I thought it was great. If you see it, then let me know what you thought. Leave It Dont forget, 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 a contact telephone number as well. Tell me how I can help and then leave the rest to me. The email address, if you want to get in touch, is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now we know how well Scunthorpe United are doing at the moment. If you are a die hard Iron fan, well I'd like to hear from you as soon as possible for some filming for Fridays Look North. If you are a lifelong Scunthorpe fan and youd like to tell us how much you love your team and how proud you are of them, then email me now. Its the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get in touch! Size Zero Most British women would rather have the voluptuous curves of Marilyn Monroe or Sophia Loren than the tiny frame of a top model, according to a new survey. Theres much talk at the moment about size zero. It seems that most women dont actually aspire to being that size. The findings offer evidence of a growing backlash against the trend for a size zero body, measured as size four on a British clothes rail. In fact, a stick thin body shape, as favoured by many actresses and fashion designers, has been deemed as unnatural by a resounding 90% of British women. Gosh, the message is getting through at last! One thousand five hundred women took part in this survey. The other thing is why dont they ask the men as well what they think about it all. Maybe that would convince women that curvy figures are better. Shirt I dont know how many shirts I get through in the course of a year, what with having to wear a couple a day, every day! One of the biggest problems is that they get stains on them. Well, it could be the answer for clumsy drinkers, who struggle to stay looking clean and sparkling all day long. Britains first stain-free shirt has gone on sale with the makers claiming that you can throw anything at it and it emerges spotless. All sorts of spilt drinks that would normally leave embarrassing marks are no longer a problem, so say the manufacturers. Im not going to fall for this, because when we first had the non-iron shirt a few years back, I bought a couple. Of course, in this job, a nicely ironed shirt is a must. And because ironing is something that I hate doing, I invested in some of these non-iron shirts, thinking that this would be the answer to my dreams and they never worked!! So a stain-free shirt is on the market, but will it work! I havent actually found out yet how ! much they cost, so if you know let me know. Banks One of the things that I get moans about most on the Levy Letter and really for the programme as well, is people moaning about their banks. And at the moment, there is much discussion about banks charging, regardless of how much money youve got in your account. It now seems that millions of customers are ready to ditch Britains biggest bank in protest at the rip off charges, which is helping to boost profits to £40 billion pounds. Researchers found that four out of five account holders are set to swap to smaller rivals. The threat comes as the big five have revealed a combined annual profit of more than 10% to £37.3 billion pounds. People are unhappy with their banks. If youve got any banks stories then theyre gratefully received. And of course, if youve got anything else you want to tell me, and dont forget to keep those pictures coming in as well, then get in touch - [EMAIL PROTECTED] I look forward to hearing from you. And, as I said, get in touch if youre a Sc! unthorpe United fan. We want to hear from you! 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
